[RECOVERY][ICS] BMM - Boot Menu Manager - v0.2.7 [ARCHIVE]

Fail safe hijack operation :

• Loaded on each boot.
• Configurable timeout, auto-boot to default setting.
• Force showing Boot Menu Manager when boot using BP HW Diag & Boot AP

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CWM-based Recovery :

• Based on latest open source CWM-5.5.0.4
• Touch-able interface.(Experimental features)
• Highly customized & added function like backup individual partition.
• Safety features. - install hijack, install root, backup & protect root.
• Safe partition format operation (Won't do real format of our locked/signed partition, just rm -r *)
• System integrity check on exit of recovery : ensure system is bootable in next boot
• Auto-removed file protection flag : ensure 100% successful nandroid restore
• Working ADB & Mass-storage : ADB service is available as soon as Recovery is started.
• Dual operation : Select between 1st & 2nd system.

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2nd-System :

• Run a second system on abandon webtop partition
• Great for testing ROM.
• Recommended for ROM development.

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Custom init (via 2nd-init):

• Boot android with customized init environment
  -Enable custom service
  -Disable stock background service (service like qe)
• Bypass bp-tools (In some kernel - ChinaRetail)

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Insecure adbd:

• Always run adb as root, so there's no need to run su command each time
• Custom adb reboot mapping
  
  Code:

  adb reboot recovery -> Reboot to custom recovery
  adb reboot second -> Reboot to 2nd-system
  adb reboot stockrecovery -> Reboot to stock recovery

• adb remount with noatime,nodirtime flag
  subsequent call to this command will remout /system as ro.
• This feature is disabled by default. Use Boot Menu Manager app to enable/disable it

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Integration with android OS (via Boot Menu Manager app) :

• Configure boot & recovery option.
• Clean uninstall option
  Other recovery package lack this option & leave a leftover files on your system.
  (this leftover files cause OTA update to fail)
• Reboot widget

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WARNING : This release is only for ICS with 3.0.8 kernel. Although it has been tested many times, there is still a possibility for a bug to exist.Proceed at your own risk. Don't try this if you're not comfortable fixing your phone/fastboot/troubleshooting

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BootMenu Manager app​

0.2.0
- Initial public release
0.2.1
- Minor UI fix, add reboot widget
0.2.3
- fix hijack uninstall
- reallocate second system & recovery trigger file from /data to /preinstall
- add suppport for insecure adbd & 2nd-init
- add reboot option confirmation.
- add an option to clean/remove leftover files from RazrBootstrap (/preinstall/recovery/*)
- add /preinstall/recovery/update-binary symlink to BootMenu (for older version hijack(cvcps) / RazrBootstrap compatibility)
- add 1st & 2nd system manager
- add little integration with recovery (an attempt to mimic ROM manager)
- add live backup menu
0.2.4
- Minor change, fix blank screen on startup.
0.2.5
- Change startup behavior (Async task for backgroud task)
- Add check for Bootstrap installer
- Add Chinese translation (Thanks androidol)
0.2.6
- Fix download error & sha1sum miss matched for non MotoBlur based ROM (CM9/CM10/AOKP)
0.2.7
- Enable ROM manager function, add ROM Converter, Fix UI & Bugs (Download error)

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BootMenu packages & component​

0.1
- alpha release

0.2.0
- Initial public release

0.2.1
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- Fix framebuffer. Revert back to /dev/graphics/fb0
- Add another fail-safe feature. Ignore bootmenu configuration file when booted with "BP HW Diag & Boot AP".
- Fix script boot_stock.sh (fix removal of /xbin = disable qe service)
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- Fix UI draw = results in faster restore & backup
- Add fast backup option (Only do backup /data, /cache & /system) = faster backup
- Add backup /pds as option (MAC address & stuff from factory)
- Fix backup of app inside .secure_android
- Disable format of /data & /cache (recovery will only do rm -r /path/*) = safer
- Checks /system/bin/logwrapper for correct version on exit (Prompt user if it's being replaced)
- Display battery level (approximation)

0.2.2
- Rebuild using SPDU 10 ICS source code

0.2.3
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- add suppport for insecure adbd & 2nd-init
- Red LED ON when booting by 2nd-init
- reallocate second system & recovery trigger file from /data to /preinstall
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- strip unused CWM function (We don't deal with flasing radio/boot.img, formatting filesystem on this recovery)
- change batt level from % to voltage
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/adbd
- tweak/mods for bootmenu reboot action
/preinstall/bootmenu/rootfs/init
- tweak for custom init use.(appear as xXx-init in kernel log)
/preinstall/bootmenu/rootfs/2nd-init
- tweak for custom init use.(appear as 2nd-init in kernel log)

0.2.4
- Minor change, fix boot_second.sh script (Improve 2nd-init compatibility)
(bootmenu & recovery part remains at 0.2.3 until next updates/build)

0.2.5
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- Change to touch button system
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- Enable webtop format in recovery
- Add more reboot option
- Fix for Atrix2

0.2.6
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- rebuild & update to latest busybox 1.20.2

0.2.7
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- Add support to 2nd-system recovery boot (For ROM manager function)
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- Fix dalvik-cache erase, Add radio firmware flashing.

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This is a stuff that helps you messing with your phone. It's powerful but lacks documentation.
(Currently I don't have time to do a full documentation).

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Maybe it's different from what Cyanogen* BootMenu is. My BootMenu just take the idea & the name, not the codes.
This is a very lightweight version of BootMenu. I rewrite it from scratch (code is based on ICS recovery).
It's not any doing any fancy stuff. It just wait for user input/timeout & do jobs based on predefined script.
That's all.

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Not really. This installer will work. It will replace RazrBootstrap hijack with BootMenu hijack.
It will not remove RazrBootstrap files located at /preinstall/recovery. But it's a good idea to keep it (Useful when you restored a nandroid with a RazrBootstrap inside)
If you have low space on preinstall. you need to remove this folder manually.

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Open BootMenu Manager. Select uninstall hijack, uninstall package (optional)

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1.Download Rom Converter from Google Play
2.Convert the ROM with it
3.Install it from BootMenu recovery

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Tips for getting a good batt stat. (Not messed up/inaccurate reading)

• Always do ROM flashing with USB power connected & batt level at 100% (Recommended)
• When batt level is not 100%
  • Reset both batt stat of stock & second
  • Reboot to stock, let it register current batt stat
  • Reboot to second, let it register current batt stat

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1.Go to custom recovery, Backup&Restore, Advanced Backup, Backup Webtop.
2.Toggle second system recovery, Backup&Restore, Advanced Restore, Restore System.
3.Reboot.

Suggestion : If you have access to webtop fastboot files, you may skip the backup.

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Original webtop content from Gingerbread 2.3.6 have too many small files & folder, that's why it's slow.
Since webtop partition is abandon in ICS, you only need to backup this partition once only.
Empty this partition if you're not using second system.

Code:

adb shell mkdir /tmp/webtop
adb shell mount -t ext3 /dev/block/webtop /tmp/webtop
adb shell rm -r /tmp/webtop/*

Update : ver 2.0.1 & newer has an option to do a "fast backup" (backup only data,cache&system)
Update : ver 2.0.5 & newer can do webtop format from recovery

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Webtop 3.0 is just ICS in tablet mode. It's no longer based on ubuntu. It will work

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Webtop partition size is only 1.3GB.
To make thing simple, the included boot_second.sh script bind mount /system & /data inside this webtop partition.
You have at least 4 option, if you want to have bigger /data
1.Reassign /data to /sdcard (IO speed depend on sdcard speed rating)
2.Reassign /data to /dev/block/userdata (this will replace all your data for stock system)
3.Reassign /data to /dev/block/cache (bind /cache to somewhere else e.g : /webtop/cache)
4.Use a lightweight ROM (/system size = small)

You need to modify these files to suit your needs.
/preinstall/bootmenu/script/boot_stock.sh
/preinstall/bootmenu/config/stock.recovery.fstab
/preinstall/bootmenu/script/boot_second.sh
/preinstall/bootmenu/config/second.recovery.fstab

Sorry, for now you all have to configure this files manually.

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Its a method/hack to have a customized init environment. (Thanks to Skrilax_CZ)
cvcps made a good explanation of this on his blog... go read it if you are interested.
2nd-init. What it is and how it works.

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1.Enable 2nd-init option in BootMenu Manager
2.Copy init files (*.rc) from ramdisk (rootfs) to /system/etc/rootfs/
3.Tweak / edit those file to suit your need(s)
4.Reboot.

*BootMenu will copy & overlay files in /system/etc/rootfs/ to ramdisk on startup. Then it loads 2nd-init.
*Red LED will lit to indicate a 2nd-init booting.
** IMPORTANT : Mount point for 2nd-system is need to be change. Else, 2nd-init will boot the 1st system.
** IMPORTANT : Don't overlay or replace /sbin/init with other version. (CM9,AOKP etc)

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Basic init.mapphone_*.rc modification for 2nd-system:

Code:

on fs
  mount ext3 mmc@preinstall /preinstall noatime nodiratime barrier=0
  mount ext3 mmc@webtop /webtop noatime nodiratime barrier=0
  mkdir /webtop/system 0775 system system
  mkdir /webtop/data 0775 system system
  exec /preinstall/bootmenu/binary/busybox mount -obind /webtop/system /system
  exec /preinstall/bootmenu/binary/busybox mount -obind /webtop/data /data
  mount ext3 mmc@pds /pds noatime nodiratime barrier=0
  mount ext3 mmc@cache /cache noatime nodiratime barrier=0

** Above sample is for mounting ext3. Change it to reflex your setup. (I have all of them as ext4)
** All partition is mount directly (Skip disk checking).
** If partition is corrupted/not clean, boot to 1st-system & let it repair/check those partition.

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Make sure the total size of system & data is less than 1.3GB
Switch to 1st-system recovery

Code:

[B]Backup & restore -> Selective backup[/B]
*backup system
*backup data

Switch to 2nd-system recovery

Code:

[B]Backup & restore -> Selective restore[/B]
*restore system
*restore data

Optional, hijack in 2nd system is just a waste of resource.

Code:

[B]System Keeper -> Remove logwrapper hijack[/B]

**Make sure the total size of system & data is less than 1.3GB

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Switch to 1st-system recovery mode. Connect to phone using adb

Code:

mount /data
mount /system
mount /webtop
rm -r /webtop/*
mkdir -p /webtop/data
mkdir- p /webtop/system
cp -a /data/* /webtop/data/
cp -a /system/* /webtop/system/

Optional, hijack in 2nd system is just a waste of resource.

Code:

rm /webtop/system/bin/hijack
rm /webtop/system/bin/logwrapper
mv /webtop/system/bin/logwrapper.bin /webtop/system/bin/logwrapper

**Make sure the total size of system & data is less than 1.3GB

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Alert : Just make sure hijack,logwrapper & logwrapper.bin are installed correctly before hitting reboot.(using adb)
Something is wrong with check_hijack.sh script

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