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How to completely get back to stock?

Hi,
i have a Mi Max 32GB and flashed TWRP without unlocking (with the method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max/how-to/guide-install-global-miui8-root-t3435594) and installed MIUI 8 rooted.
Now i have to send it back for repair and i want to get back to stock (at least miui 8 unrooted with original recovery).
Can you help me how to do it?
I would try to flash unrooted miui 8 and the stock recovery with Mi Beta Flasher after it but where can i get the stock recovery?
Thanks
Daniel

Dacoco said:
Hi,
i have a Mi Max 32GB and flashed TWRP without unlocking (with the method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max/how-to/guide-install-global-miui8-root-t3435594) and installed MIUI 8 rooted.
Now i have to send it back for repair and i want to get back to stock (at least miui 8 unrooted with original recovery).
Can you help me how to do it?
I would try to flash unrooted miui 8 and the stock recovery with Mi Beta Flasher after it but where can i get the stock recovery?
Thanks
Daniel
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I think if you use MiFlash it will flash back everything including the stock recovery.

Will this work even if the phone is NOT unlocked? Where can i get the correct image? Which one do i need? And can i flash MIUI 7 too?

Yea... that was a great idea... i think it is bricked now
Started MiFlash Beta (which worked perfectly to install twrp a couple of weeks ago). Now i flashed the hydrogen_global_images_V8.0.2.0.MBCMIDG_20150805.0000.29_6.0._global_faa8bcca0e Fastboot ROM and after 94 seconds there was an error -translated - "For this command is not enough memory available.(0x800700008: Max buffer sector is 256)". After trying again i only get "critical error (0x8000ffff: Receiving hello packet). Also flashing twrp again does not work. When i turn on the phone i only see a symbol with a mi phone with a cable plugged in ...

Dacoco said:
Yea... that was a great idea... i think it is bricked now
Started MiFlash Beta (which worked perfectly to install twrp a couple of weeks ago). Now i flashed the hydrogen_global_images_V8.0.2.0.MBCMIDG_20150805.0000.29_6.0._global_faa8bcca0e Fastboot ROM and after 94 seconds there was an error -translated - "For this command is not enough memory available.(0x800700008: Max buffer sector is 256)". After trying again i only get "critical error (0x8000ffff: Receiving hello packet). Also flashing twrp again does not work. When i turn on the phone i only see a symbol with a mi phone with a cable plugged in ...
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If you see the Mi logo then you aren't bricked. Try flashing it again. If it doesn't work then try the Chinese version of the fastboot rom to get to stock then give the global rom a try again.

ajsmsg78 said:
If you see the Mi logo then you aren't bricked. Try flashing it again. If it doesn't work then try the Chinese version of the fastboot rom to get to stock then give the global rom a try again.
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Just tried it and got exactly the same error
I could manage to reboot and go to miflashmode again and flash TWRP again. When i now install a MIUI 8 Global ROM it won't start but a MIUI 7 ROM booted. Unfortunately without any radio functions and with crashes. I think the radio partition is broken.

Dacoco said:
Just tried it and got exactly the same error
I could manage to reboot and go to miflashmode again and flash TWRP again. When i now install a MIUI 8 Global ROM it won't start but a MIUI 7 ROM booted. Unfortunately without any radio functions and with crashes. I think the radio partition is broken.
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I can make you a flashable zip with the radios that you need that you can flash in TWRP. Try flashing the regular stock rom in TWRP.

This is all really crazy
After flashing a MIUI 8 Global ROM in TWRP the phone doesn't boot. After then installing an older MIUI 7 than before everything worked including radios. At the moment i'm trying to restore a MIUI 8 Backup which worked and delete data and cache to be kind of stock.
But nevertheless - how to flash stock recovery when i'm finished? I tried to flash via fastboot but this is not allowed due to the locked bootloader.
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Help required with bricked Oneplus 3

Hi,
I have installed MIUI in my OP3 this morning, which was working fine. There was an OTA update, after installing it, device rebooted and entered into recovery mode and it was hanging there for more than an hour. Whrn I tried to reboot, it was off and never came up. Tried unbrick using MSM Download Tool and then I am able to get into boot loader screen. From there I have tried to flash TWRP, but if I reboot, I am getting this message only. Currently I have access to bootloader, if I flash TWRP and choose to boot from recovery (from pc), I have access to OTG also. But even after flashing a ROM, If I reboot, I am getting attached screen only.
I have access to TWRP, only when I chiose to reboot from All in one tool from PC.
Please help me.

you have to use method 2of unbrick not method1.it will flash whole stock rom , then reboot enable developer options etc then flash twrp recovery then go ahead.

Use Method 2. Make sure to follow all steps. Please do quote me otherwise i do not know if you need any further help.

You flashed oficial beta update on mui rom and you have a mess.
Download official OP 4.1.6 rom and try to flash it.
if its not fixed the try wipe everythng (system data ect) and then flash the rom

Puddi_Puddin said:
Use Method 2. Make sure to follow all steps. Please do quote me otherwise i do not know if you need any further help.
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Hi,
I am following method 2 now. I have switched off the phone and connecting to laptop, as soon as I connect to laptop, it is getting into bootloop (without pressing any button). Phone is not detected in laptop.

colossus_r said:
You flashed oficial beta update on mui rom and you have a mess.
Download official OP 4.1.6 rom and try to flash it.
if its not fixed the try wipe everythng (system data ect) and then flash the rom
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I have tried to by wiping everything and tried to restore from OTG pendrive. Tried to flash Firmware + Modem, tried to flash different ROM. Nothing helped.
I am in travel now, having limited internet connectivity. I will reach home and then try to download official OP as you suggested.
I do not have data in phone, all the data is already copied to laptop.

colossus_r said:
You flashed oficial beta update on mui rom and you have a mess.
Download official OP 4.1.6 rom and try to flash it.
if its not fixed the try wipe everythng (system data ect) and then flash the rom
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Finally, method 2 worked. Thanks a lot.

nagurvidyasagar said:
Finally, method 2 worked. Thanks a lot.
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I was having the same problem like you how did you solve it ?

Honor 7x BND-L24 (USA version) boot image error (bricked?), help required

I have Honor 7x BND-L24 (USA version) which is stuck at a screen which says:
ERROR MODE
Attention!
Please update system again
Error!
Func NO : 10 (boot image)
Error NO : 2 (load failed)
Before this screen I had EMUI 5.1 with Android 7.0 installed version BND-L24C567B150CUSTC567D001 and TWRP custom recovery. I wanted to do OTA update so went and installed stock recovery and that somehow damaged my boot image. After factory reset it goes to the screen mentioned above. I can't even turn it off anymore.
I can still boot into fastboot mode, I can still go into recovery by holding both volume buttons and power button but the install always fails and brings me back to the same error screen. Is there any way to fix the boot image error?
Fastboot flashing does not work anymore and gives errors:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (15170 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.395s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.406s
The bootloader is unlocked:
Code:
fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.008s]
finished. total time: 0.009s
I have also seen in the forums that a dload method (creating a dload folder in the sd card and adding UPDATE.APP file into it) could be used to recover, but it always stops at 5% and fails. Maby I am doing it wrong because the stock ROM has two .zip files (update.zip and update_full_BND-L24_hw_usa.zip) and they both have the UPDATE.APP file in it. If someone could give me a guide on how to propertly use the dload method I would like to try it.
Any additional comments or solutions to try unbricking the phone will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
P.S. after searching the xda forums it seems that for the dload method I would require a specific rom called the service ROM dload. I have tried searching for it but could only find it for BND-L21, if anyone has a service ROM for BND-L24C567 (USA version) please give me a link, I would like to try the dload method with it.
SOLVED !!!
Thread can be closed. If anyone need the solution on how to fix this issue just send me a message.

Hey how'd you fix it dude? I accidentally broke my boot image and im getting the same error as you did. the only thing i can do is use root shell in stock recovery. I'm trying to figure out how to flash twrp (Ice cream sandwich) to recovery2 but so far no luck.
Can you help me out?

Kr1msonReaper said:
Hey how'd you fix it dude? I accidentally broke my boot image and im getting the same error as you did. the only thing i can do is use root shell in stock recovery. I'm trying to figure out how to flash twrp (Ice cream sandwich) to recovery2 but so far no luck.
Can you help me out?
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Is your bootloader unlocked and frp unlocked?
if yes then:
Get the stock recovery, boot, system and etc. by going into the OpenKirin website, there is a nice guide there in the support section on how to download and extract the stock recovery and boot images and etc.
Hold down the volume down key and plug in the usb cable. Use fastboot to flash in the stock recovery.
flash them using "fastboot flash" command with the adb and fasboot tool.
if not then:
download Chimera tool.
Pay for 3 day trial (~12 eur)
Do system restore in the application, worked for me. BND-L24 USA version, I now have EMUI 9.1.0 by installing BND-L21 9.1.0.141(C432E2) ROM using the Chimera tool.
Hope this helps.

DBxda7x said:
Is your bootloader unlocked and frp unlocked?
if yes then:
Get the stock recovery, boot, system and etc. by going into the OpenKirin website, there is a nice guide there in the support section on how to download and extract the stock recovery and boot images and etc.
Hold down the volume down key and plug in the usb cable. Use fastboot to flash in the stock recovery.
flash them using "fastboot flash" command with the adb and fasboot tool.
if not then:
download Chimera tool.
Pay for 3 day trial (~12 eur)
Do system restore in the application, worked for me. BND-L24 USA version, I now have EMUI 9.1.0 by installing BND-L21 9.1.0.141(C432E2) ROM using the Chimera tool.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the advice! I repeated the process you provided and so im not bricked, I have all the partitions of ice cream sandwich. The only problem is, the dload method and upgrade from sd card thing stops at 5% and when i use dload, it says image verification failed, because i was trying to upgrade to Nougat. I have the bootloader and stock recovery though. How did you upgrade to pie after doing this?
Also how is pie? maybe I'll install the pie rom for L21 and use english. I actually intall the AL10 once haha. It was horrible. Almost nothing worked and it tried to prevent booting into recovery or bootloader.
Thanks!
-Kr1msonReaper

Kr1msonReaper said:
Thanks for the advice! I repeated the process you provided and so im not bricked, I have all the partitions of ice cream sandwich. The only problem is, the dload method and upgrade from sd card thing stops at 5% and when i use dload, it says image verification failed, because i was trying to upgrade to Nougat. I have the bootloader and stock recovery though. How did you upgrade to pie after doing this?
Also how is pie? maybe I'll install the pie rom for L21 and use english. I actually intall the AL10 once haha. It was horrible. Almost nothing worked and it tried to prevent booting into recovery or bootloader.
Thanks!
-Kr1msonReaper
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dload method does NOT work on this particular phone. I have tried it multiple times.
Best way is to find the ROM that works for your phone. I have tried a lot of the ROMs for this phone including all of the ones in the OpenKirin website, like the Ressurect, Lineage and etc. those do not work, it just bootloops. But the L21 worked perfectly, only issue is that you need to flash every partition (system, boot, recovery, ram_disk and etc.) and then do a factory reset. If you do not do a factory reset after the installation in will not boot.
Just go to Firmware finder, get EMUI 9.1 ROM, extract all .img files and flash them in using fastboot.
Good luck!

DBxda7x said:
dload method does NOT work on this particular phone. I have tried it multiple times.
Best way is to find the ROM that works for your phone. I have tried a lot of the ROMs for this phone including all of the ones in the OpenKirin website, like the Ressurect, Lineage and etc. those do not work, it just bootloops. But the L21 worked perfectly, only issue is that you need to flash every partition (system, boot, recovery, ram_disk and etc.) and then do a factory reset. If you do not do a factory reset after the installation in will not boot.
Just go to Firmware finder, get EMUI 9.1 ROM, extract all .img files and flash them in using fastboot.
Good luck!
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Thanks for the advice! I'll try it soon, but as far as i know, from here in ice cream sandwich, it says image verification failed when flashing recovery and other partitions except not system or boot and others for some reason.
Actually I've previously installed RR and Lineage ROMs--maybe you forgot that they must not be flashed in TWRP? Anyway, thanks! Pie sounds like it must be the best option here. I'll go ahead and install it. Oh, and just so you know, the dload method can work on the Honor 7x but you have to flash a patched version of the recovery called BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img, except I only have the oreo one so it can't help me.
Thanks!
- Kr1msonReaper

DBxda7x said:
dload method does NOT work on this particular phone. I have tried it multiple times.
Best way is to find the ROM that works for your phone. I have tried a lot of the ROMs for this phone including all of the ones in the OpenKirin website, like the Ressurect, Lineage and etc. those do not work, it just bootloops. But the L21 worked perfectly, only issue is that you need to flash every partition (system, boot, recovery, ram_disk and etc.) and then do a factory reset. If you do not do a factory reset after the installation in will not boot.
Just go to Firmware finder, get EMUI 9.1 ROM, extract all .img files and flash them in using fastboot.
Good luck!
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Hi, I have a BND-L34 (mate se) and could use some help. I'm not very good with rooting but I followed the directions found here
https://www.desinerd.co.in/how-to-huawei-mate-se-root-twrp-recovery/
which was mentioned from this XDA post about unlocking the bootloader and rooting
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/how-to-unlock-huawei-bootloader-removal-t3780903
So I was able to write the TWRP from the guide on the "recovery_ramdisk" but not the second partition like the guide mentioned. So if try to boot into TWRP I get an error 11 and error 2.
Phone appears to be working otherwise.
I suspect that if I were to ever factory reset the phone I would be in the same situation as you were. Could you tell me how you flashed the EMUI 9 files? Like what the commands were? thanks in advance.

teatimecrumpet said:
Hi, I have a BND-L34 (mate se) and could use some help. I'm not very good with rooting but I followed the directions found here
https://www.desinerd.co.in/how-to-huawei-mate-se-root-twrp-recovery/
which was mentioned from this XDA post about unlocking the bootloader and rooting
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/how-to-unlock-huawei-bootloader-removal-t3780903
So I was able to write the TWRP from the guide on the "recovery_ramdisk" but not the second partition like the guide mentioned. So if try to boot into TWRP I get an error 11 and error 2.
Phone appears to be working otherwise.
I suspect that if I were to ever factory reset the phone I would be in the same situation as you were. Could you tell me how you flashed the EMUI 9 files? Like what the commands were? thanks in advance.
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@teatimecrumpet we have the same phones . . . .
Ok so, first, are you on Oreo or something lower? If you're on oreo I have the proper TWRP img for the ramdisk partition. If you flashed your TWRP to recovery but not recovery_ramdisk, I recommend reflashing the stock recovery and then flashing mine to ramdisk. But you shouldn't worry, you can't even factory reset anyway, if you've overwritten your recovery. So if you say your phone's fine now it should continue to work. I have not yet upgraded to Pie like @DBxda7x suggested, but I will soon.
In any case, here's the TWRP you must flash to the ramdisk.
-Kr1msonReaper
OreoTWRP: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztzh7hejp3j9fuz/BND_twrp_true_Oreo.img?dl=0

Kr1msonReaper said:
@teatimecrumpet we have the same phones . . . .
Ok so, first, are you on Oreo or something lower? If you're on oreo I have the proper TWRP img for the ramdisk partition. If you flashed your TWRP to recovery but not recovery_ramdisk, I recommend reflashing the stock recovery and then flashing mine to ramdisk. But you shouldn't worry, you can't even factory reset anyway, if you've overwritten your recovery. So if you say your phone's fine now it should continue to work. I have not yet upgraded to Pie like @DBxda7x suggested, but I will soon.
In any case, here's the TWRP you must flash to the ramdisk.
-Kr1msonReaper
OreoTWRP: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztzh7hejp3j9fuz/BND_twrp_true_Oreo.img?dl=0
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Hey Krimson, thanks for the reply. It's been awhile since I had that error...it's a bit hazy. But I'm on oreo now and am trying to either downgrade back to nougat or try to flash oreo again. Reason being the phone was working fine but now my GPS doesn't really work and I can't pick up any satellites and I kind of need google maps to work.
I tried to use hisuite to upgrade to the newest firmware and downgrade to nougat but no luck it just boots to TWRP.
When I first rooted I know I flashed recovery and recovery2 (but recovery2 turned out to be erecovery on oreo...I remember it was a pain trying to figure out.)
I can't seem to find a simple guide to follow and like I said I'm not very good with this. Do you think you could give me the commands to either flash what you have or do the pie update? I'm totally fine going back to stock and then trying to root Nougat again.
Thanks!

teatimecrumpet said:
Hey Krimson, thanks for the reply. It's been awhile since I had that error...it's a bit hazy. But I'm on oreo now and am trying to either downgrade back to nougat or try to flash oreo again. Reason being the phone was working fine but now my GPS doesn't really work and I can't pick up any satellites and I kind of need google maps to work.
I tried to use hisuite to upgrade to the newest firmware and downgrade to nougat but no luck it just boots to TWRP.
When I first rooted I know I flashed recovery and recovery2 (but recovery2 turned out to be erecovery on oreo...I remember it was a pain trying to figure out.)
I can't seem to find a simple guide to follow and like I said I'm not very good with this. Do you think you could give me the commands to either flash what you have or do the pie update? I'm totally fine going back to stock and then trying to root Nougat again.
Thanks!
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Hey, I know it's been a while, it is pretty hazy. I actually got into a situation where i bricked my phone from trying to downgrade from Pie to Nougat directly. Don't EVER do that. If you're on Oreo now, I know that there are some guides on how to use HWOTA to downgrade to nougat pretty easily. Here's the link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649

I have deleted my EFS folder now im stuck help!

Hi everyone,i am asking for your help i am noob at this. So i wanted to install a custom rom on my s9+ (Pixle Expirience),after using the rom i installed a random android pie kernel,then the rom woudnt boot.So i installed a normal custom rom that i knew it worked.I flash that but i didint have mobile data and i coudnt see my IMEI and my flight mode was plain blue instead of gray(but my wifi worked like everything elese).Then i installed stock firmware via odin,still nothing.
Then i panic and found some software which with u can insert your IMEI,but i have accidentally wiped my efs.So now when i install firmware it is stuck at samsung logo,and in TWRP it says failed to mount /efs Invalid argument.So i ask u if u can guide me on what to do and how to get efs file.Your help is appreciated.Thank you.

No OS Installed accidentally wipe system of xiaomi mi a2 lite

Hello Good day everyone, please help this idiot who just bricked his phone for no reason at all:crying:
I accidentally wipe my system or should i say im just flat out an idiot for wiping everything without any backup. i have installed twrp and i unlock the bootloader already because i wanted to install miui in my mi a2 lite phone but ended up wiping everything and now im stuck in twrp mode. i still can do fastboot and open my phone in twrp mode but thats all NO OS. How can i save my phone back to normal. please help me. THANK YOU ALL!!!

If you can get to fastboot, use the stock rom flash script. See the stock rom thread in the guides forum.
If you've got windows, miflash may be easier to use. I think it takes the same stock rom file.

a1291762 said:
If you can get to fastboot, use the stock rom flash script. See the stock rom thread in the guides forum.
If you've got windows, miflash may be easier to use. I think it takes the same stock rom file.
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Just make sure you download a fastboot rom which has all partitions.
When I wanted to remove all traces of root from my phone last week, i noticed that many of the more recent images only have /system or just a few partitions.
I ended up installing one of the earliest Pie images (V10.0.2.0.PDLMIFJ if i recall correctly) and then doing all the OTA's until I was at V11.0.9.0.QDLMIXM or something.

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idiotAce said:
Hello Good day everyone, please help this idiot who just bricked his phone for no reason at all:crying:
I accidentally wipe my system or should i say im just flat out an idiot for wiping everything without any backup. i have installed twrp and i unlock the bootloader already because i wanted to install miui in my mi a2 lite phone but ended up wiping everything and now im stuck in twrp mode. i still can do fastboot and open my phone in twrp mode but thats all NO OS. How can i save my phone back to normal. please help me. THANK YOU ALL!!!
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It happened to me like a week ago and i was able to fix it just yesterday. cuz i am new at this root stuff. But i was able to do it at th e end. You need to install stock rom, miflash. Also download flashable stock rom. Because i installed like 5 stock roms. But they were not flashable so it did not work. Extract the stock rom that you downloaded. Then open miflash. Now go into fastboot mode and plug your phone to your pc. Now locate the folder where flashable files are and then click flash. It should say Success. If not that means it did not work.But it should work so yeah. That is it.

guys my phone boots into fastboot only, no twrp no recovery, any way to fix it?

drshnitzelbauer said:
guys my phone boots into fastboot only, no twrp no recovery, any way to fix it?
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fastboot oem edl
then launch miflash tool

sushi689 said:
fastboot oem edl
then launch miflash tool
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it just saved my life and my phone idk how it worked but i fixed it. thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!