A scatter file is a critical component in the flashing process of Android devices, particularly those based on MediaTek SoCs like the MT6589. It is a text file that contains information about the layout of the device's storage, including the locations of various partitions such as boot, system, recovery, and more. This file is used by flashing tools, like SP Flash Tool, to correctly write data to the device's memory.
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partition_index: 13 partition_name: LOGO file_name: logo.bin is_download: true type: NORMAL linear_start_addr: 0x3220000 partition_size: 0x800000
In the world of MediaTek, a scatter file is to the SP Flash Tool what a map is to an explorer. Without this file, the flashing tool would have no idea where to write the different parts of the firmware (like the bootloader, system software, and recovery mode) on your device.
The specific file you're referring to seems to be a scatter file designed for an MT6589 device with eMMC storage. This file would contain detailed information about the partition layout of the device's eMMC storage. It would typically include definitions for various partitions such as:
# Using mtkclient (Python) mtk rl 0x0 0x40000 preloader.bin # Then parse from /proc/partitions or dump partition table adb shell cat /proc/partitions adb shell ls -l /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/
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The chip's key specifications include:
