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White LED instead of recovery

Ok, so lets start from the beginning.
I have a OnePlus 3t and I have been trying for the whole day to get multirom up and running.
Made a couple of mistakes in the beginning (nothing serious) although i decided to use the unbrick tool to fully clean it.
After successfully cleaning it I booted, skipped thru the setup, went to developer settings, enabled oem unlocking and verified the computer signature.
Went to fastboot mode unlocked oem, and flashed TWRP like this:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
fastboot boot TWRP.img
It all went well, then in twrp I copied a backup from my pc (that I made previously) and restored it.
And here comes the actual problem. Whenever I try to boot into TWRP it is just a black screen and a the LED is white.
Only way to boot into TWRP is by typing
Code:
fastboot boot TWRP.img
while in fastboot
Does anyone have a clue on this one?
(Sorry if grammar isn't perfect)

TheGamer14 said:
Ok, so lets start from the beginning.
I have a OnePlus 3t and I have been trying for the whole day to get multirom up and running.
Made a couple of mistakes in the beginning (nothing serious) although i decided to use the unbrick tool to fully clean it.
After successfully cleaning it I booted, skipped thru the setup, went to developer settings, enabled oem unlocking and verified the computer signature.
Went to fastboot mode unlocked oem, and flashed TWRP like this:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
fastboot boot TWRP.img
It all went well, then in twrp I copied a backup from my pc (that I made previously) and restored it.
And here comes the actual problem. Whenever I try to boot into TWRP it is just a black screen and a the LED is white.
Only way to boot into TWRP is by typing
Code:
fastboot boot TWRP.img
while in fastboot
Does anyone have a clue on this one?
(Sorry if grammar isn't perfect)
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Update: Just booted into recovery by using
Code:
fastboot boot TWRP.img
and now I'm unauthorized in adb

The unbrick tool flashes an old firmware that won't start twrp. You need to update the firmware to a newer version. Try this firmware zip and report please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70145090&postcount=41

sniperle said:
The unbrick tool flashes an old firmware that won't start twrp. You need to update the firmware to a newer version. Try this firmware zip and report please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70145090&postcount=41
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Downloading and trying rn

sniperle said:
The unbrick tool flashes an old firmware that won't start twrp. You need to update the firmware to a newer version. Try this firmware zip and report please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70145090&postcount=41
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I somehow made everything even worse so using the unbrick kit again.
Should I OTA update when in system?

Just tried doing a OTA and while it was rebooting it WIPED the data by some reason.
So now it is basically a clean install that needs a OTA that probably will wipe it again...

Ok just tried it again and it seems to actually update. Gonna report back soon

TheGamer14 said:
Just tried doing a OTA and while it was rebooting it WIPED the data by some reason.
So now it is basically a clean install that needs a OTA that probably will wipe it again...
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So it seems like if you try to update while having a pc attached wipes the data?
This is really weird

sniperle said:
The unbrick tool flashes an old firmware that won't start twrp. You need to update the firmware to a newer version. Try this firmware zip and report please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70145090&postcount=41
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YESSS I'm finally able to boot into twrp TNX SO MUCH

Glad to hear you aced this. Just for further explansion:
The OS update does a firmware update too.
I took the firmware from the 3.5.4 flash zip from oneplus.

Failed to install global rom via mi flashing tool, now phone stuck on fast boot.

Solved !!!
I was able to flash global miui 9.5.
Hi ,
So after finally the bootloader is unlocked I tried to flash the global rom via mi flash tool.
Update failed and an error message is update crc list failed !
I tried flashing back the chinse rom and I get the same error.
I can boot the device to recovery mode, but its mi recovery 3.0, I have 3 options:
1.wipe data
2. boot to system
3. connect via pc suite
tried with pc suite but it says my device isn't supported.
The computer recognizes the device via MiFlash tool but in adb via cmd when I type adb devices I get blank row and its unable to find the device.
how can I make my phone usable again please?
I have tried many things I found on google but nothing worked.
Thank you all

Hi
Is fastboot mode able?
Try to unlock again.

what do you mean able?
the phone is recognized via Mi Flash tool but in adb via cmd it is not recognized.
I waited 700 hours for the unlock and the phone is unlocked.
can you explain please what is fastboot able and what do you mean to try to unlock again?
thx

Hi
Could you start the phone in fastboot mode?

StupiduserHH said:
Hi
Could you start the phone in fastboot mode?
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yes the phone is in fastboot mode, and I cant back to normal mode for regular use.
I tried to unlock again like you said it the program said the device is already unlocked.

Have you tried the first option, wipe data?

Don't panick, since you have fastboot mode it's not bricked. Let's start by booting into TWRP.
Download TWRP and put it in the same directory with your FASTBOOT.exe file.
Open a windows dos prompt and get to the same directory as your FASTBOOT file.
Reboot your phone into FASTBOOT mode.
in your DOS prompt type "Fastboot boot yourrecoveryfilename.img" (change the yourrecoveryfilename.img to the TWRP recovery image file you downloaded)
your phone should reboot into TWRP if there wasn't an error. TWRP won't be permanent (if you reboot out of TWRP it won't retain it), but will allow you to flash ROM.
I've only ever flashed all my ROMs through TWRP, never used anything else since i unlocked the phone.
Let me know how this goes.

fastboot .exe file,where can i get it
_katho_ said:
Have you tried the first option, wipe data?
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wherecan i download this fastboot file

Hello all.
Big screw up, I think. So I've had my MI 8 for a while now, no issues, until today I decided to install official lineage on it. The bootloader was unlocked. I flashed TWRP, but every time I rebooted the phone, it would go back to stock recovery, not TWRP. So here the issue started:
- Via Mi flash tool, I reflashed global MIUI 10 back to stock. I didn't realize I had relocked the bootloader...
- I tried reflashing TWRP without realizing I had relocked the bootloader.
- Thinking that the TWRP flash was done incorrectly again, I simply wanted to go back to stock, and attempted to use the mi flash tool to reflash, once again, the global stock MIUI 10. the flash tool said it was a success. (I still didn't realize I was on a locked bootloader)
- I am now on a bootloop. I can't get past the stock recovery screen, but I can go into fastboot. The recovery screen has a warning that the ROM cannot be used on the phone.
- I tried re unlocking the bootloader with the unlock tool, but because my Mi account credentials are not input on the phone (the phone was wiped clean), I cannot re unlock it.
What can I do? How can I get out of the bootloop, and hopefully re unlock and flash global rom clean again?

dancarriv said:
Hello all.
Big screw up, I think. So I've had my MI 8 for a while now, no issues, until today I decided to install official lineage on it. The bootloader was unlocked. I flashed TWRP, but every time I rebooted the phone, it would go back to stock recovery, not TWRP. So here the issue started:
- Via Mi flash tool, I reflashed global MIUI 10 back to stock. I didn't realize I had relocked the bootloader...
- I tried reflashing TWRP without realizing I had relocked the bootloader.
- Thinking that the TWRP flash was done incorrectly again, I simply wanted to go back to stock, and attempted to use the mi flash tool to reflash, once again, the global stock MIUI 10. the flash tool said it was a success. (I still didn't realize I was on a locked bootloader)
- I am now on a bootloop. I can't get past the stock recovery screen, but I can go into fastboot. The recovery screen has a warning that the ROM cannot be used on the phone.
- I tried re unlocking the bootloader with the unlock tool, but because my Mi account credentials are not input on the phone (the phone was wiped clean), I cannot re unlock it.
What can I do? How can I get out of the bootloop, and hopefully re unlock and flash global rom clean again?
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Here I made this thread for you : https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/how-to/how-to-install-roms-resolve-issues-t3911611

tsongming said:
Here I made this thread for you : https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/how-to/how-to-install-roms-resolve-issues-t3911611
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I finally got around fixing this. It turns out my phone was China, with Global ROM. So I did an EDL test point method and paid someone with an authorized account to access my laptop remotely to Flash the latest China ROM. I waited the required period for bootloader unlocking, and it's back alive!
I'm running official lineage 16, and I'm pretty happy with the results. I'm Using it as a daily driver instead of my all stock pixel 2 XL. No issues.

dancarriv said:
I finally got around fixing this. It turns out my phone was China, with Global ROM. So I did an EDL test point method and paid someone with an authorized account to access my laptop remotely to Flash the latest China ROM. I waited the required period for bootloader unlocking, and it's back alive!
I'm running official lineage 16, and I'm pretty happy with the results. I'm Using it as a daily driver instead of my all stock pixel 2 XL. No issues.
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That's great news! It sucks that you were tricked into thinking your that phone is a global version. But at least you able to get things permanently sorted.
Sent from my Xiaomi MI 8 using XDA Labs

Agimax said:
Don't panick, since you have fastboot mode it's not bricked. Let's start by booting into TWRP.
Download TWRP and put it in the same directory with your FASTBOOT.exe file.
Open a windows dos prompt and get to the same directory as your FASTBOOT file.
Reboot your phone into FASTBOOT mode.
in your DOS prompt type "Fastboot boot yourrecoveryfilename.img" (change the yourrecoveryfilename.img to the TWRP recovery image file you downloaded)
your phone should reboot into TWRP if there wasn't an error. TWRP won't be permanent (if you reboot out of TWRP it won't retain it), but will allow you to flash ROM.
I've only ever flashed all my ROMs through TWRP, never used anything else since i unlocked the phone.
Let me know how this goes.
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Hey, so I don't want to spam you, but seems like you really know about this and I desperately need some help...
Could you please take a look at my thread? https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi...nt/help-bricked-mi-mix-2s-installing-t4131269
Thank you

Mi 9 stuck in Fastboot after TWRP Backup Restore.

Hello,
I tried the latest V11.0.6.0.QFAEUXM ROM but I didn't like it and so I booted into my TWRP recovery and restored the latest fullbackup I made from 2 days ago, then rebooted.
Now I'm stuck in Fastboot loop.
$ fastboot reboot
and
$ fastboot reboot recovery
... have literally no effect, still the phone is stuck in fastboot mode uppon restart.
I read in another thread "just use MiFlash tool and revert to stock rom, do everything all over to rescue your phone".
OK, fine. I start MiFlash, it asks me to unlock my phone... I click unlock. Nothing happens, I click again "try unlock again", then "no need to repeat unlock" appears, nothing happens, the usual menu with the options to flash or install TWRP are missing.
:good: really good! Just as expected. Very user friendly.
Now what?
I had twrp-3.3.1-37-cepheus-mauronofrio.img (SHA-1: A3230E7918A9E3D3D939AA8619B40E47A54F645D) as recovery and my ROM was xiaomi.eu_multi_MI9_V11.0.4.0.QFACNXM_5e64190eb9_v11-10.zip (SHA-1: 714BD02A5D52720C2733E2FDA9730EECE441AE09) before I tried to flash miui_CEPHEUSEEAGlobal_V11.0.6.0.QFAEUXM_1647340073_10.0.zip (SHA-1: BAC6307DA99F766E35A6EDBB0B74D02F73AD2782) and everything went downhill from there.
MiFlash version: miflash_unlock-en-3.5.719.27.zip
Is there more info I can provide?
EDIT / UPDATE:
I've been following the instructions from a Youtube video (links below) by the letter and now at least I'm back in a sane / stock ROM state where I can (have to) redo everything fromm the beginning.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuAHNFjK--o
Instructions:
https://highonandroid.com/android-s...rick-unroot-xiaomi-android-stuck-on-fastboot/
Download site:
https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/download-official-miui-roms-for-xiaomi-mi-9/
(I downloaded & used "cepheus_eea_global_images_V10.2.17.0.PFAEUXM_20190327.0000.00_9.0_eea_b2470d1b08.tgz")
I chose "clean all" as flash method in that XiaomiMiFlash Tool.
It will reboot into Stock ROM, in my case I chose the EU version.
From there you can activate Developer Options & USB-Debugging again and you're set to go customizing again.

Ohhh looks not amazing
Did you've tried to flash recovery via adb?

Laptapper said:
Ohhh looks not amazing
Did you've tried to flash recovery via adb?
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I tried:
$ fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.3.1-37-cepheus-mauronofrio.img
$ fastboot reboot recovery
It boots straight into Fastboot again.
I don't even know what to say at this point. I literally only wanted to restore a fullbackup. How can this possibly happen in the first place?
I'm really close to smashing this phone in 1000 pieces...

anthropaki said:
I tried:
$ fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.3.1-37-cepheus-mauronofrio.img
$ fastboot reboot recovery
It boots straight into Fastboot again.
I don't even know what to say at this point. I literally only wanted to restore a fullbackup. How can this possibly happen in the first place?
I'm really close to smashing this phone in 1000 pieces...
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What I suggest you to do is flash the latest TWRP from Mauronofrio which is 3.3.1-52.
After successfully flashing the recovery, immediately press vol up + power button until it reboots.
Do not reboot using the command line or turn off your phone.
In TWRP, flash the xiaomi.eu ROM version that your backup is based on.
Then perform a restore from the backup that you had made.
Sent from my MI 9 (Cepheus) using Tapatalk

Thanks, but I fixed it already.
As I described / updated in the OP there is a tool with which you can use some firmware roms in tgz format to flash over the fastboot state to get a "stock rom-ish" state back.
Once in the stock rom you have to go through the basic setup routine and then activate USB Debugging, then you can install TWRP, other Roms as per usual.

Stuck in fastboot :(

Hello everyone!
As the title states, my Xiaomi mi 9 is stuck in fastboot mode, after i tried installing the latest unofficial port of Lineageos 17.1 for the Mi 9.
I can not exactly remember how it happened but i guess i must have wiped the phone after installing the custom rom. Silly me...
I tried the following things to try to unbrick my phone:
1. Using the Mi Flash Tool in order to flash the official Xiaomi firmware onto my device. I flashed these versions: 11.05 global fastboot, 11.08 EEA fastboot, 11.06 global fastboot. None of them worked. My phone would show up on the flash tool and the flashing itself was always marked as successfull but sadly my phone would not boot into MIUI and just stay frozen in fastboot mode. Restarting the device did not help.
2. Flashing twrp and trying to boot into it. Sadly, this also did not work out for me. Every time after i would successfully flash the .img file and reboot my device, the damn fastboot screen appeared.
So is there anything i can do? No matter what i try, my device goes into fastboot mode. I tried searching for the answer myself but those who had the similar issue did either not receive any useful answers or the Mi Flash Tool magically worked for them after a few attempts.
Thank you in advance!

Hello,
As long as you have access to fastboot mode, am sure you can recover your device.
You need to download the official ROM that corresponds to your specific devices. If it is global version, download the global version.
Also, before flashing, make sure you unlock the bootloader.

jaybirdxyz said:
Hello everyone!
As the title states, my Xiaomi mi 9 is stuck in fastboot mode, after i tried installing the latest unofficial port of Lineageos 17.1 for the Mi 9.
I can not exactly remember how it happened but i guess i must have wiped the phone after installing the custom rom. Silly me...
I tried the following things to try to unbrick my phone:
1. Using the Mi Flash Tool in order to flash the official Xiaomi firmware onto my device. I flashed these versions: 11.05 global fastboot, 11.08 EEA fastboot, 11.06 global fastboot. None of them worked. My phone would show up on the flash tool and the flashing itself was always marked as successfull but sadly my phone would not boot into MIUI and just stay frozen in fastboot mode. Restarting the device did not help.
2. Flashing twrp and trying to boot into it. Sadly, this also did not work out for me. Every time after i would successfully flash the .img file and reboot my device, the damn fastboot screen appeared.
So is there anything i can do? No matter what i try, my device goes into fastboot mode. I tried searching for the answer myself but those who had the similar issue did either not receive any useful answers or the Mi Flash Tool magically worked for them after a few attempts.
Thank you in advance!
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fastboot --cmdline "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot twrp.img
this temporarily boots you into TWRP so you can reflash TWRP again. with this method the TWRP will be deleted once you reboot si you need to reflash TWRP in TWRP. then dont reboot, flash a Good working rom.

Similar problem here.
The line fastboot --cmdline "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot twrp.img
brings up
FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')

ai5g said:
Similar problem here.
The line fastboot --cmdline "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot twrp.img
brings up
FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')
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try other TWRP images? or your boot partition fried?
fastboot flash boot twrp.img and see What happens

Phone goes into fastboot mode after I reboot, can't get into system or recovery

My phone keeps getting stuck on fastboot mode.
I'll flash the standard MIUI ROM using the MiFlash Tool, then I flash a custom recovery and a custom ROM(EvolutionX in this case), everything works and I can set up my phone, but as soon as I reboot I can no longer boot into android or recovery. i've tried flashing multiple recoveries using fastboot and straight up booting a recovery using "fastboot boot recovery.img" but it still always go to fastboot. The only solution is to start the process all over again, and obviously that's just not an option since I can never turn my phone off after that.
Any tips?

I think I got it solved, at least I got it to reboot into Android and TWRP.
I used this guide, but I'll write the steps I took here in case you're having the same issue. I wound up using xiaomi.eu MIUI rom, but it shouldn't matter what you use, I'll assume you're stuck in fastboot.
Do "fastboot flash vendor vendor.img", you get this vendor.img from the fastboot version of the official MIUI ROM, after you decompress the .tar.gz it should be in the "images" folder
Do "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" then "fastboot boot twrp.img", this should flash twrp as your recovery and then boot into it, for some reason it only worked with the official twrp, not orange fox.
Assuming you got into TWRP you should now flash the latest firmware(I got mine from xiaomifirmwareupdater.com) make sure you download just the firmware not the entire rom, mine was named something like fw_raphael_miui... .zip
Format data (not wipe, format, it's a separate option in TWRP), it should ask you to type yes, so do that.
Flash whatever ROM you want
Hopefully this helps you, I hate finding forum posts marked "solved" but with no instructions. I also tried the "vbmeta_dv_shivsom.img" method some threads mentioned but it didn't work
Here's a pastebin of the guide I used in case the original link goes down
You can get all the files I mentioned from xiaomifirmwareupdater.com and the official TWRP site

Out of all that, the one instruction that solves it is the format data step. This is the magic step required. You always need to do this when flashing over MIUI.
Flashing vendor was totally irrelevant.
This will tell you what you need to do.
Simple Guide to flashing successfully
Here's a quick guide to some of the basics. Which recovery. ---------------------------- Use the latest from here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/development/recovery-unofficial-twrp-xiaomi-redmi-t3944363/post79823568 Do not use Orange...
forum.xda-developers.com

Thanks a lot man! I'm having this issue and it is beyond annoying. I've lost so much time with this BS.
Edit: Does not help actually

I just had the same problem with my Lamentablet.
I was trying stuff up and restarted it in fastboot mode and got stuck there.
So, ways to deal with it:
adb reboot recovery
rebooted the tablet in recovery mode. All I had then was to press the power button to activate Reboot. Solved! From now on it boots normally.
Meanwhile I had discovered that by typing
fasboot continue
the tablet would resume, but at the next reboot cycle, power down + up cycle or reboot after a crash, the tablet would reboot into fastboot mode...
And I found this out when it crashed (it's not called a Lamentablet for nothing!).
Luckily I had a PC with Linux around. It didn't have the software installed but drivers were already in the Kernel and installing adb and fastboot was a matter of mere seconds. If I didn't have an easily ready PC at hand, this tablet would have become a brick until plugged in and rebooted...

OMG Thanks dude.... I'm literally working to installing custom rom on redmi 7a from stock rom but I don't know what reason that make my phone always stuck on fastboot when format data, before this was fine.

Osga21 said:
I think I got it solved, at least I got it to reboot into Android and TWRP.
I used this guide, but I'll write the steps I took here in case you're having the same issue. I wound up using xiaomi.eu MIUI rom, but it shouldn't matter what you use, I'll assume you're stuck in fastboot.
Do "fastboot flash vendor vendor.img", you get this vendor.img from the fastboot version of the official MIUI ROM, after you decompress the .tar.gz it should be in the "images" folder
Do "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" then "fastboot boot twrp.img", this should flash twrp as your recovery and then boot into it, for some reason it only worked with the official twrp, not orange fox.
Assuming you got into TWRP you should now flash the latest firmware(I got mine from xiaomifirmwareupdater.com) make sure you download just the firmware not the entire rom, mine was named something like fw_raphael_miui... .zip
Format data (not wipe, format, it's a separate option in TWRP), it should ask you to type yes, so do that.
Flash whatever ROM you want
Hopefully this helps you, I hate finding forum posts marked "solved" but with no instructions. I also tried the "vbmeta_dv_shivsom.img" method some threads mentioned but it didn't work
Here's a pastebin of the guide I used in case the original link goes down
You can get all the files I mentioned from xiaomifirmwareupdater.com and the official TWRP site
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thanks bro. flashing vendor after a format from twrp did the good