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Advice Mi 9T Pro or K20 Pro Global or K20 Pro China

Hi,
I'm french and I need your help to make a choice between a Mi 9T Pro, a K20 Pro Global or a K20 Pro China.
I already now how to root, flash etc. but I'm not sure if it's more interesting to buy a K20 Pro in China version to flash a cleen Global Rom or to buy a K20 Pro in Global version which need to flash a China firmware before flash a Global Rom.
What should I do ?
Thanks

Dbo9z said:
Hi,
I'm french and I need your help to make a choice between a Mi 9T Pro, a K20 Pro Global or a K20 Pro China.
I already now how to root, flash etc. but I'm not sure if it's more interesting to buy a K20 Pro in China version to flash a cleen Global Rom or to buy a K20 Pro in Global version which need to flash a China firmware before flash a Global Rom.
What should I do ?
Thanks
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Get the one which you can get the cheapest out of all

Dbo9z said:
Hi,
I'm french and I need your help to make a choice between a Mi 9T Pro, a K20 Pro Global or a K20 Pro China.
I already now how to root, flash etc. but I'm not sure if it's more interesting to buy a K20 Pro in China version to flash a cleen Global Rom or to buy a K20 Pro in Global version which need to flash a China firmware before flash a Global Rom.
What should I do ?
Thanks
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If you don't need HD streaming in Netflix, no Banking apps, and band 20 (or other global bands), then Chinese variant can be an option, probably cheaper than other variants.

Dbo9z said:
Hi,
I'm french and I need your help to make a choice between a Mi 9T Pro, a K20 Pro Global or a K20 Pro China.
I already now how to root, flash etc. but I'm not sure if it's more interesting to buy a K20 Pro in China version to flash a cleen Global Rom or to buy a K20 Pro in Global version which need to flash a China firmware before flash a Global Rom.
What should I do ?
Thanks
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If you’re tight on budget then buying K20 Pro Chinese model would be the cheapest option. If you have those extra bucks, then go for Mi 9T Pro. You could also buy the K20 Pro global version but that is only sold in India for now. All those chinese sellers claiming to sell you a Global variant are just fake. It would be a Chinese K20 Pro with a fake global rom on it.
You could anytime flash a Global rom on the Chinese unit but the only caveat is that you’ll have to keep the boot loader unlocked forever.

Dbo9z said:
Hi,
I'm french and I need your help to make a choice between a Mi 9T Pro, a K20 Pro Global or a K20 Pro China.
I already now how to root, flash etc. but I'm not sure if it's more interesting to buy a K20 Pro in China version to flash a cleen Global Rom or to buy a K20 Pro in Global version which need to flash a China firmware before flash a Global Rom.
What should I do ?
Thanks
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The biggest thing to consider is probably if you need LTE band 20.
The Chinese version will be considerably the cheapest option.
Even though the phone display is FHD+, you really won't see any benefit in watching FHD contact on the phone, so having Widevine L1 is not really worth worrying about.
You can overcome most security issues with banking apps buy using Magisk and installing appropriate modules to pass safety net.
If you decide to go with a Chinese phone, then it would probably be best to get it with the Chinese ROM and then unlock the phone yourself, then you are safe should you accidentally relock the phone later.

The main questions is this:
Those of you who have bought K20 Pro and are using it in Europe or somewhere else, are you facing significant drops in LTE signal? Please specify if you live in city or rural area.

pritish sahoo said:
Get the one which you can get the cheapest out of all
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Now the prices are : Mi 9T Pro EU 6GB 128 GB 450€ / K20 Pro Global Rom 8GB 256 GB 420€ / K20 Pro CN Version 8 GB 256 GB 407€
kibria.mgk said:
If you don't need HD streaming in Netflix, no Banking apps, and band 20 (or other global bands), then Chinese variant can be an option, probably cheaper than other variants.
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It's more for the RAM and the Memory which are higher at lower price ^^
Sukhi said:
If you’re tight on budget then buying K20 Pro Chinese model would be the cheapest option. If you have those extra bucks, then go for Mi 9T Pro. You could also buy the K20 Pro global version but that is only sold in India for now. All those chinese sellers claiming to sell you a Global variant are just fake. It would be a Chinese K20 Pro with a fake global rom on it.
You could anytime flash a Global rom on the Chinese unit but the only caveat is that you’ll have to keep the boot loader unlocked forever.
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So if I buy a K20 Pro I will never relock the bootloader ? Should it be a problem for something ? I actually never relocked a bootloader on my previously phones.
Robbo.5000 said:
The biggest thing to consider is probably if you need LTE band 20.
The Chinese version will be considerably the cheapest option.
Even though the phone display is FHD+, you really won't see any benefit in watching FHD contact on the phone, so having Widevine L1 is not really worth worrying about.
You can overcome most security issues with banking apps buy using Magisk and installing appropriate modules to pass safety net.
If you decide to go with a Chinese phone, then it would probably be best to get it with the Chinese ROM and then unlock the phone yourself, then you are safe should you accidentally relock the phone later.
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I use my bank app so with a china mobile wouldn't it be unsecure ? But if I use Magisk and modules can I correct it and use my app safely ?
To everybody : Thanks for your answers, Im' not sure about B20 & B28 if I really need them

Dbo9z said:
Now the prices are : Mi 9T Pro EU 6GB 128 GB 450€ / K20 Pro Global Rom 8GB 256 GB 420€ / K20 Pro CN Version 8 GB 256 GB 407€
It's more for the RAM and the Memory which are higher at lower price ^^
So if I buy a K20 Pro I will never relock the bootloader ? Should it be a problem for something ? I actually never relocked a bootloader on my previously phones.
I use my bank app so with a china mobile wouldn't it be unsecure ? But if I use Magisk and modules can I correct it and use my app safely ?
To everybody : Thanks for your answers, Im' not sure about B20 & B28 if I really need them
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The problem with the unlocked bootloader is that it causes the phone to fail the SafetyNet test. Many banking apps won't work if it fails SafetyNet checks.
Using certain Magisk modules can hide the fact the bootloader is unlocked from the SafetyNet checks.

Morghoth said:
The main questions is this:
Those of you who have bought K20 Pro and are using it in Europe or somewhere else, are you facing significant drops in LTE signal? Please specify if you live in city or rural area.
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I use chinese rom and it works fine in the netherlands. better than my old one plus one.

Convert MI 9T PRO Europe to K20 Pro Global?

How can i convert my MI 9T PRO Europe to K20 Pro China?

Hot-Proton said:
How can i convert my MI 9T PRO Europe to K20 Pro Global?
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There is no global K20 Pro, only Chinese and Indian. The Mi 9T Pro is what is sold globally. Just install the Mi 9T Pro global ROM found here https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/how-to/rom-miui-10-global-t3963699/post80169909

Yes i mean convert to China.

Hot-Proton said:
Yes i mean convert to China.
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Just flash a Chinese fastboot ROM. Make sure you do not lock the bootloader.

There is also a Global Firmware lol https://downloads.akhilnarang.me/MIUI/raphael/

Hot-Proton said:
There is also a Global Firmware lol https://downloads.akhilnarang.me/MIUI/raphael/
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Those ROMs, from top to bottom are Chinese, European, global, Indian and Russian.
I guess the Russian release is due soon if the ROM has already appeared.
The European, Indian and Russian ROMs are slightly modified versions of MIUI global and so are considered as global ROMs by Xiaomi.
Edit: just took anther look and, going off the file names, I guess they aren't full ROMs, looks like someone packaged up the latest vendor and firmware images into a single recovery zip for each model.

Cannot see the point of this. The k20 pro is cheaper then the mi9t pro. Normally people want to go the other way around flashing global to a a k20 pro.
If you want chinese just get the k20 pro and get rid off the mi9t??? ;p

yes you can, make sure you already unlocked your bootloader

I got some doubts.

Hi, i couldn't find a thread like this so if there is any sorry. I'm going to get k20 pro in couple of days, so i got some questions.
Can i install mi 9t pro global rom on k20 pro(i see that xiaomi eu rom is for both k20 pro and 9t pro).
And custom roms(like aosp, pixel) are they compatible with both versions of phones or they are made individually.
I hope you understood what i wanted to ask.

j5654 said:
Hi, i couldn't find a thread like this so if there is any sorry. I'm going to get k20 pro in couple of days, so i got some questions.
Can i install mi 9t pro global rom on k20 pro(i see that xiaomi eu rom is for both k20 pro and 9t pro).
And custom roms(like aosp, pixel) are they compatible with both versions of phones or they are made individually.
I hope you understood what i wanted to ask.
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The two phones are essentially the same hardware, and SoC, yes you could potentially flash the mi 9t pro's Rom on the redmi k20 pro.
The Mi 9T Pro is meant for European markets and comes with band 20 that is required for those regions, specifically.
To install ROMs like Pixel Experience or AOSP, they're based on Chinese or Indian firmware, so you'll need to install their respective fastboot ROMs to use them, not at all complicated just look around on the forums, and you'll find guides to install the custom ROMs.

fast9000 said:
The two phones are essentially the same hardware, and SoC, yes you could potentially flash the mi 9t pro's Rom on the redmi k20 pro.
The Mi 9T Pro is meant for European markets and comes with band 20 that is required for those regions, specifically.
To install ROMs like Pixel Experience or AOSP, they're based on Chinese or Indian firmware, so you'll need to install their respective fastboot ROMs to use them, not at all complicated just look around on the forums, and you'll find guides to install the custom ROMs.
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after flash global rom can i relock bootloader?

fast9000 said:
The two phones are essentially the same hardware, and SoC, yes you could potentially flash the mi 9t pro's Rom on the redmi k20 pro.
The Mi 9T Pro is meant for European markets and comes with band 20 that is required for those regions, specifically.
To install ROMs like Pixel Experience or AOSP, they're based on Chinese or Indian firmware, so you'll need to install their respective fastboot ROMs to use them, not at all complicated just look around on the forums, and you'll find guides to install the custom ROMs.
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So when i unlock bootloader, can i install trough the twrp global rom that was made for 9t pro? Will there be any problem?
I have mi 5s and im not a total nobby at this but still it looks confusing sometimes.

j5654 said:
So when i unlock bootloader, can i install trough the twrp global rom that was made for 9t pro? Will there be any problem?
I have mi 5s and im not a total nobby at this but still it looks confusing sometimes.
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No idea what a twrp global Rom is, if you want to install twrp, get the unofficial image from here on the forums 3.3.1-15 or whichever is the latest one
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PiyasRahman said:
after flash global rom can i relock bootloader?
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Yes, that would be done using mi flash tool and selecting the option clean all and lock, should work if I'm not wrong, would need someone to clarify but it should work

fast9000 said:
No idea what a twrp global Rom is, if you want to install twrp, get the unofficial image from here on the forums 3.3.1-15 or whichever is the latest one
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Yes, that would be done using mi flash tool and selecting the option clean all and lock, should work if I'm not wrong, would need someone to clarify but it should work
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Sorry, writing mistake. I mean when i install twrp, will i be able to install global rom thats like on 9t pro?(btw, will there be official twrp soon if you know?)

j5654 said:
Sorry, writing mistake. I mean when i install twrp, will i be able to install global rom thats like on 9t pro?
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No I would suggest you to use the mi flash tool and download the fastboot rom to get to the global version of miui 10 for k20 pro. You can get it from mifirm (google it), and use the rom in mi flash tool much easier, but you have to have an unlocked bootloader first

PiyasRahman said:
after flash global rom can i relock bootloader?
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Only if you have a global phone. You will hard brick the phone if you try and lock the bootloader after flashing a ROM that is for a different region to the phone. You can only successfully lock the bootloader when the phone has the stock ROM that is for the same region as the phone.
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j5654 said:
(btw, will there be official twrp soon if you know?)
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I don't know if we'll get one soon, but TWRP from this thread is by an official TWRP developer.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...icial-twrp-xiaomi-redmi-t3944363/post79823568

PiyasRahman said:
after flash global rom can i relock bootloader?
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BIG FAT NO, Your K20 pro bootloader cannot be locked with a Global ROM in it, you'll brick it.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk

I think the lesson here is,
don't get this phone if you want to re-lock the bootloader after flashing Global ROM.
xiaomi is s-h-i-t at updates.
Just go with OnePlus7/pro/T/T-pro whatever if you value your money, phone and security updates.

ntmalol said:
I think the lesson here is,
don't get this phone if you want to re-lock the bootloader after flashing Global ROM.
Just go with OnePlus7/pro/T/T-pro whatever if you value your money, phone and security updates.
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The lessons here are.
Don't listen to people who clearly don't know what there talking about.
If you want a locked bootloader and save between $100 - $300 over an new OnePlus phone, then buy the phone for the region your in. European phone in the EU, Indian in India and a global phone for anywhere else.
If you want to save between $200 - $400 over a OnePlus phone and can live with an unlocked bootloader, then buy a Chinese K20 Pro.

ntmalol said:
I think the lesson here is,
don't get this phone if you want to re-lock the bootloader after flashing Global ROM.
xiaomi is s-h-i-t at updates.
Just go with OnePlus7/pro/T/T-pro whatever if you value your money, phone and security updates.
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i value mine money that why i didnt get oneplus , , another overpriced china phone

ntmalol said:
I think the lesson here is,
don't get this phone if you want to re-lock the bootloader after flashing Global ROM.
xiaomi is s-h-i-t at updates.
Just go with OnePlus7/pro/T/T-pro whatever if you value your money, phone and security updates.
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Xiaomi isn't actually **** in updates, Indian K20 pro already had Android 10 and MIUI 22 is in the pipeline.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk

ishaqtkr said:
BIG FAT NO, Your K20 pro bootloader cannot be locked with a Global ROM in it, you'll brick it.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk
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Why would someone re-lock bootloader? I dont see point. I unlocked my mi 5s bootloader 2 years ago and had no problems with it.

j5654 said:
Why would someone re-lock bootloader? I dont see point. I unlocked my mi 5s bootloader 2 years ago and had no problems with it.
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Same here, i don't see any reason to relock especially when i have a Custom recovery in it.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk

ishaqtkr said:
Same here, i don't see any reason to relock especially when i have a Custom recovery in it.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk
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I see it says your phone is 9t pro right? Or its k20 pro with global rom?

j5654 said:
I see it says your phone is 9t pro right? Or its k20 pro with global rom?
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The name whether it's k20 pro or mi 9t pro is irrelevant, all depends on the software you want running on it

fast9000 said:
The name whether it's k20 pro or mi 9t pro is irrelevant, all depends on the software you want running on it
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So there is no need to pay 50$ more for global version while u can put it on chinese one right. Expect for people that dont know much about roms right?

j5654 said:
So there is no need to pay 50$ more for global version while u can put it on chinese one right. Expect for people that dont know much about roms right?
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Again as has been mentioned many times, you want to make sure the phone you get is compatible radio, and bandwise to the region you live in.
For example in Canada, the Chinese or Indian Redmi k20 pro, has some of the bands required to run, but msot importantly misses band 20, and a few others that would make it much more well suited.
So for this reason the only version that will work is the Mi 9T Pro, either the global version or the EEA version meant for European markets.
To check for compatibility region wise go to kimovil (google it) and make sure it works in your region. Otherwise it's not really a phone of any use if it doesn't function as one in whatever niche area of the world you may happen to live in.
Do your research, and avoid expensive regrets, good luck :good:

fast9000 said:
Again as has been mentioned many times, you want to make sure the phone you get is compatible radio, and bandwise to the region you live in.
For example in Canada, the Chinese or Indian Redmi k20 pro, has some of the bands required to run, but msot importantly misses band 20, and a few others that would make it much more well suited.
So for this reason the only version that will work is the Mi 9T Pro, either the global version or the EEA version meant for European markets.
To check for compatibility region wise go to kimovil (google it) and make sure it works in your region. Otherwise it's not really a phone of any use if it doesn't function as one in whatever niche area of the world you may happen to live in.
Do your research, and avoid expensive regrets, good luck :good:
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Thank you so much, i couldn't find a site to check 4g compatibility. It says that 4g is 2/3 available (missing B 20) but b3 and b7 are available so i guess i can use 4g.

Version confusion, Ads, NFC, Update

So here I've gathered some information found in the internet but I still have some confusions. Please help me.
RAPHAEL - K20 Pro - XXXCNXX - Chinese
RAPHAELEEAGlobal - MI 9T - XXXEUXX - European
RAPHAELININ - K20 Pro - XXXINXX - Indian
RAPHAELRUGlobal - MI 9T - XXXRUXX - Russian
RAPHAELGlobal - ??? - XXXMIXX - ???
Which region is RAPHAELGlobal and what's it called?
Which region has call recording?
Which region gets updates fast (except China)?
And lastly I know that the Indian variant has no NFC but I don't know if all the others have.

Just buy a k20 pro/mi 9t aka Raphael and install miui.eu for the best stock setup without ads, with nfc, call recording.
There's only two models Raphael and Raphaeli. The latter which is Indian and without nfc.

nnahin said:
So here I've gathered some information found in the internet but I still have some confusions. Please help me.
RAPHAEL - K20 Pro - XXXCNXX - Chinese
RAPHAELEEAGlobal - MI 9T - XXXEUXX - European
RAPHAELININ - K20 Pro - XXXINXX - Indian
RAPHAELRUGlobal - MI 9T - XXXRUXX - Russian
RAPHAELGlobal - ??? - XXXMIXX - ???
Which region is RAPHAELGlobal and what's it called?
Which region has call recording?
Which region gets updates fast (except China)?
And lastly I know that the Indian variant has no NFC but I don't know if all the others have.
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The global version is for all others regions that don't have a specific region ROM and is for the global version of the Mi 9T Pro. You might want to call it global Global.
Europe and global ROMs don't have call recording.
So far, for MIUI 11, India came first, then European, global has not got a MIUI 11 release yet. But there's no guarantee that will always be the same order in future.
All other versions have NFC.

Robbo.5000 said:
The global version is for all others regions that don'....der in future.
All other versions have NFC.
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Thanks for clarifying. I'm going to buy this device and was really confused about which to get. I'll go for the "global global" version.

@Robbo.5000 can I buy a Chinese K20 Pro and flash global rom in it? Is there any global rom for Chinese K20 Pro? As the global version is called MI 9T?

guest37 said:
@Robbo.5000 can I buy a Chinese K20 Pro and flash global rom in it? Is there any global rom for Chinese K20 Pro? As the global version is called MI 9T?
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The phone is Mi 9T Pro outside of China and India.
Yes, you can flash any region ROM on any region phone. (So can flash a global ROM for the Mi 9T Pro onto a Chinese K20 Pro.) OTA updates will continue to work.
You need to unlock the bootloader to be able to cross flash ROMs from different regions and you will not be able to lock it after. You will brick the phone if you try to relock the bootloader with a ROM for a different region installed.

Robbo.5000 said:
Yes, you can flash any region ROM on any region phone.
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I hope you guys don't do this. Many people have bricked their phones doing this.
Indian version does not have NFC.

ntmalol said:
I hope you guys don't do this. Many people have bricked their phones doing this.
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They only brick their phones because they forget to change the flash option and so accidentally lock the bootloader. I have pointed that out in my above post.

Robbo.5000 said:
The phone is Mi 9T Pro outside of China and India.
Yes, you can flash any region ROM on any region phone. (So can flash a global ROM for the Mi 9T Pro onto a Chinese K20 Pro.) OTA updates will continue to work.
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Thanks, where can I find all the fastboot ROMs? It seems Xiaomi changed "en.miui.com/a-234.html" this link, I wasn't active on the development side of Android for some times so I'm kinda lost.

guest37 said:
Thanks, where can I find all the fastboot ROMs? It seems Xiaomi changed "en.miui.com/a-234.html" this link, I wasn't active on the development side of Android for some times so I'm kinda lost.
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These are untouched and taken directly from the Xiaomi download pages. Probably the best source for Xiaomi ROMs outside of official Xiaomi website.
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/
The old global MIUI site had moved to the new Mi Community site. Check it out here https://c.mi.com/global.
The article you link to has been moved to the Mi Community site, but recently, within the last month or so, I've no longer been able to find it.
I believe I have posted links to the new version previously here, so if I searched my xda posts I might be able to find the link to it's new home.

Robbo.5000 said:
These are untouched and taken directly from the Xiaomi download pages. Probably the best source for Xiaomi ROMs outside of official Xiaomi website.
The old global MIUI site had moved to the new Mi Community site. Check it out here
The article you link to has been moved to the Mi Community site, but recently, within the last month or so, I've no longer been able to find it.
I believe I have posted links to the new version previously here, so if I searched my xda posts I might be able to find the link to it's new home.
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Thank you so much

Robbo.5000 said:
The article you link to has been moved to the Mi Community site, but recently, within the last month or so, I've no longer been able to find it.
I believe I have posted links to the new version previously here, so if I searched my xda posts I might be able to find the link to it's new home.
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If you find the link please post here.

nnahin said:
If you find the link please post here.
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https://c.mi.com/oc/miuidownload/detail?guide=2
This is the official fastboot guide, which also contains all the latest fastboot ROMs.
For some reason I get a blank page on my phone. I have to change to desktop mode on my browser in order to see this.

Robbo.5000 said:
https://c.mi.com/bd/miuidownload/detail?guide=2
This is the official fastboot guide, which also contains all the latest fastboot ROMs.
For some reason I get a blank page on my phone. I have to change to desktop mode on my browser in order to see this.
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Same here, I also found the forum post that contains this link but got blank page (I never changed to desktop view tough).

Turbine1991 said:
Just buy a k20 pro/mi 9t aka Raphael and install miui.eu for the best stock setup without ads, with nfc, call recording.
There's only two models Raphael and Raphaeli. The latter which is Indian and without nfc.
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Yeah

New user! K20 pro updates. Will I receive updates automatically?

Hey guys I'm new here. I just bought the k20 pro second hand and it's my first xiaomi phone. It is raphael with the MIUI Global 11.0.2 Stable on it (11.0.2.0 QFKMIXM), it also says mi 9t pro on the phone model. I just write to you all I see I also believe it has unlocked bootloader. As I see the current global update should be 11.0.3, I was wondering if my phone will automatically update to it or if I have to do it manually. I'm a newbie and I would prefer automatic things...
Second question: is there any difference between the global and eu rom? I mean should I consider to use this one instead for any reason?
Sorry for my ignorance, thank you!