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[Q] [HELP] How do you identify the correct variant of Redmi 2?

I've tried posting this in MIUI forums and haven't gotten any replies. I'll try my luck with XDA.
How do you correctly identify Redmi 2?
I've got a RM2 that has the 2014811 variant when I check it onscreen.. But I'm skeptic that it's correct. All I know is 2014811 is suppose to be a normal Redmi 2 with 1 gigs of RAM and 8 gigs of ROM. But mine's a 2 gigs RAM & 16 gigs ROM. If I'm correct, with specs like those, my RM2 is suppose to be a RM2 enchanced variant (Pro, Prime, etc). What I can't figure out is which variant is it that I'm dealing with. Another thing that I know is that the RM2 version of mine isn't the global one because I didn't buy it from an official shop, I bought it from an external distributor. The RM 2 box is written in chinese and the characters underneath the battery are full chinese (except for the S/N and IMEI). Is my RM 2 a 2014818 or 2014819? How can I find out which variant is it that I have with me.
Thank you.

2014819- Brazilian variants
2014818- Redmi 2 prime variation of 2014811

ezrawk said:
I've tried posting this in MIUI forums and haven't gotten any replies. I'll try my luck with XDA.
How do you correctly identify Redmi 2?
I've got a RM2 that has the 2014811 variant when I check it onscreen.. But I'm skeptic that it's correct. All I know is 2014811 is suppose to be a normal Redmi 2 with 1 gigs of RAM and 8 gigs of ROM. But mine's a 2 gigs RAM & 16 gigs ROM. If I'm correct, with specs like those, my RM2 is suppose to be a RM2 enchanced variant (Pro, Prime, etc). What I can't figure out is which variant is it that I'm dealing with. Another thing that I know is that the RM2 version of mine isn't the global one because I didn't buy it from an official shop, I bought it from an external distributor. The RM 2 box is written in chinese and the characters underneath the battery are full chinese (except for the S/N and IMEI). Is my RM 2 a 2014818 or 2014819? How can I find out which variant is it that I have with me.
Thank you.
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for me device name is beneath the battery.
hopefully for you also it must be given.remove back cover and check.

wt88047 - 2014811/12/17/18/19/21
wt86047 - 2014813/816/2014112

TecnoTailsPlays said:
2014819- Brazilian variants
2014818- Redmi 2 prime variation of 2014811
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sarath67 said:
for me device name is beneath the battery.
hopefully for you also it must be given.remove back cover and check.
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raymond_bqg said:
wt88047 - 2014811/12/17/18/19/21
wt86047 - 2014813/816/2014112
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Guys thanks for your replies. After intensive research, I have concluded that: yes, my device is totally a WT88047 - HM201411 - HM 2 LTE-CU (China Unicom) variant. But now I've found out something else that's got me hooked up on finding out. I'm using latest stable stock rom (MIUI 8 - 8.2.1.0), and I checked out my Mi-Account menu in settings, snooped down to devices and... My RM2P is named Redmi 2W..... So... What the heck is Redmi 2W? I've been searching here and there with no luck on finding out what a Redmi 2W is (Haven't checked the chinese sites though). Does anyone know what it is?

ezrawk said:
Guys thanks for your replies. After intensive research, I have concluded that: yes, my device is totally a WT88047 - HM201411 - HM 2 LTE-CU (China Unicom) variant. But now I've found out something else that's got me hooked up on finding out. I'm using latest stable stock rom (MIUI 8 - 8.2.1.0), and I checked out my Mi-Account menu in settings, snooped down to devices and... My RM2P is named Redmi 2W..... So... What the heck is Redmi 2W? I've been searching here and there with no luck on finding out what a Redmi 2W is (Haven't checked the chinese sites though). Does anyone know what it is?
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what's your purpose, flashing custom roms? simply flash twrp for wt88047 and flash whichever rom you want

ezrawk said:
Guys thanks for your replies. After intensive research, I have concluded that: yes, my device is totally a WT88047 - HM201411 - HM 2 LTE-CU (China Unicom) variant. But now I've found out something else that's got me hooked up on finding out. I'm using latest stable stock rom (MIUI 8 - 8.2.1.0), and I checked out my Mi-Account menu in settings, snooped down to devices and... My RM2P is named Redmi 2W..... So... What the heck is Redmi 2W? I've been searching here and there with no luck on finding out what a Redmi 2W is (Haven't checked the chinese sites though). Does anyone know what it is?
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shyampandey said:
what's your purpose, flashing custom roms? simply flash twrp for wt88047 and flash whichever rom you want
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Just take a backup your current ROM by t.w.r.p before flashing ROM(if something goes wrong).

shyampandey said:
what's your purpose, flashing custom roms? simply flash twrp for wt88047 and flash whichever rom you want
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I've got: touchscreen issues, wake up issues, twrp issues, kernel issues and proximity issues. I'm guessing even if I tell you what I'm experiencing, you won't be able to find a solution for it (please don't say I've got defective hardware, because I don't. Why? Because 3 of my friends bought the same device as mine, in the same online shop and all of them have the same issues). But even so I'll just post all of em and cross my fingers:
TWRP's bugged, needs to timeout (screen off) first before I'm able to responsively use it (touchscreen bugged, tried all latest TWRP versions, including kumajaya's old twrp builds. Touchscreen does work on several 2.8.7.0 and below versions for KK bootloader).
Any custom rom I've flashed will always face lockscreen issues (waking up device using power button leads to unresponsive and un-swipe-able touchscreen, that means I can't unlock my device, seems like it has to do with with proximity too, and please don't ask me about gestures and modified navigation buttons, because I don't use them at all: dt2w, s2w, etc).
Any custom kernel used will always lead to device not being able to wake up (pressing power button doesn't wake up the screen, stays black, have to reset device by force, still happens even though I'm using stock CPU govs *interactive* and I/O scheds *noop* not using hotplugs, doesn't change anything)
I still even face all those problems in Stock MIUI (KK or LP.. 7, 8)
Try downloading china developer ROM? Yeah. I've done that.. Even went to the Chinese download page of miui to download the exact recommended MIUI 8 C-Dev ROM for my HM 2 LTE-CU variant, and still the same bugs occur.
Xposed? I've experimented using stock and custom roms (below API 24) that are Un-Xposed. They still exhibit the same problems as above.
Clean flash dirty flash? I totally understand what those are.
Wipe dalvik cache and cache.. Don't even dare ask about those.
Fix Permissions? Yeah.. It didnt make a difference..
Post dmseg and logcats? Trust me, you devs will probably mark my device as a different type of WT8847 (and by saying that means even if you succeed to find the problems, to fix them means you gotta totally change the 'insides' of roms and stuff to make it compatible with mine. It'll probably be a waste of time if I post those 2 guys here.
Can you help me, bro?
raymond_bqg said:
Just take a backup your current ROM by t.w.r.p before flashing ROM(if something goes wrong).
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Yeah, I know where you're getting at bro. Let me ask you this, does it not annoy you to death when you're restoring the same backup ROMs frequently just because suddenly your device can't use wi-fi (bugged) or tether, or maybe one of the issues above occur and you just gotta try your best to keep it 'clean'.. again.. and again.. and again? I just need a damn good daily driver without issues for crying out loud :cyclops:

ezrawk said:
I've got: touchscreen issues, wake up issues, twrp issues, kernel issues and proximity issues. I'm guessing even if I tell you what I'm experiencing, you won't be able to find a solution for it (please don't say I've got defective hardware, because I don't. Why? Because 3 of my friends bought the same device as mine, in the same online shop and all of them have the same issues). But even so I'll just post all of em and cross my fingers:
TWRP's bugged, needs to timeout (screen off) first before I'm able to responsively use it (touchscreen bugged, tried all latest TWRP versions, including kumajaya's old twrp builds. Touchscreen does work on several 2.8.7.0 and below versions for KK bootloader).
Any custom rom I've flashed will always face lockscreen issues (waking up device using power button leads to unresponsive and un-swipe-able touchscreen, that means I can't unlock my device, seems like it has to do with with proximity too, and please don't ask me about gestures and modified navigation buttons, because I don't use them at all: dt2w, s2w, etc).
Any custom kernel used will always lead to device not being able to wake up (pressing power button doesn't wake up the screen, stays black, have to reset device by force, still happens even though I'm using stock CPU govs *interactive* and I/O scheds *noop* not using hotplugs, doesn't change anything)
I still even face all those problems in Stock MIUI (KK or LP.. 7, 8)
Try downloading china developer ROM? Yeah. I've done that.. Even went to the Chinese download page of miui to download the exact recommended MIUI 8 C-Dev ROM for my HM 2 LTE-CU variant, and still the same bugs occur.
Xposed? I've experimented using stock and custom roms (below API 24) that are Un-Xposed. They still exhibit the same problems as above.
Clean flash dirty flash? I totally understand what those are.
Wipe dalvik cache and cache.. Don't even dare ask about those.
Fix Permissions? Yeah.. It didnt make a difference..
Post dmseg and logcats? Trust me, you devs will probably mark my device as a different type of WT8847 (and by saying that means even if you succeed to find the problems, to fix them means you gotta totally change the 'insides' of roms and stuff to make it compatible with mine. It'll probably be a waste of time if I post those 2 guys here.
Can you help me, bro?
Yeah, I know where you're getting at bro. Let me ask you this, does it not annoy you to death when you're restoring the same backup ROMs frequently just because suddenly your device can't use wi-fi (bugged) or tether, or maybe one of the issues above occur and you just gotta try your best to keep it 'clean'.. again.. and again.. and again? I just need a damn good daily driver without issues for crying out loud :cyclops:
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that's all are happening 'cause of source code modification of lineage from cyanogen which caused your device unfavorable base code modification, only thing can be done is flash stock rom, bootloader, recovery, modem, everything using fastboot.

shyampandey said:
that's all are happening 'cause of source code modification of lineage from cyanogen which caused your device unfavorable base code modification, only thing can be done is flash stock rom, bootloader, recovery, modem, everything using fastboot.
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So in other words "bye-bye" to custom roms right? I'm in latest stable global miui 8 btw (LP), I clean flashed it via download mode, those problems still show up though. Okay let me just try to flash miui via fastboot or download mode again.

ezrawk said:
So in other words "bye-bye" to custom roms right? I'm in latest stable global miui 8 btw (LP), I clean flashed it via download mode, those problems still show up though. Okay let me just try to flash miui via fastboot or download mode again.
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yeah, after problem bring fixed completely, you can come back to custom roms.

[Hydrogen] Universal VoLTE patch for MIUI/Custom ROMs

Flash these 2 files on any ROMS on hydrogen/MiMAX, to enable IMS / VoLTE
feature.
U need to flash these 2 files, 1 by 1, serially
Downloads / Links
1: seclink:mnt_ims_hy8n_patch-b1
2: seclink:mnt_ims_hy8n_patch-n2
Supported roms: AOSP/LINEAGE_OS/MIUI
XDA:DevDB Information
[Hydrogen] Universal VoLTE patch for MIUI/Custom ROMs, Tool/Utility for the Xiaomi Mi Max
Contributors
afridi.shahriar
Version Information
Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2017-09-06
Beta Release Date: 2017-09-03
Created 2017-09-06
Last Updated 2017-09-08

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afridi.shahriar said:
[Hydrogen] Universal VoLTE patch for MIUI/Custom ROMs, Tool/Utility for the Xiaomi Mi Max
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Great Job ! Keep going :good:

i flash those 2 files serially as per your instruction, the first file ended up with unknown command script at the end, then i flash the 2nd files without any error.
after i reboot my device, i cannot unlock it with my finger print, i need to set up again the finger print unlock then everything back to normal.
any one have the same experience?

gothic84 said:
i flash those 2 files serially as per your instruction, the first file ended up with unknown command script at the end, then i flash the 2nd files without any error.
after i reboot my device, i cannot unlock it with my finger print, i need to set up again the finger print unlock then everything back to normal.
any one have the same experience?
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No. There won't be such problems.
And, its better to flash before first boot, like gapps.
Unknown command is ok, it's recovery problem.
By the way: did ur ROM has volte now??
And, before flashing this, didn't it had volte??
I tested with the AOSPA rom, which is ported from kenzo

afridi.shahriar said:
No. There won't be such problems.
And, its better to flash before first boot, like gapps.
Unknown command is ok, it's recovery problem.
By the way: did ur ROM has volte now??
And, before flashing this, didn't it had volte??
I tested with the AOSPA rom, which is ported from kenzo
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Yes there is not any problem so far, and yes volte is there even before i flash this i already has the volte.
the reason i want to flash this patch is i hope this patch can solve my problem here, but still i got the same with it.

gothic84 said:
Yes there is not any problem so far, and yes volte is there even before i flash this i already has the volte.
the reason i want to flash this patch is i hope this patch can solve my problem here, but still i got the same with it.
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It won't increase ur problem, as showing low signal bars. Ok?
If u want more signal bars, then, need another patch to flash. Ok?

afridi.shahriar said:
It won't increase ur problem, as showing low signal bars. Ok?
If u want more signal bars, then, need another patch to flash. Ok?
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yes i didn't found any problem after i flash those files, everythng is remain the same.
btw thank you for your support.

Will it work on oreo aosp rom of yshalsager build?

apoor12 said:
Will it work on oreo aosp rom of yshalsager build?
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Yeah. It should!! Try it on hydrogen.
But, don't ever use it for video calling

worked

work on helium? someone tried?
thx

Edit confirm work well on mi max helium, mi globe rom

@afridi.shahriar can u make a video call patch for custom roms?

hariGS said:
@afridi.shahriar can u make a video call patch for custom roms?
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No.
Don't use video calls.

thanks alot dude.. work in my mi max helium miui.pro 9

my phone struck at mi booting screen
i flash those 2 files serially as per your instruction, the first file ended up with unknown command script at the end, then i flash the 2nd files without any error.
after i reboot my device, and its not booting to os it struck at loading mi screen

Did anyone try this on mi 4i?

Will it work on mi4i custom ROM aosp 15

Is this Lineage OS 15.1 build for Redmi 2 Prime genuine?

Basketbuild.com/devs/Warrenlobo
I found this online. Contains number of Oreo builds for Redmi 2 (wt88047), but when I flash the Lineage OS Build update 16-03-2018 , it returns Error 7, says this is for the following devices....
A list of all the redmi 2 models appears on screen, including 2014818..
This is the only file I've tried from the list.
Can someone confirm if this is legit?
I'm looking for a stable Oreo 8.1 Build for this device.

Dont test it there are many cause i am trying to make them perfect i will continue it after my exams

warrenlobo said:
Dont test it there are many cause i am trying to make them perfect i will continue it after my exams
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Dear warrenlobo,
I just want to say that I already tried the two most recent builds and I'm impressed.
I was looking for an alternative rom for my Redmi 2 (2014813/wt86047) because MIUI updates have stopped a long time ago.
So I was searching for some recent builds of Lineage OS and by chance I read this post and this is how I located your repository.
First, I tried to flash lineage-15.1-20180316-UNOFFICIAL-wt88047.zip but got error 7 (This might be a problem with the recovery), so I removed the checks from the script and it flashed ok. The rom was slow, had some random reboots, maps and earth was crashing, FM Radio was not working but other apps, camera and settings were working. Modem was not working on my device and I had to flash a compatible NON-HLOS.bin.
Then I flashed the latest version, lineage-15.1-20180321-UNOFFICIAL-wt88047.zip in which maps and earth are running without crashes, FM Radio is not working and I think that the camera app is completely missing because the camera launcher is crashing probably it doesn't find any cameras in hardware level. The rom is slow, had some random reboots, but very promising with good battery life and I have it installed on my phone for now.
edit: Forgot to write that AudioFX is not functioning properly, you can enable it after a song starts but on the next song the sound would be muted.
Warrenlobo, when you finish your exams, it might be a good idea to start a thread for this rom, with some development changes so we can send you feedback and help you improve this. I think that it is very close to being a fully functional/full speed Lineage OS Oreo rom for Redmi 2. Also I think that you should make it an official LineageOS rom.
Thank you very much and good luck with your exams.

What about VOLTE with 21-03 build?
Lost it when flashed over 16-03. Haven't tried clean flashing yet.

m!xal!s said:
Dear warrenlobo,
I just want to say that I already tried the two most recent builds and I'm impressed.
I was looking for an alternative rom for my Redmi 2 (2014813/wt86047) because MIUI updates have stopped a long time ago.
So I was searching for some recent builds of Lineage OS and by chance I read this post and this is how I located your repository.
First, I tried to flash lineage-15.1-20180316-UNOFFICIAL-wt88047.zip but got error 7 (This might be a problem with the recovery), so I removed the checks from the script and it flashed ok. The rom was slow, had some random reboots, maps and earth was crashing, FM Radio was not working but other apps, camera and settings were working. Modem was not working on my device and I had to flash a compatible NON-HLOS.bin.
Then I flashed the latest version, lineage-15.1-20180321-UNOFFICIAL-wt88047.zip in which maps and earth are running without crashes, FM Radio is not working and I think that the camera app is completely missing because the camera launcher is crashing. The rom is slow, had some random reboots, but very promising with good battery life and I have it installed on my phone for now.
Warrenlobo, when you finish your exams, it might be a good idea to start a thread for this rom, with some development changes so we can send you feedback and help you improve this. I think that it is very close to being a fully functional/full speed Lineage OS Oreo rom for Redmi 2. Also I think that you should make it an official LineageOS rom.
Thank you very much and good luck with your exams.
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Why dont he build android go edition ? Much better and will smoothier .

unknown said:
Why dont he build android go edition ? Much better and will smoothier .
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Android Go is a slim Android edition for very basic/entry level phones. It has a simpler graphics, needs special apps because it has a limited/simpler set of libraries.
I think that Redmi2 is a decent phone, capable to run the full Android. But it could be built as an alternative to the full experience and it can be useful for devices with 1GB of RAM.

Pixel Experience Mi Max 3 Working

Hi all I have finally got the Pixel experience rom booted on my mi max 3 with the fixes from this post https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/how-to/guide-android-9-pie-aosp-phh-treble-rom-t3862708
To do is it takes a while but is worth it latest update 11/01/2019 is stable
ok here we go
first you need to flash or factory reset your phone on the latest china beta so as of today its 9.1.10
next downlaod the xiaomi.eu rom latest rom whatever it is
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/9-1-10.48651/
download the pixel rom for ARM64 A ONLY
https://github.com/EnesSastim/Downloads/releases THIS IS THE ACTUAL WEBSITE
HERES THE DIRECT ROM LINK
https://github.com/EnesSastim/Downl...A-2019-11-01/PixelExperienceP-arm64-aonly.zip
Magisk if you need it
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v18.0/Magisk-v18.0.zip
patches and fixes for brightness etc
https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4680047&d=1546632878
ALL IN ONE TOOL USED TO FLASH TWRP
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3358711
OK HERES HOW TO INSTALL IT
FIRST COPY ALL FILES ABOVE TO YOUR PHONE THEN FOLLOW THIS GUIDE
Flash the original China dev via miflash (no lock Bootloader option tick). Because the original China dev Fastboot Rom recreate the original Partitions.
Start the system until welcome Screen(don't know why but it was one solution)
Then in Fastboot mode: Fastboot format userdata
Then flash newest original twrp in Fastboot. USING THE ALL IN ONE TOOL
Then install xiaomi.eu
Start system until welcome screen.
Reboot to recovery
Factory reset
Reboot to recovery
Install PixelExperienceP-arm64-aonly.IMG FROM 11/01/2019
Reboot recovery
Install magisk 18.0
REBOOT RECOVERY AGAIN
MOUNT AND MAKE SURE VENDOR IS MOUNTED
NOW FLASH THE ZIP FILE FOR THE FIXES
Reboot to system
HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE PHONE SHOULD BOOT UP ENJOY
:good:

Mistake

will the exFat SD sard could be read?

jacklau2000 said:
will the exFat SD sard could be read?
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Yes, mine is working 100% fine, keep all my Maps and Spotify data on it.

Thanks, I will try it later.

What is this thread doing here...!? Did you build/developed anything! At least you could've integrated all "fixes" in a single install package... Otherwise what's different from other guides we already have.

nijel8 said:
What is this thread doing here...!? Did you build/developed anything! At least you could've integrated all "fixes" in a single install package... Otherwise what's different from other guides we already have.
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Wrong section ! Move it to Guide one

Theseusperse said:
because in China they have 3 different Mi Max 3 variants: Nitrogen, Helium and Hydrogen, and the first firmware on the Chinese download page is to the 32GB Hydrogen Mi Max 3, which will actually work!
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What? Mi Max 3 has just "nitrogen" codename.
"helium" and "hydrogen" are just Mi Max 1! First one is equipped with Snapdragon 652, second one is equipped with Snapdragon 650. I guess that if you'll flash helium/hydrogen firmware on nitrogen you'll get bricked

@moderator @admin @engloa @MikeChannon
Please MOVE this thread to its correct place: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/how-to
This is not an original developing/ROM Building as @nijel8 said...just a copy of this description:

china rom
where do i find thee china tgz rom for miflash? cant find it anywhere...

meruelodaniel said:
where do i find thee china tgz rom for miflash? cant find it anywhere...
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:silly: You can find it on the Internet

Have try a lot of GSI rom on Max 3 and it's never smooth and stable like Miui (Xiaomi.eu for me)....wait a true custom rom

Totally agree with you

What happens if I don't install Chinese ROM, and flash this Pixel Experience ROM on Xiaomi.eu right away?

SerikKr said:
What happens if I don't install Chinese ROM, and flash this Pixel Experience ROM on Xiaomi.eu right away?
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I do this and it's ok, but you'll see, it's not perfect

Shuyin10 said:
Have try a lot of GSI rom on Max 3 and it's never smooth and stable like Miui (Xiaomi.eu for me)....wait a true custom rom
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I agree, they all have too many issues. It's been 7 months now and we don't have any custom ROM's despite this being one of the most popular Xiaomi phones (according to their offical forums and rom download stats), so why the hell is nooone developing for it? At this rate the Mi Max 4 will be out before the we even have a single native custom ROM.

I to was pissed off because there are no custom romI order another phone, not xiaomi and when i receive it will sell my mi max 3.I am not sure that will try xiaomi phones again..

I'm currently using Miui PRO - latest version and it is Android 9 - working flawlessly, no errors found so far and battery is pretty amazing Go on and try it guys, it's the best thing and it is regularly updated. Not changing my Mi Max 3 for anything so far. The russians have done amazing job with this rom

Havoc 2.0 is epic on this phone guys. I have been using for over a month now and its solid. Few issues were BT audio and adaptive brightness for which there are fixes. I using it right now and its solid and as stable as can be

shingers5 said:
Havoc 2.0 is epic on this phone guys. I have been using for over a month now and its solid. Few issues were BT audio and adaptive brightness for which there are fixes. I using it right now and its solid and as stable as can be
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is wifi hotspot and google cam working as well?
can you confirm when you free please
also did you wipe system while installing that gsi image?

Can you just downgrade OOS to Android 10 and then flash TWRP or is it impossible?

Hi, I recently bought an used OnePlus 8 Pro and it was already updated to Android 11. After repairing it, I discovered that it's not possible to run TWRP on this firmware version.
Couldn't I just go ahead and downgrade the OS in order to run TWRP on it or is it basically impossible like on the latest Samsung Galaxy S-series devices?
Would be glad if someone could answer me that question. I kinda tried to boot into twrp because I was too quick to read the thread but it just caused my device to run into Qualcomm Emegency Mode.

What do you need twrp for? If it's just to root and almost everything else... It can be done via other means.

sensui123 said:
What do you need twrp for? If it's just to root and almost everything else... It can be done via other means.
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I also counter the same problem, i just want to use twrp to flash another rom. Do you have any solution? I have search the forum but i didnot find something useful.

freeman1007 said:
I also counter the same problem, i just want to use twrp to flash another rom. Do you have any solution? I have search the forum but i didnot find something useful.
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Hmmmm the way I've seen a lot of custom roms... They're installed/flashed partition by partition in bootloader via fastboot.....I guess if you have to use twrp to flash the entire rom you do need to downgrade to os 10.

sensui123 said:
Hmmmm the way I've seen a lot of custom roms... They're installed/flashed partition by partition in bootloader via fastboot.....I guess if you have to use twrp to flash the entire rom you do need to downgrade to os 10.
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Thank you for your response. i think i just did not catch up the latest progress. Would you please help me find the instruction about how to flash rom in the new way you mentioned ? thank you so much.
And i still have the same question , is it necessary for us to downgrade to android 10 and then start flashing rom.

Look at the roms in the subforum here:
OnePlus 8 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other
Improve your OnePlus 8 Pro 's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.
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I just looked at some popular ones like Pixel experience and Lineage and they're both flashed in this way. Look at the opening post where the instructions are... Seems like Pixel Experience there's a batch file that flashes the partitions but it's essentially done this way without twrp.

sensui123 said:
Look at the roms in the subforum here:
OnePlus 8 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other
Improve your OnePlus 8 Pro 's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.
forum.xda-developers.com
I just looked at some popular ones like Pixel experience and Lineage and they're both flashed in this way. Look at the opening post where the instructions are... Seems like Pixel Experience there's a batch file that flashes the partitions but it's essentially done this way without twrp.
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thank you for your reply, I already tried to flash pixel experience, i followed the install guide but failed to flash its recovery file.
Install PixelExperience on instantnoodlep - PixelExperience Wiki
Install PixelExperience on instantnoodlep - PixelExperience Wiki
wiki.pixelexperience.org
Because it requires installing rom from recovery, so I get stuck here.
The problem is the device enters crash dump mode when switched to recovery mode. I guess the reason is that my p8pro is in andriod 11 before i flash recovery. now the device can enter android 11 normally but the recovery don't function. So I am here to ask is it necessary for me to downgrade to android 10 to solve the problem.

sensui123 said:
Look at the roms in the subforum here:
OnePlus 8 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other
Improve your OnePlus 8 Pro 's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.
forum.xda-developers.com
I just looked at some popular ones like Pixel experience and Lineage and they're both flashed in this way. Look at the opening post where the instructions are... Seems like Pixel Experience there's a batch file that flashes the partitions but it's essentially done this way without twrp.
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Thank you for your reply, it help me a lot. i have already flash my device lineage os . Regarding the problem i mentioned in my last reply, it seems the install guide is for android 10. As for android 11 , i think it needs a payload dumper to extract all files and flash them one by one.

MichalPlays said:
Hi, I recently bought an used OnePlus 8 Pro and it was already updated to Android 11. After repairing it, I discovered that it's not possible to run TWRP on this firmware version.
Couldn't I just go ahead and downgrade the OS in order to run TWRP on it or is it basically impossible like on the latest Samsung Galaxy S-series devices?
Would be glad if someone could answer me that question. I kinda tried to boot into twrp because I was too quick to read the thread but it just caused my device to run into Qualcomm Emegency Mode.
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I think the answer depends why do you need twrp. If you just want to flash a rom like me, you can find a custom rom supporting android 11,for example lineage os and you can flash all files it requires without twrp.
If you want to flash a android 10 rom or you just want to flash twrp , i don't know how, maybe you should downgrade.