Debloating MIUI 10 - Me stumbling with different ROM's

Debloating MIUI 10 - Me stumbling with different ROM's - Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers

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So, thinking about changing from Pixel 3 ROM to MIUI 10 (stable pie version 10.1.1.0) and debloat it as much as possible - could use some advise/help to do it properly. So bear with me and correct me if there are some issues in the order I list below.
1) Wipe data in TWRP
2) Flash the latest stable global MIUI 10 for Mi 8
3) Reboot(?)
4) Flash Magisk
Done?
And if anyone else have debloated MIUI 10, is there anything I should definitely not delete (for system stability)?
Or better yet, is there a list which apps etc. should be removed for optimized results?
I've never used MIUI as I flashed the pixel 3 rom as soon as I got the phone, so I'm really unfamiliar with the whole OS/UI.
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F*ck it... I'll answer my own question:
1) Factory reset in TWRP (I did full swipe)
2) Flash the newest stable MIUI 10 ROM, wipe cache/dalvik
3) Flash "disable DM verity"
4) Flash Magisk
5) Reboot
6) Install Magisk app from play store
7) In Magisk app, add "Debloater" add-on in modules
8) Install "Terminal emulator" from play store
9) Run terminal emulator, type "su" and press enter, type "debloat" and press enter.
10) Google which apps are safe to remove.
Hope this helps some other poor sods like me.
Edit: This sad excuse of a guide is based on an assumption that you already have installed TWRP and understand that you have to transfer the above mentioned zip-files to your phones memory etc.

Seems like I'm turning this into my (not so) personal journal. Maybe it will help some of you for deciding which ROM you'll use or that you won't modify your phone at all.
So, when I first received the phone, I immediately changed to Pixel 3 ROM (by argraur). The only problem with that is, that the camera is not that stable or even good (Gcam by B-S-G) and you will lose slow mo video recording and the Mi 8 optical zoom. There is no workaround unless Xiaomi releases their code. Or that is how I understood it - so probably never.
This camera issue applies with all the custom ROM's. Correct me if I'm wrong.
That left me to revert back to MIUI 10. So that got me the camera back, which was pretty good. Yet I debloated the hideous s*it that Xiaomi had pre-installed on the device. After that I noticed that I had to encrypt the phone to be able to log in my banking app with fingerprint. No problem, or so I thought. Even though the phone was stable after I removed lots of stuff, it screwed the whole encryption process and now I have to do factory reset (which means that all the removed stuff will come back) to get the phone working back again.
Seems like I need to encrypt the phone first and debloat afterwards - yet I don't know what will happen then or will it work.
For the end note I'll write my view of the two different ROM's:
Pixel 3
Unbelievably smooth and visually appeasing. Everything just worked (except that cursed camera). Also notable that it used the whole screen (unlike MIUI). Pie update has brought some new ways to navigate the phone and I personally really liked it.
Big downsides were these - as there are no notification led in Pixel 3 phone, this ROM doesn't have it either. Though weirdly sometimes it blinked when I got notification on some app. Also when the battery is low, the led blinked on high interval, which was horribly annoying.
MIUI 10
Some genuinely nice ideas on how to navigate and use the phone. For example, once you press the physical volume button, you'll see volume bar on screen which was easy to slide up/down. Also going from app to another or going a page back were done with gestures (google it up, Xiaomi PR-team probably does a better sales pitch than I ever can). Also yeah, the camera works.
But, but... damn that this ROM is stacked with some horrible, unnecessary bloatware - which will spy every step you'll take.
Also, personally I do not like the iOS-style, where all the apps are there in the start screen. Gimme classic android style menu where to pick the apps. Yet this is just a personal preference.

Yes you're not alone with that. I am looking for a clean solution myself.
I like MIUI a lot. But it's bloated with too many stuff. So I was thinking of changing to the China ROM - seems to be a good choice - but there's no support for LTE Band 20.
I found a thread for debloating MIUI 10 on a Poco F1 - maybe you check this. It offers two scripts for heavy debloating. Maybe some changes to the script will work good with the MI8.
And there's is a debloater for PC in the MIUI Forum .
Then there's globeROM with their ROM-Builder which is a good start for debloating. But it comes with GAPPS, so you would need to debloat it manually by yourself.
To free a ROM from Google, a good start is the NOGAPPS-Setup Guide from shadow53.
Right now I am on MIUI 10.2 PIE globeROM without GAPPS. It works fine though. But I miss some Stock items and the lack of the xposed Framework makes me think of going back to Stock MIUI 10 Oreo.
And finally a solution for your Cameraproblem is on it's way. There's a camera port for Xiaomi Camera App for AOSP ROMs.
Checkout the news here and the thread for flashing the app here.

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Couple Questions about the new phone

Finally got my phone yesterday and I had some questions. Perhaps some existing users with the phone can answer them.
For the sake of this post, keep the following in mind about the status of my phone:
bootloader - unlocked
custom recovery installed - twrp 3.0.3-1
1. My phone came, it had OOS 3.5.4 installed on it. After I unlocked the bootloader and put twrp on there, I couldn't help trying to get OOS 4.0.2 on there. I followed the 3rd post here to update to 4.0.2: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/rom-oxygenos-3-5-4-mm-ota-update-t3519074
Regardless of whether or not I try to flash su or magisk, I get the dm-verity message upon booting to system. I just hit the power button to skip the message, but is this normal with flashing the nougat oos? These roms are tock, so I would assume nothing would trigger it unless it's being triggered by twrp? I tried flashing the dm-verity-encryption-fix 5.1 and this doesn't seem to do anything either.
NOTE: I don't get any dm-verity message UNTIL after I flash the stock OOS 4.0.*
with 3.5.4 there were no problems even with custom recovery and magisk installed.
2. I feel really stupid, but I have been wanting to format the system to F2FS partition. In twrp I goto wip --> advanced wipe --> check "system" --> change partition --> check F2FS --> and continue... It says System has been formwatted, if I reboot it tells me there is no OS, so I go back into twrp and reflash the full stock 4.0.2 rom, but then each time my partition goes back to Ext4. Am I missing something??
3. In OOS, is there a way to create folders in the app drawer? I would like to organize my apps.
4. Has anyone figured out a way to get Xposed to work on 4.0.2?
Overall experience with my new phone; I absolutely LOVE it!!!! The phone is fast as hell and responsive as all getout. I honestly think this is the best phone I have ever owned. The fingerprint scanner is insanely quick at unlocking the phone. Initially I was concerned about the physical size of the phone, but it's actually not bad. It's large, but still easy-ish to hold and use. The back camera seems to be VERY sensitive to movement, so I see what people mean when they say images come out a little blurry. The front facing camera is actually really good though IMO. It seems to take pics fine and focus much better on the image.
My wifi signal isn't bad. I don't seem to have any issues with this, and the battery is phenomenal too. I installed forcedoze and leandroid and this phone just isn't phazed by anything. I look forward to using it more today to put it to the test.

1. That's normal. Everyone with TWRP and OOS4.0+ has that message at boot.
2. I am not qualified to answer this question. Sorry.
3. No, but you can download a custom launcher that may be able to do that. I'm 99.98% sure that there is a custom launcher on the Play Store that can do that.
4. Nope. Xposed has not yet been developed for Android Nougat.

Awesome, thanks for your reply! I was concerned at first I was doing something wrong with the install since I kept getting that dm-verity warning.

2. You cannot and really shouldn't format system to f2fs without custom kernel support.. even then.. why would you do it?
Data is already f2fs and it is enough.

V 2.0 said:
2. You cannot and really shouldn't format system to f2fs without custom kernel support.. even then.. why would you do it?
Data is already f2fs and it is enough.
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Well from what I read F2FS would be the better option since it's optimized for UFS. I know Data is already F2FS, but I figured if system was formatted as f2fs as well, it would launch stuff quicker (even though it's already super fast imo)

Just don't. As I said, won't work on stock for sure and there are no custom kernels yet. Even then I say don't.

Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it! I'll leave the filesystem the way it is.
Do any of you use custom launchers? From what I'm seeing Apus Launcher and Nova Launcher are the recommended ones, but I'm leaning towards Nova Launcher to better organize my app drawer. Any suggestions?

I am happy with stock launcher, but if you wanna organize app drawer better I also heard only the best about Nova.

What to do with my shiny new pink phone? (root, roms and stuff)

I'll try to be concise. I have some awareness of these things, I've played around with roms and stuff before but my knowledge is very shallow and if something has worked for me, I couldn't tell you how to replicate it.
I had a Redmi 4X and broke it, so I've been using an LG G2 in the meantime. On the G2 I got lineage OS working and this seemed good for me, I survived more or less without any google apps or anything, and as far as I can tell I managed to get rid of google play services and everything. I didn't get push notifications, and I think one app I wanted didn't work at all (a french banking one) and when I tried to use open street maps to navigate it would never detect my location so I assume there is some google thing that provides gps functionality(?). Now I have a brand new Redmi 4X, and want to get rid off all traces of Google and Xiaomi **** on it, but preferably have the functionality that was missing from the G2. And what I'm looking for help with now is a rough breakdown of what I can or should do.
So far I think rooting is probably good or necessary, TWRP is necessary if I'm messing around with it, and a custom rom like lineageos (although I'm open to suggestions) with microg would be perfect for me. Except there is not an official lineage os release for the 4X and I have no idea where to start safely installing any of these things, as it just seems to be an endless rabbit hole of "to do this, first do this" that I don't really understand.
I'd appreciate any advice, thanks.

brokemyG2 said:
want to get rid off all traces of Google and Xiaomi **** on it
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I'm in similar situation, waiting for official LineageOS release. In the meantime I use and propose the following setup:
- install xiaomi.eu ROM which already discards a number of Xiaomi and Google apps
- root it with SuperSU
- with root and apps like 'Service Disabler' remove or disable more Xiaomi and Google stuff
Detailed instructions are here https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/7-11-23.42417/
As Xiaomi has not released R4X kernel sources yet, most of custom ROMs suffer from a variety of problems, except for those based on official Xiaomi like the xiaomi.eu ROM.
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k23m said:
I'm in similar situation, waiting for official LineageOS release. In the meantime I use and propose the following setup:
- install xiaomi.eu ROM which already discards a number of Xiaomi and Google apps
- root it with SuperSU
- with root and apps like 'Service Disabler' remove or disable more Xiaomi and Google stuff
As Xiaomi has not released R4X kernel sources yet, most of custom ROMs suffer from a variety of problems, except for those based on official Xiaomi like the xiaomi.eu ROM.
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I've finally got round to it today. Got as far as installing TWRP, it took me a while to get through what looked like a chinese recovery menu but once I did get TWRP it asked me for a passowrd for decrpytion (I don't know because the phone's brand new) and I skipped past that and rebooted, now I don't seem to be able to boot up, I'm just stuck with the Mi logo on the screen. Any advice? Also, is there a mailing list I can sign up for to know when LineageOS will be available?
Thanks a lot
UPDATE - Right, the problem is solved I think. I had to do an awful lot of googling, and I'm not entirely sure what it was specifically that fixed it. But I found a guide that taught me the fastboot command "fastboot boot twrp.img" which saved the day. Even when my phone wouldn't let me into recovery, it allowed me to flash a no-verity.zip which i think is what allowed me to boot, and it allowed me to flash superSU.zip and then the ROM I was aiming for. And now I've booted into the ROM successfully and hopefully I am rooted and all is well. Plus I can access TWRP as normal now.

[Guide]Flashing View 10 Pixel Experience to Honor Note 10

Hi,
Since I've been requested by other forumers; I will list down on how I managed to flash Pixel Experience ROM from Honor View 10 to our Note 10.
Disclaimer: I am not dev, and I don't own or developed the steps; just compiling as steps by steps to other forumers so that they can enjoy their note 10 in Pixel Experience alike
I've tested the Pixel Experience, a part from having some launcher draw slight lag - So far everything has been good and notifications come on time + the battery life is almost identical to EMUI itself.
Here is how I start:
1:UNLOCK Bootloader (Steps 1 & 2 are essentials so you can't skip it) - https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-10/how-to/bootloader-unlock-root-tutorial-huawei-t3855643
You have to unlock bootloader and the only way as mentioned, will be by paying the service. I've got my code there and so far it's been pretty legit.
Skip step 3 as you are changing the ROM. Once flash new ROM, root will disappear so you may skip it.
2. Download Pixel Experience ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-view-10/development/rom-pixel-experience-t3867008
Direct Link: https://download.pixelexperience.org/berkeley/
It is important to you to download this TWRP as well: https://storage.codebucket.de/public...0-berkeley.img (DO NOT FLASH IT YET)
2. Boot into the default EMUI after you have done unlocked. You should notice all your data is missing and EMUI requesting you to resetup your phone. I skipped it and so far all's been good. Restart the phone. Hold Volume Up + Power Button until you boot into TWRP recovery screen.
3. Format your data using advanced wipe - Cache, Dalvik/Cache, Data and System.
4. Once done, navigate back to Install and select Pixel Experience and flash it. I do not encounter any trouble so far, no errors and etc. (You should still have it under your download folder as you do not flash your internal storage).
5. Wipe Cache
6. Reboot into your phone and viola you get Pixel Experience.
7. This may be skipped if you do not wish to root your phone as your phone is working correctly. If you are using previous TWRP, you will stuck at the splash screen and it will not boot into the TWRP.
Follow this step if you want to flash Magisk.
Enable back USB debugging > adb fastboot bootloader
8. Flash the TWRP again by using fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp-3.2.2-0-berkeley.img. Reboot and hold Volume Up + Power button again. Viola, you have a working TWRP now.
Please be advised that your internal storage, might be like mine in which you will not able to flash any ZIP due to encrypted folder. Your folder will appear as some random characters/letters and you can't see your zip files. My workaround is to add-in a MicroSD and flash Magisk.zip through the MicroSD.
If you have questions, feel free to ask. I will try my best to help out. As said, I am not a developer - I am just compiling the guide for other forumers. Credit goes back to the thread owners: 7gismo, Codebucket and other developers whom involved with the projects. Kudos and peace out.

I had little more complex problem.
I was rooted with magisk in default emui ROM 8.2.0.132.
So 1st Step: Download 8.2.0.132_Full_OTA.zip & using Huawei Extractor, extract recovery & ramdisk
2nd Step: Unroot via Magisk Manager
3rd Step: Overwrite TWRP with official recovery & overwrite boot/ramdisk with extracted ramdisk
4th Step: reboot to recovery & factory reset. then reboot to system
5th Step: again TWRP
Rest are the same as you.
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There was a problem in TWRP. Usb device is not recognized in windows 10 in recovery mode. I had to change from my new pc (windows 10) to old pc(windows 7). Don't know what's the problem?

how many antutu score pixel rom
thx

SmartPhonesFan said:
Guyz a few pictures of the ROM would be great if you show us.. mainly settings .. what apps are present ,if google pay fully works , NFC , f-print face ID..
Thnx
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Hi. I have not tested Google pay due to my country lack of it. So far fingerprint works, facr unlock does work but it is unlike original emui where it'll auto unlock the phone - you still need to slide to unlock after it recognise your face. So far apart from volte in which the developer has mentioned. I have not received any error or tested something which not work.
Will update if I encounter any bug or issues.

My previous phone was Nexus 6P. I always felt, there are lacking of some tiny features in barebone Android which maybe not so important to others. But to enable these features I have to use Xposed+Magisk+modules
1. network speed at status bar
2. When a call connected, short vibration alert
3. Applock with fingerprint natively
4. Battery Percentage within battery icon
5. Always on display automatically off within pocket
6. Themes
All are present in EMUI 8.2
That's why, I have returned from Pixel Experience ROM to EMUI in my Honor Note 10.
But the aggressive battery & ram management leads to unusable notification feature. Real time notification is totally absent if the app is not running in multitasking bar. Google location history is not working due to China EMUI ROM. But this notification failure is totally unacceptable, again I am planning to change to other custom ROM

Your TWRP link leads to a passworded login page. Do you have a direct link?
Right now I have TWRP 3.2.1 and am stuck with the AOSP rom bug. Hoping your 3.2.2 can fix it and I don't need to go through full erecoveery just to re-root and install roms.

SmartPhonesFan said:
Still no pictures?
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I am not sure what pictures do you want as the ROM is exactly same as the one shown on Honor View 10:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-view-10/development/rom-pixel-experience-t3867008
Or you just want a confirmation that this ROM works on RVL-AL09?
If that's the case I can provide that. Else the entire ROM experience is the exact same as Pixel Experience for Honor View 10

SmartPhonesFan said:
I meant desktop, icons, settings.. Overall the look of this ROM.. But checked.. Now
So can I install it now? All 100% works? G pay Google history works? All functions works?
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I am not sure Gpay works or not cause I am not using GooglePay as said. All functions so far work so well except for LTE which will not. I haven't get any error and etc, and yet to encounter an app that doesn't work.
Sorry cause Android pay isn't too popular here in my country, we usually use wechat pay, alipay and other medium

SmartPhonesFan said:
What about camera functions? Can still huawei stock camera app be used? Otherwise all its features are gone...
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Hi, good thing about this ROM is the camera app included is Huawei Stock Camera. Not Gcam. Gcam doesn't work very well with Kirin yet; even the one I've tried still give some error and no HDR+

Hi, I successfully flashed based on your instructions. Everything works perfectly except Netflix is not working properly. First I don't see it in play store, then I downloaded the all and installed. Now when I play videos there is only sound with black screen. Are you experiencing this issue?
Thanks.

zhumingvictor said:
Hi, I successfully flashed based on your instructions. Everything works perfectly except Netflix is not working properly. First I don't see it in play store, then I downloaded the all and installed. Now when I play videos there is only sound with black screen. Are you experiencing this issue?
Thanks.
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Have you tried to flash the latest version? There's an update which fixed my Always Listen to Song as well.
SmartPhonesFan said:
Any fotos would be great? Setting menu interface..
Why u guys not uploading fotos?
Don't be lazy...
Google pay working?
Google maps history works?
Google assistance works?
Stock huawei camera works?
Is it based on pie 9?
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I can only answer you based on this what I experience - I am not sure why photos are required though if you really want Pixel Experience because it is exactly same as the one in Honor View 10. Even the update for the newest Pixel Experience works and now my Always listen to Song works.
Google pay working? Answered
Google maps history works? It works for me. And so far no crash and etc when I am using Google Map/Waze. So all good
Google assistance works? Yes, but if the screen is locked, then it is not working. Not sure if there's changes cause my Pixel XL also doesn't work nowadays if I locked my phone.
Stock huawei camera works? Yes. The camera is based on Huawei default camera app as Gcam is not working and hence not installed in the Pixel Experience ROM
Is it based on pie 9? It is. The Pixel Experience forum has this note.
BTW, those questions have been answered in this thread and another forum (Honor View 10 Pixel Experience). If you are really into Pixel Experience, go ahead and flash it. You can revert back afterall; but I do notice that the lag of the Pixel Launcher still persists hence I have to use Lawnchair launcher (Which fixed the issue; no idea why).

lavenderyew said:
Have you tried to flash the latest version? There's an update which fixed my Always Listen to Song as well.
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Hi, thanks for you instructions. I did flash the latest version. Everything works fine except netflix showing a black screen with only audio when play movies. I did some google and seems like it is related to root/unlocked bootloader and I am not rooted. Do you use netflix? If so does it work for you?

zhumingvictor said:
Hi, thanks for you instructions. I did flash the latest version. Everything works fine except netflix showing a black screen with only audio when play movies. I did some google and seems like it is related to root/unlocked bootloader and I am not rooted. Do you use netflix? If so does it work for you?
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Sorry but unfortunately I don't use Netflix on my phone. But I've seen a lot of different complaint where they fixed the issue by resetting the certificate. Google Netflix black screen Google pixel and there are tons of same complaint.
SmartPhonesFan said:
Chexck this out guyyz \ : https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-10/how-to/android-p-9-0-beta-t3886194
gonna do it tonight
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Yes I do follow the China forum but then again the reasons why I moved away from emui:
- notification issue (super aggressive killed all apps even I locked it and set full manual permission)
- the default launcher has been removed and only by removing the default launcher through adb then only it is able to change.
- ok Google unable to be used and still hivoice as default
- cause it is not global room, Google feed is not able to be swiped
- prefer stock Android as minimalist
- Samsung health not working
I kinda miss Huawei functions though, some of them are really useful in comparison to pixel experience

Don't think so as you have to remember that this isn't a global rom, but China only. If you notice and compare, the global rom has slight different and Google integration.
But I've tested the notifications issue on my emui 9. Same thing happened cause of the aggressive battery saver

Hi, does desktop mode still works with pixel experience and is the aspect ratio correct too, cause Note 10 has 1080 x 2220 and View 10- 1080 x 2160 resolution? Thanks!

Dombrr said:
Hi, does desktop mode still works with pixel experience and is the aspect ratio correct too, cause Note 10 has 1080 x 2220 and View 10- 1080 x 2160 resolution? Thanks!
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Haven't try desktop mode yet, but my assumption that it will not work as the integration is done by EMUI.

How is the battery life after using this rom?

Gunbit said:
How is the battery life after using this rom?
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It's less long lasting than original ROM, but this is to be expected because the notifications work well and it doesn't aggressively kills the background apps as in the orignal ROM.
Overall, I still able to:
Uncharge at 1.30 am and use it up to 8.30 pm with 20 - 30% battery life. It's quite a moderate use - like day to day routine - whatsapp, facebook, some reading, youtube, and etc

lavenderyew said:
It's less long lasting than original ROM, but this is to be expected because the notifications work well and it doesn't aggressively kills the background apps as in the orignal ROM.
Overall, I still able to:
Uncharge at 1.30 am and use it up to 8.30 pm with 20 - 30% battery life. It's quite a moderate use - like day to day routine - whatsapp, facebook, some reading, youtube, and etc
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I see I see, so whats your average SOT? Can it last two days of moderate use?

Gunbit said:
I see I see, so whats your average SOT? Can it last two days of moderate use?
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About 4 - 5 hours. Don't think it can last as long as the original ROM.

Is it possible to install gapps on the Android 11 beta?

Have some free time this coming weekend and was considering installing the android 11 beta posted here
Reading around this forum I've seen people have had issues installing gapps.
Has anyone managed to install gapps successfully? If not, I will stay on the NX627J_CNCommon_V2.23 build.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I have now upgraded to Android 11 and installed google apps, here's how I did it.
The usual disclaimers apply: DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ADB, FASTBOOT ETC. I will not be held responsible for bricked devices.
If you wish to void your warranty the command to unlock the bootloader and allow flashing with fasboot the command is "fastboot oem nubia_unlock NUBIA_NX627J"
1. Backup the data you want to keep from your phone. Wipe the phone using stock recovery or TWPR
2. Upgrade to 2.24 using full zip. As I had previously rooted my device so the stock recovery wasn't working and I had to flash TWRP.
3. Upgrade to 3.11 using full zip. Either use the stock recovery or TWRP. This will be the last time you can use TWRP for flashing due to changes in Android 11. TWRP does not support Android 11 yet. If I'd have realised this before I would have tried to flashed google apps at this step. Can't confirm if this works but I wish I'd have tried it.
4. If you need root, install the APK for magisk "canary" (or any version that supports patching boot.img)
5. Open the zip for 3.11 and extract boot.img, copy to your device
6. Patch the boot.img using Magisk. I used these instructions. Reboot.
7. Congratluations, you have Android 11 with root!
If you need gapps and didn't install them yet, it's still possible. Flashing without TWRP was a challenge, but after a lot of hours wasted, I found that BiTG apps was working which I downloaded from this page. I flashed using EX Kernel Manager but I would imagine other apps that allow root flashing will work similarly.
Currently, I have not been able to get SafetyNet checks to pass. I will update this thread with details as I uncover them.
For WhatsApp verfication to pass make sure you have granted Google services framework SMS permissions.
Hope this is helpful for some people who are thinking about making the move to Android 11. No major issues to report yet, will update this thread if anything comes up.
EDIT 2021/02/22: I have repeated this process successfully for V3.15.

thais rom support to flash twrp or google app?

someone who helps? very ugly problem that notifications from whatsapp do not arrive

mmason75123 said:
Have some free time this coming weekend and was considering installing the android 11 beta posted here
Reading around this forum I've seen people have had issues installing gapps.
Has anyone managed to install gapps successfully? If not, I will stay on the NX627J_CNCommon_V2.23 build.
Thanks in advance
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All work fine in this version (NX627J_CNCommon_V2.23 build)? notifications whatsapp? names of calls?

updated OP now, I have finally managed to upgrade to Android 11!

mmason75123 said:
Have some free time this coming weekend and was considering installing the android 11 beta posted here
Reading around this forum I've seen people have had issues installing gapps.
Has anyone managed to install gapps successfully? If not, I will stay on the NX627J_CNCommon_V2.23 build.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I have now upgraded to Android 11 and installed google apps, here's how I did it.
The usual disclaimers apply: DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ADB, FASTBOOT ETC. I will not be held responsible for bricked devices.
1. Backup the data you want to keep from your phone. Wipe the phone using stock recovery or TWPR
2. Upgrade to 2.24 using full zip. As I had previously rooted my device so the stock recovery wasn't working and I had to flash TWRP.
3. Upgrade to 3.11 using full zip. Either use the stock recovery or TWRP. This will be the last time you can use TWRP for flashing due to changes in Android 11. TWRP does not support Android 11 yet. If I'd have realised this before I would have tried to flashed google apps at this step. Can't confirm if this works but I wish I'd have tried it.
4. If you need root, install the APK for magisk "canary" (or any version that supports patching boot.img)
5. Open the zip for 3.11 and extract boot.img, copy to your device
6. Patch the boot.img using Magisk. I used these instructions. Reboot.
7. Congratluations, you have Android 11 with root!
If you need gapps and didn't install them yet, it's still possible. Flashing without TWRP was a challenge, but after a lot of hours wasted, I found that BiTG apps was working which I downloaded from this page. I flashed using EX Kernel Manager but I would imagine other apps that allow root flashing will work similarly.
Currently, I have not been able to get SafetyNet checks to pass. I will update this thread with details as I uncover them.
For WhatsApp verfication to pass make sure you have granted Google services framework SMS permissions.
Hope this is helpful for some people who are thinking about making the move to Android 11. No major issues to report yet, will update this thread if anything comes up.
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how can i unbloat this **** and get the stock rom? Are they going to release a global rom android 11?

B4$Q said:
how can i unbloat this **** and get the stock rom? Are they going to release a global rom android 11?
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you can uninstall most of the bloat without root, and even more of it with
obviously I don't work for nubia but at this point a global ROM seems a way off, especially given there has been nothing since 2.03
here is the forum post for release 3.11
【2020年11月30日】Android R V311 for Z20 小批量更新公告-努比亚Z20-努比亚/红魔社区 - 手机版

mmason75123 said:
you can uninstall most of the bloat without root, and even more of it with
obviously I don't work for nubia but at this point a global ROM seems a way off, especially given there has been nothing since 2.03
here is the forum post for release 3.11
【2020年11月30日】Android R V311 for Z20 小批量更新公告-努比亚Z20-努比亚/红魔社区 - 手机版
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I want to make it stock. Is there a tutorial for that? Their rom has too many issues, including the notifications and that ugly skin with their useless chinese features.

B4$Q said:
I want to make it stock. Is there a tutorial for that? Their rom has too many issues, including the notifications and that ugly skin with their useless chinese features.
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"stock" for this phone is what you have installed now. There is no custom ROM, which is your real complaint. To be honest, I would also much prefer a custom ROM, if you find one let me know! Anyway this is completely off topic for this thread

mmason75123 said:
"stock" for this phone is what you have installed now. There is no custom ROM, which is your real complaint. To be honest, I would also much prefer a custom ROM, if you find one let me know! Anyway this is completely off topic for this thread
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Yeah, stock is what I have installed right now, which is Android 9. I would like to get the stock Android 11, without their skin. Maybe a GSI rom could fix it, but I was not able to install it. As soon as you flash the gsi rom on nubia ui 8, the system breaks.

B4$Q said:
Yeah, stock is what I have installed right now, which is Android 9. I would like to get the stock Android 11, without their skin. Maybe a GSI rom could fix it, but I was not able to install it. As soon as you flash the gsi rom on nubia ui 8, the system breaks.
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Yeah I hear you - it's incredibly annoying that you can't set the default launcher to anything else. Well, I'm sure you can probably! But I'm going to leave my phone to settle for a few days at least before messingw ith it any more
Good luck.

mmason75123 said:
Yeah I hear you - it's incredibly annoying that you can't set the default launcher to anything else. Well, I'm sure you can probably! But I'm going to leave my phone to settle for a few days at least before messingw ith it any more
Good luck.
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I'll stay on Android 9 for the moment, but I will never buy from this brand again. Apple proved me again that their phones are the best from the market. And Google Phones of course.

I have updated my phone from Android 9 to Android 11 V3.11 everything works fine but can I install gapps and how?

mmason75123 said:
Have some free time this coming weekend and was considering installing the android 11 beta posted here
Reading around this forum I've seen people have had issues installing gapps.
Has anyone managed to install gapps successfully? If not, I will stay on the NX627J_CNCommon_V2.23 build.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I have now upgraded to Android 11 and installed google apps, here's how I did it.
The usual disclaimers apply: DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ADB, FASTBOOT ETC. I will not be held responsible for bricked devices.
1. Backup the data you want to keep from your phone. Wipe the phone using stock recovery or TWPR
2. Upgrade to 2.24 using full zip. As I had previously rooted my device so the stock recovery wasn't working and I had to flash TWRP.
3. Upgrade to 3.11 using full zip. Either use the stock recovery or TWRP. This will be the last time you can use TWRP for flashing due to changes in Android 11. TWRP does not support Android 11 yet. If I'd have realised this before I would have tried to flashed google apps at this step. Can't confirm if this works but I wish I'd have tried it.
4. If you need root, install the APK for magisk "canary" (or any version that supports patching boot.img)
5. Open the zip for 3.11 and extract boot.img, copy to your device
6. Patch the boot.img using Magisk. I used these instructions. Reboot.
7. Congratluations, you have Android 11 with root!
If you need gapps and didn't install them yet, it's still possible. Flashing without TWRP was a challenge, but after a lot of hours wasted, I found that BiTG apps was working which I downloaded from this page. I flashed using EX Kernel Manager but I would imagine other apps that allow root flashing will work similarly.
Currently, I have not been able to get SafetyNet checks to pass. I will update this thread with details as I uncover them.
For WhatsApp verfication to pass make sure you have granted Google services framework SMS permissions.
Hope this is helpful for some people who are thinking about making the move to Android 11. No major issues to report yet, will update this thread if anything comes up.
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You may want to add in the instructions the command to unlock the bootloader of the z20 since users wouldn't be able to flash otherwise.
I managed to get this working and trying to de-china-fy to have english only. Will report back if I can somehow replace the default launcher.
Edit: got a my total launcher running by placing the apk inside the folder where the default nubia launcher is sitting. With root, just place the apk under system/app/nubia launcher folder. It's not working 100% perfect for me as nubia edge gestures stop letting me pull up recent apps so I can't multi task anymore

aso89 said:
I have updated my phone from Android 9 to Android 11 V3.11 everything works fine but can I install gapps and how?
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See OP "If you need gapps", here's the link again to get them again. BiTGApps-arm64-11.0.0-R17_signed-20200923.zip is the name of the file I have.
[GAPPS] Download GApps for Android 11 (JUNE 2021 UPDATE)
Google Apps (GApps) for Android 11 based ROMs needs to be flashed separately. Here is a direct link to download Android 11 compatible GApps.
www.cyanogenmods.org

xda-nitro said:
You may want to add in the instructions the command to unlock the bootloader of the z20 since users wouldn't be able to flash otherwise.
I managed to get this working and trying to de-china-fy to have english only. Will report back if I can somehow replace the default launcher.
Edit: got a my total launcher running by placing the apk inside the folder where the default nubia launcher is sitting. With root, just place the apk under system/app/nubia launcher folder. It's not working 100% perfect for me as nubia edge gestures stop letting me pull up recent apps so I can't multi task anymore
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Thanks that's a good idea, I'll try it out. Can you explain a little more around the gestures issue, is it that you show the navbar and the nubia controls are now somehow in the way? I've been a fan of the nubia navigation since I gave it a go and became used to it. Having the back button at any point in the screen is useful I find.
I've added the command to unlock the bootloader to the OP btw.

mmason75123 said:
Thanks that's a good idea, I'll try it out. Can you explain a little more around the gestures issue, is it that you show the navbar and the nubia controls are now somehow in the way? I've been a fan of the nubia navigation since I gave it a go and became used to it. Having the back button at any point in the screen is useful I find.
I've added the command to unlock the bootloader to the OP btw.
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With the stock nubia launcher even with the Chinese app taken out, swiping left always tries to get you to the Chinese google feed like page. I didn't care for that so I replaced the launcher with total launcher which worked.
The problem is that the swipe up gesture that usually pull up the recent apps to allow switching between application is not working. Even switching the navigation from gestures to 3 button navigation and pressing the recent apps button does nothing.
Perhaps I took one too many Chinese system apps out which caused this error or it is somehow tied into system and nubia launcher itself. Will have to test further.

xda-nitro said:
With the stock nubia launcher even with the Chinese app taken out, swiping left always tries to get you to the Chinese google feed like page. I didn't care for that so I replaced the launcher with total launcher which worked.
The problem is that the swipe up gesture that usually pull up the recent apps to allow switching between application is not working. Even switching the navigation from gestures to 3 button navigation and pressing the recent apps button does nothing.
Perhaps I took one too many Chinese system apps out which caused this error or it is somehow tied into system and nubia launcher itself. Will have to test further.
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Thanks makes sense. Yes it sounds like you've uninstalled the Recents app, either reinstate or there are alternatives out there I believe

mmason75123 said:
Thanks makes sense. Yes it sounds like you've uninstalled the Recents app, either reinstate or there are alternatives out there I believe
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Just to confirm, I have just tried to set a new default launcher as you suggest above by replacing the APK. Replacing with SmartLauncher I couldn't return to the home screen using the swipe up gesture so have rolled back.

mmason75123 said:
Just to confirm, I have just tried to set a new default launcher as you suggest above by replacing the APK. Replacing with SmartLauncher I couldn't return to the home screen using the swipe up gesture so have rolled back.
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It's weird, the recent apps and swipe up are linked to the nubia launcher for some reason. Despite this, I'm staying with with my launcher as I can't stand the apple like nature of the nubia launcher. I think I have managed to get rid of all the Chinese apps though so all good for now.

xda-nitro said:
It's weird, the recent apps and swipe up are linked to the nubia launcher for some reason. Despite this, I'm staying with with my launcher as I can't stand the apple like nature of the nubia launcher. I think I have managed to get rid of all the Chinese apps though so all good for now.
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Do you get notifications from apps? When I had that rom, I was not receiving any notification.

General MIUI 13 Same bad software with new problems

Hello people unfortunately I just updated to MIUI 13.0.1 on my 11t pro to find out that Xiaomi's promise of a good software are still not true. There are some problems that 12.5 had that are still present and there are new ones.
The problem that persist (in my case) are:
- Dark mode per app selection doesn't work. It never lists the apps. (I had a workaround with MIUI 12. If I searched for dark mode on settings and selected "more dark mode..." it listed the apps, but it was removed or bugged with updates)
NEW Problems:
- Wallpaper flickers when unlocking the phone.
- Beautiful blur effect on notification shade (take a look at the screenshots)
- Both problems tested with system launcher and Nova 7.
Of course there might be more, but those are the ones I've noticed just after updating. The blur effect is the most annoying thing, maybe it's a problem with the video driver or something.
Just let me know if you're facing the same issues or if I'm the only one.
Someone suggested, with another problem I had, flashing the Rom or a clean install would be a good idea. But please guide me if you can. I'm not unlocked nor rooted.

https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/i-cant-change-apps-individually-in-dark-mode.58435/ - Try this for dark mode
Have you tried to update system apps? Might be an update issue with the wallpaper app

bendavidi said:
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/i-cant-change-apps-individually-in-dark-mode.58435/ - Try this for dark mode
Have you tried to update system apps? Might be an update issue with the wallpaper app
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That trick didn't work for me. Tried multi window thing but the app never got listed.
Of course I've already updated everything and in fact there was an update for the wallpaper app, but either way the problems are still there.
Can I downgrade to 12.5 enhanced?

Vaizen said:
That trick didn't work for me. Tried multi window thing but the app never got listed.
Of course I've already updated everything and in fact there was an update for the wallpaper app, but either way the problems are still there.
Can I downgrade to 12.5 enhanced?
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Yep. If your bootloader is unlocked,
download your fastboot rom from https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/vili/
and flash it in fastboot, prolly better to wipe all data before doing this
BE SURE to back up your data
Swift Backup - Apps on Google Play
A simple, fast and smart backup solution for Android smartphones
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I use this app to back up my so it would be easy to recover my phone if i mess up anything

bendavidi said:
Yep. If your bootloader is unlocked,
download your fastboot rom from https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/vili/
and use https://github.com/Szaki/XiaomiADBFastbootTools to flash it in fastboot
BE SURE to back up your data
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Thanks dude. I haven't unlocked my bootloader. If I can't find a solution at least for the blur effect I'll have to unlock it.
Xiaomi is making sure that this is my first and last xiaomi device. What a good hardware with such a terrible software.

Vaizen said:
Thanks dude. I haven't unlocked my bootloader. If I can't find a solution at least for the blur effect I'll have to unlock it.
Xiaomi is making sure that this is my first and last xiaomi device. What a good hardware with such a terrible software.
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Yeah it is a pain in the ass man but it what it is, a dicky move by Xiaomi indeed
Good luck hope you can fix your problem

xiaomi staff is garbage. period. they are the biggest brand out there now and they havent managed to make a single decent version of miui. i hope an aosp based rom comes out soon so i can get rid of this garbage OS and actually use my phone. that is inspite of all the hardware problems those cheap bastards have left in

Note that V13.0.1.0.SKDMIXM is a stable Beta and that it does not change much since in general Xiaomi later renames it Stable without changing anything.

ConstantinosM said:
xiaomi staff is garbage. period. they are the biggest brand out there now and they havent managed to make a single decent version of miui. i hope an aosp based rom comes out soon so i can get rid of this garbage OS and actually use my phone. that is inspite of all the hardware problems those cheap bastards have left in
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How to install custom roms (GSI) 11T > Pro
How to install a gsi onto your Mi 11t > Pro This will wipe your phone and I'm not responsible for any bricked device's. you can always go back to stock and try again. Clean install suggested! 1.0 Start with downloading things Latest...
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tried this?

Patched a boot image for the global ROM if you are interested
Root MIUI 13 Global
Rom Used: https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/vili/stable beta/V13.0.1.0.SKDMIXM/ Method Used: https://www.droidwin.com/extract-payload-bin-stock-boot-image/#The_Need_to_Extract_payload_bin_File_using_PC Images: Untouched Boot Image...
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Thank you all for the comments and contribution.
Well as an update first of all I just found another big improvement xiaomi software engineers made to the UI clearly visible on the Spotify app (check the screenshot) all buttons are messed up.
Secondly, well I can without the per app dark mode option and as a workaround for the beautiful blur effect on the notification shade. I switched to the "old version" of the control center and on Developer options disabled "Allow window-level blurs" on the "Hardware accelerated rendering" section.
It's not a perfect solution, but in the meantime it makes the problem manageable.
Probably I'll unlock the bootloader and try some Roms, because waiting for an update and for xiaomi to fix this issue, probably my warranty will expire first so... flashing it is

Vaizen said:
Thank you all for the comments and contribution.
Well as an update first of all I just found another big improvement xiaomi software engineers made to the UI clearly visible on the Spotify app (check the screenshot) all buttons are messed up.
Secondly, well I can without the per app dark mode option and as a workaround for the beautiful blur effect on the notification shade. I switched to the "old version" of the control center and on Developer options disabled "Allow window-level blurs" on the "Hardware accelerated rendering" section.
It's not a perfect solution, but in the meantime it makes the problem manageable.
Probably I'll unlock the bootloader and try some Roms, because waiting for an update and for xiaomi to fix this issue, probably my warranty will expire first so... flashing it is
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No problem
I use Spotify and have no problems, so try and clean reinstall
- As for Dark Mode:
[APP][ROOT/SHIZUKU][10+][11/Feb] DarQ: Per-app selectable force dark option for Android 10+
DarQ provides a per-app selectable force dark option for Android 10 and above. It uses a root or Shizuku (ADB) service to apply the theme seamlessly and quickly, without needing an accessibility service. DarQ also provides an option to apply...
forum.xda-developers.com
This and LSPosed (https://github.com/LSPosed/LSPosed) [You don't need to install Riru as Magisk 24.1 uses Zygisk instead of it] works perfectly, although it might not work as well as the native MIUI feature on some apps
If you can't force dark from the DarQ menu, try from the LSPosed menu
Hope that helps you

bendavidi said:
No problem
I use Spotify and have no problems, so try and clean reinstall
- As for Dark Mode:
[APP][ROOT/SHIZUKU][10+][11/Feb] DarQ: Per-app selectable force dark option for Android 10+
DarQ provides a per-app selectable force dark option for Android 10 and above. It uses a root or Shizuku (ADB) service to apply the theme seamlessly and quickly, without needing an accessibility service. DarQ also provides an option to apply...
forum.xda-developers.com
This and LSPosed (https://github.com/LSPosed/LSPosed) [You don't need to install Riru as Magisk 24.1 uses Zygisk instead of it] works perfectly, although it might not work on some apps
If you can't force dark from the DarQ menu, try from the LSPosed menu
Hope that helps you
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Thanks man for your answers is there a way to clean flash without rooting/unlocking.
In order to unlock the bootloader I have to wait some days, 7 if I'm not wrong, and before trying that maybe factory reset or something similar to Odin on samsung devices?
Just reinstalled Spotify app with no avail, buttons still messed up.

bendavidi said:
I don't think you need to unlock the bootloader
Magisk can be flashed in fastboot mode
and the rest require root so give it a try
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Yeah, I thought I could wait a year and "enjoy" stock MIUI, but given the circumstances, guess I'll have to unlock and endure this crapoy software for the next days until I can unlock.

I have returned to 12.5.1.0 . Too many visual bugs on miui13 for me
and some apps don't work well maybe with android 12 (or miui13)

Vaizen said:
Hello people unfortunately I just updated to MIUI 13.0.1 on my 11t pro to find out that Xiaomi's promise of a good software are still not true. There are some problems that 12.5 had that are still present and there are new ones.
The problem that persist (in my case) are:
- Dark mode per app selection doesn't work. It never lists the apps. (I had a workaround with MIUI 12. If I searched for dark mode on settings and selected "more dark mode..." it listed the apps, but it was removed or bugged with updates)
NEW Problems:
- Wallpaper flickers when unlocking the phone.
- Beautiful blur effect on notification shade (take a look at the screenshots)
- Both problems tested with system launcher and Nova 7.
Of course there might be more, but those are the ones I've noticed just after updating. The blur effect is the most annoying thing, maybe it's a problem with the video driver or something.
Just let me know if you're facing the same issues or if I'm the only one.
Someone suggested, with another problem I had, flashing the Rom or a clean install would be a good idea. But please guide me if you can. I'm not unlocked nor rooted.
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I recommend factory reset the phone right after updating to miui 13, that's exactly what I did, didn't have any problems mentioned above, except for the dark mode option, my guess is this is not a bug but got completely removed instead.

sushuguru said:
I recommend factory reset the phone right after updating to miui 13, that's exactly what I did, didn't have any problems mentioned above, except for the dark mode option, my guess is this is not a bug but got completely removed instead.
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Yep, I think I'll try factory reset first if it is still a mess then I'll start the unlock process.

1) Dark mode still got issue..u go to system app updater then u know.
2) Open battery setting, u scroll down then kick u out.
3) scan virus cannot go in.
4) WhatsApp voice message putting on my ear still coming out from loudspeaker. proximity sensor F up.
Last, my phone keep rebooting when playing mobile legend..
NOw searching way how to backup stuff in my phone before wipe data.

I got 0 Bugs with MIUI13
i recommend you to unlock bootloader and get
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