Extractor 2021: Huawei Update

| Format | Purpose | |--------|---------| | UPDATE.APP (old) | Full firmware packages (Android 5–9) | | UPDATE.APP (new) | Encrypted/signed packages (Android 10+) | | payload.bin | OTA payloads (full/incremental) | | update_sd.zip | SD card recovery packages | | HOTA packages | Over-the-air differential updates | | .hcb, .hqf | Huawei compressed firmware blobs |

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