Database Develop

Mi5 dead! please some ideas!

Hi all,
I going to tell you the complete story and any ideas orsuggestions will be appreciated.
I bought my mi5 in July. It came with a fake ROM but Ichanged it to OFFICAL GLOBAL STABLE .
Since then, I used the device perfectly fine, and follow theMIUI forum regularly.
Then in November I applied for betatesting Team and theyaccepted me. As my bootloader was still locked, I tried option one from abovetutorial, so I directly downloaded in my phone the GLOBAL DEV ROM and Ichoosing the package I started using Nougat for about a month, more or less.
Then, the tragedy happened. I was in a bar, having my phonein my trousers back pocket, and I set down that way. One minute, no more. Thephone´s battery was around 70%. When I realized I quickly took it but it wasnot able to turn on… Nothing pressing power volume + or any combination… I came home and let it charging all night (wallcharger) and nothing the morning after.
I tried to connect it to my PC but nothing happened in the screen,but pressing Power Volume+ the Windowsdevice Manager recognized it as “Android phone”, so after reading some threads about bootloader issues I decidesto flash it. I requested permission and then flashed it with the latest CHINADEV version. The flashing was completed, but the phone still not turningon. NEXT STEP: Local Technical Service.
They had my phone during a week. They tried to change thescreen, nothing, the battery nothing, and I don’t know which other tests theyperformed but they called me back to tell they were not able of doing nothing.
Having the phone back at home, now I was not able to get thePC seeing it as Android phone again. Nothin. Desperate me, I continued to read in internet and found in XDA a video where basically, you open the phone (remove back, and some screws),short two pins, and the PC is able to see it through the Qualcomm USB driversin EDL mode. Then flashing IS POSSIBLE. That is true. I am able to flashing,and I have tried CHINAs, GLOBAL, older ROMs about a dozen. Always the flash processsucceed, but the phone still not turning on.
After flashing I let the phone the whole night plugged inthe PC usb. Nothing
Now is plugged again to the wall charger, but nothing.
There are many threads with different solutions, so guys,please, anyone with a good idea to try??
Many Many thanks in advanced

https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5/help/bricked-mi5-t3528810
Read this and
Use only the versions mentioned

this device is just a chinese junk i regret bought it , just after 2 days i bought it got hard bricked .
anyway flash 7.2.4 and if phone didnt boot use 3 button ( up + down + power ) for 1 minute or more and it must boot , it did work for me .

I just got brick yesterday and followed those instructions. It really worked. I was finally able to flash china dev 6.11.10. Latest dev said just "missed hello packet".
MiFlash version 2016.04 and china dev 6.11.10 was right combination for me. I connected Mi5 to PC while pressing vol- and power buttons, then I released them. I opened miflash, selected rom and chose "flash all". Flashing was completed. I tried to power on my phone pressing power button but nothing. But when I pressed vol- and power, I was able to get to fastboot mode. Rest is history. I flashed TWRP, booted to it and flashed LineageOS again.
Hope it works for you too!

xmmn said:
this device is just a chinese junk i regret bought it , just after 2 days i bought it got hard bricked .
anyway flash 7.2.4 and if phone didnt boot use 3 button ( up + down + power ) for 1 minute or more and it must boot , it did work for me .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which 7.2.4 please??

[email protected] said:
Which 7.2.4 please??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hope it work for u . i read some people + me got device booted with this .
gemini_global_images_V7.2.4.0.MAAMIDC_20160129.0000.14_6.0_global
you can download from xiaomininja just search in google

xmmn said:
hope it work for u . i read some people + me got device booted with this .
gemini_global_images_V7.2.4.0.MAAMIDC_20160129.0000.14_6.0_global
you can download from xiaomininja just search in google
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
not worked

Nbkdnssr said:
I just got brick yesterday and followed those instructions. It really worked. I was finally able to flash china dev 6.11.10. Latest dev said just "missed hello packet".
MiFlash version 2016.04 and china dev 6.11.10 was right combination for me. I connected Mi5 to PC while pressing vol- and power buttons, then I released them. I opened miflash, selected rom and chose "flash all". Flashing was completed. I tried to power on my phone pressing power button but nothing. But when I pressed vol- and power, I was able to get to fastboot mode. Rest is history. I flashed TWRP, booted to it and flashed LineageOS again.
Hope it works for you too!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
im not able to find the rom... could you help me?

[email protected] said:
im not able to find the rom... could you help me?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry, it was global dev 6.11.10 that I used, not china dev.
I downloaded it via this link: http://xiaomininja.com/2016/11/11/m...1-10-is-out-download-it-here-for-your-device/

Nbkdnssr said:
Sorry, it was global dev 6.11.10 that I used, not china dev.
I downloaded it via this link: http://xiaomininja.com/2016/11/11/m...1-10-is-out-download-it-here-for-your-device/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanka for your hel but finally not worked...

Did you already tried to pressing and hold vol up + power button then at the same time repeatedly pressing vol down button until mi logo appear..?, id not yet..just try this method repeatedly.

JJeamy said:
Did you already tried to pressing and hold vol up + power button then at the same time repeatedly pressing vol down button until mi logo appear..?, id not yet..just try this method repeatedly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am trying that but screen is istill black.. maybe is a hardware issue? it is weird having flash working fine, isn´t it?

[email protected] said:
I am trying that but screen is istill black.. maybe is a hardware issue? it is weird having flash working fine, isn´t it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup..it's weird thing...i suspect there's a hardware issue too..
But anyway..did you already tried to flashing fastboot rom with QFIL (qualcomm tool) too..?, if not yet..just try it..you can follow tutorial from this youtube here , just bypassing the step for installing any driver if your phone already detected as qualcomm port in your pc.
I try this method to get back my friend Mi4c from dead with condition like this too..just edl or qualcomm port while connect in device manager, then after flashing with this tool..i've try to power on with vol up + power and repeatedly vol down method above..then mi logo appear.
Hope your phone get back turn on soon..

JJeamy said:
Yup..it's weird thing...i suspect there's a hardware issue too..
But anyway..did you already tried to flashing fastboot rom with QFIL (qualcomm tool) too..?, if not yet..just try it..you can follow tutorial from this youtube here , just bypassing the step for installing any driver if your phone already detected as qualcomm port in your pc.
I try this method to get back my friend Mi4c from dead with condition like this too..just edl or qualcomm port while connect in device manager, then after flashing with this tool..i've try to power on with vol up + power and repeatedly vol down method above..then mi logo appear.
Hope your phone get back turn on soon..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you help me to find a correct ROM to try?

[email protected] said:
Can you help me to find a correct ROM to try?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can try this official global stable fastboot rom that's still based android 6.0 here
If above direct link doesn't work..just visit this link , then choose "Xiaomi Mi5 Global Stable or China Stable Version Fastboot File Download..
If getting error while flashing..just put extracted folder of fastboot rom in the root of your system..ie C:\[folder_fasboot_rom]

Hi all,
After a million tests, now the phone is able to go to fastboot mode easly just pressing power&volume- (even having a black screen...) Any idea to see if this is still worth to fight?
Regards!

[email protected] said:
Hi all,
After a million tests, now the phone is able to go to fastboot mode easly just pressing power&volume- (even having a black screen...) Any idea to see if this is still worth to fight?
Regards!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just try typing command "fastboot oem device-info" to see the status of your bootloader...is it still at unlocked or already relocked..?
If still at unlocked state..you can flashing fastboot rom with miflash tool.
Anyway what about QFIL method above that i said before..?, any change happen after flashing with this tool..?

[email protected] said:
not worked
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you test it?
Keyvannn said:
Solved with this way
Originally Posted by adwinp
1: if you're detecting it as qcom 9008, there's a good chance it's in EDL mode, which is good news
2: download MiFlash from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24521665358595574
3: download the latest dev rom from here: http://update.miui.com/updates/v1/fu...ni&b=X&r=cn&n=
4: Extract the files to C:\
5: Open MiFlash & point the folder to the root ROM folder, example: C:\gemini_foo_bar, NOT C:\gemini_foo_bar\images
6: connect your phone & select flash all (1st option from the left, bottom of MiFlash tool)
This might take a few tries (example - you might receive "missed hello packets)
Once you're done, you can stay with the China Dev, unlock the bootloader & flash a xiaomi.eu rom, or CM.
Good luck.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
------
I do this way several time but with updated miflash and fastboot rom and nothing happen.
But with this mi flash and global stable 7.2.4 and only selected #all flash#
My phone flashed
Im very happy
Thanks alot
Sorry for my bad english
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Keyvannn said:
Did you test it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried this and not worked for me...

JJeamy said:
Just try typing command "fastboot oem device-info" to see the status of your bootloader...is it still at unlocked or already relocked..?
If still at unlocked state..you can flashing fastboot rom with miflash tool.
Anyway what about QFIL method above that i said before..?, any change happen after flashing with this tool..?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I havent tried yet QFIL, but I will and let you know... Thanks so much!

Too dumb to root??

Hi all,
i am frustrated, since I seem to be unable to flash TWRP.
I have unlocked my MiMix (MIUI 9 OTA update) based on the permission received from Xiaomi. So far so good.
I installed ADB / Minimal ADB and Fastboot on two different computers.
I downloaded the latest TWRP twrp-3.2.1-0-lithium.img
I installed ADB / Fastboot
I activated USB debugging
I checked that the device is being recognized, online and authorized (screenshot)
I put the phone into fastboot mode
I flashed the image file (screenshot)
I got a success reply by adb (screenshot)
But the system still boots into the existing system and into stock recovery. (screenshot).
What am I dong wrong? This worked with numerous other phones
but the Mix is puzzling me...
Can anybody offer advice?

hquant said:
Hi all,
Can anybody offer advice?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi.
» fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
» fastboot boot twrp.img ?
Sent from my lithium using XDA Labs

Yeah right, that answers the Questions "Too Dumb..?" and "Can anybody offer advice?" in the shortest possible way. Thank you for the humbling experience. Stay tuned for more dumb questions.

Power down + power ?
Normally, rebbot ot recovery after flash, will boot into desired recovery and not standard from MIUI.
Something is wrong with ur device.
Start from beginning...
When u boot, device have unlocked logo @ bottom ? (MIUI 9 ROM)

hquant said:
Stay tuned for more dumb questions.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you get unresponsible touchscreen on twrp, update your firmware either to latest or different one or; just flash Twrp 3.0.2-0 modified by Mr Raines and go on with it until you figure out how to match fw/twrp versions to get it working(touch).
Sent from my lithium using XDA Labs
---------- Post added at 11:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:47 AM ----------
lesscro said:
When u boot, device have unlocked logo @ bottom ? (MIUI 9 ROM)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's only a text on a logo which can be removed or edited ?
Sent from my lithium using XDA Labs

You mean volume down + power?
lesscro said:
Power down + power ?
Normally, rebbot ot recovery after flash, will boot into desired recovery and not standard from MIUI.
Something is wrong with ur device.
Start from beginning...
When u boot, device have unlocked logo @ bottom ? (MIUI 9 ROM)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you mean "Volume down and Power"? That gets me into fastboot. Volume up and Power gets me into Mi Recovery 3.0. The only way to Access TWRP is through ADB after putting the phone into fastboot mode. Fastboot boot twrp.img does the trick. Not terrribly convenient, but i can live with it. Regarding your second Point, I do have the unlocked logo on the bottom. If I understand your second post correctly, I can get rid of it?
Other than that, I do not really want to start from the beginning since I already put a lot of hours into this. After root my Banking apps stopped working and I still have to come up with Ideas how to benefit from root. So far I habe tried a buch of Xposed apps, which as a rule do not work.

Mr Raines
Konstantine34 said:
If you get unresponsible touchscreen on twrp, update your firmware either to latest or different one or; just flash Twrp 3.0.2-0 modified by Mr Raines and go on with it until you figure out how to match fw/twrp versions to get it working(touch).
Sent from my lithium using XDA Labs
---------- Post added at 11:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:47 AM ----------
That's only a text on a logo which can be removed or edited
Sent from my lithium using XDA Labs
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes I had the unresponsive Touch Problem, but I fixed it after reading up on the solution on XDA. Other than depending on ADB Startup, TWRP works fine now. How can I edit the Unlocked Logo?

hquant said:
Yes I had the unresponsive Touch Problem, but I fixed it after reading up on the solution on XDA. Other than depending on ADB Startup, TWRP works fine now. How can I edit the Unlocked Logo?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used to change it on Samsung, there was a sample zip which you can override your own logo. So, there are two files that you need to dig in called 'splash.img' and 'logo.img' in firmware zip files. They were extractable on samsung, but I couldn't do it on Mix yet. You have to find out how to extract .img files and put your own edited logo. ? In case there were some firmwares which remove the 'unlocked' text.. I mean if you only need to remove it, I may take a look later on.
Sent from my lithium using XDA Labs

Thank you...
Thank you for your support. Keep up the great work!
Cheers
Heiko

At the moment it is not possible to root your mi mix on the latest fw. I can't get passed the twrp decrypt password thing. So it is impossible to flash any zip. Lot of people got the same problem on the Xiaomi forums.

Bricked Mi 5

Hi,
my Mi5 global rom, locked bootloader worked just fine until one OTA update. Then it keep restarts itself (bootloop).
I've tried unlocking bootloader with MiUnlock but tells me that my mi account has to be bounded to the device.
Tried to wipe all data but no success, also tried Mi PcSuite english/chinese version and also nothing.
I'd try MiFlash but now the links to official miui firmware are down.
i have access to miui recovery and fastboot mode.
Any clues how to bring the device to life?
Thanks.

Hi, wait for battery to 0 level, after some times passed than, try to fastboot options,
while pushing volume down and than plug cable to pc. So you can try any methode..
like ...
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-1-gemini.img
copy image to Mi and boot TWR and flash.
BR
---------- Post added at 11:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:45 AM ----------
You can use
https://download.lineageos.org/gemini or
https://www.xda-developers.com/miui-10-xiaomi-mi-5-redmi-6-redmi-6a/
BR

Have you tried this?:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/devices-xiaomi-firmware-updater-t3741446
ovu85 said:
Hi,
my Mi5 global rom, locked bootloader worked just fine until one OTA update. Then it keep restarts itself (bootloop).
I've tried unlocking bootloader with MiUnlock but tells me that my mi account has to be bounded to the device.
Tried to wipe all data but no success, also tried Mi PcSuite english/chinese version and also nothing.
I'd try MiFlash but now the links to official miui firmware are down.
i have access to miui recovery and fastboot mode.
Any clues how to bring the device to life?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Want to install custom Android P rom on my mi a2. newbie

I'm totally new to roms, etc. My old Mi A2 is stuck on Android Q cuz after a hard factory reset it won’t let me skip wifi setup which triggers auto-updates. I need to install a version of Android P. So I want to get an easy to install Android P rom for my Mi A2.
Which Android P rom you recommend?
Does installing a rom require rooting my phone?
Thanks for helping a newbie.

... deleted ... let recipient learn to search and read and understand.

After some research appears that root and rom of this phone is many steps. No easy way to do it.

m3110w said:
After some research appears that root and rom of this phone is many steps. No easy way to do it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just download a stock rom of any pie version
just download Miflash ( install it with drivers )
extract stock rom ( select it from the file browser button in Miflash )
boot phone into fastboot by holding volume down and power while phone off
plug into pc
in Miflash select "clean all" at the bottom
press refresh button
press the flash button ..when you see the green success button unplug and reboot
no root required

Will I need to install TWRP?
Thanks for the steps. I'll try this. Doesn't look too bad for a newbie like me.
KevMetal said:
just download a stock rom of any pie version
just download Miflash ( install it with drivers )
extract stock rom ( select it from the file browser button in Miflash )
boot phone into fastboot by holding volume down and power while phone off
plug into pc
in Miflash select "clean all" at the bottom
press refresh button
press the flash button ..when you see the green success button unplug and reboot
no root required
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

(deleted)

m3110w said:
(deleted)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just install 7zip ( free) and use that program
---------- Post added at 01:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 PM ----------
m3110w said:
Will I need to install TWRP?
Thanks for the steps. I'll try this. Doesn't look too bad for a newbie like me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no, you can do it without twrp ..twrp is only needed if you want root

A great help. Phone blocked on MI. He did not enter neither in Recovery and Fastboot

Good evening everyone,
I had the bootloader unlocked. Then I blocked it to switch to the latest official GLOBAL MIUI (the phone is GLOBAL).
Later I decided to unlock the bootloader again. I installed the latest TWRP, an old XIAOMI.EU rom and then Magisk.
Everything seemed ok from recovery but, once turned on, the phone always goes in loop on the word MI. It does not go into recovery. It does not enter Fastboot and the PC does not see any devices.
Please tell me there is a solution ... the phone is not under warranty.
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Did I miss any steps? Did I have to install the Chinese rom and then unlock it?

Try to press power button and volume down to the same time, that reboot the phone to fastboot. then, flash the twrp again. If don't work, try the same but using volume up. If the phone boot in to recovery (twrp) and the pc don't read it, u need to re-install the rom via xiaomi tool and fastboot, if the pc don't read the phone u need to change cable,port 2.0 and pc.

mazeta001 said:
Try to press power button and volume down to the same time, that reboot the phone to fastboot. then, flash the twrp again. If don't work, try the same but using volume up. If the phone boot in to recovery (twrp) and the pc don't read it, u need to re-install the rom via xiaomi tool and fastboot, if the pc don't read the phone u need to change cable,port 2.0 and pc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks.
I've tried everything. The smartphone does not enter Fastboot and does not enter Recovery.

try press power button like 15 seconds or more... This is very weird.

mazeta001 said:
try press power button like 15 seconds or more... This is very weird.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
tried ... nothing to do

Dude, i have bad news.... I do some research in internet and I found that, https://c.mi.com/thread-2854446-1-0.html (read).
In short, you need to do a test point via edl and open your phone.
---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 PM ----------
I meet someone how can help you. i found this guy on internet and he help me once ago to do EDL method, he charged me like 30 dollrs. 100% recommend.
this is his whastapp: +7 967 777-15-98, explain your situation and hi tell you, whats going on with your phone.

mazeta001 said:
Dude, i have bad news.... I do some research in internet and I found that, https://c.mi.com/thread-2854446-1-0.html (read).
In short, you need to do a test point via edl and open your phone.
---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 PM ----------
I meet someone how can help you. i found this guy on internet and he help me once ago to do EDL method, he charged me like 30 dollrs. 100% recommend.
this is his whastapp: +7 967 777-15-98, explain your situation and hi tell you, whats going on with your phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks mate. I contact him and then i thanks you !!!