diff --git a/edify/expr.c b/edify/expr.c
index 07a8ceb..a2f1f99 100644
--- a/edify/expr.c
+++ b/edify/expr.c
@@ -287,13 +287,13 @@
 
     long l_int = strtol(left, &end, 10);
     if (left[0] == '\0' || *end != '\0') {
-        fprintf(stderr, "[%s] is not an int\n", left);
+        printf("[%s] is not an int\n", left);
         goto done;
     }
 
     long r_int = strtol(right, &end, 10);
     if (right[0] == '\0' || *end != '\0') {
-        fprintf(stderr, "[%s] is not an int\n", right);
+        printf("[%s] is not an int\n", right);
         goto done;
     }
 
diff --git a/edify/main.c b/edify/main.c
index 8557043..9e6bab7 100644
--- a/edify/main.c
+++ b/edify/main.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
     int error_count = 0;
     error = yyparse(&e, &error_count);
     if (error > 0 || error_count > 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "error parsing \"%s\" (%d errors)\n",
-                expr_str, error_count);
+        printf("error parsing \"%s\" (%d errors)\n",
+               expr_str, error_count);
         ++*errors;
         return 0;
     }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     free(state.errmsg);
     free(state.script);
     if (result == NULL && expected != NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "error evaluating \"%s\"\n", expr_str);
+        printf("error evaluating \"%s\"\n", expr_str);
         ++*errors;
         return 0;
     }
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
     }
 
     if (strcmp(result, expected) != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "evaluating \"%s\": expected \"%s\", got \"%s\"\n",
-                expr_str, expected, result);
+        printf("evaluating \"%s\": expected \"%s\", got \"%s\"\n",
+               expr_str, expected, result);
         ++*errors;
         free(result);
         return 0;
diff --git a/install.cpp b/install.cpp
index 0cb5cc7..e1ab848 100644
--- a/install.cpp
+++ b/install.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
             } else {
                 ui->Print("\n");
             }
+            fflush(stdout);
         } else if (strcmp(command, "wipe_cache") == 0) {
             *wipe_cache = 1;
         } else if (strcmp(command, "clear_display") == 0) {
diff --git a/minui/graphics.c b/minui/graphics.c
index 4968eac..d757165 100644
--- a/minui/graphics.c
+++ b/minui/graphics.c
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@
 
     get_memory_surface(&gr_mem_surface);
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "framebuffer: fd %d (%d x %d)\n",
-            gr_fb_fd, gr_framebuffer[0].width, gr_framebuffer[0].height);
+    printf("framebuffer: fd %d (%d x %d)\n",
+           gr_fb_fd, gr_framebuffer[0].width, gr_framebuffer[0].height);
 
         /* start with 0 as front (displayed) and 1 as back (drawing) */
     gr_active_fb = 0;
diff --git a/mtdutils/mtdutils.c b/mtdutils/mtdutils.c
index 107cbb9..d04b26e 100644
--- a/mtdutils/mtdutils.c
+++ b/mtdutils/mtdutils.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 {
     struct mtd_ecc_stats before, after;
     if (ioctl(fd, ECCGETSTATS, &before)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "mtd: ECCGETSTATS error (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+        printf("mtd: ECCGETSTATS error (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@
 
     while (pos + size <= (int) partition->size) {
         if (lseek64(fd, pos, SEEK_SET) != pos || read(fd, data, size) != size) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "mtd: read error at 0x%08llx (%s)\n",
+            printf("mtd: read error at 0x%08llx (%s)\n",
                     pos, strerror(errno));
         } else if (ioctl(fd, ECCGETSTATS, &after)) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "mtd: ECCGETSTATS error (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+            printf("mtd: ECCGETSTATS error (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
             return -1;
         } else if (after.failed != before.failed) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "mtd: ECC errors (%d soft, %d hard) at 0x%08llx\n",
+            printf("mtd: ECC errors (%d soft, %d hard) at 0x%08llx\n",
                     after.corrected - before.corrected,
                     after.failed - before.failed, pos);
             // copy the comparison baseline for the next read.
@@ -431,39 +431,39 @@
         int retry;
         for (retry = 0; retry < 2; ++retry) {
             if (ioctl(fd, MEMERASE, &erase_info) < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "mtd: erase failure at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
+                printf("mtd: erase failure at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
                         pos, strerror(errno));
                 continue;
             }
             if (lseek(fd, pos, SEEK_SET) != pos ||
                 write(fd, data, size) != size) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "mtd: write error at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
+                printf("mtd: write error at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
                         pos, strerror(errno));
             }
 
             char verify[size];
             if (lseek(fd, pos, SEEK_SET) != pos ||
                 read(fd, verify, size) != size) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "mtd: re-read error at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
+                printf("mtd: re-read error at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
                         pos, strerror(errno));
                 continue;
             }
             if (memcmp(data, verify, size) != 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "mtd: verification error at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
+                printf("mtd: verification error at 0x%08lx (%s)\n",
                         pos, strerror(errno));
                 continue;
             }
 
             if (retry > 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "mtd: wrote block after %d retries\n", retry);
+                printf("mtd: wrote block after %d retries\n", retry);
             }
-            fprintf(stderr, "mtd: successfully wrote block at %lx\n", pos);
+            printf("mtd: successfully wrote block at %lx\n", pos);
             return 0;  // Success!
         }
 
         // Try to erase it once more as we give up on this block
         add_bad_block_offset(ctx, pos);
-        fprintf(stderr, "mtd: skipping write block at 0x%08lx\n", pos);
+        printf("mtd: skipping write block at 0x%08lx\n", pos);
         ioctl(fd, MEMERASE, &erase_info);
         pos += partition->erase_size;
     }
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
     while (blocks-- > 0) {
         loff_t bpos = pos;
         if (ioctl(ctx->fd, MEMGETBADBLOCK, &bpos) > 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x%08lx\n", pos);
+            printf("mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x%08lx\n", pos);
             pos += ctx->partition->erase_size;
             continue;  // Don't try to erase known factory-bad blocks.
         }
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
         erase_info.start = pos;
         erase_info.length = ctx->partition->erase_size;
         if (ioctl(ctx->fd, MEMERASE, &erase_info) < 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "mtd: erase failure at 0x%08lx\n", pos);
+            printf("mtd: erase failure at 0x%08lx\n", pos);
         }
         pos += ctx->partition->erase_size;
     }
diff --git a/recovery.cpp b/recovery.cpp
index b7fb616..d953397 100644
--- a/recovery.cpp
+++ b/recovery.cpp
@@ -920,8 +920,7 @@
     sehandle = selabel_open(SELABEL_CTX_FILE, seopts, 1);
 
     if (!sehandle) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Warning: No file_contexts\n");
-        ui->Print("Warning:  No file_contexts\n");
+        ui->Print("Warning: No file_contexts\n");
     }
 
     device->StartRecovery();
diff --git a/updater/install.c b/updater/install.c
index 1fc4fd3..9fa06a2 100644
--- a/updater/install.c
+++ b/updater/install.c
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@
         const MtdPartition* mtd;
         mtd = mtd_find_partition_by_name(location);
         if (mtd == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"",
+            printf("%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"",
                     name, location);
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
         }
         if (mtd_mount_partition(mtd, mount_point, fs_type, 0 /* rw */) != 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "mtd mount of %s failed: %s\n",
+            printf("mtd mount of %s failed: %s\n",
                     location, strerror(errno));
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     } else {
         if (mount(location, mount_point, fs_type,
                   MS_NOATIME | MS_NODEV | MS_NODIRATIME, "") < 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to mount %s at %s: %s\n",
+            printf("%s: failed to mount %s at %s: %s\n",
                     name, location, mount_point, strerror(errno));
             result = strdup("");
         } else {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     scan_mounted_volumes();
     const MountedVolume* vol = find_mounted_volume_by_mount_point(mount_point);
     if (vol == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "unmount of %s failed; no such volume\n", mount_point);
+        printf("unmount of %s failed; no such volume\n", mount_point);
         result = strdup("");
     } else {
         unmount_mounted_volume(vol);
@@ -233,25 +233,25 @@
         mtd_scan_partitions();
         const MtdPartition* mtd = mtd_find_partition_by_name(location);
         if (mtd == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"",
+            printf("%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"",
                     name, location);
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
         }
         MtdWriteContext* ctx = mtd_write_partition(mtd);
         if (ctx == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't write \"%s\"", name, location);
+            printf("%s: can't write \"%s\"", name, location);
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
         }
         if (mtd_erase_blocks(ctx, -1) == -1) {
             mtd_write_close(ctx);
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to erase \"%s\"", name, location);
+            printf("%s: failed to erase \"%s\"", name, location);
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
         }
         if (mtd_write_close(ctx) != 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to close \"%s\"", name, location);
+            printf("%s: failed to close \"%s\"", name, location);
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
         }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
     } else if (strcmp(fs_type, "ext4") == 0) {
         int status = make_ext4fs(location, atoll(fs_size), mount_point, sehandle);
         if (status != 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: make_ext4fs failed (%d) on %s",
+            printf("%s: make_ext4fs failed (%d) on %s",
                     name, status, location);
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
         result = location;
 #endif
     } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: unsupported fs_type \"%s\" partition_type \"%s\"",
+        printf("%s: unsupported fs_type \"%s\" partition_type \"%s\"",
                 name, fs_type, partition_type);
     }
 
@@ -394,13 +394,13 @@
         ZipArchive* za = ((UpdaterInfo*)(state->cookie))->package_zip;
         const ZipEntry* entry = mzFindZipEntry(za, zip_path);
         if (entry == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: no %s in package\n", name, zip_path);
+            printf("%s: no %s in package\n", name, zip_path);
             goto done2;
         }
 
         FILE* f = fopen(dest_path, "wb");
         if (f == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open %s for write: %s\n",
+            printf("%s: can't open %s for write: %s\n",
                     name, dest_path, strerror(errno));
             goto done2;
         }
@@ -426,14 +426,14 @@
         ZipArchive* za = ((UpdaterInfo*)(state->cookie))->package_zip;
         const ZipEntry* entry = mzFindZipEntry(za, zip_path);
         if (entry == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: no %s in package\n", name, zip_path);
+            printf("%s: no %s in package\n", name, zip_path);
             goto done1;
         }
 
         v->size = mzGetZipEntryUncompLen(entry);
         v->data = malloc(v->size);
         if (v->data == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to allocate %ld bytes for %s\n",
+            printf("%s: failed to allocate %ld bytes for %s\n",
                     name, (long)v->size, zip_path);
             goto done1;
         }
@@ -460,13 +460,13 @@
         *p = '\0';
         if (make_parents(name) < 0) return -1;
         int result = mkdir(name, 0700);
-        if (result == 0) fprintf(stderr, "symlink(): created [%s]\n", name);
+        if (result == 0) printf("symlink(): created [%s]\n", name);
         *p = '/';
         if (result == 0 || errno == EEXIST) {
             // successfully created or already existed; we're done
             return 0;
         } else {
-            fprintf(stderr, "failed to mkdir %s: %s\n", name, strerror(errno));
+            printf("failed to mkdir %s: %s\n", name, strerror(errno));
             return -1;
         }
     }
@@ -494,18 +494,18 @@
     for (i = 0; i < argc-1; ++i) {
         if (unlink(srcs[i]) < 0) {
             if (errno != ENOENT) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to remove %s: %s\n",
+                printf("%s: failed to remove %s: %s\n",
                         name, srcs[i], strerror(errno));
                 ++bad;
             }
         }
         if (make_parents(srcs[i])) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to symlink %s to %s: making parents failed\n",
+            printf("%s: failed to symlink %s to %s: making parents failed\n",
                     name, srcs[i], target);
             ++bad;
         }
         if (symlink(target, srcs[i]) < 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to symlink %s to %s: %s\n",
+            printf("%s: failed to symlink %s to %s: %s\n",
                     name, srcs[i], target, strerror(errno));
             ++bad;
         }
@@ -574,12 +574,12 @@
 
         for (i = 3; i < argc; ++i) {
             if (chown(args[i], uid, gid) < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: chown of %s to %d %d failed: %s\n",
+                printf("%s: chown of %s to %d %d failed: %s\n",
                         name, args[i], uid, gid, strerror(errno));
                 ++bad;
             }
             if (chmod(args[i], mode) < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: chmod of %s to %o failed: %s\n",
+                printf("%s: chmod of %s to %o failed: %s\n",
                         name, args[i], mode, strerror(errno));
                 ++bad;
             }
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
                                int data_len, void* ctx) {
     int r = mtd_write_data((MtdWriteContext*)ctx, (const char *)data, data_len);
     if (r == data_len) return true;
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strerror(errno));
+    printf("%s\n", strerror(errno));
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -752,14 +752,14 @@
     mtd_scan_partitions();
     const MtdPartition* mtd = mtd_find_partition_by_name(partition);
     if (mtd == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"\n", name, partition);
+        printf("%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"\n", name, partition);
         result = strdup("");
         goto done;
     }
 
     MtdWriteContext* ctx = mtd_write_partition(mtd);
     if (ctx == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't write mtd partition \"%s\"\n",
+        printf("%s: can't write mtd partition \"%s\"\n",
                 name, partition);
         result = strdup("");
         goto done;
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@
         char* filename = contents->data;
         FILE* f = fopen(filename, "rb");
         if (f == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open %s: %s\n",
+            printf("%s: can't open %s: %s\n",
                     name, filename, strerror(errno));
             result = strdup("");
             goto done;
@@ -793,15 +793,15 @@
         success = (wrote == contents->size);
     }
     if (!success) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "mtd_write_data to %s failed: %s\n",
+        printf("mtd_write_data to %s failed: %s\n",
                 partition, strerror(errno));
     }
 
     if (mtd_erase_blocks(ctx, -1) == -1) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error erasing blocks of %s\n", name, partition);
+        printf("%s: error erasing blocks of %s\n", name, partition);
     }
     if (mtd_write_close(ctx) != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error closing write of %s\n", name, partition);
+        printf("%s: error closing write of %s\n", name, partition);
     }
 
     printf("%s %s partition\n",
@@ -988,23 +988,23 @@
     memcpy(args2, args, sizeof(char*) * argc);
     args2[argc] = NULL;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "about to run program [%s] with %d args\n", args2[0], argc);
+    printf("about to run program [%s] with %d args\n", args2[0], argc);
 
     pid_t child = fork();
     if (child == 0) {
         execv(args2[0], args2);
-        fprintf(stderr, "run_program: execv failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        printf("run_program: execv failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         _exit(1);
     }
     int status;
     waitpid(child, &status, 0);
     if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
         if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "run_program: child exited with status %d\n",
+            printf("run_program: child exited with status %d\n",
                     WEXITSTATUS(status));
         }
     } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "run_program: child terminated by signal %d\n",
+        printf("run_program: child terminated by signal %d\n",
                 WTERMSIG(status));
     }
 
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@
     }
 
     if (args[0]->size < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s(): no file contents received", name);
+        printf("%s(): no file contents received", name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
     uint8_t digest[SHA_DIGEST_SIZE];
@@ -1068,12 +1068,12 @@
     uint8_t* arg_digest = malloc(SHA_DIGEST_SIZE);
     for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
         if (args[i]->type != VAL_STRING) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s(): arg %d is not a string; skipping",
+            printf("%s(): arg %d is not a string; skipping",
                     name, i);
         } else if (ParseSha1(args[i]->data, arg_digest) != 0) {
             // Warn about bad args and skip them.
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s(): error parsing \"%s\" as sha-1; skipping",
-                    name, args[i]->data);
+            printf("%s(): error parsing \"%s\" as sha-1; skipping",
+                   name, args[i]->data);
         } else if (memcmp(digest, arg_digest, SHA_DIGEST_SIZE) == 0) {
             break;
         }
diff --git a/updater/updater.c b/updater/updater.c
index 58ac27f..c7009fe 100644
--- a/updater/updater.c
+++ b/updater/updater.c
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     // Various things log information to stdout or stderr more or less
-    // at random.  The log file makes more sense if buffering is
-    // turned off so things appear in the right order.
+    // at random (though we've tried to standardize on stdout).  The
+    // log file makes more sense if buffering is turned off so things
+    // appear in the right order.
     setbuf(stdout, NULL);
     setbuf(stderr, NULL);
 
     if (argc != 4) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "unexpected number of arguments (%d)\n", argc);
+        printf("unexpected number of arguments (%d)\n", argc);
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
     if ((version[0] != '1' && version[0] != '2' && version[0] != '3') ||
         version[1] != '\0') {
         // We support version 1, 2, or 3.
-        fprintf(stderr, "wrong updater binary API; expected 1, 2, or 3; "
+        printf("wrong updater binary API; expected 1, 2, or 3; "
                         "got %s\n",
                 argv[1]);
         return 2;
@@ -69,20 +70,20 @@
     int err;
     err = mzOpenZipArchive(package_data, &za);
     if (err != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "failed to open package %s: %s\n",
+        printf("failed to open package %s: %s\n",
                 package_data, strerror(err));
         return 3;
     }
 
     const ZipEntry* script_entry = mzFindZipEntry(&za, SCRIPT_NAME);
     if (script_entry == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "failed to find %s in %s\n", SCRIPT_NAME, package_data);
+        printf("failed to find %s in %s\n", SCRIPT_NAME, package_data);
         return 4;
     }
 
     char* script = malloc(script_entry->uncompLen+1);
     if (!mzReadZipEntry(&za, script_entry, script, script_entry->uncompLen)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "failed to read script from package\n");
+        printf("failed to read script from package\n");
         return 5;
     }
     script[script_entry->uncompLen] = '\0';
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
     yy_scan_string(script);
     int error = yyparse(&root, &error_count);
     if (error != 0 || error_count > 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%d parse errors\n", error_count);
+        printf("%d parse errors\n", error_count);
         return 6;
     }
 
@@ -112,7 +113,6 @@
     sehandle = selabel_open(SELABEL_CTX_FILE, seopts, 1);
 
     if (!sehandle) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Warning:  No file_contexts\n");
         fprintf(cmd_pipe, "ui_print Warning: No file_contexts\n");
     }
 
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@
     char* result = Evaluate(&state, root);
     if (result == NULL) {
         if (state.errmsg == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "script aborted (no error message)\n");
+            printf("script aborted (no error message)\n");
             fprintf(cmd_pipe, "ui_print script aborted (no error message)\n");
         } else {
-            fprintf(stderr, "script aborted: %s\n", state.errmsg);
+            printf("script aborted: %s\n", state.errmsg);
             char* line = strtok(state.errmsg, "\n");
             while (line) {
                 fprintf(cmd_pipe, "ui_print %s\n", line);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         free(state.errmsg);
         return 7;
     } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "script result was [%s]\n", result);
+        fprintf(cmd_pipe, "ui_print script succeeded: result was [%s]\n", result);
         free(result);
     }