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Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Yang Yu, Hangzhou, CN;

Yuhao Xi, Hangzhou, CN;

Cong Zhu, Hangzhou, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/658 (2018.01); G06F 8/41 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/658 (2018.02); G06F 8/433 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclose a firmware upgrade method and apparatus, and a terminal. The method includes: sequentially obtaining first upgrade data and operation instructions in all data blocks in a block differential upgrade package; converting first data into a second upgrade data in an image of an old firmware version according to the operation instruction; and controlling the first upgrade data and the second upgrade data to overwrite a to-be-upgraded data area in the image of the old firmware version. An operation of upgrading to an image of a new firmware version is completed in the image of the old firmware version based on the first upgrade data and the second upgrade data. In addition, in comparison with a conventional differential upgrade package, in the block differential upgrade package, a part or all of data in the conventional differential upgrade package is replaced with an operation instruction.


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