nativeBridge.dbgCmd

silver18 · 03-08-2012, 12:58 PM

Good afternoon!!!

I read about the nativeBridge.dbgCmd function and it sounds awesome!

I tried to use it in a waf, to kill it from inside itself but I didn't manage to make it work!

I used this:

PHP Code:


			
<form id="killWAF" action="" method="get" align="center" style="display: block;">

        <input type="button" name="buttonKillWAF" value="->Kill WAF<-" onClick="nativeBridge.dbgCmd('killall wafapp');">

</form

Thanks a lot!!!

ixtab · 03-09-2012, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silver18

Good afternoon!!!

I read about the nativeBridge.dbgCmd function and it sounds awesome!

I tried to use it in a waf, to kill it from inside itself but I didn't manage to make it work!

I used this:

PHP Code:


			
<form id="killWAF" action="" method="get" align="center" style="display: block;">

        <input type="button" name="buttonKillWAF" value="->Kill WAF<-" onClick="nativeBridge.dbgCmd('killall wafapp');">

</form

Thanks a lot!!!

I may be wrong, but I think that this functionality has been entirely removed with 5.0.3.

geekmaster · 03-09-2012, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixtab

I may be wrong, but I think that this functionality has been entirely removed with 5.0.3.

That would explain why yifanlu's launcher menu stopped being useful for me after upgrading from 5.0.0 to 5.0.4.

Bummer! Now we need a new way to toggle USBnet from the framework...

Oh... wait... I know how to execute arbitrary programs or scripts by typing something "special" in the search bar. Perhaps that can be leveraged into a launcher menu. But they only run as user "framework". Perhaps they can tell a root daemon process to do something useful though...

In other words, we have root! We CAN replace the missing functions that amazon removed in the update. We can simply revert to the older files from a previous firmware version, or we can "roll our own" alternate solution that looks for sentinel (trigger) files to decide what root action to do for us.

ixtab · 03-09-2012, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geekmaster

That would explain why yifanlu's launcher menu stopped being useful for me after upgrading from 5.0.0 to 5.0.4.

Bummer! Now we need a new way to toggle USBnet from the framework...

Hmm... I'm also running 5.0.4, and toggling USB network through the launcher works perfectly well for me. So it must be something different...

geekmaster · 03-09-2012, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixtab

Hmm... I'm also running 5.0.4, and toggling USB network through the launcher works perfectly well for me. So it must be something different...

Well, I did not activate it yet after restoring from factory-fresh 5.0.0 backups just before the 5.0.4 upgrade, so I could compare before-and-after images.

Does USBnet require activation with amazon?

ixtab · 03-09-2012, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Does USBnet require activation with amazon?

Nope. My device is also not registered with Amazon

(at least most of the time)

geekmaster · 03-09-2012, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixtab

Nope. My device is also not registered with Amazon

(at least most of the time)

Hmm... None of my launcher menu items work. I suppose I need to reinstall it.

I have been using diags USBnet most of the time, after fastboot flashing the diags partition image with SSH pre-installed.

EDIT: @ixtab: Athough a wee bit off-topic, I respect your opinion, and in your opinion, does this make me a wee bit insane? : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1997659

silver18 · 03-09-2012, 01:05 PM

thanks a lot!!
that's good: it's not me being dumb this time!

anyway, it is frustating: it was a really good way of executing shell command from a waf (actually the only way).
So, no chances of killing a waf using an exit button?

geekmaster · 03-09-2012, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silver18

it's not me being dumb this time!

So... it is ME you are calling "dumb", then? At least that is better than "insane". There is a fine line between genius and insanity, and sometimes it is a bit hard to see which side of that line I am on.

varnie · 03-09-2012, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixtab

Hmm... I'm also running 5.0.4, and toggling USB network through the launcher works perfectly well for me. So it must be something different...

same for me. It works well on 5.0.4 firmware installed.
An interesting fact:
I had 5.04 firmware installed, then I reset it to the factory defaults and running USBNet from the GUI Launcher broke. I installed it over and it works again.

silver18 · 03-10-2012, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geekmaster

So... it is ME you are calling "dumb", then? At least that is better than "insane". There is a fine line between genius and insanity, and sometimes it is a bit hard to see which side of that line I am on.

LOL, no!

I just was super-excited about nativeBridge but I didn't manage to make it work==>I must be dumb!

geekmaster · 03-10-2012, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silver18

LOL, no!

I just was super-excited about nativeBridge but I didn't manage to make it work==>I must be dumb!

I thought your "not me" was meant as my "me", in your post quoted below:

Quote:

Originally Posted by silver18

it's not me being dumb this time!

In my case, lately I have been getting "super-excited" by doing interesting things normally only done in native code (such as processing binary data), using only shell scripts and a minimum of external built-in program calls. These include reading binary input events (see the my touchpaint script) and writing binary pixel data directly into the eInk framebuffer (see my ddplot script).

K4 and Touch (ddplot): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1997659

Touch (touchpaint): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1989102

JustAMan · 03-11-2012, 08:02 AM

@silver18: just add "Kill all WAFs" entry to GUI launcher

A bit awkward, but it would work...

silver18 · 03-11-2012, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustAMan

@silver18: just add "Kill all WAFs" entry to GUI launcher

A bit awkward, but it would work...

That's what I currently do!

Anyway, I would like to provide an exit button, but it seems there is no way of doing it!

JustAMan · 03-12-2012, 07:21 AM

Umm... If only you could access filesystem to write you could create a flag file in, say, /tmp, and make cronjob running that would "killall wafapp" if it finds a file...
Yep, another dirty workaround, I know, but still...

03-08-2012, 12:58 PM	#1
silver18 THE NOOB Posts: 701 Karma: 1545649 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Italy Device: Kindle Touch 5.3.2	nativeBridge.dbgCmd Good afternoon!!! I read about the nativeBridge.dbgCmd function and it sounds awesome! I tried to use it in a waf, to kill it from inside itself but I didn't manage to make it work! I used this: PHP Code: `<form id="killWAF" action="" method="get" align="center" style="display: block;"> <input type="button" name="buttonKillWAF" value="->Kill WAF<-" onClick="nativeBridge.dbgCmd('killall wafapp');"> </form` Thanks a lot!!!

03-09-2012, 01:05 PM	#8
silver18 THE NOOB Posts: 701 Karma: 1545649 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Italy Device: Kindle Touch 5.3.2	thanks a lot!! that's good: it's not me being dumb this time! anyway, it is frustating: it was a really good way of executing shell command from a waf (actually the only way). So, no chances of killing a waf using an exit button?

03-11-2012, 08:02 AM	#13
JustAMan Groupie Posts: 153 Karma: 113 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Russia Device: Kindle Touch	@silver18: just add "Kill all WAFs" entry to GUI launcher A bit awkward, but it would work...

03-12-2012, 07:21 AM	#15
JustAMan Groupie Posts: 153 Karma: 113 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Russia Device: Kindle Touch	Umm... If only you could access filesystem to write you could create a flag file in, say, /tmp, and make cronjob running that would "killall wafapp" if it finds a file... Yep, another dirty workaround, I know, but still...

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