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I had to first flash the set based off of the '5.02 droidboot and firmware' xml set. Code below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<flashfile version="1.0">
<id>system</id>
<platform>mofd_v1</platform>
<gpflag>
<value>0x80000c27</value>
</gpflag>
<code_group name="FIRMWARE">
<file TYPE="IFWI">
<name>ifwi_blackburn_qs_rd_opensource.bin</name>
<version>E004.F601</version>
</file>
<file TYPE="FW_DNX">
<name>dnx_fwr_blackburn_qs_rd_opensource.bin</name>
<version>E004.F601</version>
</file>
</code_group>
<code_group name="FASTBOOT">
<file TYPE="FASTBOOT">
<name>droidboot_502.img</name>
<version>1397</version>
</file>
</code_group>
<code_group name="BOOTLOADER">
<file TYPE="KBOOT">
<name>droidboot_dnx.img</name>
<version>1397</version>
</file>
</code_group>
<command>
<string>fastboot flash fastboot $fastboot_file</string>
<timeout>120000</timeout>
<retry>2</retry>
<description>Flashing droidboot</description>
<mandatory>1</mandatory>
</command>
</flashfile>

I took an existing XML script for an older droidboot.img and used the one from the stagefright update. It worked just fine.

Question: Here is the XML script for flashing 5.1 (pre-sg) firmware. Should another one be written for the stagefright update?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<flashfile version="1.0">
<id>system</id>
<platform>mofd_v1</platform>
<gpflag>
<value>0x80000d22</value>
</gpflag>
<code_group name="FIRMWARE">
<file TYPE="IFWI">
<name>ifwi_blackburn_qs.bin</name>
<version>0004.FD1F</version>
</file>
<file TYPE="FW_DNX">
<name>dnx_fwr_blackburn_qs.bin</name>
<version>0004.FD1F</version>
</file>
</code_group>
</flashfile>

I have extracted the SG update as well as the embedded IFWI.ZIP file. File contents:

06/05/2015 05:48 PM 111,128 dnx_fwr_ann_a0-mofd_v1-DBG.bin
06/05/2015 05:48 PM 111,128 dnx_fwr_ann_a0-mofd_v1.bin
05/13/2015 06:42 PM 109,812 dnx_fwr_blackburn_preqs.bin
05/13/2015 06:42 PM 109,812 dnx_fwr_blackburn_preqs_blackburn_preqs.bin
05/13/2015 06:42 PM 109,812 dnx_fwr_blackburn_qs.bin
05/13/2015 06:42 PM 109,812 dnx_fwr_blackburn_qs_blackburn_qs.bin
05/13/2015 06:42 PM 109,812 dnx_fwr_blackburn_qs_rto.bin
05/13/2015 06:42 PM 109,812 dnx_fwr_blackburn_qs_rto_blackburn_qs_rto.bin
06/20/2014 05:30 PM 13,896,408 droidboot.img
06/20/2014 05:30 PM 3,849,404 ifwi.zip
06/05/2015 05:48 PM 4,194,468 ifwi_ann_a0-mofd_v1-DBG.bin
06/05/2015 05:48 PM 4,194,468 ifwi_ann_a0-mofd_v1.bin
06/29/2015 11:20 AM 4,194,468 ifwi_blackburn_preqs.bin
06/29/2015 11:20 AM 4,194,468 ifwi_blackburn_qs.bin
06/29/2015 11:20 AM 4,194,468 ifwi_blackburn_qs_rto.bin
12/28/2015 01:09 PM <DIR> META-INF
12/28/2015 01:09 PM <DIR> patch
06/20/2014 05:30 PM 0 system.new.dat
06/20/2014 05:30 PM 226,688,210 system.patch.dat
06/20/2014 05:30 PM 64,533 system.transfer.list

After having flashed the sg droidboot.img, my IFWI version is current (E004.F601)

What do you think re: direct firmware flash?

dnx_fwr_blackburn_qs.bin in both directories has a matching MD5 (018b4ef51bb08430d2e75c832d8c699e)

ifwi_blackburn_qs.bin in both location also has matching MD5 (070a7c18a152e8a3f93690bdf0d465c5)