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Does a global ROM for this phone exist?

Because according to my online seller it does.
Question roughly translates to: Which ROM? If I encounter any issues can you help to claim the warranty (to China)?
He answered "Global ROM. Yes I can help"
But the question now is: does a global official stable ROM even exist for this phone? Isn't it China-only?

I bought the MI 5s Plus 64 GB in China a few days ago. I can confirm you there is no Global ROM yet. However, the stock Chinese ROM has English as language. You can also install Google Play Store and uninstall any bloatware default apps.
There is an Unofficial EU ROM if you wish to try.
https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/xiaomi-mi5s-plus.149/

I got the Mi5s (not plus) last week and it shipped with miui 8 global rom including pretty much any language not just english and chinese!

Please note that the MIUI rom could be manipulated by the guy who installed it. Currently there is no official global rom from Xiaomi for the 5s. All the currently sold ones with Global ROM are unpacked by the seller and reinstalled with some MIUI rom, which could be manipulated. Also OTA updates won't work with those mobiles
I'm also waiting for an official global rom, it's just not sure yet if there will be one.

I bought this phone with chinese rom and I was going to flash global rom as soon as it is released. but I'm not planning to change the rom anymore. I have debloated it myself and I'm happy with it at the moment.

I have to admit, I'm pretty disappointed. I honestly didn't realize I wouldn't be getting official MIUI.
Is there any particular way for me to see if there is any harmful backdoor software installed? So far this "global ROM (8.6.10.0)" seems solid enough, all functions seem to work except that when I go into the updater and try to choose an install package it tells me to install file explorer first....
I'm downloading the stable, official Chinese ROM right now... Not sure if I'll install it or not though...

dgrasley said:
I have to admit, I'm pretty disappointed. I honestly didn't realize I wouldn't be getting official MIUI.
Is there any particular way for me to see if there is any harmful backdoor software installed? So far this "global ROM (8.6.10.0)" seems solid enough, all functions seem to work except that when I go into the updater and try to choose an install package it tells me to install file explorer first....
I'm downloading the stable, official Chinese ROM right now... Not sure if I'll install it or not though...
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I got such a vendor "global" rom, tried to flash with official chinese zip, did not work -> verification problem.
unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp and xiaomi eu rom based on official chinesese developer rom..
Will wait for global rom as chinese rom is too much bloated..
If they launch it in india(hope so), global rom will exist, otherwise xiaomi eu forever...

[email protected] said:
I got such a vendor "global" rom, tried to flash with official chinese zip, did not work -> verification problem.
unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp and xiaomi eu rom based on official chinesese developer rom..
Will wait for global rom as chinese rom is too much bloated..
If they launch it in india(hope so), global rom will exist, otherwise xiaomi eu forever...
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So, you had success in unlocking BL and flashing twrp? Did you follow a guide? Do you have a link?

dgrasley said:
So, you had success in unlocking BL and flashing twrp? Did you follow a guide? Do you have a link?
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All good for me except fingerprint (may be due to plastic cover.. will try later after receiving my tempered glass)
I have an mi account which i used for unlocking..
You can create an account then use this link
http://en.miui.com/unlock/
Once they approve they will send a mail with link to download the unlocking software
You should install that, then run it and login in that..
You can unlock it there
install required tools- fastboot ... drivers.. (for me standard android sdk was sufficient...)
After installing those..
You should shutdown device completely then hold volume down and power button at same time to enter fastboot mode
Then connect mobile using cable to your pc
below command should list your device once connected...
fastboot devices
Download the twrp from link given here http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5s/development/recovery-twrp-3-0-2-0-t3480133
make sure that its for proper device (mine is mi5s not plus)
if it a zip extract the img file.. then type command
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
then to boot in to recovery
fastboot boot twrp.img
my twrp defaults to chinese so to change language refer video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOhR92EKD7A
download xiaomi eu for your device
from here https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/6-10-20.35693/
Then follow standard twrp flashing guidelines..
You can find it everywhere ( >>> Factory Reset >> Wipe select partitions >> install from internal memory if you already copied it there OR sideload using adb from pc)
PS: (I had formatted system partition as well without issues)
my back button was not working properly but after reboot it was ok..

Thank you very much [email protected] for the explanation.
I will try the procedure today evening when i'm home from work.
Update:
worked fine for me. Thank you very much!

Thanks for all the replies, but went ahead and bought the Note 4 instead. Camera is my only complaint against it, otherwise it's a really great first experience with Xiaomi!

Litronius said:
I bought the MI 5s Plus 64 GB in China a few days ago. I can confirm you there is no Global ROM yet. However, the stock Chinese ROM has English as language. You can also install Google Play Store and uninstall any bloatware default apps.
There is an Unofficial EU ROM if you wish to try.
https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/xiaomi-mi5s-plus.149/
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I just bought 5s 128 GB in Malaysia which is directly import (not from official dealer) with Stable Global ROM 8.0.10.0.0 (MAGCNDH) Build MXB48T as per attached. There is no bloatware and quite stable.
Can anyone confirm it is a real global ROM from Xiaomi or a modified ROM?

OneSU said:
I just bought 5s 128 GB in Malaysia which is directly import (not from official dealer) with Stable Global ROM 8.0.10.0.0 (MAGCNDH) Build MXB48T as per attached. There is no bloatware and quite stable.
Can anyone confirm it is a real global ROM from Xiaomi or a modified ROM?
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The additional 0 at the end of the MIUI version and the CN in the MAGCNDH shows that it is a chinese ROM which was manipulated.
So you won't be able to update it, and I at least could not unlock the bootloader because the xiaomi tool did not recognize it as a xiaomi phone....
So I built me a deep flash cable and flashed chinese official ROM, unlocked it and flashed TWRP and xiaomi.eu ROM....

derMerowinger said:
The additional 0 at the end of the MIUI version and the CN in the MAGCNDH shows that it is a chinese ROM which was manipulated.
So you won't be able to update it, and I at least could not unlock the bootloader because the xiaomi tool did not recognize it as a xiaomi phone....
So I built me a deep flash cable and flashed chinese official ROM, unlocked it and flashed TWRP and xiaomi.eu ROM....
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Any Guide for that? Or a video guide?

Check this here, source: http://en.miui.com/thread-390697-1-1.html
Here is what I did to get an official ROM instead of the malware infected 8.6.10.0:
At first I have to mention that using the EDL Method is very dangerous because you will probably brick your phone if it goes wrong.
If you are not sure about something better ask here before doing anything wrong. The phone should have a full battery and save all your files because the phone will be wiped during the proccess.
Step 1. Download the latest official MIUI Fastboot ROM for Mi 5s:
http://bigota.d.miui.com/V8.0.10.0....AGCNDH_20160805.0000.29_6.0_cn_49ab3a5120.tgz
(!!! Important - When flashing the ROM with the Xiaomi FlashTool in the step 3. you have browse into the /images Folder. - Browsing into the wrong folder and flashing wrong files will probably brick your phone !!!)
Step 2. Turn your phone into EDL Mode:
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-put-mi-5-into-edl-mode/
(Use Option #1 - Option #2 and #3 does not work)
Step 3. Use this Tutorial to flash the Fastboot ROM to your device. Use Method #3 , as Method #1 and #2 does not work anyway with the fake ROM 8.6.10.0.
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/how-to-flash-miui-8-fastboot-and-recovery-rom/
( Skip Step 4,5,6 because your phone is already in the EDL Mode)
This helped me out go get the official Chinese ROM 8.0.10.0. Out of this ROM you can use the MIUI Updater function in the phone to install any other official ROM for the Mi 5s.
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There will never be a global ROM for this phone.
It's a China only device.

I still have a little hope that they might start to sell it in India, which typically means there will be a global rom. But so far nothing is announced, so at the moment there is no hope for an official and signed global rom.

patoberli said:
I still have a little hope that they might start to sell it in India, which typically means there will be a global rom. But so far nothing is announced, so at the moment there is no hope for an official and signed global rom.
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Xiaomi announced that they will not sell it in India.
When Hugo Barra says it wont be sold in India, then it wont be sold in India.
Read this, there the source is linked.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5s/help/answer-global-miui-release-date-t3495372

Thanks for finding this, sad news
Miui global (custom rom) or NFC Payment, Pokemon Go, .... though decision.

OneSU said:
I just bought 5s 128 GB in Malaysia which is directly import (not from official dealer) with Stable Global ROM 8.0.10.0.0 (MAGCNDH) Build MXB48T as per attached. There is no bloatware and quite stable.
Can anyone confirm it is a real global ROM from Xiaomi or a modified ROM?
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My Mi 5s has the same ROM and it works flawlessly. Benchmark results are far ahead compering to those from reviews on YouTube. I was able to unlock bootloader in first try, no problem. If you use Windows 10 make sure to load proper drivers. I don't believe that any reseller is able to compile such perfectly working ROM. It must be Xiaomi that stay behind this, but this is what I believe. As you sad all languages are there and even some you don't find in official global ROM. I will keep this one until official global I released. Be patient.

Indian rom on global version device.

Could please someone let me know if I can install Indian rom on global version phone, and please share the way to install.

Yes, You can Install it.
The Process are
- Unlock Bootloader using Mi Unlock Tool.
- Download Fastboot Rom of Indian Version.
- Download MiFlash Tool and while flashing, Don't Select "Clean all and lock" option. Just select only "Clean all" option to avoid brick issue.
*Note: Unlocking Bootloader will erase user data. If device got brick, only option to fix it is to take it to service center.

I'm gonna do this tonight, been waiting 7 days to unlock bootloader, just for this.
The only reason I'm doing this is to get stock MIUI Dialer and messaging app, with default call recording built-in.
Can someone confirm this?

crni_vatreni said:
I'm gonna do this tonight, been waiting 7 days to unlock bootloader, just for this.
The only reason I'm doing this is to get stock MIUI Dialer and messaging app, with default call recording built-in.
Can someone confirm this?
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Yas miui dialer and message apps are available in Indian rom

But there is no NFC on Indian rom, right?

polfrank said:
But there is no NFC on Indian rom, right?
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No NFC hardware in device itself. So, No NFC in Indian Rom.

So have you done it and did it Work? I don't wanna brick my phone while doing this.

crni_vatreni said:
I'm gonna do this tonight, been waiting 7 days to unlock bootloader, just for this.
The only reason I'm doing this is to get stock MIUI Dialer and messaging app, with default call recording built-in.
Can someone confirm this?
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Have you installed indian rom . Am looking for call recorder aswell . Share your experience

Zillkhan said:
Have you installed indian rom . Am looking for call recorder aswell . Share your experience
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Just installed the Indian Rom via MiFlash and it works. Got Xiaomi Dialer and Messanger instead of Google's.

What about alexa ?is is working?and do check nfc aswell as it's available in global phones unlike the indian variants

maanni said:
What about alexa ?is is working?and do check nfc aswell as it's available in global phones unlike the indian variants
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Alexa does work but make sure to turn off Alexa hands-free in the notification toggle. My device couldn't play audio, auto-brightness didn't work and videos were sped up. After turning it off everything worked again.
NFC is nowhere available, not as a toggle and not in the settings.

DerTorbenNexus4 said:
Alexa does work but make sure to turn off Alexa hands-free in the notification toggle. My device couldn't play audio, auto-brightness didn't work and videos were sped up. After turning it off everything worked again.
NFC is nowhere available, not as a toggle and not in the settings.
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How is yoyr experience going on with indian rom ?

maanni said:
How is yoyr experience going on with indian rom ?
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Actually way more boring than I thought. Flashed the China Rom after that and that also sucked. I'm now back on EEA

Can you also tell how to install the Android 10 rom on Indian device? I've been waiting for so long but the Indian Rom is still stuck on 11.0.4

DerTorbenNexus4 said:
Actually way more boring than I thought. Flashed the China Rom after that and that also sucked. I'm now back on EEA
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Same here.installed the indian variant but it looked a bit laggy
Now i am back on the Indonesian one and it's quite good and looks better than the EEA and Global rom.
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nitsinc said:
Can you also tell how to install the Android 10 rom on Indian device? I've been waiting for so long but the Indian Rom is still stuck on 11.0.4
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Android 10 hasn't been launched yet in india or on global rom but might come in a week or 2 since china already received it.

Hello. My miui version is Global 11.0.4. Can I install Indian Rom with version 11.0.2?

javad2656 said:
Hello. My miui version is Global 11.0.4. Can I install Indian Rom with version 11.0.2?
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If your bootloader is unlocked and you flash the whole Rom using fastboot, it should not be a problem.
I've read about some anti-rollback 'feature' on some roms, but that would be from Android 10 I think.
Both the versions you mentioned being Android 9 they should not have it.
PS: If you flash IN Rom you are going to loose NFC.

Having the preloader and lk already installed as the megathread intrudes, just need to follow the same steps indicated here?
Do I need to reinstall it after the flash of the Indian version?
Thanks.

Hey guys,
Indonesian or Malaysian rom does have the mi dialer with call recorder and NFC support?
I have a global device with the indian rom because the call recorder but I need the NFC too.

joaquimferreira said:
Hey guys,
Indonesian or Malaysian rom does have the mi dialer with call recorder and NFC support?
I have a global device with the indian rom because the call recorder but I need the NFC too.
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no it doesn't only global devices rom get nfc hardware so is software support , conclusion is any device sold officially outside india is global rom and have nfc , i tried indian rom but problem is to make something like that you need to make a custom rom with these features which is nearly impossible because mediatek doesn't care about its' customers and its' restrictions are beyond insane , that's why xiaomi.eu ended support for mediatek phones because of bad platform and crazy restrictions that blocks developers from having freedom that they get on snapdragon platform , it's not xiaomi's fault.

what is different between global and indenosia rom?

i want to install indonesia rom for default dialer ,message and call recorder
please tell me what is diffrent between these rom ?
Do all of the features available in Global Ram such as IR,wifi in Indonesia rom work well?

hi, i used to have the eu rom, but just week ago, in installed the Indonesian rom because of the default xiaomis dialer and messages apps, it is an amazing rom because it has all languages and gapps included , it is like eu rom with xiaomis call recorder, dialer and messages apps, i installed it using mi flash tool and using the fastboot mode, i get updates normally through the ota just like the other roms, any questions just write to me back at telegram @themaximumPOWER

THE MAXIMUM POWER said:
hi, i used to have the eu rom, but just week ago, in installed the Indonesian rom because of the default xiaomis dialer and messages apps, it is an amazing rom because it has all languages and gapps included , it is like eu rom with xiaomis call recorder, dialer and messages apps, i installed it using mi flash tool and using the fastboot mode, i get updates normally through the ota just like the other roms, any questions just write to me back at telegram @themaximumPOWER
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can you guide me how I can flash Indonesian rom , i currently have global rom android 10 installed.

THE MAXIMUM POWER said:
hi, i used to have the eu rom, but just week ago, in installed the Indonesian rom because of the default xiaomis dialer and messages apps, it is an amazing rom because it has all languages and gapps included , it is like eu rom with xiaomis call recorder, dialer and messages apps, i installed it using mi flash tool and using the fastboot mode, i get updates normally through the ota just like the other roms, any questions just write to me back at telegram @themaximumPOWER
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Please share a complete procedure of flashing Indonesian Rom on global. I'm noob so please explain everything. And a question: can we lock bootloader again after flashing?

THE MAXIMUM POWER said:
hi, i used to have the eu rom, but just week ago, in installed the Indonesian rom because of the default xiaomis dialer and messages apps, it is an amazing rom because it has all languages and gapps included , it is like eu rom with xiaomis call recorder, dialer and messages apps, i installed it using mi flash tool and using the fastboot mode, i get updates normally through the ota just like the other roms, any questions just write to me back at telegram @themaximumPOWER
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Thank you so much for your help!!

THE MAXIMUM POWER said:
hi, i used to have the eu rom, but just week ago, in installed the Indonesian rom because of the default xiaomis dialer and messages apps, it is an amazing rom because it has all languages and gapps included , it is like eu rom with xiaomis call recorder, dialer and messages apps, i installed it using mi flash tool and using the fastboot mode, i get updates normally through the ota just like the other roms, any questions just write to me back at telegram @themaximumPOWER
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I can confirm that this procedure works. I was using the global version with the google dialer and now I have MIUI 12.0.2 with the stock dialer and the possibility of call recording.

to flash from Global to Indo:
MAKE SURE the security patch in the ROM you wanna flash is the same month or greater.
Boot to TWRP, erase system/vendor/dalvik - leave the data intact.
Flash Indo ROM, reboot to system.
Uninstall all the Google Dialer, Contacts, Message manually if its still there.
Enjoy.
DON'T LOCK BOOTLOADER!!

Downloading an EEAROM for use with Xiaomi Mi Flash Redmi Note 8T

Hi all,
First of all please bear with me as I am a total noob when it comes to Android let alone the Redmi Note 8T I have just purchased the phone and now waiting for the 360 hours to expire. Tick tock...
So in preparation I have been looking for ways to flash my phone to the MIUI EEA ROM (I have a global version running global ROM). I know MIFlash should be able to do the trick, but it seems to me there are two types of ROM files - one for the OTA update (i.e. so you would copy the file over to the phone, then use the system update feature within the phone's setting to invoke the update process), and another type of ROM files for use by MiFlash.
Assuming this is true, so far I could only manage to find the OTA update ROM for EEA:
h<spacer>ttp<spacer>:/<spacer>/en.miui.com/download-361.html#588 (sorry new users aren't allowed to post links hence this. Please copy and delete the spacers)
Does anyone know where I could grab a copy of the EEA ROM that I could use with Mi Flash so after my phone eventually gets it bootloader unlocked, I could proceed with the switch from Global to EEA?
Or am I getting this whole concept wrong?
Thanks and cheers !

Sakis1972 said:
it seems to me there are two types of ROM files - one for the OTA update (i.e. so you would copy the file over to the phone, then use the system update feature within the phone's setting to invoke the update process), and another type of ROM files for use by MiFlash.
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well...if you want to change to another region rom then using phone's updater app won't help...you have to flash through mi flash.
Sakis1972 said:
Does anyone know where I could grab a copy of the EEA ROM that I could use with Mi Flash so after my phone eventually gets it bootloader unlocked, I could proceed with the switch from Global to EEA?
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here's the EEA rom you were looking for to flash(make sure to extract it twice) via mi flash.

is the link for the debloated eea rom or xiamoi's bloated version

bluefender said:
is the link for the debloated eea rom or xiamoi's bloated version
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Use eu, xiaomi.eu
If you willow (Note 8T) choose stable version because willow doesn't have weekly build.

so it must be this link.. https://sourceforge.net/projects/xi...HMNote8T_V11.0.7.0.PCXEUXM_v11-9.zip/download
and you need root and unlocked bootloader to install it via twrp.

Unable to update MI 10T Pro to android 11 (12.1.X - 12.5.X)

Hi,
I received yesterday a new Mi 10T Pro and tried to update to newest MIUI. I'm on 12.0.19 MIUI and system doesn't see any update. I tried to install via zip file (3 dots etc.) but every file i download (starting from 12.1 an ending to 12.5.7) ends with package verification: "You cannot flash this stable firmware".
Like I said - phone is new, EEA. I tried lot of files, option with VPN, change Regions.
Can you help? I don't want to send for guarantee cause problem with update...

I sended for guarantee and they updated phone to the newest MIUI (but I don't know details where was a problem and how they solved it). On Monday phone should return to me and I will check with next updates if it helps. I hope there will be no problems with update to MIUI 13 when it comes.

Hey bro, same is happening to me with Mi 10T normal version, is stuck with miui 12.0.11 and i cant flash stable roms or get any ota i don't think is a unit problem, if you have more details that could help me it will be appreciated.

gonzalo.torres.cab said:
Hey bro, same is happening to me with Mi 10T normal version, is stuck with miui 12.0.11 and i cant flash stable roms or get any ota i don't think is a unit problem, if you have more details that could help me it will be appreciated.
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Apparently Xiaomi stopped the OTA from A10 to A11. You'll need to unlock the bootloader and update the rom, then relock it if you want.

zaqm said:
Apparently Xiaomi stopped the OTA from A10 to A11. You'll need to unlock the bootloader and update the rom, then relock it if you want.
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Is that even posible? Omg that's not good