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Welcome everyone!
This thread has been created for extreme newbies/noobs and for their benefit. Not only noobs, but everyone is free to post questions and also give answers to those questions. Any type of question is allowed as long as it is related about the device. No off-topic discussions are allowed!​
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Regards,
PoseidonKing

Let me be the first to ask a complete noob question.
I bought a Mi5s a couple of months ago and loved the phone. However, Miui 8 is becoming somewhat of a annoyance for me. I flsahed the global ROM by making an EDL cable, pretty straight forward. But i'm still missing the stock android experience I had with my nexus 5. Today I saw that Lineage OS is being developed for the Mi5s and when this becomes more stable I really would like to try it.
My question is, where do I get started.
I know ik need to request to unlock my bootloader (I did a couple of days ago) and that I then need to somehow install TWRP. But thats it. Is there a manual I can use or at least read to better understand how the process works and what I need to do?
Thank you very much
p.s. I read a lot of stuff about the mi5 and how to flash it but i'm wondering if the process is the same since the Lineage OS 14.1 is ported and unofficial.

Noob question here too, loving the phone, battery life is amazing after samsung s4 lol.
I read on i guess xiaomi.eu forums not to wipe system partition on twrp. I was always wiping system ( i was just leaving sd and internal and wipe anything else.) So, i shouldn't wipe system on mi5s?

FKy85 said:
Let me be the first to ask a complete noob question.
I bought a Mi5s a couple of months ago and loved the phone. However, Miui 8 is becoming somewhat of a annoyance for me. I flsahed the global ROM by making an EDL cable, pretty straight forward. But i'm still missing the stock android experience I had with my nexus 5. Today I saw that Lineage OS is being developed for the Mi5s and when this becomes more stable I really would like to try it.
My question is, where do I get started.
I know ik need to request to unlock my bootloader (I did a couple of days ago) and that I then need to somehow install TWRP. But thats it. Is there a manual I can use or at least read to better understand how the process works and what I need to do?
Thank you very much
p.s. I read a lot of stuff about the mi5 and how to flash it but i'm wondering if the process is the same since the Lineage OS 14.1 is ported and unofficial.
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Hi
First of all, I agree totally that MiUi gets a crappy feel after you get used to it and start missing the old vanilla Android. Also, yes. You need to send an unlock request for unlocking your device. Refer to an unlock thread or wait if there's no thread yet. Somebody will eventually make a thread regarding this unlocking and flashing TWRP thingy (mostly me). And unlocking ain't gonna void your warranty, so all good. I don't think that Unlocking the BL is the hard part. You've just gotta apply for permission on their site with a good reason why you wanna unlock it and all. Flashing TWRP and rooting- here comes the fishy part. You can't just flash any TWRP on any device (unless you are that stupid). So wait till a proper thread has been posted about this topic. I would suggest you to go ahead and unlock the device. And also, no question is a noob question. I just named the thread like this so it sounds better. XDA is an open community built with the sole purpose of helping techy-brains all over the world.
Hit Thanks if I Helped You!!!
Regards
PoseidonKing

atakanadil said:
Noob question here too, loving the phone, battery life is amazing after samsung s4 lol.
I read on i guess xiaomi.eu forums not to wipe system partition on twrp. I was always wiping system ( i was just leaving sd and internal and wipe anything else.) So, i shouldn't wipe system on mi5s?
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Dunno bro, I ain't got the device. (I would accept donations for a new device though..... LOL!).
Regards
PoseidonKing

PoseidonKing said:
Hi
First of all, I agree totally that MiUi gets a crappy feel after you get used to it and start missing the old vanilla Android. Also, yes. You need to send an unlock request for unlocking your device. Refer to an unlock thread or wait if there's no thread yet. Somebody will eventually make a thread regarding this unlocking and flashing TWRP thingy (mostly me). And unlocking ain't gonna void your warranty, so all good. I don't think that Unlocking the BL is the hard part. You've just gotta apply for permission on their site with a good reason why you wanna unlock it and all. Flashing TWRP and rooting- here comes the fishy part. You can't just flash any TWRP on any device (unless you are that stupid). So wait till a proper thread has been posted about this topic. I would suggest you to go ahead and unlock the device. And also, no question is a noob question. I just named the thread like this so it sounds better. XDA is an open community built with the sole purpose of helping techy-brains all over the world.
Hit Thanks if I Helped You!!!
Regards
PoseidonKing
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Thanks for your reply. I got my unlocking permissions but when I try to unlock with the unlocking tool I get an error that the mi phone isn't connected. On the Miui forum I read a couple of different ways to unlock the device. One of 'm stated you can unlock it on Globa Stable but you have to enter your Mi account details under developer options/MuInlock. And if you can't find that option you have to use a developer rom. Problem is, there is no Global developer rom that is newer than the global. Can you help me?

FKy85 said:
Thanks for your reply. I got my unlocking permissions but when I try to unlock with the unlocking tool I get an error that the mi phone isn't connected. On the Miui forum I read a couple of different ways to unlock the device. One of 'm stated you can unlock it on Globa Stable but you have to enter your Mi account details under developer options/MuInlock. And if you can't find that option you have to use a developer rom. Problem is, there is no Global developer rom that is newer than the global. Can you help me?
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All that about flashing developer ROM for unlocking is plain bull****. I unlocked mine on global stable 8.0.6.0 (my redmi note 3). If you have been getting errors unlocking the device, make sure you are following these steps correctly:
1. Update your Mi adb drivers.
2. Enable developer options in your phone, enable OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging (because 60% of people forget this step).
3. If you've got permission officially, wait for a week or so, because it needs time to get our name and Mi Account ID registered on their servers as they get up to hundreds of unlock requests per day.
4. After a week has passed, connect your phone to the PC and start the unlock tool. This time it will get unlocked successfully. I guarantee you that this method will work if you follow it exactly how I told you to. I have tested it myself and trust me, it works!
Do update me on what happens with your device. Best of Luck! May the servers be with you... LOL! :laugh:
Hit Thanks if I Helped You!!!
Regards
PoseidonKing

FKy85 said:
Let me be the first to ask a complete noob question.
I bought a Mi5s a couple of months ago and loved the phone. However, Miui 8 is becoming somewhat of a annoyance for me. I flsahed the global ROM by making an EDL cable, pretty straight forward. But i'm still missing the stock android experience I had with my nexus 5. Today I saw that Lineage OS is being developed for the Mi5s and when this becomes more stable I really would like to try it.
My question is, where do I get started.
I know ik need to request to unlock my bootloader (I did a couple of days ago) and that I then need to somehow install TWRP. But thats it. Is there a manual I can use or at least read to better understand how the process works and what I need to do?
Thank you very much
p.s. I read a lot of stuff about the mi5 and how to flash it but i'm wondering if the process is the same since the Lineage OS 14.1 is ported and unofficial.
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This would be a good place to start:
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads...w-to-flash-xiaomi-eu-roms-on-your-mi5s.36132/

PoseidonKing said:
All that about flashing developer ROM for unlocking is plain bull****. I unlocked mine on global stable 8.0.6.0 (my redmi note 3). If you have been getting errors unlocking the device, make sure you are following these steps correctly:
1. Update your Mi adb drivers.
2. Enable developer options in your phone, enable OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging (because 60% of people forget this step).
3. If you've got permission officially, wait for a week or so, because it needs time to get our name and Mi Account ID registered on their servers as they get up to hundreds of unlock requests per day.
4. After a week has passed, connect your phone to the PC and start the unlock tool. This time it will get unlocked successfully. I guarantee you that this method will work if you follow it exactly how I told you to. I have tested it myself and trust me, it works!
Do update me on what happens with your device. Best of Luck! May the servers be with you... LOL! :laugh:
Hit Thanks if I Helped You!!!
Regards
PoseidonKing
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It worked!! The server's were strong ? It was a driver or device issue. I tried it on another laptop and it worked instantly. Thank you for your time and effort. On to the next step.
P.s. strange thing is I never received a text messages from Xiaomi that I could unlock but when logging in to the unlocking tool the check said my account had permissions to unlock. Whatever, it worked right.

MY xiaomi mi5s
Hey!
Maybe it has nothing to do here but I did not know where to post ... really would love to help I'm pretty desperate!
Last night I saw on some video with headphones and went to sleep. This morning I got up .. and somehow I realize that although the headphones are not connected wonder, think they are like inside and silent ..
Does anyone have an idea how to solve it?
(I tried to connect and spend, and do a restart)
Thank you very much for your help!

FKy85 said:
It worked!! The server's were strong It was a driver or device issue. I tried it on another laptop and it worked instantly. Thank you for your time and effort. On to the next step.
P.s. strange thing is I never received a text messages from Xiaomi that I could unlock but when logging in to the unlocking tool the check said my account had permissions to unlock. Whatever, it worked right.
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Wow! Glad it worked!
Regards
PoseidonKing

PoseidonKing said:
Wow! Glad it worked!
Regards
PoseidonKing
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ok, so i got twrp installed. pretty straight forward, but when i try to install lineage 14.1 twrp says úpdater process ended with error 7' before that it says no md5 file found. am i doeing something wrong?
ok, got it to work. i changed the filesystem to ext4

Mi5s focus
So I have Mi5s , from gearbest, not changed anything on it, no rom or anything.., not sure how to do it, so I am using it the way it came... first question, what can I get if I change/update rom or anything like that ?
second. autofocus on video is really annoying and only reason to get this phone was camera and video... I see that on miui website , they still didnt get any answer for this problem, so maybe someone here can help me with that. All works ok if I use some other software and MANUAL mode, but its pain in the ass to adjust everything manual all the time.. so is there any solution to that or no ? global 8.2 stable

Hi!
I cannot find an explanation for an TWRP advanced wipe option.
Can someone explain me what means wipe cust?

dominuspro said:
Hi!
I cannot find an explanation for an TWRP advanced wipe option.
Can someone explain me what means wipe cust?
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It will wipe the cust partition. I don't recommend it though if you want to go back to MIUI..

So I see "NOOB FRIENDLY THREAD". Sorry if my questions are too much noobish.
I just bought MI5S on aliexpress with installed international version of firmware on my phone. And I want to know how to start?
1) How to unlock everything (+root) + install TWRP + update to latest firmware + backup. Is there a guide for novices?
2) Do I need mi account? (I never user xiaomi phones before)
3) Do we have any stable unofiicial firmwares?
4) Is there a way to disable all xiaomi-related things?

Hi I have a Mi 5S plus.
Would like to root for using some programs (gmd, Autovoice, few others).
Not interested in trying new roms, and prefer a simple root, hoping that I can receive Xiaomi software updates without big problems.
Possible? Instructions??

Hi, maybe not much of a n00b question but didn't want to make a new thread for this little thing.
I own Mi5S since yesterday 3/64GB version and first issue i've noticed is that its getting hot really quick (battery sensor in settings shows 38'C) i know it has Snap 821 but still, making a phone call and feeling hot in hand. Sure, the aluminium back is transfering the heat but its not a pleasant feeling. Is that normal with this model ?

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Hey experts,
I see a few questions pending, but I hope someone is gonna pick them up soon, and mine as well! 
 @sesser, mine does get a bit warm sometimes, but never to an uncomfortable level. Hard to say if you're more sensitive, or whether there's something wrong with your phone...
First a bit about my situation:
I bought the mi5s 3/64GB directly from the Xiaomi online store in China.
Unfortunately I dropped it within less then a month and now the 3 touch buttons are going crazy. Fingerprint scanner is still working fine though. I found a temporary fix with the apps "remap buttons" and "VirtualSoftKeys". But MIUI kills these apps all the time, so I have to re-enable them in settings/accessibility. Definitely not a long term solution!
I also managed to install the google play store. But it is unavailable quite frequently.
I'd like to install LineageOS as soon as there is a stable release. But until then, I hope to find a better solution than what I have now.
So here are my questions:
1) Does the MIUI.eu rom have any advantages over the Chinese version? For example I have quite a few system apps that are in Chinese. Would be nice to have them in English. Or getting the search bar in the notifications go to google.com... Or is there another stable rom you'd recommend instead? Or are the differences so small, that I should wait for LineageOS?
2) What reason should I tell Xiaomi for unlocking my phone? I read "My Mi5s came with a custom ROM. Please approve my unlock permissions so I can flash the official MIUI ROMs." But I don't think that works, as I bought mine straight from their website.
Thanks!
Linus X.

Linus X. said:
Hey experts,
I see a few questions pending, but I hope someone is gonna pick them up soon, and mine as well!
@sesser, mine does get a bit warm sometimes, but never to an uncomfortable level. Hard to say if you're more sensitive, or whether there's something wrong with your phone...
First a bit about my situation:
I bought the mi5s 3/64GB directly from the Xiaomi online store in China.
Unfortunately I dropped it within less then a month and now the 3 touch buttons are going crazy. Fingerprint scanner is still working fine though. I found a temporary fix with the apps "remap buttons" and "VirtualSoftKeys". But MIUI kills these apps all the time, so I have to re-enable them in settings/accessibility. Definitely not a long term solution!
I also managed to install the google play store. But it is unavailable quite frequently.
I'd like to install LineageOS as soon as there is a stable release. But until then, I hope to find a better solution than what I have now.
So here are my questions:
1) Does the MIUI.eu rom have any advantages over the Chinese version? For example I have quite a few system apps that are in Chinese. Would be nice to have them in English. Or getting the search bar in the notifications go to google.com... Or is there another stable rom you'd recommend instead? Or are the differences so small, that I should wait for LineageOS?
2) What reason should I tell Xiaomi for unlocking my phone? I read "My Mi5s came with a custom ROM. Please approve my unlock permissions so I can flash the official MIUI ROMs." But I don't think that works, as I bought mine straight from their website.
Thanks!
Linus X.
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The newest lineageos version is very stable and bug free when you make a clean install with dynamic gapps

Urgent!!!!!!!! Help me!!!!!!, Earasing phone software, urgent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

urgent!!!!!
I have xiaomi mi mix 2s and I made the worst mistake of all times (for me)
I needed to buy a phone and I didn't wanted xiaomi at all!!, But my mother told me "take it it's great my has it and she's loving it" and my father "its the only device you can afford, I don't allow you to spend more then that" so i bought the phone hoping that the phone doesn't comes with clear Android p system (there's nowhere on the internet that says if it comes with Android or MIUI)
I got the phone and it came with miui, I thought I can handle it, but couldn't, I though I could do something to change it somehow, I couldn't,
But it's is driving me nuts!!!!!!!
I hate xiaomi ( maybe even more then apple and to hate a company even more than apple it's impossible (until now)
Don't get me wrong, the hardware is pretty good but the software is awful
After a long introduction here's my question,
How can I earase, delete, conceal, the miui software and any memory, trace of xioami on the phone
Delete eve-ry-thing!!!!!!!!! And install fresh pure Android p system
Is it possible?
Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , (I'm serious, it's really important to me!!!)

Ttigerbbb said:
urgent!!!!!
I have xiaomi mi mix 2s and I made the worst mistake of all times (for me)
I needed to buy a phone and I didn't wanted xiaomi at all!!, But my mother told me "take it it's great my has it and she's loving it" and my father "its the only device you can afford, I don't allow you to spend more then that" so i bought the phone hoping that the phone doesn't comes with clear Android p system (there's nowhere on the internet that says if it comes with Android or MIUI)
I got the phone and it came with miui, I thought I can handle it, but couldn't, I though I could do something to change it somehow, I couldn't,
But it's is driving me nuts!!!!!!!
I hate xiaomi ( maybe even more then apple and to hate a company even more than apple it's impossible (until now)
Don't get me wrong, the hardware is pretty good but the software is awful
After a long introduction here's my question,
How can I earase, delete, conceal, the miui software and any memory, trace of xioami on the phone
Delete eve-ry-thing!!!!!!!!! And install fresh pure Android p system
Is it possible?
Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , I may kill my self if its going to be like that (I'm serious, it's that important to me!!!)
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Seriously, your post is ridiculous, no one is going to spoon feed you with step by steps. Especially, when they have been posted already a million times over. Did you even make an effort? There are 9 Pies roms available!
Everything you need is here, go back and read the agreement that you agreed to when you joined XDA. Then locate the search box, then use it to find your answers for unlocking the bootloader, flash Twrp, your Rom of Choice, Gapps, and Magisk root.
Next, Miui is actually, awesome once fully setup. You can disable the things that you don't like. The first time I tried Miui I absolutely hated it too. However, once I learned how to use Miui, it is one of my favorites.
Go try something else, but come back later and give Miui a try, many people ended up loving it. Finally, as a parent with teenagers. I fully agree with your parents, you should thank them. This phone is one of the best phones that comes wit Miui but will also give you whatever you want with it comes to the SDK : Pie, Oreo, Nougat each version of OS with plenty of Roms to choose from.

Ttigerbbb said:
How can I earase, delete, conceal, the miui software and any memory, trace of xioami on the phone
Delete eve-ry-thing!!!!!!!!! And install fresh pure Android p system
Is it possible?
Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , I may kill my self if its going to be like that (I'm serious, it's that important to me!!!)
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix-2/how-to/one-xiaomi-mi-mix-2-chiron-unlock-t3785004

Ttigerbbb said:
urgent!!!!!
I have xiaomi mi mix 2s and I made the worst mistake of all times (for me)
I needed to buy a phone and I didn't wanted xiaomi at all!!, But my mother told me "take it it's great my has it and she's loving it" and my father "its the only device you can afford, I don't allow you to spend more then that" so i bought the phone hoping that the phone doesn't comes with clear Android p system (there's nowhere on the internet that says if it comes with Android or MIUI)
I got the phone and it came with miui, I thought I can handle it, but couldn't, I though I could do something to change it somehow, I couldn't,
But it's is driving me nuts!!!!!!!
I hate xiaomi ( maybe even more then apple and to hate a company even more than apple it's impossible (until now)
Don't get me wrong, the hardware is pretty good but the software is awful
After a long introduction here's my question,
How can I earase, delete, conceal, the miui software and any memory, trace of xioami on the phone
Delete eve-ry-thing!!!!!!!!! And install fresh pure Android p system
Is it possible?
Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , I may kill my self if its going to be like that (I'm serious, it's that important to me!!!)
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Lol ? ty for that moment m8

Thank you
tsongming said:
Seriously, your post is ridiculous, no one is going to spoon feed you with step by steps. Especially, when they have been posted already a million times over. Did you even make an effort? There are 9 Pies roms available!
Everything you need is here, go back and read the agreement that you agreed to when you joined XDA. Then locate the search box, then use it to find your answers for unlocking the bootloader, flash Twrp, your Rom of Choice, Gapps, and Magisk root.
Next, Miui is actually, awesome once fully setup. You can disable the things that you don't like. The first time I tried Miui I absolutely hated it too. However, once I learned how to use Miui, it is one of my favorites.
Go try something else, but come back later and give Miui a try, many people ended up loving it. Finally, as a parent with teenagers. I fully agree with your parents, you should thank them. This phone is one of the best phones that comes wit Miui but will also give you whatever you want with it comes to the SDK : Pie, Oreo, Nougat each version of OS with plenty of Roms to choose from.
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Thanks, but I tried the miui on the phone for 2 months now, and sometimes it's fine but a lot of the times it's really not. I tried to unlock, rom, twrp.... , But my mother said that I can't do it cause I might ruin it so I need to give it to a pro, my cousin is a pro in this kind of thing, but to give it to him I need to see him and that is a whole new thing
Another question, me roming, twrp-ing.......? Is it erasing the miui? Or just installing a new software on the "old" software?

Ttigerbbb said:
Thanks, but I tried the miui on the phone for 2 months now, and sometimes it's fine but a lot of the times it's really not. I tried to unlock, rom, twrp.... , But my mother said that I can't do it cause I might ruin it so I need to give it to a pro, my cousin is a pro in this kind of thing, but to give it to him I need to see him and that is a whole new thing
Another question, me roming, twrp-ing.......? Is it erasing the miui? Or just installing a new software on the "old" software?
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Your base partitions remain. But yes, Miui will definitely be erased. However, it can be restored. It's very important that you or your cousin does the research before starting otherwise you can brick your phone.
Be careful to make sure that you properly unlock the bootloader. I would strongly suggest using Miflash or the all in one tool. Especially if you are new to this type of thing.
I just bought this phone and will have it in my hands by Monday. If you look at my history you will find that I write a lot of tutorials with step by step instructions.
Be patient and wait a week, This week I will join the Mi8 community and start making contrubutions. Likely by writing a very extensive step by step how to guide...if it's needed, or if I can improve upon what currently exists.
It is important that you establish a Mi account (if you do not have one already).
The first step will be unlocking the bootloader, then flashing the most recent version of TWRP. Then you will create a Nandroid recovery. This way you can restore your current instaltion if/when wanted .
Next you will wipe system, and user data, as well as the caches. At this point you can then flash your rom, gapps, and magisk root.
You can assure your mother that if setup correctly the phone will be secure, and you can keep the installation updated as new rom releases become available, these updates will typically include the up to date monthly security certificate,
Once you have everything installed you can then resync your user data through your Google account setup. Go ahead and ensure that everything is syncing to Google as well as the mi cloud.
Look for my future threads, Good luck, be careful.
Edit, after briefly reviewing some of the current tutorials. I will definitely dramatically improve upon existing instructions with threads that are specific to the Mi 8. and Mi Mix 2 and 3
So people will not have to rely on threads with out of date instruction. In example, there is no need to disable driver signing on your desktop.
See you soon

Ttigerbbb said:
Thanks, but I tried the miui on the phone for 2 months now, and sometimes it's fine but a lot of the times it's really not. I tried to unlock, rom, twrp.... , But my mother said that I can't do it cause I might ruin it so I need to give it to a pro, my cousin is a pro in this kind of thing, but to give it to him I need to see him and that is a whole new thing
Another question, me roming, twrp-ing.......? Is it erasing the miui? Or just installing a new software on the "old" software?
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ROM'ing is essentially removing MIUI software from your phone and installing a different ROM.
And to do it, all the info is in the link I gave you earlier. Have a read. Even the newbies will do fine if they read that guide. Or if your cousin is going to do it, still he/she has to read all that stuff and be 100% sure about it.
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tsongming said:
I just bought this phone and will have it in my hands by Monday. If you look at my history you will find that I write a lot of tutorials with step by step instructions.
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I love your patience over at Le Pro 3 forums man, I'm the guy who ended up in an irreversible brick of Le Pro 3 and moved on. I'd love to have you here, welcome to Mix 2 Train!
By the looks of the OP, I think the person is in his/her teen years and new this whole custom rom scene. We gotta dumb our talks down to his/her level.

Simple root and flash question

Hi guys,
Just moved form unlocked and rooted Mi Max 2, the boot loader of my Mi Max 3 is unlocked running Global stable 10.3.1.0 stable (PEDMIXM). Question: can I just install official TWRP (https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomimimax3.html) and flash modded Global from https://mi-globe.com/ without any risk. Just hate to brick it
Seems like an easy way to root and mod.
Thanks in advance

Hmm, well hopefully someone more experienced will answer, but...
Globe ROM is based on miui.eu, who themselves remove ARB (anti roll back), at least as far as I'm aware. This shouldn't matter though, I'm assuming, as you'll be flashing newer firmware/vendor etc than what's on your device currently. See here for more info
As for TWRP, I'm not sure, I'm currently awaiting delivery of my mi max 3 so cannot say much more on the subject, but have been reading a bit about it, plus I have other Xiaomi devices that have run Globe ROM in the past. Sorry if it's all a bit vague, like I say, hopefully someone more experienced will step in and assist you. But that should give you a bit of assistance and some further reading!!
Also see here for further info on ARB of your ROM

reg66 said:
Hmm, well hopefully someone more experienced will answer, but...
Globe ROM is based on miui.eu, who themselves remove ARB (anti roll back), at least as far as I'm aware. This shouldn't matter though, I'm assuming, as you'll be flashing newer firmware/vendor etc than what's on your device currently. See here for more info and see here for how to check if ARB is present on your device.
As for TWRP, I'm not sure, I'm currently awaiting delivery of my mi max 3 so cannot say much more on the subject, but have been reading a bit about it, plus I have other Xiaomi devices that have run Globe ROM in the past. Sorry if it's all a bit vague, like I say, hopefully someone more experienced will step in and assist you. But that should give you a bit of assistance and some further reading!!
Also see here for further info on ARB of your ROM
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Thanks for the detailed reply. Yes ARB is probably the root of my worries. Flashed the hell out of my Mi Max 2 without issues but as I said I'd hate to brick it so soon. I'll update the thread with my progress.
Again thanks so much for the info.:good:

For me twrp only worked once and only once and then i bricked it. After that i bricked and can never go back by fastboot TWRP again. Now every time i boot to TWRP, it goes to black screen with backlight lit.
What i don't get is how other devices like Redmi 5 Note Pro, Mi 8 can get twrp to work if they are also on the list like Mi Max 3 for the recent Anti Rollback.

I ALSO have the same question ,
I didnt unlock the bootloader yet but i want first to know is it safe to root this device i read many users saying the antiroll **** is causing bricking the device .
If anyone can tell us a detailed guideline or steps to how to root the device for the average non advanced users like us ,

hassan216 said:
I ALSO have the same question ,
I didnt unlock the bootloader yet but i want first to know is it safe to root this device i read many users saying the antiroll **** is causing bricking the device .
If anyone can tell us a detailed guideline or steps to how to root the device for the average non advanced users like us ,
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the following:
to be on the safe side use fastboot boot recovery-image-name do your stuff and boot via stock recovery when you don't need twrp specifically
like this you can avoid issues with encryption
if you don't want that you can make sure that you get a version of twrp that has no issues with decryption.
if you upgrade API version, i.e. Oreo > PIE, only do that if you don't intend to roll back to oreo
unlocking the bootloader and rooting are straight forward and no different than for any other device, what has basically changed recently is
A/B partitioning as well as recoveries mostly being in boot (no separate recovery partition for most devices) and that encryption scheme
has changed in a way that twrp without tweaks (original) has issues with decryption.
i use other than this A/B devices like OP6, OP6T and one simply has to be careful and not just flash away, thins got less forgiving
but work nevertheless once executed correctly.
if you want TWRP permanently you'd have to flash the twrp zip via fastboot boot twrp.img or fastboot flash twrp.img (not mandatory) boot into twrp if you flashed and flash twrp.zip, boot into recovery first and directly and there you go until you flash a new system things are quite stable if you choose your variant of twrp carefully.

Has anyone successfully rooted the device?

Hi!.
Is bootloader unlocking and rooting a thing on this device?
I'm really curious if anyone has done it and how difficult it was

tbh you can unlock nubia device easy but the problem is no twrp and rom dev are into it..unless you search chinese forum for that..this nubia phone never ever in my life i buy ...and worst scenario no software updates only security patch thats it..i have red magic 3s global version and software is so crap and bugs..i have to flash cn rom

walkwitmeinhel said:
tbh you can unlock nubia device easy but the problem is no twrp and rom dev are into it..unless you search chinese forum for that..this nubia phone never ever in my life i buy ...and worst scenario no software updates only security patch thats it..i have red magic 3s global version and software is so crap and bugs..i have to flash cn rom
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Well that's unfortunate because the 5S looks seriously polished since then. They've come a ways and this is the first time I've legitimately been considering Red Magic. It would be a shame if this phone didn't see any development.

Causical said:
Well that's unfortunate because the 5S looks seriously polished since then. They've come a ways and this is the first time I've legitimately been considering Red Magic. It would be a shame if this phone didn't see any development.
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the RM5G (nx659j) and the 5S (nx659j) both have the same hardware ID
the S comes with faster internal memory speed, ram, and an extra layer of Silver on the cooler.
otherwise basically the same device.
the 5G forums already have an excellent modded Kernel, and Have AOSP and LOS developers working on roms. once the 5S has a working TWRP it shouldn't be hard to use the 5G roms already in development.
also from personal experience, the 5S stock rom is quite solid. I've had my 5S for a few days now and tested a fair bit, so far so good. I've not experienced any of the bugs being mentioned on the 5G page. alot of the bugs that have been reported by the 5G users have been fixed on the 5S
If Nubia release all their sources for the phone, both kernel and drivers, it will be easy to port many roms to this device. with a few devs already on board doing work with the 5G I see the 5S doing well.

Patrick Morgan said:
the RM5G (nx659j) and the 5S (nx659j) both have the same hardware ID
the S comes with faster internal memory speed, ram, and an extra layer of Silver on the cooler.
otherwise basically the same device.
the 5G forums already have an excellent modded Kernel, and Have AOSP and LOS developers working on roms. once the 5S has a working TWRP it shouldn't be hard to use the 5G roms already in development.
also from personal experience, the 5S stock rom is quite solid. I've had my 5S for a few days now and tested a fair bit, so far so good. I've not experienced any of the bugs being mentioned on the 5G page. alot of the bugs that have been reported by the 5G users have been fixed on the 5S
If Nubia release all their sources for the phone, both kernel and drivers, it will be easy to port many roms to this device. with a few devs already on board doing work with the 5G I see the 5S doing well.
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Has Nubia ever released both kernel and driver sources on previous phones before?
Edit: Guess I answered my own question, the z17 had a crap ton of development.

Thanks for all the insights guys!
I'll wait and see how it plays out first, I jumped the gun before and went with huawei thinking project treble and all would mean much easier and faster development but you can see how that played out....
It's 700$ too much to buy a device that's potentially without source code or development - or even worse another huawei x.x

Causical said:
Has Nubia ever released both kernel and driver sources on previous phones before?
Edit: Guess I answered my own question, the z17 had a crap ton of development.
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Rstment ^m^ said:
Thanks for all the insights guys!
I'll wait and see how it plays out first, I jumped the gun before and went with huawei thinking project treble and all would mean much easier and faster development but you can see how that played out....
It's 700$ too much to buy a device that's potentially without source code or development - or even worse another huawei x.x
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From what I understand, Mattofthedead, the developer for the 5G OC kernel helped with a crowd fund to get a lineage developer to help with getting lineage on the phone. they're soon to release the first version.
Once a working lineage rom is made and released it will be the base for literally every AOSP rom. meaning this phone is going to get alot of support.

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From what I understand, Mattofthedead, the developer for the 5G OC kernel helped with a crowd fund to get a lineage developer to help with getting lineage on the phone. they're soon to release the first version.
Once a working lineage rom is made and released it will be the base for literally every AOSP rom. meaning this phone is going to get alot of support.
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Honestly that would be great, I've been watching phones for a long time and truthfully if the OP 8T doesn't beat this phone out in a fair amount of ways then this phone is surely one of the absolute best ones you can get in the year of the SD 865... Definitely worth consideration for an upgrade. However you're also having to look at the fact that A LOT of upper tier specs and performance features are now leaking down to a ton of mid rangers, for example high refresh rate, large battery capacity, bezeless displays, better camera implementations, 5G accessibility... So to me that just signifies that maybe it might also be worth waiting for the SD 875 series??? I mean technology usually only gets more expensive right, but seems to me they're going to have less and less to offer as exclusively flagship and people just aren't going to dish out $1,000 every time they want a phone upgrade.

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Honestly that would be great, I've been watching phones for a long time and truthfully if the OP 8T doesn't beat this phone out in a fair amount of ways then this phone is surely one of the absolute best ones you can get in the year of the SD 865... Definitely worth consideration for an upgrade. However you're also having to look at the fact that A LOT of upper tier specs and performance features are now leaking down to a ton of mid rangers, for example high refresh rate, large battery capacity, bezeless displays, better camera implementations, 5G accessibility... So to me that just signifies that maybe it might also be worth waiting for the SD 875 series??? I mean technology usually only gets more expensive right, but seems to me they're going to have less and less to offer as exclusively flagship and people just aren't going to dish out $1,000 every time they want a phone upgrade.
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Waiting is totally up to you. I got one because my last phone was 6 years old.
a speed test done comparing stock OP8 and the RM5G with Matts Kernel, the RM5G smoked the OP8. antutu and other benchmarks.,
considering the 5S is a slight update to that hardware with better internals only means we'll get a slightly better speed than his 5G.
I picked this up mainly because it was the price of upper midrange phones now, but with specs of top tier flagships. (its basically a s20 ultra 5g without the camera) for less than half the price.
the 5S ROM version really did a great job fixing the errors reported by the 5G community, face unlock, UI bugs, Finger print senor all working quite well on the 5S. the gaming aspect of the phone too is really good, with modable trigger buttons, there is a option in the game mode of the phone to map the shoulder buttons to anything on the screen. so you dont have to tap over something that may block your view. to you can tap something that is hard to reach depending on the option (or for example move while aiming and shooting at the same time in FPS). its a fantastic feature.
I'm really happy with this phone and the next update (form looking at the speed increase of the current CN rom) its going to be a monster of a phone.

I used the old method and worked

do you mind sharing which method you used to root your 5S? I've seen a couple 5S users here as well who was able to root their 5S and I'm really interested to root my 5S too
I'm on global rom v. 8.07, I would really appreciate if you can give me some direction or at least point me to the right direction

yhe2x said:
do you mind sharing which method you used to root your 5S? I've seen a couple 5S users here as well who was able to root their 5S and I'm really interested to root my 5S too
I'm on global rom v. 8.07, I would really appreciate if you can give me some direction or at least point me to the right direction
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i could tell you what i did to root my device, most likely differs from everyone else's ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the only thing i can surely tell you never ever fully unlock bootloader or you will have a nightmare with the fingerprint scanner calibration... like i am having
this is the code you should avoid to prevent the break of your fingerprint scanner fastboot flashing unlock
disclaimer - I'm NOT responsible for anything that happens to your device, proceed with caution
PRE-REQUISITES
backup all your data, the steps below will erase your data
Link #1 - Applications, .img files (https://mega.nz/file/igphSCTD#OybJo9...dhk3JFB4_5xkVc)
source: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nu...beginner-tutorial-unlock-bootloader-t4131585/
Link #2 - Unbrick Tool for Nubia Red Magic 5S (https://mega.nz/file/rEc2kIDC#FExxIiuqTcMPpn0Ji_pAtVqH4CBiSWvJPUkDYjR-4cc)
source: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nu.../unbrick-tool-nubia-red-magic-5smade-t4166861
ENSURE THAT:
- You installed the application and driver (Minimal ADB and Fastboot, USB drivers and Qualcomm)
- Minimal ADB and Fastboot can be found on link #1
- USB drivers and Qualcomm can be found on MiFlash2020-3-14-0\Source\ThirdParty\ folder location Link #2 after is extracted
- You updated your OS in the latest version.
- You UNLOCK the developer option (setting>>about phone>>tap 7x the build number) and you switch ON the OEM unlocking & USB Debugging.
- You approved the RSA request in your red Magic 5s
Red magic 5s how to unlock bootloader
Connect the phone to computer, open cmd and go to where you have Minimal ADB and Fastboot then do the following steps
Code:
adb devices #make sure you see a device ex: 0123456789ABCDEF device
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices #make sure you see a device ex: 2e45f69f fastboot
a- if you do not see a device you will need to go into device manager and install the usb drivers
fastboot oem nubia_unlock NUBIA_NX659J
PREP YOUR FILES:
once you downloads and extract Link #2 you will have 2 folders (images and MiFlash2020-3-14-0) make a folder called images1 and all the files that are found on images copy them to images1
by the end of these step you will have 3 folders (images, images1, MiFlash2020-3-14-0), images and images1 are exact copies of each other
from what you extract from Link #1
- you will find Magisk-v20.4.zip copy and paste it inside your adb folder
- you will find recovery-TWRP-3.4.1B-0324-NUBIA_REDMAGIC_5G-CN-wzsx150.img and vbmeta_BL_skip.img, copy and paste them to the location where you have (image, image1 and MiFlash2020-3-14-0)
rename recovery-TWRP-3.4.1B-0324-NUBIA_REDMAGIC_5G-CN-wzsx150.img to recovery.img
rename vbmeta_BL_skip.img to vbmeta.img
move the recently renamed recovery.img and vbmeta.img into images1 and replace the files.
HOW TO GET TWRP AND ROOT:
open the folder MiFlash2020-3-14-0 and then the application called XiaoMiFlash.exe in admin #ignore message "couldn't find flash script"
where it says select this is where you going to look for the image1 folder which contains the modded TWRP files #ignore message "couldn't find flash script " again
on you mobile device you should be on the bootloader, select the option Boot to edload #the screen will be black on the phone
back to the computer on the application XiaoMiFlash.exe, click refresh and you will see you device connected #if you don't see it make sure you have installed the Qualcomm drivers
click on flash and allow the system to process until you see a flash done！sucess! #the beauty of these step is that you also learn how to unbrick your device, you just will need to select image folder instead of image1
disconnect the mobile from the computer and on the mobile press the power button and hold it until you see a green notification light come up then let go the power button.
once the mobile boots up You UNLOCK the developer option (setting>>about phone>>tap 7x the build number) and you switch ON the OEM unlocking & USB Debugging.
open your cmd window and type:
Code:
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot oem nubia_unlock NUBIA_NX659J
select option to reboot into recovery mode
since it is the first time you are running TWRP
It will reboot in TWRP twice, in the 2nd reboot it will stay in TWRP, change the language to English and select the keep read only.
Go to Wipe -> Format Data - type yes and click the check -> once that is done, click the back button until you are back into the main page
go into Advance -> ADB Sideload -> check Wipe Dalvik Cache and Wipe Cache -> then type
adb sideload Magisk-v20.4.zip #watch the magic happen, once done reboot System
you are done

A big thank you to you sir, with all these steps I would really need to spend some time and carefully follow each step so I would end up with a shiny new brick lol.
I have another question and forgive me for being such a noob, do you need to unlock the bootloader first before you can obtain root? and will I be able to use apps like Kingroot after I unlock the bootloader?
Once again, your help is greatly appreciated.

yhe2x said:
A big thank you to you sir, with all these steps I would really need to spend some time and carefully follow each step so I would end up with a shiny new brick lol. .
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yeah, i jump to it after reading and reading and i still ended up with my device 4-5 hrs down as some stuff i followed didnt worked and i didnt know how to use XiaoMiFlash.exe
yhe2x said:
I have another question and forgive me for being such a noob, do you need to unlock the bootloader first before you can obtain root? and will I be able to use apps like Kingroot after I unlock the bootloader?.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ never used kingroot, you could try it out - the above gives you the steps to revert back as well to factory settings by using the image folder
the above will leave you with permanent TWRP, which leads to this issue - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82272969&postcount=6 - from my perspective is a minimal thing

TopoX84 said:
i could tell you what i did to root my device, most likely differs from everyone else's ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the only thing i can surely tell you never ever fully unlock bootloader or you will have a nightmare with the fingerprint scanner calibration... like i am having
this is the code you should avoid to prevent the break of your fingerprint scanner fastboot flashing unlock
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this is all very complicated and unnecessary for the 5S
Making sure you have the correct drivers installed for fastboot. and the steps are quite direct. you do need to wipe everything so backing up your internal data is reccommended. these steps do not unlock your bootloader.
I posted a short tutorial here with a zip with all needed files.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nubia-red-magic-5s/how-to/official-5s-roms-t4164861

Patrick Morgan said:
this is all very complicated and unnecessary for the 5S
Making sure you have the correct drivers installed for fastboot. and the steps are quite direct. you do need to wipe everything so backing up your internal data is reccommended. these steps do not unlock your bootloader.
I posted a short tutorial here with a zip with all needed files.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nubia-red-magic-5s/how-to/official-5s-roms-t4164861
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hehe thats why i said it worked for me and might differ from people out there.
thanks for the link above

Rstment ^m^ said:
Hi!.
Is bootloader unlocking and rooting a thing on this device?
I'm really curious if anyone has done it and how difficult it was
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It's really hard in this device by the way we will get any custom rom in future ??

Hahahaha fk me . I'm posting in the wrong thread.

Question Getting to know my Biloba - fixing it - nonGoogle

Dear tech friends
I happen to own a Biloba Redmi Note 8, and I understand now that it isn't the best phone for DIY. But I want to make the best of it as selling it will mean loss of money and overall I am very pleased with the thing. Or maybe 'was'? I hope I did not kill it.
The situation:
- it is stuck in a kind of startup loop that restarts endlesly. I need to put the phone in fastboot to give it some rest. I believe I managed to shut it down yesterday, but I do not remember how.
- this happened after I installed a (wrong?) recovery rom into the boot sector - this was before I realized how particular this Biloba version is.
- I want to fix it and put a google-less rom, perferably open source/GSI but if not possible official China Rom could be an alternative as it doesnt have Google.
My question to you is foremost: where can I obtain the knowledge to fix this myself? Ebooks, tutorials, Xiaomi service manuals? Mind you: it is BILOBA.
Also I havent found any decent MiFlash program. They all seem buggy as hell. Doesn't Xiaomi offer official tools for this?
Why is smartphone administration seemingly shrouded in mystery? Companies do not want us to amdinister our phones ourselves? PC technicalities are so much more accesible it seems?
Thanks people!
pyrkaios

same here

I guess the best places are the threads on xda on devices that have more active modders.
I usually use 'Google', and mostly keep in mind a way to return to previous conditions.
Keeping a copy of original firmware ready helps there.
Also, I tend to flash with fastboot whenever possible.
Only reason not to is when I must flash when in BROM.