If you open an MT8167 scatter file in a text editor, you will likely see an entry like this:

Ensure the MediaTek VCOM USB Drivers are installed on your Windows PC. Open SP Flash Tool: Launch flash_tool.exe .

Crucial identifier. The flashing tool checks this against the connected device’s hardware ID (from the Preloader handshake). If there’s a mismatch—e.g., using an MT8163 scatter file on an MT8167 device—the tool will abort with an error like “Platform mismatch.”

When we say we are referring specifically to the header section at the very beginning of the scatter file. This top portion contains global settings that apply to the entire flash operation. Unlike partition-specific entries that follow, the top section dictates the behavior of the flashing tool before any data transfer begins.