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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!

stock in boot after flashing global stable 7.1.19

when i flash xiaomi.eu rom 7.1.19 via twrp is was succesful but when i try to flash global stable 7.1.19 via twrp
i got stock in boot logo
please help me can i flash global stable rom when i came from xiaomi.eu rom?

the global stable rom is 8.1.2.0 ...
at this page you will find the official roms (stable and dev) with also the link to the flashing guides to accomplish the task
http://en.miui.com/download-299.html
Do you accept/use/like other flashing methods?
advice: do a backup, put it somewhere (your pc, etc) (but not in the phone) and then use the miflash tool / fastboot (wich will erase everything).

Device Mismatch error on Mi Flash tool

I flashed Mi 9T Pro ROM (MIUI 12) on my K20 Pro using Mi Flash tool. Now for K20 pro the ROM is MIUI 11 and when I try to flash the K20 Pro ROM on my phone using Mi Flash tool, I get an error about device mismatch.
Please help as I want to switch back to Indian ROM....

Dear brother, I am using K20 Pro I have this error also this problem persist on vendor image, i flashed China vendor image in my mobile after i try to flash Indian fastboot rom i got this mismatch error. So the problem is very small do you have Indian fastboot rom then flash indian vendor zip or do you have china fastboot rom then flash china vendor zip. Then try fastboot flash its really work.
Sorry for my English. I hope you understand.

Where do i get the vendor files? Also, is it some kind of downgrade protection because I am trying to flash MIUI 11 on device running MIUI 12?

You'll find the vendor image inside fastboot rom. Flash it with TWRP.
Mi 9T Pro ll Tapatalk

Go-to this below link and find the vendor zip file as you have fastboot rom version. for example do you have fastboot rom 12.0.2.0 India version then download 12.0.2.0 vendor zip and flash with TWRP or Orange Fox then flash fastboot rom using Mi flash tool.
I am new to XDA, so I can't share the link now on reply, so copy below link and paste into address bar to open.
URL: downloads.akhilnarang.dev/MIUI/raphael/

ishten said:
Go-to this below link and find the vendor zip file as you have fastboot rom version. for example do you have fastboot rom 12.0.2.0 India version then download 12.0.2.0 vendor zip and flash with TWRP or Orange Fox then flash fastboot rom using Mi flash tool.
I am new to XDA, so I can't share the link now on reply, so copy below link and paste into address bar to open.
URL: downloads.akhilnarang.dev/MIUI/raphael/
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Can someone help me with the detailed steps to do it. I am listing the entire thing what I did till now-
1) Bootloader unlocked and installed Pixel Experience ROM
2) Then used the Mi Flash Tool to install the Global ROM MIUI 12 (Originally my phone had the Indian variant for MIUI 11)
3) Now, my phone shows it to be MI9T Pro, whereas earlier it was K20 Pro
4) Now when I try to flash the MIUI 11 back, I get the error for 'Missmatching image and device' because I see in the .bat file that the check says- fastboot %* getvar product 2>&1 | findstr /r /c:"^product: *raphaelin"
My device was raphaelin originally.

harsh_tyagi84 said:
Can someone help me with the detailed steps to do it. I am listing the entire thing what I did till now-
1) Bootloader unlocked and installed Pixel Experience ROM
2) Then used the Mi Flash Tool to install the Global ROM MIUI 12 (Originally my phone had the Indian variant for MIUI 11)
3) Now, my phone shows it to be MI9T Pro, whereas earlier it was K20 Pro
4) Now when I try to flash the MIUI 11 back, I get the error for 'Missmatching image and device' because I see in the .bat file that the check says- fastboot %* getvar product 2>&1 | findstr /r /c:"^product: *raphael"
My device was raphaelin originally.
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Could you please tell me, What is your MIUI 11 version of fastboot rom you trying to install.

I am trying to install 11.6 version that is the latest available fastboot ROM. Also, I have already checked the anti ver value for my current ROM and for the one to be installed.
Current Anti Ver =1
Anti Ver for ROM to be installed=1
So, the condition that do not match here is that it's checking whether the device is Raphaelin. Because my current ROM says the device is Raphael.

harsh_tyagi84 said:
I am trying to install 11.6 version that is the latest available fastboot ROM. Also, I have already checked the anti ver value for my current ROM and for the one to be installed.
Current Anti Ver =1
Anti Ver for ROM to be installed=1
So, the condition that do not match here is that it's checking whether the device is Raphaelin. Because my current ROM says the device is Raphael.
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Hi,
follow this steps...
1)Use orangefox recovery - URL: https://orangefox.download/en/device/raphael
download and flash this orangefox recovey zip using your twrp recovery.
2)flash this vendor zip using orangefox recovery - URL: https://downloads.akhilnarang.dev/M...al-V12.0.2.0.QFKINXM-10.0-vendor-firmware.zip
3)Then asusal flash the fastboot rom using Mi flash tool.

Question Orange branded to global EU

Hi everybody.
I have a redmi note 10 pro from Orange and branded from orange.
I 'm waiting for time to unlock bootloader with miunlock.
I downloaded lastest miui official rom for Europe. Fastboot version.
After my device unlocked, i think i could flash global EU rom from Fastboot.
Is Wright or no ?
I waiting for flash twrp and custom ROM.
I Just want eu global version and not orange branded rom.
Thx a lot

Yes you can flash miui.eu custom rom. but you need to flash TWRP or OrangeFox recovery then flashing rom with it.
don't forget to wiping data from recovery after flashing done.

Thx for your reply.
I'm waiting for unlocking it.
It's better to flash twrp and eu.miui rom for you than flash official miui rom with fastboot ?

Question 12.5.19.0 (RKDEUXM) Fastboot Rom

Hello,
I'm looking for the 12.5.19.0 (RKDEUXM) Fastboot Rom, so i can Magisk Patch the Boot.img and just flash it again.
Xiaomi forced me into an Update and now my root is missing. I also can't update to Version 12.5.20.0 since it wont let me flash anything with that rom.
So all I'm looking for is the 12.5.19.0 (RKDEUXM) Fastboot Rom or just it's boot.img
- Thanks!