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Scatter File

To use the SP Flash tool you need to have a scatter file. One easy way to find that is to look out for other devices that use the same chipset but the manufacturer releases the firmware file including the scatter file one such manufacturer is Xiaomi but you may find other manufacturers as well.

Samsung Galaxy A34 uses Dimensity 1080[MT6877v] and here is the list of other devices that use this chip as well:

UFS Or eMMC

Devices come in two kinds, eMMC and UFS. eMMC is just an SD card but in a package of a chip which then is called an embedded SD card or eMMC. Others come with UFS storage which is NAND flash in fancy words. You can determine your device type by looking at the specs. For A34 that is UFS 2.2.

Partition Starting Address

There’s a PIT (Partition Information Table) file inside all Samsung firmware. This file includes all partition starting addresses. Don’t know how to read it yet though

Small Notes

  1. If you are creating a scatter file from scratch know that you should put all partition inside and all correct start addresses. SP Flash Tool every time you flash even a single partition will update the device gpt partition table based on the scatter file you supplied thus be careful or backup the ptable before starting messing around
  2. Would be awesome if anyone knows a tool which can read the ptable, currently I used mtkclient but the support is not that great
  3. SP Flash Tool By SRAM, By DRAM option, choose how the file was first copied to the device and then write to the actual location. Both should work in normal conditions, SRAM used if DRAM has issues, pro during R&D.

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