Hey guys,
So just a quick one - I got that annoyed about the BSG Google Camera not working on the global stable rom, so much so that I unlocked bootloader and flashed the global developer rom
Everything works good, Magisk is in, Google Pay etc works, but I'm not at another issue.
I get the automatic update notifications for the Developer weekly updates, so I thought ok sweet let's update it. It downloaded fine, and installed fine via TWRP, but it got stuck in a boot loop. I tried flashing Magisk, and that kind of stuff, but it would just boot loop still.
I still had the original Developer ROM that I originally flashed on Internal Storage so I just flashed that back, wiped cache, and I'm back to where I was prior to updating.
So my question is - how do you successfully update, or is there no way to do so? I'd like to update the developer rom as and when there are updates, but also maintain Magisk.
Thanks!
Try a data wipe, could be an incompatibility in the old and new ROM versions
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So I have reviewed the excellent threads on unlocking, installing TWRP and rooting the Mi Mix.
Including these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/help/to-getting-mi-mix-t3504613
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/how-to/guide-flash-global-china-rom-root-gapps-t3510592
I've also reviewed http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/development/recovery-official-twrp-xiaomi-mi-mix-t3498960
The problem I can't get around is frozen screen TWRP. I assume I have a TWRP/ROM mismatch as I have no issues with Minimal FB/ADB and actually flashing TWRP. But no combination that I have tried has given me working TWRP.
Any advice or recommendations would be vastly appreciated.
Just to be clear, I have unlocked the boot loader, I have Developer mode and USB Debugging activated. I have tried this with the most recent CN Stable (8.0.11.0) and CN DEV (6.12.8) ROMs and I have tried both TWRP 3.0.2 AND 3.0.2-RC1
Frustrated as this device is near perfect, I just need to get rid of the crapware and make a few Root requiring tweaks
Thanks
J
Aeskulapio said:
So I have reviewed the excellent threads on unlocking, installing TWRP and rooting the Mi Mix.
Including these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/help/to-getting-mi-mix-t3504613
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/how-to/guide-flash-global-china-rom-root-gapps-t3510592
I've also reviewed http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/development/recovery-official-twrp-xiaomi-mi-mix-t3498960
The problem I can't get around is frozen screen TWRP. I assume I have a TWRP/ROM mismatch as I have no issues with Minimal FB/ADB and actually flashing TWRP. But no combination that I have tried has given me working TWRP.
Any advice or recommendations would be vastly appreciated.
Just to be clear, I have unlocked the boot loader, I have Developer mode and USB Debugging activated. I have tried this with the most recent CN Stable (8.0.11.0) and CN DEV (6.12.8) ROMs and I have tried both TWRP 3.0.2 AND 3.0.2-RC1
Frustrated as this device is near perfect, I just need to get rid of the crapware and make a few Root requiring tweaks
Thanks
J
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If you're on the latest EU ROM (weekly updates),you need the latest (EU) TWRP RC2 (link is in the OP) :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/development/recovery-official-twrp-xiaomi-mi-mix-t3498960
Read the entire thread if need be,you'll see myself & others had the frozen TWRP on the Dec2 EU ROM (weekly) update & it was remedied by the RC2 update to (EU) twrp
If you're running anything else,IDK,I switched to the EU ROM ASAP & haven't looked back,it's gonna be my daily driver until CM 13/14 (hopefully) becomes available.
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If you're running anything else,IDK,I switched to the EU ROM ASAP & haven't looked back,it's gonna be my daily driver until CM 13/14 (hopefully) becomes available.
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Thank you brother. I saw you posts when you mentioned having the same problem. Unfortunately I'm having this issue on the CN Stable ROM. Can I install the EU Weekly through the Installer app on the MIX? Or do I have to use the MIFlash tool?
Thanks
J
Aeskulapio said:
Thank you brother. I saw you posts when you mentioned having the same problem. Unfortunately I'm having this issue on the CN Stable ROM. Can I install the EU Weekly through the Installer app on the MIX? Or do I have to use the MIFlash tool?
Thanks
J
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@RMXO had a similar issue when stuck w/an unresponsive TWRP & managed to get his phone/TWRP functional again before @jcadduono updated the EU TWRP.
Take a look at @RMXO's posts in that thread on how he got back to a working TWRP.
KOLIOSIS said:
@RMXO had a similar issue when stuck w/an unresponsive TWRP & managed to get his phone/TWRP functional again before @jcadduono updated the EU TWRP.
Take a look at @RMXO's posts in that thread on how he got back to a working TWRP.
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I'm starting to wonder of the current CN Stable TWRP is unable to work with 8.0.11.0 much like the problem you had and RMXO had with the last EU release. I had backup of the stable CN ROM that works for me for now, but I'd really like to get Adaway and Titanium Backup working
Best
J
I had China stable 8.0.11.0 and I managed to get it working, you need to use built-in updater and download EU rom manually and put it in your device. Then use the updater to update. I had to do it twice as first time i still got China stuffs which i didn't wipe. So if you have problem, update it once to EU, then wipe/factory reset the phone and flash again to make sure it's all clean.
A good indicator of success will be google play store, after flashing EU rom, if you don't see google play store, it means you have to wipe and flash again.
wu5262 said:
I had China stable 8.0.11.0 and I managed to get it working, you need to use built-in updater and download EU rom manually and put it in your device.
A good indicator of success will be google play store, after flashing EU rom, if you don't see google play store, it means you have to wipe and flash again.
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I tried to manually install the EU Rom (xiaomi.eu_multi_MIMix_6.12.8_v8-6.0.zip) through the Installer and I received a "can't verify" error. Is this the EU ROM you mean? If so did you have to do anything special to get it to flash?
Thanks
J
Aeskulapio said:
I tried to manually install the EU Rom (xiaomi.eu_multi_MIMix_6.12.8_v8-6.0.zip) through the Installer and I received a "can't verify" error. Is this the EU ROM you mean? If so did you have to do anything special to get it to flash?
Thanks
J
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I've used nothing but TWRP to install ROMs on this device,once for the initial switch from the Global (vendor) ROM to the EU (weekly) ROM & twice to update the EU ROM.
FWIW,my MIX was bootloader unlocked out of the box.
Sent from my lithium using XDA Labs
Here's an attempted TLR of what has happened
Tried installing LineageOS. Got Error 7. Tried a bunch of things to make it work like editing the updater-script and things like that but it didn't work.
Then I simply wanted my phone to work again. Installed Clean Stock ROM + Stock Recovery straight out of OnePlus webpage. Now I have permanent dm-verity error (tried going back to 4.0.2, disabling dm-verity via fastboot commands and restoring 4.0.3) and still appears.
So yeah, basically that.
I messed up like a month ago too, bricked the OP3T and managed to revive it with a chinese program.
Any ideas on why I can never manage to install LineageOS?
EDIT: After the last factory reset, the phone wouldn't find any wifi network. After an hour or so, it found my wifi and got a 92mb update that fixed the dm-verity error
What firmware are you running and what's your Android version? If you're running 7.1.1 on 4.1.0 you should be good to go just by flashing all the latest LOS files
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What firmware are you running and what's your Android version? If you're running 7.1.1 on 4.1.0 you should be good to go just by flashing all the latest LOS files
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I just received the 4.1.0, going to try again tonight. Hope it works
A while ago I flashed the Official G4 AOSCP Rom to my LG G4 H811, which already had an unlocked bootloader and TWRP. All was well for a couple of days, the rom worked fine, until I rebooted it, for what I think was the first time. It then got stuck in a bootloop. I had to restore to a stock backup via either LGUP or some other LG uploader, after which I was back to stock marshmallow. What struck me as odd was how the rom worked fine and then bootlooped, instead of just bootlooping immediately after the install. I have since learned that OTA and TWRP do not mix, and I do remember that there was an update available at the time, but I didn't install it. Now I am considering trying AOSCP again, or at least changing to a stock no-carrier rom, because I have the TMO version and it has tons of bloatware. However, I am worried that the same thing could happen again, and was wondering how I can prevent it. Is it possible that the OTA update had been downloaded and scheduled for install before I installed AOSCP and then auto installed after I installed AOSCP, causing the bootloop?
Ok so i managed to follow the guide for the whole process to get the pixel experience rom on my phone, i did the full thing> Unlock bootloader, Orange Fox, DFE, Magisk and flash the rom etc.
The questions i have now that ive had it running for a few days, there was no default sounds set, is that normal?
How come it says pixel 2 in certain situations, is it based on a pixel 2 version of android 10 or just some kind of placeholder?
And do i need to flash manually to update or is it OTA? do i just flash the rom through orange fox? ie whats a basic procedure when a new rom is released, i was pretty confused with the guide on the correct process for simply updating a rom if your staying on a particular custom rom.
thanks.
Default sounds are usually never set, you can set them tho in the sound settings
As far as I know the ROM shows your original device model to every apps, except Google (I'm on Evolution X and it shows Pixel 4 for Google)
I think Pixel Experience has OTA, however to my knowledge, it won't work if ur decrypted and orangefox is not compatible with OTAs (not sure tho, but I know twrp is).
If OTA is not working, you can download the latest version from the site and dirty flash (no wipes, just flash the ROM on top of the already installed PE)
Magisk will be lost tho when you update
Hope I helped, hit the thanks if I did
Thanks, thought it was strange no default sounds were set, the last custom rom i used was on the Nexus 6 so its been awhile.
Good to know i just need to flash an updated rom over the top of it glad to clear that up, thanks for your help its appreciated.
Hi everyone! I'm very much a newbie when it comes to custom ROM's, so apologies if this is a a dumb question...
I just managed to install the latest Pixel Experience ROM on my K20 Pro, from the stock Chinese ROM. Before installing it, I had to flash DFE. So, from my understanding, it is now blocking me from re-enabling encryption. I need to have encryption enabled for work email access, so is it possible to enable it somehow? I'm not worried about losing any data on the phone, but I would certainly prefer to use Pixel Experience than to go back to MIUI.
Per another forum thread I found, one member suggested to "reflash your vendor/firmware." Is that accurate? If so, how do I do that, and what would be the result?
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Hi everyone! I'm very much a newbie when it comes to custom ROM's, so apologies if this is a a dumb question...
I just managed to install the latest Pixel Experience ROM on my K20 Pro, from the stock Chinese ROM. Before installing it, I had to flash DFE. So, from my understanding, it is now blocking me from re-enabling encryption. I need to have encryption enabled for work email access, so is it possible to enable it somehow? I'm not worried about losing any data on the phone, but I would certainly prefer to use Pixel Experience than to go back to MIUI.
Per another forum thread I found, one member suggested to "reflash your vendor/firmware." Is that accurate? If so, how do I do that, and what would be the result?
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Why did you have to flash DFE? It's only used if you change roms frequently to avoid encryption.
I initially had trouble successfully installing the ROM. So, I started from scratch and followed some thorough instructions I found online, which included the DFE step. (I noticed that TWRP was previously showing an encryption error at the start of ROM installation; but I guess it could just be a "warning" more than an error. I suspect my problem before was probably more related to not having the latest MIUI update installed, or something like that.)
I don't plan on frequently swapping ROM's.
shleepy said:
I initially had trouble successfully installing the ROM. So, I started from scratch and followed some thorough instructions I found online, which included the DFE step. (I noticed that TWRP was previously showing an encryption error at the start of ROM installation; but I guess it could just be a "warning" more than an error. I suspect my problem before was probably more related to not having the latest MIUI update installed, or something like that.)
I don't plan on frequently swapping ROM's.
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Your best bet is to go back to stock and start again. I believe installing an official fastboot ROM will restore encryption. Your previous issues were probably caused by not formatting data when flashing PE.
There is no requirement to disable encryption on this phone, ignore any guide that adds that as a step. You should only disable encryption if it's your personal preference to disable it.
Follow this guide.
Flash the latest Chinese 11.0.5 fastboot ROM. Make sure you don't lock the bootloader if using the Mi Flash Tool.
Boot into MIUI once to allow it to finalise the install, you don't need to do the initial phone setup once it boots into MIUI.
Boot into fastboot and install TWRP. I recommend the latest from mauronofrio which should be 3.1.1-32
Boot immediately into TWRP. I use the volume up button while powering up the phone.
Perform a factory reset in TWRP (using the swipe button), then format data (need to type 'yes' to confirm).
Reboot into TWRP using the TWRP boot menu, this ensures the newly formatted data partition is correctly mounted.
Copy over the PE ROM, then flash.
Boot into your new ROM, everything should be OK. Then boot back into TWRP to install Magisk if you want root.
shleepy said:
I initially had trouble successfully installing the ROM. So, I started from scratch and followed some thorough instructions I found online, which included the DFE step. (I noticed that TWRP was previously showing an encryption error at the start of ROM installation; but I guess it could just be a "warning" more than an error. I suspect my problem before was probably more related to not having the latest MIUI update installed, or something like that.)
I don't plan on frequently swapping ROM's.
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Do yourself a favour and follow the instructions in the description of the rom, not some instructions you found online telling you to do some unnecessary stuff. Going to and from miui, format data, everything else just wipe cache, system and data to avoid issues, even then you can get away with dirty flashing aosp based roms 99% of the time imo.
As for the miui update, I have no idea how you came to that conclusion but just no, that's not how it works at all. Vendor firmware and the rom is all you need for pixel experience at the bare minimum.
You can try flashing the rom again, but don't flash the DFE.