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Going back to EEA Rom with locked bootloader ?

Hey everyone
I ordered my Mi 9 on Amazon and received it two days ago. When I used it for the first time, I noticed it was running on MIUI Global 10.2.28.0 (which is the EEA version).
After messing a bit with ROM flashing I ended up flashing a Global ROM over the EEA one with XiaoMi Tool V2, all that with locked bootloader (I can't unlock it yet).
The problem is that right now I can't flash the EEA ROM over the Global one, it says that my version is illegal or that I can only flash new firmwares.
Is there a way to get back to the EEA ROM without unlocking the bootloader?
EDIT : I've found my answer, I can't. I'll wait to unlock my bootloader and install the Xiaomi.eu ROM since I'm living in an EEA country

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How to know which firmware I was on before flashing aosp roms?

Hello guys. This may sound stupid, but I don't remember if I was on global or EEA miui since the first day I unlocked my bootloader and switched to a custom aosp rom. When I realised I did have to look for it, I had already formatted data I could only assume I was on EEA because I received MIUI 11 on the first days of november, way before the global update. I have always flashed EEA vendors since then and I had no problems overall. But I would like to clarify this question once and for all. Is there a way to know, from imei or something like this, if I was on global or EEA?

and why would you really need to know if you had EEA or Global when both are almost the same?

costorektypico said:
and why would you really need to know if you had EEA or Global when both are almost the same?
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Because I've heard that cross-flashing vendors is wrong, so I would like to know if I've been wrong all the time or not But if they're the same nevermind

BetaPix said:
Because I've heard that cross-flashing vendors is wrong, so I would like to know if I've been wrong all the time or not But if they're the same nevermind
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If you've always flashed EEA without issues then continue with that. It sounds like you probably have the EEA phone.
There seems to be very little, if any, difference between EEA and Global, so it probably wouldn't make any difference which you flashed.
Cross flashing firmware and vendor isn't 'wrong', it's just that you increase slightly the potential for things to go wrong as we're not sure what differences there may exist in hardware. Although specs are identical (with the exception of missing NFC on the Indian phone) Xiaomi may have changed supplier for some components between the Chinese, Indian and EEA/Global phones. I've lumped EEA and Global together as these were released close together so probably were manufactured at the same time.

BetaPix said:
Because I've heard that cross-flashing vendors is wrong, so I would like to know if I've been wrong all the time or not But if they're the same nevermind
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My phone came with EEA and I use Global and everything is fine.
Btw I've found that on EEA there are much more bugs than on Global

costorektypico said:
My phone came with EEA and I use Global and everything is fine.
Btw I've found that on EEA there are much more bugs than on Global
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EEA and IN are most bugfull

I bought my k20pro from a person who already had flashed a Xiaomi.eu ROM on it.
1. how should i know which version its vendor and firmware are. so i could find out which version should i install before flashing an AOSP ROM?
2. does a recovery update contain firmware/vendor?
3. what is the differences between Recovery and fastboot update? i mean what does fastboot update have that recovery update lacks?

Aryamehr1366 said:
I bought my k20pro from a person who already had flashed a Xiaomi.eu ROM on it.
1. how should i know which version its vendor and firmware are. so i could find out which version should i install before flashing an AOSP ROM?
2. does a recovery update contain firmware/vendor?
3. what is the differences between Recovery and fastboot update? i mean what does fastboot update have that recovery update lacks?
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https://www.mi.com/global/verify#/en/tab/imei
Insert your IMEI and you'll see from where your product is.

costorektypico said:
https://www.mi.com/global/verify#/en/tab/imei
Insert your IMEI and you'll see from where your product is.
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Thank you
I know that my phone is Chinese version
What I don't know however is:
1. What version of vendor or firmware my phone has
2. I believe a Xiaomi.EU version Rom is installed on my phone. But i don't know if i flash last global version of vendor and firmware on my Chinese version k20pro, what would happen?

Aryamehr1366 said:
Thank you
I know that my phone is Chinese version
What I don't know however is:
1. What version of vendor or firmware my phone has
2. I believe a Xiaomi.EU version Rom is installed on my phone. But i don't know if i flash last global version of vendor and firmware on my Chinese version k20pro, what would happen?
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Are you serious? if it's K20 Pro and origin is china than there was CHINESE FIRMWARE
If you have miui.eu it has chinese vendor and firmware is from stock so obv that chinese again.
What would happen? Bootloop or bootloop into fastboot.

costorektypico said:
Are you serious? if it's K20 Pro and origin is china than there was CHINESE FIRMWARE
If you have miui.eu it has chinese vendor and firmware is from stock so obv that chinese again.
What would happen? Bootloop or bootloop into fastboot.
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oh i apologize .. i meant :
1. how should i know which version number (release/edition/date/...) of firmware and vendor my phone has?
2. it is probably chinese version i know by now. but would it be ok if i flash a last vendor/firmware release of global version?
3. would it be too harmful if i flashed an older edition of vendor/firmware by mistake? :silly:
thank you

Aryamehr1366 said:
oh i apologize .. i meant :
1. how should i know which version number (release/edition/date/...) of firmware and vendor my phone has?
2. it is probably chinese version i know by now. but would it be ok if i flash a last vendor/firmware release of global version?
3. would it be too harmful if i flashed an older edition of vendor/firmware by mistake? :silly:
thank you
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you know it by MIUI version.
Why want you to reflash vendor in first place? Do you want to hard brick it? Will it be worth?? (reflashing vendor won't brick your phone but I can clearly see that you want to play with it like with a toy so I advice you to stay with the vendor you have)
No, phone is not a person. If you flash not compatible vendor it will simply throw up or will be stuck in Fastboot until you flash correct files, but I advice you again not to test it, it's not a toy and Xiaomi phone are very easy to brick even when you do something that shouldn't brick it.
I advice you simply use stock chinese Android 9 or latest MIUI 11 Android 10 version and don't play with it.
Also, you can flash stock global, BUT DON'T RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER.

costorektypico said:
you know it by MIUI version.
Why want you to reflash vendor in first place? Do you want to hard brick it? Will it be worth?? (reflashing vendor won't brick your phone but I can clearly see that you want to play with it like with a toy so I advice you to stay with the vendor you have)
No, phone is not a person. If you flash not compatible vendor it will simply throw up or will be stuck in Fastboot until you flash correct files, but I advice you again not to test it, it's not a toy and Xiaomi phone are very easy to brick even when you do something that shouldn't brick it.
I advice you simply use stock chinese Android 9 or latest MIUI 11 Android 10 version and don't play with it.
Also, you can flash stock global, BUT DON'T RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER.
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Thank you for your effort and your advice
Ok Miui version is 11.2 Xiaomi.EU 20.2.27 I'm not sure but I don't think there is any 11.2 version for firmware/vendor.
I had Samsung and HTC Phones before. None of them had vendor partition because they weren't treble compatible
So I'd be appreciated if somebody including you my friend would tell me
1. the vendor version of my phone is 11.2 ??? If it's not, how should I know the exact version number?
2. Raphael is basically the same phone over different region except for radio frequency differential
So I could flash for example global version OR older Chinese version through TWRP (not flashing fastboot Rom by mi flash). Right?
This could be frustrating for you to answer my noob questions.I get it but I'm just worried that cross region vendor flash OR accidentally older version vendor flash could harm my beloved phone which indeed is not a toy.

Aryamehr1366 said:
Thank you for your effort and your advice
Ok Miui version is 11.2 Xiaomi.EU 20.2.27 I'm not sure but I don't think there is any 11.2 version for firmware/vendor.
I had Samsung and HTC Phones before. None of them had vendor partition because they weren't treble compatible
So I'd be appreciated if somebody including you my friend would tell me
1. the vendor version of my phone is 11.2 ??? If it's not, how should I know the exact version number?
2. Raphael is basically the same phone over different region except for radio frequency differential
So I could flash for example global version OR older Chinese version through TWRP (not flashing fastboot Rom by mi flash). Right?
This could be frustrating for you to answer my noob questions.I get it but I'm just worried that cross region vendor flash OR accidentally older version vendor flash could harm my beloved phone which indeed is not a toy.
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almost everything yes but a bit wrong.
The vendor is updated almost in every update even when it's not public stable. vendor does not have version number because, why? It's bundled with Fastboot ROM, full-ota zip or, if need, with ota zip., so. As I said, you can flash every stock ROM, Chinese, Global and EEA even via Fastboot through MiFlash but DON'T RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER, because it will hard brick. Only re-lock the bootloader with your original region.
I suggest you to clean flash through MiFlash, because it's better, you can flash whatever region you want, but don't re-lock the bootloader. That's it. You can even flash older stock ROM (CN, IN, MI, EEA) because this phone doesn't have Anti Roll-back feature.
btw you can check vendors here https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/vendor/
for stock rom I suggest you to use https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/ there are all published (even rolled back) Recovery and Fastboot ROMs with all available regions. You don't have to disable your AdBlock like in xiaomifirmwareupdater.com

I asked @joshuah1971 on telegram. According to him, He said to check your box. you'll see a model number. ending with G: global. ending with E:eea. ending with R: russian
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Aryamehr1366 said:
I bought my k20pro from a person who already had flashed a Xiaomi.eu ROM on it.
1. how should I know which version its vendor and firmware are. so I could find out which version should I install before flashing an AOSP ROM?
2. does a recovery update contain firmware/vendor?
3. what are the differences between Recovery and fastboot update? I mean what does fastboot update have that recovery update lacks?
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If the NFC is working. you have china. else Indian (both are k20p)
1. you'll know which vendor it is from that. (i said working. not saying if some app is checking if it's enabled. ROMs enable it. but RIN can't use it cause RIN doesn't have NFC chip)
2. yes. all miui and custom miui does.
3. fastboot just erases a bit more. recovery is fine too. fastboot is just better by a bit. doesn't really matter tbh. fastboot is more thorough in wiping that's all.
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Aryamehr1366 said:
Thank you
I know that my phone is Chinese version
What I don't know however is:
1. What version of vendor or firmware my phone has
2. I believe a Xiaomi.EU version Rom is installed on my phone. But i don't know if i flash last global version of vendor and firmware on my Chinese version k20pro, what would happen?
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1. It has china vendor obviously. you can check your current vendor version in /vendor/build.prop file.
2. EU roms have modified china vendors. flashing gl vendor will just loop you back into recovery and won't boot into rom till you change back to cn vendor.
I advise you don't do that.

Question Mi 11 (EEA) 12.0.9

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anybody tried it?
( cant try until monday bco locked bl)

As you I'm waiting 50 hours for unlocking my bootloader and i'll flash it, still downloaded. i hope this rom will be less buggy than the orange rom i have.

Just installed trough recovery zip and app updater (my bootloader is locked).
Everything seems fine, will update soon in case of problems

davidep85 said:
Just installed trough recovery zip and app updater (my bootloader is locked).
Everything seems fine, will update soon in case of problems
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I guess you can only use this method if you bought a global phone that shipped with a global ROM (not CN ROM) from the outset?

philhab said:
I guess you can only use this method if you bought a global phone that shipped with a global ROM (not CN ROM) from the outset?
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This new rom is an EA Global so I think it is safe to flash only if you have the same base!

davidep85 said:
Just installed trough recovery zip and app updater (my bootloader is locked).
Everything seems fine, will update soon in case of problems
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What rom have you before update please ?

Pikaone41 said:
What rom have you before update please ?
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latest 12.0.4 official

Here too without problems. Update from recovery zip from 12.0.4.

Question Just bought a Note 10 5G & have a interesting question

So I just got a Note 10 5G off of eBay....Looking at the MIUI Version & I am puzzled. It just updated to 13.0.4.0 SKSEUHG & I'm not finding SKSEUHG Versions anywhere....Someone have an idea other than it's obviously an EU Version? Is it a specific carrier phone that has been unlocked?

debianmain1 said:
So I just got a Note 10 5G off of eBay....Looking at the MIUI Version & I am puzzled. It just updated to 13.0.4.0 SKSEUHG & I'm not finding SKSEUHG Versions anywhere....Someone have an idea other than it's obviously an EU Version? Is it a specific carrier phone that has been unlocked?
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yes, it is a carrier phone. it is possibly branded as Hutchison Telecom if im sure
also, im pretty sure its impossible to get your hands on a carrier rom, as they come flashed by default with their bloatware installed and some tweaking they did, only on region roms (global, eea, indo, russian, taiwan and turkey) but not carrier roms

Hmmmm...That is about what I thought.....It has done 2 updates so far (came with 13.0.2.0 & now is 13.0.4.0), so it looks like I'm getting OTA. What would be a good path to change over to a generic EU or Global ROM? Or is that not a good idea?

Probably is a branded firmware. I suggest replace it with global or eu version. If u like miui dialer install indonesian. If u dont want unlock bootloader, u can install only eu firmware, because u have a branded eu

wetito said:
Probably is a branded firmware. I suggest replace it with global or eu version. If u like miui dialer install indonesian. If u dont want unlock bootloader, u can install only eu firmware, because u have a branded eu
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No prob with EU firmware...can you point me to a tutorial?

debianmain1 said:
No prob with EU firmware...can you point me to a tutorial?
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note that this will erase all of your data, so make a backup if you need
install MiFlashPro (attached)
now, download any EEA MIUI ROM of your preference (miui 13 or 12) from any website, you can try mifirm.net that downloads alot faster than any other website i know of
after downloading it, you must extract it to the dir C:\, or Mi Flash wont detect the ROM for some reason (atleast for me)
open up mi flash pro, click on the "Mi Flash" tab in the top, and install the drivers pop up
connect your phone to fastboot mode by turning it off, pressing VOL- & POWER buttons at the same time till you see a orange text displaying "FASTBOOT"
on mi flash, click "select", open up the dir C:\ and simply select the ROM folder
now, click refresh to detect the phone in fastboot, and simply clean "flash" besides it.

Thank You....Much simpler than the LG G8 I owned before (LOL)....you had to use QPST with Firehose to change a vendor phone......Take a look at this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/tutorial-crossflash-bypass-opid-mismatched-error.4345963/
Lots of fun (not)
And I would "assume" a Fastboot ROM instead of a Recovery ROM?

debianmain1 said:
Thank You....Much simpler than the LG G8 I owned before (LOL)....you had to use QPST with Firehose to change a vendor phone......Take a look at this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/tutorial-crossflash-bypass-opid-mismatched-error.4345963/
Lots of fun (not)
And I would "assume" a Fastboot ROM instead of a Recovery ROM?
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yes, fastboot
recovery ROM is only used to update your phone with the same ROM region from miui updater

1lopes said:
yes, fastboot
recovery ROM is only used to update your phone with the same ROM region from miui updater
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Perfect---will be on it tonight.

Question Problem with choosing fastboot rom

I want to install magisk using adb.
My miui build is V14.0.2.0.TKFEUXM GLOBAL but the only available rom from miui updater with this number is Redmi Note 10 Pro EEA.
It is the same rom? And what does it mean EEA.
Also is it possible to get boot.img from my rom using adb command?

global and EEA are basicly the same thing, you will not notice any changes. EEA is for europe.