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Bought it with fake ROM - what options do I have now?

Hi, I bought for my wife Mi5 from Geekbuying from their Spain warehouse for quick delivery (adding express option). I paid more for the phone than from China, but time was a critical element there. It should come with Global ROM, and it is but fake one being CN version with some additional languages.
In general I don't mind that, but annoying thing is that I can set language as English, but there no locale for any European country including UK. I spent quite a few hours to figure out what is going on. Warranty is from Geekbuying, so any upgrades (manual as OTA not working on this) will void that.
I manually wanted to check if I can upgrade to any official ROMs, and it was declining, however once it went kind of through with reboot etc. on the official global (non-dev) but after restart it was still fake one. later retries were failing on that ROM.
Just in case, I requested a unblock code from Xiaomi and just got that one. I want to understand what options I have now and if official global ROM will add UK locale etc. Maybe I should go for some other ROM like CM or something. Please bear in mind that my wife is not a tech y person. at all...
Please advise and all suggestions are appreciated.

Well you can flash Official MIUI Global Rom via MiFlash.
1) Download MiFlash
2) Download Mi5 Fastboot ROM that you want to use (Global Stable ROM will be perfect for non techy person)
3) Reboot phone into Fastboot
4) Put phone into EDL using the command "fastboot oem edl" (without quotes)
5) Launch MiFlash - it should detect it as a COM device. Flash the ROM you downloaded earlier.
6) Once it's done, you'll be back to original Official Global MIUI.
For more info please visit MIUI Global Site.

unlock bootloader first, then you can flash any rom you like

What ROM for my Love?
knocik said:
Hi, ....
Please advise and all suggestions are appreciated.
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Stay in the MIUI!
Joy and Color and a lot of cool settings already available (no extra mods, apps, etc for simple functions).
Go for the european ROMs if the phone will be operating in Europe (better gps, and other small but significant differences).
If your amata is coming from a stock version you can present to her the AOSCP or RR clean, light and fast & well supported.
knocik said:
Just in case, I requested a unblock code from Xiaomi and just got that one.
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Did you proceed? Let us know. Grazie.

Hi, thanks for information.
I got the code to unlock it, but haven't done that yet. Some people are saying it is better to keep it locked if possible.
I have a question what is that EU ROM? Is it Global or different one? Please point to the right source.
I tried to update using Mi app (recovery), but it is failing with error 2099 or official ROM is recognised as unofficial. Fastboot is not working at all as per now.
BTW I am quite angry for Geekbuying as they asked me to return that phone to China (if I want) using post office (several weeks shipping) even though I paid local return option when bought it.

knocik said:
Hi, thanks for information.
I got the code to unlock it, but haven't done that yet. Some people are saying it is better to keep it locked if possible.
I have a question what is that EU ROM? Is it Global or different one? Please point to the right source.
I tried to update using Mi app (recovery), but it is failing with error 2099 or official ROM is recognised as unofficial. Fastboot is not working at all as per now.
BTW I am quite angry for Geekbuying as they asked me to return that phone to China (if I want) using post office (several weeks shipping) even though I paid local return option when bought it.
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The EU ROM is xiaomi.eu one. Can be found at xiaomi.eu of course. It's actually a China rom (stable or dev, your choice) but with all Chinese bloatware removed and with european languages added. The advantage over Official Global version is exactly the fact that is based on China ROM. China ROMs get updates way more often than Global ones.

vladimir_carlan said:
The EU ROM is xiaomi.eu one. Can be found at xiaomi.eu of course. It's actually a China rom (stable or dev, your choice) but with all Chinese bloatware removed and with european languages added. The advantage over Official Global version is exactly the fact that is based on China ROM. China ROMs get updates way more often than Global ones.
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I am on this for the last 2h or so and don't know what to do. Power with volume up or down? with down mi app doesn't recognise usb connection grrr.
On EU site, I found those ROMs but explanation there is poor. TWRP is needed and link to dozens of different versions and which to choose? Do I have to unlock it? Xiaomi warns that it won't be secure or fingerprint won't be reliable. That is a key feature for my wife on this phone so don't want to mess with it.
If I only new that is so much hassle with it, I would convince my wife to go with OnePlus3 as I have and no hassle what so ever and with UK warranty etc. for just a little bit more £.

I am trying to unlock, as I think it is the only way to try something I haven't yet.
There is a problem - when accessing via volume down to fastboot it is dropping out usb connection after some time, before phone is verified and unlocked.
How to overcome that?
TBH I am kind of geeky person, but I have enough of that. If I won't get that sorted today, phone is going back to where it came from!

To enter in fastboot mode in order to unlock? Power+volume down. If your device is not recognised that means fastboot drivers are not installed correctly. For xiaomi.eu you do need an unlocked bootloader. As for what versions to use? For TWRP last version is 3.0.2-3. If you ask about roms? Last stable version is 8.1.6. Last developer version is 6.12.29 (that is Nougat and still have some bugs). I advise you to go for last stable version. Fingerprint issues? Never encountered one. And I'm using xiaomi.eu roms since MIUI7.
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I've just seen your last post. The fastboot connection is droppend when the unlocking process is somewhere at 50%? Are you still on that fake rom? If yes, that's the problem. To unlock bootloader you need to be on an official rom (China dev would be the best).

vladimir_carlan said:
To enter in fastboot mode in order to unlock? Power+volume down. If your device is not recognised that means fastboot drivers are not installed correctly. For xiaomi.eu you do need an unlocked bootloader. As for what versions to use? For TWRP last version is 3.0.2-3. If you ask about roms? Last stable version is 8.1.6. Last developer version is 6.12.29 (that is Nougat and still have some bugs). I advise you to go for last stable version. Fingerprint issues? Never encountered one. And I'm using xiaomi.eu roms since MIUI7.
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I've just seen your last post. The fastboot connection is droppend when the unlocking process is somewhere at 50%? Are you still on that fake rom? If yes, that's the problem. To unlock bootloader you need to be on an official rom (China dev would be the best).
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Fastboot drivers - goolge driver install failed on several occasions and 2 different versions. Yes, I am still on that fake ROM. I can't get even china ROM replaced on it, because apparently I need to unlock it, but I can't... This is getting mad.

I understand your frustration...but it's not necessarily Gearbest's fault. Xiaomi delayed several months the Global version. Gearbest couldn't sell globally phones with only chinese language could they? They did what they could at that time in order to satisfy the worldwide demand. Probably they still sell from their initial batch. And I think that phones from Gearbest was delivered by Xiaomi with that "fake" rom. Why? I didn't wanted to buy one from Gearbest especially because of "fake" rom issue. So I waited until a chinese friend of mine was going home for holidays. He went to a Xiaomi showroom and he called me and told me that the seller told him their MI5 have only chinese language. Told him that is totally fine and to buy it as it is because at that point Global version was out so I could flash it without any issue. When he came back to UK. When we met he had a huge grin on his face "The seller ordered a phone especially for you and this one have English aswell". Guess what? Was with the fake rom =) so I had to go through whole nightmare with going from fake rom to China dev. So yeah...basically my phone was sold by Xiaomi China, in a chinese showroom with a fake rom.

Driver signature enforcement removed didn't help with drivers, still have a problem.
I have enough. 4h digging on the web with installing software, drivers etc. and nothing. I can't remember when I struggled so much with some sort of electronics last time.

vladimir_carlan said:
I understand your frustration...but it's not necessarily Gearbest's fault. Xiaomi delayed several months the Global version. Gearbest couldn't sell globally phones with only chinese language could they? They did what they could at that time in order to satisfy the worldwide demand. Probably they still sell from their initial batch. And I think that phones from Gearbest was delivered by Xiaomi with that "fake" rom. Why? I didn't wanted to buy one from Gearbest especially because of "fake" rom issue. So I waited until a chinese friend of mine was going home for holidays. He went to a Xiaomi showroom and he called me and told me that the seller told him their MI5 have only chinese language. Told him that is totally fine and to buy it as it is because at that point Global version was out so I could flash it without any issue. When he came back to UK. When we met he had a huge grin on his face "The seller ordered a phone especially for you and this one have English aswell". Guess what? Was with the fake rom =) so I had to go through whole nightmare with going from fake rom to China dev. So yeah...basically my phone was sold by Xiaomi China, in a chinese showroom with a fake rom.
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It was geekbuying, not gearbest.
Anyway, why they haven't installed EU ROM instead?
Do you have any idea how to install official ROM then without unlock? Using update on the phone doesn't work, update via MI app on PC doesn't work. I tried all 4 versions of official ROM.

knocik said:
It was geekbuying, not gearbest.
Anyway, why they haven't installed EU ROM instead?
Do you have any idea how to install official ROM then without unlock? Using update on the phone doesn't work, update via MI app on PC doesn't work. I tried all 4 versions of official ROM.
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EU Rom wasn't available for a while neither. Flashing official rom? You need MI PC Suite. Here is how you do it:
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-fix-bricked-mi-5-with-locked-bootloader-and-update-to-global-rom/
You need to this anyway as a necessary step to unlock bootloader. Later you can decide if you want to keep your bootloader locked or not.

vladimir_carlan said:
EU Rom wasn't available for a while neither. Flashing official rom? You need MI PC Suite. Here is how you do it:
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-fix-bricked-mi-5-with-locked-bootloader-and-update-to-global-rom/
You need to this anyway as a necessary step to unlock bootloader. Later you can decide if you want to keep your bootloader locked or not.
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****! I haven't done any update yet and my phone is in the MI logo loop. I can access fastboot and that is it. Can't load the system, can't access volume up+power anymore!!!
Now, I can't even send it back!

Step 2 – Now grab your Mi 5 phone. Press and hold Volume Up (+) and Power buttons simultaneously until you see an image of a phone with USB cable.
Can't do that as MI logo is appearing only and no cable image anymore...

Managed to install miflash and that seemed to improve drivers so managed to unlock it and flash it using miflash to official stable global rom for now.

knocik said:
Managed to install miflash and that seemed to improve drivers so managed to unlock it and flash it using miflash to official stable global rom for now.
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That's good news. From now on you won't have any more issues. It's your choice if you want to stay on official stable global. But you must keep in mind that global stable gets updates only every couple of months. Last global stable is from October (8.1.2) with security patches from July (if I remember correctly) while China global gets updates more often. Last China stable is 8.1.6 with security patches from 1st December.

vladimir_carlan said:
That's good news. From now on you won't have any more issues. It's your choice if you want to stay on official stable global. But you must keep in mind that global stable gets updates only every couple of months. Last global stable is from October (8.1.2) with security patches from July (if I remember correctly) while China global gets updates more often. Last China stable is 8.1.6 with security patches from 1st December.
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I don;t need weekly updates. My wife wouldn't be pleased with so frequent ones. Every 2-3 months is OK.
I think I will try EU ROM too now. The thing is that even latest Global doesn't have UK locale but has some EU countries compare to the fake one. I hope UE has it. Do you know that by any chance?

knocik said:
I don;t need weekly updates. My wife wouldn't be pleased with so frequent ones. Every 2-3 months is OK.
I think I will try EU ROM too now. The thing is that even latest Global doesn't have UK locale but has some EU countries compare to the fake one. I hope UE has it. Do you know that by any chance?
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In EU ROM there's no option to change locale. Xiaomi.eu was started by UK fan community so I can assume that is coming with UK locale by default. If you want to know if UK english language is available, yes it is. Anyway locale on MIUI affects only few things: browser startup page, themes store and weather provider. Chinese locale i.e is using weather.cn therefore won't provide weather informations outside China. I'm using EU ROM in UK and I get weather informations just fine on my MI5. Browser startup page doesn't have any quick links to chinese fishy websites and if I miss a theme or two in Themes Store who cares?

Mi9 china version to global???

I have ordered the Explorer version, which is not there yet, come the days. Has anyone experienced what it looks like with a global version, so to install it? with locked bootloader? Am now back to miui for years and have lost something the overview. Will of course open the bootloader, but that always takes a bit

Congratulation for your Explorer Edition.
you can switch from china to global with unlocked bootloader (after 300 hours) but you should not lock the bootloader back after flashing, this will brick your device.
2nd disadvantage of these chinese edition is lack of LTE band 20.
If you are a european user this will have negative impact of your mobile coverage because most of our mobile phone providers use this band.
I would also like to have had the explorer edition but lack of Band 20 isn't a compromise for me.

yes thank you for the info, just hope the Xiaomi not sometime the bootloader still locks permanently.

seems like China version can install global rom via unlocked bootloader.
is there any instruction on how to do so?
also what will happen if bootloader is unlocked? thanks in advance!

Is there any way to install global rom on china version with locked Bootloader? Maybe with XiaoMiTool V2 ?

Bretl2009 said:
Is there any way to install global rom on china version with locked Bootloader? Maybe with XiaoMiTool V2 ?
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No, it will brick and you need service point

klanac8901 said:
No, it will brick and you need service point
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are you sure?

Vihru said:
are you sure?
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Yes, because it's true..

TheInfiniteAndroid said:
Yes, because it's true..
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Yes, go to any Xiaomi subforum and ask, what will happen, when you buy chinese hardware and flash global rom - it will brick.

Thanks for answer.
Next question....If i unlock the BL and flash the global rom (without root), does i get problems with google safetynet check? For example i want to use google pay.

Bretl2009 said:
Thanks for answer.
Next question....If i unlock the BL and flash the global rom (without root), does i get problems with google safetynet check? For example i want to use google pay.
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Google Pay won't work with a unlocked bootloader and no root

Bretl2009 said:
Thanks for answer.
Next question....If i unlock the BL and flash the global rom (without root), does i get problems with google safetynet check? For example i want to use google pay.
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EDIT: as many people pointed out, with some modifications on settings we are now able to use Google Pay.

Oh No so i have no chance to use google pay with China Version and global rom. Damn fail

Bretl2009 said:
Oh No so i have no chance to use google pay with China Version and global rom. Damn fail
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You can flash the xiaomi.eu ROM, which passes safety net.

Ulver said:
You can flash the xiaomi.eu ROM, which passes safety net.
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You mean, unlock BL and flash Xiaomi.eu Rom with fastboot?

Bretl2009 said:
You mean, unlock BL and flash Xiaomi.eu Rom with fastboot?
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I think so. That's what I plan to do

jvs60 said:
I think so. That's what I plan to do
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Did you do it? Works?

TheInfiniteAndroid said:
Google Pay won't work with a unlocked bootloader and no root
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where ever did you hear that? each and every phone i have ever had i have rooted as well as had a fully functioning play store.

xdarkmario said:
where ever did you hear that? each and every phone i have ever had i have rooted as well as had a fully functioning play store.
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They not talking about the play store but google pay (formally known as Android pay) which doesn't work or typically doesn't work if the bootloader is unlocked, but magisk root I believe has a mod to by pass but don't quote me on that I haven't used a xiaomi device before and haven't rooted my phone since I used my old Nexus 6p (which had bootloader unlocked and root with google pay working)(using Huawei mate 10 pro without root)

ArmStrongDickPunch said:
They not talking about the play store but google pay (formally known as Android pay) which doesn't work or typically doesn't work if the bootloader is unlocked, but magisk root I believe has a mod to by pass but don't quote me on that I haven't used a xiaomi device before and haven't rooted my phone since I used my old Nexus 6p (which had bootloader unlocked and root with google pay working)(using Huawei mate 10 pro without root)
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ah yes, some apps like google pay have root detection but magisk now a days have circumvented that now.

Just received my Mi 9 Chinese version, just some questions.

Hello guys;
A friend of mine went to mainland China and brought me an Mi 9 Chinese version;
We both are from Brazil, and I'm thinking about keep the Chinese version, is there any major downgrade to stay on it?
I was searching around the forum about to flash the European version, but I found it difficult and I'm so worried about mess everything and brick it.
So, that being said, I'm not a heavy user, I just need it for Android Auto, Spotify, Whatsapp and the banking application (mainly it's important).
What you guys think?
Does it have a very detailed step-by-step from Chinese rom for Global/Europe?
Thanks everybody!

SanderVisions said:
Hello guys;
A friend of mine went to mainland China and brought me an Mi 9 Chinese version;
We both are from Brazil, and I'm thinking about keep the Chinese version, is there any major downgrade to stay on it?
I was searching around the forum about to flash the European version, but I found it difficult and I'm so worried about mess everything and brick it.
So, that being said, I'm not a heavy user, I just need it for Android Auto, Spotify, Whatsapp and the banking application (mainly it's important).
What you guys think?
Does it have a very detailed step-by-step from Chinese rom for Global/Europe?
Thanks everybody!
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I have the same one 8gb ram China phone, I am in UK, first thing my 4g don't work as I need a band 20 (800) of UK networks 4g, but a global rom should sort that out, you need to unlock the bootloader first for that you need to log into your mi account and than keep using the phone for 360 hours than you will be allowed bootloader unlock, if the 4g working? cheers

vtec303 said:
I have the same one 8gb ram China phone, I am in UK, first thing my 4g don't work as I need a band 20 (800) of UK networks 4g, but a global rom should sort that out, you need to unlock the bootloader first for that you need to log into your mi account and than keep using the phone for 360 hours than you will be allowed bootloader unlock, if the 4g working? cheers
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Flashing a Global or any rom will not do anything to your band 20. So far it is not possible to modify the bands on the Mi 9.
@SanderVisions, I have flashed Xiaomi.eu rom without major problem, it is quite easy but you need to unlock bootloader first. I couldn't flash Global rom on my phone but I think it is my mistake (I messed up with the flash tool at first). Anyway, quite satisfied with the Xiaomi.eu so far, at least it is working for me

SanderVisions said:
Hello guys;
A friend of mine went to mainland China and brought me an Mi 9 Chinese version;
We both are from Brazil, and I'm thinking about keep the Chinese version, is there any major downgrade to stay on it?
I was searching around the forum about to flash the European version, but I found it difficult and I'm so worried about mess everything and brick it.
So, that being said, I'm not a heavy user, I just need it for Android Auto, Spotify, Whatsapp and the banking application (mainly it's important).
What you guys think?
Does it have a very detailed step-by-step from Chinese rom for Global/Europe?
Thanks everybody!
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Hi, SanderVisions,
I´m in the same situation. I was in Shanghai 2 weeks ago and buy a chinese 8 gb Mi 9. I´m from Brazil too and my bootloader is 2 days of be unlocked.
When you say "european version" you mean xiaomi.eu ROM or the EEA version of official firmware from xiaomi ?
Because it´s made more sense to flash the GLOBAL version if you want to stay in official firmware.
But, as far as I know, to change to other ROM you need a unlocked bootloader and there are some reports that bank applications can have problems with it. You can´t look the bootloader again, if you change the ROM region
Or maybe this problem is related to the root process.
Maybe someone can give more info about unlocked bootloader/ root and bank applications.
At the moment, I think that I will stay with the chinese firmware some more days/weeks until the developers explore a little more of this great phone.
Thanks

Hello guys, I think I'll be in the chinese version for now, when there's a workaround to make the bank app run in unlocked bootloaders I will change it.
My 4G works with no problems here in Brazil, everything works perfect in this phone, just the bloatware chinese, my only concern if this apps will drain my whole battery.

SanderVisions said:
Hello guys, I think I'll be in the chinese version for now, when there's a workaround to make the bank app run in unlocked bootloaders I will change it.
My 4G works with no problems here in Brazil, everything works perfect in this phone, just the bloatware chinese, my only concern if this apps will drain my whole battery.
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Good thing your 4g is working, someone I know have installed the global rom which sorts out the 4g problem in UK, I am just waiting for the 360 days to be over so that I can unlock bootloader, when you root after bootloader unlocking there is a settings in magisk to hide magisk from apps and if its checked Google pay and other banking apps works but some people still get problems, cheers
this might be helpful,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/how-to/using-mi-9-usa-google-pay-settings-t3925904

Question Confused!!!

Sorry if this has been asked
Hi this is my 1st ever Xiaomi phone always had Samsung
Love the phone it's mint
I'm confused when it comes to updates and all the different kind of versions to the roms
And reading some comments about ota updates I'm just confused as hell lol
So I'm in UK on Vodafone im
On miui 12.0.2 stable global
How do I get 12.5 update please as it doesn't show for me
Do you have to manually flash all updates ?
How do I know if my bootloader is locked?
How do I safely update /flash phone ?
If I flash phone will that void warranty?
Will my bank apps and Google pay work as I need Google pay ?
What is the best version to flash people and do some roms have better features to use than the 1 I'm already on ?
Sorry for being dumb I'm just scared to do things wrong
Thanks for taking time to read this and if you have spare time to reply and guide me I'd be ever so grateful. Can't imagine ever going back to Samsung I just love this phone

If your phone global is variants
Mi 11 Ultra Global Stable V12.5.2.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.2.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.2.0...RKAMIXM-V12.5.2.0.RKAMIXM-7f2669dbe3-11.0.zip
if EEA
Mi 11 Ultra EEA Stable V12.5.3.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.6.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.3.0...RKAEUXM-V12.5.3.0.RKAEUXM-4e14bc378f-11.0.zip
Other options try to click 'check for updated' several times,sometimes the updated will appear

Vodafone unfortunately doesn't let you OTA apply to any other firmware. You got to unlock bootloader.

BodgeKunt said:
Sorry if this has been asked
Hi this is my 1st ever Xiaomi phone always had Samsung
Love the phone it's mint
I'm confused when it comes to updates and all the different kind of versions to the roms
And reading some comments about ota updates I'm just confused as hell lol
So I'm in UK on Vodafone im
On miui 12.0.2 stable global
How do I get 12.5 update please as it doesn't show for me
Do you have to manually flash all updates ?
How do I know if my bootloader is locked?
How do I safely update /flash phone ?
If I flash phone will that void warranty?
Will my bank apps and Google pay work as I need Google pay ?
What is the best version to flash people and do some roms have better features to use than the 1 I'm already on ?
Sorry for being dumb I'm just scared to do things wrong
Thanks for taking time to read this and if you have spare time to reply and guide me I'd be ever so grateful. Can't imagine ever going back to Samsung I just love this phone
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Starting from halfway down!
If your phone is new, the bootloader is locked.
How to safely flash? Read the threads on unlocking the bootloader. There is very little risk provided you have learned how to do it (and not much risk even if you don't).
Warranty. I don't know. But you can always reflash stock firmware and relock the bootloader.
Most people who unlock flash Xiaomi.eu ROM. It is what I use. It's based on the Chinese firmware but heavily modified.
Banking apps and google pay work just fine

apd said:
Starting from halfway down!
If your phone is new, the bootloader is locked.
How to safely flash? Read the threads on unlocking the bootloader. There is very little risk provided you have learned how to do it (and not much risk even if you don't).
Warranty. I don't know. But you can always reflash stock firmware and relock the bootloader.
Most people who unlock flash Xiaomi.eu ROM. It is what I use. It's based on the Chinese firmware but heavily modified.
Banking apps and google pay work just fine
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Thank you

bakayaruo said:
If your phone global is variants
Mi 11 Ultra Global Stable V12.5.2.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.2.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.2.0...RKAMIXM-V12.5.2.0.RKAMIXM-7f2669dbe3-11.0.zip
if EEA
Mi 11 Ultra EEA Stable V12.5.3.0
OTA Apply for V12.0.6.0
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.5.3.0...RKAEUXM-V12.5.3.0.RKAEUXM-4e14bc378f-11.0.zip
Other options try to click 'check for updated' several times,sometimes the updated will appear
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Thanks so much
Blubber120 said:
Vodafone unfortunately doesn't let you OTA apply to any other firmware. You got to unlock bootloader.aThnk you
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Blubber120 said:
Vodafone unfortunately doesn't let you OTA apply to any other firmware. You got to unlock bootloader.
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Thanks I will watch some tutorials of how to do this

Trying to unlock bootloader all I get is this in Chinese can anyone help what this error is please

The Vodafone variant 12.5.1 is out now so check it for updates.

chistery said:
The Vodafone variant 12.5.1 is out now so check it for updates.
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Wow thank you I have the update

BodgeKunt said:
Trying to unlock bootloader all I get is this in Chinese can anyone help what this error is please
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why i can understand that there is a situation with find my device and its like apple... you need to unbind this phone in mi account from this account. after hat release from find device app you can unlock it

012345678 said:
why i can understand that there is a situation with find my device and its like apple... you need to unbind this phone in mi account from this account. after hat release from find device app you can unlock it
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Thanks will try that tomorrow

BodgeKunt said:
Thanks will try that tomorrow
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if you dont get it working write me

Question 11 Ultra Chinese version making it "original" EU

Hello,
I've bought my Mi 11 Ultra from China and loving it. I've then rooted it and installed the EU fastboot version.
However, I don't like having to worry about Magisk and all the security issues that this process might entail therefore I'd like to ask a very simple question:
is there a way to turn a Chinese version into an official European version?
So basically I would like to just flash it with a EU official fw and then lock the root again so that there would be no difference between a phone bought here. In my simple mind, the only difference between the China version and the EU version is just the firmware, is that correct?
I've read it's dangerous to flash and lock the root again though? Is that true?
Thanks a lot

hympe said:
is there a way to turn a Chinese version into an official European version?
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No.
hympe said:
In my simple mind, the only difference between the China version and the EU version is just the firmware, is that correct?
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No.
hympe said:
I've read it's dangerous to flash and lock the root again? Is that true?
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Yes. Lock bootloader in the way you thought is dangerous.

Ah right, thanks. May I ask why that's not possible? Just out of curiosity. What's the difference between a phone bought here and a phone bought in China and flashed EU? Is it the kernel?

hympe said:
May I ask why that's not possible?
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Designed intentionally.

hympe said:
Hello,
I've bought my Mi 11 Ultra from China and loving it. I've then rooted it and installed the EU fastboot version.
However, I don't like having to worry about Magisk and all the security issues that this process might entail therefore I'd like to ask a very simple question:
is there a way to turn a Chinese version into an official European version?
So basically I would like to just flash it with a EU official fw and then lock the root again so that there would be no difference between a phone bought here. In my simple mind, the only difference between the China version and the EU version is just the firmware, is that correct?
I've read it's dangerous to flash and lock the root again though? Is that true?
Thanks a lot
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You can install the official ROM from EEA (Europe) or Global and use your device normally and you will have no problem and everything will work. You just cannot lock the bootloader again on these ROMs.

Allexsander said:
You can install the official ROM from EEA (Europe) or Global and use your device normally and you will have no problem and everything will work. You just cannot lock the bootloader again on these ROMs.
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yes the problem is that you get security issues with most banking apps so you have to play around with Magisk. And I don't really need the bootloader to be unlocked cause i don't want custom ROMs, but apparently there isn't a solution

hympe said:
Hello,
I've bought my Mi 11 Ultra from China and loving it. I've then rooted it and installed the EU fastboot version.
However, I don't like having to worry about Magisk and all the security issues that this process might entail therefore I'd like to ask a very simple question:
is there a way to turn a Chinese version into an official European version?
So basically I would like to just flash it with a EU official fw and then lock the root again so that there would be no difference between a phone bought here. In my simple mind, the only difference between the China version and the EU version is just the firmware, is that correct?
I've read it's dangerous to flash and lock the root again though? Is that true?
Thanks a lot
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The EU is approved and based on the Chinese version but has the best of all the variants and works on all approved banking apps. Some people say it doesn't but have never tried.
I use the EU and have done for a few phones. I use Gpay, Lloyds Bank and most secure of all, Sky go. You can't even hide sky go using any Magisk hide app, yet it works fine with the EU. Someone said, BDO bank doesn't work, yes it does, just delete the empty twrp folder.
See screenshots of both security and DRM levels on this EU ROM phone. The boot loader stays visually unlocked but it works as if it is locked.
If you have any questions, please message me, I'll tell you straight if you are still worried.

hympe said:
yes the problem is that you get security issues with most banking apps so you have to play around with Magisk. And I don't really need the bootloader to be unlocked cause i don't want custom ROMs, but apparently there isn't a solution
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The unlocked bootloader doesn't give banks problems (at least here I never had), I had a CC9 Pro (CN), I unlocked the bootloader and put the official global ROM and used it normally, I had no problems with the banks. Understand that unlocking the bootloader and root are completely different things.

To my knowledge this is not possible!
While the CN version and the international version share many mobile bands they are not similar and it's not possible to change frequency bands. So the hardware will remain CN whichever ROM you flash....
As mentioned in the posts before you can flash different ROMs but only as long as the Bootloader is unlocked....

All correct, you can only relock the bootloader if you flash the original CN Rom, the one your phone came preinstalled with

Allexsander said:
You can install the official ROM from EEA (Europe) or Global and use your device normally and you will have no problem and everything will work. You just cannot lock the bootloader again on these ROMs.
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Hi Allexsander, the scenario you're mentioning is basically my current setup. I got a chinese version, unlocked the bootloader and installed the official EU rom. All my banking apps and google pay wouldn't work unless i flash Magisk. If you've had a different experience, please let me know

s3axel said:
To my knowledge this is not possible!
While the CN version and the international version share many mobile bands they are not similar and it's not possible to change frequency bands. So the hardware will remain CN whichever ROM you flash....
As mentioned in the posts before you can flash different ROMs but only as long as the Bootloader is unlocked....
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xNAPx said:
All correct, you can only relock the bootloader if you flash the original CN Rom, the one your phone came preinstalled with
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thanks guys, so basically the only option here is to have Magisk. No Magisk, no chance of using a CN version properly in Europe

Unfortunately nope, but I don't get what's wrong with using magisk

hympe said:
Hi Allexsander, the scenario you're mentioning is basically my current setup. I got a chinese version, unlocked the bootloader and installed the official EU rom. All my banking apps and google pay wouldn't work unless i flash Magisk. If you've had a different experience, please let me know
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What didn't work? Gpay and banking apps all work on EU ROM. Did you set your wallet to Gpay and HCE? What Bank apps are not working!

xNAPx said:
Unfortunately nope, but I don't get what's wrong with using magisk
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absolutely nothing to be honest. Just that Magisk has suddenly broken and my google pay isn't working anymore. SafetyNet has started failing

Sathelp said:
What didn't work? Gpay and banking apps all work on EU ROM. Did you set your wallet to Gpay and HCE? What Bank apps are not working!
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they weren't working as soon as i flashed with EU rom and installed the apps. I had to use Magisk to get them to run properly. Although now google pay no longer works

what's broken with magisk if I may?

hympe said:
Hi Allexsander, the scenario you're mentioning is basically my current setup. I got a chinese version, unlocked the bootloader and installed the official EU rom. All my banking apps and google pay wouldn't work unless i flash Magisk. If you've had a different experience, please let me know
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Are you using the Official Global ROM (EEA) or Xiaomi.eu? Here I'm using the Global version and everything works, I just unlocked the bootloader and installed the Global version.

xNAPx said:
what's broken with magisk if I may?
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Well basically this. It was working fine, then had to reinstall everything but still Google pay won't work. All other apps do though

Allexsander said:
Are you using the Official Global ROM (EEA) or Xiaomi.eu? Here I'm using the Global version and everything works, I just unlocked the bootloader and installed the Global version.
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Yes I'm using EU downloaded from the official website. Maybe I should try the global version?