diff --git a/flashutils/flash_image.c b/flashutils/flash_image.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "cutils/log.h"
+#include "flashutils.h"
+
+#if 0
+#define LOG_TAG "flash_image"
+
+#define HEADER_SIZE 2048  // size of header to compare for equality
+
+void die(const char *msg, ...) {
+    int err = errno;
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, msg);
+    char buf[1024];
+    vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), msg, args);
+    va_end(args);
+
+    if (err != 0) {
+        strlcat(buf, ": ", sizeof(buf));
+        strlcat(buf, strerror(err), sizeof(buf));
+    }
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", buf);
+    LOGE("%s\n", buf);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/* Read an image file and write it to a flash partition. */
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    const MtdPartition *ptn;
+    MtdWriteContext *write;
+    void *data;
+    unsigned sz;
+
+    if (argc != 3) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s partition file.img\n", argv[0]);
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    if (mtd_scan_partitions() <= 0) die("error scanning partitions");
+    const MtdPartition *partition = mtd_find_partition_by_name(argv[1]);
+    if (partition == NULL) die("can't find %s partition", argv[1]);
+
+    // If the first part of the file matches the partition, skip writing
+
+    int fd = open(argv[2], O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0) die("error opening %s", argv[2]);
+
+    char header[HEADER_SIZE];
+    int headerlen = read(fd, header, sizeof(header));
+    if (headerlen <= 0) die("error reading %s header", argv[2]);
+
+    MtdReadContext *in = mtd_read_partition(partition);
+    if (in == NULL) {
+        LOGW("error opening %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+        // just assume it needs re-writing
+    } else {
+        char check[HEADER_SIZE];
+        int checklen = mtd_read_data(in, check, sizeof(check));
+        if (checklen <= 0) {
+            LOGW("error reading %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+            // just assume it needs re-writing
+        } else if (checklen == headerlen && !memcmp(header, check, headerlen)) {
+            LOGI("header is the same, not flashing %s\n", argv[1]);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        mtd_read_close(in);
+    }
+
+    // Skip the header (we'll come back to it), write everything else
+    LOGI("flashing %s from %s\n", argv[1], argv[2]);
+
+    MtdWriteContext *out = mtd_write_partition(partition);
+    if (out == NULL) die("error writing %s", argv[1]);
+
+    char buf[HEADER_SIZE];
+    memset(buf, 0, headerlen);
+    int wrote = mtd_write_data(out, buf, headerlen);
+    if (wrote != headerlen) die("error writing %s", argv[1]);
+
+    int len;
+    while ((len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+        wrote = mtd_write_data(out, buf, len);
+        if (wrote != len) die("error writing %s", argv[1]);
+    }
+    if (len < 0) die("error reading %s", argv[2]);
+
+    if (mtd_write_close(out)) die("error closing %s", argv[1]);
+
+    // Now come back and write the header last
+
+    out = mtd_write_partition(partition);
+    if (out == NULL) die("error re-opening %s", argv[1]);
+
+    wrote = mtd_write_data(out, header, headerlen);
+    if (wrote != headerlen) die("error re-writing %s", argv[1]);
+
+    // Need to write a complete block, so write the rest of the first block
+    size_t block_size;
+    if (mtd_partition_info(partition, NULL, &block_size, NULL))
+        die("error getting %s block size", argv[1]);
+
+    if (lseek(fd, headerlen, SEEK_SET) != headerlen)
+        die("error rewinding %s", argv[2]);
+
+    int left = block_size - headerlen;
+    while (left < 0) left += block_size;
+    while (left > 0) {
+        len = read(fd, buf, left > (int)sizeof(buf) ? (int)sizeof(buf) : left);
+        if (len <= 0) die("error reading %s", argv[2]);
+        if (mtd_write_data(out, buf, len) != len)
+            die("error writing %s", argv[1]);
+        left -= len;
+    }
+
+    if (mtd_write_close(out)) die("error closing %s", argv[1]);
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if (argc != 3) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s partition file.img\n", argv[0]);
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    int ret = restore_raw_partition(NULL, argv[1], argv[2]);
+    if (ret != 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed with error: %d\n", ret);
+    return ret;
+}