Format of bootloader-*.img
files found in factory images of certain Android devices from Huawei:
All image versions can be found in factory images at https://developers.google.com/android/images for the specific device. To avoid having to download an entire ZIP archive when you only need one file from it, install remotezip and use its command line tool to list members in the archive and then to download only the file you want.
This page hosts a formal specification of Huawei Bootloader packed image format using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
All parsing code for Ruby generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Ruby runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The Ruby runtime library can be installed from RubyGems:
gem install kaitai-struct
Parse a local file and get structure in memory:
data = AndroidBootldrHuawei.from_file("path/to/local/file.img")
Or parse structure from a string of bytes:
bytes = "\x00\x01\x02..."
data = AndroidBootldrHuawei.new(Kaitai::Struct::Stream.new(bytes))
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:
data.meta_header # => get meta header
# This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
require 'kaitai/struct/struct'
unless Gem::Version.new(Kaitai::Struct::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('0.9')
raise "Incompatible Kaitai Struct Ruby API: 0.9 or later is required, but you have #{Kaitai::Struct::VERSION}"
end
##
# Format of `bootloader-*.img` files found in factory images of certain Android devices from Huawei:
#
# * Nexus 6P "angler": [sample][sample-angler] ([other samples][others-angler]),
# [releasetools.py](https://android.googlesource.com/device/huawei/angler/+/cf92cd8/releasetools.py#29)
#
# [sample-angler]: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603870158 "bootloader-angler-angler-03.84.img"
# [others-angler]: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=bootloader-angler&type=files
#
# All image versions can be found in factory images at
# <https://developers.google.com/android/images> for the specific device. To
# avoid having to download an entire ZIP archive when you only need one file
# from it, install [remotezip](https://github.com/gtsystem/python-remotezip) and
# use its [command line
# tool](https://github.com/gtsystem/python-remotezip#command-line-tool) to list
# members in the archive and then to download only the file you want.
# @see https://android.googlesource.com/device/huawei/angler/+/673cfb9/releasetools.py Source
# @see https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_format.h?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85 Source
# @see https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_image.c?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85 Source
class AndroidBootldrHuawei < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
super(_io, _parent, _root)
_read
end
def _read
@meta_header = MetaHdr.new(@_io, self, @_root)
@header_ext = @_io.read_bytes((meta_header.len_meta_header - 76))
@_raw_image_header = @_io.read_bytes(meta_header.len_image_header)
_io__raw_image_header = Kaitai::Struct::Stream.new(@_raw_image_header)
@image_header = ImageHdr.new(_io__raw_image_header, self, @_root)
self
end
class MetaHdr < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
super(_io, _parent, _root)
_read
end
def _read
@magic = @_io.read_bytes(4)
raise Kaitai::Struct::ValidationNotEqualError.new([60, 214, 26, 206].pack('C*'), magic, _io, "/types/meta_hdr/seq/0") if not magic == [60, 214, 26, 206].pack('C*')
@version = Version.new(@_io, self, @_root)
@image_version = (Kaitai::Struct::Stream::bytes_terminate(@_io.read_bytes(64), 0, false)).force_encoding("ASCII")
@len_meta_header = @_io.read_u2le
@len_image_header = @_io.read_u2le
self
end
attr_reader :magic
attr_reader :version
attr_reader :image_version
attr_reader :len_meta_header
attr_reader :len_image_header
end
class Version < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
super(_io, _parent, _root)
_read
end
def _read
@major = @_io.read_u2le
@minor = @_io.read_u2le
self
end
attr_reader :major
attr_reader :minor
end
class ImageHdr < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
super(_io, _parent, _root)
_read
end
def _read
@entries = []
i = 0
while not @_io.eof?
@entries << ImageHdrEntry.new(@_io, self, @_root)
i += 1
end
self
end
##
# The C generator program defines `img_header` as a [fixed size
# array](https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_image.c?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85#n42)
# of `img_header_entry_t` structs with length `MAX_IMAGES` (which is
# defined as `16`).
#
# This means that technically there will always be 16 `image_hdr`
# entries, the first *n* entries being used (filled with real values)
# and the rest left unused with all bytes zero.
#
# To check if an entry is used, use the `is_used` attribute.
attr_reader :entries
end
class ImageHdrEntry < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
super(_io, _parent, _root)
_read
end
def _read
@name = (Kaitai::Struct::Stream::bytes_terminate(@_io.read_bytes(72), 0, false)).force_encoding("ASCII")
@ofs_body = @_io.read_u4le
@len_body = @_io.read_u4le
self
end
##
# @see https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_image.c?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85#n119 Source
def is_used
return @is_used unless @is_used.nil?
@is_used = ((ofs_body != 0) && (len_body != 0))
@is_used
end
def body
return @body unless @body.nil?
if is_used
io = _root._io
_pos = io.pos
io.seek(ofs_body)
@body = io.read_bytes(len_body)
io.seek(_pos)
end
@body
end
##
# partition name
attr_reader :name
attr_reader :ofs_body
attr_reader :len_body
end
attr_reader :meta_header
attr_reader :header_ext
attr_reader :image_header
attr_reader :_raw_image_header
end