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Hi, I bought for my wife Mi5 from Geekbuying from their Spain warehouse for quick delivery (adding express option). I paid more for the phone than from China, but time was a critical element there. It should come with Global ROM, and it is but fake one being CN version with some additional languages.
In general I don't mind that, but annoying thing is that I can set language as English, but there no locale for any European country including UK. I spent quite a few hours to figure out what is going on. Warranty is from Geekbuying, so any upgrades (manual as OTA not working on this) will void that.
I manually wanted to check if I can upgrade to any official ROMs, and it was declining, however once it went kind of through with reboot etc. on the official global (non-dev) but after restart it was still fake one. later retries were failing on that ROM.
Just in case, I requested a unblock code from Xiaomi and just got that one. I want to understand what options I have now and if official global ROM will add UK locale etc. Maybe I should go for some other ROM like CM or something. Please bear in mind that my wife is not a tech y person. at all...
Please advise and all suggestions are appreciated.
Well you can flash Official MIUI Global Rom via MiFlash.
1) Download MiFlash
2) Download Mi5 Fastboot ROM that you want to use (Global Stable ROM will be perfect for non techy person)
3) Reboot phone into Fastboot
4) Put phone into EDL using the command "fastboot oem edl" (without quotes)
5) Launch MiFlash - it should detect it as a COM device. Flash the ROM you downloaded earlier.
6) Once it's done, you'll be back to original Official Global MIUI.
For more info please visit MIUI Global Site.
unlock bootloader first, then you can flash any rom you like
What ROM for my Love?
knocik said:
Hi, ....
Please advise and all suggestions are appreciated.
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Stay in the MIUI!
Joy and Color and a lot of cool settings already available (no extra mods, apps, etc for simple functions).
Go for the european ROMs if the phone will be operating in Europe (better gps, and other small but significant differences).
If your amata is coming from a stock version you can present to her the AOSCP or RR clean, light and fast & well supported.
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Just in case, I requested a unblock code from Xiaomi and just got that one.
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Did you proceed? Let us know. Grazie.
Hi, thanks for information.
I got the code to unlock it, but haven't done that yet. Some people are saying it is better to keep it locked if possible.
I have a question what is that EU ROM? Is it Global or different one? Please point to the right source.
I tried to update using Mi app (recovery), but it is failing with error 2099 or official ROM is recognised as unofficial. Fastboot is not working at all as per now.
BTW I am quite angry for Geekbuying as they asked me to return that phone to China (if I want) using post office (several weeks shipping) even though I paid local return option when bought it.
knocik said:
Hi, thanks for information.
I got the code to unlock it, but haven't done that yet. Some people are saying it is better to keep it locked if possible.
I have a question what is that EU ROM? Is it Global or different one? Please point to the right source.
I tried to update using Mi app (recovery), but it is failing with error 2099 or official ROM is recognised as unofficial. Fastboot is not working at all as per now.
BTW I am quite angry for Geekbuying as they asked me to return that phone to China (if I want) using post office (several weeks shipping) even though I paid local return option when bought it.
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The EU ROM is xiaomi.eu one. Can be found at xiaomi.eu of course. It's actually a China rom (stable or dev, your choice) but with all Chinese bloatware removed and with european languages added. The advantage over Official Global version is exactly the fact that is based on China ROM. China ROMs get updates way more often than Global ones.
vladimir_carlan said:
The EU ROM is xiaomi.eu one. Can be found at xiaomi.eu of course. It's actually a China rom (stable or dev, your choice) but with all Chinese bloatware removed and with european languages added. The advantage over Official Global version is exactly the fact that is based on China ROM. China ROMs get updates way more often than Global ones.
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I am on this for the last 2h or so and don't know what to do. Power with volume up or down? with down mi app doesn't recognise usb connection grrr.
On EU site, I found those ROMs but explanation there is poor. TWRP is needed and link to dozens of different versions and which to choose? Do I have to unlock it? Xiaomi warns that it won't be secure or fingerprint won't be reliable. That is a key feature for my wife on this phone so don't want to mess with it.
If I only new that is so much hassle with it, I would convince my wife to go with OnePlus3 as I have and no hassle what so ever and with UK warranty etc. for just a little bit more £.
I am trying to unlock, as I think it is the only way to try something I haven't yet.
There is a problem - when accessing via volume down to fastboot it is dropping out usb connection after some time, before phone is verified and unlocked.
How to overcome that?
TBH I am kind of geeky person, but I have enough of that. If I won't get that sorted today, phone is going back to where it came from!
To enter in fastboot mode in order to unlock? Power+volume down. If your device is not recognised that means fastboot drivers are not installed correctly. For xiaomi.eu you do need an unlocked bootloader. As for what versions to use? For TWRP last version is 3.0.2-3. If you ask about roms? Last stable version is 8.1.6. Last developer version is 6.12.29 (that is Nougat and still have some bugs). I advise you to go for last stable version. Fingerprint issues? Never encountered one. And I'm using xiaomi.eu roms since MIUI7.
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I've just seen your last post. The fastboot connection is droppend when the unlocking process is somewhere at 50%? Are you still on that fake rom? If yes, that's the problem. To unlock bootloader you need to be on an official rom (China dev would be the best).
vladimir_carlan said:
To enter in fastboot mode in order to unlock? Power+volume down. If your device is not recognised that means fastboot drivers are not installed correctly. For xiaomi.eu you do need an unlocked bootloader. As for what versions to use? For TWRP last version is 3.0.2-3. If you ask about roms? Last stable version is 8.1.6. Last developer version is 6.12.29 (that is Nougat and still have some bugs). I advise you to go for last stable version. Fingerprint issues? Never encountered one. And I'm using xiaomi.eu roms since MIUI7.
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I've just seen your last post. The fastboot connection is droppend when the unlocking process is somewhere at 50%? Are you still on that fake rom? If yes, that's the problem. To unlock bootloader you need to be on an official rom (China dev would be the best).
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Fastboot drivers - goolge driver install failed on several occasions and 2 different versions. Yes, I am still on that fake ROM. I can't get even china ROM replaced on it, because apparently I need to unlock it, but I can't... This is getting mad.
I understand your frustration...but it's not necessarily Gearbest's fault. Xiaomi delayed several months the Global version. Gearbest couldn't sell globally phones with only chinese language could they? They did what they could at that time in order to satisfy the worldwide demand. Probably they still sell from their initial batch. And I think that phones from Gearbest was delivered by Xiaomi with that "fake" rom. Why? I didn't wanted to buy one from Gearbest especially because of "fake" rom issue. So I waited until a chinese friend of mine was going home for holidays. He went to a Xiaomi showroom and he called me and told me that the seller told him their MI5 have only chinese language. Told him that is totally fine and to buy it as it is because at that point Global version was out so I could flash it without any issue. When he came back to UK. When we met he had a huge grin on his face "The seller ordered a phone especially for you and this one have English aswell". Guess what? Was with the fake rom =) so I had to go through whole nightmare with going from fake rom to China dev. So yeah...basically my phone was sold by Xiaomi China, in a chinese showroom with a fake rom.
Driver signature enforcement removed didn't help with drivers, still have a problem.
I have enough. 4h digging on the web with installing software, drivers etc. and nothing. I can't remember when I struggled so much with some sort of electronics last time.
vladimir_carlan said:
I understand your frustration...but it's not necessarily Gearbest's fault. Xiaomi delayed several months the Global version. Gearbest couldn't sell globally phones with only chinese language could they? They did what they could at that time in order to satisfy the worldwide demand. Probably they still sell from their initial batch. And I think that phones from Gearbest was delivered by Xiaomi with that "fake" rom. Why? I didn't wanted to buy one from Gearbest especially because of "fake" rom issue. So I waited until a chinese friend of mine was going home for holidays. He went to a Xiaomi showroom and he called me and told me that the seller told him their MI5 have only chinese language. Told him that is totally fine and to buy it as it is because at that point Global version was out so I could flash it without any issue. When he came back to UK. When we met he had a huge grin on his face "The seller ordered a phone especially for you and this one have English aswell". Guess what? Was with the fake rom =) so I had to go through whole nightmare with going from fake rom to China dev. So yeah...basically my phone was sold by Xiaomi China, in a chinese showroom with a fake rom.
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It was geekbuying, not gearbest.
Anyway, why they haven't installed EU ROM instead?
Do you have any idea how to install official ROM then without unlock? Using update on the phone doesn't work, update via MI app on PC doesn't work. I tried all 4 versions of official ROM.
knocik said:
It was geekbuying, not gearbest.
Anyway, why they haven't installed EU ROM instead?
Do you have any idea how to install official ROM then without unlock? Using update on the phone doesn't work, update via MI app on PC doesn't work. I tried all 4 versions of official ROM.
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EU Rom wasn't available for a while neither. Flashing official rom? You need MI PC Suite. Here is how you do it:
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-fix-bricked-mi-5-with-locked-bootloader-and-update-to-global-rom/
You need to this anyway as a necessary step to unlock bootloader. Later you can decide if you want to keep your bootloader locked or not.
vladimir_carlan said:
EU Rom wasn't available for a while neither. Flashing official rom? You need MI PC Suite. Here is how you do it:
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-fix-bricked-mi-5-with-locked-bootloader-and-update-to-global-rom/
You need to this anyway as a necessary step to unlock bootloader. Later you can decide if you want to keep your bootloader locked or not.
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****! I haven't done any update yet and my phone is in the MI logo loop. I can access fastboot and that is it. Can't load the system, can't access volume up+power anymore!!!
Now, I can't even send it back!
Step 2 – Now grab your Mi 5 phone. Press and hold Volume Up (+) and Power buttons simultaneously until you see an image of a phone with USB cable.
Can't do that as MI logo is appearing only and no cable image anymore...
Managed to install miflash and that seemed to improve drivers so managed to unlock it and flash it using miflash to official stable global rom for now.
knocik said:
Managed to install miflash and that seemed to improve drivers so managed to unlock it and flash it using miflash to official stable global rom for now.
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That's good news. From now on you won't have any more issues. It's your choice if you want to stay on official stable global. But you must keep in mind that global stable gets updates only every couple of months. Last global stable is from October (8.1.2) with security patches from July (if I remember correctly) while China global gets updates more often. Last China stable is 8.1.6 with security patches from 1st December.
vladimir_carlan said:
That's good news. From now on you won't have any more issues. It's your choice if you want to stay on official stable global. But you must keep in mind that global stable gets updates only every couple of months. Last global stable is from October (8.1.2) with security patches from July (if I remember correctly) while China global gets updates more often. Last China stable is 8.1.6 with security patches from 1st December.
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I don;t need weekly updates. My wife wouldn't be pleased with so frequent ones. Every 2-3 months is OK.
I think I will try EU ROM too now. The thing is that even latest Global doesn't have UK locale but has some EU countries compare to the fake one. I hope UE has it. Do you know that by any chance?
knocik said:
I don;t need weekly updates. My wife wouldn't be pleased with so frequent ones. Every 2-3 months is OK.
I think I will try EU ROM too now. The thing is that even latest Global doesn't have UK locale but has some EU countries compare to the fake one. I hope UE has it. Do you know that by any chance?
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In EU ROM there's no option to change locale. Xiaomi.eu was started by UK fan community so I can assume that is coming with UK locale by default. If you want to know if UK english language is available, yes it is. Anyway locale on MIUI affects only few things: browser startup page, themes store and weather provider. Chinese locale i.e is using weather.cn therefore won't provide weather informations outside China. I'm using EU ROM in UK and I get weather informations just fine on my MI5. Browser startup page doesn't have any quick links to chinese fishy websites and if I miss a theme or two in Themes Store who cares?
Xiaomi isn't responding to my request to unlock the boatloader. Is there a way to unlock it without the official approval?
Sorry for that but it doesn't
You have to receive a message ?
I waiting already 10 days...
It is so stupid how they do this. It takes up their time. My phone was already unlocked by the person that I bought the phone from. But when I flashed the latest update, I didn't realize that wipe and lock was checked. Since it is tied to the Mi account, I have to wait for MIUI approval. So stupid!
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bricky23 said:
It is so stupid how they do this. It takes up their time. My phone was already unlocked by the person that I bought the phone from. But when I flashed the latest update, I didn't realize that wipe and lock was checked. Since it is tied to the Mi account, I have to wait for MIUI approval. So stupid!
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Same thing here, my ROM was global, not is Chinese very unusable, stupid
Hello guys;
A friend of mine went to mainland China and brought me an Mi 9 Chinese version;
We both are from Brazil, and I'm thinking about keep the Chinese version, is there any major downgrade to stay on it?
I was searching around the forum about to flash the European version, but I found it difficult and I'm so worried about mess everything and brick it.
So, that being said, I'm not a heavy user, I just need it for Android Auto, Spotify, Whatsapp and the banking application (mainly it's important).
What you guys think?
Does it have a very detailed step-by-step from Chinese rom for Global/Europe?
Thanks everybody!
SanderVisions said:
Hello guys;
A friend of mine went to mainland China and brought me an Mi 9 Chinese version;
We both are from Brazil, and I'm thinking about keep the Chinese version, is there any major downgrade to stay on it?
I was searching around the forum about to flash the European version, but I found it difficult and I'm so worried about mess everything and brick it.
So, that being said, I'm not a heavy user, I just need it for Android Auto, Spotify, Whatsapp and the banking application (mainly it's important).
What you guys think?
Does it have a very detailed step-by-step from Chinese rom for Global/Europe?
Thanks everybody!
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I have the same one 8gb ram China phone, I am in UK, first thing my 4g don't work as I need a band 20 (800) of UK networks 4g, but a global rom should sort that out, you need to unlock the bootloader first for that you need to log into your mi account and than keep using the phone for 360 hours than you will be allowed bootloader unlock, if the 4g working? cheers
vtec303 said:
I have the same one 8gb ram China phone, I am in UK, first thing my 4g don't work as I need a band 20 (800) of UK networks 4g, but a global rom should sort that out, you need to unlock the bootloader first for that you need to log into your mi account and than keep using the phone for 360 hours than you will be allowed bootloader unlock, if the 4g working? cheers
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Flashing a Global or any rom will not do anything to your band 20. So far it is not possible to modify the bands on the Mi 9.
@SanderVisions, I have flashed Xiaomi.eu rom without major problem, it is quite easy but you need to unlock bootloader first. I couldn't flash Global rom on my phone but I think it is my mistake (I messed up with the flash tool at first). Anyway, quite satisfied with the Xiaomi.eu so far, at least it is working for me
SanderVisions said:
Hello guys;
A friend of mine went to mainland China and brought me an Mi 9 Chinese version;
We both are from Brazil, and I'm thinking about keep the Chinese version, is there any major downgrade to stay on it?
I was searching around the forum about to flash the European version, but I found it difficult and I'm so worried about mess everything and brick it.
So, that being said, I'm not a heavy user, I just need it for Android Auto, Spotify, Whatsapp and the banking application (mainly it's important).
What you guys think?
Does it have a very detailed step-by-step from Chinese rom for Global/Europe?
Thanks everybody!
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Hi, SanderVisions,
I´m in the same situation. I was in Shanghai 2 weeks ago and buy a chinese 8 gb Mi 9. I´m from Brazil too and my bootloader is 2 days of be unlocked.
When you say "european version" you mean xiaomi.eu ROM or the EEA version of official firmware from xiaomi ?
Because it´s made more sense to flash the GLOBAL version if you want to stay in official firmware.
But, as far as I know, to change to other ROM you need a unlocked bootloader and there are some reports that bank applications can have problems with it. You can´t look the bootloader again, if you change the ROM region
Or maybe this problem is related to the root process.
Maybe someone can give more info about unlocked bootloader/ root and bank applications.
At the moment, I think that I will stay with the chinese firmware some more days/weeks until the developers explore a little more of this great phone.
Thanks
Hello guys, I think I'll be in the chinese version for now, when there's a workaround to make the bank app run in unlocked bootloaders I will change it.
My 4G works with no problems here in Brazil, everything works perfect in this phone, just the bloatware chinese, my only concern if this apps will drain my whole battery.
SanderVisions said:
Hello guys, I think I'll be in the chinese version for now, when there's a workaround to make the bank app run in unlocked bootloaders I will change it.
My 4G works with no problems here in Brazil, everything works perfect in this phone, just the bloatware chinese, my only concern if this apps will drain my whole battery.
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Good thing your 4g is working, someone I know have installed the global rom which sorts out the 4g problem in UK, I am just waiting for the 360 days to be over so that I can unlock bootloader, when you root after bootloader unlocking there is a settings in magisk to hide magisk from apps and if its checked Google pay and other banking apps works but some people still get problems, cheers
this might be helpful,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/how-to/using-mi-9-usa-google-pay-settings-t3925904
Hi,
I recently bought a Mi 8, 64 GB from a local retailer.
When MIUI 11 came out, I started looking for ways to install it - when I came to a thread suggesting to download an official global ROM, Iv'e done it.
But, I ended up with seeing an error message suggests that I can't install it since it's not compatible with the 'vendor'.
Pocking and digging around the web didn't produce any useful information..
Can I get your help with figuring out what's the origin of it?
I'd like to take it to the retailer - but I need more information that will come handy when I'm filling my complain.
Cheers,
-M
ForMartha said:
Hi,
I recently bought a Mi 8, 64 GB from a local retailer.
When MIUI 11 came out, I started looking for ways to install it - when I came to a thread suggesting to download an official global ROM, Iv'e done it.
But, I ended up with seeing an error message suggests that I can't install it since it's not compatible with the 'vendor'.
Pocking and digging around the web didn't produce any useful information..
Can I get your help with figuring out what's the origin of it?
I'd like to take it to the retailer - but I need more information that will come handy when I'm filling my complain.
Cheers,
-M
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Did you unlocked the bootloader?
Did you downloaded the right rom?
I also have a mi8, 6gb ram, 64gb ROM.
The codename is dipper.
Go to Xiaomi.eu website, and download the right rom and try again
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pedrofssf94 said:
Did you unlocked the bootloader?
Did you downloaded the right rom?
I also have a mi8, 6gb ram, 64gb ROM.
The codename is dipper.
Go to Xiaomi.eu website, and download the right rom and try again
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I didn't. it's a sealed box phone. everything is the same as I bought it.
I'm not quite sure that EU rom will fit, but I'll try to seek for more information there..
ForMartha said:
I didn't. it's a sealed box phone. everything is the same as I bought it.
I'm not quite sure that EU rom will fit, but I'll try to seek for more information there..
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Isn't that an H3G phone? I think you got a phone branded H3G or whatever it's called in your country, that's why you got the vendor message error, I guess..
Don't ask me how to fix it or further details because I can't help you more than this, but if you want to, unlock the bootloader and flash the global rom. Be aware of what you're doing if you want to take it back to the retailer.
aittamattia said:
Isn't that an H3G phone? I think you got a phone branded H3G or whatever it's called in your country, that's why you got the vendor message error, I guess..
Don't ask me how to fix it or further details because I can't help you more than this, but if you want to, unlock the bootloader and flash the global rom. Be aware of what you're doing if you want to take it back to the retailer.
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I got no such phone in my country.. I guess, it's related to a bad stock/missplaced one.
let's hope someone else knows exact details about it.
Thank you for the time spent to help.
ForMartha said:
I got no such phone in my country.. I guess, it's related to a bad stock/missplaced one.
let's hope someone else knows exact details about it.
Thank you for the time spent to help.
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I don't think so.. I mean, I'm not saying you did buy it, but the retailer may have sold you one of those..
Look at the name of the ROM, P stands for Android version, EA stands for dipper, MI is the region of the ROM and then..... HG, why not XM? I don't know what XM means, but I think that HG stands for H3G. You can also find ROMs ending with VF, why? Vodafone..
I woyld suggest you to try to authenticate it .
ForMartha said:
Hi,
I recently bought a Mi 8, 64 GB from a local retailer.
When MIUI 11 came out, I started looking for ways to install it - when I came to a thread suggesting to download an official global ROM, Iv'e done it.
But, I ended up with seeing an error message suggests that I can't install it since it's not compatible with the 'vendor'.
Pocking and digging around the web didn't produce any useful information..
Can I get your help with figuring out what's the origin of it?
I'd like to take it to the retailer - but I need more information that will come handy when I'm filling my complain.
Cheers,
-M
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You need to open the phone and follow the instructions to setup your Mi Cloud account, setup Google and use the phone. The Miui 11 update will show up via the updater. At the time the most current global stable build remains on Android 9.
After using the phone for 360 Hours or two weeks, you can unlock the bootloader. From there install whatever you want.
Personally, I recommend the custom Xiaomi.EU rom which is also Miui 11 but based on the Android 10 Chinese beta. But of course all Chinese is removed and Google services are installed. I feel that this is best version of Miui yet.
Edit: I had never heard of the exact that you are using in HG. For this device have a specialized carrier version of Miui?
If so you will need to check with the carrier to if it is possible to unlock the bootloader. I have heard of similar cases with people who own the MiMix3 5G phones.
Thanks for all the answers.
@aittamattia
I don't really know to whom it belongs.. I'm trying to figure out this magic. I myself think that it's H3S device.
@MirceaViP
Salut. I did try it out. it ended up stating it's official international version.
@tsongming
I'd like to avoid unlocking the bootloader at the moment. I need this device to connect to a corporate account, which, requires to have the bootloader closed and unchanged.
I was talking with the reseller and he knew nothing about this H3S. We agreed to look for information together.. let's see what's going to be the end of this story.
Thanks for all the answers.
@aittamattia
I don't really know to whom it belongs.. I'm trying to figure out this magic. I myself think that it's H3S device.
@MirceaViP
Salut. I did try it out. it ended up stating it's official international version.
@tsongming
I'd like to avoid unlocking the bootloader at the moment. I need this device to connect to a corporate account, which, requires to have the bootloader closed and unchanged.
I was talking with the reseller and he knew nothing about this H3S. We agreed to look for information together.. let's see what's going to be the end of this story.
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Thanks for all the answers.
@aittamattia
I don't really know to whom it belongs.. I'm trying to figure out this magic. I myself think that it's H3S device.
I was talking with the reseller and he knew nothing about this H3S. We agreed to look for information together.. let's see what's going to be the end of this story.
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I recently found out about these ROMs, it's just that you have to wait for the manufacturer to push the update. Also, check this link to Mi Community, it's in Spanish but look for the code name of your ROM and will help you to better understand the whole thing (and where your phone comes from.. ).
aittamattia,
I'm still not getting it - what is that ROM? who is the maintainer?
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aittamattia,
I'm still not getting it - what is that ROM? who is the maintainer?
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You have branded rom
ForMartha said:
aittamattia,
I'm still not getting it - what is that ROM? who is the maintainer?
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FYI : You posted this question under the Rom's, kernels and Recoveries section. A moderator will surely delete this thread when they find out about it.
Your rom is a carrier rom, you will get the update when the carrier add their own bloatware and releases to you.
Thanks for all the information.
I hope a moderator will move it to Q&A as I want to take it to the reseller to negotiate my options.
Hey,
You have a carrier specific phone. Did you buy it from Three UK?
I bought mine from there exactly one year ago. It came with MIUI 9 and running that "HG" ROM. I had to unlock the bootloader, flash the original global version and lock the bootloader afterwards.
If you don't flash the global version issued by Xiaomi, you will only be able to update to MIUI 11 when Three issue the update. Three is managing the software updates.
Don't waste your time with their customer services, they have no idea what is the software version. If you have the option to get your money back, buy it direct from Xiaomi UK or Europe.
My phone is working fine since then, I'm able to update it via OTA normally.
Please have a look on this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/help/xiaomi-mi8-3-uk-network-t3886669/
There are some topics on the Mi Community as well. I had a discussion with some people that had the same issue.
Hope it helps.
Cheers
mbgrandi said:
Hey,
You have a carrier specific phone. Did you buy it from Three UK?
I bought mine from there exactly one year ago. It came with MIUI 9 and running that "HG" ROM. I had to unlock the bootloader, flash the original global version and lock the bootloader afterwards.
If you don't flash the global version issued by Xiaomi, you will only be able to update to MIUI 11 when Three issue the update. Three is managing the software updates.
Don't waste your time with their customer services, they have no idea what is the software version. If you have the option to get your money back, buy it direct from Xiaomi UK or Europe.
My phone is working fine since then, I'm able to update it via OTA normally.
Please have a look on this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/help/xiaomi-mi8-3-uk-network-t3886669/
There are some topics on the Mi Community as well. I had a discussion with some people that had the same issue.
Hope it helps.
Cheers
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Thanks for the time spent to share information about this ROM.
At the meantime, I'm trying to negotiate nicely with the reseller. It seems like he is looking for information about it as well.
Do you know if H3S got some official customer support system which I can get more inputs on it?
As for the process you've done:
1. Unlocked bootloader
2. Flashed global rom
3. Relocked bootloader
After this process you were able to get OTA updates?
ForMartha said:
Thanks for the time spent to share information about this ROM.
At the meantime, I'm trying to negotiate nicely with the reseller. It seems like he is looking for information about it as well.
Do you know if H3S got some official customer support system which I can get more inputs on it?
As for the process you've done:
1. Unlocked bootloader
2. Flashed global rom
3. Relocked bootloader
After this process you were able to get OTA updates?
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Hi, that's good.
I spoke to their customer services at that time, but had no luck. No one could provide any precise information about the upgrade. Maybe they are able to provide more information now.
So I decided to flash the global version by myself.
Yes, I'm getting OTA updates normally. The official global version is PEAMIXM. I'm on 11.0.6 now.
Cheers
Well,
I'm in a process of probably replacing it to the official version with actually returning the device and getting other.
if it won't work with the reseller, I'll flash a new global rom and that's it.
P.S. - I saw that there are tools that can do it without unlocking the boot loader, like using EDL. did you tired that?
Thanks
ForMartha said:
Well,
I'm in a process of probably replacing it to the official version with actually returning the device and getting other.
if it won't work with the reseller, I'll flash a new global rom and that's it.
P.S. - I saw that there are tools that can do it without unlocking the boot loader, like using EDL. did you tired that?
Thanks
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Hey!
I didn't try using EDL, maybe it's an alternative. I had to wait 360 hours to get to unlock the bootloader, then the process of flashing and relock bootloader took 15min.
There are other options of ROMs out there, but I wanted to keep it as much as original as possible.
Hope you find a solution soon!
Cheers
Sorry if this has been asked
Hi this is my 1st ever Xiaomi phone always had Samsung
Love the phone it's mint
I'm confused when it comes to updates and all the different kind of versions to the roms
And reading some comments about ota updates I'm just confused as hell lol
So I'm in UK on Vodafone im
On miui 12.0.2 stable global
How do I get 12.5 update please as it doesn't show for me
Do you have to manually flash all updates ?
How do I know if my bootloader is locked?
How do I safely update /flash phone ?
If I flash phone will that void warranty?
Will my bank apps and Google pay work as I need Google pay ?
What is the best version to flash people and do some roms have better features to use than the 1 I'm already on ?
Sorry for being dumb I'm just scared to do things wrong
Thanks for taking time to read this and if you have spare time to reply and guide me I'd be ever so grateful. Can't imagine ever going back to Samsung I just love this phone
If your phone global is variants
Mi 11 Ultra Global Stable V12.5.2.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.2.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.2.0...RKAMIXM-V12.5.2.0.RKAMIXM-7f2669dbe3-11.0.zip
if EEA
Mi 11 Ultra EEA Stable V12.5.3.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.6.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.3.0...RKAEUXM-V12.5.3.0.RKAEUXM-4e14bc378f-11.0.zip
Other options try to click 'check for updated' several times,sometimes the updated will appear
Vodafone unfortunately doesn't let you OTA apply to any other firmware. You got to unlock bootloader.
BodgeKunt said:
Sorry if this has been asked
Hi this is my 1st ever Xiaomi phone always had Samsung
Love the phone it's mint
I'm confused when it comes to updates and all the different kind of versions to the roms
And reading some comments about ota updates I'm just confused as hell lol
So I'm in UK on Vodafone im
On miui 12.0.2 stable global
How do I get 12.5 update please as it doesn't show for me
Do you have to manually flash all updates ?
How do I know if my bootloader is locked?
How do I safely update /flash phone ?
If I flash phone will that void warranty?
Will my bank apps and Google pay work as I need Google pay ?
What is the best version to flash people and do some roms have better features to use than the 1 I'm already on ?
Sorry for being dumb I'm just scared to do things wrong
Thanks for taking time to read this and if you have spare time to reply and guide me I'd be ever so grateful. Can't imagine ever going back to Samsung I just love this phone
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Starting from halfway down!
If your phone is new, the bootloader is locked.
How to safely flash? Read the threads on unlocking the bootloader. There is very little risk provided you have learned how to do it (and not much risk even if you don't).
Warranty. I don't know. But you can always reflash stock firmware and relock the bootloader.
Most people who unlock flash Xiaomi.eu ROM. It is what I use. It's based on the Chinese firmware but heavily modified.
Banking apps and google pay work just fine
apd said:
Starting from halfway down!
If your phone is new, the bootloader is locked.
How to safely flash? Read the threads on unlocking the bootloader. There is very little risk provided you have learned how to do it (and not much risk even if you don't).
Warranty. I don't know. But you can always reflash stock firmware and relock the bootloader.
Most people who unlock flash Xiaomi.eu ROM. It is what I use. It's based on the Chinese firmware but heavily modified.
Banking apps and google pay work just fine
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Thank you
bakayaruo said:
If your phone global is variants
Mi 11 Ultra Global Stable V12.5.2.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.2.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.2.0...RKAMIXM-V12.5.2.0.RKAMIXM-7f2669dbe3-11.0.zip
if EEA
Mi 11 Ultra EEA Stable V12.5.3.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.6.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.3.0...RKAEUXM-V12.5.3.0.RKAEUXM-4e14bc378f-11.0.zip
Other options try to click 'check for updated' several times,sometimes the updated will appear
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Thanks so much
Blubber120 said:
Vodafone unfortunately doesn't let you OTA apply to any other firmware. You got to unlock bootloader.aThnk you
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Blubber120 said:
Vodafone unfortunately doesn't let you OTA apply to any other firmware. You got to unlock bootloader.
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Thanks I will watch some tutorials of how to do this
Trying to unlock bootloader all I get is this in Chinese can anyone help what this error is please
The Vodafone variant 12.5.1 is out now so check it for updates.
chistery said:
The Vodafone variant 12.5.1 is out now so check it for updates.
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Wow thank you I have the update
BodgeKunt said:
Trying to unlock bootloader all I get is this in Chinese can anyone help what this error is please
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why i can understand that there is a situation with find my device and its like apple... you need to unbind this phone in mi account from this account. after hat release from find device app you can unlock it
012345678 said:
why i can understand that there is a situation with find my device and its like apple... you need to unbind this phone in mi account from this account. after hat release from find device app you can unlock it
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Thanks will try that tomorrow
BodgeKunt said:
Thanks will try that tomorrow
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if you dont get it working write me