Hello. Tell me, how can I find out what my FW is installed? Oreo or Pie version... maybe there is even some kind of application for this?
It's in the About phone section in Settings dude
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It's in the About phone section in Settings dude
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No, it's not lol, android version is different from fw version.
I am on Pie firmware, can I flash with Oreo firmware so that I can go back to stock miui Oreo,
Presently I am using Pixel Rom latest.
im trying to update to https://osdn.net/projects/xiaomifir...miui_HMNote5Global_9.4.25_f7e0205e8c_9.0.zip/ this firmware. will it erase my data and internal storage
kaleempirzada said:
I am on Pie firmware, can I flash with Oreo firmware so that I can go back to stock miui Oreo,
Presently I am using Pixel Rom latest.
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Yeah I have same question. Right now I'm on Pie FW just because of Pixel Experience ROM. I want to try Havoc OS but it's using Oreo FW. Is it possible to flash Oreo FW safely? And which variant? Just asking because I have ARB no. 4 and I'm little bit scared of brick. So anyone? Thanks
imatesi said:
Yeah I have same question. Right now I'm on Pie FW just because of Pixel Experience ROM. I want to try Havoc OS but it's using Oreo FW. Is it possible to flash Oreo FW safely? And which variant? Just asking because I have ARB no. 4 and I'm little bit scared of brick. So anyone? Thanks
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Yes, you can flash Oreo fw without brick. Just be sure to flash the latest Oreo fw.
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Hey guys!
I have upgraded to oreo a while ago, but battery doesnt seem to be as good as on nougat. I looked up a few posts but i am not sure which one to believe. Is there a good method on how to go back to nougat?
pidl said:
Hey guys!
I have upgraded to oreo a while ago, but battery doesnt seem to be as good as on nougat. I looked up a few posts but i am not sure which one to believe. Is there a good method on how to go back to nougat?
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I don't see the difficulty, flash whole nougat oos, or for a custom ROM flash a Nougat firmware + custom ROM.
Striatum_bdr said:
I don't see the difficulty, flash whole nougat oos, or for a custom ROM flash a Nougat firmware + custom ROM.
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I thought i have to take care to select right twrp and have to do stuff, but i think ill just flash latest nougat firmware + full stock rom + twrp, and then my custom roms?
pidl said:
I thought i have to take care to select right twrp and have to do stuff, but i think ill just flash latest nougat firmware + full stock rom + twrp, and then my custom roms?
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Latest TWRP, always
If you flash full Nougat OOS ROM no need to flash firmware
Striatum_bdr said:
Latest TWRP, always
If you flash full Nougat OOS ROM no need to flash firmware
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Latest twrp ? I thought the latest is for oreo only?
pidl said:
Latest twrp ? I thought the latest is for oreo only?
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Where did you read ONLY? It's Oreo compatible. That's all. By definition a software is backward compatible except if expressly specified in changelog. Which is not the case here.
You've got all you need. Experiment now.
Hi I am running a Nougat Rom that I am happy with for the moment but was wondering if it would be advisable to update to the new firmware anyway? Can you run a Nougat rom on the Oreo firmware and is there any benefit of doing so?
Thanks
badmf80 said:
Hi I am running a Nougat Rom that I am happy with for the moment but was wondering if it would be advisable to update to the new firmware anyway? Can you run a Nougat rom on the Oreo firmware and is there any benefit of doing so?
Thanks
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No you can't run a nougat rom on a oreo firmware.
Oreo firmware is for Oreo ROM, and currently there is no downgrading again.If you are staying on Nougat, DO NOT upgrade the firmware.
what about using asop oreo rom ???
tofayas said:
what about using asop oreo rom ???
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Just don't update if you don't need to. If you want to use OREO roms you update otherwise stay on nougat. Don't mess with the firmware if you don't need to.
if iam in oreo rom and then want install custom rom etc sundream rom basically nougat rom, must install nougat firmware too?
dalfshiro said:
if iam in oreo rom and then want install custom rom etc sundream rom basically nougat rom, must install nougat firmware too?
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Yes.
Mr Hofs said:
Yes.
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yesterday installing nougat rom without installing nougat firmware.everything is okay except no setting for fingerprint and unusable
dalfshiro said:
yesterday installing nougat rom without installing nougat firmware.everything is okay except no setting for fingerprint and unusable
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Issues will occur indeed, keep firmware and roms matched
I'll be able to unlock my bootloader in less than 24h, and the first ROM I want to try is the Pixel Experience ROM (android P). I'm currently on MIUI 10 8.8.23 Global version. Can I just unlock the bootloader, flash RedWolf Recovery through adb, do a full wipe and flash Pixel ROM without worrying about ARB or anything?
Thanks!
Silvers91 said:
I'll be able to unlock my bootloader in less than 24h, and the first ROM I want to try is the Pixel Experience ROM (android P). I'm currently on MIUI 10 8.8.23 Global version. Can I just unlock the bootloader, flash RedWolf Recovery through adb, do a full wipe and flash Pixel ROM without worrying about ARB or anything?
Thanks!
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8.8.23 has arb4
LeekGeek said:
8.8.23 has arb4
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So I will brick my device if I flash Pixel ROM?
Silvers91 said:
I'll be able to unlock my bootloader in less than 24h, and the first ROM I want to try is the Pixel Experience ROM (android P). I'm currently on MIUI 10 8.8.23 Global version. Can I just unlock the bootloader, flash RedWolf Recovery through adb, do a full wipe and flash Pixel ROM without worrying about ARB or anything?
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yes ..
just make sure that if ever going back to miui that it be a ARB4..
raptorddd said:
yes ..
just make sure that if ever going back to miui that it be a ARB4..
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So what do I need to do to avoid bricking?
Silvers91 said:
So what do I need to do to avoid bricking?
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if going back to miui 9.5 dont flash 9.5.17.0 or older roms.. from 9.5.17.0 and older they are ARB3..
if miui 10 dont flash 8.7.5 thats ARB3..
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if going back to miui 9.5 dont flash 9.5.17.0 or older roms.. from 9.5.17.0 and older they are ARB3..
if miui 10 dont flash 8.7.5 thats ARB3..
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Umm dude read my post again. I said I'm on MIUI 10 8.8.23 (which is the latest one), I don't want to flash MIUI, but I want to flash Pixel Experience ROM. How will that trigger ARB? I understand very well that if I want to go back to MIUI, I need to flash the latest version of MIUI available.
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Umm dude read my post again. I said I'm on MIUI 10 8.8.23 (which is the latest one), I don't want to flash MIUI, but I want to flash Pixel Experience ROM. How will that trigger ARB? I understand very well that if I want to go back to MIUI, I need to flash the latest version of MIUI available.
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and i did said YES.... to pixel experience...
but i wanted to kindly let you know about ARB.. in case you didnt know..
Silvers91 said:
Umm dude read my post again. I said I'm on MIUI 10 8.8.23 (which is the latest one), I don't want to flash MIUI, but I want to flash Pixel Experience ROM. How will that trigger ARB? I understand very well that if I want to go back to MIUI, I need to flash the latest version of MIUI available.
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Just flash pixel ROM
For other custom ROMs do not flash any firmware file recommended by custom ROM developer, because those firmware files are 8.7.5 MIUI firmware. If you try to flash firmware files then you are going to brick your device
nfl46 said:
Did you successfully get it installed?
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Not yet, still 2 hours to go.
I'm on the latest MIUI 10.0.0.1 stable Chinese.
I just want to flash the latest Global. Can I do this by just unlocking bootloader, flash RedWolf Recovery, then flash the latest Global recovery.zip file? Or do I need to worry about ARB?
If you want to go back, make sure you will flash these version or higher
Hey guys ,
i am using pixel experience 8.1 right now and some where i read "you have to update your bootloader to flash new android pie roms i dont know my bootloader version plz help me ..?
note -- i flashed pixel experience 8.1 on indian Z2plus ZUI 2.0.093_ST_16081
hit and trial
affaan007 said:
Hey guys ,
i am using pixel experience 8.1 right now and some where i read "you have to update your bootloader to flash new android pie roms i dont know my bootloader version plz help me ..?
note -- i flashed pixel experience 8.1 on indian Z2plus ZUI 2.0.093_ST_16081
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i suggest you to try flashing the new roms and in case you get a blue screen , qfil latest firmware to update bootloader , i dont think theres another way to check the bootloader version .
And dont worry getting a blue screen wont brick the device or anything , if you get it just boot back to twrp and follow the procedure for updating the bootloader through qfil (there are plenty of instructions available ,read em carefully and you will be fine).
PS: you need an updated bootloader only for roms which ship with latest kernel 4.4 and not 3.18 .
so yeah you can try pie roms which have 3.18 kernel without hesitation.
Also keep in mind that if you do decide to update the bootloader and flash roms with latest kernel , you need to flash vendortofactory.zip and new factory twrp due to new implementation so DO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY IN THE THREAD OF WHATEVER ROM YOU FLASH !
Mine is 3.18 kernal I guess I have to update my bootloader using qfil if want to flash pixel experience 9 pie
Can you send me the link for required files to update bootloader thanks ?
affaan007 said:
Hey guys ,
i am using pixel experience 8.1 right now and some where i read "you have to update your bootloader to flash new android pie roms i dont know my bootloader version plz help me ..?
note -- i flashed pixel experience 8.1 on indian Z2plus ZUI 2.0.093_ST_16081
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I've needed to update to ZUI 4.0 before installing Android 9.0 Pie ROMs.
Hello.Which is the current antirollback version on new pie update?if is still 4 this means we can test Pie and later restore our Oreo backup from twrp right?
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Just download ARBless version
How to download ARBless version??
ver 9.3.25 is still arb 4, guys. I've checked
lcdkhoa said:
ver 9.3.25 is still arb 4, guys. I've checked
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This is nice but Xiaomi suggested not to downgrade to Oreo after flashing android pie update
SunilSuni said:
This is nice but Xiaomi suggested not to downgrade to Oreo after flashing android pie update
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It's not the problem if you install ROM without firmware and bootloader
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It's not the problem if you install ROM without firmware and bootloader
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Yeah I know that... What I mean to say is. Most of the people download official ROM package from official website and try to flash update using custom recovery and this will cause mobile brick..
That's why Xiaomi suggest not to downgrade to Oreo after android pie update (miui android pie)
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Yeah I know that... What I mean to say is. Most of the people download official ROM package from official website and try to flash update using custom recovery and this will cause mobile brick..
That's why Xiaomi suggest not to downgrade to Oreo after android pie update (miui android pie)
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yay man, now i'm stuck at twrp. my phone couldnot load into it. stock twrp as well as orangefox
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It's not the problem if you install ROM without firmware and bootloader
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No it's a problem, even if you flashed firmware-less most of the functions won't work, at least that's what happened with me, no camera, no earpiece, no vibration and ofc more under the hood.
We're stuck on pie and even the custom ROMs need to be updated to the new vendor because the situation is the same.
Pie is so far so good but I'm surprised that exFAT isn't working!! now my sdcard is useless! i checked and the module is missing which is exfat.ko, don't know if they forgot to add it or what now!! also all the recoveries i tried give a problem with data and encryption so it need to be updated, other than that all is good.
Anyone tried latest xiaomi.eu build 9.3.25?
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No it's a problem, even if you flashed firmware-less most of the functions won't work, at least that's what happened with me, no camera, no earpiece, no vibration and ofc more under the hood.
We're stuck on pie and even the custom ROMs need to be updated to the new vendor because the situation is the same.
Pie is so far so good but I'm surprised that exFAT isn't working!! now my sdcard is useless! i checked and the module is missing which is exfat.ko, don't know if they forgot to add it or what now!! also all the recoveries i tried give a problem with data and encryption so it need to be updated, other than that all is good.
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so we must wait now
Letrix said:
Anyone tried latest xiaomi.eu build 9.3.25?
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I am currently on it now. No encryption.
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I am currently on it now. No encryption.
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It's safe to restore a backup of old Oreo build after flashing Pie?
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It's safe to restore a backup of old Oreo build after flashing Pie?
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TBH I didn't try because of the problems I heard people were having. But with the original pie update I had to use orange fox recovery just to get out of encryption it was a mess. I am going to try to flash a pie rom but if you are flashing an Oreo MIUI make sure the firmware folder is not in the zip or you will brick your device.
i'm really confused dudes...I just thought u can do anything if ANTI version is the same..
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i'm really confused dudes...I just thought u can do anything if ANTI version is the same..
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Agreed. This seems a bit strange for me. Are you sure guys you cant simply go back to Oreo?
As long as anti is fine, it should not be a problem. Maybe there is a new mechanism now which we dont know.
hargitomi said:
Agreed. This seems a bit strange for me. Are you sure guys you cant simply go back to Oreo?
As long as anti is fine, it should not be a problem. Maybe there is a new mechanism now which we dont know.
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I've Installed China and Global Pie then reflashed 10.2.2 without problems with MiFlash, haven't tried with custom recovery, i think you will not have problems.
Guess I will hold off MIUI Pie until its finalized.
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i'm really confused dudes...I just thought u can do anything if ANTI version is the same..
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Yes you can do anything if the anti version is same..
But Xiaomi recommends not to downgrade to Oreo after android pie update. (There won't be any problem as long as we use MiFlash tool)
Maybe Xiaomi will introduce new anti version for stable android pie update
Here http://en.miui.com/thread-6004916-1-1.html you can read moderator suggests not to flash Oreo ROM after updating to android pie.
Maybe Xiaomi moderator mentions same thing for our device during public beta release
For those stuck on the new miui pie, a possible solution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsbZ3kG88Dw