apftool-rs

A Rust tool for unpacking and packing RockChip firmware images (RKFW and RKAF formats).

Features

• Unpack RKFW firmware files
• Extract embedded RKAF update images
• Pack RKFW/RKAF files
• Support for various RockChip chip families (RK29xx, RK30xx, RK31xx, RK32xx, RK3368, RK3326, RK3566, RK3562, PX30)
• Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Build

Standard build

cargo build --release

Universal macOS binary

./build.sh

GitHub Actions

This project includes automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions that builds binaries for:

• Linux x86_64
• Linux ARM64 (aarch64)
• macOS x86_64
• macOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon)
• macOS Universal Binary
• Windows x86_64

Releases are automatically created when you push a version tag (e.g., v1.0.0).

Usage

Unpacking

afptool-rs unpack <input_file> <output_directory>

Unpack RKFW firmware:

$ afptool-rs unpack rk.img ./out
RKFW signature detected
version: 1.0.0
code: 0x02000000
date: 2025-11-06 13:33:14 (Unix timestamp: 1762435994)
family: RK3562
00000066-00072a25 BOOT                       (size: 469440)
00072a26-10495a29 embedded-update.img        (size: 272773124)

Extract embedded RKAF update image:

$ afptool-rs unpack ./out/embedded-update.img ./out
Filesize: 272773124
manufacturer:  RK3562
model:  RK3562
00000800-000000fb ./out/package-file
00001000-0000021d ./out/parameter.txt
00001800-000729c0 ./out/MiniLoaderAll.bin
00074800-00400000 ./out/uboot.img
00074800-00400000 ./out/uboot.img
00474800-0000c000 ./out/misc.img
00480800-01084800 ./out/boot.img
00480800-01084800 ./out/boot.img
01505000-0df1e000 ./out/rootfs.img
01505000-0df1e000 ./out/rootfs.img
0f423000-00800000 ./out/oem.img
0fc23000-00800000 ./out/userdata.img

Partition metadata saved to: ./out/partition-metadata.txt

Run Ignored Integration Suites

Some integration-style tests exercise the full CLI binary and are marked with #[ignore] to avoid running them on every cargo test. You can run these targeted suites when you have the mocked firmware files available:

# Advanced scenarios from tests/advanced_tests.rs
cargo test advanced_tests -- --ignored

# CLI level assertions from tests/cli_tests.rs
cargo test cli_tests -- --ignored

The helpers in tests/advanced_tests.rs and tests/cli_tests.rs will generate temporary RKFW/RKAF mock artifacts under tests/data/integration, so no additional setup is required beyond ensuring the output directory is writable.

Packing

Pack RKFW firmware:

afptool-rs pack-rkfw <input_directory> <output_file> --chip <chip> --version <version> --timestamp <unix_timestamp> --code <code_field_hex> 

Example:

$ afptool-rs pack-rkfw ./out ./repacked.img --chip RK3562 --version 1.0.0 --timestamp 1762435994 --code 0x02000000
Successfully packed RKFW image:
  Output: ./repacked.img
  Version: 1.0.0
  Date: 2025-11-06 13:33:14
  Chip: RK3562 (code: 0x32)
  BOOT size: 469440 bytes
  Update image size: 272773124 bytes
  MD5: 9574d7cdf6f6a45bfaaad62f171fd185
  Total size: 273242698 bytes

Pack RKAF update image:

afptool-rs pack-rkaf <input_directory> <output_file> --model <model> --manufacturer <manufacturer>

Example:

$ afptool-rs pack-rkaf ./out repacked-update.img --model RK3562 --manufacturer RK3562
Successfully packed RKAF image:
  Output: repacked-update.img
  Model: RK3562
  Manufacturer: RK3562
  Parts: 12
  Total size: 272773120 bytes

Notes:

• When unpacking RKAF, partition metadata is saved to partition-metadata.txt. You need correct metadata to pack RKAF
• Use --timestamp parameter to preserve the original build timestamp for byte-perfect matching

Supported Formats

• RKFW: RockChip firmware wrapper format
• RKAF: RockChip Android firmware package format

Supported Chip Families

Chip Code	Family
0x50	rk29xx
0x60	rk30xx
0x70	rk31xx
0x80	rk32xx
0x41	rk3368
0x36	RK3326
0x32	RK3562
0x38	RK3566
0x30	PX30

Testing

Run Unit Tests

cargo test

Run All Tests (Including Integration Tests)

cargo test -- --include-ignored

Run Specific Test

cargo test test_update_header_from_bytes

Test Coverage

The test cases cover the following functionality:

• Parsing RKFW and RKAF file headers
• Unpacking RKFW and RKAF files
• Command-line interface validation
• Error handling

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.