---
id: 4529
title: "Reverse Engineering Samsung S6 SBOOT - Part I"
source_domain: blog.quarkslab.com
source_url: "https://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-samsung-s6-sboot-part-i.html"
published_at: "2017-03-06T23:00:00Z"
tags: ["android", "reverse-engineering", "samsung", "bootloader", "armv8", "ida"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4529"
lang: en
---

# Reverse Engineering Samsung S6 SBOOT - Part I

## Summary

First part of the Samsung S6 SBOOT series: ARMv8 background, IDA Pro tooling and helper plugins, plus right and wrong assumptions made while reversing this undocumented bootloader blob.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.quarkslab.com
- **Published:** 2017-03-06T23:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-samsung-s6-sboot-part-i.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4529