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FastBoot Version 0.4
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The fastboot protocol is a mechanism for communicating with bootloaders
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over USB. It is designed to be very straightforward to implement, to
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allow it to be used across a wide range of devices and from hosts running
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Linux, Windows, or OSX.
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Basic Requirements
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* Two bulk endpoints (in, out) are required
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* Max packet size must be 64 bytes for full-speed and 512 bytes for
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high-speed USB
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* The protocol is entirely host-driven and synchronous (unlike the
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multi-channel, bi-directional, asynchronous ADB protocol)
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Transport and Framing
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1. Host sends a command, which is an ascii string in a single
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packet no greater than 64 bytes.
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2. Client response with a single packet no greater than 64 bytes.
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The first four bytes of the response are "OKAY", "FAIL", "DATA",
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or "INFO". Additional bytes may contain an (ascii) informative
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message.
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a. INFO -> the remaining 60 bytes are an informative message
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(providing progress or diagnostic messages). They should
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be displayed and then step #2 repeats
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b. FAIL -> the requested command failed. The remaining 60 bytes
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of the response (if present) provide a textual failure message
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to present to the user. Stop.
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c. OKAY -> the requested command completed successfully. Go to #5
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d. DATA -> the requested command is ready for the data phase.
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A DATA response packet will be 12 bytes long, in the form of
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DATA00000000 where the 8 digit hexidecimal number represents
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the total data size to transfer.
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3. Data phase. Depending on the command, the host or client will
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send the indicated amount of data. Short packets are always
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acceptable and zero-length packets are ignored. This phase continues
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until the client has sent or received the number of bytes indicated
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in the "DATA" response above.
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4. Client responds with a single packet no greater than 64 bytes.
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The first four bytes of the response are "OKAY", "FAIL", or "INFO".
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Similar to #2:
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a. INFO -> display the remaining 60 bytes and return to #4
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b. FAIL -> display the remaining 60 bytes (if present) as a failure
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reason and consider the command failed. Stop.
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c. OKAY -> success. Go to #5
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5. Success. Stop.
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Example Session
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Host: "getvar:version" request version variable
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Client: "OKAY0.4" return version "0.4"
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Host: "getvar:nonexistant" request some undefined variable
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Client: "OKAY" return value ""
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Host: "download:00001234" request to send 0x1234 bytes of data
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Client: "DATA00001234" ready to accept data
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Host: < 0x1234 bytes > send data
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Client: "OKAY" success
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Host: "flash:bootloader" request to flash the data to the bootloader
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Client: "INFOerasing flash" indicate status / progress
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"INFOwriting flash"
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"OKAY" indicate success
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Host: "powerdown" send a command
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Client: "FAILunknown command" indicate failure
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Command Reference
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-----------------
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* Command parameters are indicated by printf-style escape sequences.
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* Commands are ascii strings and sent without the quotes (which are
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for illustration only here) and without a trailing 0 byte.
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* Commands that begin with a lowercase letter are reserved for this
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specification. OEM-specific commands should not begin with a
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lowercase letter, to prevent incompatibilities with future specs.
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"getvar:%s" Read a config/version variable from the bootloader.
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The variable contents will be returned after the
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OKAY response.
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"download:%08x" Write data to memory which will be later used
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by "boot", "ramdisk", "flash", etc. The client
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will reply with "DATA%08x" if it has enough
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space in RAM or "FAIL" if not. The size of
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the download is remembered.
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"verify:%08x" Send a digital signature to verify the downloaded
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data. Required if the bootloader is "secure"
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otherwise "flash" and "boot" will be ignored.
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"flash:%s" Write the previously downloaded image to the
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named partition (if possible).
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"erase:%s" Erase the indicated partition (clear to 0xFFs)
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"boot" The previously downloaded data is a boot.img
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and should be booted according to the normal
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procedure for a boot.img
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"continue" Continue booting as normal (if possible)
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"reboot" Reboot the device.
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"reboot-bootloader" Reboot back into the bootloader.
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Useful for upgrade processes that require upgrading
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the bootloader and then upgrading other partitions
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using the new bootloader.
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"powerdown" Power off the device.
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Client Variables
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The "getvar:%s" command is used to read client variables which
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represent various information about the device and the software
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on it.
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The various currently defined names are:
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version Version of FastBoot protocol supported.
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It should be "0.3" for this document.
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version-bootloader Version string for the Bootloader.
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version-baseband Version string of the Baseband Software
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product Name of the product
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serialno Product serial number
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secure If the value is "yes", this is a secure
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bootloader requiring a signature before
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it will install or boot images.
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Names starting with a lowercase character are reserved by this
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specification. OEM-specific names should not start with lowercase
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characters.
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