best way to flash Global stable on a phone that came with China stable? - Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers

as title. started seeing discussions of people having issues installing global stable on a China phone. Thanks

unlock bootloader and then flash global rom by Mi flash

hiphopboy said:
unlock bootloader and then flash global rom by Mi flash
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The ROM can be of a inferior vertion?

my mi 8 china version is miui 10.0.6.0(OEACNFH). am i safe to unlock bootloader and flash global rom?

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The ROM can be of a inferior vertion?
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Isit safe to use XiaoMiToolv2 for this purpose? (including bootloader unlock)

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Global rom flash problem

Hi, i cant install global rom, always written something like -> something about older version, or cant verify. Try from chinese stable and chinese global always cant install.
I want use global rom now
after circa 60h i will unlock my device and install fastboot rom, but i want use global rom now) can anybody help me?
I have Mi Note 3, not Mi 5x but there is no forum here
dromaczek said:
Hi, i cant install global rom, always written something like -> something about older version, or cant verify. Try from chinese stable and chinese global always cant install.
I want use global rom now
after circa 60h i will unlock my device and install fastboot rom, but i want use global rom now) can anybody help me?
I have Mi Note 3, not Mi 5x but there is no forum here
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I had a note3 qualqom before and faced similar problem.after many tries i got succeed by flashing china stable rom before flash global rom
cuation :it could flash in EDL mode
dont search
hey. there is no global stable or developer rom for mi5x. just china roms release for mi5x for now.

A couple of questions...

Hi guys,
My friend bought a Redmi K20 Pro Premium Edition from China for me and I would like to flash a Global ROM on it. I don't need root or TWRP, so I presume I don't need to unlock the bootloader.
The current Chinese ROM installed on the phone is v10.4.4, but the latest stable Global is v10.3.5. Would flashing v10.3.5 Global brick the phone?
And would flashing the MI 9T Global ROM work as well, considering it's essentially the same phone?
chaoscreater said:
Hi guys,
My friend bought a Redmi K20 Pro Premium Edition from China for me and I would like to flash a Global ROM on it. I don't need root or TWRP, so I presume I don't need to unlock the bootloader.
The current Chinese ROM installed on the phone is v10.4.4, but the latest stable Global is v10.3.5. Would flashing v10.3.5 Global brick the phone?
And would flashing the MI 9T Global ROM work as well, considering it's essentially the same phone?
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afaik u must unlock bootloader to install other rom than k20 pro premium rom itself.
k20 pro premium is only available in china, so any global rom means it doesn't build specifically for pro premium.
The only official rom for k20 premium is Chinese ROM, all Global rom is modified version of K20 Pro/Mi 9t Pro.
zephyruel said:
afaik u must unlock bootloader to install other rom than k20 pro premium rom itself.
k20 pro premium is only available in china, so any global rom means it doesn't build specifically for pro premium.
The only official rom for k20 premium is Chinese ROM, all Global rom is modified version of K20 Pro/Mi 9t Pro.
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Thanks for your reply.
I wasn't thinking of installing custom roms, I was referring to official stock ROMs. Apparently, you can just install the latest K20 Pro Indian Stable on the Premium Edition:
https://c.mi.com/thread-2541738-1-1.html
Would that work?
chaoscreater said:
Thanks for your reply.
I wasn't thinking of installing custom roms, I was referring to official stock ROMs. Apparently, you can just install the latest K20 Pro Indian Stable on the Premium Edition:
https://c.mi.com/thread-2541738-1-1.html
Would that work?
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You will need to unlock the bootloader.
To flash an official ROM, but for a different region that the phone is from then you need to unlock the bootloader in order to flash a fastboot ROM.
It is not possible to flash a fastboot ROM without unlocking the bootloader
chaoscreater said:
Thanks for your reply.
I wasn't thinking of installing custom roms, I was referring to official stock ROMs. Apparently, you can just install the latest K20 Pro Indian Stable on the Premium Edition:
https://c.mi.com/thread-2541738-1-1.html
Would that work?
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should work, but even fastboot flash using miflash need to unlock bootloader first(?).
yup sorry, I forgot you still need to unlock bootloader for fastboot to work. I know what to do now, thanks everyone!
also if flashing different region rom, never relock bootloader again, even if it was official rom.
Yup, I read that it'll brick your device if you select clean data and lock bootloader. Have noted this and thanks again for the confirmation / reminder.
You will need to unlock for sure.
It doesn't work like that
Maybe flash xiaomieu rom if u want full experience
OK, waited 168 hours and have unlocked successfully today. When I tried to flash via MiFlash, it says "mismatch image and device". I'm sure I read that the Redmi K20 PRO India fastboot ROM will work on a K20 PRO Premium Edition, so not sure why I can't flash it...
I also found a Android 9.0 fastboot ROM for K20 Premium here:
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/raphaels/
My phone is already on Android 10 MIUI 11. Will flashing an older version brick the device? I read somewhere ages ago that Android or MIUI doesn't allow downgrade?
chaoscreater said:
OK, waited 168 hours and have unlocked successfully today. When I tried to flash via MiFlash, it says "mismatch image and device". I'm sure I read that the Redmi K20 PRO India fastboot ROM will work on a K20 PRO Premium Edition, so not sure why I can't flash it...
I also found a Android 9.0 fastboot ROM for K20 Premium here:
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/raphaels/
My phone is already on Android 10 MIUI 11. Will flashing an older version brick the device? I read somewhere ages ago that Android or MIUI doesn't allow downgrade?
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There is no anti-rollback protection for this phone (I assume this is also true for premium edition), so you should be OK to flash an earlier Android 9 ROM.
Robbo.5000 said:
There is no anti-rollback protection for this phone (I assume this is also true for premium edition), so you should be OK to flash an earlier Android 9 ROM.
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Thanks! I can also confirm that there is no ABP, as I've verified it using this guide here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-anti-rollback-protection-brick-phone/
I was able to flash the fastboot ROM, but turns out it's just an Chinese stable, not Global or India Global rom. I don't know why I can't fastboot flash the Global ROM though. The Chinese fastboot ROM has the name "PFKCNXM" in it. So I'm guessing that if I find a fastboot ROM that is similar to that, it should work. I'm currently testing out the following:
- PFKMIXM
- PFKINXM
Download links here:
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/archive/miui/raphael/
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/archive/miui/raphaelin/
Neither QFKMIXM or QFKINXM worked for me, so I hope one of the above will work.
update: got this working. I first flashed this:
raphaelin_in_global_images_V10.3.5.0.PFKINXM_20190816.0000.00_9.0_in
And now I can flash both QFKMIXM (9.0) or QFKINXM (10.0)
As someone mentioned in a previous reply, NFC is missing in the Global ROM. I also noticed that the mobile signal strength is lower as well and that the Dual GPS is missing too.
Would flashing the China radio/baseband fix this? I know for phones like Samsung, you can flash the CP firmware, which includes the modem/baseband firmware. I don't know what the process is to extract the firmware from the China ROM and flash it. I guess if there's a .zip file that we can flash via TWRP, then that will work?
UPDATE:
OK, have flashed TWRP and flashed the firmware that I downloaded from here:
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware
Tried both the Chinese firmware and the Global firmware. Didn't really make much difference. I had -97 dBm and now I'm on -95 dBm. The lower, the better/stronger the signal. It is an improvement, but not by much....

Question miui global

hello i bought the mi 11 in chinese version and i wanted to know if i could flash the global rom when it was released ???
luuxis said:
hello i bought the mi 11 in chinese version and i wanted to know if i could flash the global rom when it was released ???
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Yes you can, when TWRP released.
Xiaomi.eu Multilang MIUI ROMs - Browse /xiaomi.eu/MIUI-WEEKLY-RELEASES/21.1.28 at SourceForge.net
OFFICIAL mirror of MIUI Multilang ROM by https://xiaomi.eu/
sourceforge.net
pittrich said:
Yes you can, when TWRP released.
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Or with fastboot
huclengyue said:
Xiaomi.eu Multilang MIUI ROMs - Browse /xiaomi.eu/MIUI-WEEKLY-RELEASES/21.1.28 at SourceForge.net
OFFICIAL mirror of MIUI Multilang ROM by https://xiaomi.eu/
sourceforge.net
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no, but I would like to know when the official miui 12.5 global rom (not the custom rom) will be released, could I flash it in fastboot and my bootloader is blocked
I don't want a custom rom I want the official
luuxis said:
no, but I would like to know when the official miui 12.5 global rom (not the custom rom) will be released, could I flash it in fastboot and my bootloader is blocked
I don't want a custom rom I want the official
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I want to install the official Global Version of MIUI on my CN Mi 11 too.
luuxis said:
no, but I would like to know when the official miui 12.5 global rom (not the custom rom) will be released, could I flash it in fastboot and my bootloader is blocked
I don't want a custom rom I want the official
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You need to unlock the bootloader in order to flash the global rom.
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Question Can I go from RKFINXM to RKFMIXM?

My Note 10 Pro (6/128+64MP) has MIUI version MIUI Global 12.5.8.0 (RKFINXM). The battery performance is not satisfactory. I saw a post saying the global 12.5.6.0 version is good on battery backup. So I want to try that out. Don't want to void my warranty now by flashing any custom ROM or unlocking bootloader too. So my question is can I go from RKFINXM to RKFMIXM?? Can I flash MIUI Global 12.5.6.0 (RKFMIXM)?? If yes, then how??
Yes, With MI official flash tool
You need to have unlocked bootloader.
For HOW TO, check google or youtube there is tons of guides for that it all the same just use the fastboot rom file of your device.

Question MIUI 13 for MI 11?

Min just arrived, it's running the latest miui 12.5... theres no OTA for the android 12 update, is it right?
Mine is chinese with global rom installed.
rom globale stable https://bigota.d.miui.com/V13.0.1.0.SKBMIXM/miui_VENUSGlobal_V13.0.1.0.SKBMIXM_1b402d5728_12.0.zip
jejemc said:
rom globale stable https://bigota.d.miui.com/V13.0.1.0.SKBMIXM/miui_VENUSGlobal_V13.0.1.0.SKBMIXM_1b402d5728_12.0.zip
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i flash this using mi flash tool, right??
williamtavares said:
i flash this using mi flash tool, right??
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no, just by phone, that's enough
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