saleemrashid/mediatek_flash_tool

Library and command line tool for interacting with the MediaTek bootloader, for dumping and flashing firmware

MediaTek Flash Tool

Library and command line tool for interacting with the MediaTek bootloader, for dumping and flashing firmware.

Dependencies

• Argp (included with glibc and gnulib) or argp-standalone
• libusb >= 1.0.16

Limitations

• Only tested on MT6580, with Download Agent from SP Flash Tool
• Only supports EMMC devices

Features

• Supports auto-detecting device (requires hotplug capability in libusb)
• Supports sending Download Agent to Preloader
• Supports multiple dumping or flashing operations
• Supports arbitrary address and length without scatter file
• Supports rebooting the device after operations are completed
• Enables USB 2.0 mode in Download Agent

Examples

Dumping the GPT, using the appropriate Download Agent from MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin.

flash_tool -d MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin -l 17408 -D GPT.bin

Assume the boot partition starts at 0x1d80000, with a length of 0x1000000.

Dumping the boot partition to boot.bak, flashing boot.img to the boot partition, and rebooting.

flash_tool -d MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin -R -a 0x1d80000 -l 0x1000000 -D boot.bak -F boot.img

Dumping the boot partition to boot.bak, patching it, flashing it back to the boot partition, and rebooting.

flash_tool -d MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin -a 0x1d80000 -l 0x1000000 -D boot.bak
./patch.sh boot.bak boot.img
flash_tool -2 -R -a 0x1d80000 -l 0x1000000 -F boot.img