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Hey guys,
I bought my phone at Bestgear. When I check the version of my rom I get 8.2.16.0.0. Is this ok? Because on xiaomi.eu I cannot find this version. It's very confusing.
Yes, it's a fake rom.
Just flash an stable or developer china version and then install xiaomi.eu
But I don't understand. What should I do exactly, can you give me a precise procedure? Why would gearbest send me a phone with a fake rom?
To know what to do, try searching the following exact string on google, between quotes:
"All-in-one Guide Compilation On How To Flash Xiaomi.eu Roms On Your Mi5s", you should find a page on xiaomi.eu or en.miui.com.
The process is easy, but if you have absolutely no experience ask for a help.
About the fake ROM, there is still no official global ROM, so resellers put cooked ROMs with additional languages plus gapps (generally required from people outside China) and only god knows what else.
I have no experience with this. To whom should I ask for help?
I have found the guide you mentioned I will try to apply this process. However, could you tell me what does it mean when we say there is no global rom? I will have the phone in Chinese? Or at least in English too?
Thanks a lot for your help and patience.
Xiaomi release its stable and developer ROMS in two more versions: china and global.
The china versions have english and chinese languages.
Also the global versions have eng. and chn. lang. also but also more or less all the languages of the countries where xiaomi officially sells or supports a particular model.
If you go to Mi5S (no plus) http://en.miui.com/download-314.html you'll see that there are only china roms, while for Mi5S Plus http://en.miui.com/download-315.html there are also the global counterparts.
On the guide you'll find that the last step is flash xiaomi.eu ROM.
This is not an official ROM, but is created from the official chinese version. They add more languages, gapps and they do some optimizations beside removing those chinese apps that are not useful for people living outside China.
*I think* that Xiaomi uses their repository to get the translations to build their global versions.
If you follow the guide, is up to you which step to follows.
For example, if you are ok with official china because english is fine for you and you like chinese apps, you can follow just step #1 and #2, and on step #2 you have to choose between stable (less frequently updated about monthly, less new features, less new bugs) and developer (updated weekly with all the new features and bugs), and you should choose for stable.
I you want to install xiaomi.eu you have to follow step #1, #3 and #4. The step #2 is optional, but in this case get the same version (dev/stable) that you are going to use on #4.
Thank you for your help! I think I will try tonight if I have time.
Two more questions if you don't mind :
If I choose Chinese rom, will I be able to install manually and easily the playstore? And with titanium, will I be able to freeze the Chinese apps?
Secondly, if I do the next updates from the phone, will that close by bootloader again?
Thanks!
Mind that selecting English in Chinese official ROM for Mi5s will get your UI to Engish, true. But there will be so much annoying CHinese everywhere that it's pretty much useless to non-Chinese users. If you open App store everything's in Chinese. And that one is rather crucial if you'd like to install Google apps. So anyway. Apply for unlock, put TWRP on your device and flash xiaomi.eu ROM. It seems a complicated process but it's not really. And this specific ROM gets rid of much of Chinese stuff albeit removing strings only (i.e. Wallpaper carousel categories are only represented with images instead of their names as well). Anyway. But until XiaoMi releases a Global ROM for Mi5s we have no hopes of ever getting kernel sources which will allow developers to provide custom ROMs for it like CyanogenMod et al. As the reliable sources close to XiaoMi say, Global ROM for Mi5s will actually be released.
Ok, I will flash the rom from xiomi. Eu but that means I won't be able to update it from the phone, right?
Right
patci32 said:
Hey guys,
I bought my phone at Bestgear. When I check the version of my rom I get 8.2.16.0.0. Is this ok? Because on xiaomi.eu I cannot find this version. It's very confusing.
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I have fake ROM too but I don't care because it works and all languages are there. No spyware no malicious software no Chinese. I have China's ROM on my Mi note 2 and it's pain in the ass. You will regret if you flash Chinese ROM as many others did. Global ROM for Mi 5s is about to be realest.
P.S
Afterwards I have flashed Xiaomi.eu rom and looks good at first glance. I did backup of my reseller ROM before I flashed Xiaomi.eu rom just in case.
So I have sucessfully unlocked my bootloader, install everything I need for step 3, enabled usb debbug in developers options. But now I can move forward, when I launch the command adb devices my phone is not recognized. Any help?? it's super frustrating.
gnazio said:
Xiaomi release its stable and developer ROMS in two more versions: china and global.
The china versions have english and chinese languages.
Also the global versions have eng. and chn. lang. also but also more or less all the languages of the countries where xiaomi officially sells or supports a particular model.
If you go to Mi5S (no plus) http://en.miui.com/download-314.html you'll see that there are only china roms, while for Mi5S Plus http://en.miui.com/download-315.html there are also the global counterparts.
On the guide you'll find that the last step is flash xiaomi.eu ROM.
This is not an official ROM, but is created from the official chinese version. They add more languages, gapps and they do some optimizations beside removing those chinese apps that are not useful for people living outside China.
*I think* that Xiaomi uses their repository to get the translations to build their global versions.
If you follow the guide, is up to you which step to follows.
For example, if you are ok with official china because english is fine for you and you like chinese apps, you can follow just step #1 and #2, and on step #2 you have to choose between stable (less frequently updated about monthly, less new features, less new bugs) and developer (updated weekly with all the new features and bugs), and you should choose for stable.
I you want to install xiaomi.eu you have to follow step #1, #3 and #4. The step #2 is optional, but in this case get the same version (dev/stable) that you are going to use on #4.
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You know the process very well, do you know why I am blocked at step 3 with a phone that can't be recognized?
FYI I just did a full factory reset, still doest not work
Your device still not recognized? If yes, go into device manager, delete the phone there (right click - uninstall). Then unplug it and plug it back in, in many cases it's now recognized.
If it's still not working, follow this very precise guide:
http://en.miui.com/thread-410497-1-1.html
zmajdk said:
There is no alternative ROM for now but Chinese
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xiaomi.eu
gnazio said:
xiaomi.eu
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Thanks, I had difficulty to find rom archives on Xiaomi.eu. I found 6.11.10 for both mi 5s and mi note 2 and flashed. Looks good at first glance but I'm going to test it. Best regards!
Guys, I don't know why but the command "adb devices" never worked. I just manually put the phone in fastboot mode... And it worked. I'm booting on the xiaomi.eu rom. I will also flash supersu
patci32 said:
Guys, I don't know why but the command "adb devices" never worked. I just manually put the phone in fastboot mode... And it worked. I'm booting on the xiaomi.eu rom. I will also flash supersu
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It does work when phone is ON ( loaded in operating system) If the phone is in fastboot mode then it doesn't work but it is as intended. In fastboot mode use " fastboot devices"...
Hi Friends
I have been using crDroid 7.1.2 on Zuk Z2 plus for last 1 year almost. Tried a few ROMs at that time and settled with crDroid. Did not get much time after that due to hectic work schedules.
Now, I am planning to upgrade to a stable Oreo Rom. AEX and Jaguar seem most popular, but I would experiment with few others like crDroid as well.
However, I have few concerns and doubts where I would request your guidance and help. I did some research myself and went through lot of threads but still some questions remain:
1) I face two irritating issues on my phone. Not sure if it is a device issue or ROM or baseband issue:
a) While on speaker on a call, the person on the other side cannot hear me clearly. My voice is extremely distorted.
b) Same happens on call recordings even without being on speaker. My voice is totally distorted in all call recordings.
So, someone suggested me to update baseband by flashing ZUI 1.9 and subsequent versions. My current baseband is 1.76 Indian. Multiple doubts on how to go about doing this safely and efficiently:
a) Do I need to flash complete Chinese ZUI ROMs in this sequence? 1.9 -> 3.5 -> 4.0? Does the 4.0 ZUI support VoLTE?
b) How to flash these, QPST, TWRP, QFIL - See different options mentioned in different threads.
c) Also, saw some directly flashable baseband zips without the need to flash ZUIs or to flash baseband 1.70 chinese first.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...oreo-firmwarebaseband-twrp-flashable-t3776254
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/how-to/baseband-radiomodem-z2-plus-twrp-t3749988
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75584934&postcount=9
Which is the latest and most stable baseband version. I understood that the baseband version number doesn't change but there are updates on each version of ZUI.
How to fallback to 1.76 Indian baseband in case something goes wrong.
Please suggest what is the best and safest approach. Not much awareness of usage of QPST, QFIL etc. Used TWRP before for flashing ROMs. Do not want to end up bricking my device.
2) If I flash these Chinese ZUI ROMs, I guess the bootloader will be relocked? I have the unlock_bootloader.img which I originally used to unlock the bootloader. Guess, that can be reused to unlock it again. Just wanted to confirm, no other complications here?
3) About Treble and Non Treble TWRPs and ROMs, which one is preferable? After flashing the Chinese ZUIs or directly flashing latest Basebands depending on outcome of point 1, I believe I will have to flash the latest TWRP (Treble / Non Treble). Also, accordingly I believe I will need to change the partition name: Factory2Vendor ?
4) Which ROM and Kernel combination would you suggest. Priorities are No bugs, good Battery life, VoLTE, Less heating, Smooth UI and customizations like in AEX / crDroid / RR etc. Gaming is not priority.
Also, in my current crDroid Nougat, although Magisk Hide, hides the root from most apps but some apps like Google Tez, Microsoft Intune Company portal etc detect the root and does not allow usage. I need to have my official mailbox setup via Microsoft Company portal and Outlook. Which is not allowed on crDroid Nougat with Magisk but works fine on my Moto G running on Lineage OS 7.1.2 (Unrooted).
5) Finally, anything else which I might be missing or not considering? Please suggest me high level steps for the above. Specially for point 1.
Kindly help.
@kubersharma @weimerd @Andro Enthusiast @vuckovic_stefan @anbinhv @aswin_a_s @Dhananjay_Yadav @mGforCe
Request some inputs please. Planning to do this today, so kindly help
I didn't read the whole post as it is really long.
But I understood it is about baseband.
You can flash the baseband and other firmwares from zui 4 without any problem via twrp itself.
But as far as I know 1.76 also works pretty well.
selvarajrajkanna said:
I didn't read the whole post as it is really long.
But I understood it is about baseband.
You can flash the baseband and other firmwares from zui 4 without any problem via twrp itself.
But as far as I know 1.76 also works pretty well.
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Thanks and Sorry for the long post. Not only about baseband, but I want to upgrade to an Oreo Rom.
Someone suggested to change the baseband as well as I am facing following two issues:
1) If I put the phone on speaker while on a call, the person on other side cannot hear me clearly. Extremely distorted voice.
2) My voice is very distorted in all call recordings.
So, I thought I would try updating the baseband by ZUI chinese flash incrementally.
Kindly check my main post and suggest the steps.
Also, if the chinese baseband doesn't works well, how can I come back to 1.76?
But as you suggested the latest baseband can be directly flashed using TWRP, shall I flash this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75584934&postcount=9
saurav_k said:
Thanks and Sorry for the long post. Not only about baseband, but I want to upgrade to an Oreo Rom.
Someone suggested to change the baseband as well as I am facing following two issues:
1) If I put the phone on speaker while on a call, the person on other side cannot hear me clearly. Extremely distorted voice.
2) My voice is very distorted in all call recordings.
So, I thought I would try updating the baseband by ZUI chinese flash incrementally.
Kindly check my main post and suggest the steps.
Also, if the chinese baseband doesn't works well, how can I come back to 1.76?
But as you suggested the latest baseband can be directly flashed using TWRP, shall I flash this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75584934&postcount=9
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I might advice otherwise.
Keep the same baseband and update to oreo.
Arrow os 8.1 might get updated tomorrow try it.
Have you done the factory to vendor zip flashing process?
selvarajrajkanna said:
I might advice otherwise.
Keep the same baseband and update to oreo.
Arrow os 8.1 might get updated tomorrow try it.
Have you done the factory to vendor zip flashing process?
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No. Not yet. Still on Nougat old custom rom from last year. If I have to flash ZUI then Factory to Vendor has to be done later I believe? That's why waiting to get more advises from this thread before deciding the course of action
This is my current setup.
This rom used to give excellent battery life and deep sleep earlier but now loses lot of battery overnight. Always awake
saurav_k said:
No. Not yet. Still on Nougat old custom rom from last year. If I have to flash ZUI then Factory to Vendor has to be done later I believe? That's why waiting to get more advises from this thread before deciding the course of action
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Don't flash zui.
Follow this guide
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/how-to/z2plus-treble-roms-flashing-reverting-t3778287
Then you can install both treble and non-treble roms.
If you want to go back to zui then you can qfil without any issue.
Cheers
saurav_k said:
Hi Friends
I have been using crDroid 7.1.2 on Zuk Z2 plus for last 1 year almost. Tried a few ROMs at that time and settled with crDroid. Did not get much time after that due to hectic work schedules.
Now, I am planning to upgrade to a stable Oreo Rom. AEX and Jaguar seem most popular, but I would experiment with few others like crDroid as well.
However, I have few concerns and doubts where I would request your guidance and help. I did some research myself and went through lot of threads but still some questions remain:
1) I face two irritating issues on my phone. Not sure if it is a device issue or ROM or baseband issue:
a) While on speaker on a call, the person on the other side cannot hear me clearly. My voice is extremely distorted.
b) Same happens on call recordings even without being on speaker. My voice is totally distorted in all call recordings.
So, someone suggested me to update baseband by flashing ZUI 1.9 and subsequent versions. My current baseband is 1.76 Indian. Multiple doubts on how to go about doing this safely and efficiently:
a) Do I need to flash complete Chinese ZUI ROMs in this sequence? 1.9 -> 3.5 -> 4.0? Does the 4.0 ZUI support VoLTE?
b) How to flash these, QPST, TWRP, QFIL - See different options mentioned in different threads.
c) Also, saw some directly flashable baseband zips without the need to flash ZUIs or to flash baseband 1.70 chinese first.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...oreo-firmwarebaseband-twrp-flashable-t3776254
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/how-to/baseband-radiomodem-z2-plus-twrp-t3749988
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75584934&postcount=9
Which is the latest and most stable baseband version. I understood that the baseband version number doesn't change but there are updates on each version of ZUI.
How to fallback to 1.76 Indian baseband in case something goes wrong.
Please suggest what is the best and safest approach. Not much awareness of usage of QPST, QFIL etc. Used TWRP before for flashing ROMs. Do not want to end up bricking my device.
2) If I flash these Chinese ZUI ROMs, I guess the bootloader will be relocked? I have the unlock_bootloader.img which I originally used to unlock the bootloader. Guess, that can be reused to unlock it again. Just wanted to confirm, no other complications here?
3) About Treble and Non Treble TWRPs and ROMs, which one is preferable? After flashing the Chinese ZUIs or directly flashing latest Basebands depending on outcome of point 1, I believe I will have to flash the latest TWRP (Treble / Non Treble). Also, accordingly I believe I will need to change the partition name: Factory2Vendor ?
4) Which ROM and Kernel combination would you suggest. Priorities are No bugs, good Battery life, VoLTE, Less heating, Smooth UI and customizations like in AEX / crDroid / RR etc. Gaming is not priority.
Also, in my current crDroid Nougat, although Magisk Hide, hides the root from most apps but some apps like Google Tez, Microsoft Intune Company portal etc detect the root and does not allow usage. I need to have my official mailbox setup via Microsoft Company portal and Outlook. Which is not allowed on crDroid Nougat with Magisk but works fine on my Moto G running on Lineage OS 7.1.2 (Unrooted).
5) Finally, anything else which I might be missing or not considering? Please suggest me high level steps for the above. Specially for point 1.
Kindly help.
@kubersharma @weimerd @Andro Enthusiast @vuckovic_stefan @anbinhv @aswin_a_s @Dhananjay_Yadav @mGforCe
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Best means BEST i.e. Resurrection Remix Final Stable Oreo 8.1
This rom is soo good and most featured in market right now. Give it a try u will love it ?
Thisisaarush said:
Best means BEST i.e. Resurrection Remix Final Stable Oreo 8.1
This rom is soo good and most featured in market right now. Give it a try u will love it
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Never quote OP.
I know there is lots of Information out there, but since it varies widely and doing something wrong might brick my phone, i need some help.
My phone is unlocked, Anti 4 on Liquid Remix (9.0). I was on MIUI 10 Beta before unlocking. I now want to go back to MIUI 10 Global Developer Rom.
There seem to be two ways of doing it. Either TWRP or MiFlash. Also, there seem to be two sources for official Roms:
http://en.miui.com/download-341.html and http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
One being Fastboot Roms, the others not? Also, with the fastboot files, there is only a global stable option, no Developer Version.
So what gives? Which of those do i do? Can i still assume, that MiFlash will only flash something that won't brick my device? Any hint which Rom to Flash how would be highly appreciated:good:
domsch1988 said:
I know there is lots of Information out there, but since it varies widely and doing something wrong might brick my phone, i need some help.
My phone is unlocked, Anti 4 on Liquid Remix (9.0). I was on MIUI 10 Beta before unlocking. I now want to go back to MIUI 10 Global Developer Rom.
There seem to be two ways of doing it. Either TWRP or MiFlash. Also, there seem to be two sources for official Roms:
http://en.miui.com/download-341.html and http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
One being Fastboot Roms, the others not? Also, with the fastboot files, there is only a global stable option, no Developer Version.
So what gives? Which of those do i do? Can i still assume, that MiFlash will only flash something that won't brick my device? Any hint which Rom to Flash how would be highly appreciated:good:
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always flash latest beta or stable MIUI.. to avoid anti roll back problems
Nambardar said:
always flash latest beta or stable MIUI.. to avoid anti roll back problems
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Thanks, i just bit the bullet. The "Fastboot" Rom, latest Stable Global, flashed via MiFlash worked perfectly fine. Looks like MIUI 10 is now in the stable channel, so i'm back to 10.
On another note. While ARB isn't bad in itself, the uncertainty it creates in "users" is ridiculous. As a Sysadmin and XDAer (Romaholic) for over 10 years, i consider myself rather seasoned in those things. And even i can't get to the point where i'm 100% sure beforehand wether what i'm flashing is safe. Thank god all went well. And the Note 5 will be the first phone not running on AOSP for me. MIUI is that good.
Hi all,
I am completely new to the Xiaomi world (I prefer stock Android and easy root usually), but I got an excellent offer to buy this beast today.
I will buy this device, only if the following is possible.
- Unlock bootloader
- Root with Magisk
- Pass Safetynet check
- Install AFWall
- Install Adaway
Has anybody done this yet?
I don't want to know "how" (I can ask/figure out that later). I just want to know whether it is possible/relatively straight forward?
Thanks!
palmdude said:
Hi all,
I am completely new to the Xiaomi world (I prefer stock Android and easy root usually), but I got an excellent offer to buy this beast today.
I will buy this device, only if the following is possible.
- Unlock bootloader
- Root with Magisk
- Pass Safetynet check
- Install AFWall
- Install Adaway
Has anybody done this yet?
I don't want to know "how" (I can ask/figure out that later). I just want to know whether it is possible/relatively straight forward?
Thanks!
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Yes, all done. Very easy and straightforward. Stick to xiaomi.eu roms for best miui experience or latest AICP Oreo treble rom for 95-99% working Android stock experience. Currently on 8.8.9 xiaomi.eu and have all except afwall on mine since I don't use that app.
I recommend the 6gb/128gb from TradingShenzhen with xiaomi.eu installed - it will have unlocked bootloader right out of the box - many of us went with this version. Easiest/best experience.
If you go with any other version, check out my buggy vendor thread to flash to xiaomi.eu rom easily.
opasha said:
Yes, all done. Very easy and straightforward. Stick to xiaomi.eu roms for best miui experience or latest AICP Oreo treble rom for 95-99% working Android stock experience. Currently on 8.8.9 xiaomi.eu and have all except afwall on mine since I don't use that app.
I recommend the 6gb/128gb from TradingShenzhen with xiaomi.eu installed - it will have unlocked bootloader right out of the box - many of us went with this version. Easiest/best experience.
If you go with any other version, check out my buggy vendor thread to flash to xiaomi.eu rom easily.
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Quick follow up question. Is it possible to keep encryption on the userdata partition with the latest TWRP? I really like if my data is encrypted.
opasha said:
I recommend the 6gb/128gb from TradingShenzhen with xiaomi.eu installed - it will have unlocked bootloader right out of the box - many of us went with this version. Easiest/best experience.
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Thanks for the hint!
I guess keeping encryption seems to be possible? Using the unofficial TWRP by @nijel8
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-3-1-nitrogen-t3866084
Right?
Thanks @nijel8 and @opasha ! I am glad we have geniuses like you on this device.
palmdude said:
I guess keeping encryption seems to be possible? Using the unofficial TWRP by @nijel8
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-3-1-nitrogen-t3866084
Right?
Thanks @nijel8 and @opasha ! I am glad we have geniuses like you on this device.
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Encryption is possible. @nijel8 will have more knowledge since he created a modded TWRP. See this thread regarding encryption: https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/help/encrypt-phone-t3845117/amp/
You are most welcome :highfive:.
Thanks again. I will order now.
Talk to you all again in 720 hours
I got my device today. I like it!! I got the global version 9.6.7.0.
Looks like I "only" need to wait 360 hours to unlock
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I have a three more questions now.
#1 Is there a reason not to use this global 9.6.7.0 ROM (other than the ads). Are there any big bugs in this global version? If not, I will probably start rooting this version first Should I update the global version?
#2 You mentioned
opasha said:
Currently on 8.8.9 xiaomi.eu
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There seem be to many newer versions than that. And also a "MIUI 10.0/10.1 STABLE RELEASE" (oct 24th). Is there a reason you are still on that old version?
#3 I understand not having ARB is better if you need to downgrade (without bricking). Is there a reason to downgrade frequently in the Xiaomi world? Is this because people need to switch back and forth between the Chinese and global ROM? And since I have the global version, can I ignore ARB?
palmdude said:
I got my device today. I like it!! I got the global version 9.6.7.0.
Looks like I "only" need to wait 360 hours to unlock
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I have a three more questions now.
#1 Is there a reason not to use this global 9.6.7.0 ROM (other than the ads). Are there any big bugs in this global version? If not, I will probably start rooting this version first Should I update the global version?
#2 You mentioned
There seem be to many newer versions than that. And also a "MIUI 10.0/10.1 STABLE RELEASE" (oct 24th). Is there a reason you are still on that old version?
#3 I understand not having ARB is better if you need to downgrade (without bricking). Is there a reason to downgrade frequently in the Xiaomi world? Is this because people need to switch back and forth between the Chinese and global ROM? And since I have the global version, can I ignore ARB?
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1) EU is just better (has more features baked in - universal face unlock, theme store, etc), less bloated, and more updated.
2) Stable release is fine, but I just prefer beta updates - faster fixes, more features introduced, and tested more by users = more feedback.
I'm on 8.8.9 eu strictly because:
a) It's pretty flawless for me.
b) If it's not broken why fix it? I haven't seen anything worth jumping ship for.
c) It's NON-ARB; I'll only upgrade to ARB if and once I see a better working pie release (coming soon supposedly) because a data wipe may be necessary. I'll use migrate app (faster than titanium backup) to backup all my apps and then restore them onto the new rom.
3) Honestly, having ARB is not a big issue especially since the updated EU roms are solid. However, my points back in number 2 still stand. You can flash to and back from treble gsi roms on ARB and NON-ARB without any issues. However, no matter what anyone tells you, gsi roms for our phone are not perfect. They're only 95% usable. They are still missing mono speaker, volte, and some other things that some say are working without evidence or thorough testing. @MrColdbird just tested a few of the latest if not all of the gsi roms, and he's in agreement with me - they're almost there, but not 100% yet. Stick to xiaomi.eu roms for a complete rom. Just my humble opinion .
If you have any other questions, just ask. I hope this was informative enough.
@opasha @MrColdbird
Have u guys tried latest AOSPExtended Pie GSI? I loved this rom on my previous device.
https://downloads.aospextended.com/download/treble_gsi/pie_arm64_aonly/AospExtended-v6.0-arm64_aonly-20181117-0000-OFFICIAL.zip
Currently I'm also on 8.8.9 run and waiting for Pie build.
Anyone tried cutting of files from firmwareupdate folder to avoid ARB activation.
I've found solution that cutting firmware folder, leaving only files associated with modem shouldn't break anything and won't trigger ARB. Is it working on latest eu builds?
Files that allegedly have to stay in firmwareupate folder to not trigger arb:
.BTFM.bin
cmnlib.mbn
cmnlib64.mbn
devcfg.mbn
dspso.bin
NON_HLOS.bin
splash.img
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If anyone tested please confirm
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If you have any other questions, just ask. I hope this was informative enough.
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Thanks! And yes, this was very informative and helpful! Thanks for your time.
Regarding
> I'm on 8.8.9 eu strictly because ... It's NON-ARB
I was under the impression that EU is non-arb by design?
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/do-eu-roms-remove-anti-rollback.47145/#post-451617
I guess I haven't understood this ARB stuff 100% yet? And obviously this is a moving target. Posts only one or two months might be already outdated haha
Having said that, you convinced me about Eu.
And I guess in 15 days there will be new developments anyway (no pun intended).
I just bought a used Note 5 AI (Pro? Gold?) yesterday 4/64 version on stock 11.0.3.0
While I've used a few Android phones in the past none of them has been a MIUI based Xiaomi so a couple (or more questions)
What process should I go about flashing a custom ROM on this device?
I read there's a software / security protection kind of thing on these phones - not all but some of them - I forget the actual name. Should I disable that first or go straight to bootloader unlocking?
I'm trying for a hassle-free switch over so I don't mess something up (like I usually do) and have to fix it before getting on to using it
Also, anyone care to recommend a ROM I could try that works flawlessly out of the box?
you can directly unlock bootloader from bootloader unlocking software from xiaomi and wait for few hours
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use lineageOS or PixelExperience or HavocOS
rahimali said:
I just bought a used Note 5 AI (Pro? Gold?) yesterday 4/64 version on stock 11.0.3.0
While I've used a few Android phones in the past none of them has been a MIUI based Xiaomi so a couple (or more questions)
What process should I go about flashing a custom ROM on this device?
I read there's a software / security protection kind of thing on these phones - not all but some of them - I forget the actual name. Should I disable that first or go straight to bootloader unlocking?
I'm trying for a hassle-free switch over so I don't mess something up (like I usually do) and have to fix it before getting on to using it
Also, anyone care to recommend a ROM I could try that works flawlessly out of the box?
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just add ur mi account and unlock your bootloader then flash custom recovery (Orange fox is best)
no protection is there and make sure u format ur data as some custom rom requires decrypted data
All done. Thank you! I was basically worried about the anti-rollback feature, that's why I asked.