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Critical Partition Flashing is not allowed on Xiaomi Redmi 4x help me

Hi everyone, my cell phone works normally, but when i put to recharge the battery my phone was brick. The Edl mode doesn´t works and when i put to fastboot mode to flash the official rom i get that message "Critical Partition Flashing is not allowed". My cellphone is unlocked with twrp and i have the pixel experience installed. I try install the twrp again but nothing happens, i try install the official rom and i get that message Critical Partition Flashing is not allowed, some can help if i have a chance to put to work again? Anyway, thanx :good:

make backup of everything and then make clean flash with formatting internal storage. try different rom if possible.

metelhammer said:
make backup of everything and then make clean flash with formatting internal storage. try different rom if possible.
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Hi matey, how u doing?
I don´t have acess on twrp, i´m trying isntall again but i get error like the locked again. When i run the program of xiaomi to check if the cellphone still unlocked, seems is lock again. I don´t know how this happens, maybe when i put the official rom of santoni to try install again, i try use the clip to edl mode work but nothing happen, i put fastboot mode on but still with that message.

Andinho-system said:
Hi matey, how u doing?
I don´t have acess on twrp, i´m trying isntall again but i get error like the locked again. When i run the program of xiaomi to check if the cellphone still unlocked, seems is lock again. I don´t know how this happens, maybe when i put the official rom of santoni to try install again, i try use the clip to edl mode work but nothing happen, i put fastboot mode on but still with that message.
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I doing great, The phone shouldn't have been locked itself on pixel experience, since only way to lock it is on official global/china MIUI rom.
try downloading different version of mi flash tools (maybe a older one) download latest fastboot rom again and try flashing it again.
here it is video for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1jHh4MnXs0
you may need to connect edl points.

metelhammer said:
I doing great, The phone shouldn't have been locked itself on pixel experience, since only way to lock it is on official global/china MIUI rom.
try downloading different version of mi flash tools (maybe a older one) download latest fastboot rom again and try flashing it again.
here it is video for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1jHh4MnXs0
you may need to connect edl points.
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I put my cellphone yesterday on garbage, weeks trying, geting stress a lot with that... But i don´t was try what u post here matey, i believe can really helps. I´ll buy another Xiaomi Redmi 4x, i´m checking it out on shop and see models above the redmi4x but with the same storage 32gb, hardware and memory ram too, but more expensive u know. I like this model Redmi 4x and i will keep for a long time.
Anyway, thanx a lot. God bless u

Andinho-system said:
I put my cellphone yesterday on garbage, weeks trying, geting stress a lot with that... But i don´t was try what u post here matey, i believe can really helps. I´ll buy another Xiaomi Redmi 4x, i´m checking it out on shop and see models above the redmi4x but with the same storage 32gb, hardware and memory ram too, but more expensive u know. I like this model Redmi 4x and i will keep for a long time.
Anyway, thanx a lot. God bless u
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If you still have your device then put your device in fastboot mode and then flash the fastboot rom by following video via mi flash tools.

Critical Partition Flashing is not allowed on Xiaomi Redmi 5 help me, when i want to flah
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Question Cannot update - 3 dots missing

Hi All,
I have a Note 10 5G 4+128. It was originally on vodafone firmware and I unlocked the bootloader and installed EEA 12.0.8.0 Stable. I shortly after received an OTA update to 12.0.9.0 (RKSEUXM) so assumed everything was all good.
I have not received the 12.0.10.0 update yet and the three dots are missing on the update page for me to do it manually. If I reboot the phone and go immediately to the update page the three dots are there for a split second then disappear.
The only thing I can think that has caused this is I have removed something I thought was bloatware using the XIAOMI ADB fasttools java app on windows. I have tried reinstalling pretty much all of the "bloatware" but it does not fix the issue.
A few threads on similar things for different devices have popped up on reddit and people say to clear the data and cache from the system updater app. However I do not appear to have that app and its not in the list of things ive previously uninstalled as "bloatware". My system apps updater still works fine and reguarly updates other system apps.
Any ideas?

tap 10 time on miui logo. you will see advanced options

Thanks for your response.
I have tried this. It states the advanced options are active. My problem is that the 3 dots themselves which gives access to the update settings, which should be shown even when advanced options are off, is completely missing.
If I restart the phone and go into the update page the dots show for a split second then disappear. It almost feels like an app is crashing in the background or something.

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mmm... you can try update manually with miflash tools. you know how to do?

I know how to use the miflash tools, however I believe the bootloader needs to be unlocked to use them. I have already relocked the bootloader so would need to wait a week to unlock it again, plus that would mean wiping the user storage on the device which is rather not do.
Surely there must be something else im missing here? Other people online have stated to clear the data and cache from the Updater app on other MIUI devices, however I see no way to do that.

AnUrbanPenguin said:
I know how to use the miflash tools, however I believe the bootloader needs to be unlocked to use them. I have already relocked the bootloader so would need to wait a week to unlock it again, plus that would mean wiping the user storage on the device which is rather not do.
Surely there must be something else im missing here? Other people online have stated to clear the data and cache from the Updater app on other MIUI devices, however I see no way to do that.
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online i have found a tool very helpfull. i have remove the brand from my phone with bootloader locked. now i have the latest eu version. you can try it to update your firmware. search xiaomitool v2 by Francesco Tescari. another helpfull tool i found is xiaomiadbfastboottools.jar

The adb fastboot tools are the ones ive used to remove the bloatware on this and other phones in the past. It is excellent.
The Xiaomitool v2 is also great.
However I still feel like I am missing something. I should not have to unlock my bootloader and wipe my device every time there is an incremental MIUI update. There must be something I am missing here that is causing me not to get the OTA update or have the ability to manually update.

AnUrbanPenguin said:
The adb fastboot tools are the ones ive used to remove the bloatware on this and other phones in the past. It is excellent.
The Xiaomitool v2 is also great.
However I still feel like I am missing something. I should not have to unlock my bootloader and wipe my device every time there is an incremental MIUI update. There must be something I am missing here that is causing me not to get the OTA update or have the ability to manually update.
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mmmm.... my advice is a clean installation of stock firmware. and the best way to do this is via miflash with bootloader unlocked. i'm not sure but i think something goes wrong during an ota update. so a sytem wipe is necessary. you could try reflash your current stock firmware via Xiaomi tool v2. i have used it to remove my brand without unlock and works fine. but if this don't solve your problem i think the only solution is a new clean installation

For mi 11 lite 5G: Go to "Settings/Apps/Manage apps" and search for app "Updater" then click on it and clear all data and cache.

Duddly said:
For mi 11 lite 5G: Go to "Settings/Apps/Manage apps" and search for app "Updater" then click on it and clear all data and cache.
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Thank you! This really helped

Question -12 hours before bootloader unlock, what next?

Hi guys,
I hope you are all well.
Finally tomorrow I will be able to unlock the BT of my Mi 11.
I would like to flash the EEA Rom without any other customization. The phone is currently on MIUI 12.5.7 CN Rom, I did not update it on purpose.
Shall I just unlock the bootloader and flash the fastboot venus_eea_global_images_V12.5.9.0.RKBEUXM_20211214.0000.00_11.0_eea_dc91966e19 with Mi Flash?
12.5.9 over 12.5.7 will be alright?
My understanding is that I should keep widevine L1 but safetynet will be a fail?
Thank you all for your help.
P.S.
Checking the unlock status after requesting BT unlock did not reset the counter for me, I kept checking every day

Above all, be careful to NEVER reloack your CN Venus Mi 11 with a another branch rom (EEA / Global), if not you will brick your device.
So be careful to Mi Flash, because by default option "clean & lock" is always selected by default.
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I advise to install Stable Xiaomi.eu from here, more safe, you have less risk to brick your device because a **** OTA (MIUI 13 is knowed for that)

Pho3nX said:
Above all, be careful to NEVER reloack your CN Venus Mi 11 with a another branch rom (EEA / Global), if not you will brick your device.
So be careful to Mi Flash, because by default option "clean & lock" is always selected by default.
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I advise to install Stable Xiaomi.eu from here, more safe, you have less risk to brick your device because a **** OTA (MIUI 13 is knowed for that)
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Thank you.
Yes I ll leave the bootloader unkocked...but I ll flash the eea rom, I m looking for a stock experience as much as possible.
If it bricks the phone I ll fix it and sell it afterwards, I m already stressed AF in this period, cannot be stressed about the phone too! I ll buy a Pixel maybe, not a lot of choices in europe actually...

Dorian. said:
Thank you.
Yes I ll leave the bootloader unkocked...but I ll flash the eea rom, I m looking for a stock experience as much as possible.
If it bricks the phone I ll fix it and sell it afterwards, I m already stressed AF in this period, cannot be stressed about the phone too! I ll buy a Pixel maybe, not a lot of choices in europe actually...
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I really recommend you to use miui 13 Xiaomi.eu Stable or miui 13 global/EEA. Android 12 update really make this device ui smooth without any noticeable frame drops. Xiaomi.eu is basically a CN ROM with all the global languages. Have both google dialer, messages and Xiaomi dialer and messages. You can find a fastboot version that I made of miui 13 global/EEA here https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-global-eea-stable-and-miui-13-china.4381953/. It is very easy to install, just one click on "windows_fastboot_first_install_with_data_format.bat" file and wait for the phone to restart.(will wipe your internal storage) You do not need Mi flash for this, and thus can not lock your bootloader accidentally.

Hi guys,
just to follow up on this.
unlocked the bootloader today, after unlocking the phone got stuck on the Miui logo...
so I ve rebooted in Fastboot mode and flashed the EEA 12.5.9 rom with MiFlash.
All went good apparently but in the end it completed with an error (mentioning a checkpoint)
booted, factory reset, started phone setup.
All good and as expected, widevine 1, Safetynet fail, my banking apps are working..only issue is Netflix from Googleplay not available, I ll try to sideload it later on.
Everything seems good enough,waiting for Miui13 OTA.
Thank you all again for your help

Dorian. said:
Hi guys,
just to follow up on this.
unlocked the bootloader today, after unlocking the phone got stuck on the Miui logo...
so I ve rebooted in Fastboot mode and flashed the EEA 12.5.9 rom with MiFlash.
All went good apparently but in the end it completed with an error (mentioning a checkpoint)
booted, factory reset, started phone setup.
All good and as expected, widevine 1, Safetynet fail, my banking apps are working..only issue is Netflix from Googleplay not available, I ll try to sideload it later on.
Everything seems good enough,waiting for Miui13 OTA.
Thank you all again for your help
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I am using 12.5.9 EEA. Came from phone with Global ROM, so I did exactly what you did - unlocked bootloader, then used miflash to do the EEA flash.
I can tell you it is normal to see the error at end of flash when you pick the "erase but don't lock" option. If you look at the .bat file for this option, the end of the batch file references something that doesn't exist, causing the error. Xiaomi folks screwed something up there, and actually it has been like that since the Mi 9 days (I used to own a Mi 9). So nothing to worry about.

seemebreakthis said:
I am using 12.5.9 EEA. Came from phone with Global ROM, so I did exactly what you did - unlocked bootloader, then used miflash to do the EEA flash.
I can tell you it is normal to see the error at end of flash when you pick the "erase but don't lock" option. If you look at the .bat file for this option, the end of the batch file references something that doesn't exist, causing the error. Xiaomi folks screwed something up there, and actually it has been like that since the Mi 9 days (I used to own a Mi 9). So nothing to worry about.
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Hi, just to report I got Miui 13 OTA by changing region from ireland to Italy. I did the update, all good, works well

Help Needed - My Mi 8 is stuck (because Xiaomi tools suck)

Hi everyone,
I was recently given a Xiaomi Mi 8 which is now blocked in a boot loop, because Xiaomi apparently thought it was good engineering to give people tools that make flashing easy, but are rigged with a deadly "clean all and lock" option ON BY DEFAULT. Please allow me to sum things up.
HISTORY:
My mom had a Xiaomi Mi 8, bought a newer phone for some reason.
She had a reseller fix/clean the Mi 8 and gave it to me as a present; all in excellent shape.
My wife's phone sucked more than mine, so I migrated her number/data/etc to the Mi 8 for her to use.
Everything seemed fine, I let the system update to MIUI 12 (don't know which one was installed before).
Only then did we notice: no sound coming out from the ear speaker... Dunno if it worked before MIUI 12. My mom never had a problem with it before.
After looking it up online, I saw sometimes system updates did screw up parts of the phone for no reason.
I downloaded Mi Flash Tool + global MIUI 11 rom, hoping to downgrade and see if it fixes the ear speaker.
Bootloader was already unlocked, downgrading is apparently officially authorized, so... I flashed the phone!
After installing and rebooting, it got stuck in "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device".
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Phone: Xiaomi Mi 8, second hand, no idea what the original region was.
OS: MIUI 11, downgraded from MIUI 12.
ROM: dipper_global_images_V11.0.5.0.QEAMIXM_20200706.0000.00_10.0_global
Bootloader: previously unlocked, now locked because Mi Flash Tool was set on "clean all and lock" and I didn't know better.
Connections: USB OK, fastboot/sideload OK, EDL OK
Mi account: didn't have one, I do now, couldn't link it to the phone though.
After lots of research, tests, hopes and disillusionments, I'm still stuck and can't flash anything into it, can't recover anything, can't move on. I did many attempts in EDL mode (opening the phone allowed me to notice it had been opened before, I guess by the repair shop my mom took it to). I'm appalled that Xiaomi let people flash their phone with official tools so easily, yet fail to warn us VISIBLY that 1) your phone may be from a different region without you knowing it; 2) you aren't allowed to flash a Global rom on a China rom; 3) the default option in Mi Flash Tool is to lock your bootloader after flashing, which is THE reason why your phone may end up locked by mistake.
I got my hand on various versions of Mi Flash Tool (latest, 2018, beta), Mi Flash Unlock (early, recent), Qualcomm drivers, Miracle Box Thunder Edition 2.82, XiaomiToolV2, and of course Minimal ADB & Fastboot. EDL is a no-brainer now, plugging the battery out/in, pressing VOL- and Power too... I tried to flash a Chinese Developer Fastboot rom, I tried firehose patchs, nothing ever worked. Apparently I'm now out of luck, being stuck in a bootloop with a MIUI version that wasn't meant for my phone, with a bootloader that's been locked again, without a linked account to unlock it. And no, I don't wanna drive to a Xiaomi shop, I don't wanna pay a stranger to unlock my account with Teamviewer – basically my mom gave us that MI 8 so that we would not have to pay anything. Otherwise I would've paid to replace the battery of my wife's Samsung A5 2016 and we would've been fine.
Could anyone knowledgeable enough tell me if there's another way to fix that phone, or if it's definitely stuck and I should sell it for parts? Thanks for reading.

Come on... Anyone?
Also, could booting TWRP on my phone help in any way?
Or maybe a Qualcomm vulnerability, like the one used by Project Renegade?

Question Xiaomi Mi 11 PRO Mars and Stars carry the same global firmware ?

for the fastboot rom can I use the one from Star for Mars?
MI 11 pro MARS does not have global rom in any way?
If I flash rom fastboot stars in mars will it stay in bootloop?
Thanks !

Ayg197 said:
for the fastboot rom can I use the one from Star for Mars?
MI 11 pro MARS does not have global rom in any way?
If I flash rom fastboot stars in mars will it stay in bootloop?
Thanks !
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You can but dont relock the bootloader.(playstore not certified).
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/star/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/
better than stock rom
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/22-6-8-6-9.66076/

NOSS8 said:
You can but dont relock the bootloader.(playstore not certified).
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/star/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/
better than stock rom
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/22-6-8-6-9.66076/
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Thanks for your answer
I think I'll cheer up
and in a few days when I get the ok to unlock bootloader I will do that job, I hope and have faith that everything goes well

NOSS8 said:
You can but dont relock the bootloader.(playstore not certified).
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/star/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/
better than stock rom
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/22-6-8-6-9.66076/
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To avoid problems, they recommended me to edit the flash.allbat file and remove the Antirollback command line, is this correct? Or can I avoid having to do it?

does anyone have it by chance?
I can't stop finding this rom

Ayg197 said:
To avoid problems, they recommended me to edit the flash.allbat file and remove the Antirollback command line, is this correct? Or can I avoid having to do it?
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Do it if you have this problem ou directly flash a Xiaomi EU rom.

An existential doubt, if the device has the rom with Antirollback version 1, and the rom to install has AR1 too, is there any risk?
Thank you for all your help

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An existential doubt, if the device has the rom with Antirollback version 1, and the rom to install has AR1 too, is there any risk?
Thank you for all your help
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The answer is above.
With MI flash the flash will not work ,if ARB, that's all.

Thank you all for your advice I managed to do a successful job!
Sorry for so many questions!

Thank you all for your patience, responses and help.
I managed to install the Global rom of Mi 11 pro Mars
1) Check the ARB and in both roms, the current one and the one you wanted to install in both the version was: 1
2) Unlock bootloader
3) Install with Mi flash without problems
Totally successful job!
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Hi! i have locket my xiaomi mi 11 pro with a custom rom on it, is there anyway i make it stock again without unlocking?

geraldmany said:
Hi! i have locket my xiaomi mi 11 pro with a custom rom on it, is there anyway i make it stock again without unlocking?
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Answered by PM.

geraldmany said:
HI! i got a mi 11 pro 1 year ago, and it was offically chinese, but it came unlocked with Xiaomi.eu firmware, but i could't update it via the updater app, so i searched and found the global star version and just flashed it, everything worked, only now google pay nfc didnt work, it said that its probably because of the unlocked bootloader, so i got to fastboot and in cmd i sent fastboot oem lock, and since then my phone is stuck in miui recovery 5.0 screen and says that i cannot run this firmware on the device, i tried to unlock it but failed, maybe after a week, but i think that i didnt turn on oem unlocking on the phone itself before this... So im just hoping that after a week unlocking could be done... Or my other idea is, that i could install the original chinese rom with sideload, because i managed to install another global version on it since, but the result is still the same, the only problem is that i cannot find literally anywhere a mars codenamed firmware...
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Anyone who might have the same situation, i found a simple, but effective solution, not sure if it works on every xiaomi device, but i will write down the steps here:
You need to use XiaomiADB, here is the download link and the description for how to use it -> https://xiaomiui.net/how-to-use-xiaomiadb-8044/ (if the page is not available, then feel free to msg me!)
For xiaomi adb, you need to go to 3rd option on the miui recovery screen, NOT THE FASTBOOT
So basically i went through the steps to “xiaomiadb sideload_miui <filename>”
And I tried to install a rom, BUT IT DIDNT ACCEPT IT!
The message was:
ERROR: This rom cannot be installed, server code -> 2001, server message -> Can't install unofficial rom
after trying 4 times all the same and: Installation of this rom via stock recovery is not allowed by Xiaomi
Says Installation failed, and then i just decided to download another rom so i PLUGGED OUT THE PHONE right after this, and went to another room to connect to wired network, to download and try a different rom... when i came back, to all my surprise, the phone was turned on, so i went to the setting dev ops and enabled bootloader unlocking, linked it to my account enabled adb and everything that is needed to flash another rom later, so then i rebooted and again, miui recovery 5.0 screen, but now i enabled unlocking, so i put the phone in fastboot, and tried MI UNLOCKER TOOL again, now it says: Please unlock 168 hours later. And do not add your account in MIUI again, otherwise you will wait from scratch.
So that means, after 7 days i wll be able to unlock it, until then, i can turn it on with the above method, in short try to sideload (copy and install) a rom to it, and then after it failed, plug it out and just wait like 10-20 maybe 30 seconds and bam your device is normally booted... I hope it helps to some of you, (i have been searching for the solution for almost a week, my other option was to pay someone who can MAYBE do it or send the phone back to china and pay the repairs, so im really happy with this method! If it helps to you, please reply so i and the others will know that it worked! Have a nice day!