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[Brick] Xiaomi Mi5 64GB (Locked BL, No EDL, No Recovery)

OK here is my problem,
I got a brand new Xiaomi Mi5 64GB and the first thing that I did was to connect it with Mi PC Suite to check for updates.
It found an update and started to update until it failed, after that the device couldn't normal boot or recovery boot (Vol+ and POWER went to a black screen with "mi logo" same as normal boot).
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I can only boot on fastboot mode, but can't do anything in the fastboot as BL is locked.
Official BL unlocking method can't work as device isn't linked to any Mi Account and MiFlashUnlock can't verify my device.
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So my questions is, can I someway repair my phone with QPST or would you suggest another solution?

en.miui.com/thread-291785-1-1.html

wissou050987 said:
en.miui.com/thread-291785-1-1.html
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in this guide have to boot into recovery, i CANT boot into recovery, got no recovery.

you have to flash with miflash tool booting into fastboot then

wissou050987 said:
you have to flash with miflash tool booting into fastboot then
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MiFlash cant flash anything as bootloader is locked.

Try: http://en.miui.com/thread-291785-1-1.html
It works fine

tiflao said:
Try: http://en.miui.com/thread-291785-1-1.html
It works fine
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Read OP again please.
1. I CAN'T boot into recovery.
2. I CAN'T boot EDL.
3. I CAN boot just into Fastboot, but Bootloader is Locked.
4. I CAN'T unlock BL via official methode as there is no linked Mi Account on Device.
I think that i need a hardware way to unlock BL.

Have you tried this method to see if it works?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/guide-reboot-to-edl-mode-fastboot-test-t3398718
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and.../guide-how-to-reboot-to-edl-fastboot-t3394292

VirusPlus said:
Read OP again please.
1. I CAN'T boot into recovery.
2. I CAN'T boot EDL.
3. I CAN boot just into Fastboot, but Bootloader is Locked.
4. I CAN'T unlock BL via official methode as there is no linked Mi Account on Device.
I think that i need a hardware way to unlock BL.
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You CAN boot into recovery, don't be silly. Have you read the instructions?
Hold volume up and power button and a MI logo should came up, that's the recovery.

abyssq said:
You CAN boot into recovery, don't be silly. Have you read the instructions?
Hold volume up and power button and a MI logo should came up, that's the recovery.
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Recovery was a black screen with a white phone, not "mi".
Phone is not detectable anyway if i normally or vol+ boot.
Im not a noob i know what recovery is, so i need answers with the facts that i mention before, no recovery, no edl, unlockable bl.
Im gonna send it to repair shop anyway but still my situation is a big problem that xiaomi should look into it. I get bricked via official update tool, and i cant unlock bl cause xiaomi's unlocking tool stupidly requires linked mi account on device to verify.

When you boot into fastboot and update in mipc suite, it doesn't work ?
I don't understand why official tool need unlock bootloader, it's insane from Xiaomi

rcd1030 said:
When you boot into fastboot and update in mipc suite, it doesn't work ?
I don't understand why official tool need unlock bootloader, it's insane from Xiaomi
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Mi PC Suite doesn't recognize device in fastboot mode, it returns a screen to connect in normal mode first.
Only MiFlash can see the device in fastboot but it needs unlocked BL to flash the Official fastboot ROMs. Madness!

Aarff just, you're right
Just speculation but maybe can you reboot in recovery with adb commands ? (adb reboot recovery)

Or maybe download twrp, run shell from where it is saved and run
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img[
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VirusPlus said:
Recovery was a black screen with a white phone, not "mi".
Phone is not detectable anyway if i normally or vol+ boot.
Im not a noob i know what recovery is, so i need answers with the facts that i mention before, no recovery, no edl, unlockable bl.
Im gonna send it to repair shop anyway but still my situation is a big problem that xiaomi should look into it. I get bricked via official update tool, and i cant unlock bl cause xiaomi's unlocking tool stupidly requires linked mi account on device to verify.
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Oh yes sorry, it's a phone, my bad.
Then the recovery works fine for you, just the PC doesn't recognise it, which is driver or windows problem, not your phone.
SpinoRex: Fastboot doesn't work because of the locked bootloader. Only option is the official recovery with chinese mi pc suite.

check this post : en.miui. com/thread-299790-1-1.html
You need Engineering Flash Cable

They are in the same situation ... solved?

Mi suite in chinese
You may try to use MI SUITE in Chinese. I was in your exact situation trying to remove a fake rom from my MI5, but with this I solved all the issues.
Just one advice: don't use a pre-loaded ROM, let the program to download it from the internet.

you can boot your device into edl mode with a special fastboot
just type "fastboot reboot" to go to the Edl mode and flash rom with miFlash

nokia 8 stuck at powered by android, please help me .

hello guys , i'm just a newbie and my english is worst , sorry for any mistake that i might make :crying: and thanks for reading my thread
thing is i tried to flash stock rom on my nokia 8 with online service tool (6.0.4) but in the middle of load , the software not responding and after 30 minutes and it said the process was failed
now my nokia 8 stuck at download mode and can't enter recovery mode or boot system ( my computer still be able to detect my phone but in fastboot mode ) , i tried to reflash with online service tool but with newer version (6.1.2) but when " rebooting bootloader " it restart my phone and it's still stuck at download mode and on computer it's said ht-tps://imgur.com/PDvUDfM now my phone look like this ht-tps://imgur.com/a/QFfZu ( sorry i'm new register , so i can't upload the picture =(( )
i tried QFIL but it cannot detect the port and said " no port" , installed driver but i still can't detec the port
thanks again for reading my post , and please help me =(( i contacted the nokia support and they told me to take the phone to repair center , and when i take to repair center , they said that i need to change my mainboard because it's dead or broken something like that , i just bought this phone a week .

Exactly the same occurred to my Nokia 6. Trying to hard-reset it I began playing with the vol and power keys, with and without the USB charger cable, and now it shows just a blue light or led at the upper left corner.

What ur model ? Only 1052 can use ost tool.
Are u see the tool flash partion system ?
Are u use edit firmware method ?
For easy guild... Use ntool with donate money.
Or.... Fasstbooot flash all file in firmware.

I had the similar boot problem. After my phone discharging i connect to charger and phone stuck on that message : Yourd device cant be checked for corruption. I have unlocked bootloader and installed android pie latest.
Is there any hope people or phone i dead?
I cant boot in download mode via fastboot cause i get message : no emulators found. How to solve that?
Is there any hope?

Anybody people?

How to turn off phone people?!! Its impossible it cant turf off!

Allek84 said:
How to turn off phone people?!! Its impossible it cant turf off!
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Hold the volume keys and power key at the same time for as long as u can....maybe even a few minutes until it shuts down. If all else fails let it drain then boot to recovery and gfix whatever caused the boot hang

Its drained just before 30 minutes, and now the view is that
I cant boot to recovery neither to dowload
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Sent from my Nokia 7 plus using Tapatalk

MDV106 said:
Hold the volume keys and power key at the same time for as long as u can....maybe even a few minutes until it shuts down. If all else fails let it drain then boot to recovery and gfix whatever caused the boot hang
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You are king thanks a lot i got it.
I must to press and hold every 3 keys(volume up,down and power) for few minutes and phone turn off. After that i could enter in recovery
Thanks again.
Sent from my Nokia 7 plus using Tapatalk

Allek84 said:
You are king thanks a lot i got it.
I must to press and hold every 3 keys(volume up,down and power) for few minutes and phone turn off. After that i could enter in recovery
Thanks again.
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Glad I could help :good:

Hi everyone!
I've got similar problem to that. My device shows: "Your device can’t be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader”. I tried to fix that with OST, but no succes - critical unlock is neccesary. I've flashed with OST 6.04, 6.12, NOST 0.6, but nothing works. Also the ADB and QFIL can't see the device, so I can not critical unlock bootloader. In the device manager, phone is seen as ADB Interference -> fastboot Device, and after installing google driver as Android ADB Interference. Recovery and fastboot modes don't work, download mode works only after connecting with OST. I tried holding 3 keys, but phone turns off after about 20s and nothing happen - I can't enter recovery. I bought this device recently and some time later after turning on it showed that statement. The varranty has expired, so I can't send it to service.
I hope you can help me.

porsche96 said:
Hi everyone!
I've got similar problem to that. My device shows: "Your device can’t be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader”. I tried to fix that with OST, but no succes - critical unlock is neccesary. I've flashed with OST 6.04, 6.12, NOST 0.6, but nothing works. Also the ADB and QFIL can't see the device, so I can not critical unlock bootloader. In the device manager, phone is seen as ADB Interference -> fastboot Device, and after installing google driver as Android ADB Interference. Recovery and fastboot modes don't work, download mode works only after connecting with OST. I tried holding 3 keys, but phone turns off after about 20s and nothing happen - I can't enter recovery. I bought this device recently and some time later after turning on it showed that statement. The varranty has expired, so I can't send it to service.
I hope you can help me.
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Try to unlock bootloader after connect to download mode with OST(if is somehow possible)unlock him then download Nougat or Oreo firmware only from here and try to flash with OST or NOST,butt preffered NOST.
https://tpedutw-my.sharepoint.com/p...CTID=0x0120007F0E21D15C09464184D190CC235B0516

Phone stuck at black Mi logo

Hello, I never experienced this before so here I am trying to find some explanation, hopefully it's the right place... I have a Xiaomi Mi 5 Pro, few years old, sometimes slow but otherwise perfect, I changed the battery couple times.
Today I noticed it was at around 20% charge, I plug it to the wall, and leave it on the bed (turned on). After a few hours I go back to check on it and found the 100% indicator, but the phone was turned off.
I obviously try to turn it back on, but it gets stuck at the Mi logo (black screen with "unlocked" text below). I have installed a MIUI.eu rom ver. 11, twrp 3.2.3-0 recovery, and everything has been fine for years. I tried several times, still Mi logo (it's not bootloop, it's just stuck).
Suprised, I try to boot into recovery, and there I noticed that all the partitions are marked empty 0 bytes. I tried several things like backup, switching file format, restoring file system, etc., but it just won't work. It's like it has all been wiped and can't be mounted again.
I connected it to my desktop, MTP enabled from twrp, device recognized, storage completely empty. I remember I could see files there just the other day...
I tried all possible wipes, they won't work, either can't mount the partitions or other errors.
I already asked for suggestions elsewhere, which pointed me to fastboot flash using the adb/fastboot tools on Windows.
Well it says "Looking for devices...", the fastboot screen on the phone stays there for about 30 seconds, then it goes to the black Mi logo and then it shuts down.
Also if I boot in recovery, I can see it detected in the adb/fastboot tools screen, the scary part is that there it says "Bootloader: locked" (but it has been unlocked for years, and it even says unlocked in the black Mi screen!)
I'm lost, I never had anything like this, any suggestions to save the device? I would be really grateful

ZexDC said:
Well it says "Looking for devices...", the fastboot screen on the phone stays there for about 30 seconds, then it goes to the black Mi logo and then it shuts down.
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You probably don't have proper drivers for Mi 5 installed, download MIFLASH UNLOCK 3.5.1108.44 from here https://xiaomifirmware.com/downloads/download-mi-unlock-3-5-1108-44/
Double click on MiUsbDriver and install fastboot driver. Then phone will stay in fastboot mode when connected to PC, so you can try to install some original fastboot rom. I don't know what is the problem.

Indie Zex said:
You probably don't have proper drivers for Mi 5 installed, download MIFLASH UNLOCK 3.5.1108.44 from here https://xiaomifirmware.com/downloads/download-mi-unlock-3-5-1108-44/
Double click on MiUsbDriver and install fastboot driver. Then phone will stay in fastboot mode when connected to PC, so you can try to install some original fastboot rom. I don't know what is the problem.
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Thanks it was the driver stopping the fastboot.
Now I still cannot flash anything though, I get the following error:
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Tried different roms, different MiFlash, from terminal, but same error.
From recovery I still see empty not mounted partitions.
Any other suggestions?

Well I don't know. Have you tried to format data in TWRP? Go into Wipe/Format Data/type yes (this will wipe EVERYTHING on phone) then from main menu reboot into recovery again and see if things changed.

Indie Zex said:
Well I don't know. Have you tried to format data in TWRP? Go into Wipe/Format Data/type yes (this will wipe EVERYTHING on phone) then from main menu reboot into recovery again and see if things changed.
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Yes that was the first thing I tried unfortunately that's where I found out something was off... I can't wipe any partition, I can't mount any partition, I tried to switch filesystem but no luck.
I was reading in the forums here about "sudden death" and it kinda feels that's what happened. Phone fine one day, dead the next with no real explanation...

ZexDC said:
I was reading in the forums here about "sudden death" and it kinda feels that's what happened. Phone fine one day, dead the next with no real explanation...
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That's a bummer. I don't think that phone is dead, but it looks that it somehow locked itself. According to this guide https://flash-er.com/xiaomi-mi-5-flash-file/ you can flash fastboot roms only on unlocked devices. But you can't unlock it now in this state...

Indie Zex said:
That's a bummer. I don't think that phone is dead, but it looks that it somehow locked itself. According to this guide https://flash-er.com/xiaomi-mi-5-flash-file/ you can flash fastboot roms only on unlocked devices. But you can't unlock it now in this state...
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It's very weird, I've been flashing lots of stuff in the past but I've never been locked out like this.
And the joke is that the black Mi logo screen still says "unlocked" as it should be... no idea, maybe it is programmed to just give up after some years.

Could be that your TWRP recovery is corrupted. You can install new one from a fastboot mode:
1. Copy latest twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img to your fastboot tools location on PC
2. Put the phone in fastboot mode (power + volume down) and connect it to the computer
3. Enter these commands in cmd prompt:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
fastboot boot twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
Then the phone will boot into new TWRP so you can check if it's ok.

Indie Zex said:
Could be that your TWRP recovery is corrupted. You can install new one from a fastboot mode:
1. Copy latest twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img to your fastboot tools location on PC
2. Put the phone in fastboot mode (power + volume down) and connect it to the computer
3. Enter these commands in cmd prompt:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
fastboot boot twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
Then the phone will boot into new TWRP so you can check if it's ok.
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I tried that, it gives the following error:
I noticed that even from MiFlash the device id sometimes disappears, not sure if that's the no link error

I really don't know what's going on. Maybe you can try this tutorial (it is for Mi 9, but can be applied to all Mi phones)

Indie Zex said:
I really don't know what's going on. Maybe you can try this tutorial (it is for Mi 9, but can be applied to all Mi phones)
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Thanks for trying I really appreciate. I did follow the tutorial, same error.
It's like the internal storage got fried or something? I have no clue

Question Mi 11 ultra fastboot loop

I have bricked Mi 11 Ultra 12/512 CN version. Cant enter Recovery, also it has locked bootloader.
What amazes me, I paid for EDL flash, it didn't work. Phone just bootloops 10 times and gets in fastboot again.
Also, i tried shorting pins method to enter EDL, in unofficial service store, that didnt help too.
My phone has a different problem.
Does anyone know how to fix my phone, would motherboard replacement help? (Its hard to find them too).
Official Xiaomi service in EU cant fix my phone because of Chinese IMEI, they dont have support for it.
Selling phone for parts doesnt work too, because no one wants to sink money into new expensive phone.

Skayzee said:
I have bricked Mi 11 Ultra 12/512 CN version. Cant enter Recovery, also it has locked bootloader.
What amazes me, I paid for EDL flash, it didn't work. Phone just bootloops 10 times and gets in fastboot again.
Also, i tried shorting pins method to enter EDL, in unofficial service store, that didnt help too.
My phone has a different problem.
Does anyone know how to fix my phone, would motherboard replacement help? (Its hard to find them too).
Official Xiaomi service in EU cant fix my phone because of Chinese IMEI, they dont have support for it.
Selling phone for parts doesnt work too, because no one wants to sink money into new expensive phone.
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When in fastboot mode, flash the stock rom your phone came with.

Samdaja said:
When in fastboot mode, flash the stock rom (fastboot version) your phone came with using MiFlash tool.
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When you do that, MiFlash asks you for authorized account. You cant flash alone using MiFlash if the bootloader is locked.

Skayzee said:
When you do that, MiFlash asks you for authorized account. You cant flash alone using MiFlash if the bootloader is locked.
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If fastboot devices shows ur phone, use the fastboot version of the stock rom to flash via Fastboot

Samdaja said:
If fastboot devices shows ur phone, use the fastboot version of the stock rom to flash via Fastboot
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Fastboot devices command doesn't show my device. Device is only visible when you get it in EDL (emergency download) mode. And tried flashing 3 times, every time it boots up to fastboot...

Skayzee said:
Fastboot devices command doesn't show my device. Device is only visible when you get it in EDL (emergency download) mode. And tried flashing 3 times, every time it boots up to fastboot...
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Best to send the phone back to china to be repaired if that is an option.

Samdaja said:
Best to send the phone back to china to be repaired if that is an option.
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Thanks, i have some friend travelling from my country to China now and then so i will see what i can do.

Can you explain what exactly you've done?
from what you said I understand that you've flashed a different rom and locked boot loader. and now it is stuck in bootloop and fastboot. is that correct?
as long as you can go to fastboot. have you tried to unlock bootloader again your official unlock tool? happened with me and it worked, once unlocked bootloop stopped and device ran into system straight away. as simple as that. and yes, with non official rom installed and locked bootloader.
if you can explain to us a bit more from the beginning that would be more helpful.

hassanaliyeh said:
Can you explain what exactly you've done?
from what you said I understand that you've flashed a different rom and locked boot loader. and now it is stuck in bootloop and fastboot. is that correct?
as long as you can go to fastboot. have you tried to unlock bootloader again your official unlock tool? happened with me and it worked, once unlocked bootloop stopped and device ran into system straight away. as simple as that. and yes, with non official rom installed and locked bootloader.
if you can explain to us a bit more from the beginning that would be more helpful.
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Tried doing it before, can't unlock before going into developer options and ticking OEM unlocking and USB debugging.
Phone got bricked from failed software update, it just rebooted and got into fastboot... But as i said before its imported, no warranty.

Skayzee said:
Tried doing it before, can't unlock before going into developer options and ticking OEM unlocking and USB debugging.
Phone got bricked from failed software update, it just rebooted and got into fastboot... But as i said before its imported, no warranty.
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Contact me private, I might be able to help

hassanaliyeh said:
Can you explain what exactly you've done?
from what you said I understand that you've flashed a different rom and locked boot loader. and now it is stuck in bootloop and fastboot. is that correct?
as long as you can go to fastboot. have you tried to unlock bootloader again your official unlock tool? happened with me and it worked, once unlocked bootloop stopped and device ran into system straight away. as simple as that. and yes, with non official rom installed and locked bootloader.
if you can explain to us a bit more from the beginning that would be more helpful.
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The same thing happened to me, someone could help me please?

I had fastboot loop issue and edl bricked issue in mi 11 ultra twice times.. both of the times i managed to fix it by help of person in telegram remotely.. he is named @XiaomiAuthorizedflashing.
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Kavishka678 said:
I had fastboot loop issue and edl bricked issue in mi 11 ultra twice times.. both of the times i managed to fix it by help of person in telegram remotely.. he is named @XiaomiAuthorizedflashing.View attachment 5888865
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For free ?

infamas said:
For free ?
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at the time i asked for help he helped me free...it was about 3-4 months ago . I don't know now if he does for free or not.. sorry

Kavishka678 said:
I had fastboot loop issue and edl bricked issue in mi 11 ultra twice times.. both of the times i managed to fix it by help of person in telegram remotely.. he is named @XiaomiAuthorizedflashing.View attachment 5888865
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thank you so much for posting this sir. i asked help from the same guy for help after seeing your post and he unbricked my mi 11 pro(mars) really quick using teamviwer login to my pc. thank you again

Question Reflashing stock ROM on bootlooping device

Hi.
Bought this phone 4 months ago and it went into a boot loop, where it would only show the battery empty icon. Yesterday, I tried turning it on again and noticed, that it's stuck at the Redmi - Powered by Android" screen. From this screen, I can enter fastboot. See this video:
VID_20230417_194410.mp4
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I've read that there are a couple of options for reflashing this device:
- aks someone with the authorized Xiaomi account to reflash stock rom using the MiFlash tool (no bootloader unlock needed)
- put the device somehow into ETL mode and reflash stock rom using the MiFlash tool (no bootloader unlock needed)
I've tried contacting someone, who for #1, but they aren't willing to help, for some reason (I'm wiling to pay). For #2, I'd have to open up the device, which I'd like to avoid doing.
Would anybody know of any other options for fixing this?
Thank you in advance!

okay, which version of MIUI are you running?
first get the fastboot rom of the version your phone supports , i recommend the global version fastboot rom , because it works and its stable and u get your updates
download this fastboot rom first
Temporary file download page
miuirom.org
and I will give you the MI flash tool working version at like 6 hours after, Ill post the remaining steps after you download this , btw, you will get a .tgz file , when u download the Rom, thats the one you need

RunoTheDog said:
Hi.
Bought this phone 4 months ago and it went into a boot loop, where it would only show the battery empty icon. Yesterday, I tried turning it on again and noticed, that it's stuck at the Redmi - Powered by Android" screen. From this screen, I can enter fastboot. See this video:
VID_20230417_194410.mp4
drive.google.com
I've read that there are a couple of options for reflashing this device:
- aks someone with the authorized Xiaomi account to reflash stock rom using the MiFlash tool (no bootloader unlock needed)
- put the device somehow into ETL mode and reflash stock rom using the MiFlash tool (no bootloader unlock needed)
I've tried contacting someone, who for #1, but they aren't willing to help, for some reason (I'm wiling to pay). For #2, I'd have to open up the device, which I'd like to avoid doing.
Would anybody know of any other options for fixing this?
Thank you in advance!
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If you can boot into fastboot, then it is already enough.
Now, I suppose your bootloader is still locked
You need to download a MIUI ROM from "EEA", from any trusted website, and remember to download the "Fastboot" ROM to flash it (my favorite is mifirm.net, it downloads faster)
Install MiFlashPro - attached at the end of the thread
Open it up, and you will be greeted with this.
Click on the "Mi Flash" tab, as it is the only one we need.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
You will be greeted with this window now:
After you have done downloading your ROM, extract it to any place.
If MiFlash does not recognise the directory you have extracted in, move it to C:\. Not any external drive, your main one
Now click on the "select" button box, go to your ROM directory, and simply select its folder
Boot your device into fastboot (PWR + VOL-), click on "refresh" button box and your device serial number should appear on the first line.
Now simply click "flash" and let it do its job for 10 to 15 minutes. It will reboot automatically.
If you dont succeed, please read this thread:
Thread '[GUIDE] UNBRICK YOUR HARD-BRICKED MTK' https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-unbrick-your-hard-bricked-mtk.4564029/
You will require BROM and to bypass and to flash via SP Tool.
RunoTheDog said:
For #2, I'd have to open up the device, which I'd like to avoid doing.
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You have either got confused, or being scammed
Newer MTK devices do not require the opening of the device. I suppose you have been probably confused with a Qualcomm Snapdragon based service, that does require the opening, so you can access EDL mode and flash your phone into life, or someone just put up the Redmi Note 10 5G and is a scam, also, on MTK, you do not need to pay for a authorized Mi account. On MTK, it is easily bypassable due to BROM

Thank you both.
I put ran MiFlashPro, pointed it towards the downloaded eea stock rom file and attempted to flash it, but got this error message:
So I presume this is due to locked bootloader? I'll try to follow the second link.

I actually managed to enter recovery mode and do a factory reset. Currently setting it up and plan on updating it.

RunoTheDog said:
I actually managed to enter recovery mode and do a factory reset. Currently setting it up and plan on updating it.
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Good to hear you got sorted. I basically bricked my phone last week (only 3 weeks old ) after trying to switch from MIUI 13 Global to EEA. I managed to get it into BROM mode and used MTK Auth Bypass which allowed me to use Chimera Tools to flash the phone again as nothing else seems to work with a locked bootloader. Currently running MIUI 14 with root and magisk optimisations (blur/high end tweaks, MIUI monet etc) and loving it! Just need a way to bypass Play Integrity API for Google Wallet