debugging issue on Huawei Ascend P6 - Java for Android App Development

Hi there, hope I'm asking in the right forum. I'm desperately looking for a solution for about a week now.
The problem: whenever I debug any app on my new Ascend P6 (build B607), I see an annoying LogCat message marked as WARN and tagged with my package:
Code:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/cust/xml/hw_launcher_load_icon.xml: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
This thing is somehow preventing any other logs from my app from being shown, so I'm just developing blind, since this crap is the only thing I see in the log after debugging any of my apps. What I've tried: rooting the device, using the adb shell to create this file but of course I don't know what should be inside, so now it's pretty much the same, though the XmlPullParser fails this time (sure, 'cause the file is empty). I've been searching all round the Internet, even on some Chinese forums, and I found many people describing the same situation but there never was a solution. Any ideas how to fix that?

the logcat part sorry no expertise in that Context
But for XML part try using a SAX parser like in Xeres the XML parser from Apache
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sak-venom1997 said:
the logcat part sorry no expertise in that Context
But for XML part try using a SAX parser like in Xeres the XML parser from Apache
Sent from my GT-S5302 using Tapatalk 2
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I guess you have misunderstood me The file the system is trying to parse has nothing to do with my projects, it's located in /data directory and normally u can't even access it.
To clarify: this is a system file for some reason not included in my stock firmware. Using root access and adb shell, I created this file in the mentioned directory, but of course it's empty. Thinking about contacting huawei support and asking them to provide me with this file I haven't even found anything where you can write to them ><

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[Q] Simple android app

I am new to programming Java. Can anyone help me with source code for a simple android app that copies one file from sdcard to any directory in Phone. I have eclipse and emulator setup for testing.
cheers
Im not into java... but you could write a small bash script!
Bashs can be run from a terminal (connectbot, irrsi, ssh-server)
Or you simply use the app (GScript), where you can add your own scripts and run them just with 1 click!
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
file=/sdcard/FOLDER_OF_FILE/FILES_I_WANT_TO_COPY
target=/TARGET_FOR_FILE
cp -frv $file $target
Hope I could help you...
I would try searching stackoverflow.com ....
.... be prepared though, file operations in Android are not a quick 2 lines of code.
sebsch1991 said:
Im not into java... but you could write a small bash script!
Bashs can be run from a terminal (connectbot, irrsi, ssh-server)
Or you simply use the app (GScript), where you can add your own scripts and run them just with 1 click!
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
file=/sdcard/FOLDER_OF_FILE/FILES_I_WANT_TO_COPY
target=/TARGET_FOR_FILE
cp -frv $file $target
Hope I could help you...
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Thanks for reply. But i am looking for a pure android app and not script or adb commands via terminal !
@eatmold
eatmold said:
I would try searching stackoverflow.com ....
.... be prepared though, file operations in Android are not a quick 2 lines of code.
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Thanks a lot man, i look forward to see some code soon .....
user_000 said:
I am new to programming Java. Can anyone help me with source code for a simple android app that copies one file from sdcard to any directory in Phone. I have eclipse and emulator setup for testing.
cheers
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First of all, you can't copy a file to any directory on the phone. The app can only write to directories to which it has permission to write. Second, some parts of the phone can't be written to at all because the filesystem is read-only. Third, file I/O is non-trivial in the dalvik VM. It would take a substantial amount of code to do what you want.
Do you have some goal in mind for this starter project? There is the "Hello World" project at http://developer.android.com if you just want some example code.
Gene Poole said:
First of all, you can't copy a file to any directory on the phone. The app can only write to directories to which it has permission to write. Second, some parts of the phone can't be written to at all because the filesystem is read-only. Third, file I/O is non-trivial in the dalvik VM. It would take a substantial amount of code to do what you want.
Do you have some goal in mind for this starter project? There is the "Hello World" project at http://developer.android.com if you just want some example code.
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Well the aim is to get an idea of how a very simple app can work on phone. So it can even be copying a file from one directory of SDcard to another directory on SDcard on Phone. And also lets assume that we have the permission to write to any directory on phone (i.e superuser or its writable etc).
Yea 'hello world' is a nice example and on the same lines a simple non-gui app to copy file is what i am looking for. It will give a good overview of how to do some basic I/O operation on phone via android app.
cheers
If you want to do this as a Java learning experience, then you'll probably want to handle the file I/O using strictly Java which can be a real pain. Nonetheless, all you need is here:
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/package-summary.html
although, typically things like file I/O are best left to the operating system which is usually more optimized for that sort of thing--especially when the OS is *nix. To leverage the OS to do your dirty work natively, you can use the Runtime class:
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Runtime.html
Thanks for the references. But interest is to see a working code on an Android device and not Java as a whole. So a simple app source code can be a really good starting point. Hello World is good first example but does not include I/O, so someone with experience can lead the newbies in a good way by showing a simple example.
Come on guys share some experience !

[TOOL] [PROJECT] New bugreport analysis tool - open source project by Sony Ericsson

Hi all,
ChkBugReport is a tool that helps you analyze your crash files. Because this tool is such a great help for our internal developers at Sony Ericsson, and as a part of our ambition to step up our open source activities, we want to give all of you the chance to use it by making it open source. Pál Szász (XDA username: pal.szasz), a software developer at Sony Ericsson, is the creator of this tool and will monitor this thread for questions, discussions and suggestions. Feel free to have a look at the open source project and contribute to make it even better!
https://github.com/sonyericssondev/ChkBugReport
For the full story follow the full story in Developer World
/Karl-Johan Dahlström
Sony Ericsson Developer Program
Nice. Any intention of integrating this into some IDE ?
I haven't thought about IDE integration. What do you have in mind exactly?
What I'm working on is automatically opening the result in a browser when processing done (already in the source code, although I tested only in osx at the moment).
Another functionality in progress (not uploaded yet) is to use ADB to automatically save a bugreport. So you would just execute
Code:
chkbugreport --browser adb://
and it will save the bugreport, analyze it and open the result in a browser (as a bonus a screenshot is saved as well).
When this would be implemented I think it would be easy to add it as an external tool in eclipse and launch it from there.
pal.szasz said:
I haven't thought about IDE integration. What do you have in mind exactly?
What I'm working on is automatically opening the result in a browser when processing done (already in the source code, although I tested only in osx at the moment).
Another functionality in progress (not uploaded yet) is to use ADB to automatically save a bugreport. So you would just execute
Code:
chkbugreport --browser adb://
and it will save the bugreport, analyze it and open the result in a browser (as a bonus a screenshot is saved as well).
When this would be implemented I think it would be easy to add it as an external tool in eclipse and launch it from there.
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One possible IDE integration would be for the report to have linkable parts to the source code when applicable.
Also selecting the process from a windows, having UI buttons starting and stopping the capture of profiling data would be a bonus.
Anyway, the application works very well, and thumbs up for open sourcing this tool .
BTW in my case I've came across some missing resources when generating output:
Code:
Writing chapter: Trace charts/Thread-17 (Thread-18)...
Writing chapter: Main thread activity...
Writing footer...
Cannot find resource: /style.css
Cannot find resource: /icons.png
Cannot find resource: /ftrace-legend-dred.png
Cannot find resource: /ftrace-legend-black.png
Cannot find resource: /ftrace-legend-yellow.png
Cannot find resource: /ftrace-legend-red.png
Cannot find resource: /ftrace-legend-cyan.png
Cannot find resource: /ftrace-legend-dcyan.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_p0.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_p1.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_p2.png
Copying extra resources...
Cannot find resource: /pcy_p3.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_p4.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_un.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_rt.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_fg.png
Cannot find resource: /pcy_bg.png
Cannot find resource: /main.js
Cannot find resource: /jquery.js
Cannot find resource: /jquery.cookie.js
Cannot find resource: /jquery.jstree.js
Cannot find resource: /jquery.hotkeys.js
Cannot find resource: /jquery.tablesorter.js
Cannot find resource: /jquery.tablednd.js
Cannot find resource: /themes/classic/d.png
Cannot find resource: /themes/classic/dot_for_ie.gif
Cannot find resource: /themes/classic/throbber.gif
Cannot find resource: /themes/classic/style.css
Cannot find resource: /themes/blue/desc.gif
Cannot find resource: /themes/blue/bg.gif
Cannot find resource: /themes/blue/style.css
Cannot find resource: /themes/blue/asc.gif
DONE!
Regarding the resource errors: did you used the precompiled binary or compiled the source code yourself? If it's the later one, how did you compile it? While developing I use eclipse, and I have the "res" folder added a source folder as well. This way the contents of the res folder will be copied to the jar. If you compiled it in some other way, then probably the resources from "res" where not packed into the jar. Building with the ant file should work as well ("ant -f chkbugreport.xml" if I remember correctly)
Regarding the IDE integration: yes, linking/binding the source code would be nice. For tracing data there is already something in progress: running "chkbugreport -t adb://" will show a window to select a process and start/stop it's profiling, but since that code uses code from the android sdk, I need to check how I can link the two codes together (since one of the codes is GPL, the other is Apache) before I can publish it.
I uploaded the changes for adb support. Now an extra jar file is needed: ddmlib.jar. You can find this either in the source code repo, or in the android sdk (a recent one is needed).
I updated the wrapper script as well, to use ddmlib.jar. However if the ddmlib.jar is missing, then the tool will still work like before, simply the new functionality will be missing, which is:
Code:
chkbugreport --browser adb://
The above command will run the bugreport tool on the phone (if it's connected to the PC, of course), processes it and open the result in the browser. As extra bonus, a screenshot is saved as well ;-)
Code:
chkbugreport --browser -t adb://
This will show a window, where you can select which process to trace. Click START then STOP, and the tracefile will be created and processed (and opened in the browser). BUT: there are some limitations:
* adb must be run as root (the tracefile is saved to the /data partition), which means either run en ENG build or USERDEBUG (but then you must first execute "adb root")
* it seems that the fileformat for traceview files have changed, the tool currently supports only version 1, so this will not work if you have a recent android version. I'll fix this later.
pal.szasz said:
Regarding the resource errors: did you used the precompiled binary or compiled the source code yourself? If it's the later one, how did you compile it? While developing I use eclipse, and I have the "res" folder added a source folder as well. This way the contents of the res folder will be copied to the jar. If you compiled it in some other way, then probably the resources from "res" where not packed into the jar. Building with the ant file should work as well ("ant -f chkbugreport.xml" if I remember correctly)
Regarding the IDE integration: yes, linking/binding the source code would be nice. For tracing data there is already something in progress: running "chkbugreport -t adb://" will show a window to select a process and start/stop it's profiling, but since that code uses code from the android sdk, I need to check how I can link the two codes together (since one of the codes is GPL, the other is Apache) before I can publish it.
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I compiled my own using IDEA, but since I didn't get any errors during compilation (I think) I didn't assume I was missing something in the compilation process.
About the other changes, why not output the traces to /sdcard ? Since that one is always R/W to all users should work right? I say this without actually having looked at the code behind the magic, so perhaps is not a valid suggestion.
I am planning to add support for that as well (i.e. the user can select where to save the tracelogs). AFAIK the sdcard is only readable for everyone by default, apps need to have a certain permission (something with WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) in order to be able to write to sdcard. But if you are debugging your own app, that's not a problem.
I haven't updated this thread in a looong time. I'm pretty close to put up some more detailed documentation and examples, hopefully I can do it tomorrow.
Meanwhile as a teaser here is an example report generated from a bugreport: http://sonyericssondev.github.com/ChkBugReport/examples/bugreport_aidldeadlock_out/index.html
The shell user does have permissions to write to sdcard, so if you're doing that via adb it should be good.
Sent from my GT-P1000
Well, finally I had time to add some documentation: https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/ChkBugReport/wiki (it's not complete, but at least a good start)
Also source code is pushed and added a new precompiled jar (I started to add the version number in the filename so I can keep the old versions as well): https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/ChkBugReport/downloads
And as usual, any kind of feedback is welcome
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New link: https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/ChkBugReport
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Since I cannot edit the first post (since it was not created by me), and the link is broken, I started a new thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34960691
clear post
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New link: https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/ChkBugReport
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There are many people, new to development.
Always try to post step by step instruction which will help others....
Is there anyone here that can look at a bug report that popped up on my friend's phone and be able to tell who hacked her phone? She is in bitter custody battle and we are trying to prove it is the ex doing this with intent for court purposes. Please help! If willing please respond and I will give a private email address to private message due to complex circumstances and we all fear for child and our lives. Thanks in advance.
Hi, what are these colorful icons mean in the VM traces info?

CUSPTECH Android Headunit

Hi All
I thought I'd open up an new Thread regarding the Cusptech Android head units that are very similar to the S150 units but fundamentally different.
Specs:
http://www.cusptech.com/index.php?c=products2
Here is the link to download firmware for the units.
Official Firmware
http://www.cusptech.com/index.php?c=service&cid=9588d0aa6aefd7aec5f77fd497fe9825
Unofficial Android 4 Firmware.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MRJU3tnyDrdmpkYlB1VlZ3STQ
Please let me know if you want any more added about this unit
Well, I'm a little bit sad that this unit doesn't have a unique CPU like the others. That was really the easiest differentiator. I guess we'll need more information about this one in comparison with the S150 to make it easy to differentiate between the two.
Do you actually have this unit? Because if you do, I'd like for you to run a few apps to verify specifications and make it easier to create a dedicate wiki page for it.
donaldta said:
Well, I'm a little bit sad that this unit doesn't have a unique CPU like the others. That was really the easiest differentiator. I guess we'll need more information about this one in comparison with the S150 to make it easy to differentiate between the two.
Do you actually have this unit? Because if you do, I'd like for you to run a few apps to verify specifications and make it easier to create a dedicate wiki page for it.
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Yes I do, which apps you want me to run?
donaldta said:
Well, I'm a little bit sad that this unit doesn't have a unique CPU like the others. That was really the easiest differentiator. I guess we'll need more information about this one in comparison with the S150 to make it easy to differentiate between the two.
Do you actually have this unit? Because if you do, I'd like for you to run a few apps to verify specifications and make it easier to create a dedicate wiki page for it.
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This is my unit. http://www.cusptech.com/index.php?c=products&t=v&vid=bef7cb4be15327cd8a090aa2c4bb74c5
ryrager said:
Yes I do, which apps you want me to run?
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Please install Android System Info. Click on the "System" tab, click on the application (overflow) menu and export results to file. Go through it, its a simple html file in /mnt/sdcard directory and censor any information that want to hide like accounts names and SSID then upload it as an attachment.
Also, if you can install CPU / RAM / DEVICE Identifier and check the CPU discovered. If it is unspecific or seems misidentified the please sent the report back to Davy Bartoloni. He's very good at identifying the exact processor and can usually give you feedback within 48 hours. A screenshot would also be nice.
donaldta said:
Please install Android System Info. Click on the "System" tab, click on the application (overflow) menu and export results to file. Go through it, its a simple html file in /mnt/sdcard directory and censor any information that want to hide like accounts names and SSID then upload it as an attachment.
Also, if you can install CPU / RAM / DEVICE Identifier and check the CPU discovered. If it is unspecific or seems misidentified the please sent the report back to Davy Bartoloni. He's very good at identifying the exact processor and can usually give you feedback within 48 hours. A screenshot would also be nice.
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Sorry how do I get to the overflow menu?
donaldta said:
Please install Android System Info. Click on the "System" tab, click on the application (overflow) menu and export results to file. Go through it, its a simple html file in /mnt/sdcard directory and censor any information that want to hide like accounts names and SSID then upload it as an attachment.
Also, if you can install CPU / RAM / DEVICE Identifier and check the CPU discovered. If it is unspecific or seems misidentified the please sent the report back to Davy Bartoloni. He's very good at identifying the exact processor and can usually give you feedback within 48 hours. A screenshot would also be nice.
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I installed a virtual button app.. and found the overflow menu.... however I cannot see the html file that it creates in that folder.... so I am at a loss. It says it saved the file but I am unable to find it. Thoughts?
ryrager said:
I installed a virtual button app.. and found the overflow menu.... however I cannot see the html file that it creates in that folder.... so I am at a loss. It says it saved the file but I am unable to find it. Thoughts?
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Excellent. I was trying to figure out how you're supposed to be able to trigger it with an app. But, all the ones I found required root and I wasn't sure if you had this access yet.
Anyways, the default file location is the /mnt/sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo directory. The nomencalture of the file should be something like "asi-system-infos-{year#}-{mo#da#}-{pid#}.html"
As for the CPU / RAM / DEVICE Identifier, I noticed that it required detection to be improved. Can you please hit the evaluate button and once it is over there should be a "Send Info" button. This will use your email client to attach a report to the developer, Davy Bartoloni. He'll be able to determine the correct information specific to your unit with 48 hours.
ryrager said:
I installed a virtual button app.. and found the overflow menu.... however I cannot see the html file that it creates in that folder.... so I am at a loss. It says it saved the file but I am unable to find it. Thoughts?
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I haven't seen anything from you in a few days. Were you able to find the file or get confirmation from the Davy?
donaldta said:
I haven't seen anything from you in a few days. Were you able to find the file or get confirmation from the Davy?
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I just rolled back to 2.3.4 to try use those apps because for some reason I couldn't see anywhere where the files were written. so couldn't upload the html file
ryrager said:
I just rolled back to 2.3.4 to try use those apps because for some reason I couldn't see anywhere where the files were written. so couldn't upload the html file
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I wish you would have been more vocal. I could have given you a command to use to find the file with a terminal app, like Terminal Emulator.
Code:
$ [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]find /mnt -name asi*[/B][/COLOR]
find: /mnt/secure: Permission denied
find: /mnt/sdcard-ext: Permission denied
/mnt/sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/asi_system_infos-20140210-154124.html
$
As you see above, I use the find "find" command to search for any file or directory name that starts with "asi" from all the subdirectories of /mnt. Because of its id, it cannot traverse through secure or sdcard-ext but it still found the exact path and filename. If you have root access you bypass the permission problems of any subdirectory.
Code:
$ [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]su[/B][/COLOR]
# [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]find /mnt -name asi*[/B][/COLOR]
/mnt/sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/asi_system_infos-20140210-154124.html
#
donaldta said:
I wish you would have been more vocal. I could have given you a command to use to find the file with a terminal app, like Terminal Emulator.
Code:
$ [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]find /mnt -name asi*[/B][/COLOR]
find: /mnt/secure: Permission denied
find: /mnt/sdcard-ext: Permission denied
/mnt/sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/asi_system_infos-20140210-154124.html
$
As you see above, I use the find "find" command to search for any file or directory name that starts with "asi" from all the subdirectories of /mnt. Because of its id, it cannot traverse through secure or sdcard-ext but it still found the exact path and filename. If you have root access you bypass the permission problems of any subdirectory.
Code:
$ [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]su[/B][/COLOR]
# [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]find /mnt -name asi*[/B][/COLOR]
/mnt/sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/asi_system_infos-20140210-154124.html
#
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Yes AndroidSystemInfo folder gets created ... just no content is placed inside it.
ryrager said:
Yes AndroidSystemInfo folder gets created ... just no content is placed inside it.
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Can you maybe try it again but use the terminal emulator to find the file? Maybe show me the output of "ls -l -d /mnt/sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/" and "ls -l /mnt/sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/" commands? Btw, do you have root access on this device? Sometimes you cannot see the file because of the app's ID is different from the one that you are using to locate it.
Cusp
Hi all,
finally a thread for the Cusptech Navigation devices, YAY
I own one that i purchased mid last year. Unfortunately I must say it is really buggy. I would love to get CN MOD on them instead of stock "garbage".
As I am a little bit techy, I already gathered some Infos about the Navi:
The devices are based on Mainboards created by cusptech and sntron (sntron.com). The Mainboard incorporates different Modules/Interfaces for Bluetooth, FM-Radio, DVB-T Television and DVD. The Modules are controlled through Android Apps (SNT-FM, SNT-BT and so on). There is a main hardware audioswitch on the Mainboard that switches the sound between the different Interfaces(from BT to FM to Android Media...). Unfortunately the Output levels are not all equal. For example in my case, the BT and FM-Radio is way louder than Android Media. I already tried to access the Volume Control through Tasker, sadly Tasker has only control of the Android Media Sound. The BT-Module is not as usually found on android devices, it is fully controlled by the SNT Software and is not accessible through android itself in the settings nor can one send files through it for example. The sound quality of the BT-Interface is not really good and the Software itself is buggy and often crashes. I don't use it anymore.
I will install Android System Info and if i can find the files I put them here. Btw. I am using 2.3.4 because android 4 is still in early beta. As I know the device is rooted, at least that's what Root-Checker tells me. Although sometimes, some apps are complaining about missing root rights, like Tasker. I don't know why.
tobias.s said:
I will install Android System Info and if i can find the files I put them here.
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Thanks, I appreciate it.
tobias.s said:
Btw. I am using 2.3.4 because android 4 is still in early beta. As I know the device is rooted, at least that's what Root-Checker tells me. Although sometimes, some apps are complaining about missing root rights, like Tasker. I don't know why.
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Well, if you can install a terminal app; like Terminal Emulator, then type "su" and the command prompt changes from "$" to "#" then you have root.
As for your other programs telling you that it cannot access root, that is usually with a problem with mismatched_uid symlinks in the app's /data/data/{package.name}/* directories. The symptom is often caused by an incomplete update where package manager saw a uid mismatch in the settings and file system. So, you may see symlink references like the following.
Code:
lib -> /mismatched_uid/settings_10037/fs_1000
The above is showing that PM has found a user id mismatch from the settings "10037" with the apps user files "1000". However, since the /mismatched_uid/settings_10037/fs_1000 directory path doesn't actually exist the app isn't able to use its files. If you have busybox AND a terminal app installed. You can run the following command to see if this is the case with any of the currently installed apps.
Code:
$ [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]su[/COLOR][/B]
# [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]find /data/data -type l -exec busybox ls -l {} \; | grep mismatch[/B][/COLOR]
The above command uses find to search through all the apps symlinks and uses long listing to show you their links. Grep is used to filter out for the word "mismatch" to make the list smaller. If the command shows nothing at all then try removing the " | grep mismatch" to get the full output. The fix is pretty easy. Uninstall the program make sure its directory in /data/data/{package.name} is gone then reinstall.
Wow thank you for the Input. Will try it tomorrow and keep you informed.
Today my Tasker crashed after using Google Maps. Unfortunately Maps is not quit stable on the device. Seems that Android is trying to close Tasker and ban it from the status bar. Even with correct Configuration in Tasker. Must check this because I created a Profile which controls the Backlight of the unit based on Sunset/Sunrise and location. Anyway.
Attached is the file that I found in /sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/ . Just black labled the IMEI and MAC.
tobias.s said:
Attached is the file that I found in /sdcard/AndroidSystemInfo/ . Just black labled the IMEI and MAC.
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Excellent. But, you might have to post it on a file sharing host; like Dropbox, Skydrive or Google Drive. I think you need to have at least 10 posts before you can post attachments and linkable URLs. You can get around the URL parser by just surrounding the URL with underscores; like _https://www.dropbox.com/s/8suzxlgcdv640n8/old.google.maps.apk_ which will allow you to post an non-clickable link that can be copy & pasted into the URL bar of a browser.
(or you can copy and paste the context of the file into a post)
Is the attachment now viewable? I reattached it to the post. If not, I would upload it elsewhere.
tobias.s said:
Is the attachment now viewable? I reattached it to the post. If not, I would upload it elsewhere.
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Yes, it is. Thank you very much.
donaldta said:
Yes, it is. Thank you very much.
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Beat me to it...Thanks Tobia.s. I just got latest firmware from Lucy at Cusptech ... think its the same as the one that leaked earlier 20131125

[TOOL][WIN]DroidShell - Windows Shell Integration for Android Development[02/02/16]

Greetings, and welcome to the home of a little set of utilities I'm calling "DroidShell".
What it is:
DroidShell is my attempt at bridging the gap between the various android utilities used for ROM modification and the Windows explorer system. It is a series of scripts that are automatically associated with .apk, .jar, and .iso files so that they are automatically decompiled on double-click or enter. Additionally, when a file is decompiled, a corresponding .dcp, dcf, or dci (decompiled package, decompiled framework, decompiled image) file is created, which allows for automatic recompiling, as well as optional cleanup, or resigning.
The goal of this project is pretty simple...to have all the tools needed for ROM work in one place, and have them easily accessible without having to have eighty command windows open or to have to go through a chain of commands to create a usable apk/jarfile.
Features:
One-shot setup. Extract the files, run install/installer.bat, and all of the necessary file associations and paths are created.
Batch terminal integration - provides integration for adb, fastboot, apktool, 7zip, zipalign, oat2dex, unpackbootimg, repackbootimg, baksmali and smali in windows command-line interface from path.
Automagic association with common android filetypes for decompilation.
Custom placeholder files - dcp, dcf, and dci - for packages, framework, and image files. Allows for automatic recompiling, and optional signing and cleanup of decompiled files.
Recompiled apks and jars are automatically repacked with modified files while excluding androidmanifest.xml, meaning signatures are unaffected.
For modifications requiring androidmanifest be changed, you can right-click a .dcp file to recompile with signature.
Auto-detection of framework-res file with prompting to install.
Popup dialogue boxes for errors and alerts.
(NEW) Right-click to decompile to java code. This cannot be recompiled, but is great for researching more complex mods. (Can also be invoked by using the command dj filename.apk)
(NEW) Support for sparse image system -> .img conversion.
(NEW) za command for zipaligning apk's.
(NEW)
Download:
https://github.com/d8ahazard/DroidShell/archive/master.zip
Source:
https://github.com/d8ahazard/DroidShell
Instructions...
You need the Java Runtime Environment (RE). Get it here.
Extract to a folder somewhere. Spaces in the path are probably not good. I put it in C:\DroidShell
Browse to the folder. Go into the install folder. Run installer.bat. (Installer needs admin priveleges. It will prompt for them, but in some cases, you may have to automatically run as admin)
Reboot.
You should now have shell integration. APKs, Jars, and .img files will automagically decompile.
It's late, I've been working on this all weekend...but it should be good to go. Please let me know if you have any thoughts.
CHANGELOG:
Code:
02.02.16 - v2.0
Update smali, baksmal to v. 2.1.1.
Add shell script for oat2dex (not implemented in context menus, just avaialable for now)
Update APKTool to latest version
Add dx.jar - for converting java classfiles to .dex (just available for now)
Add ext4 and ext2 tools - For manually unpacking images if needed. These are GUI based, not my work.
Add rimg2sdat - For converting .img to sparse (Not implemented yet)
Update sdat2img to latest version by xspirit, added python to installer as required.
Add zipalign function (Not implemented, can be called via "za filename.apk"
Add decompile to pure Java:
This utilizes a few tools to take apk's and jarfiles and decompile them to as close of an android package as we can get without having the actual source code. While we cannot at this time recompile these into apk's, it is very useful for analysis when trying to implement other mods. Like...really helpful. This one can be accessed by right-clicking a decompileable package and picking "decompile to java".
01.31.15 - v1.8
Added windows progress bar for file copies in system.img extraction.
Fixed some script errors.
01.29.15 - v1.7
Cleaned up installer, added more verbosity.
Better error checking in image extractor.
Add support for .list files, allowing double-click extraction of system.transfer.list and cm12-style image files.
Added custom language files for notepad++, allows syntax highlighting of .smali and logcat files.
01.27.15 -v1.6
Added support for system images. Requires installation of included OSFMount.
Added file associations for common plaintext android files to notepad++ if installed.
Converted several .bat files to .exe, allows for icons, inclusion of required files, and UAC prompting when needed.
01.26.15 - v1.5
Fixed fatfinger in APKtool detection causing error.
01.26.15 - v1.4
Added zipaligning
Added check to make sure apktool is present
Updated test-keys to latest AOSP version
Compiled batches to .exe with required files for AIO-packages
Fixed: Installer not always associating with files correctly.
Thanks a million
Version 1.5 uploaded.
Added Zipaligning
Check to make sure apktool.jar is found in %DROIDROOT% directory.
Updated signing keys.
Switch from .bat to .exe, allows modularization of functions, cleaner.
Modifications to installer to try and fix some issues with file associations.
Fixed issue between 1.4 and v 1.5 where I fatfingered a check.
Hell yes!
digitalhigh said:
Greetings, and welcome to the home of a little set of utilities I'm calling "DroidShell".
What it is:...
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So many thanks for this! I'm going to use it like hell!
Excellent Job!
I'm bookmarking this, gona read it thuroughly at breakfas
So I'm curious - has anybody had a chance to give this a try yet?
Testing file association stuff is tricky, because Windows likes to keep track of the "user selected" association too. So, I had to add some extra commands to the installer script to clean up everything appropriately first.
Either way, I've ran it on like three different computers "clean" and had it work like a charm on all of them. I'd like to know how it works with WIndows 7 or XP.
I could be doing something wrong (windows is not my OS of choice, I use kubuntu 14.10 as my daily driver, and as such am mostly illiterate in dos/batch, I'm a sh/bash guy), but the installer bombed out (hung up without confirmation of success) on my windows 7 pro install (on a dell latitude e6400, with a dual core core2 @2.8ghz, quattro 160m graphics, 4gb of ddr2 @800mhz, booting off a 120gb Samsung evo ssd. Wouldn't think its relevant, but just in case).
Steps:
First I decompressed the .zip in the root of my C:\ drive, with 7zip (did not change file name, kept as "DroidShell_1.5").
Next I ran the installer script.
I then granted it admin privileges.
It killed my desktop, explorer.exe. I assume this is normal due to the terminal output:
Code:
SUCCESS: The process "explorer.exe" with PID 3260 has been terminated
Then I got:
Code:
file type 'apk_auto_file' not found or no open command associated with it.
Followed by 4 more identical errors, just replace "apk" with dfc, dcp, dci, img.
A bunch of successful operations.
Then:
Code:
ERROR: Invalid syntax.
Type "REG ADD /?" for usage
A bunch of successful operations.
Then:
Code:
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
The above output repeats 17 times.
Then 4 more operation success messages and it hangs, with my desktop killed.
Ctrl+alt+del, logout, log in, and I'm back in business. No noticeable increase in disk space, no newly installed programs (as expected).
I read the op, and from my understanding it doesn't require any dependencies? (Apktool, android SDK, android studio, etc). All the necessary dependencies are built in, right? It's a fresh install of windows 7 pro, with all available updates taken.
EDIT:
It worked perfectly regardless of the errors, see my post on page 2.
thisguysayswht said:
I could be doing something wrong (windows is not my OS of choice, I use kubuntu 14.10 as my daily driver, and as such am mostly illiterate in dos/batch, I'm a sh/bash guy), but the installer bombed out on my windows 7 pro install (on a dell latitude e6400, with a dual core core2 @2.8ghz, quattro 160m graphics, 4gb of ddr2 @800mhz, booting off a 120gb Samsung evo ssd. Wouldn't think its relevant, but just in case).
Steps:
First I decompressed the .zip in the root of my C:\ drive, with 7zip (did not change file name, kept as "DroidShell_1.5").
Next I ran the installer script.
I then granted it admin privileges.
It killed my desktop, explorer.exe. I assume this is normal due to the terminal output:
Code:
SUCCESS: The process "explorer.exe" with PID 3260 has been terminated
Then I got:
Code:
file type 'apk_auto_file' not found or no open command associated with it.
Followed by 4 more identical errors, just replace "apk" with dfc, dcp, dci, img.
A bunch of successful operations.
Then:
Code:
ERROR: Invalid syntax.
Type "REG ADD /?" for usage
A bunch of successful operations.
Then:
Code:
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
The above output repeats 17 times.
Then 4 more operation success messages and it hangs, with my desktop killed.
Ctrl+alt+del, logout, log in, and I'm back in business. No noticeable increase in disk space, no newly installed programs (as expected).
I read the op, and from my understanding it doesn't require any dependencies? (Apktool, android SDK, android studio, etc). All the necessary dependencies are built in, right? It's a fresh install of windows 7 pro, with all available updates taken.
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Bombed out is a rough term. The installer is just writing a bunch of registry keys, and deleting some other ones to make sure other associations don't mess it up. So, some registry operations don't always work - there just there to be sure. I've actually worked on cleaning that up in the next iteration I'm cooking.
And yes, there shouldn't be any more size increase past extracting the original zip. All the files used are enclosed. "Installer" is just telling Windows that "droid shell is at location %CD%" and "use app xxx in %CD% to open file XX". A few extras for the right-click context menus and icons...so forth.
So, to know if it is working is really just a matter of finding an apk or .jar and double-clicking it. You should get a terminal window showing the process and a box confirming success or failure, plus a reason why if failure.
The only dependency is the Java Runtime environment, which is the same common necessity as for any other Apktool environment. You can get it here, and I'll throw that link in the OP in a second.
The next iteration of the installer is going to be a lot cleaner, plus be more verbose so you actually know what it's doing. My first thought in putting it out was just to see how well the decompile/recompile stuff worked.
Bombed out is a rough term. The installer is just writing a bunch of registry keys, and deleting some other ones to make sure other associations don't mess it up. So, some registry operations don't always work - there just there to be sure. I've actually worked on cleaning that up in the next iteration I'm cooking.
And yes, there shouldn't be any more size increase past extracting the original zip. All the files used are enclosed. "Installer" is just telling Windows that "droid shell is at location %CD%" and "use app xxx in %CD% to open file XX". A few extras for the right-click context menus and icons...so forth.
So, to know if it is working is really just a matter of finding an apk or .jar and double-clicking it. You should get a terminal window showing the process and a box confirming success or failure, plus a reason why if failure.
The only dependency is the Java Runtime environment, which is the same common necessity as for any other Apktool environment. You can get it here, and I'll throw that link in the OP in a second.
The next iteration of the installer is going to be a lot cleaner, plus be more verbose so you actually know what it's doing. My first thought in putting it out was just to see how well the decompile/recompile stuff worked.
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I didn't mean to offend with the term "bombed out", it may have been a bit of a rough term. I just meant the script terminated my desktop and hung up.
It actually succeed regardless of the errors, and is working like a charm. I apologize, I should have actually tested it before posting. I shouldn't have assumed that it didn't work based off of the terminal output/behavior.
Also, I would like to say that I greatly appreciate the work that you put into this, and all your other projects here on xda. I'm running your 4.4.4 gpe port for the verizon m8 as my primary rom, and it is by far the most stable port I have ever had the pleasure of flashing.
Attached are screenshots of DroidShell successfully decompiling and recompiling an apk with a simple right click selection on windows 7 pro. Good stuff.
Thanks! tons
Thanks for the work. very useful.
The compiling and decompiling of apk is perfect on Win 7 pro.
From the OP, i also got the impression it would unpack / pack images, so i tried it with a system.img copied to the droidshell directory.
With the command c:\droidshell\unpackimg system.img, I got the error as shown in screenshot
Am I doing something wrong, or is this not supported yet?
arbit12 said:
Thanks for the work. very useful.
The compiling and decompiling of apk is perfect on Win 7 pro.
From the OP, i also got the impression it would unpack / pack images, so i tried it with a system.img copied to the droidshell directory.
With the command c:\droidshell\unpackimg system.img, I got the error as shown in screenshot
Am I doing something wrong, or is this not supported yet?
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It only works for boot images at the moment. System images are a different beast.
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It only works for boot images at the moment. System images are a different beast.
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Okay. Thanks for the info.
thisguysayswht said:
I didn't mean to offend with the term "bombed out", it may have been a bit of a rough term. I just meant the script terminated my desktop and hung up.
It actually succeed regardless of the errors, and is working like a charm. I apologize, I should have actually tested it before posting. I shouldn't have assumed that it didn't work based off of the terminal output/behavior.
Also, I would like to say that I greatly appreciate the work that you put into this, and all your other projects here on xda. I'm running your 4.4.4 gpe port for the verizon m8 as my primary rom, and it is by far the most stable port I have ever had the pleasure of flashing.
Attached are screenshots of DroidShell successfully decompiling and recompiling an apk with a simple right click selection on windows 7 pro. Good stuff.
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Oh, no offense taken.
I came at this project, as I do with most, with the mindset of "OOOH, SHINY THING. I MUST SHOW EVERYONE." So, first thought was putting out the app, despite some of the install stuff being a bit dirty.
However, the next iteration is shaping up to be quite lovely. See below.
arbit12 said:
Okay. Thanks for the info.
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So, it appears that this question has motivated me to try making that function a reality sooner than later.
However, as far as I can see, the *ONLY* application for windows that currently deals with system images right now is Ext2Explore, which is a bit old and doesn't have command-line support.
Fortunately, there's source code for it, so I'm currently downloading Visual Studio and will see if I can add command line functionality, as well as make it launch with UAC prompting.
If I can make this work, my plan is to make one handler for .img files that works like so:
1. Look at the file passed to it and see if it's a boot image. If it is, extract and exit.
2. If it's not a boot image, try to extract it as a system image. If it is, extract and exit.
3. If it's not a boot or system image - pass it to explorer and mount as usual.
I can do # 1 and #3 already...it's just getting #2 to go.
Also, I've added a check in the installer that looks for the installation of notepad++. If it finds it, it will create additional associations for .xml, .prop, conf, config, .smali, and whatever else I can think of that I could possibly need to edit in a ROM.
Then, lastly, with all these additions, I'd like to make the installer a bit more verbose. Give some options so it's not just an all or nothing install, make it prettier, etc.
digitalhigh said:
Oh, no offense taken.
I came at this project, as I do with most, with the mindset of "OOOH, SHINY THING. I MUST SHOW EVERYONE." So, first thought was putting out the app, despite some of the install stuff being a bit dirty.
However, the next iteration is shaping up to be quite lovely. See below.
So, it appears that this question has motivated me to try making that function a reality sooner than later.
However, as far as I can see, the *ONLY* application for windows that currently deals with system images right now is Ext2Explore, which is a bit old and doesn't have command-line support.
Fortunately, there's source code for it, so I'm currently downloading Visual Studio and will see if I can add command line functionality, as well as make it launch with UAC prompting.
If I can make this work, my plan is to make one handler for .img files that works like so:
1. Look at the file passed to it and see if it's a boot image. If it is, extract and exit.
2. If it's not a boot image, try to extract it as a system image. If it is, extract and exit.
3. If it's not a boot or system image - pass it to explorer and mount as usual.
I can do # 1 and #3 already...it's just getting #2 to go.
Also, I've added a check in the installer that looks for the installation of notepad++. If it finds it, it will create additional associations for .xml, .prop, conf, config, .smali, and whatever else I can think of that I could possibly need to edit in a ROM.
Then, lastly, with all these additions, I'd like to make the installer a bit more verbose. Give some options so it's not just an all or nothing install, make it prettier, etc.
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Don't get too excited. I've never touched C++ before, and ext2Explore was done in VisualStudio.net and a WYSIWYG editor called QT. I found updated source for the program from 2012 and have gotten it to import into QT, however, it needs MingW and some other dependencies. I'll be lucky if I can even get it to compile again, let alone work, let alone work with added command-line stuff.
However, that's still the goal.
Also, I want to add wget (windows equivalent) stuff to auto grab and install java and notepad++ while we're at it.
So, I think Ext2Explore is more work than it's worth.
OSFMount, on the other hand, just let me mount a system.img as a removable disk with read-write access. I'm going to go down this road...
Good to hear that. Extracting system.img on windows can be a real pain at times - this would be great.

Janus Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Modify Apps without Affecting their Signature

In various thread scattered around the Fire and Kindle forums here on XDA, I talked about the possibility of decompiling an Amazon system APK, modifying the contents such as settings for the framework or changing permissions in an attempt to escalate privileges to some degree, maybe even root. I ran into several issues when attempting such a thing:
1) Using a PC, I found it almost impossible to successfully recompile a modified APK. Many of the tools like APKtool are just too complicated and missing even the slightest step will cause it to fail.
2) Surprisingly, I've had the opposite outcome using two apps. Using APK Export, I was able to export an APK from the system and use APK Editor Pro to modify permissions. I have been able to, on a consistent basis, use APK Editor Pro to decompile the Android Live Wallpaper system APKs to add or remove any permission from the APKs manifest. Installing the APKs did not result in getting them into /system/priv-app on my HD 8, but all modifications held over and over. But every time the signature is ruined, and installing as a system app fails again.
Janus can help escalating permissions even further when using the above method and maybe others, to modify system APKs. The question is: Can we use Janus to modify an APK in some form, to install an update to an Amazon system app, which would on install, execute code that would install SU binaries? What about any other known exploit patched or not? Could we fake the system into thinking a one-click-root app is a system app and install it? Link to XDA article.
Janus takes advantage of the fact that extra bytes go unnoticed in APK files and DEX files. The GuardSquare report explains that an APK file is a ZIP archive which can contain arbitrary bytes at the start, before and between its ZIP entries. The JAR signature scheme only takes into account the ZIP entries, ignoring any extra bytes when computing or verifying the application’s signature.
It goes on to explain that a DEX file, on the other hand, can contain arbitrary bytes at the end – after the regular sections of strings, classes, method definitions, etc. Therefore, a file can be a valid APK file and a valid DEX file at the same time.
GuardSquare also mentions that a key element of the vulnerability is a “harmless” feature of the Dalvik/ART virtual machine. The report states that in theory, the Android runtime loads the APK file, extracts its DEX file and then runs its code. However, in practice, the virtual machine (VM) can load and execute both APK files and DEX files. The issue is that when the VM gets an APK file, it still looks at the magic bytes in the header to decide which type of file it is: DEX or APK. On finding a DEX header, it loads the file as a DEX file. If it doesn’t find a header, it loads the file as an APK file containing a zip entry with a DEX file. Thus, it can misinterpret dual DEX/APK files.
GuardSquare says that an attacker can leverage this duality feature of the VM to add a malicious DEX file to a normal APK file without affecting its signature. The Android runtime will accept the APK file as a valid update to a legitimate earlier app version, but the Dalvik VM will load the code from the DEX file, which has been injected with malicious code.
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This is a good point. I brought up something similar a few months ago in another thread.
With all the exploits discovered this year where's someone trying these exploits on this hw sw combo we have with FireOS.
Where's the fuzzer for all the system calls while trying the known exploits?
Where is the systematic approach to testing these from the pedants on the forum?
Sure you can reply with the usual comebacks, but try a different approach instead of more of the same.
With
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Where is the systematic approach to testing these from the pedants on the forum?
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Totally agree! Those selfish tech elitists who put real life above the desires of strangers. They should dedicate themselves (without compensation) and their community resources to methodically crack this very important nut. Ya know, because exploiting a $50 entertainment gizmo should rise to the top of THEIR priority list. Sorry sweetie, daddy won't becoming to any of your soccer games this year; he has important work to do.
My point exactly.
You spent enough energy to respond to this in a sarcastic manner. Thank you
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Robius said:
My point exactly.
You spent enough energy to respond to this in a sarcastic manner. Thank you
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Time well spent; appreciate the opportunity to respond in kind.
I have seen a bunch of hashes running through the terminal last time. Amazon may compare the hashes of the apks against a whitelist.
All right, I am ready to take this exploit on my 5th Gen. What I have to do??
Adyatan said:
All right, I am ready to take this exploit on my 5th Gen. What I have to do??
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I haven't sat down and looked into this too much so I'm not sure how to execute the exploit yet.
The idea I had been working on months ago was to somehow insert SU binaries into an Amazon system APK, and get it to install the modified APK as an update to an existing system app. The issue back then was the signature getting destroyed. If we can modify an Amazon system APK to contain a script to execute installation of SU binaries, the exploit might allow the APK to install as an update to an existing Amazon app and in theory install the SU binaries. Based on what little I've read, we would have to either 1) modify the existing DEX file of an Amazon system APK to contain code/script to install SU binaries or 2) create a new DEX file with the code and replace it with the original. My opinion is a better chance at the first method.
Now how to do all that using the Janus exploit? I do not yet know.
"An attacker exploiting the flaw could replace a trusted application that already has high privileges, such as a system app, with one of their updates to abuse the permissions that have already been granted. This could enable the attack to access sensitive information stored in the devices or enable the attacker to seize control over the device completely."
https://www.scmagazine.com/janus-vu...-android-50-devices-and-newer/article/713449/
So how would one go about updating a DEX file to contain 1) SU binaries that install upon 'updating' the app on installation? Or 2) clone a system app and edit or change the DEX file? 3) add an exploit script to a DEX file that would gain root (then you would install SU binaries and app)?
It seems the editing of the DEX file itself doesn't damage the signature and that's the nature of the exploit?
Hey is it possible to modify the permissions ota updater and remove the internet permissions so it can't update
I just found this https://github.com/odensc/janus don't have a computer anymore or would try it
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Hey is it possible to modify the permissions ota updater and remove the internet permissions so it can't update
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I cannot recall if I've ever tried with that APK. I have tried with others, unsuccessfully. Either the APK will fail to recompile into a proper installation file, or it would 'install', but with none of the modifications holding.
Android Flaw Lets Hackers Inject Malware Into Apps Without Altering Signatures
While installing an Android app or its update, your device checks APK header information to determine if the archive contains code in the compressed DEX files. If header says APK archive contains DEX files, the process virtual machine decompiles the code accordingly and executes it; otherwise, it runs the code as a regular APK file.
It turns out that an APK archive can contain DEX files as well as regular application code simultaneously, without affecting its validity and signatures.
Researchers find that this ability to add extra bytes of code due to lack of file integrity checking could allow attackers to prepend malicious code compiled in DEX format into an APK archive containing legitimate code with valid signatures, eventually tricking app installation process to execute both code on the targeted device without being detected.
In other words, the hack doesn't require attackers to modify the code of legitimate applications (that makes signatures invalid)—instead, the vulnerability allows malware authors to merely add some extra malicious lines of code to the original app.
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So we would need to write a script or other code that would be placed into a Amazon System APK. Now would we be able to add SU binaries to an APK? What about a root script like DirtyCow. Although DC is patched, would that be different if the exploit was installed into the /system-priv-app and then executed? I really don't want to sound dumb here so please help me pout guys. Any feedback, negative or not is appreciated.
Maybe this tool can help https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-dex-manager-v1-0-designed-to-play-t2988532
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Maybe this tool can help https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-dex-manager-v1-0-designed-to-play-t2988532
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I can't find a working download link. Apparently it has been discontinued and i was directed to this: Uret Android Reverser Toolkit v1.6. I downloaded it.
I did find the other one but it says it's for a Galaxy Note. Not sure if that's really the case though.
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Android Flaw Lets Hackers Inject Malware Into Apps Without Altering Signatures
So we would need to write a script or other code that would be placed into a Amazon System APK. Now would we be able to add SU binaries to an APK? What about a root script like DirtyCow. Although DC is patched, would that be different if the exploit was installed into the /system-priv-app and then executed? I really don't want to sound dumb here so please help me pout guys. Any feedback, negative or not is appreciated.
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It's beyond my knowledge but if you were to maybe add a script to the dex giving it the permisions I gotta look more into this
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I can't find a working download link.
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here's smali baksmali for editing dex files https://github.com/JesusFreke/smali I havent used it in a while but used to work good
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It's beyond my knowledge but if you were to maybe add a script to the dex giving it the permisions I gotta look more into this
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here's smali baksmali for editing dex files https://github.com/JesusFreke/smali I havent used it in a while but used to work good
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Editing DEX is pretty much out of my league too. I wouldn't know where to start. I don't even know how to install or use the tool you posted.
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Editing DEX is pretty much out of my league too. I wouldn't know where to start. I don't even know how to install or use the tool you posted.
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https://github.com/JesusFreke/smali/wiki/DeodexInstructions
It's really pretty simple used to use it take out the ads from angry birds and what not when it first came out. But it's easier said than done. If you do try first thing I would suggest is that you decompile then recompile to see if it works right the dependencies sometimes will get you or we can try and beg another developer to make us a modified apk..... Please pretty please with sugar on topwe'll like all your posts???
Check this thread for root possibility:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/complete-guide-root-hd7-8-106th-gen-t3545411
Robius said:
Check this thread for root possibility:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/complete-guide-root-hd7-8-106th-gen-t3545411
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FYI - nothing new in that thread. Same familiar tools/techniques targeting a different gen/suite of Amazon devices. Similar outcomes too. Vulnerability patched in FireOS 5.3.2.x as so far proven impenetrable by generic rooting tools of common origin (KingRoot, KingORoot, etc).
Davey126 said:
FYI - nothing new in that thread. Same familiar tools/techniques targeting a different gen/suite of Amazon devices. Similar outcomes too. Vulnerability patched in FireOS 5.3.2.x as so far proven impenetrable by generic rooting tools of common origin (KingRoot, KingORoot, etc).
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Not sure if the following report is true: (HD10 7th Gen on 5.6.0.0)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/rooted-fire-hd-10-7th-generation-t3718629

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