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Decompress compressed EXT4 file system images found in Android ROMs

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Sparse Converter

SparseConverter is a tool that can create / decompress compressed EXT4 file system sparse image (e.g. super.img.0). It can also decompress sparse Android data image (e.g. system.new.dat) into an EXT4 file system image.

DISCLAMER: The software may contain bugs and/or limitations. The authors take no responsibility for any damage/s that may occur.

Usage Examples

SparseConverter.exe /c[ompress] D:\system.img E:\ 256MB
will compress D:\system.img to 256MB sparse files starting from E:\system.img_sparsechunk1
SparseConverter.exe /d[ecompress] E:\super.img.0 D:\system.img
will decompress E:\super.img.0, E:\super.img.1, etc. to D:\system.img
SparseConverter.exe /d[ecompress] E:\system.new.dat D:\system.img E:\system.transfer.list
will decompress E:\system.new.dat to D:\system.img using instructions in E:\system.transfer.list

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@TalAloni Original Author
@xpirt for the sparse Android data image decompression algorithm

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