

complete.ĭecompress the ramdisk data: $ mkdir recovery tools/simg2img system.img system1.imgĮxtract recovery image: $. $ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x40008000 -e 0x40008000 -n "Linux 2.6" -d boot.img-kernel uImageĮxtract system image: $. bootloader.imgĮxtract the kernel and boot RAM disk as follows:Ĭommand line: console=ttyS0,115200 rw init=/init loglevel=5 RFSFAT16_SYSTEM_000000000 (the system partition, ext4 sparse) RFSFAT16_RECOVERY_0000000 (the recovery partition) The three following files are the ones we are interested in: This command creates a folder called android.dump which will contain many files. In this guide the name of the Android Image is android.img


Next, scroll down and select USB Debugging, depending on your phone and version of Android, the menu may differ but it’s in there somewhere.On your phone, navigate to Settings>Developer Options.Download and install the Google Android SDK onto your computer.Plug your phone into your PC using the USB charging cable and set it for file transfer.If you have, or don’t mind using, the Android SDK, you can configure your phone to automatically install apps onto your SD card. It is safe to download and install from the link provided below. You will need to install the Android SDK, which is a small program that allows your PC to communicate with the Android operating system. If you want to install apps directly onto your SD card by default, you can do that too.
