The is a critical configuration document used in the flashing and firmware restoration of devices powered by the MediaTek MT8163 chipset, such as various Amazon Fire tablets and budget Android devices. Written in a structured text format, this file acts as a "map" for the device’s internal NAND or eMMC storage, defining the exact memory addresses and partition boundaries for components like the bootloader ( preloader ), the recovery image, and the system software.
Example (simplified):
: Developers document their path to obtaining the scatter file to understand the partition layout of a device like the Amazon Echo Dot mt8163 scatter file
partition_index: SYS34 partition_name: system file_name: system.img is_download: true type: EXT4_IMG linear_start_addr: 0x1A88000 physical_start_addr: 0x1A88000 partition_size: 0x80000000 region: EMMC_USER The is a critical configuration document used in
October 26, 2023 Subject: Firmware Architecture and Partition Management for MediaTek MT8163 SoC the recovery image
- partition_index: 6 partition_name: UBOOT file_name: u-boot.bin is_download: true type: NONE linear_start_addr: 0x006C0000 physical_start_addr: 0x006C0000 partition_size: 0x00100000 region: EMMC_USER