5/9/2023 0 Comments Microsoft surface duo 2 news![]() ✅ Copied the payload.bin file to the payload_dumper directory. □ Protobuf is a requirement for the payload_dumper so we can install it using the following command “python3 -m pip install protobuf”. Copy the payload.bin file (from above) to the payload_dumper folder. This will allow you to take the recovery image we downloaded from Microsoft and extract the various partitions. □ In order to extract the boot.img file from payload.bin, we will need to download a python script called payload_dumper from here. □ Once the recovery image is downloaded, you need to unzip it and locate the payload.bin file. It can be found on the SIM tray or in Settings -> About -> Model & Hardware. You’ll need the Serial Number from the device. □ Download the Surface Recovery Image from here: We can type “./adb devices” to verify that we do see the Duo and it’s communicating with our workstation. ![]() We’ll navigate to the platform-tools folder. □ Once we are connected, let’s go back to our computer and confirm. □ Let’s make sure that our Surface Duo is set up so it can talk to your machine by enabling the USB connection. Then proceed to tap Build Number seven times and you’ll successfully enable Developer Options. □ On the Duo, we enable the communication to the platform-tools by performing the tried-and-true method of enabling Developer Options. In my instance, I would download “SDK Platform-Tools for Mac”. ![]() Download the appropriate one for your workstation. □ In order for your computer to communicate with the Android device, we need to download the command-line tools located here. To try and make things easier for you, we’ll use □ if the command/instruction is from your computer and □ if you need to do it from the Surface Duo. ⚠️ In this blog, we go back and forth between phone and computer often. Much like our iOS blog on jailbreaking, we wanted to tackle rooting an Android device and at the same time, look at Microsoft’s newest device and prep it for forensic testing for future analysis. Instead of using Windows Phone OS, Microsoft decided to switch it up on everyone and introduced the Microsoft Surface Duo a device that was built on Android. The Microsoft Surface Duo launched on September 10th, 2020.
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