SP Flash Tool does not recognize the firmware scatter file

Question

I have a neffos X1 Lite and it seems that it boots only in the twrp recovery console.

Anyway I am trying to restore my official recovery console (i have no backup) using the official firmware http://www.neffos.com/en/support/download/X1-Lite

Inside this zipped file, there is a file scatter.txt that contains the following content.

preloader 0x0

pgpt 0x0

recovery 0x8000

para 0x1008000

expdb 0x1088000

frp 0x1a88000

ppl 0x1b88000

nvdata 0x1bc8000

metadata 0x3bc8000

protect1 0x5bc8000

protect2 0x63c8000

seccfg 0x7000000

proinfo 0x7040000

oemkeystore 0x7800000

md1img 0x8000000

md1dsp 0x9800000

md1arm7 0x9c00000

md3img 0x9f00000

nvram 0xa400000

lk 0xa900000

lk2 0xaa00000

boot 0xab00000

logo 0xbb00000

tee1 0xc300000

tee2 0xc800000

secro 0xcd00000

keystore 0xd300000

system 0xe000000

cache 0xeb800000

userdata 0x106800000

flashinfo 0xFFFF0080

sgpt 0xFFFF0000

Now, using SP_Flash_Tool-5.1916_Win to load this scatter file I get an error "Invalid format". So, how am I supposed to un-brick my phone? I still have access to ADB, Fastboot and no matter what I can not boot to OS.

— Maverick | Sources

Answer

The ROM you provided does not contain a valid scatter file or recovery.img so you can not use SP Flash Tool.

I recommend you to make a backup of boot, copy the boot.emmc.win to PC, then to another phone and patch it with Magisk Manager apk

After successful patching, copy the patched file back to PC

Reboot the phone to bootloader, and flash the magisk_patched.img from fastboot

fastboot flash boot "C:\adb\magisk_patched.img"

If for whatever reason you are not allowed to flash from fastboot, you can flash it from TWRP

When phone is working, just install Magisk Manager apk

Note: The /system partition and /data partition are encrypted, thats why you can not install Magisk.zip from TWRP

Patching the boot.img with Magisk Manager will remove the "verify" flag and patch against dm-verity, which will allow you to boot with modified recovery partition

Edit:

If you have a working similar phone, you can perform a "Read Back" of the recovery partition. based on your question, i have created a scatter file for the recovery partition

for the read back, select Region EMMC_USER and use the start address and size from this:

############################################################################################################

#

#  General Setting 

#
 

############################################################################################################

- general: MTK_PLATFORM_CFG

  info: 


 - config_version: V1.1.2


platform: MT6755


project: TP904A


storage: EMMC


boot_channel: MSDC_0


block_size: 0x20000

############################################################################################################

#

#  Layout Setting

#

############################################################################################################

- partition_index: SYS2

  partition_name: recovery

  file_name: recovery.img

  is_download: true

  type: NORMAL_ROM

  linear_start_addr: 0x8000

  physical_start_addr: 0x8000

  partition_size: 0x1000000

  region: EMMC_USER

  storage: HW_STORAGE_EMMC

  boundary_check: true

  is_reserved: false

  operation_type: UPDATE

  is_upgradable: true

  reserve: 0x00

Edit 2:

based on your output of /proc/partitions from twrp here is the complete scatter file (use carefully, no warranty it works)

MT6755_Android_scatter_TP904A.txt

— alecxs | Sources

SP Flash Tool does not recognize the firmware scatter file

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