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steve-m, 02/19/2016 10:48 PM
add information about the mtk romloader
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3 | = MediaTek Romloader = |
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5 | Just like the [wiki:CalypsoRomloader], the the MTK romloader is a serial bootstrap-loader inside the Digital Baseband Processors manufactured by MediaTek. |
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6 | It is executed when the power button of the phone is pressed, and listens on the UART for the an 0xa0 activation byte. |
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8 | The loader can read/write from/to all registers and memory addresses of the DBB, which is used extensively by the host software. |
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9 | Most of the initialization logic is therefore in the application on the host, which uploads the code to the phone. |