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do we need to unlock bootloader to install mm roms

hello guys,
I am new to the xda developers and a bit confused about the procedure of flashing new mm rom.. want to experiance the stock android 6.0 as we are still stuck with the kitkat 4.4.
while visiting the cm13 thread i saw in the instructions that we need to unlock the bootloader in order to flash any of the mm roms,
I have already reuested on miui for unlocking my bootloader but came to know that it may take around 15 days,,
feeling a bit confused about the whole process,
awaiting your help,
sorry for the immature querry.

What phone do you have?

P.Kosunen said:
What phone do you have?
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xiaomi mi3

The Mi3 and Mi4 are not "stuck on 4.4" for a very long time now, and the Mi3 and Mi4 never had a locked bootloader.

JBolho said:
The Mi3 and Mi4 are not "stuck on 4.4" for a very long time now, and the Mi3 and Mi4 never had a locked bootloader.
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ohh thanks for clearing my confussion bro....and i was talking about the official miui rom which is still based on 4.4.
so that means i can just follow the normal procedure and flash any of the mm roms..?

To get new partition scheme, install latest china dev rom (MM) with MiFlash.
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
After this you can install TWRP and any rom.

tony stark01 said:
ohh thanks for clearing my confussion bro....and i was talking about the official miui rom which is still based on 4.4.
so that means i can just follow the normal procedure and flash any of the mm roms..?
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You can either install the Miui MM chinese-dev ROM, or search for "cancro CM Baseband" and follow instructions, that will repartition your device, update baseband and install latest twrp. After that you can flash any ROM. Personally i use Ressurection Remix MM v5.6.9 and i'm very satisfied

New User of the Mi5, small questions

Hi there guys, just got this amazing phone yesterday and so far all going good, besides that i have 2 main questions
1. it is worth to update to Nougat (Official MIUI)? i mean, in battery life, performance, between other things, or it is just better to stay in MM? wondering since reading some comments, some say that is going so far all good, and other that it is just a buggy update
2. If the case 1 is no, it is worth to install Custom Roms? how much is the performance hit, battery hit, between others? i always had some low-mid range phones so i made everything in custom roms to get better performance, but i don't know if in this case is better (about going from MIUI to custom roms)
that's all, thanks in advance!

Hi welcome aboard !
1- I just use Miui until they allowed me to unlock my phone. So I don't know because it was on MM.
2- I can reach 5-6 hours SoT with latest LoS ROM. No lags, just very minor bug. (Be careful some screen didn't response well on custom rom if you use glass tempered. You can search it "JDI LGD mi5" for some informations)

1. There aren't many visual UI changes to the Officail nougat version of MIUI 8. RAm management has improved on the latest MIUI 8 Nougat version and a few additional settings are provided. Give it a try it is stable but if you don't like the look and feel of MIUI than flash custom ROM
2. You will need unlocked bootlaoder to install custom ROM. I would recommend following Custom Roms for you to install
(a)Official Lineage OS 14.1 or
(b)Resurrection Remix 5.8 (Based on Lineage OS 14.1) if you need more customisations

panchovix said:
Hi there guys, just got this amazing phone yesterday and so far all going good, besides that i have 2 main questions
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1. I would steer away from the Nougat releases as they are still very buggy and there are no observable benefits over Marshmallow
2. You can use custom ROM if you like but if you go through the forums they all seem to have problems. Personally I found Gobal Developer ROM 6.11.3 to be the best so far.

Iniku82 said:
Hi welcome aboard !
1- I just use Miui until they allowed me to unlock my phone. So I don't know because it was on MM.
2- I can reach 5-6 hours SoT with latest LoS ROM. No lags, just very minor bug. (Be careful some screen didn't response well on custom rom if you use glass tempered. You can search it "JDI LGD mi5" for some informations)
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mr612 said:
1. There aren't many visual UI changes to the Officail nougat version of MIUI 8. RAm management has improved on the latest MIUI 8 Nougat version and a few additional settings are provided. Give it a try it is stable but if you don't like the look and feel of MIUI than flash custom ROM
2. You will need unlocked bootlaoder to install custom ROM. I would recommend following Custom Roms for you to install
(a)Official Lineage OS 14.1 or
(b)Resurrection Remix 5.8 (Based on Lineage OS 14.1) if you need more customisations
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Laurencito said:
1. I would steer away from the Nougat releases as they are still very buggy and there are no observable benefits over Marshmallow
2. You can use custom ROM if you like but if you go through the forums they all seem to have problems. Personally I found Gobal Developer ROM 6.11.3 to be the best so far.
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Thanks for the info! i installed OctOS and it went all good, using DragonXia kernel (Not OC) on my 32GB model since the kernel itself (like on stock miui) it is not capped and it runs really good, it is nice to see android 7.1.1 (tested nougat on 7 and well, as you said, it is like the same as with the mm one)

Nethunter

Hi
I scheduled power saver on my phone but after change over the 60% in it turned off and don't start again?
Sent from my Xiaomi Mi5

Hamidreza_4u said:
Hi
I scheduled power saver on my phone but after change over the 60% in it turned off and don't start again?
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Does its heart beat when connected to the charger ?
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Well Nougat and MM are likely similar on MIUI.
But Nougat is much smooth and RAM management is better.
I won't suggest you to use Stock but I will.
Seems funny !
Actually instead of using official stock, you better use Xiaomi.eu rom.
This is a custom rom but a stock rom.
Based on CN Developer and CN Stable. It's you choice which one you prefer.
I personally think Xiaomi.eu is one of the best rom out there.
Give it a try.
Besides this one you can try Slim Dragon rom. This one is just amazing.

Mi5 roms stock or cm based are bad optimised. It's frequently lag while scrolling on some apps like Twitter, Tumblr Facebook with Snapdragon 820 unbelievable but sad true.

1)My lock screen don't wake up on new notification
2)wipe data on default miui recovery wipe what? Erase everything or....
Miui 8.2.2 android 7 on mi5
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk

Hamidreza_4u said:
1)My lock screen don't wake up on new notification
2)wipe data on default miui recovery wipe what? Erase everything or....
Miui 8.2.2 android 7 on mi5
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk
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1. Check settings->lock screen and password->wake up lock screen notification
2. Mi 5 doesn't have default miui recovery.

kazzien said:
1. Check settings->lock screen and password->wake up lock screen notification
2. Mi 5 doesn't have default miui recovery.
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1.I enabled it but it didn't work.
2.on update setting I have reboot to recovery menu.
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Hamidreza_4u said:
1.I enabled it but it didn't work.
2.on update setting I have reboot to recovery menu.
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You can reboot to recovery from update setting but you will only see a cable and phone logo and it's useless. If you have already flashed twrp, you can go from there. About waking up lock screen, do you upgrade via ota or flash fastboot rom? I flashed miui 8.2.2 fastboot rom and didn't have a problem.

kazzien said:
You can reboot to recovery from update setting but you will only see a cable and phone logo and it's useless. If you have already flashed twrp, you can go from there. About waking up lock screen, do you upgrade via ota or flash fastboot rom? I flashed miui 8.2.2 fastboot rom and didn't have a problem.
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I updated via ota
Do you have any problems with playing videos on 8.2.2.0?
Flash rom with fastboot erase everything on my phone?
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Hi
I download 8.2.10 on 7.0
And unlocked BL and can boot up to TWRP recovery.
What should I do on recovery before install this?
Wipe everything and format internal memory?
Does it have any problems?
Everything works good?
Camera take pictures and record videos same as original miui quality?
Anyone can send me screen shots plz
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk

Hamidreza_4u said:
Hi
I scheduled power saver on my phone but after change over the 60% in it turned off and don't start again?
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1. I'd say Nougat is slightly better.
2. No LOS/ASOP based custom rom is complete actually.
you can try xiaomi.eu rom. Best by far.

Hamidreza_4u said:
Hi
I download 8.2.10 on 7.0
And unlocked BL and can boot up to TWRP recovery.
What should I do on recovery before install this?
Wipe everything and format internal memory?
Does it have any problems?
Everything works good?
Camera take pictures and record videos same as original miui quality?
Anyone can send me screen shots plz
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk
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Which rom did you download? fastboot or recovery?

kazzien said:
Which rom did you download? fastboot or recovery?
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Hi dear
Recovery one's I downloaded
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Hamidreza_4u said:
Hi dear
Recovery one's I downloaded
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk
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You must use zcx twrp to flash miui recovery zip. Official twrp will cause bootloop. If you are comming from custom rom, full wipe is recommended.

Can install any stable official rom with custom recovery?
Unlock bootloader and rooted
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I'm looking for STOCK ROM for my Le 2 device

Hi
Can anyone tell me where can i find the latest EUI STOCK ROM for Leeco Le 2 X526
I have installed multiple custom roms and finally flashed eui rom 5.9.26 but the battery back is poor. It lasts 12 hrs whereas it use to last for 3 days with STOCK ROM.
Any help here will be appreciated... Please

want2android said:
Hi
Can anyone tell me where can i find the latest EUI STOCK ROM for Leeco Le 2 X526
I have installed multiple custom roms and finally flashed eui rom 5.9.26 but the battery back is poor. It lasts 12 hrs whereas it use to last for 3 days with STOCK ROM.
Any help here will be appreciated... Please
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they are here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/how-to/sd-652-firmware-stock-rom-5-9-023s-t3632277

Thanks Sahil
Hi I would like to confirm - are these ROMS custom or STOCK (official) ROMS

want2android said:
Hi I would like to confirm - are these ROMS custom or STOCK (official) ROMS
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yes they are stock. read that post carefully, you will get all answers

Installation Failure
Hi - I tried to install the zip file on my device which is currently running custom eui 5.26 (stable).
1. I went into - recovery mode,
2. Backup the current OS
3. wipe (Dalvik, cache, system and Data)
4. Install - (Zip) downloaded from the link you shared
---------------- FAILED "ERROR 7"..............................
CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST, How to replace custom ROM with Stock ROM.

---------------- FAILED "ERROR 7".............................. is caused because stock ROM as you called is only for chinese market . Your's is x526 , I suppose is indian version so you can't install so called stock ROM . Anyway all ROM you find are based on stock ROM , I mean the latest chinese released version . Latest release is 26 S - 05181 version , this is an OTA update from latest ROM you can see on chinese "bbs.le.com" ( 26S - 03111 version)

I understand what you are trying to say. In that case I won't mind to go back to Indian version stock ROM. The battery back was ****ing awesome. The ROM installed now drains down to 79% overnight just on WI-FI on airplane mode.
Please suggest Indian version stock ROM link of you have access to.

want2android said:
Hi
Can anyone tell me where can i find the latest EUI STOCK ROM for Leeco Le 2 X526
I have installed multiple custom roms and finally flashed eui rom 5.9.26 but the battery back is poor. It lasts 12 hrs whereas it use to last for 3 days with STOCK ROM.
Any help here will be appreciated... Please
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Ehm this airplane mode thing I have too. If you are no pilot, just don't use it and battery drain is fine. As my phone is booting up fast like a Windows 10 pc I now like to switch it off at night. And I am using lakku's updated Los 13 version
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/development/rom-lineageos-13-0-t3621312
because I will not give Los 14 a chance before Leeco will maybe release nougat fur us at the end of august, if all I read wasn't fake ...
can't believe anyone wants to go back to eui because of battery drain. You could also install any lineage custom rom and install overdose kernel after it and you will be fine with battery

Dude thanks for your response.
For your update, I installed many of them:
Lineage
Resurrection remix
AOSP
Paranoid
I'm planning to try miui ROM, I need a stable ROM with better battery life. If you know one please suggest.

want2android said:
Dude thanks for your response.
For your update, I installed many of them:
Lineage
Resurrection remix
AOSP
Paranoid
I'm planning to try miui ROM, I need a stable ROM with better battery life. If you know one please suggest.
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Use small eUI v2 It is same like stock ROM minus the irritating bugs.

piku 123 said:
Use small eUI v2 It is same like stock ROM minus the irritating bugs.
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gps don't work in this rom

want2android said:
Dude thanks for your response.
For your update, I installed many of them:
Lineage
Resurrection remix
AOSP
Paranoid
I'm planning to try miui ROM, I need a stable ROM with better battery life. If you know one please suggest.
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Mine version is EUI and I tried also many other ROMs but in my opinion the proper one is EUI because has few bugs . Also I have done some minor modifications most of them regarding build.prop . Now battery is great and ROM works smooth and fast . Remain to EUI or MIUI , man those are the best . These ROMs are tested and works awesome . You can find some fine ROMs on russian web site related , they are great developpers ... here is a link to 4PDA :
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=773468

sahil.kalka said:
gps don't work in this rom
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It works you have to disable tencent network in settings>app>tencent network then you need to move out of your house and open google maps once it detected your location it will work.

I already tried this, but helpless. I am now in stock 26s CN version. I have modified this rom and made it light as small eui. Working everything and very smooth

Help me to unbind leeco account
guys after flashing stock rom and when i do first start i stuck at leeco account kyunki mujhe password bhi nhi pta or reset bhi nhi ho rha phone se bta rha h system doesn't support this feature in setup wizard kya kru jaldi btao ????

When you login after flashing the ROM for the first time, try to set it up as a new device. Leeco has issues with its servers for a long time. They are actually not focusing on fixing this issue even.
So set up your device as a new one. Hope this helps.

If you have twrp, or can boot into twrp via Fastboot, use the twrp file manager to rename the apk in /system/app/letvaccount to a .zip file. Although then you'll either have to flash a custom kernel or root your rom otherwise dm-verify in stock kernel will prevent booting with a modified /system partition
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I should have suggested this first, sometimes setting region as mainland China will resolve server issues. If this doesnt work you'll also have to connect through a Chinese proxy

dual Boot patcher for mi max 2 working

I'd unlocked bootloader and flashed miui.EU latest ROM as primary and lineage 14.1 as secondary. Both working well. Any other custom ROM anybody tried ?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447534

Please make a tutorial.

tom.android said:
Please make a tutorial.
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Not so much knowledged to make a tutorial but have a link
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447534

drmuruga said:
I'd unlocked bootloader and flashed miui.EU latest ROM as primary and lineage 14.1 as secondary. Both working well. Any other custom ROM anybody tried ?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447534
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You also have a rom Mokee:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-2/how-to/mokee-rom-t3662974

marc.com said:
You also have a rom Mokee:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-2/how-to/mokee-rom-t3662974
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Downloading.... Thanks a lot.

Which twrp do you use?
I choose second rom and reboot. It starts 5 times vibrated and go to recovery mode. I try various ways as op says in the link you mentioned. Many times within a week?. Also test with miui global dev/ Los 14.1/ miuipro as primary roms( not try eu rom yet). I would like to use official miui rom as primary and others are secondary.
Please advise me. ??

Mgphyo126 said:
Which twrp do you use?
I choose second rom and reboot. It starts 5 times vibrated and go to recovery mode. I try various ways as op says in the link you mentioned. Many times within a week. Also test with miui global dev/ Los 14.1/ miuipro as primary roms( not try eu rom yet). I would like to use official miui rom as primary and others are secondary.
Please advise me.
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Same issue for me. I couldn't get it to work so I surrender

LineageOS for the SM-J530F ( J5Y17LTE )

Hello everybody,
i am looking for a working LineageOS rom for my Samsung Galaxy SM-J530F.
The only version that works for me is lineage-15.1-20180510-UNOFFICIAL-j5y17lte.
( The SIM is recognized and rooting is also very easy. However, the rom sometimes hangs up and I often had the problem that the mobile phone hangs up and all files are deleted after a normal restart ( no factory reset ).
Maybe there is someone here who can recommend a Lineage or AOSP rom, which works for the most part. I have already spied on several LineageOS versions but unfortunately the SIM is not recognized in all of them.
I thank you all and wish you a nice weekend! nice greetings from Germany.

Flash latest orginal rom with odin.than instal new aosp roms.
Attention: you cant back to old orginal firmware aftet flash any orginal rom with odin

msepehri said:
Flash latest orginal rom with odin.than instal new aosp roms.
Attention: you cant back to old orginal firmware aftet flash any orginal rom with odin
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I dont find AOSP roms here... do you know some?

justforlineage said:
I dont find AOSP roms here... do you know some?
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J5 pro not have any stable aosp custome rome yet

msepehri said:
Flash latest orginal rom with odin.than instal new aosp roms.
Attention: you cant back to old orginal firmware aftet flash any orginal rom with odin
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msepehri said:
J5 pro not have any stable aosp custome rome yet
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I'd avoid wasting my and others time with useless replies.

justforlineage said:
Hello everybody,
i am looking for a working LineageOS rom for my Samsung Galaxy SM-J530F.
The only version that works for me is lineage-15.1-20180510-UNOFFICIAL-j5y17lte.
( The SIM is recognized and rooting is also very easy. However, the rom sometimes hangs up and I often had the problem that the mobile phone hangs up and all files are deleted after a normal restart ( no factory reset ).
Maybe there is someone here who can recommend a Lineage or AOSP rom, which works for the most part. I have already spied on several LineageOS versions but unfortunately the SIM is not recognized in all of them.
I thank you all and wish you a nice weekend! nice greetings from Germany.
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Nip over to the j7xx pages, they are far better updated and most of the roms work fine on my j53fm 10 Q for J5 J7… | Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)
I am currently running android 11 on my j5 with no major issues.

This thread shows LineageOS 20.x support for many J5. Unfortunately, j5y17lte is not supported.
Can anyone explain what are the differences between say j5ylte and j5y17lte, and how difficult it is to edit the sources in order to support them?
I'm a developer but not a mobile devices one so I'm wondering how much work is in there and how to get started specifically for porting j5y17lte.
Supported phones by the thread linked above:
j53g
j53gxx
j5lte
j5ltechn
j5ltedo
j5ltedx
j5ltekx
j5lteub
j5ltexx
j5ltezm
j5ltezt
j5nlte
j5nltexx
j5xlte
j5xnlte
j5ylte