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Clean | Stable | Flexible | Optimized | Excellent
Changelog
ArchiDroid 3.1.5
- Newest ArchiKernel snapshot
- Updated GAPPS, sources and other common things
ArchiDroid 3.1.4
- Newest ArchiKernel snapshot
- Updated GAPPS, sources and other common things
ArchiDroid 3.1.3
- [i9300] Changed malloc implementation to dlmalloc
- Implemented dex-preoptimization for ART
- Removed xposed due to incompatibility with dex-preoptimized ART
- Newest ArchiKernel snapshot
- [nicki] AK: Added mpdecision switch to Synapse
- Updated GAPPS, sources and other common things
ArchiDroid 3.1.2
- Switched arm-linux-androideabi toolchain back to SaberMod
- Fixed wrong auto-vectorization of ID3 iterator causing various media crashes with badly-tagged MP3s
- Newest ArchiKernel snapshot
- Updated GAPPS
- Updated Xposed
- Other misc changes and bugfixes
ArchiDroid 3.1.1
- ArchiDroid Optimizations V4.1
- ArchiDroid is now built with UBERTC 4.9 androideabi (instead of SaberMod 4.9) and 5.2 ArchiToolchain eabi (instead of 5.1)
- Newest ArchiKernel snapshot
- Updated GAPPS
- Updated Xposed
- Other misc changes and bugfixes
ArchiDroid 3.1
- Initial release
Important notes
- YOU DIRTY FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- FULL WIPE IS ALWAYS SUGGESTED WHEN FLASHING NEW VERSION.
- DON'T EXPECT A BUGLESS EXPERIENCE IF YOU DIRTY FLASH OR USE TITANIUM BACKUP.
ArchiDroid 3.1 is major new release based on CyanogenMod 12.1 (Android 5.1.1 Lollipop). There are too many changes compared to previous release of AD 3.0.2, so you should treat this version as totally new ROM. Here you can find some important notes to make update easier, and to avoid some possible issues:
- If coming from AD 3.0.2 or any other ROM, regardless what it is, you should make full wipe. ArchiDroid is smart enough to detect itself during install and offer you an update, but this option should not be used with major release such as this one. Full wipe in necessary.
- It also means that you should AVOID restoring old, incompatible data with apps such as Titanium Backup. Full wipe means full wipe, not half wipe and restoring data later. Of course, it's up to you if you want to follow my suggestions or not, but do not expect that you'll have bugfree experience otherwise.
- You should update your recovery prior to flashing, again, regardless of what recovery you have now. The best way is to do so right from ArchiDroid ZIP, as AD offers updating recovery prior to flashing the rest, from AROMA. On the preset screen you can choose "Recovery" to update to latest (confirmed working) TWRP for i9300, reboot recovery and flash the rest. Only TWRP is supported by me, AD should be universal enough to be flashed with other recoveries as well but you're on your own doing so.
- While not mandatory, I suggest also a wipe of whole internal SD card (/data and /data/media), as this will make sure than no junk is left. If you don't want to do so, at least make sure to remove /data/media/0/ArchiDroid folder prior to flashing, even if you have experimental AD 3.1 already. I do not track all regressions and doing so will make sure that backend works in intended way. A best way to do so is to update your recovery first, then through TWRP file manager navigate to /data/media/0 and remove whole ArchiDroid folder.
- AD already has built-in GAPPS, provided by OpenGApps project. Flashing other GAPPS is not recommended, but if you know what you're doing you can still untick all Google Apps offered in AROMA (Whole GAPPS category including core gapps + also google launcher and google keyboard) and install your own GAPPS package after AD installation. Although, as I said, I suggest to stick with AD gapps, as they're proven to be working well, and they're tested by me and other experimental users.
TL;DR
- Make full wipe
- Update recovery prior to flashing
- Wipe internal storage, or at least remove /data/media/0/ArchiDroid
- Flash AD
- Do not restore old data through titanium backup
- Enjoy your fresh ArchiDroid experience
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Oldstable: ArchiDroid 3.0.2 GitHub | XDA Direct | XDA Torrent
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XDA:DevDB Information
[EOL] [ROM] [5.1.1] [CyanogenMod] [GCC 4.9] [Excellent] [12/11/15] ArchiDroid V3.1.5, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300
Contributors
JustArchi
Source Code: https://github.com/ArchiDroid/ArchiDroid/tree/i9300-cm-stable
ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: CyanogenMod
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2013-08-19
Last Updated 2015-11-20
[SIZE="+3"]ArchiDroid's FAQ / Q&A[/SIZE][SIZE="+1"]This is the development thread. In case of any non-development questions or issues, you should use above link[/SIZE]
[SIZE="+1"]Features / Why ArchiDroid?[/SIZE]
First of all, ArchiDroid includes everything available in it's base. The whole point of ArchiDroid is to improve the base, without needing of making any trade-offs, so by flashing ArchiDroid, you're getting everything offered by the base itself. There's nothing to lose, everything to gain.
You can read detailed information about every ArchiDroid component here. It's a massive wall of text, so I'm only going to list the core features without describing them.
These were written from scratch, they're completely unique and you won't find exactly the same implementation in any other ROM.
ArchiDroid-Unique features:
- ArchiDroid's AROMA Installer
- ArchiDroid's Pocket Debian
- ArchiDroid's Flasher
- ArchiDroid's RunOnce
- ArchiDroid's Init
- ArchiDroid's Backend Control
- ArchiDroid's HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion Daemon (Haveged)
- ArchiDroid's Fast Random Number Generator (Frandom)
- ArchiDroid's Adblock (dnsmasq/dnrd, dnsproxy2, pixelserv)
- ArchiDroid's Forced Update
Apart from that, here, on the credits page, you can find all third-party projects, which have been implemented into ArchiDroid. In addition to that, it's up to YOU to decide if you want to install something, or not.
ArchiDroid focuses on flexibility and user choice.
If you're looking for fastest ROM, choose ArchiDroid.
If you're looking for most battery-saving ROM, choose ArchiDroid
If you're looking for cutting-edge functions, choose ArchiDroid
If you're looking for the most flexible rom ever created, definitely choose ArchiDroid
ArchiDroid adjusts to your needs. You can make it whatever you want. With bunch of presets, modes and questions, you can make your ArchiDroid behave. Check yourself why ArchiDroid is The TOP 1 ROM for Galaxy S3http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3#romList, according to number of followers, rates, reviews and downloads count. Check the Reviews, take a look at Video Reviews, do whatever you want to, ArchiDroid is proven to be one of the best ROMs for Galaxy S3, ever created.
Try ArchiDroid once, and you'll never look back. I can assure you.
Disclaimer
ARCHIDROID SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES THAT IT IS FREE OF DEFECTS, VIRUS FREE, ABLE TO OPERATE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED BASIS, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING.
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Your warranty is now void.
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. Hard. A lot.
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Developer's Kitchen
Unless stated otherwise, all ArchiDroid components are licensed under the Apache License:
Code:
Copyright 2014 [email protected]
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
Especially:
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ArchiDroid is one of the most complex ROMs ever created. When you start digging in my work, you can very easily get lost. And I'm not talking about base itself, but about everything next to it. You can use every part of my work, as long as:
1. You include proper credit where you should. This usually includes proper comment in a script/file and in the credits of the project, including license (if needed)
2. You let me know about this fact. Through PM on xda or e-mail
I'm always happy to help, especially with the problems I faced in the past. However I also want to be respected, considering that most of the ArchiDroid parts were written from scratch.
ArchiDroid 2.X vs. ArchiDroid 1.X
The long battle between choosing over ArchiDroid 2.X and 1.X is still recent. There's no one real and true answer to this. It's up to YOU to decide who wins this battle, because obviously every user is different. I'm only going to give you some tips and briefly describe differences.
Despite the name, ArchiDroid 2.X and 1.X are totally different ROMs. It all started with ArchiDroid 1.X, a ROM based on Sammy's stock firmware, with all needed goodies and features baked in. Then eventually I managed to implement everything what I ever wanted to implement, therefore making ArchiDroid 1.X more or less complete. Then I started with ArchiDroid 2.X project, built from scratch from AOSP sources, with all source codes available.
The point is, ArchiDroid 1.X is more or less complete, there's no "real" development going on, as I obviously don't have samsung sources to begin fun with. On the other hand, ArchiDroid 2.X will never be finished, there's always something to improve, something to add, something to fix... This is ongoing process, which will reach the end when I finally break my SGS3 or change the phone to another one .
If you're new user or you don't know how AOSP works on our SGS3s then I highly suggest to flash ArchiDroid 1.X firstly. ArchiDroid 2.X is targeted at advanced users, who don't mind some "core" features being broken. It will NEVER be as stable as ArchiDroid 1.X is, so if stability is the number 1 for you, choose 1.X.
ArchiDroid comparision
From 1-10, based on my own point of view
Stability
2.X - 5
1.X - 8
Compatibility
2.X - 4
1.X - 9
Battery
2.X - 6
1.X - 9
Performance
2.X - 9
1.X - 6
Features
2.X - 9
1.X - 4
Android Updates
2.X - 9
1.X - 6
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Overall
2.X - 42
1.X - 42
This is ArchiDroid comparision in a nutshell. If you ask me, I think that ArchiDroid 1.X is far better choice for daily driver, but if you're advanced user and you know how to deal with possible broken functions then you can have great time using ArchiDroid 2.X as well.
Remember that only ArchiDroid 1.X supports Samsungs-specific features, such as Smart Stay, Screen mirroring, Allshare or whatever. This also includes closed-source proprietary drivers, such as many bluetooth headsets, which won't work under open-source AOSP. Think twice before considering 2.X if you're addicted to these Samsung goodies.
On the other hand, ArchiDroid 2.X is the only ArchiDroid with "real" development going on, however all universal changes are also backported back to ArchiDroid 1.X, so you're not missing any feature, which benefits also Sammy's base.
That's it. I hope that a choice between both of these awesome roms is a bit easier now. If you still can't decide I suggest to flash both of them for some time and then decide which suits you better.
Know Your ArchiDroid
ArchiDroid is not only a rom. It's not only a baked android with third-party apps, modifications and tweaks. ArchiDroid is an universal backend which improves rom by many built-in functions.
Let me tell you a story. During developing first version of ArchiDroid 2.0 I experienced many problems, which were not that easy to solve. First of all - apps data. Trust me or not but you can't simply extract data, put it in /data/data after install and hope that it works. Android will detect such injection, report inconsistent of data and wipe everything attached to that. Okay so... How I should provide you with my boeffla preset? CoolTool settings? STweaks profile? If I put my data during flashing it'll get wiped. If I put my data and deny wiping it then Android will report inconsistent of data to user and work unstable. Yes guys, it's impossible to do so without a trick or without recompiling whole rom.
I won't tell you a whole story, because you probably don't want to hear about ArchiDroid development. I'll simply tell you that I overcome MANY difficulties, simply because I do what I like, and I like what I do. After countless number of hours, I can finally provide you with the ROM, which is the best. Why is it the best? Because I'm improving the base, and I'm not making any trade-offs.
GitHub / Versioning / Experimental Versions
ArchiDroid version contains 3 numbers. X.Y.Z. X is the base number of the rom. For now it won't change because ArchiDroid 1 is based on Sammy Rom and ArchiDroid 2 is based on CyanogenMod. Basically we have two numbers left, Y and Z. Y number will change when I'll implement something really new, when I'll make some advanced improvements or after many Z changes. Z number is the "standard" update, like updated sources, some bugfixes and so on.
I've learned many things since releasing of first ArchiDroid 1.0.0. Because of that I've also created a GitHub repository, which you can find here. What does it mean for you? First of all as you can see there are 4 different branches. 1.X-STABLE, 1.X-EXPERIMENTAL, 2.X-STABLE and 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL. What does it mean? You can enter selected branch and click on "Commits" button to see every single update which I've made to selected branch. Experimental branches will get updates nearly every single day, especially 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL because of many CM changes and updates. Additionally after some tests I'll merge current 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL into 2.X-STABLE every week and provide as "weekly update", of course if current experimental will be stable enough to do so.
However that doesn't mean you need to wait for my updates! You can easily "pack" latest experimental and flash without needing to wait for my weekly build. I'll tell you how to download and flash it by yourself.
You can see differences between current stable and experimental here.
[Newbie Version]
1. Open 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL branch.
2. Click on Download Zip button located in bottom-right corner.
3. Install 7-Zip if you don't have that already. Other programs may, or may not work correctly.
4. Right-Click on zip, select Extract Here
5. Navigate to newly created ArchiDroid-2.X-EXPERIMENTAL folder
6. Select all files WITHOUT __dont_include folder, right-click and select 7-Zip => Add to archive
7. Make sure that you have zip format, Fastest compression (to save some megabytes) and Deflate method of compression.
8. Voila, copy newly created ArchiDroid-2.X-EXPERIMENTAL.zip to your phone and flash as usual.
[Expert Version]
1. Install Git for Windows or Linux
2. If you're on windows then make sure that windows won't change LF into CRLF (git config --global core.autocrlf false)
3. Clone my git repository using .git file. Keep in mind to specify depth, as this repo is really big. (git clone https://github.com/JustArchi/ArchiDroid.git --branch 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL --depth 1)
4. Select all files WITHOUT __dont_include folder zip them into standard .zip format with Deflate compression or without any compression.
5. Copy .zip to your phone and flash as usual
6. In order to update your local repo execute git pull origin 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL and go to point 4.
Additionally you can watch my short video, which shows how to flash experimental ArchiDroid going through "Expert Version".
Video Reviews / How ArchiDroid looks like?
@Koogly
ArchiDroid User Signatures
ArchiDroid Features
Know your ArchiDroid, learn how to use it
Introduction / Basics
Welcome to ArchiDroid's world mortal. In this tutorial we will show you what ArchiDroid has "inside" and what it really offers. All of things included in this post are ArchiDroid-specific, which means that you won't find any ROM with the same features, as they're written from scratch.
Here you can find some definitions of the words used in sections below. You should know most of them, but in case somebody is lost here you can get back on track.
Terminal, Shell - Typical android shell, which may be obtained in three ways.
1. Through native Android Debug Bridge (ADB) with command "adb shell" from the PC or even "ADB through network" (if supported).
2. Through any Android terminal app, f.e. Android Terminal Emulator bundled with ArchiDroid.
3. Through secure shell daemon (sshd), which needs to be turned on firstly. This is extremely useful in terms of pocket debian, which will be described later.
You can use any of these methods to access android's terminal, however usually Android Terminal Emulator will be the easiest one, as it's android app bundled with ArchiDroid. WARNING! Most of the commands below WILL require root access. You can log in to super user shell by "su" command right after obtaining shell. If you're unsure if you're logged as root or not, "whoami" command should print actual user, "root" or "unknown uid 0" are OK, others are not.
ArchiDroid's Pocket Debian
From wikipedia:
Debian is an operating system composed of free software mostly carrying the GNU General Public License. The operating system is developed by an internet collaboration of volunteers aligned with The Debian Project.
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From debian site:
As most of you know, Linux is just a kernel. And, for a long time, the Linux kernel ran only on the Intel x86 series of machines, from the 386 up.
However, this is no longer true, by any means. The Linux kernel has now been ported to a large, and growing, list of architectures. Following close behind, we have ported the Debian distribution to these architectures. In general, this is a process with a sticky start (as we get libc and the dynamic linker working smoothly), and then a relatively routine, if lengthy job, of attempting to recompile all our packages under the new architectures.
Debian is an operating system (OS), not a kernel (actually, it is more than an OS since it includes thousands of application programs)
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How exactly this covers our beloved SGS3 (and countless number of other android arm-based phones)?
As you may (or even should!) know, Android operates on it's own Linux-based kernel. Android's kernel is literally a fork of Linux kernel, with a few special/unique functions which are required, mostly hardware-specific. Because of that kernel itself is VERY compatible with everything based on Linux.
However there have always existed one typical problem, lack of proper environment. We have a great kernel, great power, linux-based android environment, but this environment lacks of very common and required libraries/binaries. If you ever wondered what is or what does busybox, this is the answer. Busybox is just a small package which offers a few standalone GNU/Linux binaries, which are required to make certain things work. For example, swap priorities. Android knows what swap is, and nothing else. It doesn't know that swap could have a priority, so if you use android's swapon command on 4 devices, it will firstly fill first device, and then proceed to the next. That's why we need busybox in ALL custom kernels, because android environment isn't enough.
However busybox sometimes isn't enough. If we focus only on Android itself, it is. But if you for example want to run stricly linux-based service, I don't know, a web server for example... Is it possible to run a native linux web server on an android? No, it's not. You should firstly compile such service on arm architecture, including all dynamic and static libraries (wrrr ) in it only to finally get mad because of missing libraries or other dependencies. Of course if you're patient you'd finally compile everything and set up, however how long would it take? A few days maybe? If you're skilled in what you're doing...
This is why I included built-in "pocket" debian in ArchiDroid. It's FULLY compatible with everything compiled/based on armhf/armel GNU/Linux architecture, for example Raspberry Pi. With two easy commands you can literally jump into debian environment and use every typical GNU/Linux utilities known from debian itself. Of course this means nothing for most of the users, because they'll never have any reason to use such debian environment but from the developer side, it's big step forward. The best example is with github. As you know ArchiDroid has it's own repo on github, from where you can download/manage stuff. There also exists git app for linux and windows. If you want to follow "expert" way of flashing experimental ArchiDroid version, such program is required. The scenario is the same as compiling web server for an android, it requires much more effort than it's worth. And even then you can end up with syncing external dependencies and searching for solutions for the problems you've never seen before... And with ArchiDroid's pocket debian? It's as simple as in any debian/ubuntu distro. "apt-get update && apt-get install git" and voila. Your git is installed and ready for work. Going further I've even included git in pocket debian itself. Okay, I have debian, I have git, and what next? With git utility I can for example provide you with delta updates for ArchiDroid! ArchiDroid can easily use pocket debian to set up and sync ArchiDroid's repository and then pack and flash latest version without even needing of a PC, using 7-zip or anything else. Another example? A web server. I know that it's very dev-specific but if you for any reason need a web server running, just for example to test simple website, you can have it with just one command. Going further, VNC? MySQL server? PHP? Python? Perl? Ruby? Maybe conditional tasks with cron? Persistent minimal IRC client? rtorrent with rutorrent GUI over WWW? The list goes on... Anything based on linux will work. You can even host a server for your favourite game, as long as it has armhf/armel binaries (unfortunately most of the games don't).
So that's it. In short, debian is an operating system built-in in ArchiDroid to provide you with (unfortunately missing) GNU/Linux environment, with full power, ready to handle anything you could request. I made my best to include fully working debian in ArchiDroid for a minimal cost. Whole OS is packed in one big tar file, compressed using highest bzip2. As for now pocket debian has ONLY 40 megabytes of size, maybe in future it will have up to 50 megabytes, but no more. It's a VERY small cost for having such great power, especially if you know how to use it.
This is a really cutting-edge feature, mostly because I have no limitiations what I can include in my ROM right now, and while other developers are dealing with OpenDelta updates and many Android-based problems, I'm just launching my pocket debian and manages linux stuff.
I'm SURE that most of the advanced ArchiDroid user will just LOVE this feature, as much as I love it. I'm looking forward to your responses how YOU use pocket debian with your ArchiDroid. It's also a great time to learn what does the debian offer and how you can simplify your common tasks with just one example debian utility .
Technical informations:
1. Pocket Debian does not cause any additional overhead. We don't need to use emulation, neither virtualization to boot our monster. I used chroot technology to "jump" into debian environment with already running kernel and Android. That means additional required CPU/RAM is based on what you run in pocket debian. Booting itself doesn't require anything, just about one megabyte of ram for /bin/bash shell .
2. Android has some restrictions, mostly sockets. It doesn't allow to create inet sockets by default, even for root users. You will need to add your custom debian users to special group called "inet" (GID 3003) to allow creating of inet sockets, and you may also need to add a group to net_raw group (GID 3004) to allow creating of raw sockets. Please keep in mind that it's only required if you're running an app which required it's own socket, for example mysql server. So apt-get install mysql-server will fail right after booting, you will need to use "addgroup mysql inet" and then apt-get -f install to complete installation. Of course "mysql" is the new user under which mysql-server really operates. I've added root to both of these groups by default.
3. The only "real" restriction is the kernel. Our debian uses Android kernel and it's filesystem. It should work with most common tasks but in some cases our kernel may lack specific modules or built-in code, for example tun/tap required for OpenVPN. Still it's enough to run pretty much everything and if you get in touch with your favourite kernel developer you can also kindly ask for specific missing things.
4. Debian is built and included thanks to debootstrap utility, ArchiDroid command used for creating debian environment is debootstrap --verbose --arch armhf --include=git,ca-certificates,ssh,htop,tightvncserver,xterm,xfonts-base --exclude=manpages,man-db,rsyslog,vim-common,vim-tiny testing debian http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
HowTo:
Pocket Debian contains two main terminal commands, "adlinux" and "debian". Both of them are described below. By adlinux and debian you boot and jump into debian's chroot, which means you can use any debian-specific commands.
Examples:
passwd - changes password of actual user. This is needed to login as specific user, for example through ssh.
service ssh start - starts local SSH (secure shell) daemon on native port :22, to which you can easily access via any client supporting ssh, f.e. PuTTY. So basicly after you start shell you can literally connect to your local area network (LAN) IP on port 22 f.e. through PuTTY from your PC.
ifconfig - prints network-related informations about online interfaces, including your local IP, which may be useful for connecting to SSH.
htop - Enhanced top utility. Gives you very good terminal-based view on actual running processes, used ram, load, and more.
apt-get update - Syncs with debian's apt repository. This is mandatory to use many of apt commands because ArchiDroid's debian comes without local repo available, however fully configured to download and access it with just one command
apt-get install XXX - installs packet XXX from debian's repository.
apt-cache search XXX - searches for all packets including keyword "XXX". Ultra useful in terms of searching for specific packet.
Please note that pocket debian is VERY similar to normal native Debian/Ubuntu distribution, therefore above commands are not ArchiDroid's magic, they're very widely used in Debian/Ubuntu distros. If you want to learn more, most of the Debian/Ubuntu tutorials will be very helpful.
ArchiDroid's Pocket Debian Booter (adlinux)
You can call "adlinux" command from your favourite terminal.
adlinux is designed to boot and prepare ArchiDroid's Pocket Debian environment. It requires mode to be specified, and also respects any extra arguments passed.
If you call standalone "adlinux" command then it will print usage and then ask you what you want to do with giving proper informations about every choice. Additionally if you know what you want to do, you can also pass arguments directly to adlinux command, f.e. by executing "adlinux default", which will execute adlinux with "default" mode.
Available modes:
default - Will mount /data /system /storage/sdcard0 /storage/sdcard1 and core filesystems in chroot. Default suggested mode
safe - Will mount only core filesystems in chroot. Useful if you don't want to share your storage in chroot
bare - Won't mount even core filesystems such as /proc /dev or /sys. Requires "debian force" to enter chroot. This is the "real" safe mode. You won't be able to interact with an android in any way, while debian itself will work in very limited environment, making core functions unavailable. Suggested only for testing purposes
rebuild - Will automatically reboot your device and remove debian folder in the safe way. WILL CAUSE ALL DEBIAN DATA TO BE LOST!
unmount - Will automatically reboot your device to safely unmount debian environment
Extra options:
extsd - Use external sd card (/storage/sdcard1 /storage/extSdCard), if possible
intsd - Use internal sd card (/data/media/0)
Additional information about modes:
Debian shares core kernel filesystems in "safe" and "default" modes, while it also shares your internal and external sd card in "default" mode. This is nothing to be scared of, as you have full control of what you run in debian, however please note that you CAN'T do whatever you want. All mounted partitions in debian are "binded". "Bind" means that it's mirrored to the mount point and all changes on mounted partition WILL affect the mount point, which is logical. This is nothing to be scared of, as long as you know that debian only extends your environment, it does not fully works in it's own and you CAN cause serious problems from inside of chroot. The only really safe mode is "bare" mode, however in "bare" mode debian can't really do anything, as kernel filesystems are absolutely required for most of the functions. Okay so, you need to know one thing. If you have booted debian you SHOULD NOT touch debian's folder, which is ArchiDroid/debian (on your internal or external sd card, depends what you choosed).. As you know debian for example binds /data to it's folder /data, which is physically ArchiDroid/debian/data. If you for example delete ArchiDroid/debian through root explorer WITH mounted debian then it will ALSO delete debian/data folder, which is binded to /data, and therefore will delete your whole internal sd card, that's why it's extremely important to take care because booted debian becomes part of the android and deleting it can cause at least soft bricks, with a possibility of hard as well. If you want to delete debian folder PLEASE use "rebuild" mode, only through this way you're absolutely sure that nothing bad happens and you won't delete your whole system partition by accident.
Note about extsd option:
Debian requires symlink functionality, typically native windows filesystems DON'T support symlinks, therefore you need to have your external sd card formatted in one of the native linux filesystems, f.e. ext4. adlinux will automatically tell you if debian can be unpacked and used on your external sd card, however it won't be possible under most common filesystems, such as exFAT or FAT32.
Technical informations:
1. Pocket debian archive is located in ArchiDroid/System/debian.tar.gz file. This is "bare" system used for creating environment for the first time, you should not touch it.
2. adlinux detects if debian is already extracted when booting, if not, it's firstly extracted from the file described above.
3. After extracting (if required), core filesystems are mounted with "bind" option based on the mode you've selected in "mode" question above. Typically it mounts /data /system /storage/sdcard0 /storage/sdcard1 /storage/extSdCard /dev /proc /sys.
4. Unmounting is not fully supported right now (linux barrier), therefore both "unmount" and "rebuild" options require a restart to execute properly.
ArchiDroid's Pocket Debian Shell/Chroot (debian)
You can call "debian" command from your favourite terminal.
debian command is designed to allow you "jumping" into debian chroot created by adlinux. Please read how adlinux command works firstly if you haven't done that already. debian command checks if core filesystems are available (if debian is booted), and if they are then it firstly modifies required environment variables to make debian happy (such as TERM, HOME, PATH), then it changes root (chroots) into debian folder, therefore allowing you to execute everything from inside of chroot. It's very generic command, therefore standalone "debian" command won't give you a choice the way adlinux did.
Available options (parameters):
force - required for jumping into bare debian, created with "adlinux bare" command above. This skips debian checks for mounted core filesystems, normally you should avoid it at all cost, unless you know what you're doing. If core filesystems are missing then it's very likely that your debian will be disabled in more than 90%.
extsd - Use external sd card (/storage/sdcard1 /storage/extSdCard), if possible
intsd - Use internal sd card (/data/media/0)
cmd - Executes command in debian chroot
WARNING! cmd parameter will cause all further parameters to be threated as a command passed to debian, therefore you need to make sure that this is the last debian parameter which you want. For example "debian force cmd service ssh start" will skip filesystems checks and execute "service ssh start" in debian's chroot, however "debian cmd force service ssh start" will pass "force service ssh start" to debian, therefore respecting filesystems checks and passing invalid command.
This function is extremely useful for making init.d and other startup scripts. For example you can easily call "adlinux default" and then "debian cmd service ssh start" to call secure shell daemon on every boot with two easy steps.
Technical informations:
1. debian command uses chroot technology to change root of current shell to debian shell.
2. After chrooting to debian directory, /bin/bash shell is automatically called as default debian shell.
ArchiDroid's Flasher (adflash)
You can call "adflash" command from your favourite terminal.
adflash is a great small utility, which allows you to easily update your ArchiDroid to latest stable or experimental version with one easy command and delta upgrade. It utilizes ArchiDroid functions, therefore you must be running ArchiDroid to use it.
If you call standalone "adflash" command then it will print usage and then ask you what you want to do with giving proper informations about every choice. Additionally if you know what you want to do, you can also pass arguments directly to adflash command, f.e. by executing "adflash 2e git", which will execute adflash with 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL version using git mode.
Available versions:
2e - 2.X-EXPERIMENTAL
2s - 2.X-STABLE
1e - 1.X-EXPERIMENTAL
1s - 1.X-STABLE
Extra options:
git - Sets up local git repository, which gives you delta upgrades and bandwidth saving
direct - Downloads targeted branch as .zip file directly from github
clean - Cleans everything up, including local repo and tmp folder from ArchiDroid directory specified below
extsd - Use external sd card (/storage/sdcard1 /storage/extSdCard)
intsd - Use internal sd card (/data/media/0)
nozip - Shows changelog and changes only
Okay so, the most interesting option is the mode...
Direct mode is simple, fast and effective. It downloads target version (stable or experimental) from GitHub server, then it repacks downloaded zip file and makes it available for flash. You should use this mode for one-time downloads, such as once per stable version or two. The only advantage of this method is the ability to download from github (and with one command).
Git mode is complex. It uses ArchiDroid's Pocket Debian (read above) for cloning and updating local ArchiDroid repo. This gives several number of advantages, mostly for using experimental versions. Firstly, by having local ArchiDroid repo you have to download ONLY changes between your snapshot and server's snapshot, which means delta upgrades. Secondly, you have access to all commits from target branch, so you know exactly what has changed since your latest download. Again, this is extremely useful for experimental branch, as changelog may not be up-to-date. Keep in mind that git mode will require additional space on your device for keeping ArchiDroid repository, therefore you sacrifice some space for delta upgrades. This mode is extremely useful for flashing ArchiDroid often, for example daily experimental versions, because in fact you download only new commits instead of whole repo/archive.
ArchiDroid's RunOnce (Backend)
ArchiDroid's Init (Backend)
ArchiDroid's Backend Control
ArchiDroid Backend Control is a set of settings, which controls behaviour of ArchiDroid's Init. It's located in /system/archidroid/dev and contains a number of files, which are recognized by ArchiDroid's Init. You shouldn't directly touch /system/archidroid/dev, instead you can control behaviour of ArchiDroid's Backend through /system/archidroid/scripts. They can be easily executed through any script manager, f.e. Root Browser or Android Terminal Emulator. Some of the settings are also located in /system/archidroid/etc folder, mostly configurations for binaries utilized by ArchiDroid's Init.
ArchiDroid's HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion Daemon (Haveged)
The haveged project is an attempt to provide an easy-to-use, unpredictable random number generator based upon an adaptation of the HAVEGE algorithm. Haveged was created to remedy low-entropy conditions in the Linux random device that can occur under some workloads, especially on headless servers. Current development of haveged is directed towards improving overall reliablity and adaptability while minimizing the barriers to using haveged for other tasks.
The original HAVEGE research dates back to 2003 and much of the original haveged documentation is now quite dated. Recent work on haveged has included an effort to provide more recent information on the project and its applications.
The original research behind HAVEGE use was based upon studies of the behavior of processor caches from a hardware level. The 'Flutter' documents attempt to provide a modern view of HAVEGE at software level through the use of a diagnostic build of haveged that captures the non deterministic inputs to haveged for analysis by external tools.
ArchiDroid has built-in haveged entropy generator. It's controlable through ArchiDroid's Backend Control - ArchiDroid_Haveged_EnableDisable.sh. It's turned on in default configuration, through HAVEGED_ENABLED
ArchiDroid's Fast Random Number Generator (Frandom)
Frandom is a Linux kernel random number generator, which is 10-50 times faster than what you get from Linux' built-in /dev/urandom. And it uses very little (/dev/frandom) or none (/dev/erandom) of the kernel's entropy pool, so it is very useful for applications that require a handy source for lots of random data.
ArchiDroid has built-in frandom activator. It's controlable through ArchiDroid's Backend Control - ArchiDroid_Frandom_EnableDisable.sh. It's turned on in default configuration, through FRANDOM_ENABLED.
Notice: Kernel must support frandom module to actually make use of that. Init will try to search for frandom.ko module and load it, then use /dev/erandom for both /dev/random and /dev/urandom. If your kernel supports frandom, it will work. If it doesn't, obviously this will be skipped even if you have FRANDOM_ENABLED. Check ArchiDroid Init log located in /data/media/0/ArchiDroid/Init.log to check if frandom works properly for you.
ArchiDroid's Adblock (dnsmasq/dnrd, dnsproxy2, pixelserv)
dnsproxy2 is a replacement DNS proxy for Android 4.3+
This currently allows the user to manually override the DNS server IP,
and it sets the correct UID on outbound requests so they can be filtered
via iptables / AFWall+ / DroidWall / etc.
Dnsmasq is a lightweight server designed to provide DNS, DHCP and TFTP services to a small-scale network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless machines.
Dnrd, Domain Name Relay Daemon is a caching, forwarding DNS proxy server. Most useful on vpn or dialup firewalls but it is also a nice DNS cache for minor networks and workstations.
Pixelserv is a super minimal webserver, it's one and only purpose is serving a 1x1 pixel transparent gif file. Using some creative firewalling (netfilter/iptables) rules you can redirect some webrequests (for adds for example) to pixelserv.
ArchiDroid has built-in Adblock. It's controlable through ArchiDroid's Backend Control:
ArchiDroid_Adblock_DnsmasqDnrdModeSwitch.sh
ArchiDroid_Adblock_EnableDisable.sh
ArchiDroid_Adblock_EnableDisableLocalDNSes.sh
ArchiDroid_Adblock_EnableDisableLocalDNSesDaemon.sh
ArchiDroid_Adblock_LockUnlockHosts.sh
ArchiDroid_Adblock_MoabAdawayHostsSwitch.sh
ArchiDroid_Adblock_Reload.sh
It's turned on in default configuration, through:
ADBLOCK_ENABLED
ADBLOCK_LOCAL_DNSES_DAEMON_ENABLED
ADBLOCK_LOCAL_DNSES_ENABLED
ADBLOCK_USE_ADAWAY_HOSTS
ADBLOCK_USE_DNSMASQ
In short. This is a very advanced and powerful solution for blocking ads through DNS queries. First of all we're forwarding all DNS traffic to localhost (127.0.0.1). Then we're handling them through local DNS server - dnsmasq (default), or dnrd (option). Our local DNS server reads blocked hostnames through special /system/archidroid/etc/hosts file, then if no record is found, it forwards DNS query to OpenDNS/Google DNS servers, or if it's found, returns 127.0.0.1 as the address. Lastly, pixelserv is providing a 1x1 NULLGIF response on local web server, so instead of big black/white screen instead of the AD, we get 1x1 transparent pixel, which usually perfectly hides ad from the app or the website.
Extra features:
1. You can specify if you want to use dnsmasq (default), or dnrd (option) as a local dns server. Dnsmasq is more flexible, modern, faster and has less memory footprint, however I also left dnrd as an option, because it's proven to work stable.
2. You can specify hosts file, which you want to use. In default configuration we use AdAway's hosts file, with more than 30 thousand of records, which results in extra ~2.5 MB memory usage. You have also an option to use MOAB (Mother Of Ad Blocking) hosts file, with more than 330 thousand of records, which will result in about ~30 MB memory usage. Eventually you can append your own rules or use non-standard hosts file, available in /system/archidroid/etc/hosts. Pro tip: You can point AdAway to use this hosts file (/system/archidroid/etc/hosts_adaway), which will result in automatic updates. /system/archidroid/etc/hosts is a symbolic link, either to hosts_away or hosts_moab, if you want to specify your own hosts, you can delete symbolic link and write your own rules.
3. Original /system/etc/hosts file has been locked from editing. This is to ensure that AdAway or other adblockers won't use obsolete and slow method of blocking ads through hosts. The whole point of implementing Adblock in ArchiDroid is to provide you with super-fast, flexible and effective way of blocking ads, also with getting rid of black/white ad screen. In 99% situations you don't want to touch ArchiDroid's default behaviour, as it blocks ads perfectly. Eventually, if you have a very good reason, you can unlock original hosts file through ArchiDroid's Backend Control and modify them, however keep in mind that every additional rule WILL slow down your network speed.
4. In default configuration local dns server uses two OpenDNS servers at port 5353, two Google DNS servers at port 53 and up to two local DNS servers provided by your Wi-Fi/3G connection, which overall gives a sum of 6 remote dns servers. In some rare scenarios (f.e. some wi-fi hotspots) you can notice that a moron, administrator of this wi-fi, blocked all dns queries and forces you to use his DNSes. This is BAD because of freedom and so on, but it's very common practice, that's why I turned on local DNSes as well. If you want to improve your privacy at least a bit, you can disable local DNS servers and then use only OpenDNS and Google DNS.
5. Above option initialy has been written to allow you one-time access to such non-trusty wi-fi's. But if you for any reason need automatic update of your local DNSes (3G and Wi-Fi's will use different local DNSes), you can also turn on Local DNSes Daemon, which will automatically query and update local DNSes if needed. This is also turned on in addition to local dnses above, of course in default preset.
ArchiDroid's Forced Update (RunOnce)
Forced update selected during mode selection in aroma tells RunOnce to work in "INSTALL" mode even on "UPDATE" mode, apart from that it works exactly the same as update mode, only RunOnce is affected.
Credits
ArchiDroid Core
- AROMA Installer
- AROMA Filemanager
- Devil Kernel
- Googy Max Kernel
- PhilZ Touch Recovery
- SuperSU
- Nova Launcher
- TouchPal Keyboard
- Hacker's Keyboard
- Android Terminal Emulator
- BetterBatteryStats
- Cool Tool
- Greenify
- MX Player & Custom Codec
- LMT
- Root Browser
- Titanium Backup
- CrossBreeder
- Online Nandroid
- Xposed Framework
- App Settings
- XPrivacy
- Debian
- cURL
- GitHub
ArchiDroid 2.X
- OmniROM for GT-I9300
- Linaro Toolchain
- Boeffla Kernel
- Yank555.lu Kernel
- Temasek Kernel
- Spirit 2
ArchiDroid 1.X
- SamMobile
- JustArchi's Android Kitchen & dsixda's Android Kitchen
- Boeffla Kernel
- Yank555.lu Kernel
- KitKat Revolution Theme
- Blue Theme
- All Backs Black Theme
- Wanam Xposed
Special thanks to:
- Kenshin, for graphic design and ArchiDroid Touhou bootanimation
- @mrtur, for graphic design and helpful hand during ArchiDroid experimental tests
- @malachow, for helping users across both international and polish board, sharing the spirit of ArchiDroid
- All ArchiDroid Contributors, for improving and making ArchiDroid better!
- ArchiDroid Facebook Group, for beta-testing the very first alphas of ArchiDroid 2.0.0
- ROM Cleaner, for awesome generic list of bloatware
- Android Revolution HD, for being ex-ArchiDroid 1.X base
- WanamLite, for being ex-ArchiDroid 1.X base
- Temasek's Unofficial Build, for being ex-ArchiDroid 2.X base
- crDroid, for being ex-ArchiDroid 2.X base
- You, for choosing ArchiDroid over other available ROMs
The Keyboard looks a bit too Bulky.. Judging from the Screenshots.
Will give it a try though. Thanks!
Sounds good will give it a go. Thanks!
By the by did you fix the halo bug that is found in temaseks ROM? ( if you use the halo))) app to pin applications to halo the notifications are not hidden in the notification tray)
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DiDA™ said:
The Keyboard looks a bit too Bulky.. Judging from the Screenshots.
Will give it a try though. Thanks!
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Aaaand we have a first visitor!
Don't worry. You have two more keyboards in aroma to choose from .
Pantherx12 said:
Sounds good will give it a go. Thanks!
By the by did you fix the halo bug that is found in temaseks ROM? ( if you use the halo))) app to pin applications to halo the notifications are not hidden in the notification tray)
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Unfortunately not. Temasek knows better how to merge and fix stuff directly connected with the framework. I'm just a Padawan here . But I'm doing my best, check it yourself .
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Aaaand we have a first visitor!
Don't worry. You have two more keyboards in aroma to choose from .
Unfortunately not. Temasek knows better how to merge and fix stuff directly connected with the framework. I'm just a Padawan here . But I'm doing my best, check it yourself .
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Ahh that's a shame its essential for me.
I'll still download and use it for a day let you know how it runs though
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Great to see another ROM for our beloved SGS3. I have used a few CM10.1 based ROMs but always seemed to have problems with receiving/making calls
On the other hand I dont like Sammy based ROMs so I'm downloading your ROM to try it out :thumbup:
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TonyK2005 said:
Great to see another ROM for our beloved SGS3. I have used a few CM10.1 based ROMs but always seemed to have problems with receiving/making calls
On the other hand I dont like Sammy based ROMs so I'm downloading your ROM to try it out :thumbup:
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I'm glad to inform you that I haven't got any call issues since start of developing ArchiDroid 2.0, and that was in May . Of course that doesn't mean that you also won't have such issues but personally I think that you will be satisfied . Check it yourself.
Downloaded & flashed!! First time Aroma hung at 0.00% for about 10 minutes, turned phone off/on & changed some installation settings (not sure if any caused the hang) & the installation was successful. ROM feels silky smooth & looks great!
Will use the ROM for the next few days & see if there are any issues, great so far though.
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TonyK2005 said:
Downloaded & flashed!! First time Aroma hung at 0.00% for about 10 minutes, turned phone off/on & changed some installation settings (not sure if any caused the hang) & the installation was successful. ROM feels silky smooth & looks great!
Will use the ROM for the next few days & see if there are any issues, great so far though.
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Thanks. It looks like latest Aroma 2.70 B6 has some hang issues. That not a problem, simply repeat flashing with any combination you like.
Looking forward to further opinions .
And we have first new experimental already .
https://github.com/JustArchi/ArchiDroid/commit/aa8845031dc93adbf08db33dc8b7869f0d5b27b8
https://github.com/JustArchi/ArchiDroid/commit/1acae50c62c7ef59ab2acb022b33fa47c220207a
https://github.com/JustArchi/ArchiDroid/commit/b3c3c87f795970fc14142121892080a9a74f188b
If you're interested in flashing ArchiDroid twice per day then take a look at "GitHub" section in the first post :laugh:. Remember that experimental versions won't be released the same way as stable ones.
@Pantherx12
As far as I know Temasek fixed this issue in V104.3, so you can get your fixed ArchiDroid right now .
By far the best I've had so far on your phone.
Great job,thx JustArchi
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If you're interested in flashing ArchiDroid twice per day then take a look at "GitHub" section in the first post :laugh:. Remember that experimental versions won't be released the same way as stable ones.
@Pantherx12
As far as I know Temasek fixed this issue in V104.3, so you can get your fixed ArchiDroid right now .
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Looking nice! Makes me happy that it is based on tema's build. Some more flexibility is always welcomed! As about xposed framework. That's a problem. Because it breaks the some framework tweaks tema included after v100. I was using xposed before but there was a much difference with xposed framwork & without. so i removed it.
Plus, What fix tema included in 104.3? A persistent notification one? No, That is still there. Good Luck! :highfive:
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Looking nice! Makes me happy that it is based on tema's build. Some more flexibility is always welcomed! As about xposed framework. That's a problem. Because it breaks the some framework tweaks tema included after v100. I was using xposed before but there was a much difference with xposed framwork & without. so i removed it.
Plus, What fix tema included in 104.3? A persistent notification one? No, That is still there. Good Luck! :highfive:
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Last time I've used xposed it worked fine but if you say so then I'll take a closer look, thanks for reporting.
And about halo fix, I was refering to @Striatum_bdr
It seems halo fix is included in 104.3 built that can be founded in Temasek's experimental built on dev-host only repo.
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But if it's not then we need to wait for temasek to fix it . I'm pushing his updates into my experimental branch as soon as possible, sometimes 10 minutes after release
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Last time I've used xposed it worked fine but if you say so then I'll take a closer look, thanks for reporting.
And about halo fix, I was refering to @Striatum_bdr
But if it's not then we need to wait for temasek to fix it . I'm pushing his updates into my experimental branch as soon as possible, sometimes 10 minutes after release
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Take a look on the apps openning speed. & alot smoothness without xposed framework. Keep up the good work. I'll soon give it a try! :good:
At the moment I'm updating Q&A, some user signatures and so on.
Also in the meantime I'm testing some new binary files to ensure less problem with aroma freezes. I'm not quite sure if I'm able to do anything with that but at least I'll try . Every approved update will be available in experimental branch of course.
Fixed Halo bug??
After a bit of tinkering and some insight from Chainfire and imoseyon i was finally able to get SuperSU working on AOSP roms without being permissive or having to use Chainfire's prebuilt sepolicy
sepolicy patch is here: https://github.com/PureNexusProject...mmit/0f5072de4580a5db7348917e77e4c1c35d3e3c1a
Stickied.
sorry to be that guy, but how does this affect the average joe?
does it mean theres going to be a new version of supersu with this or does this mean that custom rom makers can use this patch to make there roms not need the the custom boot.img?
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sorry to be that guy, but how does this affect the average joe?
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It doesn't, this is for ROM devs only, they know what to do with this.
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It doesn't, this is for ROM devs only, they know what to do with this.
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Welcome back! Hope you had a good break.
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Thanks after including this in my AOSP builds i have noticed a few things, certain "root" app still dont function and get selinux denials. i originally had noticed this with logcat extreme. i was getting read and write denials on logd so i did an audit2allow on my sepolicy and came up with the following allow
Code:
#============= logd ==============
allow logd init:fifo_file { read write };
i did a quick google search on this and came up with https://gist.github.com/poliva/fc5b7402bde74be27518 which is apparently an sediff of your sepolicy, which is heavily modified beyond just what i had for supersu to work in enforcing for aosp roms. so i guess my real question is do us "AOSP" devs have to update our sepolicys with these 300+ additions to get all current root apps working or is this something that you can overcome in an update to SuperSU.
thanks in advance :good:
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Thanks after including this in my AOSP builds i have noticed a few things, certain "root" app still dont function and get selinux denials. i originally had noticed this with logcat extreme. i was getting read and write denials on logd so i did an audit2allow on my sepolicy and came up with the following allow
Code:
#============= logd ==============
allow logd init:fifo_file { read write };
i did a quick google search on this and came up with https://gist.github.com/poliva/fc5b7402bde74be27518 which is apparently an sediff of your sepolicy, which is heavily modified beyond just what i had for supersu to work in enforcing for aosp roms. so i guess my real question is do us "AOSP" devs have to update our sepolicys with these 300+ additions to get all current root apps working or is this something that you can overcome in an update to SuperSU.
thanks in advance :good:
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There is no such thing now as "all current root apps working".
If SuperSU's deamon can be launched, and it can in turn launch the supolicy tool, most of the rules from the diff will be modified by SuperSU as needed.
What your patch needs to do (and you have already done) is make sure SuperSU can be launched in the right context, and can modify the sepolicy. You do not need to implement those 300+ additions - it will be done at boot automagically.
As for those additions themselves, they are primarily needed to:
- make sure SuperSU can work, internal communications between the different processes and such
- make processes running as the "init" context (where root apps run by default) as powerful as possible
- specifically "allow" a number of things that would otherwise still work, but would be logged (everything that starts with "allow init" or "allow recovery")
Now, even with the above, still not everything works out of the box. Everything that goes from "init" to "non-init" context should already work, but going from "non-init" context to "init" may not. In your example case, we go from "logd" to "init", which isn't specifically allowed. Often apps can be fixed to work around an issue such as this.
Generally speaking, the solution is not to fix the source sepolicy or the supolicy tool, the solution is for the "logcat extreme" app to run the following at launch (as documented in How-To SU):
Code:
supolicy --live "allow logd init fifo_file { read write }"
In this specific case, maybe it could be added to supolicy, it depends on what exactly generates the audit. If it's a simple logcat command, it's a candidate for inclusion. The problem might even be solved by switching contexts rather than modifying any SELinux policies. But that is something for the app developer to figure out.
In either case, it is not something you need to fix in the AOSP patches. Those already do what they need to do.
Since they started doing SELinux Enforcing though, the policies in AOSP have generally been a tad stricter than on retail devices (this was specifically the case during 4.4 days). This may lead to you sometimes having to add/remove a rule manually somewhere that was not added to SuperSU yet. It could happen, but it's unlikely, probably temporary, and it probably should not go into this AOSP patch.
A note on pof's sediff, I'm not sure it was done cleanly, as I see some modifications in there that are not done by supolicy. Either way, such a post is informative, not leading, as supolicy may do more or less modifications depending on various runtime variables (such as Android version). Additionally, due to context names and availabilities changing between Android versions, any rule modification referencing a context not available in the to-be-patched sepolicy will not be applied, and thus will not show up in an sediff.
@BeansTown106
Have you checked by any chance if this patch is enough to allow 2.61 (systemless) to work still ?
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@BeansTown106
Have you checked by any chance if this patch is enough to allow 2.61 (systemless) to work still ?
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thanks for the description above now i understand. have never developed a root app so i had not read that part of how to su, but it makes perfect sense that the root apps would handle the denials live via your supolicy
as for system less root i have not tried that yet but i will give it a shot tonight, and report back, i know some people in my ROM thread have used system less root. but i am not sure if you had packaged your sepolicy in the install script for 2.61+ and if it is overwriting mine in the kernel, if that is the case i will modify the installation to not patch the sepolicy and see if it works with my pre compiled one based on the source above
Starting 2.64, I think this addition to init.te is all that is needed:
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allow init kernel:security load_policy;
Confirmation needed though. The original patch will also work with 2.64, and the ZIP installer should default to /system installation mode.
Of course, this also requires that /system isn't verified by dm-verity, and init reloads sepolicy from the standard /data/security/current location.
the link in OP its no longer working...
Also in CM13 tree we have:
Code:
# Reload policy upon setprop selinux.reload_policy 1.
# Note: this requires the following allow rule
# allow init kernel:security load_policy;
and over my builds have no problem with SuperSU system less...
Chainfire said:
Starting 2.64, I think this addition to init.te is all that is needed:
Code:
allow init kernel:security load_policy;
Confirmation needed though. The original patch will also work with 2.64, and the ZIP installer should default to /system installation mode.
Of course, this also requires that /system isn't verified by dm-verity, and init reloads sepolicy from the standard /data/security/current location.
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will build and test with only load policy enabled, is this for system, and systemless root?
danieldmm said:
the link in OP its no longer working...
Also in CM13 tree we have:
Code:
# Reload policy upon setprop selinux.reload_policy 1.
# Note: this requires the following allow rule
# allow init kernel:security load_policy;
and over my builds have no problem with SuperSU system less...
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updated link, so your saying systemless supersu works with no selinux modifications?
BeansTown106 said:
updated link, so your saying systemless supersu works with no selinux modifications?
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Over my builds yes, no issues at all in cm13, although my kernel it's in permissive mode. Maybe it's why it works all good?
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danieldmm said:
Over my builds yes, no issues at all in cm13, although my kernel it's in permissive mode. Maybe it's why it works all good?
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that is why, these patchs are to allow you to run in enforcing
I dont know if a should post here this question: there is any way to fix this problem with the rom already installed?
Thanks
Garzla said:
I dont know if a should post here this question: there is any way to fix this problem with the rom already installed?
Thanks
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Try the following. It works for me when needed...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3574688
Thank you for your work!
Link in OP its no longer working...
Is there any actual guide how to add SU directly to AOSP build. I have found bits and pieces but those are mainly 4.x releases.
I'm using Android M release and quite much struggling to get it working.
I have tried to make SU default on AOSP 6.0 by using this guide.
http://forum.khadas.com/t/gapps-and-su-on-soc/118/3
I'm using user build and enabled selinux permissive on that.
i have made also ro.secure=0 ro.debuggable=1 and security.perf_harden=0 (Not sure if needed)
I have also modified to change the su permissions in fs_config.c
I managed to get this work so that when flashing rom SuperSu ask for updating su binary and after that su works.
but i then cleaned work area to verify build by deleting out dir and recompiled. No go anymore.
Why it's so hard to add su by default on AOSP rom. I woud like to have it by default so i would not need to do any tricks everytime i flash new rom.
It reminds me of Korean dramas ,
THIS THREAD IS FOR DEVELOPERS ONLY. IF YOU ARE NOT A DEVELOPER (or very tech-savvy and well-versed), MOST LIKELY YOU SHOULD NOT POST HERE.
By request, I am creating this thread for developer discussion. This is the place for developers to ask questions about how to handle/implement/embed SuperSU, discuss the operation of SuperSU, suggest improvements to compatibility, etc.
This thread hopefully reduces important developer related matters from being buried in the more user-oriented threads.
Please always include the version number of SuperSU you are referring to, even if it's the latest version right now. If applicable, also include information about phone and firmware you are testing with.
Chainfire said:
The stop-gap solution is to disable this caching completely, which is what the 000000deepsleep script does, which you can find mentioned or quoted in many posts around the forum. From SuperSU 2.66 onwards, that script is automatically installed on Samsung devices when systemless root is used.
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Please forgive me for posting (in a cf-auto-root thread) and digging afterwards. I had thought I'd just dump the info and forget about it, but I couldn't stop digging...
...which led me to the quoted material.
Digging in the supersu 2.66 update-scriptbinary, I see that you're detecting "samsung" in the build fingerprint, and if true, doing a systemless install AND applying a deepsleep fix. This works for Galaxy S6 devices, but not for some other similar platform devices. In particular, the Note5 has THREE devices that need caching disabled in order for deep sleep to function. (0:0:0:3 as well as :2 and :1.)
My first question is: does the SGS6 even have a file named "/sys/class/scsi_disk/0:0:0:3/cache_type"? If not, just write to all three files and don't worry about it. The third write would fail on the SGS6 and all would be good. It'd be no worse of a work-around than already exists (and I think it's a bad work-around.)
If that file DOES exist in the SGS6, then something would have caching turned off that really shouldn't. Of course, existing or not, automatically tossing in this deepsleep patch for every single device that has "samsung" in the build fingerprint would seem likely break proper caching in some yet unknown samsung device. Perhaps the SGS7 will change things up so that :1 should be left cache flushable, and :2 would be the only one that should block cache flushing.
As well, it's also possible that Samsung will pull in the kernel fix to resolve this issue before they release Android M. (Okay, perhaps it'd be more likely for Samsung to open source touchwiz... but we can always have fantasies.)
My problem with the work-around is expressed above: it can break something in the future (and cause a support headache when some ONE exynos7420 device is fixed, but the rest aren't.) As well, it sets precedent of having platform specific hacks in the generic update.zip (but only allowing for a single platform and not in an easily expandable way.)
Obviously, it would be a maintenance nightmare to have different "00000deepsleep" files for every different device model. (if 'zerolte.*', SGS6. If 'nobellte.*', Note5, etc.)...
In keeping with what I tell other people, I feel I now have an obligation to suggest A Better Way. (a person shouldn't complain about something unless they can make a reasonable suggestion on how it'd be better.)
So, here's my slightly convoluted (but expandable) suggestion:
You currently use /data/.supersu to read certain variables that modify the supersu.zip installer script. Perhaps those "platform specific lines" could be added to that file, and the installer script would put them in place. So, I could do the following in a recovery root shell before installing supersu.zip:
Code:
echo PLATFORMSTARTUP='echo "temporary none" > /sys/class/scsi_disk/0:0:0:1/cache_type' >> /data/.supersu
(I'd have included both (or all three) needed lines for samsung deep sleep, but I forget how to include CR in a shell cmdline.. )
Then, the supersu installer script would just read PLATFORMSTARTUP and write it's contents to /su/su.d/00000platformstartup (and set perms.)
Given this type of thing, the existing 000000deepsleep hack would be removed. Then, individual devs could easily create simplistic "pre-installers" for supersu for specific platforms that need changes. Those "pre" installers would just write the needed PLATFORMSTARTUP lines to /data/.supersu...
... and then supersu.zip no longer needs platform specific hacks.
Some random XDA developer could then generate a simple "SGS6-supersu.zip" would only contain an edify script to mount /data and add/edit the .supersu file's PLATFORMSTARTUP variable to contain the two lines needed for deep sleep (and another dev could write a Note5 for the 3 lines needed on that platform... and so on..)
Take care
Gary
garyd9 said:
You currently use /data/.supersu to read certain variables that modify the supersu.zip installer script. Perhaps those "platform specific lines" could be added to that file, and the installer script would put them in place. So, I could do the following in a recovery root shell before installing supersu.zip:
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The only problem with that is that it requires users to have two brain cells to rub together. We've seen time and time again on these forums that you can't assume this is always the case.
I think that Chainfire is doing pretty much the right thing here. At worst, disabling write-back caching will make I/O a bit slower, but that's better than not having deep sleep. The only suggestion I'd have is to add more devices (maybe up to 5), and to check for their existence before writing to them.
NZgeek said:
The only problem with that is that it requires users to have two brain cells to rub together. We've seen time and time again on these forums that you can't assume this is always the case.
I think that Chainfire is doing pretty much the right thing here. At worst, disabling write-back caching will make I/O a bit slower, but that's better than not having deep sleep.
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The problems with the existing solution are:
1. It blindly alters the system kernel behavior for every single device samsung manufactures.
2. It only actually does any good for a single one of the dozens of devices from that sam manufacturer.
3. It completely ignores every OTHER device that might need a bit of help (and potentially does more harm than good for those devices.)
4. It encourages device developers (users on XDA) to download SuperSU.zip and re-package it to have device specific hacks in the .zip archive (creating a mess.)
Actually, I don't think I need to explain all the problems with the existing hack. I'd imagine (hope) that it was done as something quick to test out an idea, and was never intended to be left in place in it's current form.
NZgeek said:
The only suggestion I'd have is to add more devices (maybe up to 5), and to check for their existence before writing to them.
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Which 5 devices? Who maintains that list? Who updates it for each firmware change that might require an update? Will there be a new "SuperSU.zip" package each time a firmware change on a device requires that one of those 5 be changed? Who deals with the support nightmare of saying "use SuperSU v a.bc for device X firmwawre Y" and "superSU v d.ef for device X firmware Z", etc?
My proposed solution takes all the device-specific stuff completely out of the SuperSU package. It changes it from a device-specific solution to be a more generic and expandable solution that requires LESS support from SuperSU and places the device specific burden outside.
Instead of encouraging device developers to repackage supersu to device specific packages, it encourages device developers to package something else alongside supersu that would work with the existing (and unaltered) supersu.zip (and would be future compatible.)
Take care
Gary
spiral777 said:
would there be a way to get kexec/ multirom working with systemless root?
and would flashing a modified boot image to a rom also effect the kexec hardboot partch of the kernel?
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1- the current versions of systemless root make changes/additions to the kernel, but you're not "flashing a modified boot img", so kexec is not broken, since the kernel is in essence the same as before
2- yes it is possible for systemless root (tested with 2.65) to get it working on multirom, however some changes were needed; we're still debugging the problem to try to narrow down the issue, to get it to work with as little changes as possible
EDIT: I'll just mention the problems encountered in case @Chainfire wants to be aware of them
a) line 1170: dd if=/dev/zero of=$BOOTIMAGE bs=4096
since MultiROM creates a symlink, the above command actually starts nulling out a "dummy boot.img" file, which basically continues on, untill all free space in internal storage (or external sdcard where applicable) is filled out
b) when MultiROM-TWRP finishes installing SuperSU, the fake /data is still "busy" (some open file or something else keeping it busy), since it's busy, it can't be unmounted properly, and the real mount points don't get restored
at that point mrom injection will fail
using a lazy unmount helped alleviate that (as a workaround), but obviously not the best solution
c) the setprop sukernel.mount 1 (in launch_daemonsu.sh) doesn't trigger the mount properly, workaround was to mount it in the launch_daemonsu.sh using "mount -t ext4 -o loop /data/su.img /su" instead of the setprop
EDIT2: thanks @Captain_Throwback for the reminder
d) the attempted remount read-only, will cause a bootloop; workaround: had to comment that out
just FYI, but I'll check more thoroughly when I get a chance
@garyd9 @NZgeek
Some good points are raised. I am not going to go into them all individually.
There is one core point of disagreement though. While I do not think device-specific patches generally have a place in the SuperSU ZIP installer, the deep sleep issue affects so many million users it is too big to ignore. (By the way, as far as I know this issue affects all recent high-end Samsungs).
While I don't disagree with your ideal of custom pre/post installers, in reality most users will never discover the issue, and just blame SuperSU for suddenly bad battery life. This leads to many support emails, thread posts, bad rep, etc.
Contrast this to for example the LG G3 compatibility patch, which requires the user to indeed write a file to /data or use a pre-installer that does that, the device will simply not boot, which forces the user to either go back to stock, or search for and discover the fix.
Either way, you are right, the patch doesn't even work right for Note users. Thank you for pointing that out - nobody else ever did. I have come up with the following improved script. If for the moment, we put aside our differences regarding the inclusion of any device-specific fixes, what do you think of the following?
It will perform the cache_type change for any scsi_disk, but will skip the ones not set to write protected. This should catch the problem with devices that have a different disk layout, and prevent accidental reduced I/O speed for devices that are not affected.
Note that it is my understanding that the write protection mode cannot be reset without a flash chip power cycle, and as the protection is set by the bootloader long before our check, checking once at boot should suffice.
I would be grateful if you gave that a shot on an affected Note/Edge+ and report back. It successfully sets the cache_type for :1 and :2 on my S6.
Code:
for i in `ls /sys/class/scsi_disk/`; do
cat /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/write_protect 2>/dev/null | grep 1 >/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo 'temporary none' > /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/cache_type
fi
done
Chainfire said:
I would be grateful if you gave that a shot on an affected Note/Edge+ and report back. It successfully sets the cache_type for :1 and :2 on my S6.
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I won't be able to properly test this until at least tomorrow (Wed) evening... However, in the meantime, the following screenshots suggest that it'd also work on the Note5:
https://goo.gl/photos/61JWzoA5ir3PcDNr9
(This is with a custom kernel, however. I'll post a query in the Note 5 section asking people who are running a stock kernel to run similar commands to post the output here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64773152&postcount=138 - I'll relay the results.)
Let me know when you'd like to debate on if SuperSU should fix (non-root related) bugs in only specific devices, all devices, no devices, or if it should just support a hook to allow third parties to fix both current and future/past devices. (Please don't get the wrong impression from that statement. SuperSU is your product, not mine... However you implement things is up to you.)
Please do let me know if I can be of further assistance to fix compatibility.
nkk71 said:
a) line 1170: dd if=/dev/zero of=$BOOTIMAGE bs=4096
since MultiROM creates a symlink, the above command actually starts nulling out a "dummy boot.img" file, which basically continues on, untill all free space in internal storage (or external sdcard where applicable) is filled out
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I guess the script can be modified to detect a link and then check if said link is still pointing to /dev/...
Do double symlinks need to be taking into account? i.e. what is a symlink, /dev/block/platform/.../boot, /dev/block/mmcblk0pX, both?
b) when MultiROM-TWRP finishes installing SuperSU, the fake /data is still "busy" (some open file or something else keeping it busy), since it's busy, it can't be unmounted properly, and the real mount points don't get restored
at that point mrom injection will fail
using a lazy unmount helped alleviate that (as a workaround), but obviously not the best solution
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Complete guesswork, but the backing file may need to be released for the loop device.
c) the setprop sukernel.mount 1 (in launch_daemonsu.sh) doesn't trigger the mount properly, workaround was to mount it in the launch_daemonsu.sh using "mount -t ext4 -o loop /data/su.img /su" instead of the setprop
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Any idea why?
I'm specifically using the setprop / init.rc way because mount -o loop doesn't work on many firmwares.
d) the attempted remount read-only, will cause a bootloop; workaround: had to comment that out
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Where is this?
Chainfire said:
Please do let me know if I can be of further assistance to fix compatibility.
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Thank you, I will let you know once I've had a chance to properly debug further
I initially only wanted to get systemless root to work, which using the workarounds (even though not ideal), was proof it can be done
(at the time it was SuperSU v2.65)
Chainfire said:
I guess the script can be modified to detect a link and then check if said link is still pointing to /dev/...
Do double symlinks need to be taking into account? i.e. what is a symlink, /dev/block/platform/.../boot, /dev/block/mmcblk0pX, both?
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No need to take double symlinks into account, only the real one is changed as follows:
the real one is renamed with a "-orig" extension, and a symlink is created to an imaginary normal file:
Code:
cd [B][COLOR="Blue"]/dev/block[/COLOR][/B]
ls -l
...
brw------- 1 root root 259, 24 Jan 12 18:18 mmcblk0p40
brw------- 1 root root 259, 25 Jan 12 18:18 mmcblk0p41
[B]lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 67 Jan 12 18:19 mmcblk0p42 -> /realdata/media/0/multirom/roms/HTC_One_M8_GPe_Marshmallo1/boot.img[/B]
[B]brw------- 1 root root 259, 26 Jan 12 18:18 mmcblk0p42-orig[/B]
brw------- 1 root root 259, 27 Jan 12 18:18 mmcblk0p43
...
all other symlinks to the block device remain as is:
Code:
cd[B][COLOR="Blue"] /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name[/COLOR][/B]
ls -l
...
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 12 18:18 adsp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 12 18:18 board_info -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
[B]lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 12 18:18 boot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p42[/B]
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 12 18:18 cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p46
...
Chainfire said:
Complete guesswork, but the backing file may need to be released for the loop device.
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Will check, thanks.
Chainfire said:
Any idea why?
I'm specifically using the setprop / init.rc way because mount -o loop doesn't work on many firmwares.
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Not really, everything else in init.rc get's executed properly; (and obviously the in launch_daemonsu.sh as well)
Chainfire said:
Where is this?
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at the beginning of launch_daemonsu.sh:
Code:
if [ ! -d "/su/bin" ]; then
# if we fstab'd system/vendor/oem to rw, remount them ro here
remount_ro /system
remount_ro /vendor
remount_ro /oem
^^ I commented all three of them out, which worked out fine.
MultiROM's secondary ROMs always have system mounted rw, and the above remount_ro will force an immediate reboot
I need to do further testing on these issues, as soon as I come up with something more concrete, I will report back.
EDIT: forgot to mention, can confirm this for the HTC One M7, M8 and M9
garyd9 said:
I'll post a query in the Note 5 section asking people who are running a stock kernel to run similar commands to post the output here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64773152&postcount=138 - I'll relay the results.)
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So, two replies. I've edited the results to just show the device and value of write_protect. The first one is a KNOX tripped device with completely stock firmware/kernel (no root):
Code:
scsi_disk/0:0:0:0 0
scsi_disk/0:0:0:1 1
scsi_disk/0:0:0:2 1
scsi_disk/0:0:0:3 1
The second is from a stock device where KNOX has never been tripped (the results are expected, but nice for confirmation):
Code:
scsi_disk/0:0:0:0 0
scsi_disk/0:0:0:1 0
scsi_disk/0:0:0:2 0
scsi_disk/0:0:0:3 0
So far, all indications are that the change suggested would work.
Can I have your permission to modify the superSU 2.66 archive to change the deepsleep script to use the script above and forward it to a couple people to validate? (Or, I can just wait until tomorrow night and do it on my own device.)
garyd9 said:
So far, all indications are that the change suggested would work.
Can I have your permission to modify the superSU 2.66 archive to change the deepsleep script to use the script above and forward it to a couple people to validate? (Or, I can just wait until tomorrow night and do it on my own device.)
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Knock yourself out. I'm not in a rush though. I don't expect to release another update for another few days at least.
Chainfire said:
Code:
for i in `ls /sys/class/scsi_disk/`; do
cat /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/write_protect 2>/dev/null | grep 1 >/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo 'temporary none' > /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/cache_type
fi
done
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Confirmed working for all cache_types 1,2 and 3 but sorry I have patched kernel myself to fix so I have tested reverse just to prevent kernel swap.
Code:
echo 'write back' > /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/cache_type
and it was write back for all 3. Indeed four including cache_type 0.0.0.0 as well)
So if i had test with
Code:
echo 'temporary none' > /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/cache_type
then 0000 also get cached right?
It shouldn't be problem right? Just references to this post last line.
Regards
dr.ketan said:
Confirmed working for all cache_types 1,2 and 3 but sorry I have patched kernel myself to fix so I have tested reverse just to prevent kernel swap.
Code:
echo 'write back' > /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/cache_type
and it was write back for all 3. Indeed four including cache_type 0.0.0.0 as well)
So if i had test with
Code:
echo 'temporary none' > /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/cache_type
then 0000 also get cached right?
It shouldn't be problem right? Just references to this post last line.
Regards
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I don't know, since you changed it up, and your statement is a bit confusing.
Try this:
Code:
for i in `ls /sys/class/scsi_disk/`; do
cat /sys/class/scsi_disk/$i/write_protect 2>/dev/null | grep 1 >/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo Write protected: $i
else
echo Write enabled: $i
fi
done
Copy/paste the output.
No problem. I will go to office in couple of hrs. Remove deep sleep fix from kernel and then test script as per said.
dr.ketan said:
No problem. I will go to office in couple of hrs. Remove deep sleep fix from kernel and then test script as per said.
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That's not needed, just run the other script I pasted above. It'll show what we need to know regardless of your kernel being patched or not.
[email protected]lelte:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # ls -l /sys/class/scsi_disk/
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-13 15:35 0:0:0:0 -> ../../devices/15570000.ufs/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/scsi_disk/0:0:0:0lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-13 15:35 0:0:0:1 -> ../../devices/15570000.ufs/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:1/scsi_disk/0:0:0:1lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-13 15:35 0:0:0:2 -> ../../devices/15570000.ufs/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:2/scsi_disk/0:0:0:2lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-13 15:35 0:0:0:3 -> ../../devices/15570000.ufs/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:3/scsi_disk/0:0:0:[email protected]:/ # cat /sys/class/scsi_disk/*/write_protect
0
1
1
1
[email protected]:/ #
dr.ketan said:
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Seems fine!
I had some time to check a few things, so please find below my findings / possibly solutions
Chainfire said:
a) line 1170: dd if=/dev/zero of=$BOOTIMAGE bs=4096
since MultiROM creates a symlink, the above command actually starts nulling out a "dummy boot.img" file, which basically continues on, untill all free space in internal storage (or external sdcard where applicable) is filled out
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess the script can be modified to detect a link and then check if said link is still pointing to /dev/...
Do double symlinks need to be taking into account? i.e. what is a symlink, /dev/block/platform/.../boot, /dev/block/mmcblk0pX, both?
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Fixed it by using the following code (perhaps the readlink -f is redundant, but it worked fine)
(at line 1199 of SuperSU 2.66 updater-binary):
Code:
if [ -b `readlink -f $BOOTIMAGE` ]; then
dd if=/dev/zero of=$BOOTIMAGE bs=4096
fi
Chainfire said:
b) when MultiROM-TWRP finishes installing SuperSU, the fake /data is still "busy" (some open file or something else keeping it busy), since it's busy, it can't be unmounted properly, and the real mount points don't get restored
at that point mrom injection will fail
using a lazy unmount helped alleviate that (as a workaround), but obviously not the best solution
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Complete guesswork, but the backing file may need to be released for the loop device.
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Turns out the loop device was in fact the problem; after umount /su, it still showed:
Code:
~ # [6n[B]losetup -a[/B]
losetup -a
/dev/block/loop0: 0 /data/su.img
so I just used/added (at line 1218 of SuperSU 2.66 updater-binary)
Code:
umount /su
[B]losetup -d /dev/block/loop0[/B]
I know it was on loop0 so I didnt need to account for anything else, but maybe using
Code:
LOOPDEVICE=`losetup -f`
or something similar, and continuing from there could be an option
Haven't tried checking on the other issues, but will report back when I have something on those
@Chainfire, early results on the deep sleep script change are 100% positive for both the Note5 and the edge+ devices.
nkk71 said:
I had some time to check a few things, so please find below my findings / possibly solutions
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Thanks for the update. I'll have a look at those commands. losetup -f is specifically not used because I have already encountered devices/recoveries where the built-in losetup does not support this flag. So just loop0 and loop1 are tried, on failure, too bad (guess that could use improvement, hehe). The same goes for the -b test for if, and the -f flag for readlink. While I have not specifically tested the block device test, I know the symlink test fails on some devices. So I need to do some testing.
This is why some things in the ZIP are done is such weird ways instead of just using standard command, they're all work-arounds for encounted recovery versions that didn't support command X or flag Y ...
garyd9 said:
@Chainfire, early results on the deep sleep script change are 100% positive for both the Note5 and the edge+ devices.
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Good news, as expected.