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Hornet_Control4_V2.821.00KL002.0.R.231020.zip

IC Realtime firmware released Oct 20, 2023. May work with 4 devices, including SD-MT2A4000DB-A, SD-MT3A4004DB-A, SD-MT3E4005DB-A.

Released
Oct 20, 2023
Version
V2.821.00KL002.0.R
Size
92.2 MB
Hardware
4 devices

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MD5
6f278397d62f1cd953289100cfdc304a
SHA-256
7fb30bb79b8391c66397e225acf28663de6782a3c88f21e9ad457778ce1d1c42

Where it's published

Compatible hardware

Hardware IDs this firmware's installer accepts (4 devices).

Where these IDs come from
  • hwid in Hornet_Control4_V2.821.00KL002.0.R.231020.bin: the device's own hardware check list, 4 IDs
  • Install in Hornet_Control4_V2.821.00KL002.0.R.231020.bin: the installer's device list (board families), 1 ID, vendor Kangle (not counted: a more specific list exists)
  • check.img in Hornet_Control4_V2.821.00KL002.0.R.231020.bin: the device's own hardware check list, 4 IDs
  • hwid in check.bin: the device's own hardware check list, 4 IDs
  • Install in check.bin: the installer's device list (board families), 1 ID, vendor Kangle (not counted: a more specific list exists)
  • check.img in check.bin: the device's own hardware check list, 4 IDs

Technical details

Read from inside the firmware (bundle of several firmwares). This file bundles 2 firmware images.

Hornet_Control4_V2.821.00KL002.0.R.231020.bin

SoC
Novatek NT98560
Architecture
arm
OEM build
Kangle
Bootloader
U-Boot 2019.04-svn10785
Image dates
Oct 20, 2023
Security
Signed, encrypted, security baseline V2.3
Language & video
English by default · NTSC
Flash layout: 11 partitions, 11 written by this firmware

From the image headers (only partitions this firmware writes).

PartitionStartEndSizeImageFilesystemBuilt
dtb0x400000x80000256.0 KBdhdtb.bin.img—2023-10-20
mini-boot0xc00000x140000512.0 KBdhboot-min.bin.img—2023-10-20
bootloader0x2400000x3400001.0 MBdhboot.bin.img—2023-10-20
rootfs0x18400000x3d4000037.0 MBromfs-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2023-10-20
firmware0x3d400000x644000039.0 MBfirmware-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2023-10-20
custom0x64400000x68400004.0 MBcustom-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2023-10-20
kernel0x68400000x6c400004.0 MBkernel.img—2023-10-20
web0x6c400000x6f400003.0 MBkernel-aol.img—2023-10-20
web0x6c400000x7c4000016.0 MBweb-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2023-10-20
web0x6f400000x7b4000012.0 MBrollback-aol.squashfs.imgsquashfs2023-10-20
pd0x7c400000x7f400003.0 MBpd-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2023-10-20

check.bin

Architecture
arm
OEM build
Kangle
Image dates
Oct 20, 2023
Security
Signed, security baseline V2.3
Language & video
English by default · NTSC

About the security baseline: firmware with a higher security baseline can stop a device going back to older firmware. A device already on a higher baseline than V2.3 may refuse this file, and after installing it you may not be able to downgrade to firmware with a lower baseline.

Other files for much of the same hardware, from any vendor.