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This is for people who have received their phone with a pre-installed Vendor ROM (MIUI Global Stable 8.0.8.0) and wants to switch to the Unofficial EU ROM. In my opinion, the EU ROM is currently the best ROM without any Chinese bloatware or popups until Xiaomi decides to release an actual Global ROM.
For those who are already on a China Stable ROM, there is already an excellent guide to install TWRP, ROOT, compiled by @underlines. This is only intended for switching from a Vendor ROM as I wasn't able to switch from a Vendor ROM to an official build using the previous guide. You need to be on an official build to be able to use TWRP and flash the EU ROM.
EDIT : The reason why I have mentioned to flash an official build at first is because, TWRP can be unresponsive with some Vendor ROMS. You'll be able to boot TWRP but touch would be frozen. I've tried with both versions of TWRP and it wouldn't work with the Vendor ROM installed on my device. TWRP over the Vendor ROM may work for some users.. For some builds like the one which came installed on my phone, it may not work. If TWRP works for you without being on an official build, you can skip the part where you have to flash an official ROM.
1. You need to have an unlocked bootloader. Please follow instructions on the other guide on how to do this.
2. You need the older version of MiFlash found on this link. Thanks to @Thorin78 for this link.
3. Download and extract fastboot Stable or Dev ROM and extract ROM folder to the C:\ Drive. This is because MiFlash may show a "cannot find file" error if you have a lot of subfolders. To avoid this, its best if the folder is C:\ROM Folder.
4.In the older version of MiFlash, click advanced and change the fastboot script location to the flash_all.bat in your unzipped rom folder.
5.Connect your phone in fastboot mode, click "Refresh" in MiFlash. Once your phone is detected, click "Flash" and it should now successfully flash the official ROM of your choice.
If you wish to be on a Xiaomi Official Stable or Dev ROM, Stop here! If you wish to continue installing the EU ROM proceed with the steps below.
6. Now that you have successfully flashed Official Stable or Dev ROM, use Minimal ADB and flash TWRP RC2 using the instructions in the other guide.
7. Once you are in TWRP, Swipe right to allow System Modifications and copy the forced encryption disabler using MTP. Flash this file to ensure that there are no bootloops.
8. After this step, go to WIPE, Format Storage, type "yes" and then Reboot Recovery. Copy SuperSU and EU ROM to storage and flash. Phone may take a few minutes to boot up and you will successfully boot the EU ROM.
For everything else, please follow the guide posted by underlines.
TWRP EU RC2 works with the China Dev ROM as well. Once you Swipe to Right to allow modifications, don't forget to flash the latest dm-verity and forced encryption disabler script from here. This is to prevent the device going into a bootloop.
These are the steps I followed and I am on EU ROM. Hope this helps people who wish to switch to the EU ROM from the Vendor ROM.
The link to miflash takes you DL minimal adb?
jazz452 said:
The link to miflash takes you DL minimal adb?
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Corrected. Thanks for letting me know! Cheers!
satishp said:
Corrected. Thanks for letting me know! Cheers!
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I managed to flash with latest miflash using your guide my bootloader was already unlocked check using:
boot your phone into fastboot and COMMAND PROMPT " fastboot oem device-info "
most are probably unlocked with vendor rom but not all.
Don't try to unlock with this method just check to save sometime.
guide: http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-check-if-redmi-note-3-bootloader-is-locked-or-unlocked/
jazz452 said:
I managed to flash with latest miflash using your guide my bootloader was already unlocked check using:
boot your phone into fastboot and COMMAND PROMPT " fastboot oem device-info "
most are probably unlocked with vendor rom but not all.
Don't try to unlock with this method just check to save sometime.
guide: http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-check-if-redmi-note-3-bootloader-is-locked-or-unlocked/
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I guess it also depends on the Vendor ROM and customization which comes installed on your device. Not all Vendor ROMs for this device are the same. I tried everything under the sun with the latest miflash. It would detect device and even give a "success" output but the ROM was never actually flashed. The phone would still be on the Vendor ROM. Its as if some Vendor ROMs have some form of write protection baked in.
I could only get it working with the older miflash.
I'm not saying it was easy, the hard thing was making the unpack ING of the file. Sort of did it twice never had that problem before.
Why is it required to flash the official rom before flashing the EU rom?
nkatz565 said:
Why is it required to flash the official rom before flashing the EU rom?
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This for people who don't want TWRP, root and dm-verify, just genuine Xiaomi rom with OTA updates and remove vendor rom.
QQ.
I did the following on my Mix and wondering if I am missing anything. I should say that everything "appears" to be working perfectly on the EU rom.
My Mix came with 8.0.8.0 Global (Vendor ROM) and I wanted to move onto the Xiaomi.eu rom. I loosely followed the above guide and did the following steps:
Applied for Unlock
Unlocked the device via MiUnlock
Used Minimal ADB and booted the device into FastBoot
Confirmed device was Bootloader unlocked
Flashed TWRP (latest non-eu build)
Booted to recovery
DID NOT swipe to edit system partition, left that read only
Flashed the latest Weekly Xiaomi.eu build
Wiped Dalvik/Cache
Booted phone
Performed a Factory reset.
All seemed a little too easy and I didnt need to go to an "Official" china ROM first. But I do have a few questions...
Should I have swiped Yes to enter Read/Write mode for the system partition and run a dm-verify? (I am not interested in Rooting the device at this stage)
Should I have performed a System clear in TWRP before installing Xiaomi.eu ontop of the Vendor ROM?
geubes said:
QQ.
I did the following on my Mix and wondering if I am missing anything. I should say that everything "appears" to be working perfectly on the EU rom.
My Mix came with 8.0.8.0 Global (Vendor ROM) and I wanted to move onto the Xiaomi.eu rom. I loosely followed the above guide and did the following steps:
Applied for Unlock
Unlocked the device via MiUnlock
Used Minimal ADB and booted the device into FastBoot
Confirmed device was Bootloader unlocked
Flashed TWRP (latest non-eu build)
Booted to recovery
DID NOT swipe to edit system partition, left that read only
Flashed the latest Weekly Xiaomi.eu build
Wiped Dalvik/Cache
Booted phone
Performed a Factory reset.
All seemed a little too easy and I didnt need to go to an "Official" china ROM first. But I do have a few questions...
Should I have swiped Yes to enter Read/Write mode for the system partition and run a dm-verify? (I am not interested in Rooting the device at this stage)
Should I have performed a System clear in TWRP before installing Xiaomi.eu ontop of the Vendor ROM?
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Wouldn't worry about it the vendor ROMs aren't poison, not sure about dm-verify if you kept read only. I would of swiped then flashed dm-verify but didn't mean I know what I'm doing.
nkatz565 said:
Why is it required to flash the official rom before flashing the EU rom?
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This is because some Vendor ROMS have some compatibility issues with TWRP. Touch screen wouldn't work on TWRP. I tried both TWRP versions and couldn't get touch to work.
Finally, I flashed the China Dev ROM and then used TWRP RC2 and touch functionality worked.
As some users below have pointed out that they could get to EU without flashing the one of the official builds, I guess it depends on the amount or type of vendor customizations applied on your device.
Which version do you own? I was wondering if this would work with the 6GB as well.
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Which version do you own? I was wondering if this would work with the 6GB as well.
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This works with both versions. The ROM is compatible with both variants as the size of memory and storage doesn't affect compatibility.
I have the 6\256 variant.
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This works with both versions. The ROM is compatible with both variants as the size of memory and storage doesn't affect compatibility.
I have the 6\256 variant.
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Thank you. It worked. I fastboot twrp then factory reset the device and flashed the eu rom. All good. My bootloader was unlocked by the vendor.
Can someone please give me some advice? Just got the phone a couple hours ago. I took a picture of the info page. Based on the screenshot am I on the vendor ROM or official? I'm thinking I'm on Vendor because it has GAPPS already included.
If I'm on Vendor ROM and want to get to rooted EU Rom I can follow directions in the OP right?
How do I know is if my bootloader is already unlocked? Many thanks
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Can someone please give me some advice? Just got the phone a couple hours ago. I took a picture of the info page. Based on the screenshot am I on the vendor ROM or official? I'm thinking I'm on Vendor because it has GAPPS already included.
If I'm on Vendor ROM and want to get to rooted EU Rom I can follow directions in the OP right?
How do I know is if my bootloader is already unlocked? Many thanks
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Vendor (there is no Global ROM for Mix). You should unlock your bootloader (check if it's already unlocked using "fastboot oem device-info"), flash TWRP, wipe and flash EU
Razorbacktrack5535 said:
Vendor (there is no Global ROM for Mix). You should unlock your bootloader (check if it's already unlocked using "fastboot oem device-info"), flash TWRP, wipe and flash EU
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Do I have to do Power + Vol Down (that's bootloader mode right) in order to input the ADB code you gave me?
SantinoInc said:
Do I have to do Power + Vol Down (that's bootloader mode right) in order to input the ADB code you gave me?
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Yes, you have to use Fastboot Mode
Razorbacktrack5535 said:
Yes, you have to use Fastboot Mode
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I'm not unlocked right? Hope they approve my unlock request soon
SantinoInc said:
I'm not unlocked right? Hope they approve my unlock request soon
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Yes, you have to wait
Hey guys, I wanted some help on flashing LineageOS 14.1 to my Axon 7 A2017G.
I've looked at a bunch of guides but they all seem outdated or way too confusing.
I tried to follow the guide under the "Axon 7 Toolkit " thread where there were some instructions on how to flash a rom for noobs and when going to test for fastboot, it says I don't have fastboot.
Tried to get fastboot by following some guide and using miflash but ended up doing something to my device where android asked for a password when i booted up, where as I didn't have a password and had to end up factory resetting my device. LOST ALL MY DATA
If someone could please give me a simple, easy to follow guide on how to unlock bootloader, and flash custom rom, I would be immensely grateful.
Also if there is a guide on how to restore back to stock rom and factory settings in case I need to send phone back to ZTE at any point that would also be helpful.
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The toolkit guide is probably the easiest one.
Read the whole thread and try again.
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk
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Hey guys, I wanted some help on flashing LineageOS 14.1 to my Axon 7 A2017G.
I've looked at a bunch of guides but they all seem outdated or way too confusing.
I tried to follow the guide under the "Axon 7 Toolkit " thread where there were some instructions on how to flash a rom for noobs and when going to test for fastboot, it says I don't have fastboot.
Tried to get fastboot by following some guide and using miflash but ended up doing something to my device where android asked for a password when i booted up, where as I didn't have a password and had to end up factory resetting my device. LOST ALL MY DATA
If someone could please give me a simple, easy to follow guide on how to unlock bootloader, and flash custom rom, I would be immensely grateful.
Also if there is a guide on how to restore back to stock rom and factory settings in case I need to send phone back to ZTE at any point that would also be helpful.
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LOSING ALL YOUR DATA will be something normal actually. If you want to go to LineageOS you will probably lose it a bunch of times...
Well it turns out the toolkit is not the easiest way. Do this:
You didn't seem to search. Use "Unlock bootloader easily" by WesTD. After that simply go to the LOS thread, and download the ROM, the Universal Bootloader, and the modem file for your phone (for the G). Get Magisk too. and GApps for arm64. ) Then enter TWRP, ensure that it's 3.2.1-0 or more, else update it (get the newer .img for ailsa_ii or axon7 and Install - Install image - Recovery partition). Format data, and make sure that it formatted with ext4 (it'll say -formatting with make-ext4fs or sth). flash the bootloader, then the modem, then ROM, then Magisk, then GApps. After that boot.
Choose an username... said:
LOSING ALL YOUR DATA will be something normal actually. If you want to go to LineageOS you will probably lose it a bunch of times...
Well it turns out the toolkit is not the easiest way. Do this:
You didn't seem to search. Use "Unlock bootloader easily" by WesTD. After that simply go to the LOS thread, and download the ROM, the Universal Bootloader, and the modem file for your phone (for the G). Get Magisk too. and GApps for arm64. ) Then enter TWRP, ensure that it's 3.2.1-0 or more, else update it (get the newer .img for ailsa_ii or axon7 and Install - Install image - Recovery partition). Format data, and make sure that it formatted with ext4 (it'll say -formatting with make-ext4fs or sth). flash the bootloader, then the modem, then ROM, then Magisk, then GApps. After that boot.
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I will try this today, thank you for your time in typing this
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I will try this today, thank you for your time in typing this
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Or try this tool to unlock your bootloader....way more advanced by the way thnx @djkuz
Just install the axon 7 drivers, this tool and....UNLOCK with ease :good:
Also all files to revert back to stock, flashing modem, recovery... etc are well discribed there. Just take a peek there...
Just another advice : do read all threads carefully, no matter what you're doing, do backup regularly and all will be OK :good:
raystef66 said:
Or try this tool to unlock your bootloader....way more advanced by the way thnx @djkuz
Just install the axon 7 drivers, this tool and....UNLOCK with ease :good:
Also all files to revert back to stock, flashing modem, recovery... etc are well discribed there. Just take a peek there...
Just another advice : do read all threads carefully, no matter what you're doing, do backup regularly and all will be OK :good:
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Thank you so much, will try today!
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LOSING ALL YOUR DATA will be something normal actually. If you want to go to LineageOS you will probably lose it a bunch of times...
Well it turns out the toolkit is not the easiest way. Do this:
You didn't seem to search. Use "Unlock bootloader easily" by WesTD. After that simply go to the LOS thread, and download the ROM, the Universal Bootloader, and the modem file for your phone (for the G). Get Magisk too. and GApps for arm64. ) Then enter TWRP, ensure that it's 3.2.1-0 or more, else update it (get the newer .img for ailsa_ii or axon7 and Install - Install image - Recovery partition). Format data, and make sure that it formatted with ext4 (it'll say -formatting with make-ext4fs or sth). flash the bootloader, then the modem, then ROM, then Magisk, then GApps. After that boot.
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Followed your steps and managed to unlock the bootloader successfully. Afterwards I tried to flash TWRP using the Axon Toolkit and this error appears. Have 0 clue why. A little help please.
View attached >>>
EDIT: nevermind, tried to boot into recovery and twrp booted, not sure why the error appeared though. thanks for the help!
Hello everyone i am in desparate need of some guidance where i unfortunately Hard bricked my Mi9t while trying to flash the new Mokee Rom.
Where i think i went wrong was wiping the system option in twrp. After reboot i was stuck on flashboot and unable to get back into twrp recovery.
I then proceeded to flashboot twrp, also used multiple versions of twrp, again to hopefully be able to get into twrp recovery with no prevail.
Also tried to fastboot via Miflash tool with all latest fastboot roms available currently but kept getting a anti-rollback error.
So then i searched a way to install recovery or stock rom manually via flashboot commands. This caused me to end up where im at, no fastboot, no recovery, no logo at all. I connect the usb and the phone wont turn on at all, just a dead phone. Power button completely unresponsive now, Vol-Up/Vol-Down + Power and nothing.
I worked on it for countless hours trying to simply get into fastboot now with huge anxiety thinking i killed my phone.
I left my phone to charge all night and woke up this morning trying to get into fastboot again and nothing again.
Can someone please lead me in the right direction???
Everywhere i look the info seems to be outdated. At this point i am willing to send it in for repairs but i live in Indiana, US and there isnt a Xiaomi Service location anywhere in site.
Sad story. What did you do in fastboot? If you can't flash a certain twrp version you would have to do:
1. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (in twrp archives)
2. fastboot erase recovery
3. fastboot flash recovery your-twrp.img
Concerning AntiRollBack:
You can bypass ARB in miflashtool, set the number of your new rom higher or edit the batch/shell-files manually. The first few lines are ARB and device-check.
I know the info comes too late, but maybe someone reads this before trying things the way you did. There have to be some EDL-pins inside the phone to reflash fastboot but you would have to open your phone. My opinion/solution: Cry and send in.
Anyway: Can you tell us what you did to wipe fastboot?
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Sad story. What did you do in fastboot? If you can't flash a certain twrp version you would have to do:
1. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (in twrp archives)
2. fastboot erase recovery
3. fastboot flash recovery your-twrp.img
Concerning AntiRollBack:
You can bypass ARB in miflashtool, set the number of your new rom higher or edit the batch/shell-files manually. The first few lines are ARB and device-check.
I know the info comes too late, but maybe someone reads this before trying things the way you did. There have to be some EDL-pins inside the phone to reflash fastboot but you would have to open your phone. My opinion/solution: Cry and send in.
Anyway: Can you tell us what you did to wipe fastboot?
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When i 1st attempted to recover twrp i used TWRP 3.1.1-2 fixed from 4PDA. Ran the .exe file and the prompt said both fires installed successfully, but when i did a reboot it wouldnt go into twrp anymore, just stuck in logo so i would end up back in bootloader.
ttp://en.miui.com/thread-942449-1-1.html
This is exactly the instructions i tried to use before i lost fastboot.
At one point while entering the commands, it froze then my phone completely died and could never make it do anything else.
Why the hell did you use an outdated tutorial for an other phone? A few of the commands also wouldn't work because there are only some of these partitions. But if you did it with the right firmware it shouldn't brick anyway. So maybe you were stuck at boot flash. Else you still would be able to boot into fastboot.#
I feel sorry for you bro but it looks like you were searching for a possiblity to brick your phone
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Why the hell did you use an outdated tutorial for an other phone? A few of the commands also wouldn't work because there are only some of these partitions. But if you did it with the right firmware it shouldn't brick anyway. So maybe you were stuck at boot flash. Else you still would be able to boot into fastboot.#
I feel sorry for you bro but it looks like you were searching for a possiblity to brick your phone
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I kno bro i felt like shyt believe me. Literally all day in panic and anxiety that i just wasnt thinking straight and using any kind of guide i can find and ended up here.
Made some progress today tho.
Since my device manager or MiFlash tool wasnt recognizing my device even when i installed Qualcom drivers and pushing all sorts of buttons lol,
I have now opened her up for some surgery and using the Test-Point EDL method.
https://i.postimg.cc/HWJGWHRw/test-point-redmi-k20-mi-9t.png
While USB connected and shorted these 2 pins my computer finally recognized my device in MiFlash Tool and Device Manager again as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3)!!!
Now the next problem is the MiFlash tool. I tried to flash rom and status states cannot receive hello packet. From what i understand, i need an authorized account.
Only thing i could find to bypass this was this but currently not yet working. - https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/how-to/unbrick-mi8-edl-authorized-account-t3896677
Any ideas where to go from here?
https://mi-globe.com/unbrick-your-xiaomi-phone-without-authorized-mi-account/
https://c.mi.com/thread-1479882-1-0.html
I didn't need an authorized account last year but maybe they've changed something. The guides are up to date so maybe follow these steps.
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https://mi-globe.com/unbrick-your-xiaomi-phone-without-authorized-mi-account/
https://c.mi.com/thread-1479882-1-0.html
I didn't need an authorized account last year but maybe they've changed something. The guides are up to date so maybe follow these steps.
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Already ran into those sites and actually am currently trying out S-Unlock service to bypass Authorized Account with there XiaomiTool v0.01, and unfortunately again with no prevail.
https://imgur.com/gallery/WMt968b
As you can see i got passed Hello packet, but now it doesn't go passed this message or looks like it didnt do anything.
https://imgur.com/gallery/hHApyJL
Already contacted S-Unlock Admin and now waiting for response. Im assuming im using the right Flashboot Roms. Tried latest flashboot roms from here available. https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/davinci/
I also emailed unbrick.ru if they support K20/Mi9T variant and waiting for there reply.
Firmware on your page is not up to date. Use https://mifirm.net/
What device do you have? EEA/Global/CN? And what flashfiles did you use? I'm asking this because the only way I know to brick your device is to flash global/eea-rom on chinese device and lock the bootloader.
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Sad story. What did you do in fastboot? If you can't flash a certain twrp version you would have to do:
1. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (in twrp archives)
2. fastboot erase recovery
3. fastboot flash recovery your-twrp.img
Concerning AntiRollBack:
You can bypass ARB in miflashtool, set the number of your new rom higher or edit the batch/shell-files manually. The first few lines are ARB and device-check.
I know the info comes too late, but maybe someone reads this before trying things the way you did. There have to be some EDL-pins inside the phone to reflash fastboot but you would have to open your phone. My opinion/solution: Cry and send in.
Anyway: Can you tell us what you did to wipe fastboot?
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Hey,
I'm in a similar boat but I still have fastboot.
I can flash everything I wan't. But flashing a recovery doesn't do anything.
I can not boot into the recovery.
When I boot into the recovery i'm at the bootloop screen.
My PC does recocgnize it as recovery mode tho.
Anyways is there a way to get out of this mess? I wanted to try to flash with miflash over fastboot.img but I can't find any .img to flash.
All I can find are the .zips for twrp.
I didn't want to flash cfw tho. I got into the mess because there was an update today for stock rom and I flashed it with twrp. Because OTA didn't work.
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I found the fastboot files.
But how do I bypass the antirollback error
Waidowai said:
Hey,
I'm in a similar boat but I still have fastboot.
I can flash everything I wan't. But flashing a recovery doesn't do anything.
I can not boot into the recovery.
When I boot into the recovery i'm at the bootloop screen.
My PC does recocgnize it as recovery mode tho.
Anyways is there a way to get out of this mess? I wanted to try to flash with miflash over fastboot.img but I can't find any .img to flash.
All I can find are the .zips for twrp.
I didn't want to flash cfw tho. I got into the mess because there was an update today for stock rom and I flashed it with twrp. Because OTA didn't work.
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I found the fastboot files.
But how do I bypass the antirollback error
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https://mifirm.net/model/davinci.ttt
to bypass the ARB you can edit the batch/shell files. the first few lines are device-check and ARB. you can also use xiaomitool and select it there.
Edit: I had the same problem with a twrp version I had installed. After switching to russian version I couldn't downgrade twrp. Just try one of the other 2 versions available.
fabsen said:
https://mifirm.net/model/davinci.ttt
to bypass the ARB you can edit the batch/shell files. the first few lines are device-check and ARB. you can also use xiaomitool and select it there.
Edit: I had the same problem with a twrp version I had installed. After switching to russian version I couldn't downgrade twrp. Just try one of the other 2 versions available.
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I've had the russian version of twrp that didn't allow backups.
I know tried all the other version as well.
What happens is it stays in mi.com unblocked screen and my pc will recognize that it's in recovery but twrp never opens.
Like I said the normal stock recovery is flashable but all other twrp versions don't work for some reason.
I've tried all 3.
I know where the lines are but idk what to write in there.
I tried to just delete the lines and then I've got a different error.
Also when changing the version number it says success it actually flashes for 0 seconds and nothing happens.
Waidowai said:
I've had the russian version of twrp that didn't allow backups.
I know tried all the other version as well.
What happens is it stays in mi.com unblocked screen and my pc will recognize that it's in recovery but twrp never opens.
Like I said the normal stock recovery is flashable but all other twrp versions don't work for some reason.
I've tried all 3.
I know where the lines are but idk what to write in there.
I tried to just delete the lines and then I've got a different error.
Also when changing the version number it says success it actually flashes for 0 seconds and nothing happens.
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The russian version I've installed allows backups, tried allready.
You can simply remove the lines, just care you dodn't left something or delete too much. Use xiaomitool v2, it'll bypass the lines.
fabsen said:
The russian version I've installed allows backups, tried allready.
You can simply remove the lines, just care you dodn't left something or delete too much. Use xiaomitool v2, it'll bypass the lines.
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If i download the xiamitool v2 and choose my device is bricked it says feature is not available yet.
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If I choose mod the phone it says my phone serial and all the 3 other things are unknown.
if I select my phone my phone reboots and says waiting for debugging mode....
Then if I delete the ARB lines and try to flash via MiFlash it says error error no such file found
Can someone pls give me some clearer instructions.
Ok I somehow fixed it.
I flashed everything manually like the times before twrp existested.
Now I don't have the OS running but a running twrp.
I could flash xiaomi eu now and be done with it. But I actually wanted to use stock rom and not a costume rom right now because I wanted to switch to a costume rom when a good official comes out whenever that is.
Although flashing the stock rom got me in this mess in the first place. I never had this problem with flashing costume roms.
Anyhow I know this might not be the place to ask but are xiaomi eu and stock actually that different? Also are there any downsides in using it over stock?
My experience on most phones was that early costume roms usually didn't work with all features etc.
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alright who gives a dang I just flashed the eu rom to be safe with updates..
anyhow is it normal that my devices says Redmi by Xiaomi now?
Prior on my stock rom it said MI by mi.com or something
Waidowai said:
Ok I somehow fixed it.
I flashed everything manually like the times before twrp existested.
Now I don't have the OS running but a running twrp.
I could flash xiaomi eu now and be done with it. But I actually wanted to use stock rom and not a costume rom right now because I wanted to switch to a costume rom when a good official comes out whenever that is.
Although flashing the stock rom got me in this mess in the first place. I never had this problem with flashing costume roms.
Anyhow I know this might not be the place to ask but are xiaomi eu and stock actually that different? Also are there any downsides in using it over stock?
My experience on most phones was that early costume roms usually didn't work with all features etc.
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Basically it's (xiaomi.eu) debloated and optimized but sadly based on chinese official rom. That means no widevine L1.
In my opinion the best rom is EEA (because of "spy restrictions"), debloated with ADBTools with same optimizations which come with mi-globe rombuilder (gpsset, preinstalled magisk, adaway, removed apps). Sadly mi-globe is based on xiaomi.eu which is based on chinese official.
Waidowai
Could you explain the steps you did to flash ALL manual? Which Commands? Which imagens?
Thanks friend.
fabsen said:
Basically it's (xiaomi.eu) debloated and optimized but sadly based on chinese official rom. That means no widevine L1.
In my opinion the best rom is EEA (because of "spy restrictions"), debloated with ADBTools with same optimizations which come with mi-globe rombuilder (gpsset, preinstalled magisk, adaway, removed apps). Sadly mi-globe is based on xiaomi.eu which is based on chinese official.
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Well i did instal xiaomi.eu now. Not because of optimizations etc.
The only reason is that like i said i don't wanna brick by updating official roms anymore.
I mean maybe it's my bad since I'm running costume roms on all my phones for about 12 years or longer.. can't remember when I started but I think with first xyanogen mod.
And I don't know how to flash stock roms.
But with a costume rom it won't brick and if it does I'm not loosing twrp again.
For debloating I do that myself with the android terminal. So idk what the rom has on bloat I'll just uninstall it.
My only fear was that main features don't work with the costume rom. But from first sight everything but themes work fine. And I couldn't care less.
Well one thing changed the icons look like a chineese appleish phone now. Oh well I'll change that later.
Other than that the fingerprint is more responsive which I do like.
And for some reason my Modelnumber changed from Mi 9T to RedmiK20. Even on the boot it says Redmi now instead of MI.
Idk if it's because of the ROM or because I manually flashed the phone.
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mauriciocardoso said:
Waidowai
Could you explain the steps you did to flash ALL manual? Which Commands? Which imagens?
Thanks friend.
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Just download the fastboot rom and flash everything but dummy. You can flash dummy to but that is just for ARB. Depending on what your ARB index is you can flash it to ignore future problems.
My index was 1 tho and apperently if it's under 4 ARB is supposed to be irrelavent.
I'm not to sure on ARB tho because it's my first time dealing with ARB.
Other then that u flash everything else.
You will end up with a phone that is empty. Basically you reformate your phone so nothing is on there but TWRP. My phone was at 59gb/60 or something like that. basically the only folder I've had left was twrp.
Like I said I remembered the method from like 8 years ago when we didn't have twrp.
The problem with this method is that you can easily hardbrick tho I think. Since if it doesn't work you turned your phone into a fancy usb drive.
I only did it because I thought of buying a new one so since the phone was dead in my eyes already I just tried the old method and it worked fine, besides rebranding the phone to RedmiK20 from Mi9T.
Anyhow if your not giving up on the phone yet I wouldn't try it. Only try if you wanna throw the phone in the trash anyways.
just like me , for the anti roll issue u need to flash newers rom like from latest u flash on ur device before (recommend V10.3.11.0.PFJMIXM) u can get on mifirm.net . after download rom extract the file into fastboot tools then copy all .img file into fastboot tools . after that open the fastboot mode on ur phone and tools on pc
then flash this file
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
fastboot flash logo logo.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash misc misc.img (u can get on fastboot rom not .zip)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (recommend used twrp-3.3.1-2-davinci-fix)
then try reboot phone into recovery
if work let me know . im trying make this method because before this i got this problem to after flashing paranoid rom without format data .
Waidowai said:
Well i did instal xiaomi.eu now. Not because of optimizations etc.
The only reason is that like i said i don't wanna brick by updating official roms anymore.
I mean maybe it's my bad since I'm running costume roms on all my phones for about 12 years or longer.. can't remember when I started but I think with first xyanogen mod.
And I don't know how to flash stock roms.
But with a costume rom it won't brick and if it does I'm not loosing twrp again.
For debloating I do that myself with the android terminal. So idk what the rom has on bloat I'll just uninstall it.
My only fear was that main features don't work with the costume rom. But from first sight everything but themes work fine. And I couldn't care less.
Well one thing changed the icons look like a chineese appleish phone now. Oh well I'll change that later.
Other than that the fingerprint is more responsive which I do like.
And for some reason my Modelnumber changed from Mi 9T to RedmiK20. Even on the boot it says Redmi now instead of MI.
Idk if it's because of the ROM or because I manually flashed the phone.
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Just download the fastboot rom and flash everything but dummy. You can flash dummy to but that is just for ARB. Depending on what your ARB index is you can flash it to ignore future problems.
My index was 1 tho and apperently if it's under 4 ARB is supposed to be irrelavent.
I'm not to sure on ARB tho because it's my first time dealing with ARB.
Other then that u flash everything else.
You will end up with a phone that is empty. Basically you reformate your phone so nothing is on there but TWRP. My phone was at 59gb/60 or something like that. basically the only folder I've had left was twrp.
Like I said I remembered the method from like 8 years ago when we didn't have twrp.
The problem with this method is that you can easily hardbrick tho I think. Since if it doesn't work you turned your phone into a fancy usb drive.
I only did it because I thought of buying a new one so since the phone was dead in my eyes already I just tried the old method and it worked fine, besides rebranding the phone to RedmiK20 from Mi9T.
Anyhow if your not giving up on the phone yet I wouldn't try it. Only try if you wanna throw the phone in the trash anyways.
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Don't know how you manage to brick your phone with official firmware tbh. And why should you lose TWRP? I flashed about 10 times (global, eea, chinese, xiaomi.eu, mi-globe) and I still didn't have to reflash twrp once. It won't even touch the recovery partition. I also don't see a reason to mess with fastboot (except your brick haha). The boot behavior (redmi instead of mi) is fine, depends on the rom you've flashed. If you flash global or eea rom it'll switch back to "Mi".
What do you mean by "I don't know how to flash official rom"? Boot up twrp, clean dalvik cache/cache, install... tadaaa. I was also using custom roms on all of my phones but I can't find a reason for now to do so. I see only bugs and things not working. I want my widevine L1 and I want AndroidAuto to be working. I'll stay on global/eea till a good rom pops up.
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Don't know how you manage to brick your phone with official firmware tbh. And why should you lose TWRP? I flashed about 10 times (global, eea, chinese, xiaomi.eu, mi-globe) and I still didn't have to reflash twrp once. It won't even touch the recovery partition. I also don't see a reason to mess with fastboot (except your brick haha). The boot behavior (redmi instead of mi) is fine, depends on the rom you've flashed. If you flash global or eea rom it'll switch back to "Mi".
What do you mean by "I don't know how to flash official rom"? Boot up twrp, clean dalvik cache/cache, install... tadaaa. I was also using custom roms on all of my phones but I can't find a reason for now to do so. I see only bugs and things not working. I want my widevine L1 and I want AndroidAuto to be working. I'll stay on global/eea till a good rom pops up.
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I mean yeah that's what i thought just flash a official rom like any stock rom. Or rather if you change roms cuz if you update existing roms you don't really need to wipe anything anymore.
But apperently it busted my whole phone. It was a weird brick. My phone wasn't recognized as a phone anymore in fastboot. But it was recognized normal in adb. So I needed to change windows drivers to make my phone recognize.
And after that nothing booted but stock recovery and even then it said I don't have debugging enabled. Eventho I was connected to adb??
Anyhow I think the flash messed up the whole system partition. So what I did is in short formate the whole drive and start with a clean slate.. anyhow don't need to repeat all that.
But yeah I'm with you with the take on costume roms. I don't see the need anymore since most stock roms are decent nowadays and costume roms especially are most likely buggy somehow. Good thing is that most stuff I need in my phone is working on the eu rom. Like I said only thing that I could find not working are themes. But thats ok.
I don't know what that widevine L1 thing is. So I prolly don't need it. But maybe u can explain it to me Always up to learn new things.
Well for now I stick with the costume rom since it's basically no different to me. And the chance of bricking again like that with a costume rom are slim to none. If the phone brick it's most likely just a simple brick that can be fixed with twrp. and if that doesn't work by booting into twrp from adb.
Btw that didn't work on my weird brick either. I couldn't boot anything from adb. It gave me a black screen when trying to boot something.
Anyhow I'm glad I've got it running again. But somehow I'm not that surprised. Most times when I brick phones I can fix it when I'm at the point where I wanna throw the phone away. Cuz then I'm just flashing everything I can to make it work xD.
hello everybody
I was on the Android version 10 global version 11.0.4 ,I decided to download ExtendedUI OFFICIAL ROM, the bootloader was unlocked, then I Installaled the recovery , so i waiped system ,chash and date
by mistake i restart my phone , when i did that every thing is gone and the only thing that works is fastboot .
i tried everything nothing is worked .
please guys help me what should i do?:crying:
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hello everybody
I was on the Android version 10 global version 11.0.4 ,I decided to download ExtendedUI OFFICIAL ROM, the bootloader was unlocked, then I Installaled the recovery , so i waiped system ,chash and date
by mistake i restart my phone , when i did that every thing is gone and the only thing that works is fastboot .
i tried everything nothing is worked .
please guys help me what should i do?:crying:
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Reflash the official twrp and flash the extended ui ROM. It isn't bricked
This happenned to me too.
If you can't boot or flash twrp via fastboot in this state (It wouldn't work for me), download and flash the fastboot ROM for your device and use the flash_all script (careful NOT to use flash_all_lock!!!!!). It'll go back to stock and keep the bootloader unlocked so you can flash TWRP and start over.
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Reflash the official twrp and flash the extended ui ROM. It isn't bricked
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how can i do that?
ShiningScias said:
This happenned to me too.
If you can't boot or flash twrp via fastboot in this state (It wouldn't work for me), download and flash the fastboot ROM for your device and use the flash_all script (careful NOT to use flash_all_lock!!!!!). It'll go back to stock and keep the bootloader unlocked so you can flash TWRP and start over.
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can you please tell me exactly how to do this ? whech app is that?
thank you guys i did it lol
Android 10 downgrade.
now the tools are available in realme website to unlock the bootloader...
install deep testing apk and unlocking the boot loader with the android 10 ( procuder will be found in realme website)
After the bootloader is unlocked......follow the procedure below..
second reboot to bootloader and flash the twrp recovery
and reboot using fastboot command itself
it will go straight to twrp recovery mode.
just give wipe data function which is default...
then flash the android 9 ozip , after that dont reboot to system
go back and flash the stock recovery from android 9 which is attached with this post and then reboot..
now you are back to android 9.
this method is working for me ..
after sitting many hours with stucked twrp recovery i just flashed the stock recovery and it get in to the device
Please read whats the state of my realme x2 pro so that you can understand what I have done.
I purchased the realme x2 pro 12gb/256 in the uk , it is shipped with the android 9, there was some OTA update and I had done that and the phone was still in Android 9 with some bugs fixed. Again I recheked the software update for Realme ui update but nothing was found.
So I headed to realme uk website and downloaded the Android 10 realme ui ozip , copied to the phone and updated. Now the phone was in android 10 with realme ui.
The software update is good but I don’t like the finger print animation and also I noticed a sight battery drain,but I am not sure if it was same like in android 9 , I mean the batter life. So decided to go back android 9 . so after so many tries and all finally downgraded to android 9 with the bootloader locked and widevine to L1 and google pay working. Now all stock and all finger print this and that working !!!
Downgrade procudure :-
Backup All the things that are required, All will be wiped.
1.First thing is to unlock the bootloader in Android 10 because of I updated to android 10.
Follow this link below , download the deep testing apk and unlock the bootloader.
https://c.realme.com/in/post-details/1253651898825703424
2.Make sure you all had the proper working adb drivers in pc and android bootloader drivers,
After completing the 1st step , Download the twrp from the link below:
I downloaded the one in this name TWRP 3.3.1-13 Unofficial by mauronofrio
https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...covery-unofficial-twrp-realme-x2-pro-t3997879.
How to flash twrp in realme x2 pro follow this guide below:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-x2-pro/how-to/guide-unlocking-bootloader-to-getting-t4010189
follow the procedure above and until flashing recovery and don’t flash vbmeta and all
3. Download the Android 9 firmware with stock recovery , this was the lastest one I dowloaded from xda
(https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-x2-pro/how-to/rmx1931ex11a-10-available-t4059607)
4.Downloading stock recovery :
https://sourceforge.net/projects/rmx1931ex-stock-files/files/RMX1931EX_11_A06_GLOBAL.zip/download
download this zip file and use only the recovery.img after unzip , this is the only file we need from this folder
Second part:
I Assume the bootloader is unlocked , the device wiped and rebooted to os , copy the ozip in the and stock recovery in internal memory, we might need to use this for later.
now flash the twrp using the guide above and reboot to twrp recovery.
In twrp install the android 9 ozip that we downloaded in the phone memory , after it flashed don’t reboot.just go back and flash the (recovery.img) from twrp itself and choose the path recovery and flash , after that the phone will reboot and it will go to stock recovery. Then give a wipe in the stock recovery and reboot. Now you are back to stock android 9.
Now we are in android 9 with the unlocked bootloader. That’s all.
For those who needs to lock the bootloader read the information below
Check the stock recovery version number ( if it shows rooted near the version number) if it says rooted don’t relock the bootloader. From the phone just run stock ozip again and let it boot in to os, after that again check the stock recovery if rooted string is gone. If it is gone now you are good to lock the bootloader.
Because with unlocked bootloader the google pay is not working so for me locking the bootloder is important for me , also I checked in the device info that widevine is change back to L1.
dont lock bootloader with twrp recovery
where can i get in depth test for global version ?
and did i lose the fingerprint after unlocking bootloader?
Where is the stock recovery that you attached? Can u show step by step with more detail explaination?
rhazes305 said:
Where is the stock recovery that you attached? Can u show step by step with more detail explaination?
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Hi,
from this link i had downloaded the stock recovery of android 9, it is 54 mb zip file , after you unzip use only recovery.img
i will post properly the procedure..
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-x2-pro/how-to/boot-stock-recovery-boot-t4003971
download link :
https://sourceforge.net/projects/rmx1931ex-stock-files/files/RMX1931EX_11_A06_GLOBAL.zip/download
arthajudeenuk said:
Android 10 downgrade.
now the tools are available in realme website to unlock the bootloader...
install deep testing apk and unlocking the boot loader with the android 10 ( procuder will be found in realme website)
After the bootloader is unlocked......follow the procedure below..
second reboot to bootloader and flash the twrp recovery
and reboot using fastboot command itself
it will go straight to twrp recovery mode.
just give wipe data function which is default...
then flash the android 9 ozip , after that dont reboot to system
go back and flash the stock recovery from android 9 which is attached with this post and then reboot..
now you are back to android 9.
this method is working for me ..
after sitting many hours with stucked twrp recovery i just flashed the stock recovery and it get in to the device
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Thanks, but I would also like a more detail explanation of the steps. Where to download the deep testing apk? And will fingerprint also work after unlocking bootloader?
rhazes305 said:
Where is the stock recovery that you attached? Can u show step by step with more detail explaination?
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nightzun said:
Thanks, but I would also like a more detail explanation of the steps. Where to download the deep testing apk? And will fingerprint also work after unlocking bootloader?
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Hi mate,
i typing the procedure in word document now and upload soon, afte unlocking the bootloader in android 10 the fingerprint is working good , it didnt affect the fingerprint because the realme didnt block it in this update.
you are the best! thanx
** sadly i cannot unlock bl coz i got error " This is carrier-customized phone" on deep testing apk.
I would appreciate it if anyone would help me to solve this problem
Is there something wrong with Android 10?
Or why downgrade to 9?
Yerry said:
Is there something wrong with Android 10?
Or why downgrade to 9?
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- More battery long lasting on A9, perhaps more services are running in A10 rising power consumption or not well updated.
- In early versions of A10 call recording was capped due privacy rights. With the last update C.26 I can record calls but not tag the records accesing to the contacts list.
- Also in the last C.26 update of A10, you can take RAW photos in 'expert mode'.
pr0orz1337 said:
- More battery long lasting on A9, perhaps more services are running in A10 rising power consumption or not well updated.
- In early versions of A10 call recording was capped due privacy rights. With the last update C.26 I can record calls but not tag the records accesing to the contacts list.
- Also in the last C.26 update of A10, you can take RAW photos in 'expert mode'.
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Thank you for the info.
Just upgraded, first there was an odd connectivity issue, every GPS fix loss, deactivated mobile and WiIfi for 5 seconds
After turning Smart power savings mode off and on, the issue disappeared.
About raw mode: Odd raw mode that does not save in 64 MPix
arthajudeenuk said:
Android 10 downgrade.
Check the stock recovery version number ( if it shows rooted near the version number) if it says rooted don’t relock the bootloader. From the phone just run stock ozip again and let it boot in to os, after that again check the stock recovery if rooted string is gone. If it is gone now you are good to lock the bootloader.
Because with unlocked bootloader the google pay is not working so for me locking the bootloder is important for me , also I checked in the device info that widevine is change back to L1.
dont lock bootloader with twrp recovery
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It is possible after lock bootloader,unlock one more time?
The links on step 3 are not correct.
Can you update the post?
Yerry said:
The links on step 3 are not correct.
Can you update the post?
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Updated ...please download from the XDA page link , downoad the firmware with stock recovery.
Thanks bro...i downgraded to color os and now it ia running smoothly..
This method works with RMX1931 (CN version)? Because i see that the recovery used in the op is for RMX1931EX
Thanks for ur help But is there a way to get a stock recovery for Chinese version ?
Are you sure that we don't have to flash vbmeta.img.because somewhere i have read that if i don't flash vbmeta my phone will be dead
will still working on CN Rom based devices?
Even after installing the ozip from phone my recovery says rooted! Anyway to change that or remove the root?