Tool
payload dumper
Python script that extracts the partition images, such as boot.img and system.img, from the payload.bin inside an Android OTA update package. It handles full OTAs directly and incremental OTAs with --diff by applying the update to original images that the user copies from a full OTA or dumps from the device, and it can also run from a Docker image.
- Targets
- Firmware
- Category
- Firmware tools
- Relationship
- Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: Python 3.6 or later with the protobuf package from requirements.txt; the user supplies the OTA package's payload.bin. The README says the script was tested on Yandex Amber OTAs, both full and incremental, under Linux and may also work on Windows.
- Scope: The repository has no releases, and the reviewed master commit dates from 2025-04-18.
- License: The repository has no license file and GitHub detects no license.
About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · vm03/payload_dumper · Revision 2f0a964
- payload_dumper.py GitHub · vm03/payload_dumper · Revision 2f0a964
- requirements.txt GitHub · vm03/payload_dumper · Revision 2f0a964
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