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[TUTORIAL] The updater-script completely explained

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KINGbabasula

Hi all XDA Members

This is not at all an updater-script guide but an explanation

Example of updater-script:

Code:

[COLOR="Red"]assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "janice" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "janice" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "i9070" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "i9070" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9070" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9070");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Silver"]mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.sh", "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.functions", "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Lime"]run_program("/tmp/backuptool.sh", "backup");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]unmount("/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.500000, 0);[/COLOR]
unmount("/system");
[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "0", "/system")[/COLOR];
[COLOR="silver"]mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Purple"]package_extract_dir("recovery", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Olive"]symlink("/system/xbin/su", "/system/bin/su");
symlink("Roboto-Bold.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf");
symlink("Roboto-Regular.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf");
symlink("busybox", "/system/xbin/[", "/system/xbin/[[",
        "/system/xbin/adjtimex", "/system/xbin/arp", "/system/xbin/ash",
        "/system/xbin/awk", "/system/xbin/base64", "/system/xbin/basename",
        "/system/xbin/bbconfig", "/system/xbin/blkid", "/system/xbin/blockdev",
        "/system/xbin/brctl", "/system/xbin/bunzip2", "/system/xbin/bzcat",
        "/system/xbin/bzip2", "/system/xbin/cal", "/system/xbin/cat",
        "/system/xbin/catv", "/system/xbin/chattr", "/system/xbin/chgrp",
        "/system/xbin/chmod", "/system/xbin/chown", "/system/xbin/chroot",
        "/system/xbin/clear", "/system/xbin/cmp", "/system/xbin/comm",
        "/system/xbin/cp", "/system/xbin/cpio", "/system/xbin/crond",
        "/system/xbin/crontab", "/system/xbin/cut", "/system/xbin/date",
        "/system/xbin/dc", "/system/xbin/dd", "/system/xbin/depmod",
        "/system/xbin/devmem", "/system/xbin/df", "/system/xbin/diff",
        "/system/xbin/dirname", "/system/xbin/dmesg", "/system/xbin/dnsd",
        "/system/xbin/dos2unix", "/system/xbin/du", "/system/xbin/echo",
        "/system/xbin/ed", "/system/xbin/egrep", "/system/xbin/env",
        "/system/xbin/expand", "/system/xbin/expr", "/system/xbin/false",
        "/system/xbin/fbsplash", "/system/xbin/fdisk", "/system/xbin/fgrep",
        "/system/xbin/find", "/system/xbin/flash_lock",
        "/system/xbin/flash_unlock", "/system/xbin/flashcp",
        "/system/xbin/flock", "/system/xbin/fold", "/system/xbin/free",
        "/system/xbin/freeramdisk", "/system/xbin/fstrim", "/system/xbin/fsync",
        "/system/xbin/ftpget", "/system/xbin/ftpput", "/system/xbin/fuser",
        "/system/xbin/getopt", "/system/xbin/grep", "/system/xbin/groups",
        "/system/xbin/gunzip", "/system/xbin/gzip", "/system/xbin/halt",
        "/system/xbin/head", "/system/xbin/hexdump", "/system/xbin/id",
        "/system/xbin/ifconfig", "/system/xbin/inetd", "/system/xbin/insmod",
        "/system/xbin/install", "/system/xbin/ionice", "/system/xbin/iostat",
        "/system/xbin/ip", "/system/xbin/kill", "/system/xbin/killall",
        "/system/xbin/killall5", "/system/xbin/less", "/system/xbin/ln",
        "/system/xbin/losetup", "/system/xbin/ls", "/system/xbin/lsattr",
        "/system/xbin/lsmod", "/system/xbin/lsusb", "/system/xbin/lzcat",
        "/system/xbin/lzma", "/system/xbin/lzop", "/system/xbin/lzopcat",
        "/system/xbin/man", "/system/xbin/md5sum", "/system/xbin/mesg",
        "/system/xbin/mkdir", "/system/xbin/mke2fs", "/system/xbin/mkfifo",
        "/system/xbin/mkfs.ext2", "/system/xbin/mkfs.vfat",
        "/system/xbin/mknod", "/system/xbin/mkswap", "/system/xbin/mktemp",
        "/system/xbin/modinfo", "/system/xbin/modprobe", "/system/xbin/more",
        "/system/xbin/mount", "/system/xbin/mountpoint", "/system/xbin/mpstat",
        "/system/xbin/mv", "/system/xbin/nanddump", "/system/xbin/nandwrite",
        "/system/xbin/nbd-client", "/system/xbin/netstat", "/system/xbin/nice",
        "/system/xbin/nohup", "/system/xbin/nslookup", "/system/xbin/ntpd",
        "/system/xbin/od", "/system/xbin/patch", "/system/xbin/pgrep",
        "/system/xbin/pidof", "/system/xbin/ping", "/system/xbin/pipe_progress",
        "/system/xbin/pkill", "/system/xbin/pmap", "/system/xbin/poweroff",
        "/system/xbin/printenv", "/system/xbin/printf", "/system/xbin/ps",
        "/system/xbin/pstree", "/system/xbin/pwd", "/system/xbin/pwdx",
        "/system/xbin/rdev", "/system/xbin/readlink", "/system/xbin/realpath",
        "/system/xbin/renice", "/system/xbin/reset", "/system/xbin/resize",
        "/system/xbin/rev", "/system/xbin/rm", "/system/xbin/rmdir",
        "/system/xbin/rmmod", "/system/xbin/route", "/system/xbin/run-parts",
        "/system/xbin/rx", "/system/xbin/sed", "/system/xbin/seq",
        "/system/xbin/setconsole", "/system/xbin/setserial",
        "/system/xbin/setsid", "/system/xbin/sh", "/system/xbin/sha1sum",
        "/system/xbin/sha256sum", "/system/xbin/sha3sum",
        "/system/xbin/sha512sum", "/system/xbin/sleep", "/system/xbin/sort",
        "/system/xbin/split", "/system/xbin/stat", "/system/xbin/strings",
        "/system/xbin/stty", "/system/xbin/sum", "/system/xbin/swapoff",
        "/system/xbin/swapon", "/system/xbin/sync", "/system/xbin/sysctl",
        "/system/xbin/tac", "/system/xbin/tail", "/system/xbin/tar",
        "/system/xbin/taskset", "/system/xbin/tee", "/system/xbin/telnet",
        "/system/xbin/telnetd", "/system/xbin/test", "/system/xbin/tftp",
        "/system/xbin/tftpd", "/system/xbin/time", "/system/xbin/timeout",
        "/system/xbin/top", "/system/xbin/touch", "/system/xbin/tr",
        "/system/xbin/traceroute", "/system/xbin/true", "/system/xbin/ttysize",
        "/system/xbin/tune2fs", "/system/xbin/umount", "/system/xbin/uname",
        "/system/xbin/uncompress", "/system/xbin/unexpand", "/system/xbin/uniq",
        "/system/xbin/unix2dos", "/system/xbin/unlzma", "/system/xbin/unlzop",
        "/system/xbin/unxz", "/system/xbin/unzip", "/system/xbin/uptime",
        "/system/xbin/usleep", "/system/xbin/uudecode", "/system/xbin/uuencode",
        "/system/xbin/vi", "/system/xbin/watch", "/system/xbin/wc",
        "/system/xbin/wget", "/system/xbin/which", "/system/xbin/whoami",
        "/system/xbin/xargs", "/system/xbin/xz", "/system/xbin/xzcat",
        "/system/xbin/yes",
        "/system/xbin/zcat");
symlink("mksh", "/system/bin/sh");
symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/cat", "/system/bin/chmod",
        "/system/bin/chown", "/system/bin/cmp", "/system/bin/cp",
        "/system/bin/date", "/system/bin/dd", "/system/bin/df",
        "/system/bin/dmesg", "/system/bin/du", "/system/bin/getevent",
        "/system/bin/getprop", "/system/bin/grep", "/system/bin/hd",
        "/system/bin/id", "/system/bin/ifconfig", "/system/bin/iftop",
        "/system/bin/insmod", "/system/bin/ioctl", "/system/bin/ionice",
        "/system/bin/kill", "/system/bin/ln", "/system/bin/log",
        "/system/bin/ls", "/system/bin/lsmod", "/system/bin/lsof",
        "/system/bin/md5", "/system/bin/mkdir", "/system/bin/mount",
        "/system/bin/mv", "/system/bin/nandread", "/system/bin/netstat",
        "/system/bin/newfs_msdos", "/system/bin/notify", "/system/bin/printenv",
        "/system/bin/ps", "/system/bin/r", "/system/bin/reboot",
        "/system/bin/renice", "/system/bin/restart", "/system/bin/rm",
        "/system/bin/rmdir", "/system/bin/rmmod", "/system/bin/route",
        "/system/bin/schedtop", "/system/bin/sendevent",
        "/system/bin/setconsole", "/system/bin/setprop", "/system/bin/sleep",
        "/system/bin/smd", "/system/bin/start", "/system/bin/stop",
        "/system/bin/sync", "/system/bin/top", "/system/bin/touch",
        "/system/bin/umount", "/system/bin/uptime", "/system/bin/vmstat",
        "/system/bin/watchprops",
        "/system/bin/wipe");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0644, "/system");
set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0755, "/system/addon.d");
set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/bin");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 3003, 02750, "/system/bin/netcfg");
set_perm(0, 3004, 02755, "/system/bin/ping");
set_perm(0, 2000, 06750, "/system/bin/run-as");
set_perm(1002, 1002, 0440, "/system/etc/dbus.conf");
set_perm(1014, 2000, 0550, "/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/etc/init.d");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/system/etc/init.d");
set_perm(0, 2000, 0550, "/system/etc/init.goldfish.sh");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0555, "/system/etc/ppp");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor");
set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/etc");
set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/firmware");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0644, "/system/vendor/lib");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/system/vendor/lib/libbt-vendor.so");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/xbin");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/librank");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/procmem");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/procrank");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/su");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.200000, 0);
show_progress(0.200000, 10);[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.sh", "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.functions", "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Lime"]run_program("/tmp/backuptool.sh", "restore");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]delete("/system/bin/backuptool.sh");
delete("/system/bin/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.200000, 10);[/COLOR]
assert(package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img"),
       write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p15"),
       delete("/tmp/boot.img"));
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.100000, 0);[/COLOR]
unmount("/system");

1. getprop

The assert getprop lines aren't a must but their use is to make a safer installation.
Example: This updater-script is for GT-I9070 so with that lines it will check in build.prop if product name matches.
If "ro.product.device is janice, i9070 or GT-I9070 the installation will continue. If not it will abort.

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2. mount

Mount command will mount a partition as something.
Example: For GT-I9070 the /system partition is dev/block/mmcblk0p3
The partitions change device by device.

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3. package_extract_file

This line extracts a specific file contained in the zip to a specific directory.
Example: This updater-script extracts backuptool.sh to the temporary directory /tmp

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4. set_perm

These lines are needed to give the correct permissions to the files extracted.
Example: backuptool.sh needs 777 permission to be executed correctly.

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5. run_program

This line execute a bash script (*.sh).
Example: backuptool.sh will be executed then after it will close itself and the updater-script will continue.

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6. unmount

This command will unmount the specificated partition.
Example: In this case it will unmount system partition.

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7. format

This command will format the specificated partition.
Example: This updater-script will format system partition. it needs to be unmounted before being formatted.

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8. package_extract_dir

This command extracts a specificated folder to another folder.
Example: This updater-script extracts system folder to system partition.

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9. symlink

This command links executable files to a file.
Example: busybox contains a lot of commands but they are all separated binaries that are linked to busybox binary by the symlinks.

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10. set_perm_recursive

This command is the same as set_perm but for folders
Example: is used to set permissions of the folder system/etc/init.d

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11 . delete

This command deletes a file
Example: In this updater-script is used to delete backuptool.sh.

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12. delete_recursive

Same as delete but for folders

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Jul 25, 2013 View

KINGbabasula

Aroma Installer

Folder structure:

Blue = Folders
Black = Files

META-INF
|--com
|..|--google
|.....|--android
|........|--aroma
|........|..|--exec_demo < Little executables to sleep or take a screenshot
|........|..|--fonts < Fonts: There must be a "small.png" for lowercase and a "big.png"
|........|..|--icons < The icons that will be showed if called by the aroma-config
|........|..|--langs < It may contain translations
|........|..|--splash < The splash image/s that are showed at the start as static or animation if called by aroma-config
|........|..|--themes < Can be chosen from the aroma-config
|........|..|--ttf < Fonts
|........|..|--unicode < Chinese and Cyrillic
|........|--aroma-config < File that controls the installation
|........|--update-binary < Executable
|........|--update-binary-installer < Executable
|........|--updater-script < File that controls the installation
|--CERT.RSA < Sign files
|--CERT.SF < Sign files
|--MANIFEST.MF < Sign files

Will come soon...

Jul 25, 2013 View

willverduzco

Thanks for creating this guide. I've featured on the XDA Portal.

Sep 12, 2013 View

Dark Wraith

Kurotsuchi said:
Thanks for the answer buddy, here it's, ( this is for Galaxy note 8.0 ) my previous phones rom didn't have this problem because it was NOT using
MTD.

Problem is with
format("MTD", "system");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");

Open your ramdisk contents extracted from your kernel. There you should see something like fstab or .fstab. Open those files with notepad++. you will see the path to your system or data..say for xperia s the mount point for the system is dev/block/mmcblk0p12 and format is ext4 so the command becomes format("ext4","EMMC","dev/block/mmcblk0p12") and mount("ext4","EMMC","dev/block/mmcblk0p12)respectively.

Similarly for assert(package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img").This tells cwm to extract boot.img and load it in /tmp/boot.img which is wrong..again you need to find the mount point of your phone where you need to extract the boot.img...Again taking xperia s as an example. it is
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3").
Hope that helps

Sep 13, 2013 View

KINGbabasula

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