Wrong MIUI Flash + Locked Bootloader - Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers

I have the model M1902F1A that had the MIUI V12.0.2 Global ROM and tried to upgrade to V12.5 Global.
Problem is, while the flashing was successful, I learned that my device was not compatible with the MIUI version that I flashed so I can't boot the device. But I didn't notice the "clean all and lock" was activated when I was flashing. Now I can't flash a new ROM because my device is locked, and can't unlock my device because I can't boot to allow in the Mi Account Settings.
I can still access Mi Recovery and Fastboot, but after 6 hours of searching I just couldn't find a solution that worked for me. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Mi5 - MIUI 7.3.2 Global Stable - EDL / Bootloader

Hi all.
My Mi5 arrived today with MIUI 7.3.2 Global Stable ROM installed. I'd like to unlock bootloader (Xiaomi granted me permissions already) but I am unable to on this ROM.
I need to flash China ROM but "adb reboot edl" just boots me back into ROM.
Am I right in thinking EDL is blocked on 7.3 and newer? How else can I unlock bootloader ?
To rub salt in the wound, opening contact or dialer crashes the app.
Cheers.
After some more fettling I have managed to solve this. I unlocked my bootloader with the 7.3.2 Global ROM.
I factory reset the phone and rebooted. During setup I skipped everything except the Mi account.
Once at the desktop, I rebooted into bootloader and fired up the Mi Unlock tool and this time it worked.
From there I flashed TWRP and Xiaomi.EU ROM.
How did you unlock it on global stable ROM?
skymera said:
After some more fettling I have managed to solve this. I unlocked my bootloader with the 7.3.2 Global ROM.
I factory reset the phone and rebooted. During setup I skipped everything except the Mi account.
Once at the desktop, I rebooted into bootloader and fired up the Mi Unlock tool and this time it worked.
From there I flashed TWRP and Xiaomi.EU ROM.
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My mi 5 pro is on its way. Thanks for the info as I want to run the same ROM and twrp.
Attention!
I had lots of trouble unlocking my bootloader, tried everything, but nothing seemed to work. Finally i managed to get i working.
To unlock bootloader on Global Stable ROM do the following:
Download Latest Global Development ROM (not stable rom). I used the one from here http://en.miui.com/download-299.html
Put the ZIP on the downloaded_rom folder on the sdcard. If folder is missing, create it.
Use the updater app on the phone to flash the zip you downloaded.
Be PATIENT, flashing takes TIME! Once it's done you can boot into fastboot and proceed with unlock tool as usual
The eu rom is awesome!!!!
Thank you!
skymera said:
Hi all.
My Mi5 arrived today with MIUI 7.3.2 Global Stable ROM installed. I'd like to unlock bootloader (Xiaomi granted me permissions already) but I am unable to on this ROM.
I need to flash China ROM but "adb reboot edl" just boots me back into ROM.
Am I right in thinking EDL is blocked on 7.3 and newer? How else can I unlock bootloader ?
To rub salt in the wound, opening contact or dialer crashes the app.
Cheers.
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Yes! This worked for me too. Soooo much easier than trying to flash China dev roms with the various methods that don't work... Thanks a ton.

when do i need an unlocked bootloader & flashing methodes

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i'm little bit confused about unlocking the bootloader on an mi5 device. I read somewhere that it's not needed if you use the updater app on the phone. i think this is only true for official rom's which came from en.miui.com it self?
can i use the updater app if i want to install the official en.miui.com 8 global rom without unlocking the bootloader?
if i want to install an xiaomi.eu rom, i will have to unlock the bootloader first?
does root on an official rom need an unlocked bootloader too?
there are more then one way to flash an rom on an mi5 device, updater app, fastboot and miflash tool, twrp(which is not preinstalled i mean?). but i read something about an edl mode, but cant find out what this does mean? is this maybe the fastboot and miflash tool mode?
many thanks!
best regards
adnan
Hello there,
what ROM are you running currently? Broadly speaking, you have 2 tools to change the ROM on Your device: the updater app and Fastboot (miflash uses fastboot too, and twrp requires fastboot to be installed). The updater app allows you only to upgrade your current ROM to the newest version. Fastboot (and the related tools) allow you to change ROM completely (e.g. switching from China Stable to China Dev or from China Stable to Global Stable or from China Stable to miui.eu Stable), and will also allow you to root your device through TWRP. To use fastboot, however, you will need to unlock Your bootloader.
Regarding EDL mode, it is the Miui stock recovery mode, which can be used together with the Xiaomi desktop application to flash new ROMs. It is not a widely used method, because the desktop app is quite buggy.
hello
many thanks for your replay.. i'm currently on miui 8, the global alpha version, so i already do an flash.. your answer is toop, again thanks for that!! but there are some new questions, edl is the miui stock recovery mode, does this mean the recovery as i know it already in a form from recovery.img? if i also want root i will have to flash twrp, this would then mean that the miui stock recovery (edl) wouldn't work anymore? so if i want to go back to an official global rom, do i need to flash the stock miui recovery first? the way to do that would be through fastboot? where can i get the stock miui recovery?
have an nice day!

Problem with installing Rom eu !!!

Hi friends
I recently unlock my phone
Mi 8 Chinese edition
Unfortunately, installing 3 versions of Rom eu
The phone does not start or logo Mi
What is the problem with?
What did you do?
Steps?
TWRP?
Have you flashed the dm-verity disabler? Also, try to "Format Data" first in TWRP before flashing EU ROM.
My sequences according to various guides available on the internet when flashing my Mi 8 for the first time (Mine was also CN version with BL already unlocked by its distributor):
1. Bootloader unlock
2. Flash TWRP
3. Inside TWRP, choose Format Data (your Internal Storage will be wiped clean)
4. Connect as MTP, copy DM verity disabler and ROM file
5. Flash DM Verity Disabler -> Reboot to Recovery
6. Flash ROM as usual -> Reboot
SKA67 said:
Hi friends
I recently unlock my phone
Mi 8 Chinese edition
Unfortunately, installing 3 versions of Rom eu
The phone does not start or logo Mi
What is the problem with?
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reflash dm variety after flash eu rom ....try another dm variety fix

Mi8 Brick? [fastboot & recovery works]

Hello!
I bought Xiaomi mi 8 China version with Unlocked bootloader and installed global rom. I have install Xiaomi eu - i go to fastboot and flash twrp - works. I download ZIP with Xiaomi eu and install from phone storage on twrp - works. I comeback to global with miflash. I download global rom for fastboot from miui website. I flashed - compleed without errors, but phone its restsrting to recovery - twrp is deleted, in recovery i see mi recovery. On bottom i have Red message "This miui version cannot work on This device". Now, when i flashing with miflash i see error "erase boot error". Can fix it?
Sorry for my english, and thanks for help.
sdorpl said:
Hello!
I bought Xiaomi mi 8 China version with Unlocked bootloader and installed global rom. I have install Xiaomi eu - i go to fastboot and flash twrp - works. I download ZIP with Xiaomi eu and install from phone storage on twrp - works. I comeback to global with miflash. I download global rom for fastboot from miui website. I flashed - compleed without errors, but phone its restsrting to recovery - twrp is deleted, in recovery i see mi recovery. On bottom i have Red message "This miui version cannot work on This device". Now, when i flashing with miflash i see error "erase boot error". Can fix it?
Sorry for my english, and thanks for help.
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Hello! Xiaomi is really against people flashing global on chinese phones - that's why this happened.
Flash twrp to recovery via adb (search up on youtube its easy)
and flash a custom rom - they're better than miui anyway
Also if you use miflash tool in the future DO NOT click lock bootloader because it might brick your device which is a headache.
theo-setsunai said:
Hello! Xiaomi is really against people flashing global on chinese phones - that's why this happened.
Flash twrp to recovery via adb (search up on youtube its easy)
and flash a custom rom - they're better than miui anyway
Also if you use miflash tool in the future DO NOT click lock bootloader because it might brick your device which is a headache.
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Can i flash TWRP on locked bootloader? My bootloader is locked.
sdorpl said:
Can i flash TWRP on locked bootloader? My bootloader is locked.
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No you can't if your bootloader is locked.
I think you should talk to xiaomi about this issue directly and ask them whats the best thing to do.
The thing I can think of is to try and flash a chinese rom and get it to work - after that you can apply for unlocking your bootloader again
with the mi unlock tool (you'd have to wait 15 days though - xiaomi has ****ty policy on unlocking BL.
I install china rom, but its not work - miflash: erase boot error. On MI PCSuite China version app downloads global rom files, china files its not works, bad veryfication.
there are already some threads with some possible solutions, but if on the first run when you used the miflash tool and DID NOT UNCLICK lock bootloader than it looks like you fkkd up.
What is fkkd? In mi flash i checked clear and loock and did not work. Erase boot error.
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gagp2p said:
there are already some threads with some possible solutions, but if on the first run when you used the miflash tool and DID NOT UNCLICK lock bootloader than it looks like you fkkd up.
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Yep, lock bootloader will be hard brick on Chinese device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77755947&postcount=11
Contact this guy thinks he's changing 16euros but think he's your only hope at the moment
Can I repair bricked phone on a xiaomi devices service or warranty service of my seller?
sdorpl said:
Can I repair bricked phone on a xiaomi devices service or warranty service of my seller?
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You could try since the bootloader is locked.

My Mi 9 doesn't update from V12.0.5.0.QFAMIXM

Hello dear all, my Xiaomi Mi 9 Global was stopped to the last OTA V12.04.xxx, no new download!
I decide to download the last glolbal recovery version from here(V12.5.xxx) but it doesn't work, so tried the version in the middle V12.0.5.xxx and the update from the recovery tool embedded on the Mi 9 it worked fine.
This is the last versione I sucessufully installed on my smartphone, it doens't receive anything from OTA enad it still doesn't accept the last Global Recovery ver. V12.0.5.0.QFAMIXM....evrytime I receive "Impossible to verify the update....." and "Impossible to install this stable ROM"
Do you know why?!?!
I was stuck with the same weird issue. I finally unlocked the bootloader, and flashed the last official ROM 12.5 with mi flash tool. Now I also installed a custom ROM finally!
I had the same Problem ...
I have solved my Problem with a Fastboot Rom Installation too
There is no "BEST" alternative of Stock ROM. I have tried many custom ROMs but at last I stopped on Stock ROM and its working like Sun and Moon...!!
Can anyone help?
I have the same problem, but a little worse. I can't unlock the bootloader.
In fastboot mode, the phone isn't recognized. I tried with another phones and everything is ok, on a another pc and nothing.
When I try to flash any rom, all official, says it's no possible to flash.

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