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[GUIDE] Making Dump Files Out of Android Device Partitions

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The main purpose is to make a file that contains all data in android specific partition. This is really handy XDA Assist
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The first step of making dump files out of device partitions is to locate its mounting points..!!
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So in our tutorial, we will make it in 2 sections. Section 1 for how to get mounting points, and section 2 for
how to get partition dumped..
Keep in mind that this is xda-university; so my target is to show beginners how to do that manually,
without the aid of any tool,
tool, so they can get the concept behind it.. OK let's begin..!!
Section 1:
Getting mounting points
There are several methods to achieve this, but we will discuss the easiest methods that give efficient
information about the partition that you want to know its mounting point.
All these methods will be described using adb shell.
Way #1
Code:
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc/partitions
This one needs from you to figure out which block belong to which partition name.!!
Way #2
Code:
Code:
adb shell
ls -al /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc
/dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name
/by-name
This one will give you info about the dev block names WITH their familiar names (i.e, boot,
boot, recovery,
system...
system... etc)
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(/dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name).
How?
- In your device,
device, use any explorer that can get you to the device root (personally I use ES Explorer, by
pressing on "/" on navigation bar).
"/dev/block/platform/"" folder
- Go to "/dev/block/platform/
"by-
- Here you will see some files and folders, we need to open folders and search for the folder called "by-
name"
name" inside one of them; in my situation it was "dw_mmc
"dw_mmc"" folder which has the folder "by-name
"by-name"" inside it.
(/dev/block/platform/dw_mmc
- At the end, my targeted piece info will be (/dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name
/by-name))
- Now open adb shell and put that command..
Way #3
By pushing parted binary to /system/bin folder and run it (you can find it in attachment).
Code:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell "su" "" "mount
"mount -o remount,rw /system"
adb push parted /system/bin/parted
adb shell
chmod 0755 /system/bin/parted
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
/dev/block/mmcblk0
print
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/dev/block/mmcblk0p* where (*
Here, your mounting points will start with /dev/block/mmcblk0p (*) is the number shown in the
table above for each partition. XDA Labs
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mmcblk0p10
The hidden partition mounting point will be mmcblk0p store that gives developers
mmcblk0p7
The radio partition mounting point will be mmcblk0p 
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mmcblk0p9
The system partition mounting point will be mmcblk0p
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mmcblk0p6
The recovery partition mounting point will be mmcblk0p
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Section 2:
Dumping ROM partition
After locating the mounting point of the partition you want to dump, open adb shell command prompt
and type:
Code:
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/yourMountingPoint
if=/yourMountingPoint of=/yourDestination
of=/yourDestination/parti
/parti
Let's say I want to take a dump out of system partition from above example. So the adb commands will
be:
Code:
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard
of=/sdcard/system.img
/system.img
This may take a while to complete the dumping process, depending on the size of your dumped
partition; so be patient..
Note:
Note:
If the partition is formatted as ext3/4 then the dumped partition will have .img as an extension.
extension.
Other partition dumps have different extensions; examples:
radio.bin
radio.bin
param.lfs
param.lfs
Sbl.bin
Sbl.bin
zImage (without extension)
extension)
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Optional:
Read Partition Image
After dumping an image from android partition, you can mount it to extract a particular file for sharing,
or the whole dump content in case the ROM chief wants to make a ROM out of dump files..
files..
For Linux Users:
- Open terminal and type:
Code:
Code:
su -
mkdir -p /mnt/disk
mount -o loop yourImage.img /mnt/disk
cd /mnt/disk
ls -l
For Windows Users:

- Download LinuxReader from this site here.
here.
- Open it -> Drives -> Mount Image -> Then choose your dumped image and hit Mount.
Mount. A new driver will
"Linux native Volume 1".
appear that contains all files inside the dumped image called "Linux 1". Just double click it
to get inside the dumped image.
I hope you will find this tutorial beneficial,,,

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★ Tutorial Legends ★
In this post, I will try to explain the use of each binary used in the tutorial, so you can make sense of each
action taken.
Quote:
#1
Code:
Code:
adb shell
Run remote shell interactively, as if you are in linux terminal.
Quote:
#2
Code:
Code:
cat /proc/partitions
cat binary is used to concatenate file(s) and print them to standard output display.
display. In our example,
it prints the content of partitions file which is found in proc folder to screen display.
display.
Quote:
#3
Code:
Code:
ls -al /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name
ls binary is used to list directory contents.

-al is the used option for ls which means to include entries that started with "."." in long listing format.
There are a lot of options for ls binary. You can always print ls --h to display help menu for other
options available.
Quote:
#4
Code:
Code:
adb remount
Remounts the /system partition on the device read / write. This has been disabled in some devices
(those with secure boot image); so you need to make sure that you have patched adbd that can
run this command effectively.
Quote:
#5
Code:
Code:
su
Used to get super-user privilege.
Quote:
#6
Code:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw
remount,rw /system
(rw).
Specific command to mount the /system partition on the device read / write (rw ).
If you change rw to ro,
ro, you will get /system partition mounted as read only.
Quote:
#7
Code:
Code:
adb push parted /system/bin/parted
adb push is used to copy file/dir from your local computer to android device.
device. The usual format is
adb push <local> <remote>
Quote:
#8
Code:
Code:
chmod 0755 /system/bin/parted
chmod binary is used to set permissions for the specified file/dir.

The number after chmod is the permission used. See the next box for better understanding of
chmod formatting:
Code:
Code:
----------------
| CHMOD SCHEME |
----------------
r w x
4 2 1 = 7 (Full Permissions)
User ( ) ( ) ( ) --> 2nd digit

Group ( ) ( ) ( ) --> 3rd digit
Other ( ) ( ) ( ) --> 4th digit
In the above example, it is set to 0755 which means the following scheme:
Code:
Code:
r w x
4 2 1
User (*
(*) (*
(*) (*
(*) --> This equals to 7 (
Group (*
(*) ( ) (*
Other (*
(*) ( ) (*
Special UID GID STK
As you can see, if you said 0755,

0755, it will be as same as saying ---rwxr-xr-x
Quote:
#9
Code:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/system.img
dd binary is used to copy a file with converting and formatting.

if means input file;
file; here we pointed to the whole partition, not specific file.
file.
of means outputting file to specific destination path; here it is to sdcard with system.img name.
Quote:
#10
Code:
Code:
mkdir -p /mnt/disk
mkdir binary is used to make folder dir.

-p is mkdir option which means to create folder with sub-folder at the same time. Here we want to
create mnt folder that contains disk sub-folder in it. If the folder and or sub-folder(s) are already
exists, it will not give error but nothing will be created.
Quote:
#11
Code:
Code:
mount -o loop yourImage.img /mnt/disk
(/mnt/disk in this example).

This is linux way to mount images into specific directory (/mnt/disk
Quote:
#12
Code:
Code:
cd /mnt/disk
cd used to get inside specific dir path.
Quote:
#13
Code:
Code:
ls -l
ls binary is used to list directory contents as described above.

-l is the used option for ls which means to list contents in long listing format.
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another way to get common names
on way #2, I've often used:

Code:
Code:
cat /proc/emmc
on a few devices to reveal similar info.
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can i able to mount boot.img in android itself...actually i wanted to extract boot.img frm mobile without any tools or
without the help of PC...if there be any possibilities..??
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can i able to mount boot.img in android itself...actually i wanted to extract boot.img frm mobile without any
tools or without the help of PC...if there be any possibilities..??
if you mean extract to modify boot.img, then I don't think there is away to do that from device itself in the moment..
if you mean dumping boot.img then yes you can, just install terminal emulator from Google play and you can run adb
shell commands directly from the device
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Great guide hopefully makes it easier for us to get dumps! if you add logcats etc, i nd they have trouble
executing "adb logcat >> log.txt" -.-
also you should teach them the easy tar method, so while booted "tar -c /system/* >> /sdcard/system.tar" or via adb
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Great guide hopefully makes it easier for us to get dumps! if you add logcats etc, i nd they have trouble
executing "adb logcat >> log.txt" -.-
also you should teach them the easy tar method, so while booted "tar -c /system/* >> /sdcard/system.tar" or via
adb shell
Yup that is possible and easy to extract but it is only for partitions that is shown in android os,,, you can't use it for
boot.img, sbl.bin, modem.bin...etc right
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Yup that is possible and easy to extract but it is only for partitions that is shown in android os,,, you can't use it
for boot.img, sbl.bin, modem.bin...etc right
ofcoarse, i actually had a project going where it detects all partitions(modems, boot.img, system etc..) that archives
itself into a .zip
it was going well until i did something in the script, now it only works on the s3 it shall be continued one day!
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Such great tutorial, this is de nitely going to come in handy for me. I have a question, how can you dump (extract) a
bootloader? Can i use the same method as dumping the ROM?
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Could you explain how to extract stock recovery image please?
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Where did the parted binary come from?
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[GUIDE] Making Dump Files Out of Android Device Partitions

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112 Actions Explanation ★ Tutorial Legends ★ In

majdinj OP 2013-Sep-19 5:34

10 another way to get common names on way

5 (quote) if you mean extract to modify

majdinj OP 2013-Nov-13 15:22

4 I also wrote a guide, It just using the "by-name"

warwolfx0 2013-Nov-18 21:22

4 can i able to mount boot.img in android

hasan4791 2013-Nov-13 4:48

This command is not universal between devices,

POCO X2 and Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G forums are

Memorigi is a beautiful to-do list app that helps

TWRP is now officially available for the Xiaomi Mi

NFCScreenOff mod enables scanning NFC tags

1Controller Magisk Module adds PlayStation

For Windows Users:

I hope you will find this tutorial beneficial,,,

19th September 2013, 11:34 AM | #2  

Run remote shell interactively, as if you are in linux terminal.

ls binary is used to list directory contents.

chmod binary is used to set permissions for the specified file/dir.

User ( ) ( ) ( ) --> 2nd digit

Special UID GID STK

As you can see, if you said 0755,

dd binary is used to copy a file with converting and formatting.

mkdir binary is used to make folder dir.

(/mnt/disk in this example).

cd used to get inside specific dir path.

ls binary is used to list directory contents as described above.

8th November 2013, 12:26 AM | #3  

another way to get common names

on way #2, I've often used:

on a few devices to reveal similar info.

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