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Razr I XT890 4.4.2 EU OTA update

I'm surprised that nobody else has uploaded any of the OTAs yet, so I thought I'd start.
I uploaded it on 2 servers, in case one is down:
Blur_Version.91.2.26001.XT890.Retail.en.EU.zip:
wicked fast: https://mega.nz/#!FU4TBDyb!Cl3OB3M2GTvG-gcDK0vWQNzI090EFJ60suqJpzPsiQo
also fast: http://180upload.com/ag1ccjfznluh
Again, this is stock Razr I EU OTA from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2
This should be very handy for the ones who still haven't received the OTA so you can flash it manually.
Please note that the GPT gets flashed, so a downgrade to 4.1.2 can be tricky after taking this update.

Can i flash this with rsd-lite when i already have kitkat OTA? I would like to flash again kitkat, because i had reboots with the stock.

ansa1234 said:
Can i flash this with rsd-lite when i already have kitkat OTA? I would like to flash again kitkat, because i had reboots with the stock.
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No, those are not fastboot files, only the OTA. There are no released fastboot files available for kitkat so there is nothing you can flash with RSD

Can sombody give me a alive link? not sure why its posted here cus I ment for the twrp installer

Tried to flash in CWM no luck ?

How to force this OTA without delete all data?
I'm on 4.4.2 but Brasil, and want to got to EU.
Thanks!

dornz said:
Tried to flash in CWM no luck
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CWM can't flash the stock update. U will need the stock recovery to get it working.
MaliMravac said:
How to force this OTA without delete all data?
I'm on 4.4.2 but Brasil, and want to got to EU.
Thanks!
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The ota shouldn't delete any data at all afaik.

Hazou said:
CWM can't flash the stock update. U will need the stock recovery to get it working.
The ota shouldn't delete any data at all afaik.
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Thanks for reply? how do i revert to stock recovery so ?

dornz said:
Thanks for reply how do i revert to stock recovery so ?
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The stock recovery can be extracted from a RSD-Lite package. Than reboot in fastboot and use the command "fastboot flash recovery <recovery>". Now u will have the stock recovery instead of CWM.
Do know that going from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2 with the OTA update requires no modification to the system partition, except from adding files. Modifying files or deleting files from the system partition will make the update fail. So if u only have root installed through recovery then there is a hugh change everything works. But if u deleted some bloatdware, then it most likely will fail.

Hazou said:
The stock recovery can be extracted from a RSD-Lite package. Than reboot in fastboot and use the command "fastboot flash recovery <recovery>". Now u will have the stock recovery instead of CWM.
Do know that going from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2 with the OTA update requires no modification to the system partition, except from adding files. Modifying files or deleting files from the system partition will make the update fail. So if u only have root installed through recovery then there is a hugh change everything works. But if u deleted some bloatdware, then it most likely will fail.
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Hi again thanks for info. My xt890 has root but i never flashed any roms on it i did mes it up one time so i flashed 4.1.2 stock jb with RSD lite to fix it. Will try later on and hope it works ?

Edit: flashed 4.1.2 In RSd and after reboot i got 4.4.2 ota update all sorted except no root any way to root on 4.4.2

dornz said:
Edit: flashed 4.1.2 In RSd and after reboot i got 4.4.2 ota update all sorted except no root any way to root on 4.4.2
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Just flash a custom recovery and installatie supersu or soms other superuser app

Hazou said:
Just flash a custom recovery and installatie supersu or soms other superuser app
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Awesome will try later thanks for reply?

dornz said:
Awesome will try later thanks for reply?
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Here i thought i had to root first then flash custom recovery ?

Can I apply this OTA update over a standard 4.1.2?. I am using 4.1.2 from Personal Argentina , recovery is stock, but only I have root. I know that is not update to 4.4.2 of my versión so I should go to retail BR or EU but if I flash via RSD I will lost all my settings.
So if I update using this OTA (or BR OTA) to go to 4.4.2 from other 4.1.2, can be a problem?
Regards,
Claudio.

Hazou said:
Just flash a custom recovery and installatie supersu or soms other superuser app
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Hi tryed flashing twrp and cwm.img in fastboot on xt890 4.4.2 no luck..on adb UI after flashing.img it finish s but on phone it says flashing image and stays like that. After ota update i have no root so maybe thats whats up..?

dornz said:
Hi tryed flashing twrp and cwm.img in fastboot on xt890 4.4.2 no luck..on adb UI after flashing.img it finish s but on phone it says flashing image and stays like that. After ota update i have no root so maybe thats whats up..?
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If you are in fastboot mode, the recovery's should flash just fine If u have an unlocked bootloader. Should not be more than 5-10 seconds to finish. If something goes wrong it will say it on screen and even in the terminal on your PC.

Hazou said:
If you are in fastboot mode, the recovery's should flash just fine If u have an unlocked bootloader. Should not be more than 5-10 seconds to finish. If something goes wrong it will say it on screen and even in the terminal on your PC.
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Hi thanks for quick reply. Ya im pretty sure im in fastboot.in adb i type reboot bootloader and that brings up fastboot menu on phone (all black with blue bars highlighting option s use vol up and down to scroll trough options) yellow txt down below on black when flashing. I done this flash before on 4.1.2 with cwm .img don't no whats going wrong now ?

Hazou said:
If you are in fastboot mode, the recovery's should flash just fine If u have an unlocked bootloader. Should not be more than 5-10 seconds to finish. If something goes wrong it will say it on screen and even in the terminal on your PC.
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About to try again is this fastboot ?

Hazou said:
If you are in fastboot mode, the recovery's should flash just fine If u have an unlocked bootloader. Should not be more than 5-10 seconds to finish. If something goes wrong it will say it on screen and even in the terminal on your PC.
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Heres 2 pics of this as you can see in first one it sends .img but in second pic flashing recovery on phone and it hasn't changed yet ?

Ota on rooted devices

Can I still receive and apply ota on unlocked and rooted MI5?

TeHashX said:
Can I still receive and apply ota on unlocked and rooted MI5?
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You can certainly download the OTA through updater app however applying is not possible for rooted Mi5 witih TWRP.

ishangoyal said:
You can certainly download the OTA through updater app however applying is not possible for rooted Mi5 witih TWRP.
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Are both custom recovery AND root the problem for OTA, or just the recovery?
If I leave stock recovery, and do full unroot with SuperSU, will then OTA still work?

Burs said:
Are both custom recovery AND root the problem for OTA, or just the recovery?
If I leave stock recovery, and do full unroot with SuperSU, will then OTA still work?
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You would have to try that.. I didn't try this method.. I downloaded the full rom from en.miui.com and flashed through TWRP... and then flashed SuperSu.. this would ensure that data remains and rom is rooted and updated.
Moreover, generally MIUI OTA updates are same size as the original rom, so doesn't matter if you download full rom or OTA.

Thanks. OK then. So generally I can install both TWRP and root. And when I get OTA notification, i just download the full rom, and flash it using MiFlash tool, without wiping data and phone storage? That way I will still have all my apps, but will obviously have to root again (and maybe put TWRP?), right?

Burs said:
Thanks. OK then. So generally I can install both TWRP and root. And when I get OTA notification, i just download the full rom, and flash it using MiFlash tool, without wiping data and phone storage? That way I will still have all my apps, but will obviously have to root again (and maybe put TWRP?), right?
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download the full rom zip file and flash it using TWRP.. no need to flash using MiFlash tool.. you'll flash to flash supersu zip again.. no need to get TWRP again as it is still there and ya all yours apps and data will be there.

ishangoyal said:
download the full rom zip file and flash it using TWRP.. no need to flash using MiFlash tool.. you'll flash to flash supersu zip again.. no need to get TWRP again as it is still there and ya all yours apps and data will be there.
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Have anyone tried this? Thanks!

lenra06 said:
Have anyone tried this? Thanks!
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I myself update my rom using this method [emoji106]
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk

ishangoyal said:
Moreover, generally MIUI OTA updates are same size as the original rom, so doesn't matter if you download full rom or OTA.
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No, miui ota are much smaller than full rom. They are just just 100 or 200 MB if you update regularly. There is a modified twrp called zcx. If has an option to flash incremental ota zip without losing root or recovery. Search on afh.

Can't OTA update after downgrade to Oreo

hey,
so i had bought this phone and updated to android pie immediately. I wanted to install gcam so I unlocked bootloader, booted twrp (without flashing just booting) and ran the adb commands. But gcam app still kept crashing. I read somewhere that this method didnt work in pie so I ran Fastboot flashing unlock_critical and downgraded to oreo september update using miflash tool.
After everything was done, I immediately tried updating to November security patch update and after the update downloads, the installation fails (saying "installation problem" ). I dont believe I have updated any system or boot partitions doing these steps.
Anybody know what's wrong and/or how I can get it working?
Thanks

Fastboot oem unlock
Fastboot flashing uock
Just to be sure, then try flashing 9.6.16 again

thanks for your reply @Nebrassy. i had downgraded to 9.6.15 because i couldnt find the link to 9.6.16 image. But even after unlocking and reflashing stock image, i cant update via OTA. My OTA updates are still failing

http://en.miui.com/getrom-353.html

Nebrassy said:
http://en.miui.com/getrom-353.html
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ok thanks will try this

Data deleted, twrp up and running, phone unlocked - HELP

I want a clean install on my mate 20.
I have unlocked bootloader and want to install stock rom with root prevs.
My current install process:
I first
flash with twrp
then remove encryption
then wipe cache/dalvik
then format data,
then install romaur v1.x from twrp.
when get into emui i use emui flasher1.1apk to go to the firmware i want.
This process takes to long and what file-format does the firmware need to be in order to install stock rom from twrp??
I love the romaur, but there are some components removed from the rom that i have gotten used to in emui.
The rom is ultra fast tough! (sorry Aur)
So how to makes this work:
TWRP
Format data
clear cache/dalvik
install 9.0.0.xxx (optional rom)
Finish with a clean install and then root with patched_boot.img
Then install magisk ++++
Any ideas? Hope my post makes sense.
Regards, Kenneth, Norway
#mate20problackincludeNMstorage

I guessing there is no way to install stock rom from twrp then??
???

how about using hstool to upgrade to the latest firmware and then unlock bootloader and flash patched magisk to recovery_ramdisk partition.
and if you want twrp you can flash it to ercovery partition

Daniehabazin said:
how about using hstool to upgrade to the latest firmware and then unlock bootloader and flash patched magisk to recovery_ramdisk partition.
and if you want twrp you can flash it to ercovery partition
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With HStool does The bootloader get locked again?
Sure that sounds good. I Will try. Does it update or wipe clean to install??

fromiOS2Android said:
With HStool does The bootloader get locked again?
Sure that sounds good. I Will try. Does it update or wipe clean to install??
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i'm not sure but i think the bootloader get's locked, and when you unlock the bootloader the phone get's wiped.
when i had locked bootloader and used hstool to update between versions my data was not wiped.

Daniehabazin said:
i'm not sure but i think the bootloader get's locked, and when you unlock the bootloader the phone get's wiped.
when i had locked bootloader and used hstool to update between versions my data was not wiped.
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Ok. Thanks. Just grotten used to using twrp now, but i'll try HStool next update?? thanks again

fromiOS2Android said:
Ok. Thanks. Just grotten used to using twrp now, but i'll try HStool next update?? thanks again
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no problem

MI A2 not receiving OTA

Just bought MI A2 from official dealer and the phone is stuck on Android one version 8.1.0 and not getting PIE via OTA.
Is there a safe method to manually install the latest stock PIE version of android one ?
Is it possible the update was removed from the servers ?

kalda01 said:
Just bought MI A2 from official dealer and the phone is stuck on Android one version 8.1.0 and not getting PIE via OTA.
Is there a safe method to manually install the latest stock PIE version of android one ?
Is it possible the update was removed from the servers ?
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Use this method:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/how-to/fastboot-xiaomi-mi-a2-fastboot-images-t3824849
It's officially

d3rt0xx said:
Use this method:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/how-to/fastboot-xiaomi-mi-a2-fastboot-images-t3824849
It's officially
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Just to clarify, using this method will not void the warranty ?

kalda01 said:
Just to clarify, using this method will not void the warranty ?
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Yes, it's safe and the official way

d3rt0xx said:
Use this method:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/how-to/fastboot-xiaomi-mi-a2-fastboot-images-t3824849
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d3rt0xx said:
Yes, it's safe and the official way
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Can the stock rom be applied by booting into recovery mode and using the apply update from SD card ?

kalda01 said:
Can the stock rom be applied by booting into recovery mode and using the apply update from SD card ?
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Just use the MiFlashTool.
It's easy to use

d3rt0xx said:
Just use the MiFlashTool.
It's easy to use
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I have the MI FLASH TOOL installed but it would not succeed to install the drivers.
I assume nothing will work if windows does not have correct drivers installed.
Can I install the fastboot driver manually ? which driver ?
Btw, the phone is detected in fastboot mode by the FASTBOOT/ADB command line interface. Is that helpfull to me ?

kalda01 said:
I have the MI FLASH TOOL installed but it would not succeed to install the drivers.
I assume nothing will work if windows does not have correct drivers installed.
Can I install the fastboot driver manually ? which driver ?
Btw, the phone is detected in fastboot mode by the FASTBOOT/ADB command line interface. Is that helpfull to me ?
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Yes it's helpful, but my english isnt good enough to explain the next steps

kalda01 said:
Just bought MI A2 from official dealer and the phone is stuck on Android one version 8.1.0 and not getting PIE via OTA.
Is there a safe method to manually install the latest stock PIE version of android one ?
Is it possible the update was removed from the servers ?
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Afaik...to flash latest pie base firmware, first you need to unlock your phone's bootloader and then only you can flash available fastboot firmware (pie based) using MiFlash tool.
Try to OTA update using WiFi(Keep the phone to airplane mode and just turn on the WiFi and then try to update). Also before updating the phone just turn on the oem unlock switch under developer option on safer side so you can unlock your bootloader later if anything goes wrong while updating your device since many people have reported that they've bricked their device during updating their device..

Updaing to PIE was successfull.
Used this guide to unlock bootloader: https://www.androidexplained.com/mi-a2-unlock-bootloader/
Then used the MI FLASH tool to apply the stock rom. First atemp failed with "write error" after 55 seconds, but I tried a second time and this time the process completed.

kalda01 said:
Updaing to PIE was successfull.
Used this guide to unlock bootloader: https://www.androidexplained.com/mi-a2-unlock-bootloader/
Then used the MI FLASH tool to apply the stock rom. First atemp failed with "write error" after 55 seconds, but I tried a second time and this time the process completed.
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I hope you flash both this fastboot codes when unlocked your bootloader.
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Unlock_Critical is require to flash custom roms and if you would want to revert back to stock from custom rom.

NE0HP said:
I hope you flash both this fastboot codes when unlocked your bootloader.
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Unlock_Critical is require to flash custom roms and if you would want to revert back to stock from custom rom.
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Yes, did both commands. However, after flashing PIE via the flash tool, the bootloader became locked again.

kalda01 said:
I hope you flash both this fastboot codes when unlocked your bootloader.
Yes, did both commands. However, after flashing PIE via the flash tool, the bootloader became locked again.
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You must have selected "flash all and lock" under MiFlash tool so it lock the bootloader as well but now you know how to unlock it so do it whenever you feel like unlocking your bootloader..