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installing MIUI7 on MI3 through custom recovery cwm

Hi,
I want to install MIUI 7.But currently I am on CM12 with cwm recovery.Can anyone please let me know can I flash MIUI 7 directly.If not let me know how I can proceed.
Thanks

nsakhare said:
Hi,
I want to install MIUI 7.But currently I am on CM12 with cwm recovery.Can anyone please let me know can I flash MIUI 7 directly.If not let me know how I can proceed.
Thanks
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Xiaomi Developer ROMs are delivered through flashable zips and through fastboot images, maybe look into the second option. Be aware that Xiaomi ROMs might replace the Recovery upon boot, if that isn't included in the fastboot image already, which I think is likely, and take a look into potential partitioning hazards.
Edit: To be extra helpful, here's the thread http://en.miui.com/thread-149081-1-1.html

I failed while flashing miui 7 stable on cwm r11, btw miui 6 worked for me everytime even on extended partition.
So I'd say no
hope this helped you

Fikshun said:
I failed while flashing miui 7 stable on cwm r11, btw miui 6 worked for me everytime even on extended partition.
So I'd say no
hope this helped you
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Stable version will not work in extended partition. Only developer version will work. I think so

24likan said:
Stable version will not work in extended partition. Only developer version will work. I think so
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I'm currently on Miui 6.7.1.0 stable china rom on extended partition it worked for me

I am miui 7 global stable, i flashed with twrp on extended partition without problems.

slavke1976 said:
I am miui 7 global stable, i flashed with twrp on extended partition without problems.
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really cuz twrp failed me everytime
which version of twrp are you using

Yes really, twrp is version 2.8.5.0 . To repartition i used cwm recovery, then i changed to twrp.
When i tried to flash miui v6 with twrp i failed, then i changed to cwm recovery, and then i flashed. Try like this if twrp makes failed flashing.

slavke1976 said:
Yes really, twrp is version 2.8.5.0 . To repartition i used cwm recovery, then i changed to twrp.
When i tried to flash miui v6 with twrp i failed, then i changed to cwm recovery, and then i flashed. Try like this if twrp makes failed flashing.
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what about miui 7 did you flash it with cwm too

I also faced same issue, I found workaround for it from MIUI forums.
1) Go to recovery and wipe all (except internal storage)
2) Flash MIUI rom
3) You will get error, now just go to reboot and select recovery
4) flash rom again (without wiping) and it should work
Using latest TWRP

pra300 said:
I also faced same issue, I found workaround for it from MIUI forums.
1) Go to recovery and wipe all (except internal storage)
2) Flash MIUI rom
3) You will get error, now just go to reboot and select recovery
4) flash rom again (without wiping) and it should work
Using latest TWRP
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did you try the above steps on TWRP?
and does it work on extended partition

Yes twrp-2.8.7.0
I am on stock partition now. I think it should work with extended partition as it worked for me in the past when I tried MIUI 6. Its only the update which you will need to flash using recovery. Give it a try.

Yes i flashed with twrp recovery, it was working. First i flashed stable miui v7, then i reflashed with stable rooted version of miui v7 stable. so 2 times flashed v7 with twrp on extended partitions. I have mi4. but it should work as it is cancro

slavke1976 said:
Yes i flashed with twrp recovery, it was working. First i flashed stable miui v7, then i reflashed with stable rooted version of miui v7 stable. so 2 times flashed v7 with twrp on extended partitions. I have mi4. but it should work as it is cancro
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alright I'll try it out

pra300 said:
Yes twrp-2.8.7.0
I am on stock partition now. I think it should work with extended partition as it worked for me in the past when I tried MIUI 6. Its only the update which you will need to flash using recovery. Give it a try.
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thanks bro it worked for me I successfully flashed Stable Miui 7 on extended partition through trwp just as you mentioned

Wouldn't flashing the fastboot image file through MI suite work? I am also on cm12.1 but would like to switch back to miui 7 developer versions. I thought a simple fastboot image flash should work

aces170 said:
Wouldn't flashing the fastboot image file through MI suite work? I am also on cm12.1 but would like to switch back to miui 7 developer versions. I thought a simple fastboot image flash should work
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what if i don't have a PC

Fastboot method for fast and clean install.. not sure if flashing miui rom thru twrp/cwm will work..

twist9 said:
Fastboot method for fast and clean install.. not sure if flashing miui rom thru twrp/cwm will work..
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i suddenly got bootlop on Cm12.1, didnt do anything to my mi3 it just happen
so i decided to flash again, worked and boot up and few minutes it bootloop again
switch to miui7 and flash using miflash to get clear of everything but,
i got unspecified error (0x80004005:FAILED) (remote sized too large)
while flashing using miflash
any suggestion how to unbrick this??
BTW im on extended partition

vranxzs said:
i suddenly got bootlop on Cm12.1, didnt do anything to my mi3 it just happen
so i decided to flash again, worked and boot up and few minutes it bootloop again
switch to miui7 and flash using miflash to get clear of everything but,
i got unspecified error (0x80004005:FAILED) (remote sized too large)
while flashing using miflash
any suggestion how to unbrick this??
BTW im on extended partition
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restore to stock partition and try it should work

Cant return to MIUI from LineageOS

Wipe everything
Install global developer zip file
When reboot, twrp says no OS installed
Help pls

if the recovery method of flashing the full rom fails, then you have no other recourse except to flash via fastboot method.
take note of this "Please wipe all data in Recovery mode if you want to update to a discontinuous ROM version, or downgrade to an older ROM version using MIUI full ROM pack. If you upgrade from MIUI Stable ROM based on Android M to MIUI Developer ROM based on Android N, please flash it via Fastboot update. Recovery update might cause upgrade failure."
http://en.miui.com/a-232.html
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html

lucasho2312 said:
Wipe everything
Install global developer zip file
When reboot, twrp says no OS installed
Help pls
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Did you just tried rebooting to system after flashing? I also got that error "no OS installed" in TWRP so many times, but rebooting to system with no problems at all.

nnth said:
Did you just tried rebooting to system after flashing? I also got that error "no OS installed" in TWRP so many times, but rebooting to system with no problems at all.
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Unmounted system before flashing ROM .

in my opinion why just not use rom from xioami.eu because you have custom recovery .

p.chandra284 said:
Unmounted system before flashing ROM .
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Dont unmount system flash zip and after flash use hardware buttons to reeboot

U need to format data before installing miui

lucasho2312 said:
Wipe everything
Install global developer zip file
When reboot, twrp says no OS installed
Help pls
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The reason is, that you can't flash OFFICIAL Chinese (Developer/Stadle) Rom with cusom recovery (TWRP). But you can flash anything esle. Like Lineage OS. If you want to use MIUI Rom, you have to flast a Xiaomi.eu ( developer or stable) rom. NOT OFFICIIAL CHINESE !!! If you prefer Official Chinese Global rom, you must download a FASTBOOT rom (not recovery) , and flash it in fastboot mode, with MiFlash.

instead of beating around the bush, why not follow the official procedure of flashing an official miui rom
if you are coming from a custom rom, as specified herein?:
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html

When can we expect official RR for mi max 2?
It was already available for redmi note 4 which is having the same processor.

You have to wait for custom Rom until miui release the kernel source which is must have to develop a custom one. please be patience...

If you flash rom with out error, Even no os installed warning, you can boot into system without problem.

Impossible to boot AOSP/Lineage ROMs on global

Hi,
I have the Mi 9T Pro global (not EU, China or India), and the only ROMs I have been able to boot are Xiaomi.eu. I've tried flashing HAVOC, Syberia Project, Evolution X and C-Droid following their instructions, the results are always the same: black screen, and TWRP becomes unaccessible, even if I try reflashing TWRP from Fastboot, it won't let me. Then I have to boot into Fastboot and flash stock ROM using Mi Flashing Tool, and flash TWRP from Fastboot again. What am I missing?

kevinyohh said:
Hi,
I have the Mi 9T Pro global (not EU, China or India), and the only ROMs I have been able to boot are Xiaomi.eu. I've tried flashing HAVOC, Syberia Project, Evolution X and C-Droid following their instructions, the results are always the same: black screen, and TWRP becomes unaccessible, even if I try reflashing TWRP from Fastboot, it won't let me. Then I have to boot into Fastboot and flash stock ROM using Mi Flashing Tool, and flash TWRP from Fastboot again. What am I missing?
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At the point where you normally wipe data, dalvik and cache, before installing the ROM, try formatting data instead and wipe the other 2.

Robbo.5000 said:
At the point where you normally wipe data, dalvik and cache, before installing the ROM, try formatting data instead and wipe the other 2.
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I tried formatting data, as it is part of the instructions of one of the ROMs I tried to flash, no success.

kevinyohh said:
I tried formatting data, as it is part of the instructions of one of the ROMs I tried to flash, no success.
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What version of TWRP are you using? If you're using something different then try 3.3.1-15 from here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...icial-twrp-xiaomi-redmi-t3944363/post79823568

Robbo.5000 said:
What version of TWRP are you using? If you're using something different then try 3.3.1-15 from here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...icial-twrp-xiaomi-redmi-t3944363/post79823568
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Exactly the latest one from mauronofrio, no other, as I even tried flashing Orange Fox and it never got into it, forcing me to reflash stock again to flash mauronofrio's TWRP.

I followed instructions from the ROMs I tried, none of them seem to work.

kevinyohh said:
I followed instructions from the ROMs I tried, none of them seem to work.
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What stock ROM are you flashing?
Are you flashing on top of an Android P or 10 ROM?

Robbo.5000 said:
What stock ROM are you flashing?
Are you flashing on top of an Android P or 10 ROM?
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I tried Android 9 Havoc, Syberia, C-Doid and Evolution X, on top of stock Miui Pie and Q.

im in the same boat buuuut, i only got TWRP to load once and cant do it again. i only have access to fastboot. anyone got the stock recovery img

AURMEND said:
im in the same boat buuuut, i only got TWRP to load once and cant do it again. i only have access to fastboot. anyone got the stock recovery img
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Are you using Mi 9T Pro global too?

kevinyohh said:
Are you using Mi 9T Pro global too?
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you are the same with me..im on mi 9T pro running global 10.3.1.0 PFKMIXM..no luck flashing custom rom..now my 10.3.1.0 rooted + quax kernel..even cant flash quax custom kernel on 10.3.2.0..always goes to fastboot mode after done flashing and click reboot into system via twrp..now im stuck on 10.3.1.0...also im using the latest twrp too..

Same here. I can install eu miui roms but cannot install any aosp based roms. Goes straight back to fast boot. Went back to using eu miui roms as of now.

Can anyone suggest what is going wrong. Seems like once you install an EU rom you cannot go back to any aosp roms.

I'm thinking about the vendor. I remember a post saying that our firmware or vendor are weird and try to revert to stock, and need to be patched. But I can't find that post anywhere. I've tried all suggestions: format /data, flashing Magisk, flash ROM and GAPPS and wait for boot to complete to flash Magisk (never got that far).

kevinyohh said:
I'm thinking about the vendor. I remember a post saying that our firmware or vendor are weird and try to revert to stock, and need to be patched. But I can't find that post anywhere. I've tried all suggestions: format /data, flashing Magisk, flash ROM and GAPPS and wait for boot to complete to flash Magisk (never got that far).
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I've downloaded fastboot roms. But which vendor version?
I will try a few which i have and let u know if it works. Thanks a lot for reply

afaque_hassan said:
I've downloaded fastboot roms. But which vendor version?
I will try a few which i have and let u know if it works. Thanks a lot for reply
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Solved. The issue is with the vendor files. I've flashed fastboot chinese rom and then installed aosp rom and it worked.

afaque_hassan said:
Solved. The issue is with the vendor files. I've flashed fastboot chinese rom and then installed aosp rom and it worked.
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This sounds very promising - could you please link which files you used? Would be much appreciated!
Edit: Wasn't needed for me, thanks - all sorted

afaque_hassan said:
Solved. The issue is with the vendor files. I've flashed fastboot chinese rom and then installed aosp rom and it worked.
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1. Do you have global Mi 9T Pro?
2. Could you please share the files you used and the steps, so we can all try?
Thanks in advance
Sent from my Redmi K20 Pro using Tapatalk

Also, is there any risk to brick or lose bands if flashing a Chinese vendor on a global phone? I don't want to lose the only LTE band in my country (700 b28)
Sent from my Redmi K20 Pro using Tapatalk

kevinyohh said:
Also, is there any risk to brick or lose bands if flashing a Chinese vendor on a global phone? I don't want to lose the only LTE band in my country (700 b28)
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No you won't lose any bands. Same as you don't gain bands when flashing a global ROM on a Chinese/Indian phone

Question pixel experience for redmi note 10s

why Pixel experience rom is not available for redmi note 10s yet?
i beg developers attention, plz make this rom for redmi note 10s

there is not an official TWRP, thats why.... but you can still install GSI roms

maur0p said:
there is not an official TWRP, thats why.... but you can still install GSI roms
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I have some question
1. Does phone manufacture provide this twrp?
2. how can I install GSI ROMs?
3. Is there any possibility to release the twrp mode?

is there any change to release pixel experience for redmi note 10s

shiblu06 said:
I have some question
1. Does phone manufacture provide this twrp?
2. how can I install GSI ROMs?
3. Is there any possibility to release the twrp mode?
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1. we already have twrp
2. fastbootd
3. what
Oh btw just to add, lineageos (built from source) booted, but don't expect it to be released soon, nor pixel experience to get released

J6idot said:
1. we already have twrp
2. fastbootd
3. what
Oh btw just to add, lineageos (built from source) booted, but don't expect it to be released soon, nor pixel experience to get released
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but eventually note 10s will get pixel experience right , i mean without bugs

phoenixnithish2112 said:
but eventually note 10s will get pixel experience right , i mean without bugs
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too late

does flashing a miui rom;for example miui14; using pe recovery lock the bootloader again?
is there way to flash to the new miui14 without locking back the bootloader?
thank you

kidbetin said:
does flashing a miui rom;for example miui14; using pe recovery lock the bootloader again?
is there way to flash to the new miui14 without locking back the bootloader?
thank you
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No, you will get a nice bootloop if you try that

tutibreaker said:
No, you will get a nice bootloop if you try that
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thank you
what rom can i flash with the pe recovery?

kidbetin said:
thank you
what rom can i flash with the pe recovery?
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none if you want still have a phone to use

There is one rom now https://download.pixelexperience.org/rosemary/

Has anyone installed the PE rom yet? I tried yesterday, following the instructions, and just got a boot loop after flashing the PE recovery rom.
However, the instructions confused me a little...
Flash a recovery on your device by typing (replace <recovery_filename> with the actual filename!):
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fastboot flash boot <recovery_filename>.img
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(My bold)
Should that be 'fastboot flash recovery' ??
Also, I'm not coming from stock but from a custom ROM (riceDroid). Would that make a difference?
Thanks for any (kind) comments

portcere said:
Has anyone installed the PE rom yet? I tried yesterday, following the instructions, and just got a boot loop after flashing the PE recovery rom.
However, the instructions confused me a little...
(My bold)
Should that be 'fastboot flash recovery' ??
Also, I'm not coming from stock but from a custom ROM (riceDroid). Would that make a difference?
Thanks for any (kind) comments
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Hey, I ran into the same problem today. If I find a solution, I'll let you know. I would be glad if you share too.

I tried again yesterday to install Pixel Experience, and again it just boot loops when booting into recovery mode. I've now reinstalled stock Miui and will try again.

portcere said:
Has anyone installed the PE rom yet? I tried yesterday, following the instructions, and just got a boot loop after flashing the PE recovery rom.
However, the instructions confused me a little...
(My bold)
Should that be 'fastboot flash recovery' ??
Also, I'm not coming from stock but from a custom ROM (riceDroid). Would that make a difference?
Thanks for any (kind) comments
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There no recovery partition so it shouldn't. I'm on this ROM currently and have no problems with installation. The guide says that you need to be on latest global a11 miui (12.5.16.0.RKLMIXM). You didn't miss that?

xuser_0 said:
There no recovery partition so it shouldn't. I'm on this ROM currently and have no problems with installation. The guide says that you need to be on latest global a11 miui (12.5.16.0.RKLMIXM). You didn't miss that?
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I've no idea what version of the bootloader I'm on as getprop ro.bootloader returns 'unknown'
But, as I'm on "latest" v13 Miui, I suspect the bootloader is the wrong one. Do I have to downdate to 12.5 before installing PE?
Edit: I've downdated the device to 12.5 RKLMIXM and have flased the PE recovery image, all okay. It's now installing the PE zip, so fingers crossed that's it.
Edit edit: I have PE on my device! Thank you at @xuser_0 for highlighting were I'd gone wrong.
The key @JohanGriman appears to be to ensure your device is not on the latest Miui but the latest 12.5 version.

Is there any instructions on how to install Magisk on this? I've tried to usual ways (via apk and flashing .zip thru adb sideload) but it fails to repack the boot image. Will a manual patch of the boot image and reflash work?
Edit: I've been able to directly patch the PE recovery image (as used in the installation process) using the Magisk apk on my device. Can I now flash this patched image to the device?
I don't want to try it as other instructions I've found talk about a vbmeta image that needs to be flashed too, and I don't know if that's necesary.... and I don't want to trash my device again!

Just flash it but it will break safetynet. To fix safetynet enable Zygisk, add google play services to deny list and install shamiko.

xuser_0 said:
Just flash it but it will break safetynet. To fix safetynet enable Zygisk, add google play services to deny list and install shamiko.
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Thanks, that worked perfectly

flashing custom rom ( pixel experience plus edition) Keep Booting Into TWRP Recovery

I was using pixel experience ROM for some time and I tried to update to the latest plus edition. The installation guide recommended full format data and flashing. I did as instructed. Now I'm stuck in booting into TWRP recovery. I looked up a few kinds of stuff and none of them worked. Is anyone else facing the same problem? has anyone got a working fix? I tried removing the TWRP folder, re-flashing TWRP with TWRP and orange fox recover, and then flashing ROM. non helped. got a broken phone now any help is appreciated.

basukala said:
I was using pixel experience ROM for some time and I tried to update to the latest plus edition. The installation guide recommended full format data and flashing. I did as instructed. Now I'm stuck in booting into TWRP recovery. I looked up a few kinds of stuff and none of them worked. Is anyone else facing the same problem? has anyone got a working fix? I tried removing the TWRP folder, re-flashing TWRP with TWRP and orange fox recover, and then flashing ROM. non helped. got a broken phone now any help is appreciated.
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Use the correct TWRP if the rom is in A11 use A11 TWRP etc..
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=318260
Twrp/wipe/format data write yes reboot Twrp/flash rom.

what do you mean by rom is in A11? I have redmi k20 pro raphael phone. I am using twrp for raphael code name.

basukala said:
what do you mean by rom is in A11? I have redmi k20 pro raphael phone. I am using twrp for raphael code name.
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AOSP roms can be under ANDROID 11 or 12 or 13.
PixelExperience​
Android OS version: 11.0.0_r40
The first version is in A11 and since August in A12
Version: 12
File name: PixelExperience_raphael-12.1-20220820-1826-OFFICIAL.zip

I had A12 then. I flashed pixel experience 12.1 on May 28(PixelExperience_Plus_raphael-12.1-20220528-1605-OFFICIAL.zip) and it went thru just fine. Now the updates of 8/20 bricked the phone.
After format data, I get the Readonly info screen, I swipe to allow modification, side loads the latest download PixelExperience_Plus_raphael-12.1-20220820-1448-OFFICIAL.zip, and restart, but back to TWRP recovery.
Some things I tried
0. https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/raphael/install/
1. https://www.getdroidtips.com/keep-booting-twrp-recovery/
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/pixelexperience-stuck-in-bootloop.4435533/ ( it's shown for beryllium but I did for Raphael code with all files related to Raphael version such has recovery and pixel exp. img file
Any other flow I can try to get it fixed ?
I'm thinking to reverting back to MIUI is nth works.

basukala said:
I had A12 then. I flashed pixel experience 12.1 on May 28(PixelExperience_Plus_raphael-12.1-20220528-1605-OFFICIAL.zip) and it went thru just fine. Now the updates of 8/20 bricked the phone.
After format data, I get the Readonly info screen, I swipe to allow modification, side loads the latest download PixelExperience_Plus_raphael-12.1-20220820-1448-OFFICIAL.zip, and restart, but back to TWRP recovery.
Some things I tried
0. https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/raphael/install/
1. https://www.getdroidtips.com/keep-booting-twrp-recovery/
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/pixelexperience-stuck-in-bootloop.4435533/ ( it's shown for beryllium but I did for Raphael code with all files related to Raphael version such has recovery and pixel exp. img file
Any other flow I can try to get it fixed ?
I'm thinking to reverting back to MIUI is nth works.
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Do you use this TWRP?
twrp-3.6.2_9-0-raphael-TeamWin.img​Twrp
wipe/format data write yes reboot twrp
flash the rom

Use this O.F https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=15664248565197208249

basukala said:
I had A12 then. I flashed pixel experience 12.1 on May 28(PixelExperience_Plus_raphael-12.1-20220528-1605-OFFICIAL.zip) and it went thru just fine. Now the updates of 8/20 bricked the phone.
After format data, I get the Readonly info screen, I swipe to allow modification, side loads the latest download PixelExperience_Plus_raphael-12.1-20220820-1448-OFFICIAL.zip, and restart, but back to TWRP recovery.
Some things I tried
0. https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/raphael/install/
1. https://www.getdroidtips.com/keep-booting-twrp-recovery/
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/pixelexperience-stuck-in-bootloop.4435533/ ( it's shown for beryllium but I did for Raphael code with all files related to Raphael version such has recovery and pixel exp. img file
Any other flow I can try to get it fixed ?
I'm thinking to reverting back to MIUI is nth works.
NOSS8 said:
Do you use this TWRP?
twrp-3.6.2_9-0-raphael-TeamWin.img​Twrp
wipe/format data write yes reboot twrp
flash the rom
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Wipe everything, system, vendor, internal storage, dalvik, cache via advanced wipe, then flash firmware and vendor or if your rom has included firmware then just flash the rom directly. Try to boot into OS if it still bring back to twrp then again repeat the above steps and this time flash stock vendor and firmware from mi website and try to boot into OS.
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All the best

yes using the team win version of TWRP. Used Orange Fox recovery. ( nice look and feel and features btw). But they didn't work either. What could I try more? Could I be able to revert back to MIUI stock ROM ? let me know if you have good resources. Thank you very much for your time and efforts

basukala said:
yes using the team win version of TWRP. Used Orange Fox recovery. ( nice look and feel and features btw). But they didn't work either. What could I try more? Could I be able to revert back to MIUI stock ROM ? let me know if you have good resources. Thank you very much for your time and efforts
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Back to MIUI
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/

flashed stock miui rom for now. Will tap into pixel rom in few days.

now that I think, I think I did a blunder, thinking I was in A12. Can you point me to A12 firmware for Redmi k 20 pro? I"m looking into https://miuirom.org/phones/xiaomi-12, but they seem to be recovery and not firmware. I'm not sure if recovery comes with firmware. As I need to format to install, will the firmware stay or not?

basukala said:
now that I think, I think I did a blunder, thinking I was in A12. Can you point me to A12 firmware for Redmi k 20 pro? I"m looking into https://miuirom.org/phones/xiaomi-12, but they seem to be recovery and not firmware. I'm not sure if recovery comes with firmware. As I need to format to install, will the firmware stay or not?
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Xiaomi has stopped updating on Android version 11.
Which rom do you want to install?

basukala said:
now that I think, I think I did a blunder, thinking I was in A12. Can you point me to A12 firmware for Redmi k 20 pro? I"m looking into https://miuirom.org/phones/xiaomi-12, but they seem to be recovery and not firmware. I'm not sure if recovery comes with firmware. As I need to format to install, will the firmware stay or not?
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Why bothering to manually search here and there for official ROMs
Install the app:
MIUI Downloader - Apps on Google Play
MIUI upgrade app for Mi users.
play.google.com
and the app will show you links to download the latest Global, EEA, etc, zip/recovery or tgz/fastboot, or you can scroll through the older versions and pick an older if you wish
Btw, latest are MIUI 12.5, A11 - there are no official A12 ROMs for Mi 9/Redmi K20 line of models
Even if they receive MIUI 13, it will be (for some already released, but eg China only, etc) it will be A11

Same issue, I guess this is it for me. Time to buy a new phone rather than accidentally losing data from time to time with custom ROMs. I wonder if they didn't know such issue exists before releasing it to the public.