# ZTE ZXSLC SR1010: analysing configuration and NAND firmware

> An investigation of the ZTE ZXSLC SR1010 maps its NAND partitions, encrypted rootfs, boot and upgrade paths, and config.bin format. Python tools inspect, decrypt, edit and repack owner-supplied configurations and extract firmware components.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/1234205a/zte-sr1010-research>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/1234205a/zte-sr1010-research/blob/5ace657dd83afe7605ca53a34a15422614ddfab7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zte-sr1010-research-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zte-sr1010-research-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/zte-sr1010-research-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.10 or newer and pycryptodomex are required for the configuration tools.
- **Prerequisites:** Supply a config.bin for configuration work or a firmware image for firmware analysis; retain an original backup before writing changes.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/1234205a/zte-sr1010-research/blob/5ace657dd83afe7605ca53a34a15422614ddfab7/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/1234205a/zte-sr1010-research/blob/5ace657dd83afe7605ca53a34a15422614ddfab7/docs/reverse-engineering/firmware-analysis-20260806.md>

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