iWave iW-RainboW-G25S User manual

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iW-RainboW-G25S
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QFIL Tool User Guide

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Document Revision History
Document Number
iW-PRFDD-UM-01-R3.0-REL1.0–Android7.1.2-QFILTool
Revision
Date
Description
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24th Jun 17
Initial Version
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................6
1.1 Purpose .............................................................................................................................................................6
1.2 Scope.................................................................................................................................................................6
1.3 List of Acronyms................................................................................................................................................6
2. QFIL TOOL ....................................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Device Requirements........................................................................................................................................7
2.2 QFIL Tool Installation ........................................................................................................................................7
2.3 Binary Programming .........................................................................................................................................8

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List of Figures
Figure 1: USB Boot Selection Switch.................................................................................................................................8
Figure 3 : Launching QFIL Tool ..........................................................................................................................................9
Figure 4 : QFIL Tool UI.......................................................................................................................................................9
Figure 5 : Selecting the Configuration.............................................................................................................................10
Figure 6 : Selecting Device Type......................................................................................................................................11
Figure 7 : Selecting Build Type ........................................................................................................................................12
Figure 8 : Selecting Programmer.....................................................................................................................................13
Figure 9 : Selecting XML..................................................................................................................................................14
List of Tables
Table 1: Acronyms & Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................6

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to help the software engineer to program iW-RainboW-G25S SBC Android
development platform using QFIL Tool.
1.2 Scope
The document describes the procedure to install the tool and flash the binaries in the iW-RainboW-G25S SBC platform.
1.3 List of Acronyms
The following acronyms will be used throughout this document.
Table 1: Acronyms & Abbreviations
Acronyms
Abbreviations
BSP
Qualcomm Product Support Tools
QFIL
Qualcomm Flash Image Loader
eMMC
Enhanced Multi Media Card
SBC
Single Board Computer

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2. QFIL TOOL
This section explains procedure about installing the QFIL Tool on the Host PC and programming the binaries into boot
devices.
2.1 Device Requirements
To install the QFIL Tool on the Host PC and to program the binaries in eMMC for iW-RainboW-G25S-SBC platform,
following items are required:
•Windows 7 Host PC
•USB OTG cable
2.2 QFIL Tool Installation
This section explains the step by step procedure to install QFIL Tool.
•Unzip "QPST.WIN.2.7 Installer-00447.3.zip" file in to Windows 7 PC. In the deliverables, the "QPST.WIN.2.7
Installer-00447.3.zip" file is located in the below path.
iW-RainboW-G25S-RX.X-RELX.X-AndroidX.X.X_Deliverables/QFIL_Tool/iW-PRFDD-SC-01-RX.X-RELX.X-
QFIL_AndroidX.X.X/QPST.WIN.2.7 Installer-00447.3.zip
•Click on setup.exe file from the unzipped folder and follow the instructions provided by the installer to install
the QPST tool.
•This could include additional reboots depending on your operating system version and that of certain system
files that QPST may need to update.
•After rebooting the computer, relaunch the setup program by double-clicking the setup.exe file from the
unzipped folder of "QPST.WIN.2.7 Installer-00447.3.zip" file.
•When the “Setup Complete” dialog appears, the QFIL Tool has been installed successfully on the host PC.
•Next, unzip "QUD.WIN.1.1 Installer-10040.5.zip" file in to Windows 7 PC. In the deliverables, the
"QUD.WIN.1.1 Installer-10040.5.zip" file is located in the below path.
iW-RainboW-G25S-RX.X-RELX.X-AndroidX.X.X_Deliverables/QFIL_Tool/iW-PRFDD-SC-01-RX.X-RELX.X-
QFIL_AndroidX.X.X/QUD.WIN.1.1 Installer-10040.5.zip
•Click on setup.exe file from the unzipped folder and follow the instructions provided by the installer to install
the USB driver for the board.

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2.3 Binary Programming
This section explains the step by step procedure to flash the binaries into eMMC flash using QFIL tool and boot the iW-
RainboW-G25S-SBC platform.
•Change the USB Boot Switch, SW1 to ON position to put CPU in USB Force Boot mode and power on the board
by referring Quick Start Guide. Refer the below image for the switch position for the USB Boot mode.
Figure 1: USB Boot Selection Switch
•Connect OTG cable from Windows PC to the USB OTG Port of iW-RainboW-G25S-SBC platform.

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•Click Start > Programs > QPST > QFIL.
Figure 2 : Launching QFIL Tool
•QFIL Tool will launch as shown below.
Figure 3 : QFIL Tool UI

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•Select the Configuration from Menu and click on FireHose Configuration.
Figure 4 : Selecting the Configuration

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•In the Download Configuration window, under FireHose Common Setting, change the "Device Type" to eMMC
and click OK.
Figure 5 : Selecting Device Type

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•Select Flat Build from the Select Build type as shown below.
Figure 6 : Selecting Build Type

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•Click on the Browse button as shown below and select the Programmer path
"prog_emmc_firehose_8996_ddr.elf" from the "Binaries" folder. In the deliverables, the “Binaries" folder is
located in the below path.
iW-RainboW-G25S-RX.X-RELX.X-AndroidX.X.X_Deliverables/QFIL_Tool/iW-PRFDD-SC-01-RX.X-RELX.X-
QFIL_AndroidX.X.X/Binaries
Figure 7 : Selecting Programmer

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•Click on Load XML button as shown below and select the "raw_program0.xml" file using the file explorer from
"Binaries" folder and then select the "patch0.xml" file from the same path.
Figure 8 : Selecting XML
•Now Click on Download button to start programming.
•Once the programming is finished, power off the board and switch the device back to normal booting mode
by changing the USB Boot Switch to OFF position. Refer Figure 1 for the switch position for the USB Boot mode.
Note: If QFIL tools fails to flash or recognize the USB, please follow below HTTP link to update USB driver.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/error-code-52-usb-ports-not-
recognizing-connected/2379017c-d513-478c-a184-0d1b7cd408b2

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