How to Unpack & Repack Recovery.img (Method TWO)

Unpack & Repack

Recovery.img

Tools Required : (Report me dead links please)

Java JDK Download Link-For Installing Cygwin

(Note: Do not install Cygwin before the JDK!!

Android Kitchen Official Thread

Cygwin Link-Linux Terminal on Windows

Notepad++-For editing .xml files

Step 1 : Follow My First Method Beginning to Step 2 and After Follow below step

Step 2 : Extract recovery's ramdisk (type command in Cygwin Terminal)

./split_bootimg.pl recovery.img> output.txt

Extract the contents of the ramdisk with (type command in Cygwin Terminal)

./unpack-bootimg.pl recovery.img

once you unpack the recovery.img. please delete the old recovery.img.

-recovery.img-ramdisk.cpio.gz- delete this file

Step 3 : once you done working with recovery.img-ramdisk, within this folder open terminal.

find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ../ramdisk.cpio.gz

go back to the main folder(recoverytool). you will see a brand new file
ramdisk.cpio.gz

Step 4: now, we need to combine the kernel & ramdisk.cpio.gz open terminal

Tyep In Cygwin terminal

./mkbootimg --cmdline 'android.hardware=qcom loglevel=1’ –pagesize 4096 --kernel recovery.img-kernel.gz --ramdisk ramdisk.cpio.gz -o recovery.img

Done! once your done, you will see a brand new recovery.img file in recoverytool folder

Note : this is my rhod cmdline & Pagesize: you will need yours.

Page Size : 4096

Command line : android.hardware=qcom loglevel=1

you will need yours.By Step 2, In recoverytool folder open output.txt and find simple..:)

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