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i'm little bit confused about unlocking the bootloader on an mi5 device. I read somewhere that it's not needed if you use the updater app on the phone. i think this is only true for official rom's which came from en.miui.com it self?
can i use the updater app if i want to install the official en.miui.com 8 global rom without unlocking the bootloader?
if i want to install an xiaomi.eu rom, i will have to unlock the bootloader first?
does root on an official rom need an unlocked bootloader too?
there are more then one way to flash an rom on an mi5 device, updater app, fastboot and miflash tool, twrp(which is not preinstalled i mean?). but i read something about an edl mode, but cant find out what this does mean? is this maybe the fastboot and miflash tool mode?
many thanks!
best regards
adnan
Hello there,
what ROM are you running currently? Broadly speaking, you have 2 tools to change the ROM on Your device: the updater app and Fastboot (miflash uses fastboot too, and twrp requires fastboot to be installed). The updater app allows you only to upgrade your current ROM to the newest version. Fastboot (and the related tools) allow you to change ROM completely (e.g. switching from China Stable to China Dev or from China Stable to Global Stable or from China Stable to miui.eu Stable), and will also allow you to root your device through TWRP. To use fastboot, however, you will need to unlock Your bootloader.
Regarding EDL mode, it is the Miui stock recovery mode, which can be used together with the Xiaomi desktop application to flash new ROMs. It is not a widely used method, because the desktop app is quite buggy.
hello
many thanks for your replay.. i'm currently on miui 8, the global alpha version, so i already do an flash.. your answer is toop, again thanks for that!! but there are some new questions, edl is the miui stock recovery mode, does this mean the recovery as i know it already in a form from recovery.img? if i also want root i will have to flash twrp, this would then mean that the miui stock recovery (edl) wouldn't work anymore? so if i want to go back to an official global rom, do i need to flash the stock miui recovery first? the way to do that would be through fastboot? where can i get the stock miui recovery?
have an nice day!
when i flash xiaomi.eu rom 7.1.19 via twrp is was succesful but when i try to flash global stable 7.1.19 via twrp
i got stock in boot logo
please help me can i flash global stable rom when i came from xiaomi.eu rom?
the global stable rom is 8.1.2.0 ...
at this page you will find the official roms (stable and dev) with also the link to the flashing guides to accomplish the task
http://en.miui.com/download-299.html
Do you accept/use/like other flashing methods?
advice: do a backup, put it somewhere (your pc, etc) (but not in the phone) and then use the miflash tool / fastboot (wich will erase everything).
Who knows where to download? Need fastboot rom , thanks.
I am currently in MIUI 12.0.2.0 QJCEUXM.
I want to go to MIUI 11.0.9.0 QJCEUXM.
If I download recovery rom for MIUI 11.0.9.0, can I flash it through updater app & will it work?
Will I face any kind of problem after downgrading?
imon_09 said:
I am currently in MIUI 12.0.2.0 QJCEUXM.
I want to go to MIUI 11.0.9.0 QJCEUXM.
If I download recovery rom for MIUI 11.0.9.0, can I flash it through updater app & will it work?
Will I face any kind of problem after downgrading?
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You should unlock bootloader then install a full fastboot miui 11.0.9 rom via Miflash.
Hi, I am about to downgrade my sweet global from MIUI 14 to the latest version of MIUI 12 since I find it the most stable.
At the Xiaomi firmware updater site, I see firmware, vendor and rom.
I learnt that to downgrade, I need to use a fastboot rom. I donwloaded both the 12.5.9 fastboot rom and the corresponding 12.5.9 "firmware".
Do I need to flash firmware first before the fastboot rom? Or can I flash the fastboot rom directly?
And do I need to enable any extra options in the Mi Flash Tool before flashing?
Thank you for any information.