payload dumper

Dumps the payload.bin image found in Android update images. Has significant performance gains over other tools due to using multiprocessing.

Installation

Requirements

• Python3
• pip

Install using pip

pip install --user payload_dumper

Example ASCIIcast

Usage

Dumping the entirety of payload.bin

payload_dumper payload.bin

Dumping specific partitions

Use a comma-separated list of partitions to dump:

payload_dumper --partitions boot,dtbo,vendor payload.bin

Patching older image with OTA

Assuming the old partitions are in a directory named old/:

payload_dumper --diff payload.bin