Hi everyone, my cell phone works normally, but when i put to recharge the battery my phone was brick. The Edl mode doesn´t works and when i put to fastboot mode to flash the official rom i get that message "Critical Partition Flashing is not allowed". My cellphone is unlocked with twrp and i have the pixel experience installed. I try install the twrp again but nothing happens, i try install the official rom and i get that message Critical Partition Flashing is not allowed, some can help if i have a chance to put to work again? Anyway, thanx :good:
make backup of everything and then make clean flash with formatting internal storage. try different rom if possible.
metelhammer said:
make backup of everything and then make clean flash with formatting internal storage. try different rom if possible.
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Hi matey, how u doing?
I don´t have acess on twrp, i´m trying isntall again but i get error like the locked again. When i run the program of xiaomi to check if the cellphone still unlocked, seems is lock again. I don´t know how this happens, maybe when i put the official rom of santoni to try install again, i try use the clip to edl mode work but nothing happen, i put fastboot mode on but still with that message.
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Hi matey, how u doing?
I don´t have acess on twrp, i´m trying isntall again but i get error like the locked again. When i run the program of xiaomi to check if the cellphone still unlocked, seems is lock again. I don´t know how this happens, maybe when i put the official rom of santoni to try install again, i try use the clip to edl mode work but nothing happen, i put fastboot mode on but still with that message.
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I doing great, The phone shouldn't have been locked itself on pixel experience, since only way to lock it is on official global/china MIUI rom.
try downloading different version of mi flash tools (maybe a older one) download latest fastboot rom again and try flashing it again.
here it is video for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1jHh4MnXs0
you may need to connect edl points.
metelhammer said:
I doing great, The phone shouldn't have been locked itself on pixel experience, since only way to lock it is on official global/china MIUI rom.
try downloading different version of mi flash tools (maybe a older one) download latest fastboot rom again and try flashing it again.
here it is video for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1jHh4MnXs0
you may need to connect edl points.
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I put my cellphone yesterday on garbage, weeks trying, geting stress a lot with that... But i don´t was try what u post here matey, i believe can really helps. I´ll buy another Xiaomi Redmi 4x, i´m checking it out on shop and see models above the redmi4x but with the same storage 32gb, hardware and memory ram too, but more expensive u know. I like this model Redmi 4x and i will keep for a long time.
Anyway, thanx a lot. God bless u
Andinho-system said:
I put my cellphone yesterday on garbage, weeks trying, geting stress a lot with that... But i don´t was try what u post here matey, i believe can really helps. I´ll buy another Xiaomi Redmi 4x, i´m checking it out on shop and see models above the redmi4x but with the same storage 32gb, hardware and memory ram too, but more expensive u know. I like this model Redmi 4x and i will keep for a long time.
Anyway, thanx a lot. God bless u
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If you still have your device then put your device in fastboot mode and then flash the fastboot rom by following video via mi flash tools.
Critical Partition Flashing is not allowed on Xiaomi Redmi 5 help me, when i want to flah
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By mistake I reemplace the Abl_a instead laf_a and phone gets in that State, LG up doesnt recognize the phone only says Unknow model and doesnt let me get the Flash screen , lg flashtool isnt working neither, pls help
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By mistake I reemplace the Abl_a instead laf_a and phone gets in that State, LG up doesnt recognize the phone only says Unknow model and doesnt let me get the Flash screen , lg flashtool isnt working neither, pls help
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Well first, you're posting in the wrong forum for help of this sort. This is for roms, kernels etc, for problems like this it should be in questions and answers.
Anyway, you don't say what firmware you're running? AT&T? Sprint? T-mo? When u say u replaced the abl_a instead of laf_a, do u mean u erased the abl_a instead of laf_a?
Assuming that's what u meant, just mention which version firmware you're running and I'd bet someone has an abl_a for it.
cheers
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Well first, you're posting in the wrong forum for help of this sort. This is for roms, kernels etc, for problems like this it should be in questions and answers.
Anyway, you don't say what firmware you're running? AT&T? Sprint? T-mo? When u say u replaced the abl_a instead of laf_a, do u mean u erased the abl_a instead of laf_a?
Assuming that's what u meant, just mention which version firmware you're running and I'd bet someone has an abl_a for it.
cheers
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Oh thanks, i dont know how to send the post overthere, but i will do it, lineageOs 17.1. on a At&t lg variant, and nope, i send laf.img to Abl_a, and it was v35eng.img the one i need to send, i get distracted and after that, phone enter in that status, they tell me about Box service, looks like is the only method
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Oh thanks, i dont know how to send the post overthere, but i will do it, lineageOs 17.1. on a At&t lg variant, and nope, i send laf.img to Abl_a, and it was v35eng.img the one i need to send, i get distracted and after that, phone enter in that status, they tell me about Box service, looks like is the only method
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I don't think you need any 'service'. It sounds like your situation isn't that dire. You could just send the v35eng to abl_a now. You may think you're stuck because the phone won't boot, so from the directions, to get to edl, the phone should be booted...
but that's not true. You can get to edl mode (qfil) from any screen. Try this: hold down all 3 buttons for about 5 secs or so. Wait until the screen changes (from whatever it was prior), then keep the pwr and vol - held, but press on off on off on off the vol+ key. Make sure the usb cable is plugged in pc when doing this.
You should hear the windows 'chime' sound indicating a edl connection. Then use qfil to flash the v35eng.
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Have You unbricked it?
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Have You unbricked it?
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yes, sorry for the late answer, i forgot to close the topic, i buy this service and goes like charm, they had the medusa box (200$ on ebay) and was faster, less than 40 min and they install all again the system, even unlock again the bootloader
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yes, sorry for the late answer, i forgot to close the topic, i buy this service and goes like charm, they had the medusa box (200$ on ebay) and was faster, less than 40 min and they install all again the system, even unlock again the bootloader
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Hi everyone. I recently got my Mi 11 Ultra with Chinese ROM (I'm guessing, from settings I can see MiUI 12.5.2.0). I'd like to change to latest version of MIUI global ROM. What would be the safest way to do so? I'd like to backup everything first before doing so (I haven't done this before) just in case something goes wrong. Also is there any up to date guide on how to do so? I did notice few posts related to that but I'm not sure if they are up to date. Best regards.
You must have an unlocked bootloader.
You need to upload the tgz file with the rom. You will do it through Miflash. Just remember to select the clean all option in Miflash. Don't block the bootloader.
As for the backup, you better not do it depending on what you want to restore. The copy from the Chinese version of the rom can not work well in the global version.
Copy your important stuff on PC then back to your Global Rom phone.
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You must have an unlocked bootloader.
You need to upload the tgz file with the rom. You will do it through Miflash. Just remember to select the clean all option in Miflash. Don't block the bootloader.
As for the backup, you better not do it depending on what you want to restore. The copy from the Chinese version of the rom can not work well in the global version.
Copy your important stuff on PC then back to your Global Rom phone.
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Thanks for a quick response, so mi flash is on this location right (https://www.xiaomiflash.com/)? And for the roms is it safe to use them from this link (https://c.mi.com/global/miuidownload/index). Any other advice just so I don't end up with a dead phone? Also do I unlock bootloader also via MiFlash?
I recommend this version of miflash
https://www.xiaomiflash.com/downloads/MiFlash20180528.zip
Also watch carefully the movie
fastboot files for miflash
Xiaomi Firmware Updater
The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.
xiaomifirmwareupdater.com
in the rom file you will have to delete the ARB line
as for unlocking the bootloader, the Xiaomi website is for this.
Apply for unlocking Mi devices
en.miui.com
I have uploaded global 10 times, and there were no problems at all.
Bartos81 said:
I recommend this version of miflash
https://www.xiaomiflash.com/downloads/MiFlash20180528.zip
Also watch carefully the movie
fastboot files for miflash
Xiaomi Firmware Updater
The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.
xiaomifirmwareupdater.com
in the rom file you will have to delete the ARB line
as for unlocking the bootloader, the Xiaomi website is for this.
Apply for unlocking Mi devices
en.miui.com
I have uploaded global 10 times, and there were no problems at all.
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I've tried using this miflash link but it was password protected so I get latest version. I did follow the guide and one of other videos from same author for unlocking. I got to this error
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I'm not sure should I wait now or what . I did try logging in via same number on my browser and on utility and on phone, and also ID of account is the same and I can see phone number as recovery option and my ultra under device. Got no idea why phone number wouldn't be associated. One thing I can see when I turn on my phone is SMS service can't be activated, and also find my phone seems to be available only in China (seen a post somewhere that it needs to be turned on). MiUnlock seems to show option to add account and device everytime I enter it
First you need to unlock the bootloader. To do this, you must correctly add the Mi account to the phone and wait for 2 - 3 weeks
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First you need to unlock the bootloader. To do this, you must correctly add the Mi account to the phone and wait for 2 - 3 weeks
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Yup that's what I tried but I can't even get to the period of 168h. Probably since SIM seems to not be activated. Even though I can send and receive SMS normally
Ok, managed to get it working, I've deleted my old account and created a new one directly from phone and got to the timer
I can now normally use my phone for that period of time?
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Ok, managed to get it working, I've deleted my old account and created a new one directly from phone and got to the timer
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I can now normally use my phone for that period of time?
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Yes. You can normally use it. Just not able to unlock the Bootloader and because of that no root / Magisk and stuff. But you can still debloat with ADB if you want.
Hi everyone,
I was recently given a Xiaomi Mi 8 which is now blocked in a boot loop, because Xiaomi apparently thought it was good engineering to give people tools that make flashing easy, but are rigged with a deadly "clean all and lock" option ON BY DEFAULT. Please allow me to sum things up.
HISTORY:
My mom had a Xiaomi Mi 8, bought a newer phone for some reason.
She had a reseller fix/clean the Mi 8 and gave it to me as a present; all in excellent shape.
My wife's phone sucked more than mine, so I migrated her number/data/etc to the Mi 8 for her to use.
Everything seemed fine, I let the system update to MIUI 12 (don't know which one was installed before).
Only then did we notice: no sound coming out from the ear speaker... Dunno if it worked before MIUI 12. My mom never had a problem with it before.
After looking it up online, I saw sometimes system updates did screw up parts of the phone for no reason.
I downloaded Mi Flash Tool + global MIUI 11 rom, hoping to downgrade and see if it fixes the ear speaker.
Bootloader was already unlocked, downgrading is apparently officially authorized, so... I flashed the phone!
After installing and rebooting, it got stuck in "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device".
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Phone: Xiaomi Mi 8, second hand, no idea what the original region was.
OS: MIUI 11, downgraded from MIUI 12.
ROM: dipper_global_images_V11.0.5.0.QEAMIXM_20200706.0000.00_10.0_global
Bootloader: previously unlocked, now locked because Mi Flash Tool was set on "clean all and lock" and I didn't know better.
Connections: USB OK, fastboot/sideload OK, EDL OK
Mi account: didn't have one, I do now, couldn't link it to the phone though.
After lots of research, tests, hopes and disillusionments, I'm still stuck and can't flash anything into it, can't recover anything, can't move on. I did many attempts in EDL mode (opening the phone allowed me to notice it had been opened before, I guess by the repair shop my mom took it to). I'm appalled that Xiaomi let people flash their phone with official tools so easily, yet fail to warn us VISIBLY that 1) your phone may be from a different region without you knowing it; 2) you aren't allowed to flash a Global rom on a China rom; 3) the default option in Mi Flash Tool is to lock your bootloader after flashing, which is THE reason why your phone may end up locked by mistake.
I got my hand on various versions of Mi Flash Tool (latest, 2018, beta), Mi Flash Unlock (early, recent), Qualcomm drivers, Miracle Box Thunder Edition 2.82, XiaomiToolV2, and of course Minimal ADB & Fastboot. EDL is a no-brainer now, plugging the battery out/in, pressing VOL- and Power too... I tried to flash a Chinese Developer Fastboot rom, I tried firehose patchs, nothing ever worked. Apparently I'm now out of luck, being stuck in a bootloop with a MIUI version that wasn't meant for my phone, with a bootloader that's been locked again, without a linked account to unlock it. And no, I don't wanna drive to a Xiaomi shop, I don't wanna pay a stranger to unlock my account with Teamviewer – basically my mom gave us that MI 8 so that we would not have to pay anything. Otherwise I would've paid to replace the battery of my wife's Samsung A5 2016 and we would've been fine.
Could anyone knowledgeable enough tell me if there's another way to fix that phone, or if it's definitely stuck and I should sell it for parts? Thanks for reading.
Come on... Anyone?
Also, could booting TWRP on my phone help in any way?
Or maybe a Qualcomm vulnerability, like the one used by Project Renegade?
for the fastboot rom can I use the one from Star for Mars?
MI 11 pro MARS does not have global rom in any way?
If I flash rom fastboot stars in mars will it stay in bootloop?
Thanks !
Ayg197 said:
for the fastboot rom can I use the one from Star for Mars?
MI 11 pro MARS does not have global rom in any way?
If I flash rom fastboot stars in mars will it stay in bootloop?
Thanks !
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You can but dont relock the bootloader.(playstore not certified).
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/star/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/
better than stock rom
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/22-6-8-6-9.66076/
NOSS8 said:
You can but dont relock the bootloader.(playstore not certified).
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/star/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/
better than stock rom
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/22-6-8-6-9.66076/
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Thanks for your answer
I think I'll cheer up
and in a few days when I get the ok to unlock bootloader I will do that job, I hope and have faith that everything goes well
NOSS8 said:
You can but dont relock the bootloader.(playstore not certified).
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/star/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/
better than stock rom
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/22-6-8-6-9.66076/
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To avoid problems, they recommended me to edit the flash.allbat file and remove the Antirollback command line, is this correct? Or can I avoid having to do it?
does anyone have it by chance?
I can't stop finding this rom
Ayg197 said:
To avoid problems, they recommended me to edit the flash.allbat file and remove the Antirollback command line, is this correct? Or can I avoid having to do it?
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Do it if you have this problem ou directly flash a Xiaomi EU rom.
An existential doubt, if the device has the rom with Antirollback version 1, and the rom to install has AR1 too, is there any risk?
Thank you for all your help
Ayg197 said:
An existential doubt, if the device has the rom with Antirollback version 1, and the rom to install has AR1 too, is there any risk?
Thank you for all your help
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The answer is above.
With MI flash the flash will not work ,if ARB, that's all.
Thank you all for your advice I managed to do a successful job!
Sorry for so many questions!
Thank you all for your patience, responses and help.
I managed to install the Global rom of Mi 11 pro Mars
1) Check the ARB and in both roms, the current one and the one you wanted to install in both the version was: 1
2) Unlock bootloader
3) Install with Mi flash without problems
Totally successful job!
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Hi! i have locket my xiaomi mi 11 pro with a custom rom on it, is there anyway i make it stock again without unlocking?
geraldmany said:
Hi! i have locket my xiaomi mi 11 pro with a custom rom on it, is there anyway i make it stock again without unlocking?
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Answered by PM.
geraldmany said:
HI! i got a mi 11 pro 1 year ago, and it was offically chinese, but it came unlocked with Xiaomi.eu firmware, but i could't update it via the updater app, so i searched and found the global star version and just flashed it, everything worked, only now google pay nfc didnt work, it said that its probably because of the unlocked bootloader, so i got to fastboot and in cmd i sent fastboot oem lock, and since then my phone is stuck in miui recovery 5.0 screen and says that i cannot run this firmware on the device, i tried to unlock it but failed, maybe after a week, but i think that i didnt turn on oem unlocking on the phone itself before this... So im just hoping that after a week unlocking could be done... Or my other idea is, that i could install the original chinese rom with sideload, because i managed to install another global version on it since, but the result is still the same, the only problem is that i cannot find literally anywhere a mars codenamed firmware...
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Anyone who might have the same situation, i found a simple, but effective solution, not sure if it works on every xiaomi device, but i will write down the steps here:
You need to use XiaomiADB, here is the download link and the description for how to use it -> https://xiaomiui.net/how-to-use-xiaomiadb-8044/ (if the page is not available, then feel free to msg me!)
For xiaomi adb, you need to go to 3rd option on the miui recovery screen, NOT THE FASTBOOT
So basically i went through the steps to “xiaomiadb sideload_miui <filename>”
And I tried to install a rom, BUT IT DIDNT ACCEPT IT!
The message was:
ERROR: This rom cannot be installed, server code -> 2001, server message -> Can't install unofficial rom
after trying 4 times all the same and: Installation of this rom via stock recovery is not allowed by Xiaomi
Says Installation failed, and then i just decided to download another rom so i PLUGGED OUT THE PHONE right after this, and went to another room to connect to wired network, to download and try a different rom... when i came back, to all my surprise, the phone was turned on, so i went to the setting dev ops and enabled bootloader unlocking, linked it to my account enabled adb and everything that is needed to flash another rom later, so then i rebooted and again, miui recovery 5.0 screen, but now i enabled unlocking, so i put the phone in fastboot, and tried MI UNLOCKER TOOL again, now it says: Please unlock 168 hours later. And do not add your account in MIUI again, otherwise you will wait from scratch.
So that means, after 7 days i wll be able to unlock it, until then, i can turn it on with the above method, in short try to sideload (copy and install) a rom to it, and then after it failed, plug it out and just wait like 10-20 maybe 30 seconds and bam your device is normally booted... I hope it helps to some of you, (i have been searching for the solution for almost a week, my other option was to pay someone who can MAYBE do it or send the phone back to china and pay the repairs, so im really happy with this method! If it helps to you, please reply so i and the others will know that it worked! Have a nice day!
I have a camellia device, I tried to use a custom rom(pixel experience) the other day and some time later I wanted to revert back to stock rom.
I mistakenly flashed "camellian" rom instead of "camellia" rom through PE recovery.
Since then the device kept bootlooping.
So while troubleshooting, I tried to use the Sp flash tool.
For the roms I get them from "mifirm.net". I downloaded all the necessary drivers that I can find.
But the first version of SP flash tool, Sp flash tool v6,
the app asks for the "download-XML" file which I can't find ( screenshot in pic1).
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So I downloaded another version.
In this version though, the app doesn't recognize the xml file and gives the error
"5011; the scatter file has incorrect format! Please ask for help!"
I googled the reason why it gives me the error but the fix that people are giving didn't seem to fix this particular case. (pic 5,6,7).
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I can't find any other fixes so I gave up on Sp flash tool.
I tried to use "mi flash tool" this time with Global rom.
Again, wrongly I flashed it with the Qualcomm settings a bunch of times and also got the bootloader locked. But the flash got successful somehow?
(I can't provide any pics because I am making this thread now after I've sent the phone to the Xiaomi service and I didn't take screenshots before sent it)
At this point I noticed that the stock recovery is back into the device.
Anyway, I used some 'shady' workarounds to get it unlocked again and when it was unlocked the phone said something like "your device is corrupt and can't be trusted".
It went away when I flash the stock rom with Mi flash tool again. ( I still used the Qualcomm settings)
When it's done it's still bootlooping but at least the "your device is corrupt and can't be trusted" message is gone.
I tried again a couple of times with different versions of roms; miui 12, 13, 14, global, china, india.
It was after that I discovered that there is "MTK" option in Mi flash tool.
I selected the "scatter, auth, and DA" files in it. But there seem to not have the "refresh" buttom to detect the device. I tried plugging into it with Fastboot mode and again while pressing volume down, up, and all buttons. Nothing showed up. (pic.8)
So what do you guys think? Do you have answers to any of the problems that I got during this journey? Please share your thoughts because there is no answers of a lot of my questions when I was trying to google it. I could not even use reddit because as you know, that site is under strike and apparently dead for the moment. I would love to know what experienced people have to say about this post. ^_^