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| ===== The Scatter File ===== | ===== The Scatter File ===== | ||
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| + | A Scatter File is a .txt file which is used to describe **parts of flash memory** in an Android device which is running on a MediaTek’s ARM architecture. Usually, such files are needed at the time of flashing firmware using tools like the **SP Flash Tool**. | ||
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| ===== EMMC Regions ===== | ===== EMMC Regions ===== | ||
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| - | Doing the math, you can see that the 23 partitions existing in **mmcblk0** leave some space: One is at the begin, sized 1024 sectors or **524288 (0x80000) bytes**. The other unpartitioned space is at the end, the size can be calculated by the difference of size shown by '' | + | Doing the math, you can see that the 23 partitions existing in **mmcblk0** leave some space: One is at the begin, sized 1024 sectors or **524288 (0x80000) bytes**. The other unpartitioned space is at the end, the size can be calculated by the difference of size shown by '' |
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