[Redmi 7A Questions & Answers] rdwin_p:
Hi! I have accidentally flashed the 5A Rom on my 7A rom. I was going to change my rom from a China Rom to a Global Rom. I have successfully unlocked the bootloader. However, I forgot that I purchased a 7A (oopsie xD) and instead downloaded the latest global fastboot rom for the 5A.

I was trying to reflash using MiFlashTool, but it asks for an EDL Authorization.. I also tried to flash using QFIL but to no avail as it keeps on throwing error that the header cannot be read.

I tried to bypass the EDL by downloading the oldest available fastboot rom for the 7A and used its firehose programmer file with the latest 7A rom and flashing it using QFIL. It has not shown the previous error I have mentioned, but another error has popped that it cannot find a file specified.

Any replies would be really appreciated.

Thanks!

EDIT: Here's the log file of the QFIL when trying to flash my phone using the programmer file of the Redmi 7A MIUI 10.2.4.0 Global Fastboot Rom.

If someone knows how to patch or force the programmer file to bypass the EDL Authorization, please help :) Thanks!

Validating Application Configuration
Load APP Configuration
COM:20
PBLDOWNLOADPROTOCOL:0
PROGRAMMER:True
PROGRAMMER:C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\prog_emmc_firehose_8937_ddr.mbn
RESETSAHARASTATEEMACHINE:False
SEARCHPATH:C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images
RAWPROGRAM:
rawprogram0.xml
PATCH:
patch0.xml
ACKRAWDATAEVERYNUMPACKETS:False
ACKRAWDATAEVERYNUMPACKETS:100
MAXPAYLOADSIZETOTARGETINBYTES:False
MAXPAYLOADSIZETOTARGETINBYTES:49152
DEVICETYPE:eMMC
PLATFORM:8x26
VALIDATIONMODE:0
RESETAFTERDOWNLOAD:True
MAXDIGESTTABLESIZE:8192
SWITCHTOFIREHOSETIMEOUT:30
RESETTIMEOUT:200
RESETDELAYTIME:2
FLATBUILDPATH:C:\
FLATBUILDFORCEOVERRIDE:True
QCNPATH:C:\Temp\00000000.qcn
QCNAUTOBACKUPRESTORE:False
SPCCODE:000000
ENABLEMULTISIM:False
AUTOPRESERVEPARTITIONS:False
PARTITIONPRESERVEMODE:0
PRESERVEDPARTITIONS:0
PRESERVEDPARTITIONS:
ERASEALL:False
Load ARG Configuration
Validating Download Configuration
Image Search Path: C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images
RAWPROGRAM file path: C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\rawprogram0.xml
PATCH file path:C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\patch0.xml
Programmer Path:C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\prog_emmc_firehose_8937_ddr.mbn
Process Index:0
Start Download
Program Path:C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\prog_emmc_firehose_8937_ddr.mbn
***** Working Folder:C:\Users\Vaio\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_20
Binary build date: Oct 31 2016 @ 22:51:05
QSAHARASERVER CALLED LIKE THIS: 'C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\QFIL-QualcommFlashImageLoader-v2.0.1.1\QSaharaServer.ex'Current working dir: C:\Users\Vaio\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_20
Sahara mappings:
2: amss.mbn
6: apps.mbn
8: dsp1.mbn
10: dbl.mbn
11: osbl.mbn
12: dsp2.mbn
16: efs1.mbn
17: efs2.mbn
20: efs3.mbn
21: sbl1.mbn
22: sbl2.mbn
23: rpm.mbn
25: tz.mbn
28: dsp3.mbn
29: acdb.mbn
30: wdt.mbn
31: mba.mbn
13: C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\prog_emmc_firehose_8937_ddr.mbn
22:52:46: Requested ID 13, file: "C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\prog_emmc_firehose_8937_ddr.mbn"
22:52:47: 455388 bytes transferred in 0.281000 seconds (1.5455MBps)
22:52:47: File transferred successfully
NOTE: Target requested image 13 which is DeviceProgrammer. Forcing QUIT. This is by design, ** All is well ** SUCCESS!!
22:52:47: Sahara protocol completed
Sending Programmer Finished
Switch To FireHose
Wait for 3 seconds...
Max Payload Size to Target:49152 Bytes
Device Type:eMMC
Platform:8x26
Disable Ack Raw Data Every N Packets
Skip Write:False
Always Validate:False
Use Verbose:False
***** Working Folder:C:\Users\Vaio\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_20
Download Fail:FireHose Fail:FHLoader Fail:The system cannot find the file specified
Finish Download
Image Search Path: C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images
RAWPROGRAM file path: C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\rawprogram0.xml
PATCH file path:C:\Users\Vaio\Downloads\xiaomi\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn_50db06715d\pine_images_V11.0.5.0.PCMCNXM_20200304.0000.00_9.0_cn\images\patch0.xml