Hi all,
i'm trying to disable dexopt on the emulator to test the execution of a corrupted dex file.
I've tried this:

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adb shell setprop dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags v=n
adb shell stop; adb shell start

adb shell getprop | grep dalvik
[dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags]: [v=n]


but when i lunch the .jar file with

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adb shell dalvikvm -cp /mnt/sdcard/Test.jar Test


dexopt seems still to be launched:

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D/dalvikvm(  337): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm(  337): ODEX file is stale or bad; removing and retrying (/data/dalvik-cache/mnt@sdcard@Test.jar@classes.dex)
D/dalvikvm(  337): DexOpt: --- BEGIN 'Test.jar' (bootstrap=0) ---
E/dalvikvm(  338): Bogus size for section: got 0xe; expected 0x16ac
E/dalvikvm(  338): Swap of section type 0001 failed
E/dalvikvm(  338): ERROR: Byte swap + verify failed
E/dalvikvm(  338): Optimization failed
W/dalvikvm(  337): DexOpt: --- END 'Test.jar' --- status=0xff00,process failed
E/dalvikvm(  337): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from 'Test.jar'
W/dalvikvm(  337): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560)


I get the same error if i launch the command:

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adb shell dalvikvm -Xverify:none -Xdexopt:none -cp /mnt/sdcard/Test.jar Test


so how can i disable dexopt / dex verification process?

Thanks in advance.

Bytec0d3 wrote:Hi all,
i'm trying to disable dexopt on the emulator to test the execution of a corrupted dex file.
I've tried this:

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adb shell setprop dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags v=n
adb shell stop; adb shell start

adb shell getprop | grep dalvik
[dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags]: [v=n]


but when i lunch the .jar file with

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adb shell dalvikvm -cp /mnt/sdcard/Test.jar Test


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D/dalvikvm(  337): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm(  337): ODEX file is stale or bad; removing and retrying (/data/dalvik-cache/mnt@sdcard@Test.jar@classes.dex)
D/dalvikvm(  337): DexOpt: --- BEGIN 'Test.jar' (bootstrap=0) ---
E/dalvikvm(  338): Bogus size for section: got 0xe; expected 0x16ac
E/dalvikvm(  338): Swap of section type 0001 failed
E/dalvikvm(  338): ERROR: Byte swap + verify failed
E/dalvikvm(  338): Optimization failed
W/dalvikvm(  337): DexOpt: --- END 'Test.jar' --- status=0xff00,process failed
E/dalvikvm(  337): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from 'Test.jar'
W/dalvikvm(  337): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560)


I get the same error if i launch the command:

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adb shell dalvikvm -Xverify:none -Xdexopt:none -cp /mnt/sdcard/Test.jar Test


so how can i disable dexopt / dex verification process?

Thanks in advance.

You can disable dexopt using command line flags. Classes that have been verified successfully have a flag set in the ODEX.They will not be re-verified when loaded. The Linux access permissions are expected to prevent tampering; if you can get around those, installing faulty bytecode is far from the easiest line of attack.
The ODEX file has a 32-bit checksum, but that's chiefly present as a quick check for corrupted data.