Hi everyone,
I have a k20 pro and it was working fine but never got updates so I decided to update by flashing.
The device was unlocked at the start, i got MIUI 12.5 global and flashed with miflashtool.
but wipe and lock was active.
now the phone comes up to the recovery menu and says the miui version is not for this device.
When I try to flash to another version, miflashtool says the device is locked,
when I try to unlock, miunlock says go to settings >developer options> mi unlock status.
Gave it to a repair shop for 1.5 months and nothing. I live in Iran so no authorized service centers here.
I have access to fast boot mode.
so is it dead?
Fastboot flash recovery.img?
If you have access to fastboot your should be able to flash a custom recovery. I would recommend flashing miui eu roms (via custom recovery) over the official miui. Eu tends to be a little more optimized and a fair amount debloated.
Worth a try?
Well I can't flash anything i think, but i'm a novice.
See when i try to flash anything with Miflashtool it says the device is locked.
Araskho said:
Hi everyone,
I have a k20 pro and it was working fine but never got updates so I decided to update by flashing.
The device was unlocked at the start, i got MIUI 12.5 global and flashed with miflashtool.
but wipe and lock was active.
now the phone comes up to the recovery menu and says the miui version is not for this device.
When I try to flash to another version, miflashtool says the device is locked,
when I try to unlock, miunlock says go to settings >developer options> mi unlock status.
Gave it to a repair shop for 1.5 months and nothing. I live in Iran so no authorized service centers here.
I have access to fast boot mode.
so is it dead?
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I'm guessing you have a Chinese K20 Pro.
Your phone is now hard bricked and there is nothing you can do to fix it by yourself.
You can not lock a Chinese phone when installing a global ROM (also true the other way round).
The only way to fix the phone is by EDL flashing. This can only be done by someone with an authorised Xiaomi service account.
There are people who will flash your phone remotely, for a fee. The best place to ask is on the K20 Pro /Mi 9T Pro telegram group.
If you find someone, you will need to put the phone into EDL mode before they can flash it. This requires removing the back and bridging 2 pins near the battery. You should be able to find videos that show you how to do this.
thanks mate.
I will bring it to another shop then and see if they can do it.
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Hello, so unfortunately during installation of xiaomi.eu rom i ran into some trouble (infinite loading) and as i usually do in such cases i wanted to revert to the TWRP backup of the global stable rom my device was shipped with, that resulted bricking the phone and now i'm unable to power it on.
I've already seen that in such cases you're supposed to flash CN rom over miflash in test point and it's only possible if you have the authorized mi account. I have some questions though:
-do i have to flash the cn rom via miflash even though my device arrived with the global rom from the very beginning ?
-what is the test point (disassembly and connecting the pins) for ? do i have to do this even when mflash already recognizes the COM port with my mi8 ?
- i tried to flash a fastboot rom through miflash but i'm getting a " could not receive hellopacket" error and timeout, is it because i did not do the test point thing or is it something else ?
I've never bricked a phone before and i'm quite worried about it, i'm going to an authorized xiaomi service after the weekend but i'd like to know if there's anything possible i could do on my own first.
Is it a serious issue that could ruin my phone for good ?
Thanks in advance
but i didn't even get to the point where it's asking for authorized account, it says 'could not receive hello packet' in miflash
LukeFisher said:
but i didn't even get to the point where it's asking for authorized account, it says 'could not receive hello packet' in miflash
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Need to unplug data cable, battery and make all testpoint method one more time.
After trying all kinds of roms from here, I decided to go back to basics and flash a global stable ROM.
In the Mi Flash software I forgot to check the "Clean All" button, and left the default(I don't know why this is the default) "Clean All and lock"
Now, I'm stuck in a recovery(can go to fastboot as well) bootloop, can't even turn it off unless the battery dies. It says at the bottom : "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device"
I'm unable to flash it again using mi flash, unable to unlock it again as it gives me a weird chinese error, that translated, it think it says : "This phone has been used by account 622****418, by looking for phone lock"
Unable to boot into EDL, tried with a deep flash cable(seems it is not supported anymore)
I didn't open it, as I still have warranty(just bought it 3 weeks ago).
USB Debugging and OEM unlock are off as it was just flashed so it has default values.
The account on it is mine, but apparently mi Unlock is not recognizing it. My Mi account has different digits and I have permission to unlock the bootloader since last year.
Is there any way that I can go around this ?
I'm thankful for any advice that you have, guys...
Your device is most likely permanently bricked - when the bootloader is locked with a global ROM on a Chinese Xiaomi phone, nothing can be done to fix it - except one thing.
Are you sure you're booting into EDL mode correctly? I think you need to short two points on the main PCB while plugging in a USB cable. Xiaomi has a proprietary implementation of EDL mode - IIRC you need special Xiaomi software and a Mi account with the appropriate permissions (you can beg Xiaomi for permission on the Mi forums, or buy a working account from someone online). In EDL mode, you can re-flash the China ROM and recover the device.
Most likely, that's what I'll have to do, but I wanted to consume every chance and tutorial online before I remove the Back glass...SO it's Service Center or Test Point with auth accounts, which it's hard to get. I rather pay. Just wanted to make sure that it's bricked from my perspective, like I can't do anything to fix it from my end. Thanks
There is nothing you can do, the bootloader is now locked and you are on a rom that's not matching.
I used the Russian tech reported in one of the other threads about bricked k20 pro, costed me $20 and I needed to open up the phone, and do test point edl which were all easy and well worth it to save the $650 AUD I paid for the phone.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/help/destroyed-error-fastboot-locked-t3946012/page6
just add him on whatsapp and be nice to the tech and he will help you. I saw other posts if you ask him like an ass then he will ignore you.
I definitely don't want to open the phone. If it comes to that, I rather pay someone to do everything with proper tools and software.
You know, try to get in touch with xiaomi support. Explain The case and maybe they unlock it for you from there.
Hey Bro
Blitzz.666 said:
After trying all kinds of roms from here, I decided to go back to basics and flash a global stable ROM.
In the Mi Flash software I forgot to check the "Clean All" button, and left the default(I don't know why this is the default) "Clean All and lock"
Now, I'm stuck in a recovery(can go to fastboot as well) bootloop, can't even turn it off unless the battery dies. It says at the bottom : "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device"
I'm unable to flash it again using mi flash, unable to unlock it again as it gives me a weird chinese error, that translated, it think it says : "This phone has been used by account 622****418, by looking for phone lock"
Unable to boot into EDL, tried with a deep flash cable(seems it is not supported anymore)
I didn't open it, as I still have warranty(just bought it 3 weeks ago).
USB Debugging and OEM unlock are off as it was just flashed so it has default values.
The account on it is mine, but apparently mi Unlock is not recognizing it. My Mi account has different digits and I have permission to unlock the bootloader since last year.
Is there any way that I can go around this ?
I'm thankful for any advice that you have, guys...
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Did you find any solution without edl method? Cause currently I'm facing the same problem.
The only solution here is to go into EDL Mode, if you dont have an authorized mi account, I recommend s-unlock.com they have an automated service and their own tool to flash your phone, go check them out. If you have doubt opening the phone, it isnt hard. Just use playing card first and dont remove it, then find an old credit card to continue further gently.
Shaonhider97 said:
Did you find any solution without edl method? Cause currently I'm facing the same problem.
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After removing the back of my phone and fixing it with the help of an awesome dude from Japan found on whatsapp...I tried to unlock my bootloader again, and realised that the account I had in my phone was not the one that I was entering on miUnlock. I couldn't see that because the error message at 99% was in trad Chinese.
Maybe it would've worked if I knew that. If you go into Fastboot and try to unlock it, what message do you get?
So I purchased a K20 Pro from eBay, never-msrp specifically. A few days after receiving the phone I was promoted to do a OTA to Android 10. The phone never booted again. I contacted the seller. They sent me a link to reset the phone; didn't work...still stuck on MI recovery 3.0. They said contact Xiaomi when the reset didn't work. Xiaomi says there's nothing they can do because they don't officially support this model in the U.S.. Square Trade during all this finally said they determined they can help me. BUT, they need the IMEI number which I can't get to without booting up the phone.
Any ideas how to recover the IMEI. The box is long gone. All I want is the phone
HELP! ?
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So I purchased a K20 Pro from eBay, never-msrp specifically. A few days after receiving the phone I was promoted to do a OTA to Android 10. The phone never booted again. I contacted the seller. They sent me a link to reset the phone; didn't work...still stuck on MI recovery 3.0. They said contact Xiaomi when the reset didn't work. Xiaomi says there's nothing they can do because they don't officially support this model in the U.S.. Square Trade during all this finally said they determined they can help me. BUT, they need the IMEI number which I can't get to without booting up the phone.
Any ideas how to recover the IMEI. The box is long gone. All I want is the phone
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Sounds like you had a CN model that was probably sideloaded with a different region's ROM perhaps. I'd suggest trying XiaomiADBFastbootTools if you can get the phone in to fastboot (the recovery screen you mentioned). It might list an IMEI in that software once it's hooked up via USB.
https://github.com/Szaki/XiaomiADBFastbootTools
Xiaomi do support the K20 Pro in America; it's the "Mi9T Pro" - if you mention K20 you get a swift "sorrynotsorry can't help you" as they assume it's import given its branded Mi9T for Westerners. But if you've got a boxed CN version the domestic warranty service may turn up their noses at it anyway.
It's in fastboot so you may as well try your luck at MiFlash and try the fastboot files for whatever region the phone is for; but if it's locked it might not go ahead. Can't hurt to try. The fastboot files are 2-3GB a pop so if you don't know what region it is you might need to try all of them;
https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/raphael/
https://www.7-zip.org/ - to extract the *.tgz fastboot file
https://www.xiaomiflash.com/ - to flash the extracted folder.
Just be sure to use "clean all" and not "clean all and lock". Best of luck.
I have a Mi 9 Global that I had previously unlocked. I decided for some reason that I wanted to use Google Pay/NFC, so I downloaded and flashed the latest global ROM. I chose the "clean all and lock" option, because I wanted to lock my bootloader. The ROM flashed and said it was successful, but it doesn't boot and has the "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device.". Now I can't boot my phone and the bootloader is locked. I can get into recovery or fastboot, but that's it.
I've tried every option and software I could find, but nothing works. XiaoMiTool V2 doesn't recognize the device. When I manually select it (I choose cepheus Mi 9) and try to unbrick it, it checks the chinese stable and chinese developer options and then gives an error that it cannot find any rom that can recover my device.
I've searched every forum and Youtube video I could find over many days and short of opening it up and shorting the pins, I'm out of options. Even that won't work without an authorized Xiaomi account.
Can anyone help? I've read that others have had luck with having someone remote into their PC and help.
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I have a Mi 9 Global that I had previously unlocked. I decided for some reason that I wanted to use Google Pay/NFC, so I downloaded and flashed the latest global ROM. I chose the "clean all and lock" option, because I wanted to lock my bootloader. The ROM flashed and said it was successful, but it doesn't boot and has the "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device.". Now I can't boot my phone and the bootloader is locked. I can get into recovery or fastboot, but that's it.
I've tried every option and software I could find, but nothing works. XiaoMiTool V2 doesn't recognize the device. When I manually select it (I choose cepheus Mi 9) and try to unbrick it, it checks the chinese stable and chinese developer options and then gives an error that it cannot find any rom that can recover my device.
I've searched every forum and Youtube video I could find over many days and short of opening it up and shorting the pins, I'm out of options. Even that won't work without an authorized Xiaomi account.
Can anyone help? I've read that others have had luck with having someone remote into their PC and help.
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AFAIK, you will need to seek for somebody with EDL account (paid help)
Although you wanted to relock, you should flash first without relocking and later, only when you make sure it boots, then you use the tool once again to relock
AFAIK, you will need to seek for somebody with EDL account (paid help)
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That's why I created this post. I'm looking for someone who has an authorized account or knows of a reputable site that I can pay to unlock my bootloader.
I have a Redmi K20 Pro 8GB RAM 256GBROM
It came with a 12.0 Global MIUI
I ran the bootloader unlocker from Xiaomi, it worked the first time
Then I flashed it with: miui_RAPHAELGlobal_V12.5.2.0.RFKMIXM_edbf5f63e8_11.0.zip
It locked the bootloader.
I now only get the menu: MIUI Recovery 5.0
I can no longer run the bootloader unlock, it fails on the second step and says "Please add your account in MiUI's Settings > Developer options > Mi Unlock status. The phone won't boot even using safe mode.
I don't remember if I ever signed in to the phone with my Mi account, I suspect not.
I'd like to confirm that I used the right ROM, does the K20 Pro and the 9T Pro use the same ROM?
So how can I unlock the bootloader?
What do I need to flash on this to go to 12.5. I don't use What's App so I don't care about those issues.
Is 12.5 and option? If not where can I get the latest ROM I can use?
Supposidely you used Mi Flash. You have two options there, like Clean All and Lock (unfortunately, offered by default) and just Clean All
Apparently you overlooked and left Clean All and Lock and as a result you locked your Bootloader
That's a common mistake and the way many people brick their phones. If anything goes wrong while flashing (wrong firmware, error in download, problems with cable, whatever), the result will be:
- phone cannot boot because of that error in flashing
- you cannot flash again since you already re-locked your Bootloader
Fortunately, I have no first-hand experience but I've seen many similar posts/questions and answers
AFAIK, you have two options now.
One, to look for somebody with EDL authorized account to remotely flash and unbrick your phone.
It will be a paid service and due to the XDA policies all posts providing such contacts are purged from XDA. You have to look to eg Telegram support groups to find them
The other option is in finding and using the so-called firehose file and method.
Tthat way you could unbrick the phone by yourself but you really need to google and/or search on XDA to find more details about
Sorry, that's all I could help you