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Unable to flash any custom roms.

I unlocked bootloader on 4th day , flashed TWRP tired PE, CrDroid, LOS 16 , PA , AOSP Extended roms but unable to boot any ROM. But can boot miui.eu, and other miui roms. I tried sunnyraj's TWRP 3.2.3, orange fox latest TWRP, PE TWRP, TWRP 3.2.3 Rolex+Riva , and treble enabler of 4-5 verieties , but no ROMs boot. Anybody has flashing guide? I'm not a noob . Not new to Android . I am flashing at least a ROM per day to all my phones. But this phone is a surprise.

drmuruga said:
I unlocked bootloader on 4th day , flashed TWRP tired PE, CrDroid, LOS 16 , PA , AOSP Extended roms but unable to boot any ROM. But can boot miui.eu, and other miui roms. I tried sunnyraj's TWRP 3.2.3, orange fox latest TWRP, PE TWRP, TWRP 3.2.3 Rolex+Riva , and treble enabler of 4-5 verieties , but no ROMs boot. Anybody has flashing guide? I'm not a noob . Not new to Android . I am flashing at least a ROM per day to all my phones. But this phone is a surprise.
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1. Fastboot flash latest miui nougat rom using mi flash tool
[ Boot and setup miui, remove your mi account from phone then flash recovery ]
2. Fastboot flash custom recovery for base nougat
3. Format data and wipe internal storage
4. Flash any custom rom you want
If there is anything more you want to know contact me in PM.

NaAnBcEhEuL9A8K7 said:
1. Fastboot flash latest miui nougat rom using mi flash tool
[ Boot and setup miui, remove your mi account from phone then flash recovery ]
2. Fastboot flash custom recovery for base nougat
3. Format data and wipe internal storage
4. Flash any custom rom you want
If there is anything more you want to know contact me in PM.
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Thank you so much. Can I flash treble gsi/sgsi ROMs?

drmuruga said:
Thank you so much. Can I flash treble gsi/sgsi ROMs?
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Yes you can but there is no guarantee that the gsi/sgsi will boot or if booted will work properly. Only testing will tell.
Joining telegram group will help.

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OOS pie sgsi booted and working well.
First I flashed this rom
miui_HM5AGlobal_V9.6.5.0.NCKMIFD_ba7d815e8a_7.1
and boot
Then flashed this twrp
PE-TWRP-Riva-N.img
Then
AEX pie rom
Then
OOS pie sgsi system img
https://mega.nz/#!3J42EAjC!ITVxW99G_p-Vpz7ntULr7KBfE9U6wYUi2_pOWXJhd48
Permissive V2 zip
OOS boot fix
Boot.
This camera working
MGC_5.1.018_v2e_tolyan009_v1.4(1)

drmuruga said:
OOS pie sgsi booted and working well.
First I flashed this rom
miui_HM5AGlobal_V9.6.5.0.NCKMIFD_ba7d815e8a_7.1
and boot
Then flashed this twrp
PE-TWRP-Riva-N.img
Then
AEX pie rom
Then
OOS pie sgsi system img
https://mega.nz/#!3J42EAjC!ITVxW99G_p-Vpz7ntULr7KBfE9U6wYUi2_pOWXJhd48
Permissive V2 zip
OOS boot fix
Boot.
This camera working
MGC_5.1.018_v2e_tolyan009_v1.4(1)
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China stable MIUI 12 ROM, how to root? After flashing zip through custom recovery

Hi guys,
after flashing china stable MIUI 12 and wanting to root again with custom recovery and magisk i got the problem as follows:
Device was blank, flashed TWRP through fastboot, then updated to SHRP.
With SHRP i flashed the china stable ROM MIUI 12 as zip file.
Booted once, system is fine, enabled developer options and debloated.
Moving magisk on the device and rebooting into recovery gave me stock recovery, so no flash of magisk possible hm.
Thought well, on stable Chines ROM now just flash TWRP once more, did like always, flashed vbmeta, flashed twrp, fastboot reboot and instant power + volume up to reboot TWRP, worked.
Now reboot leads in lost ROM, TWRP loop.
Where is the error please?
Just flashing china stable MIUI 12 once more and waiting for next step to safely root device.

so far I think, you should flash vbmeta before flashing AOSP rom, I don't know if your problem was solved or not. share your experience here so that others can be benefitted.

Help - not booting into os!

Hi.
I dont know where to start.
My redmi 5a had the last original software miui 11 based (android 8.1). Then I successfully unlocked the bootloader some days ago and somehow managed to install nitrogenOS (android 11 based).
Then I tried to flash another custom rom and everything went bad. I cant boot into any os anymore. I get stuck at the boot screen with the android logo and after some time it starts again and again...
I already tried to install a custom oreo recover firmware, which works, so I could start twrp again. But then every os I tried to install does not work. Fastboot works.
I am very confused now and dont know what to do next

Since you have bootloader already unlocked you can use Mi Flash (Xiaomi's own flash tool) to flash a stock ROM back to you device. This usually help, but of course, it will make you lose the custom ROM installed and the recovery.
Also, pay attention while flashing with this tool. There is an option at the bottom of the program that locks the bootloader again. If you don't want that you have to change this options every time you close the program.

OK, I started XiaomiTool V2 (on linux) and choose the option, that my device is bricked. I then have to choose my model (Redmi 5a riva) and start in fastboot. Now the tool starts to download and install the following rom to recover the smartphone:
riva_global_images_V11.0.2.0.OCKMIXM_20191106.0000.00_8.1_global_605da3d46d.tgz
But it does not work. The smartphone starts and I can see the start screen (powered by android). After some seconds there is a white screen with the words: just a sec. Then the smartphone starts again and it repeats again and again...

Nobody an idea?

sylvio2000 said:
OK, I started XiaomiTool V2 (on linux) and choose the option, that my device is bricked. I then have to choose my model (Redmi 5a riva) and start in fastboot. Now the tool starts to download and install the following rom to recover the smartphone:
riva_global_images_V11.0.2.0.OCKMIXM_20191106.0000.00_8.1_global_605da3d46d.tgz
But it does not work. The smartphone starts and I can see the start screen (powered by android). After some seconds there is a white screen with the words: just a sec. Then the smartphone starts again and it repeats again and again...
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This has happened to me before. From the name of the image that XiaomiTool download and installed I can assume it is an more recent ROM. (since it has 2019 and 8.1 Global in it)
Do not let XiaomiTool download and install a ROM. Download a older Stock ROM yourself and make XiaomiTool install the ROM that you have download.
As I said previously. Try to download the original Stock ROM that came with your phone when you bought. BEFORE ANY official updates from Xiaomi. This have worked for me.

Hi.
Thanks It works now. I have installed the stock rom.
Is there a guide to get from stock rom (nougat) to custom rom?

sylvio2000 said:
Hi.
Thanks It works now. I have installed the stock rom.
Is there a guide to get from stock rom (nougat) to custom rom?
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So firstly you need a recovery image (TWRP, PBRP, OF, Batik Recovery) to replace MIUI Recovery. flash it via fastboot with adb (you can do it right?).
After that reboot and push the button to recovery and remember make backup firstly or you can ignore it and yeah do it own your risk.
wipe or advanced wipe Cache, Data, System, Dalvik, Vendor.
and then install the CUSROM, and GApps.
and yeah only that to install CUSROM i know

Weird behavior with flashing custom rom

I have a strange and weird behavior with flashing custom rom by twrp
I have two RN8 Global phones
- batch 07-2020 64GB A9 Miui 11.09
- batch 11-2020 128GB A9 Miui 11.011 board ID 3.29
The first one I have flashed without problems with RR official in august and updated till the last from DqrKn3Zz.
The second flashed without any error in twrp, but refuses to boot in twrp or system,
Screen went black, pushing powerbutton does lcd backlight only short flashing. usb isn't recognized.
Only solution is testpoint, edl flash with qfil.
What are the differences with flashing:
- Miui version
- Board ID, I think
- Storage 128Gb vs 64GB
- Twrp 3.5 vs 3.4
- Twrp flashing rom from external SD card vs internal storage
- FW and RR version are for both devices the same, the FW 12.01 Global and last RR 8.6.4 from DqrKn3Zz
- The first one I started with RR8.5.8 and FW 20.8.27 CN, but don't dare to flash CN FW anymore
I followed the instructions for unlocking, twrp and FW and RR flashing, but get always a flashing screen and fastboot isn't possible anymore.
In the past I haved flashed about 12 different Xiaomi phones, but this is the first time I am out of ideas how to solve this.
My suspicion is that something is or isn't changed in the booting process with flashing FW.
Tried different scenarios like, partly flashing and starting to twrp again.
I can flash and start twrp, flash magisk, decrypt etc. but if I flash FW and Rom that ended it.
I have formatted data, wipe system, caches and vendor etc. but no succes
Testpoint/EDL I have used 5 times to recover Miui 11 again, without problems or sahara error
With starting Miui, my account is still there, I only have to activate it and bootloader is still unlocked.
The last thing I can try is flash only RR and no FW, but I don't know if it is possible to flash A10 custom on A9 FW
Or official update to Miui 12 - A10 and try to flash custom rom only.
But I am afraid that if there is again a brick, the EDL solution won't work.
Has anybody some other ideas what I can do?

Answer my own question:
The headache is over
At last I found the reason of this brick.
It is impossible to flash Miui 12.0.1 with recovery on Miui 11.0.11
Only with Miui 11.0.11 you must flash Miui 12.0.1 with fastboot
The first version which you can flash with recovery is Miui 12.0.2
I didn't know this because I never intended to use Miui.
After a search I found a source for this information
Installed RR8.6.7 with FW 12.03 without problems

Elinx said:
I have a strange and weird behavior with flashing custom rom by twrp
I have two RN8 Global phones
- batch 07-2020 64GB A9 Miui 11.09
- batch 11-2020 128GB A9 Miui 11.011 board ID 3.29
The first one I have flashed without problems with RR official in august and updated till the last from DqrKn3Zz.
The second flashed without any error in twrp, but refuses to boot in twrp or system,
Screen went black, pushing powerbutton does lcd backlight only short flashing. usb isn't recognized.
Only solution is testpoint, edl flash with qfil.
What are the differences with flashing:
- Miui version
- Board ID, I think
- Storage 128Gb vs 64GB
- Twrp 3.5 vs 3.4
- Twrp flashing rom from external SD card vs internal storage
- FW and RR version are for both devices the same, the FW 12.01 Global and last RR 8.6.4 from DqrKn3Zz
- The first one I started with RR8.5.8 and FW 20.8.27 CN, but don't dare to flash CN FW anymore
I followed the instructions for unlocking, twrp and FW and RR flashing, but get always a flashing screen and fastboot isn't possible anymore.
In the past I haved flashed about 12 different Xiaomi phones, but this is the first time I am out of ideas how to solve this.
My suspicion is that something is or isn't changed in the booting process with flashing FW.
Tried different scenarios like, partly flashing and starting to twrp again.
I can flash and start twrp, flash magisk, decrypt etc. but if I flash FW and Rom that ended it.
I have formatted data, wipe system, caches and vendor etc. but no succes
Testpoint/EDL I have used 5 times to recover Miui 11 again, without problems or sahara error
With starting Miui, my account is still there, I only have to activate it and bootloader is still unlocked.
The last thing I can try is flash only RR and no FW, but I don't know if it is possible to flash A10 custom on A9 FW
Or official update to Miui 12 - A10 and try to flash custom rom only.
But I am afraid that if there is again a brick, the EDL solution won't work.
Has anybody some other ideas what I can do?
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i flashed over 250 rom on my 128gb variant without a single problem
i always flash rom + dfe + format sometimes if required
about 100 rom with twrp
and the rest with orangefox
i was on OFox when i flashed miui12 but the phone booted normally
maybe because i have "Aggressive stock recovery deactivation" option enabled ...
i don't like to flash FW a lot
they seem to be N1 problem source for ginkgo ...

I too have a lot of experience with flashing (not 250+), but becasue I stay far away of Miui I didn't know of this incombabilty with Miui 11.0.11 and recovery-flash of 12.0.1 Firmware. Older versions of Miui 11 hadn't this problem.
For me this was the first time I had such a problem.
If I had flashed the latest RR ZhanTech version immediately, I wouldn't even have noticed this problem.
But the first RN8 is in use by my wife and isn't completely flawness.
With the second one I had planned to experiment first with some solutions for that,, because I could always back to base.
Luckely I choose always a Xiaomi which has a lot of development for it, so mostly is this an older type and never the newest.
In this case it was very easy to flash back with EDL and patched firehose file.

Elinx said:
I didn't know of this incombabilty with Miui 11.0.11 and recovery-flash of 12.0.1 Firmware.
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maybe because it "patch" the custom recovery ???
anyway, i will never back to miui unless i want to sell it
and i think the best way is flash a custom rom based on miui

loopypalm said:
maybe because it "patch" the custom recovery ???
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No, with Miui OTA you flash with Xiaomi recovery, but before you get a warning 12.01 is incompateble and recovery doesn't start.
Directly with twrp, you don't get this warning and also you don't get any flashing error.
That is why I didn't expect that it was of incompatiblity of the FW.
One of the last things I did was flashing rom, magisk etc and started between to system.
As last I flashed 12.01 FW and got a brick.
After this I was searching for this problem and there where complains about a brick with flashing the new Miui 12 with twrp.
I was afraid that I couldn't flash new FW, but then I found that it is only with FW 12.01....... flashing 12.02 and 12.03 give no problems.

Elinx said:
flashing 12.02 and 12.03 give no problems.
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with twrp you mean ?

loopypalm said:
with twrp you mean ?
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Yes, only 12.01 FW or Miui12.01 with twrp gives a brick.
12.02 and higher is possible with twrp.
it is only possible to flash Miui 12.01 entirety with Miflash/fastboot

Elinx said:
Yes, only 12.01 FW or Miui12.01 with twrp gives a brick.
12.02 and higher is possible with twrp.
it is only possible to flash Miui 12.01 entirety with Miflash/fastboot
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ow, i see
thx for the informations

Question Dirty flashing method in TWRP

I tried dirty flashing from miui 13.0.3 to 13.0.4 via skkk twrp 3.8 I got a lot of errors, reboot into system and got bootloop but good thing fastboot is still working so i can save my phone.
The question is how to properly dirty flash here in rooted Poco F3?

Are you on Stock MIUI or the Custom ROM Xiaomi.eu ?
I use Stock MIUI (rooted) and I just use Stock Bootloader, no TWRP.
TWRP skkk is still experimental... I don't trust it.
If you want flawless updates, I'd say flash Stock Boot.img with Fastboot, and only use TWRP by booting it from PC.
Maybe it's possible to install MIUI Updates over TWRP, but I think it's risky with TWRP skkk. It may be buggy ‍

cyanGalaxy said:
Are you on Stock MIUI or the Custom ROM Xiaomi.eu ?
I use Stock MIUI (rooted) and I just use Stock Bootloader, no TWRP.
TWRP skkk is still experimental... I don't trust it.
If you want flawless updates, I'd say flash Stock Boot.img with Fastboot, and only use TWRP by booting it from PC.
Maybe it's possible to install MIUI Updates over TWRP, but I think it's risky with TWRP skkk. It may be buggy ‍
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stock miui global