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This guide will come in handy for those who wish to port a custom recovery

Requirements

• Download Carliv Image Kitchen depending on your PC's architecture (32 or 64 Bit) @ https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-15816.html
  
• Windows PC
  

Steps to unpack and repack a recovery image (recovery.img) and boot image (boot.img)

How to unpack boot.img

1. Extract the CarlivImage Kitchen zip file into a folder on the PC
   
   
   
   
2. Copy the boot.img into the boot-resources folder
   
   
   
   
3. Go back to the root folder and double-click carliv.bat
   
   
   
   
4. Type b then press Enter
   
   
   
   
5. Type 1 then press Enter
   
   
   
   
6. Type 1 then press Enter
   
   
   
   
7. Wait till unpacking is done then press Enter
   
   
   
   
8. You should find the unpacked boot.img in the boot folder
   
   
   

How to repack boot.img

1. Go back to Carliv Image Kitchen, type 2 then press Enter
   
   
   
   
2. Wait till repacking is done then press Enter
   
   
   
   
3. You should find the repacked boot image in the output folder. You can rename it to boot
   
   
   

How to unpack recovery.img

1. Copy the recovery.img into the recovery-resources folder
   
   
   
   
2. Go back to the root folder and double-click carliv.bat
   
   
   
   
3. Type r then press Enter
   
   
   
   
4. Type 1 then press Enter
   
   
   
   
5. Type 1 then press Enter
   
   
   
   
6. Wait till unpacking is done then press Enter
   
   
   
   
7. You should see the unpacked recovery.img in the recovery folder
   
   
   

How to repack recovery.img

1. Go back to Carliv Image Kitchen, type 2 then press Enter
   
   
   
   
2. Wait till repacking is done then press Enter
   
   
   
   
3. You should see the repacked recovery image in the output folder. You can rename it to recovery