Hi guys,
i bought a mi 6x, wich arrived converted with rom and recovery of mi A2. How can i unlock the bootlader and came back to miui ?
bluff01 said:
Hi guys,
i bought a mi 6x, wich arrived converted with rom and recovery of mi A2. How can i unlock the bootlader and came back to miui ?
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How did you know it's a Mi6X?!?
A.Zain.A said:
How did you know it's a Mi6X?!?
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It has not written "android one" on back cover, OTA updates fail and I bought it as a mi 6X. The problem is wich this device has bootloader locked, ARB v4, and A2 recovery. Also methods to unlock A2's bootlaoder fail.
bluff01 said:
It has not written "android one" on back cover, OTA updates fail and I bought it as a mi 6X. The problem is wich this device has bootloader locked, ARB v4, and A2 recovery. Also methods to unlock A2's bootlaoder fail.
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Ok, sound like you bought it from unauthorized retailer.
From where did you get it?
A.Zain.A said:
Ok, sound like you bought it from unauthorized retailer.
From where did you get it?
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Bangood
Yeah, seems like the same case here in my country, those sellers import the Chinese mi 6x and they install a fake rom in it to make it look like a global version :silly:
No worries though.
First, in order to unlock your bootloader you need to setup mi account into your device, but you can't with your current fake rom, therefore you need an official rom. Do you know how to install one?
I'm waiting for the guide too
My a2 does not go into edl even with the particular USB cable, I have the bootloader locked.
A.Zain.A said:
Yeah, seems like the same case here in my country, those sellers import the Chinese mi 6x and they install a fake rom in it to make it look like a global version :silly:
No worries though.
First, in order to unlock your bootloader you need to setup mi account into your device, but you can't with your current fake rom, therefore you need an official rom. Do you know how to install one?
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I tried in several way to flash one, but noone works. In mi A2 recovery there isn't the entry "connect to mi assistant" mode.
bluff01 said:
I tried in several way to flash one, but noone works. In mi A2 recovery there isn't the entry "connect to mi assistant" mode.
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1-Do you have Mi account?
2-Can you enter fastboot mode in your device?
The answer to these questions could be your answer:fingers-crossed:
bluff01 said:
I tried in several way to flash one, but noone works. In mi A2 recovery there isn't the entry "connect to mi assistant" mode.
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sorry, man but i am afraid whoever sold you that was a complete bastard your gonna now have to open up your phone and force edl mode although on the plus side you can choose if you want mi a2 or mi 6x depends your choice over partition and stock rom etc, or you can take it to a service centre dont know
Shqip said:
sorry, man but i am afraid whoever sold you that was a complete bastard your gonna now have to open up your phone and force edl mode although on the plus side you can choose if you want mi a2 or mi 6x depends your choice over partition and stock rom etc, or you can take it to a service centre dont know
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Sadly I know.
A.Zain.A said:
1-Do you have Mi account?
2-Can you enter fastboot mode in your device?
The answer to these questions could be your answer:fingers-crossed:
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I have a MI account, but i can't associate it in Developer mode.
I can enter in fastboot mode.
I was thinking, and I got this creazy idea, what if you changed your imei number with a current mi 6x number that already associated with mi account. Creazy huh
There's some stolen Mi 6X, and they have arb (anti=4) and A2 roms, too.
It seems selling on Xianyu (闲鱼) or Taobao (淘宝).
It will trigger lost mode (maybe) when you back to stock MIUI.
If you can, suggest to perform refunding.
FInally I bricked the phone then i unbrick it and i installed the MIUI.
bluff01 said:
FInally I bricked the phone then i unbrick it and i installed the MIUI.
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How!, what did you do?
A.Zain.A said:
How!, what did you do?
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I don't known why, the system found the upgrades and prepared the installation (usually this step fails) then appeared the message "reboot to install". After I rebooted the phone, it was bricked so i followed this guide (https://en.miui.com/thread-3811342-1-1.html) to unbrick and flash an official ROM.
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Appreciate if someone can help.
I purchased a Mi 8 Chinese version with China Stable ROM, unlocked Bootloader after waiting 372 long hours and yesterday installed recently released Global Stable ROM. Everything went well and phone worked perfectly. However, when I tried to re-lock the Bootloader, (using both XiaoMiTool and Fastboot methods) the Bootloader gets locked but the phone goes into Recovery bootloop every time with a message at the bottom that "this Miui version cannot be installed on this device....." When I unlock the bootloader again (by booting into fastboot and using Xiaomi Unlock tool) the phone boots normally.
So can I conclude that the bootloader cannot be locked unless I move back to China Stable ROM which originally came with the phone? I read somewhere that Xiaomi has disable the re-locking of bootloader just to curb selling of Chinese versions as Global, as some sellers were selling Chinese versions of Xiaomi phones as Global after installing Global ROMs.
I'm having the same issue as you just did. Not sure why the bootloader can't be relocked. I thought the model # between HK and China versions were supposed to be the same..
Recently xiaomi makes some ugly rules about local and global variant device to prevent Chinese device selling globally and global device selling into china. For that user can flash global rom to china variant device and global variant device to china rom, but we have to unlocked bootloader. Device will perform normally just find device will not worked. Also antirollback terrible disgusting too. I have some xiaomi mobile device and selling them one by one. Only keeping Mi8. If I need more secure device, I can buy iphone. I no need then xiaomi device.
People loving Xiaomi because of its hardware and software with up-gradation facilities. But their operating system optimization is really bad. Every update makes device performance different.
dowload mi unlock . and login account -->> reboot mi 8 fastboot -->> unlock -->> OK . Done successful good luck
hoangvubb.195 said:
dowload mi unlock . and login account -->> reboot mi 8 fastboot -->> unlock -->> OK . Done successful good luck
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Relock and unlock are two very different words. You know.
Sent from my MI 8 using Tapatalk
XiaoMiTool is crap...
Use official MiFlashTool => http://download.appmifile.com/images/2018/06/13/f267b936-45cd-4b3d-b15a-947fb4b674b1.zip
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=3014918
Use the option "Clean all and lock" when installing via fastboot
Marcb said:
XiaoMiTool is crap...
Use official MiFlashTool => http://download.appmifile.com/images/2018/06/13/f267b936-45cd-4b3d-b15a-947fb4b674b1.zip
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=3014918
Use the option "Clean all and lock" when installing via fastboot
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No bootloop now after doing this?
Regards
rodfrang said:
No bootloop now after doing this?
Regards
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Actually I was reading some things on the MIUI official forum and * apparently* if you have a chinese MI 8 and want to switch to Global rom, your bootloader must remain unlobcked.... I'm not seeing much confirmation on that, but I would be catious...
Marcb said:
Actually I was reading some things on the MIUI official forum and * apparently* if you have a chinese MI 8 and want to switch to Global rom, your bootloader must remain unlobcked.... I'm not seeing much confirmation on that, but I would be catious...
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Yeah, switching to a global rom on a Chinese variant and then locking the bootloader will result in a brick. But I don't understand why anyone would relock the bootloader since most repair shops find out if you unlocked it in the past.
Relock not for warranty reasons, but to get android pay / NFC payment or other banking apps working. Many of them won't work with BL unlocked.
i read that we need an authorized edl account to relock the bootloader, but now it is impossible to get this account..
so this time i'm very dissappointed with xiaomi.
The Marionette said:
Yeah, switching to a global rom on a Chinese variant and then locking the bootloader will result in a brick. But I don't understand why anyone would relock the bootloader since most repair shops find out if you unlocked it in the past.
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Netflix app and Google Pay needs locked bootloader.
The Mi Mix 2S has the same problem, it seems this person solved it by using recovery version of global ROM with Mi PC Suite: http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2943351&page=2#pid27478883
I don't have the device to test it yet, but you should at least be able to keep an unlocked bootloader and use apps that require it to be locked by using Magisk and enabling Magisk Hide on those apps.
Marcb said:
Netflix app and Google Pay needs locked bootloader.
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Netflix work
Envoyé de mon MI 8 en utilisant Tapatalk
romanxx said:
i read that we need an authorized edl account to relock the bootloader, but now it is impossible to get this account..
so this time i'm very dissappointed with xiaomi.
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I do not know if I can post the link here, but there is a topic in the MIUI forum that gives EDL authorization for just an unbrick. And you must wait for your position in the list.
Magisk...
I think you can use Netflix and/or banks' apps through Magisk hide functions and so be it
Zanbot3 said:
I think you can use Netflix and/or banks' apps through Magisk hide functions and so be it
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hye.mi8 with global rom can install magisk?
arsyadvyn said:
hye.mi8 with global rom can install magisk?
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Yeah
hoangvubb.195 said:
dowload mi unlock . and login account -->> reboot mi 8 fastboot -->> unlock -->> OK . Done successful good luck
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:good::good:congratulations my friend. I was already sad that I did not understand.
Its solution is simple but of enormous importance for mi8users.
I also did everything ok, but at mi8 it was different. I also received "this Miui version can not be installed on this device ....."
I downloaded miflash unlock .... romGlobal was already installed on mi8 but with blockloaded bootloader it did not work ok.
Now I'm happy and with GlobalRom stable very fast.:good:
Hi,
I try to relock the bootloader with Global ROM install but the phone haven't sign-in with Xiaomi account and it get the same message as your guy "this miui version cannot..." . Now I can't unlock my bootloader to revert it and my phone stay at recovery or fastboot, can anyone know how to flash it back?
Hi guys. I would like to know a thing:
I have bought a Mi 8 already unlocked from a shop. If I want to relock the bootloader again and bound my account to it, for future unlocks in case of wrong flash with Mi Flash (default flash mode is: "clean all and relock", that I can also omit to see for error), can I flash China without incurring in a brick? Because the phone will be delivered to me with Global Rom (that I know generate a brick with relocked bootloader).
Thanks to who will answer me.
I have the same question... It's possible change the account used for the bootloader unlock?
BigBrunoRamos said:
I have the same question... It's possible change the account used for the bootloader unlock?
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Without any other method to do this, we can only relock bootloader and follow the common way to unlock it with own account.
Orlaf said:
Without any other method to do this, we can only relock bootloader and follow the common way to unlock it with own account.
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I purchased a Xiaomi mi 8 with unlocked bootloader without notice from the reseller. The outcome when I updated with miflash was a bricked phone. When I tried to use miunlock I saw a message that my phone is not bound to this account.
ekc_1971 said:
I purchased a Xiaomi mi 8 with unlocked bootloader without notice from the reseller. The outcome when I updated with miflash was a bricked phone. When I tried to use miunlock I saw a message that my phone is not bound to this account.
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Mhh... Seems you have used the third option of Mi Flash (clean all and relock).
Have you tried to relock bootloader with China ROM or Global ROM?
Orlaf said:
Mhh... Seems you have used the third option of Mi Flash (clean all and relock).
Have you tried to relock bootloader with China ROM or Global ROM?
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Nothing seems to work. I can change Roms using adb sideload but the problem is that always is a bootloop.
ekc_1971 said:
Nothing seems to work. I can change Roms using adb sideload but the problem is that always is a bootloop.
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I haven't understand well.
In pratice you have bricked device, but you can reflash something using adb sideload? ?
Give me details. ?
Orlaf said:
I haven't understand well.
In pratice you have bricked device, but you can reflash something using adb sideload? ?
Give me details.
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I am using xiaomiadb.exe . You boot in recovery mode and then you drag and drop the rom over xiaomiadb. Pc suit sees the version. I have managed this way to change many roms, but the main problem is the boot loop.
ekc_1971 said:
I am using xiaomiadb.exe . You boot in recovery mode and then you drag and drop the rom over xiaomiadb. Pc suit sees the version. I have managed this way to change many roms, but the main problem is the boot loop.
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Have you tried to flash a China ROM?
Orlaf said:
Have you tried to flash a China ROM?
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Yes, I have tried everything I could think of. I am afraid that the only solution is to use Mi unlock, but I can't to that because the reseller send me the phone with unlocked bootloader. The program checks at the begging if I have permissions, then checks if the phone is a Mi 8, it passes that test too, but the message I get then is that this phone is not bound to this account.
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BigBrunoRamos said:
I have the same question... It's possible change the account used for the bootloader unlock?
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I have asked Xiaomi Global service about that. They don't offer support. They don't recognize the Chinese e-shops as authorized resellers. And I suppose that a phone can't be bound to two accounts. The only thing I can say for sure is that the global version has a red label on the box and the manual is in English. Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nx-jjTVh_8&t=107s
ekc_1971 said:
Yes, I have tried everything I could think of. I am afraid that the only solution is to use Mi unlock, but I can't to that because the reseller send me the phone with unlocked bootloader. The program checks at the begging if I have permissions, then checks if the phone is a Mi 8, it passes that test too, but the message I get then is that this phone is not bound to this account.
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I have asked Xiaomi Global service about that. They don't offer support. They don't recognize the Chinese e-shops as authorized resellers. And I suppose that a phone can't be bound to two accounts. The only thing I can say for sure is that the global version has a red label on the box and the manual is in English. Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nx-jjTVh_8&t=107s
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So it can't be possible to flash anything (also China, that was the born ROM of this phone) with option "Clean all and relock" of Mi Flash, without incurring in a bootloop?
The fact is that you can bound the phone to every account, if you can boot it with locked bootloader.
But if this can't be done, developer options menu will show you that bootloader is already unlocked, without possibility of bound your own account.
Oh wait, you can't use mi flash because your account it's not authorized for EDL.
Now I have understand because you can't relock bootloader. ?
Orlaf said:
Oh wait, you can't use mi flash because your account it's not authorized for EDL.
Now I have understand because you can't relock bootloader.
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When miunlock starts it checks if I have permission for EDL. It passes the test. But then it says that my phone is not bound to my account. The bootloader was unlocked so I suppose someone has bound my phone with his account.
ekc_1971 said:
When miunlock starts it checks if I have permission for EDL. It passes the test. But then it says that my phone is not bound to my account. The bootloader was unlocked so I suppose someone has bound my phone with his account.
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Ok, so you can't use Mi Flash.
Now it's all clear.
Thanks for your explanation. ?
I'm having an idea ... My device is about to arrive. It will be a Chinese variant with bootloader unlocked by the store for installation of a global ROM. So if I flashed a Chinese ROM again, I could re-block the bootloader, correct? So I will boot the phone with the blocked bootloader in the Chinese ROM and I can associate my account and unlock the bootloader again, only this time with my own account. Would it work?
Sorry for my english, I'm using the Google Tradutor.
BigBrunoRamos said:
I'm having an idea ... My device is about to arrive. It will be a Chinese variant with bootloader unlocked by the store for installation of a global ROM. So if I flashed a Chinese ROM again, I could re-block the bootloader, correct? So I will boot the phone with the blocked bootloader in the Chinese ROM and I can associate my account and unlock the bootloader again, only this time with my own account. Would it work?
Sorry for my english, I'm using the Google Tradutor.
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The problem is that you need to bound your account to your Mi 8, otherwise you can't use Mi Flash to relock your phone.
And you also can't lock it by fastboot, because this operation delete recovery and system partitions, generating a total brick.
Unfortunately my current Mi Max 2 was one of these unlucky phones, and I have learn lesson myself.
The best thing that you can do is:
Use last version of Mi PC Suite 3 to flash global and twrp to flash custom, and if you need to return on global from twrp, just flash original Xiaomi recovery and reuse Mi PC Suite 3.
Orlaf said:
Ok, so you can't use Mi Flash.
Now it's all clear.
Thanks for your explanation.
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Υοu're welcome. It's my first ever Xiaomi but I think that for a while because it's a new phone of the market we must leave it untouched for a while. I mean rooting, custom roms, e.t.c.
ekc_1971 said:
Υοu're welcome. It's my first ever Xiaomi but I think that for a while because it's a new phone of the market we must leave it untouched for a while. I mean rooting, custom roms, e.t.c.
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Xiaomi has arrived to Europe, but Chinese version still continue to be less expensive (and interesting), but unfortunately not excluded from this type of inconveniences.
Hi, guys. Such an unpleasant thing happened to me today. I have received my new xiaomi mi 9... But it has came with unlocked bootloader so i have locked it. And when i locked it then the phone got stuck on the recovery mode saying "this miui version can't be installed on this device" but it already came with this MIUI i did not change nothing i just wanted to lock the bootloader. Now i am bricked and i can't do nothing, i have tried to wipe all data, but did not help...
Does anybody know what can i do in this case?
TommyKing18 said:
Hi, guys. Such an unpleasant thing happened to me today. I have received my new xiaomi mi 9... But it has came with unlocked bootloader so i have locked it. And when i locked it then the phone got stuck on the recovery mode saying "this miui version can't be installed on this device" but it already came with this MIUI i did not change nothing i just wanted to lock the bootloader. Now i am bricked and i can't do nothing, i have tried to wipe all data, but did not help...
Does anybody know what can i do in this case?
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Follow these guides:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/how-to/unlocking-bootloader-immediately-t3926424
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/how-to/guide-how-flashed-twrp-xiaomi-eu-rom-t3912952
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Laptapper said:
Follow these guides:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/how-to/unlocking-bootloader-immediately-t3926424
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/how-to/guide-how-flashed-twrp-xiaomi-eu-rom-t3912952
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Thank you very much for help. I have read both but unfortunately i can not UNLOCK my bootloader… when i was trying to unlock the bootloader through MI UNLOCK, it says "Current account is not bound to this device". Otherwise if this was succesful and i could unlock it, then it would be easy i believe.
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Since you locked the boot loader, you'd have to flash (with fastboot) using the same flavor of miui which was installed. (example: chinese or eu variation), otherwise you won't be able to boot.
NikoSpeed said:
F in the chat
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you think you would know what to do?
nahsha said:
Since you locked the boot loader, you'd have to flash (with fastboot) using the same flavor of miui which was installed. (example: chinese or eu variation), otherwise you won't be able to boot.
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Yes, that i understood… There was EU variation with unlocked bootloader, which i do not know why, but okay…
But now i can not unlock it, it says, when i try to unlock it though fastboot with mi unlock, it says "Current acount is not bound to this device, ADD your acount and device in MIUI"s setting > developer options> mi unlock status.. but obviously i can not do it since i can not turn on my phone, its stuck on recovery mode.
TommyKing18 said:
Yes, that i understood… There was EU variation with unlocked bootloader, which i do not know why, but okay…
But now i can not unlock it, it says, when i try to unlock it though fastboot with mi unlock, it says "Current acount is not bound to this device, ADD your acount and device in MIUI"s setting > developer options> mi unlock status.. but obviously i can not do it since i can not turn on my phone, its stuck on recovery mode.
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Try recovering using this: https://www.xiaomitool.com/V2/
nahsha said:
Try recovering using this: https://www.xiaomitool.com/V2/
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When i choosed "my device is bricked i want to unbrick it" it says, this option is not available yet..
I can help you
First of all you need chinese mi assistant
Second you need try three versions of roms(eeu , china , global) but im pretty sure that your phone is chinese version that bought from gray market and they unlock bootloader to install global rom
After you download these tell me, i guide you
Be sure download recovery rom (not fastboot)
It has .zip extension not tgz
emprazol said:
I can help you
First of all you need chinese mi assistant
Second you need try three versions of roms(eeu , china , global) but im pretty sure that your phone is chinese version that bought from gray market and they unlock bootloader to install global rom
After you download these tell me, i guide you
Be sure download recovery rom (not fastboot)
It has .zip extension not tgz
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Thanks a lot, i aprreciate your help! Now i am downloading Chinese ROM recovery ROM, chinese mi assistant i have already so let's see, i hope it will work.
TommyKing18 said:
Thanks a lot, i aprreciate your help! Now i am downloading Chinese ROM recovery ROM, chinese mi assistant i have already so let's see, i hope it will work.
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If you know how to sideload the rom then everything is become okay dont worry
After successful debrick you must bound you mi account to your phone and wait for bl unlock then reflash with mi flash tool and global rom
AND DONT LOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER AGAIN
Yes, unfortunately i do not know how to sidload the rom... But when i have Chinese rom downloaded then what do i do with that? I connect the phone through mi assistant and there it can be flashed?
I had the same thing happen. You need to force a firmware flash ?
I had someone on xda recommend an excellent recovery tool.
It's called 'miflashpro'. It can be hard to find the English version. I did eventually but actually unbricked my Mi9 with the Italian version.
99% chance your cell can be fixed this way
bricked too
I'm having the same problem here, after wipe in twrp mode my phone restart and i'm blocked on bootloader screen.
Bryceicle1971 said:
I had the same thing happen. You need to force a firmware flash ?
I had someone on xda recommend an excellent recovery tool.
It's called 'miflashpro'. It can be hard to find the English version. I did eventually but actually unbricked my Mi9 with the Italian version.
99% chance your cell can be fixed this way
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I am having the same probelm. .i have accidently locked the bootloader and now stuck in recovery loop. And can not unlock bootloader as i didnt bind my account. Can u plz share the link of miflashpro
That's so unfortunate
TommyKing18 said:
Yes, unfortunately i do not know how to sideload the rom... But when i have Chinese rom downloaded then what do i do with that? I connect the phone through mi assistant and there it can be flashed?
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I did the same thing with a Mi CC9 relocked the bootloader by mistake thinking it was like any other android phone. Did you have a Xiaomi account associated with the phone and signed into after enabling oem unlock in developer options.
If tha'ts the case you can use https://en.miui.com/unlock/ tool from where but it checks your phone number to see whether its associated with mi unlock.
Otherwise you will have to use EDL method which involves disassembling back of phone and shorting out two pins to initialize EDL data transfer but you need a EDL associated account this (belief xiaomi has revoked everyone access to these)
Hello all members.I had same problem and I open this phone with suport from youtube .I try clean some connector and worming cpu and motherboard. After change the battery with new. When close the phone they suprised me and working good.After 10 hours again close and bricked. I try sake and again open .So....the real problem its not CPU and motherboard but some connector dont touch good. Sory for my English. I hope some other find which connector have problem in this phone and pm me. Now my MI 9 working good but I keep bickerful ...
I see a lot of people with system has been destroyed error messages, both here and on reddit. Tomorrow will be 7 days since I bought the phone and I will be able to unlock the bootloader and I'm planning to flash twrp and xiaomi.eu.
I have the global mi 9t version bought from Europe with stock miui 10.3.3. Can you please recommend me some precautions to take to avoid bricking my device? I rooted a lot of devices over the years and I only had problems with my girlfriend's Mi A1 which I bricked and had to send to a service repair. So I'm a bit nervous with xiaomi phones and especially this device since I see so many problems. Is there a specific guice for this phone Mi9t pro, or is the k20 pro guide good?
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I see a lot of people with system has been destroyed error messages, both here and on reddit. Tomorrow will be 7 days since I bought the phone and I will be able to unlock the bootloader and I'm planning to flash twrp and xiaomi.eu.
I have the global mi 9t version bought from Europe with stock miui 10.3.3. Can you please recommend me some precautions to take to avoid bricking my device? I rooted a lot of devices over the years and I only had problems with my girlfriend's Mi A1 which I bricked and had to send to a service repair. So I'm a bit nervous with xiaomi phones and especially this device since I see so many problems. Is there a specific guice for this phone Mi9t pro, or is the k20 pro guide good?
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Almost all of these problems have been caused by people flashing fastboot ROMs with the Mi Flash Tool, where the ROM is for a different region to the phone. The problem happens when the default flash option of 'clean all and lock' has been used. Doing this is what causes the device to brick. Sometimes this has been done deliberately because the user didn't realise that it would brick and was trying to enable financial apps or Netflix, etc. to work correctly. Most of the time it's because the user hasn't been paying attention to what they are doing and forgot to change the flash option.
The only precaution you need to make, above and beyond what you would do for any other phone, is to check and double check, then check again that, whenever your flashing in the Mi Flash Tool, before you hit the Flash button you have changed the flash option at the bottom of the screen to 'clean all'.
If you actually do want to lock the bootloader then check, double check, then check again that the fastboot ROM you're installing is definitely, 100% the correct region for your phone.
Robbo.5000 said:
Almost all of these problems have been caused by people flashing fastboot ROMs with the Mi Flash Tool, where the ROM is for a different region to the phone. The problem happens when the default flash option of 'clean all and lock' has been used. Doing this is what causes the device to brick. Sometimes this has been done deliberately because the user didn't realise that it would brick and was trying to enable financial apps or Netflix, etc. to work correctly. Most of the time it's because the user hasn't been paying attention to what they are doing and forgot to change the flash option.
The only precaution you need to make, above and beyond what you would do for any other phone, is to check and double check, then check again that, whenever your flashing in the Mi Flash Tool, before you hit the Flash button you have changed the flash option at the bottom of the screen to 'clean all'.
If you actually do want to lock the bootloader then check, double check, then check again that the fastboot ROM you're installing is definitely, 100% the correct region for your phone.
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I never used the MI flash tool, tomorrow I will use it for the first time to unlock the bootloader and the rest of the process I will do through fastboot commands. I hope everything will be fine thanks
lvnatic said:
I never used the MI flash tool, tomorrow I will use it for the first time to unlock the bootloader and the rest of the process I will do through fastboot commands. I hope everything will be fine thanks
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Tomorrow you'll be using the Mi Unlock Tool.
A couple of things to point out. There is an issue with some/all versions of TWRP (not sure if they are all broken), - fastboot boot TWRP.img doesn't work, you'll end up having to reinstall a ROM if you try it, so use another method to boot into TWRP.
If you ever consider relocking the bootloader, then the standard fastboot command to do this won't work, I cannot remember if this will brick the phone or not.
Robbo.5000 said:
Tomorrow you'll be using the Mi Unlock Tool.
A couple of things to point out. There is an issue with some/all versions of TWRP (not sure if they are all broken), - fastboot boot TWRP.img doesn't work, you'll end up having to reinstall a ROM if you try it, so use another method to boot into TWRP.
If you ever consider relocking the bootloader, then the standard fastboot command to do this won't work, I cannot remember if this will brick the phone or not.
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Thanks!
lvnatic said:
I see a lot of people with system has been destroyed error messages, both here and on reddit. Tomorrow will be 7 days since I bought the phone and I will be able to unlock the bootloader and I'm planning to flash twrp and xiaomi.eu.
I have the global mi 9t version bought from Europe with stock miui 10.3.3. Can you please recommend me some precautions to take to avoid bricking my device? I rooted a lot of devices over the years and I only had problems with my girlfriend's Mi A1 which I bricked and had to send to a service repair. So I'm a bit nervous with xiaomi phones and especially this device since I see so many problems. Is there a specific guice for this phone Mi9t pro, or is the k20 pro guide good?
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I have the same concerns for my new mi9t pro.
Here is an article to read about anti rollback https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-anti-rollback-protection-brick-phone/ to realize why there are all that problems and a method to see the indexes of the device and the ROM in order to make the right decision if it is safe flashing a specific ROM or not.
I don't suggest to consider K20 PRO cases familiar with the mi 9t pro, cause they have their own ROM versions specifically for China and India and that's is a part of the whole XIAOMI's anti rollback strategy.
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[email protected] said:
I have the same concerns for my new mi9t pro.
Here is an article to read about anti rollback https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-anti-rollback-protection-brick-phone/ to realize why there are all that problems and a method to see the indexes of the device and the ROM in order to make the right decision if it is safe flashing a specific ROM or not.
I don't suggest to consider K20 PRO cases familiar with the mi 9t pro, cause they have their own ROM versions specifically for China and India and that's is a part of the whole XIAOMI's anti rollback strategy.
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Thanks, good article
[email protected] said:
I have the same concerns for my new mi9t pro.
Here is an article to read about anti rollback https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-anti-rollback-protection-brick-phone/ to realize why there are all that problems and a method to see the indexes of the device and the ROM in order to make the right decision if it is safe flashing a specific ROM or not.
I don't suggest to consider K20 PRO cases familiar with the mi 9t pro, cause they have their own ROM versions specifically for China and India and that's is a part of the whole XIAOMI's anti rollback strategy.
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Is there a problem with the mi9t pro global rom?
Planning to flash it on the k20 pro
That way you change MIUI region versions. That is the reason XIAOMI uses anti roll protection.
BECAREFULL. You must check the indexes of your device and the GLOBAL ROM you wanna flash
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I have Chinese k20 pro and ibe flashed both eu roms and now im on global stable PIe (from android 10).
Bro just dont re lock your bootloader if you not have the official rom. Chinese or global.
If your phone is china you can relock the BL only if you flash china stock firmware.. the same you can do if your phone is global (mi9t pro).
Mr.Vag said:
I have Chinese k20 pro and ibe flashed both eu roms and now im on global stable PIe (from android 10).
Bro just dont re lock your bootloader if you not have the official rom. Chinese or global.
If your phone is china you can relock the BL only if you flash china stock firmware.. the same you can do if your phone is global (mi9t pro).
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I suppose now you can't go back because your phone's index is updated, so if you flash older ROM u will brick the device ?
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123elad said:
Is there a problem with the mi9t pro global rom?
Planning to flash it on the k20 pro
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No its working perfect for me. . also it feels faster than eu rom both stable and beta.
Just all other set dont forget to change flash and lock option!
Mr.Vag said:
No its working perfect for me. . also it feels faster than eu rom both stable and beta.
Just all other set dont forget to change flash and lock option!
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Thank you!
What do you mean by just all other set?
Thank's.
123elad said:
Thank you!
What do you mean by just all other set?
Thank's.
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Sorry worng word. Is "like all other say"
Btw test eu roms too if you want but 8m changing between these roms but as i said before global looks much better
Mr.Vag said:
Sorry worng word. Is "like all other say"
Btw test eu roms too if you want but 8m changing between these roms but as i said before global looks much better
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Thank you!
I will stay with the global rom till a stable custom rom will show up
Hi Guys,
Everything went wrong today. At the end i went to the point where i myself locked bootloader with fastboot. Want to unlock it again but this strange error appeared:
https://imgur.com/qBNM4ah
Does anyone know what this means? Phone is locked, can only go into fastboot.
Same here. My dumbass thought it would be a good idea to lock the bootloader (don't ask why because I don't even know the answer). System is destroyed and can only boot to fastboot. No Mi ID associated with it.
KaiseRRUby said:
system destroyed
Does anyone know what this means? Phone is locked, can only go into fastboot.
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system destroyed happens when you lock bootloader on Chines device with global ROM. You get it when you trying to boot in system?
g_seva said:
system destroyed happens when you lock bootloader on Chines device with global ROM. You get it when you trying to boot in system?
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No. It's a global device. I have even put that **** in EDL mode and tried to flash the damn thing. EDL authentication failed. I have no clue what the do next.
kaydentc1 said:
No. It's a global device. I have even put that **** in EDL mode and tried to flash the damn thing. EDL authentication failed. I have no clue what the do next.
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For EDL flash you need xiaomi authorized account, there is rumors that some Indians make EDL flash with remote connection and their authorized account for 12$. Try to search in google or if you have a xiaomi seller or official repair in your home town, check there how much it will cost you.
You sure you have a global version? Were you bought the phone? Was it with locked or unlocked bootloader and what ROM was on it? Because some sellers, mostly on aliexpress and similar, just unlock bootloader on Chines devices, flash a global ROM and call it global version.
From the image attached, it looks like someone used the Find Device feature and activated Lost Mode. Is the Mi account number shown yours?
g_seva said:
For EDL flash you need xiaomi authorized account, there is rumors that some Indians make EDL flash with remote connection and their authorized account for 12$. Try to search in google or if you have a xiaomi seller or official repair in your home town, check there how much it will cost you.
You sure you have a global version? Were you bought the phone? Was it with locked or unlocked bootloader and what ROM was on it? Because some sellers, mostly on aliexpress and similar, just unlock bootloader on Chines devices, flash a global ROM and call it global version.
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Bought it from Amazon. It was global. I had to wait for about 7 days to unlock the bootloader