You might need to extract this file for several reasons:
Before you can extract the .lz4 file itself, you usually need to pull it from the stock firmware: extract boot.img.lz4
Use the lz4 command to decompress. The syntax is: You might need to extract this file for
file boot.img
If you’ve ever downloaded a factory firmware for a modern Android device—especially from manufacturers like Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, or Google—you may have noticed that the traditional boot.img file is gone. Instead, you’ll find a file named boot.img.lz4 . extract boot.img.lz4
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