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 Java generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Java runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The Java runtime library is published in the Maven Central Repository. Refer to the artifact page for instructions how to add it into your project with the build tool that you use.
Parse a local file and get structure in memory:
AndroidBootldrHuawei data = AndroidBootldrHuawei.fromFile("path/to/local/file.img");
Or parse structure from a byte array:
byte[] someArray = new byte[] { ... };
AndroidBootldrHuawei data = new AndroidBootldrHuawei(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(someArray));
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:
data.metaHeader() // => get meta header
// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
import io.kaitai.struct.ByteBufferKaitaiStream;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStruct;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.ArrayList;
/**
* 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 <a href="https://android.googlesource.com/device/huawei/angler/+/673cfb9/releasetools.py">Source</a>
* @see <a href="https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_format.h?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85">Source</a>
* @see <a href="https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_image.c?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85">Source</a>
*/
public class AndroidBootldrHuawei extends KaitaiStruct {
public static AndroidBootldrHuawei fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new AndroidBootldrHuawei(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public AndroidBootldrHuawei(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public AndroidBootldrHuawei(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public AndroidBootldrHuawei(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent, AndroidBootldrHuawei _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root == null ? this : _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.metaHeader = new MetaHdr(this._io, this, _root);
this.headerExt = this._io.readBytes((metaHeader().lenMetaHeader() - 76));
this._raw_imageHeader = this._io.readBytes(metaHeader().lenImageHeader());
KaitaiStream _io__raw_imageHeader = new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(_raw_imageHeader);
this.imageHeader = new ImageHdr(_io__raw_imageHeader, this, _root);
}
public static class MetaHdr extends KaitaiStruct {
public static MetaHdr fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new MetaHdr(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public MetaHdr(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public MetaHdr(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public MetaHdr(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent, AndroidBootldrHuawei _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.magic = this._io.readBytes(4);
if (!(Arrays.equals(magic(), new byte[] { 60, -42, 26, -50 }))) {
throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 60, -42, 26, -50 }, magic(), _io(), "/types/meta_hdr/seq/0");
}
this.version = new Version(this._io, this, _root);
this.imageVersion = new String(KaitaiStream.bytesTerminate(this._io.readBytes(64), (byte) 0, false), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
this.lenMetaHeader = this._io.readU2le();
this.lenImageHeader = this._io.readU2le();
}
private byte[] magic;
private Version version;
private String imageVersion;
private int lenMetaHeader;
private int lenImageHeader;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei _root;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent;
public byte[] magic() { return magic; }
public Version version() { return version; }
public String imageVersion() { return imageVersion; }
public int lenMetaHeader() { return lenMetaHeader; }
public int lenImageHeader() { return lenImageHeader; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent() { return _parent; }
}
public static class Version extends KaitaiStruct {
public static Version fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new Version(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public Version(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public Version(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei.MetaHdr _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public Version(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei.MetaHdr _parent, AndroidBootldrHuawei _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.major = this._io.readU2le();
this.minor = this._io.readU2le();
}
private int major;
private int minor;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei _root;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei.MetaHdr _parent;
public int major() { return major; }
public int minor() { return minor; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei.MetaHdr _parent() { return _parent; }
}
public static class ImageHdr extends KaitaiStruct {
public static ImageHdr fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new ImageHdr(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public ImageHdr(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public ImageHdr(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public ImageHdr(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent, AndroidBootldrHuawei _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.entries = new ArrayList<ImageHdrEntry>();
{
int i = 0;
while (!this._io.isEof()) {
this.entries.add(new ImageHdrEntry(this._io, this, _root));
i++;
}
}
}
private ArrayList<ImageHdrEntry> entries;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei _root;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent;
/**
* 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.
*/
public ArrayList<ImageHdrEntry> entries() { return entries; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei _parent() { return _parent; }
}
public static class ImageHdrEntry extends KaitaiStruct {
public static ImageHdrEntry fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new ImageHdrEntry(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public ImageHdrEntry(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public ImageHdrEntry(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei.ImageHdr _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public ImageHdrEntry(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidBootldrHuawei.ImageHdr _parent, AndroidBootldrHuawei _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.name = new String(KaitaiStream.bytesTerminate(this._io.readBytes(72), (byte) 0, false), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
this.ofsBody = this._io.readU4le();
this.lenBody = this._io.readU4le();
}
private Boolean isUsed;
/**
* @see <a href="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</a>
*/
public Boolean isUsed() {
if (this.isUsed != null)
return this.isUsed;
boolean _tmp = (boolean) ( ((ofsBody() != 0) && (lenBody() != 0)) );
this.isUsed = _tmp;
return this.isUsed;
}
private byte[] body;
public byte[] body() {
if (this.body != null)
return this.body;
if (isUsed()) {
KaitaiStream io = _root()._io();
long _pos = io.pos();
io.seek(ofsBody());
this.body = io.readBytes(lenBody());
io.seek(_pos);
}
return this.body;
}
private String name;
private long ofsBody;
private long lenBody;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei _root;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei.ImageHdr _parent;
/**
* partition name
*/
public String name() { return name; }
public long ofsBody() { return ofsBody; }
public long lenBody() { return lenBody; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei.ImageHdr _parent() { return _parent; }
}
private MetaHdr metaHeader;
private byte[] headerExt;
private ImageHdr imageHeader;
private AndroidBootldrHuawei _root;
private KaitaiStruct _parent;
private byte[] _raw_imageHeader;
public MetaHdr metaHeader() { return metaHeader; }
public byte[] headerExt() { return headerExt; }
public ImageHdr imageHeader() { return imageHeader; }
public AndroidBootldrHuawei _root() { return _root; }
public KaitaiStruct _parent() { return _parent; }
public byte[] _raw_imageHeader() { return _raw_imageHeader; }
}