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Can I install MIUI 8.7.26 (MIUI10) without worrying about ARB?

I have a Redmi Note 5 Global with MIUI 9.5.19, and I want to install 8.7.26 (MIUI10) because I can't unlock my bootloader yet (14 days to go).
My question is: can I do that safely without bricking my device? And can I go back to MIUI 9.5.19 if I wanted to?
Thanks!

I did same thing and it worked flawlessly.

Mentu12 said:
I did same thing and it worked flawlessly.
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You have a locked bootloader? You used a recovery ROM or a fastboot ROM (MiFlash tool)?
Thanks!

Silvers91 said:
You have a locked bootloader? You used a recovery ROM or a fastboot ROM (MiFlash tool)?
Thanks!
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Just update through the phones settings with the zip file. You might need to try different MIUI 10 versions. There is always only one version you can go to from your current MIUI 9 version. Took me 4 tries but now it's working great

domsch1988 said:
Just update through the phones settings with the zip file. You might need to try different MIUI 10 versions. There is always only one version you can go to from your current MIUI 9 version. Took me 4 tries but now it's working great
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I flashed MIUI 8.7.26 through the method you mentioned without issues, but it has so many bugs, especially with notifications on lockscreen that bother me so much. Do you know if I can revert back to global stable MIUI 9 with the same method without issues with ARB?

Anti version on new Pie update

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

lcdkhoa said:
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)

SunilSuni said:
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

lcdkhoa said:
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?

rocker00 said:
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.

[email protected] said:
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?

Letrix said:
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..

kos25k said:
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.

kos25k said:
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

Downgrading from Pie

Can someone provide me a method to downgrade my device from miui 10.3 android 9.0 to android 8
Battery life is bad and automatic brightness in low light conditions is a nightmare .
My device has bootloader locked and no root at the moment,

Here you go:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79456815&postcount=215
http://en.miui.com/thread-5124232-1-1.html

hassan216 said:
Can someone provide me a method to downgrade my device from miui 10.3 android 9.0 to android 8
Battery life is bad and automatic brightness in low light conditions is a nightmare .
My device has bootloader locked and no root at the moment,
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Do not do this, because if you do, you will probably make your device unusable. Read this before: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/help/help-mi-max-3-hard-bricked-anti-roll-t3834769 and mostly this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/how-to/anti-rollback-activated-mi-max-3-t3830448

Germano1980 said:
Do not do this, because if you do, you will probably make your device unusable. Read this before: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/help/help-mi-max-3-hard-bricked-anti-roll-t3834769 and mostly this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-3/how-to/anti-rollback-activated-mi-max-3-t3830448
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so there is currently no way to roll back ?

hassan216 said:
so there is currently no way to roll back ?
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It is possible to go to 10.0.1.0 Global Oreo or Even 8.11.23 beta Oreo, etc.
You need to unlock bootloader first and then have some flash the firmware by remote EDL. Meaning you have to pay money for that service.
The only Oreo version you cannot go back to is 9.6.6.0, its just not possible because the ARB number is not 4.

hassan216 said:
so there is currently no way to roll back ?
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This version of Miui does not, because the ARB is active. If you try, you'll probably have a lot of work to do to fix it. Have you tried any rom xiaomi.eu or any GSI? Overall, they are better than the global stock.

Relock bootloader after flashing ROM Indonesia

SOLVED !!!: My Redmi Note 8 Pro is the Global Version, can I block the bootloader without brick risk after flashing the Indonesian ROM?

Some moderator could support me to move the thread to Redmi Note 8 Pro. Thank you
Edit: Thanks @strongst

I confirm that it is possible to close the bootloader after flashing the Indonesian ROM on a Redmi Note 8 Pro Global. To do this, use the MiFlash application and check the "clean all" option. Do not check the option "clean everything and block" in case there is a problem during or after the fhashing.
After I could confirm the ROM was multilingual and that everything worked fine (wifi, data, bluetooth, nfc, spearkers, etc.), I closed the bootloader, put my device in "fastboot" mode and executed the command "fastboot oem lock ".
Before closing the bootloader I didn't see the Netflix application in the Google Play store, after closing the bootloader there was no problem.

blekr said:
I confirm that it is possible to close the bootloader after flashing the Indonesian ROM on a Redmi Note 8 Pro Global. To do this, use the MiFlash application and check the "clean all" option. Do not check the option "clean everything and block" in case there is a problem during or after the fhashing.
After I could confirm the ROM was multilingual and that everything worked fine (wifi, data, bluetooth, nfc, spearkers, etc.), I closed the bootloader, put my device in "fastboot" mode and executed the command "fastboot oem lock ".
Before closing the bootloader I didn't see the Netflix application in the Google Play store, after closing the bootloader there was no problem.
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So, you can use netflix now? How about Google pay?

jdario said:
So, you can use netflix now? How about Google pay?
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Yes. When you close the bootloader, you will have Netflix available and Google Pay.
I would appreciate it if you like the answers I have given you and that have worked for you.

blekr said:
I confirm that it is possible to close the bootloader after flashing the Indonesian ROM on a Redmi Note 8 Pro Global. To do this, use the MiFlash application and check the "clean all" option. Do not check the option "clean everything and block" in case there is a problem during or after the fhashing.
After I could confirm the ROM was multilingual and that everything worked fine (wifi, data, bluetooth, nfc, spearkers, etc.), I closed the bootloader, put my device in "fastboot" mode and executed the command "fastboot oem lock ".
Before closing the bootloader I didn't see the Netflix application in the Google Play store, after closing the bootloader there was no problem.
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Hi, can you please provide me a FULL GUIDE to FLASH INDONESIAN ROM, I have the Global PGGMIXM

Chilundo said:
Hi, can you please provide me a FULL GUIDE to FLASH INDONESIAN ROM, I have the Global PGGMIXM
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They would really be the same steps for any Xiaomi team, so you just need to search the threads of some model. The only variant would be the ROM you need to download, which in this case It would be for the Redmi Note 8 Pro.
Follow the steps in the following link, everything is detailed, it will be good if you are a beginner. regards
Method to Flash Official MIUI Stock ROMs on Redmi Note 8 / Pro:
https://c.mi.com/thread-2637280-1-0.html?t=1582187665344

blekr said:
They would really be the same steps for any Xiaomi team, so you just need to search the threads of some model. The only variant would be the ROM you need to download, which in this case It would be for the Redmi Note 8 Pro.
Follow the steps in the following link, everything is detailed, it will be good if you are a beginner. regards
Method to Flash Official MIUI Stock ROMs on Redmi Note 8 / Pro:
https://c.mi.com/thread-2637280-1-0.html?t=1582187665344
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Glad it worked for you! :good:
You probably were on a Global flavor of the phone aside from it having a Global Rom.
However I want to stress for others who may be reading this, that if I am not mistaking, based on posts I have read, if your device HW is Chinese flavor, it is absolutely not recommended to relock bootloader after flashing anything as it WILL result into bricking your device.
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That's exactly what's being said on the tutorial you provided above and that's where I had read about it actually
Here is the part in question.
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DO NOT RE-Lock the Bootloader if you change from China ROM to Global ROM in China phone. Re-Locking will BRICK your phone. Select only "Clean All" option before flashing.
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Hope this helps.

Muad.Dib said:
Glad it worked for you! :good:
You probably were on a Global flavor of the phone aside from it having a Global Rom.
However I want to stress for others who may be reading this, that if I am not mistaking, based on posts I have read, if your device HW is Chinese flavor, it is absolutely not recommended to relock bootloader after flashing anything as it WILL result into bricking your device.
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That's exactly what's being said on the tutorial you provided above and that's where I had read about it actually
Here is the part in question.
Hope this helps.
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It is right. I also add that you should not lock bootloader, if you have a Global HW and install a Chinese ROM, although hey, I don't know who would do that.

blekr said:
It is right. I also add that you should not lock bootloader, if you have a Global HW and install a Chinese ROM, although hey, I don't know who would do that.
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True that

blekr said:
They would really be the same steps for any Xiaomi team, so you just need to search the threads of some model. The only variant would be the ROM you need to download, which in this case It would be for the Redmi Note 8 Pro.
Follow the steps in the following link, everything is detailed, it will be good if you are a beginner. regards
Method to Flash Official MIUI Stock ROMs on Redmi Note 8 / Pro:
https://c.mi.com/thread-2637280-1-0.html?t=1582187665344
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Thank you, I flashed successfully the Indonesian rom without any problems. But I didn't lock the bootloader, how can I do it?
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blekr said:
They would really be the same steps for any Xiaomi team, so you just need to search the threads of some model. The only variant would be the ROM you need to download, which in this case It would be for the Redmi Note 8 Pro.
Follow the steps in the following link, everything is detailed, it will be good if you are a beginner. regards
Method to Flash Official MIUI Stock ROMs on Redmi Note 8 / Pro:
https://c.mi.com/thread-2637280-1-0.html?t=1582187665344
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Thank you for your help, I successfully flashed the Indonesian rom, without any problems. But I didn't lock the bootloader, how can I do it?

I have indian HW
Hey I have indian HW and i am currently on Chinese rom and I want to get back Indian rom with locked bootloader is it possible?

Chilundo said:
Thank you, I flashed successfully the Indonesian rom without any problems. But I didn't lock the bootloader, how can I do it?
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Thank you for your help, I successfully flashed the Indonesian rom, without any problems. But I didn't lock the bootloader, how can I do it?
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to make your device good you need a bootloader lock according to the ROM version of the MIUI default, learn more at Mega Thread Redmi Note 8 Pro..
ID version can lock with MIUI ID ROm and etc.
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Pharsh2803 said:
Hey I have indian HW and i am currently on Chinese rom and I want to get back Indian rom with locked bootloader is it possible?
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??

Hey in January 2020 when i tried to install pixel rom i got bricked my phone. Later with help of someone who cost 17 dollor, i able to flashed from indian rom to global rom in my redmi note 8 pro.
But now i want to relock my bootloader because of some issues with ota apps like Amazon prime, Netflix and many more.
Help to relock bootloader without bricking issue.

Nikhilll_mishra said:
Hey in January 2020 when i tried to install pixel rom i got bricked my phone. Later with help of someone who cost 17 dollor, i able to flashed from indian rom to global rom in my redmi note 8 pro.
But now i want to relock my bootloader because of some issues with ota apps like Amazon prime, Netflix and many more.
Help to relock bootloader without bricking issue.
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you have to lock in fastboot mode and make sure your MIUI version is the same as the device. for example your device base version is India and you have to flash it with the Indian version to lock the bootloader and make sure it's correct so it doesn't happen hard brick

TWRP for MIUI 11 Global Android 10

I had no trouble getting TWRP to work on MIUI 10 11.0.6 Global or lower. I was using LRTWRP. I upgraded to MIUI 11 yesterday and can't find any TWRP that doesn't bootloop or black screen. Does anyone have any suggestions on TWRP that works with GLOBAL MIUI 11. THANKS!

bpawnz said:
I had no trouble getting TWRP to work on MIUI 10 11.0.6 Global or lower. I was using LRTWRP. I upgraded to MIUI 11 yesterday and can't find any TWRP that doesn't bootloop or black screen. Does anyone have any suggestions on TWRP that works with GLOBAL MIUI 11. THANKS!
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you upgraded to MIUI 11 Android 10 Global Rom ? or MIUI 11 11.0.6.0 PGGMIXM based on Adnroid 9 ?

barttheman said:
you upgraded to MIUI 11 Android 10 Global Rom ? or MIUI 11 11.0.6.0 PGGMIXM based on Adnroid 9 ?
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Global on Android 10. Was released yesterday. I found the link in a telegram channel I follow. Give me a min and I'll link it.

barttheman said:
you upgraded to MIUI 11 Android 10 Global Rom ? or MIUI 11 11.0.6.0 PGGMIXM based on Adnroid 9 ?
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Here is the link and pic of Telegram channel announcement.
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V11.0.1.0.QGGMIXM/miui_BEGONIAGlobal_V11.0.1.0.QGGMIXM_44690b4daa_10.0.zip

you flashed lrtwrp using adb/fastboot ? in any case android is upgraded so will have to wait maybe till twrp is upgraded

bpawnz said:
I had no trouble getting TWRP to work on MIUI 10 11.0.6 Global or lower. I was using LRTWRP. I upgraded to MIUI 11 yesterday and can't find any TWRP that doesn't bootloop or black screen. Does anyone have any suggestions on TWRP that works with GLOBAL MIUI 11. THANKS!
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U have to flash with mi flash the ROM u want...
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Hi, this twrp work well with android 10, you can't decrypt data in first boot but return to encrypt data in the next boots... I don't really why....
Search in youtube: How to flash TWRP and ROOT Android 10 - REDMI NOTE 8
You have the link of TWRP 10 LR Team link (G drive)
EDIT: I have tried again and the decryption works perfectly, it was a problem with an application to modify the selinux, without installing, everything is perfect.
If automatically re-encrypts your data, the password is your phone pin.

nuvulet said:
Hi, this twrp work well with android 10, you can't decrypt data in first boot but return to encrypt data in the next boots... I don't really why....
Search in youtube: How to flash TWRP and ROOT Android 10 - REDMI NOTE 8
You have the link of TWRP 10 LR Team link (G drive)
EDIT: I have tried again and the decryption works perfectly, it was a problem with an application to modify the selinux, without installing, everything is perfect.
If automatically re-encrypts your data, the password is your phone pin.
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there is no link for twrp TWRP 10 LR Team link (G drive), nothing i found
please paste link here for android 10 supported twrp recovery

n70shan said:
there is no link for twrp TWRP 10 LR Team link (G drive), nothing i found
please paste link here for android 10 supported twrp recovery
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Yes, I don't post the link... only "search in youtube"...
Here is my link... http://www.mediafire.com/file/iuu9ennbbailehf/twrp10.img/file

nuvulet said:
Yes, I don't post the link... only "search in youtube"...
Here is my link... http://www.mediafire.com/file/iuu9ennbbailehf/twrp10.img/file
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where did you find this twrp version? does this version has built in root and magisk intall option?

n70shan said:
there is no link for twrp TWRP 10 LR Team link (G drive), nothing i found
please paste link here for android 10 supported twrp recovery
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It's the same for android 9 but compatible with android 10, same options.... and shared by konah the begonian guardian in youtube....

nuvulet said:
It's the same for android 9 but compatible with android 10, same options.... and shared by konah the begonian guardian in youtube....
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Thank God and to you people..after one whole day of struggle... Successfully installed Android 10 update indonesian rom and rooted and twrp installed... i am happy now

I have been struggling all day long with getting my N8P rooted - ever since I decided to give Android 10 a try there is no option to get it done.. I tried everything - all TWRP versions I could find both official and unofficial.. MiFlash, Fastboot, ADB.
I tried also that method when you patch the file (boot.img) with Magisk mngr. I watched thatKonah the Begonia Guardian's famous video numerous times. I even "clean all and lock"ed my phone by accident at one point. No way it works with MIUI 11/Android 10. Android 9 - no problems. What's weird - the same version of twrp (I flash them with adb/fastboot) once works flawlessly, then I can't flash it at all - phone softbricked.. back and forth.. what the f?? I guess I need to wait for another root/twrp/Android 10 rom - unless you have any ideas??

Can you explain the steps you have followed?

bpawnz said:
I had no trouble getting TWRP to work on MIUI 10 11.0.6 Global or lower. I was using LRTWRP. I upgraded to MIUI 11 yesterday and can't find any TWRP that doesn't bootloop or black screen. Does anyone have any suggestions on TWRP that works with GLOBAL MIUI 11. THANKS!
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By what way did you upgrade to Android 10 with your rooted Android 9 phone? Did you upgrade by twrp or other means?

zbyslove said:
I have been struggling all day long with getting my N8P rooted - ever since I decided to give Android 10 a try there is no option to get it done.. I tried everything - all TWRP versions I could find both official and unofficial.. MiFlash, Fastboot, ADB.
I tried also that method when you patch the file (boot.img) with Magisk mngr. I watched thatKonah the Begonia Guardian's famous video numerous times. I even "clean all and lock"ed my phone by accident at one point. No way it works with MIUI 11/Android 10. Android 9 - no problems. What's weird - the same version of twrp (I flash them with adb/fastboot) once works flawlessly, then I can't flash it at all - phone softbricked.. back and forth.. what the f?? I guess I need to wait for another root/twrp/Android 10 rom - unless you have any ideas??
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Is the ROM booting up or are you bootlooping?

It was bootlooping each time I tried to install Magisk via TWRP.

#Does anyone know Official Twrp available for Redmi Note 8 pro but problem is that how to install in rom ?
# Another thing is that Twrp not support Restore Rom
I means to say You can backup your stock Rom successfully but you cannot restore it's says Restore successfully but device not started (i personally tested it this time I'm using Unofficial Twrp but Same on official Twrp too ) Does Anyone Know how to solve it ?