Issues with self-built ROM

[Guest EddyOS]

I compiled a ROM from source and I'm having issues flashing it. I think (and will stress think) the ROM compiled correctly and I ended up with the relevant boot.img and system.img files, which I then imported into my dsixda kitchen setup. All this went as expected but when I flashed the ROM I get the following error:

assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img". "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmc.0/by-name/boot")

E:Error in/sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?

[Guest djmcnz]

I compiled a ROM from source and I'm having issues flashing it. I think (and will stress think) the ROM compiled correctly and I ended up with the relevant boot.img and system.img files, which I then imported into my dsixda kitchen setup. All this went as expected but when I flashed the ROM I get the following error:

assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img". "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmc.0/by-name/boot")

E:Error in/sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?

Status 7 is a problem with your updater-script - an assert can't complete.

Check the syntax and target locations for the boot.img line in your script.

[Guest EddyOS]

I'm using the updater-script that the kitchen made, I've not changed it at all:

show_progress(0.1, 0);

format("ext4", "HSMMC", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/system");

mount("ext4", "HSMMC", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/system", "/system");

package_extract_dir("system", "/system");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/setconsole");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/setprop");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/newfs_msdos");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/kill");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/ln");

symlink("mksh", "/system/bin/sh");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/id");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/vmstat");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/renice");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/getevent");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/wipe");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/nandread");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/hd");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/umount");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/top");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/cat");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/smd");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/stop");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/netstat");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/ionice");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/schedtop");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/ls");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/start");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/uptime");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/date");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/chown");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/sendevent");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/mv");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/sleep");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/chmod");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/df");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/iftop");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/insmod");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/ifconfig");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/ps");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/dd");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/rmmod");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/rm");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/getprop");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/lsmod");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/mount");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/rmdir");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/log");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/sync");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/notify");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/printenv");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/mkdir");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/ioctl");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/lsof");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/watchprops");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/dmesg");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/touch");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/r");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/route");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/cmp");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/reboot");

set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0644, "/system");

set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/bin");

set_perm(0, 3003, 06755, "/system/bin/ip");

set_perm(0, 3003, 02750, "/system/bin/netcfg");

set_perm(0, 3004, 02755, "/system/bin/ping");

set_perm(0, 2000, 06750, "/system/bin/run-as");

set_perm_recursive(1002, 1002, 0755, 0440, "/system/etc/bluetooth");

set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/system/etc/bluetooth");

set_perm(1000, 1000, 0640, "/system/etc/bluetooth/auto_pairing.conf");

set_perm(3002, 3002, 0444, "/system/etc/bluetooth/blacklist.conf");

set_perm(1002, 1002, 0440, "/system/etc/dbus.conf");

set_perm(1014, 2000, 0550, "/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks");

set_perm(0, 2000, 0550, "/system/etc/init.goldfish.sh");

set_perm(0, 0, 04755, "/system/bin/bash");

symlink("/system/bin/bash", "/system/bin/sh");

set_perm(0, 0, 04755, "/system/xbin/nano");

set_perm(0, 0, 04755, "/system/xbin/sysrw");

set_perm(0, 0, 04755, "/system/xbin/sysro");

set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/bin/su");

symlink("/system/bin/su", "/system/xbin/su");

set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0555, "/system/etc/ppp");

set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0644, "/system/vendor");

set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/vendor/bin");

set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0644, "/system/vendor/firmware");

set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/firmware");

set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/lib");

set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/lib/egl");

set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/lib/hw");

set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/xbin");

set_perm(0, 1000, 0755, "/system/xbin/busybox");

symlink("/system/xbin/busybox", "/system/bin/busybox");

package_extract_file("installbusybox", "/tmp/installbusybox");

set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/installbusybox");

run_program("/tmp/installbusybox");

show_progress(0.1, 10);

show_progress(0.2, 0);

assert(package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img"),

write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/boot"),

delete("/tmp/boot.img"));

show_progress(0.2, 10);

unmount("/system");

[Guest EddyOS]

I've compared it to Paul's ROM, and can see the difference:

Mine:

write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/boot"),

As opposed:

package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img");

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "dd", "if=/tmp/boot.img", "of=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/boot");

delete("/tmp/boot.img");

I'd imagine changing them over would work?

[Guest EddyOS]

New release of dsixda kitchen so gonna try that now - fingers crossed!

[Guest djmcnz]

I've compared it to Paul's ROM, and can see the difference:

Mine:

write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/boot"),

As opposed:

package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img");

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "dd", "if=/tmp/boot.img", "of=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/boot");

delete("/tmp/boot.img");

I'd imagine changing them over would work?

Yes... beacuse you haven't extracted the boot.img from your update.zip before you're trying to write it... :)

[Guest EddyOS]

Strange how HTC devices don't have this issue, the kitchen just works as is (but then again it was written to HTC devices originally)

Just making the ROM now and will double-check the updater-script. If it's still the same I'll nick it from Paul's script

[Guest EddyOS]

updater-script now correct :D

[Guest EddyOS]

Spoke to soon, came error code :(

Gonna have to look into this a bit deeper

[Guest EddyOS]

It extracts but does it differently:

assert(package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img"),

write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/boot"),

delete("/tmp/boot.img"));

I'm guessing it's still the issue?

[Guest MonkeyBoy451]

It extracts but does it differently:

assert(package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img"),

write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/boot"),

delete("/tmp/boot.img"));

I'm guessing it's still the issue?

Is the boot.img actually being extracted to /tmp? Maybe its not extracting the file properly due to perms & then fails to do the write?

I guess a logcat would show if it extracted the boot.img ok?

Also, what development environment are you using to compile the etc? I'm interested in making my own roms too.

Edited December 21, 2011 by MonkeyBoy451

[Guest EddyOS]

Initial ICS was compiled in a VirtualBox Ubuntu 64-bit VM environment, following this guide:

http://www.freeyoura...ide/compile-ics

Once I had the resulting .IMG files I use my normal Ubuntu 11.10 VirtualBox VM to use the dsixda kitchen (v0.182) which works as normal but gives me THAT error when trying to flash.

How can I logcat if I'm not in Android? HTC devices are a piece of piss compared to compiling from source! :D

Edited December 21, 2011 by EddyOS

[Guest MonkeyBoy451]

Initial ICS was compiled in a VirtualBox Ubuntu 64-bit VM environment, following this guide:

http://www.freeyoura...ide/compile-ics

Once I had the resulting .IMG files I use my normal Ubuntu 11.10 VirtualBox VM to use the dsixda kitchen (v0.182) which works as normal but gives me THAT error when trying to flash

Cheers. will give it a look over. :)

any luck with looking in the logcat to see if boot.img actually exists/extracts to /tmp ?

[Guest EddyOS]

See my edit - how do I logcat when not in Android?

[Guest EddyOS]

Edited updater-script to same as Paul's and it works - will have to report it to dsixda and see if he can fix it

EDIT: Spoke to soon - boot loop! :(

This is annoying

Edited December 21, 2011 by EddyOS

[Guest MonkeyBoy451]

See my edit - how do I logcat when not in Android?

You can get the logs via adb I believe. adb logcat > logcat.log if the phone is visible to adb - even while its bootlooping, or pull the log from the phone with ADB pull.

or try running DDMS from the SDK.

Edited December 21, 2011 by MonkeyBoy451

[Guest EddyOS]

FINALLY got the ROM to boot but it's lagging like hell, and it has no setup wizard which is a bit annoying - even though the setup wizard app is in the ROM. As for Gapps, I got them from the 4.0.2 Google image and all seemed to work fine

Also got no lock screen :blink: