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Should You Read the Firmware Before You Dump It — or After? | GOTROOT

There are two approaches: one is to first download the official firmware and analyze it, and the other is to directly connect via UART and attempt access. In a previous attempt, the UART connection was successful, but no further progress could be made because the Magic Key was unknown. This time, the firmware was downloaded first to attempt Magic Key extraction. Did it succeed?