QUALCOMM FLASHING

HOW TO FLASH QUALCOMM ANDROIDS WITH QFIL

in on February 01, 2019 2 Comments
To flash your Qualcomm Android device, your will need to have drivers installed in your pc. You can get it from here.
Also, you will be needing a usb cord to connect your phone to pc.

flashing with QFIL

Flashing procedure

  • Download QFIL
  • Extract and run QFIL.exe

QFIL SETUP

  • Once you run the QFIL.exe, you will see a dashboard like the one below.
  • Now click on the 'Browse..' button to locate your firmware file in your computer. The file type flashable by this tool is a .mbn file.(You can equally select programmer type as either:ELF or Hex.


  •  Select your firmware file to flash as shown below.
loading firmware
  • After loading .mbn file, you will need to load XML. 
LOADING XML FILE
This has two options: 
rawprogram_unsparse_without_qcn.xml : Choosing this file, data will not be lost.
rawprogram_unsparse.xml : Will lose RF Calibration data, IMEI and WiFi/Bluetooth Address.

So, it'ts adviceable you select select rawprogram_unsparse_without_qcn.xml and then Select Patch0.xml.

  • Next select the com port by clicking on the 'Select port' button.

com port selection
  • After that, click on the start button, switch of your device and connect to pc(you will need to press bootkey; vol+ and vol-) before connecting phone.
  • Wait for the flashing to complete.
  • And congrats!!!
For .mbn files for some Qualcomm Androids, check here