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[RECOVERY] [OFFICIAL] "Deep Blue" Themed TWRP 3.1.1-1

Here is TWRP 3.1.1-1 recovery for the Mi Max with my Deep Blue theme. This is based off of nijel8's latest release. Flash through fastboot or in TWRP by choosing Install Image. Please thank nijel8 for the original twrp.
Download Link:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634796064

ajsmsg78 said:
Here is a themed TWRP 3.0.2-0 for our Mi Max that I themed to be black & blue. I will make more colors upon request. Flash this in fastboot or in twrp by choosing Install Image. This works on either the Hydrogen (32gb) or the Helium (64/128gb) version.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I_q70mNuR4OUxRZHVvUUNNS28/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks, looks great, will try it.

Added Helium to the OP.

ajsmsg78 said:
Added Helium to the OP.
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I just realized those are full recovery images... Just wondering why not just theme the official releases?
I would like white background btw...
How about utilizing hardware buttons and get rid of navigation bar. I see you got rid of the mouse pointer.

nijel8 said:
I just realized those are full recovery images... Just wondering why not just theme the official releases?
I would like white background btw...
How about utilizing hardware buttons and get rid of navigation bar. I see you got rid of the mouse pointer.
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Yeah the mouse pointer was just editing a png and making it transparent. These are official releases that I themed.

ajsmsg78 said:
Yeah the mouse pointer was just editing a png and making it transparent. These are official releases that I themed.
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Ok, got it, you just unpack/repack the img. I thought you are tinkering the code and compile it.

nijel8 said:
Ok, got it, you just unpack/repack the img. I thought you are tinkering the code and compile it.
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Yeah. I will start a new thread later with stock kernels that I modified to not force encryption so when you flash back to stock you can simply flash my modified boot.img and you'll stay unencrypted. I use twrp to flash the stock recovery rom. As long as you unmount system before you flash the stock rom it works 100%. I'm awaiting a CM13 rom with video recording working as well.

Good! More people playing with this things is better...
I can't imagine using anything else but clean CM. Even video recording is not a deal breaker for me. Few years back I remember trying MIUI theme for TWRP and I so disliked it then I don't even want to try MIUI ever. And not just MIUI but every ROM with blink-blink and built-in "features". I prefer clean ROM and add things that I need/like.

nijel8 said:
Good! More people playing with this things is better...
I can't imagine using anything else but clean CM. Even video recording is not a deal breaker for me. Few years back I remember trying MIUI theme for TWRP and I so disliked it then I don't even want to try MIUI ever. And not just MIUI but every ROM with blink-blink and built-in "features". I prefer clean ROM and add things that I need/like.
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I hate MIUI. When you debloat, half the things stop working. You can't remove the Chinese Market or you get a bootloop. Removing the stock mms, when you go into your contacts and tap on the mms icon for the contact you want to message, nothing happens. Remove the stock launcher and the wallpaper in settings doesn't work. Remove find my device, and you can't log into your Xiaomi account because it force closes. Remove updater, you get a bootloop. Huawei's EMUI is MUCH better than MIUI. Owning a Mediapad X2 and Mi Max I would take EMUI all day over MIUI. I thought all this time that EMUI wasn't all that good but after using MIUI I can see that it is good. I'm trying to take what I know about EMUI (I make roms for the X2 and I did for the Mate 8 and P8 Max) and make a working MIUI debloated rom with all the google apps preinstalled but MIUI is a pain in the a$$.

ajsmsg78 said:
I hate MIUI. When you debloat, half the things stop working. You can't remove the Chinese Market or you get a bootloop. Removing the stock mms, when you go into your contacts and tap on the mms icon for the contact you want to message, nothing happens. Remove the stock launcher and the wallpaper in settings doesn't work. Remove find my device, and you can't log into your Xiaomi account because it force closes. Remove updater, you get a bootloop. Huawei's EMUI is MUCH better than MIUI. Owning a Mediapad X2 and Mi Max I would take EMUI all day over MIUI. I though all this time that EMUI wasn't all that good but after using MIUI I can see that it is good. I'm trying to take what I know about EMUI (I make roms for the X2 and I did for the Mate 8 and P8 Max) and make a working MIUI debloated rom with all the google apps preinstalled but MIUI is a pain in the a$$.
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We have kernel sources for Redmi Note3, can we use some general blobs from Redmi Note3 to fix the video recording on Mi Max? (They both use the same Camera)
Thanks for taking interest and supporting the community.

Updated from TWRP 3.0.2-0 to TWRP 3.0.2-2

ajsmsg78 said:
Updated from TWRP 3.0.2-0 to TWRP 3.0.2-2
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Great, thanks, any info what is new in 3.0.2.2?

[email protected] said:
Great, thanks, any info what is new in 3.0.2.2?
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Fixed a bug with the input box that affected masked inputs (passwords). This fixes decrypt of full device encryption on devices that support decrypt. This bug also impacts encrypted backups. Users are highly encouraged to stop using 3.0.1 if you use encrypted backups or if you need decrypt of data in TWRP.
-Add Greek translation to some builds.

When I try to manually change /system to F2FS recovery (Helium) won't mount formatted partition: "Failed to mount '/system' (no such device)"
Is there something wrong with the kernel (I'm using The Strix's CM 14.1 Rom) - the recovery is using system kernel, right? Not some other mini kernel build into recovery like in some other phones?

thanks...nice

mat9v said:
When I try to manually change /system to F2FS recovery (Helium) won't mount formatted partition: "Failed to mount '/system' (no such device)"
Is there something wrong with the kernel (I'm using The Strix's CM 14.1 Rom) - the recovery is using system kernel, right? Not some other mini kernel build into recovery like in some other phones?
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See my answer in The Strix thread...

How to install the TWRP into my Mi Max?

yplim2300 said:
How to install the TWRP into my Mi Max?
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How to install TWRP on Mi Max:
Needed:
1. Mi Max with Unlocked Bootloader : http://en.miui.com/unlock/
2. Download USB ADB Drivers : http://adbdriver.com/
3. Extract the Minimal ADB Fastboot : https://androiddatahost.com/789ju
4. Download TWRP v3.0.2-0 for Mi Max : https://dl.twrp.me/hydrogen/twrp-3.0.2-0-hydrogen.img.html
5. Windows computer
6. USB Cable.
Let us begin:
1. Install USB ADB Drivers : Computer - phone.
2. Extract the Minimal ADB Fastboot files, example (adb folder)
3. Rename the twrp-3.0.2-0-hydrogen.img file into twrp.img.
4. Copy twrp.img file into the same folder as all extracted fastboot files (abd folder).
Install:
1. On your computer, Windows Explorer, go to the folder (adb) twrp.img.
2. Press and hold Shift button on your keyboard and right-click.
3. Open command window from here.
4. Reboot your Mi Max into Fastboot mode (reboot Power button + Volume Down (-) simultaneously seen Mi Bunny with Fastboot logo.
5. Conect your phone use USB cable
6. following command in the command prompt (CMD)
- fastboot devices
- fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
- fastboot boot twrp.img
Mi Max reboots successfully
Next time press Volume Up (+) and Power buttons simultaneously.

Updated to TWRP 3.1.0-0 unified build (Helium & Hydrogen) with a new darker black & blue theme. Thanks to TheStrix for the original build.

ajsmsg78 said:
Here is the latest official TWRP 3.1.0-0 recovery for the Mi Max with my Deep Blue theme. It's the way TWRP should be. These are based off of the latest official release. Flash through fastboot or in TWRP by choosing Install Image. Thanks to the maintainer @TheStrix. ....................
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Is it for Hydrogen and Helium as well ? THNX anyway

[Recovery] TWRP 3.1.1 (unofficial)

I was looking for a TWRP for the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. I've found a chinese board where a user called YouLinw compiled TWRP for us. According to him and the users there (Google Translator) it seems to work. Can't test it by now, because my Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 isn't shipped right now. It was really tricky to register in this chinese board and then to download the file. You can download it yourself in the board and for all other users I made a mirror with no registration.
There's now a new english TWRP from Xiaomi.eu.
I don't take any responsibilities for this file. If you break or damage your phone, it's your fault!
The recovery is in chinese - but you shuold be able to use it with screenshots in your language.
Download: https://filebase.philipp.technology/filebase/index.php?page=Entry&entryID=12
Credits: https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/twrp-3-1-1-for-xiaomi-mix-2.41634/
Installation:
Unlock your phone - http://en.miui.com/unlock/
Download TWRP from the link above
Flash over Fastboot
Hope you like it.

Great find! Any idea what version of SuperSU can be used to root The device ?

In this chinese board there's something written like, that SuperSu 2.82 is suitable for the Mix 2 (without guarantee).

PJF16 said:
I was looking for a TWRP for the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. I've found a chinese board where a user called YouLinw compiled TWRP for us. According to him and the users there (Google Translator) it seems to work. Can't test it by now, because my Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 isn't shipped right now. It was really tricky to register in this chinese board and then to download the file. You can download it yourself in the board and for all other users I made a mirror with no registration.
I don't take any responsibilities for this file. If you break or damage your phone, it's your fault!
The recovery is in chinese - but you shuold be able to use it with screenshots in your language.
Credits & Download: http://bbs.zhiyoo.com/.php?mod=viewthread&tid=13431779&extra=page=1&page=1&state=1
Download (Mirror): https://filebase.philipp.technology/filebase/index.php?page=Entry&entryID=11
Installation:
Unlock your phone - http://en.miui.com/unlock/
Download TWRP from the link above
Flash over Fastboot
Hope you like it.
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I find another TWRP under mi-globe.com You can try to download at below link:
https://www.filehost.com/?fid=817550096634801044

I added now a new TWRP from a Xiaomi.eu Founder.

Xiaomi.eu released rom for Mi Mix 2, it's called chiron. TWRP as the linked it, here. Might be the same as the OP linked tho.
Should work. My phone arrives next week i will test it.

Yes, it's the same (also see Credits).

PJF16 said:
I added now a new TWRP from a Xiaomi.eu Founder.
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Me too comes to me next week. I will try it.

Hello guys,
I've flash with fastboot TWRP for my mix2 but when i restarted with fasboot on TWRP it ask me for a password.
Second point : I have no access to files like the xiaomi.eu rom stored on my phone.
anyone faced these issue and is there any solution ? (the bootloader is well unlocked)
ANd when i restart in recovery my phone with power and vol + button, i have the xiaomi recovery and not TWRP.
It is strange, no ??
Thanks for your help

PJF16 said:
In this chinese board there's something written like, that SuperSu 2.82 is suitable for the Mix 2 (without guarantee).
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Can confirm, superSU 2.82 works on Xiaomi EU rom version 7.9.22

unable to mount /system after nadroid backup
TWRP installed fine and experienced no issues until I made a full Nandroid backup. After the backup I have issues flashing because the device is unable to mount /system . busy or in use error.
So now I wait until official TWRP.

If you are having any twrp issues just reboot into twrp and the issues will be gone. Try again!

Dust2Dust said:
TWRP installed fine and experienced no issues until I made a full Nandroid backup. After the backup I have issues flashing because the device is unable to mount /system . busy or in use error.
So now I wait until official TWRP.
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Same here
***TAPATALKING***

Is this recovery work on Xiaomi Miui 9 beta rom....?

brunsman6229 said:
Is this recovery work on Xiaomi Miui 9 beta rom....?
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I am using TWRP with the EU beta 9.

真的假的？

tnt3400 said:
真的假的？
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English please.

MementoM said:
For the life of me I cannot get this TWRP to do anything. My phone came with Global 8.5 Stable. I confirmed my bootloader is unlocked. I flashed the TWRP and booted it, it boots fine but trying to backup anything I get Failed to unmount "/system" (Device or resource busy). I tried to reboot back into TWRP still same problem, I tried to reflash TWRP through both fastboot and TWRP image installer. I downloaded the EU rom and tried to flash it and it also failed to flash. OEM unlock is checked, USB debugging is on. TWRP gets over written with the Mi Mix recovery whenever I boot back into system, it doesn't ask me if I want to modify anything when it first boots. Why is this giving me so much trouble I've never encountered this problem with TWRP. Any Advice?.
Thanks much
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There is still no official TWRP available. I always do a full wipe factory reset and manual wipe everything before flashing anything. I also get the errors, but I've never tried to restore a backup because I usually just do clean installs each time because the ROMs available right now aren't stable enough for daily use.
The trick for EU rom is complete wipe than boot back into TWRP and try flashing. You will get 2 errors but will install fine. You can install USB drive or transfer EU rom through mtp via TWRP.

I'll do it like @allrockedout
It seems this TWRP is more beta than stable :-/
Also check the "Mount" button and uncheck the option to open all partitions readonly.
Then reboot TWRP. Last but not least before performing any flash operations (ROM or Magisk/SU-Stuff) check all partitions as marked - then do your flash work
i also miss some more partition that are available to other devices like EFS.
Did anyone know about another TWRP version or devs that are working on one?

raupe said:
I'll do it like @allrockedout
It seems this TWRP is more beta than stable :-/
Also check the "Mount" button and uncheck the option to open all partitions readonly.
Then reboot TWRP. Last but not least before performing any flash operations (ROM or Magisk/SU-Stuff) check all partitions as marked - then do your flash work
i also miss some more partition that are available to other devices like EFS.
Did anyone know about another TWRP version or devs that are working on one?
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I recommend twrp by @IceMan_it https://www.movilesdualsim.com/index.php?threads/180006
For backup and Restore (with EFS!) with Linux 64 bit https://www.movilesdualsim.com...rilinguee.180989/#post-2060493
Credit: @IceMan_it
Inviato dal mio Mi Note 2 utilizzando Tapatalk

So I decided to try to flash a Generic System Image (GSI)...

aaaaand it booted!
I just flashed Resurrection Remix GSI by phhusson and it works. With EMUI 8 beta you can now flash a treble ROM. Still, this requires further testing so be careful. I'm not responsible for bricked phones. Here are the steps:
1. Make sure your device is on EMUI 8 beta with unlocked bootloader (guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/development/hwota7-hwota8-honor-6x-t3792601)
2. Download GSI from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...opment/resurrection-remix-phh-treble-t3767688 and move it to the folder where you installed ADB
Note: Honor 6x doesn't support seamless update so you want the A-only image, not the A/B one. Just in case you don't know already, Honor 6x has arm64 architecture.
3. Open cmd and navigate to your ADB folder
4. Reboot your phone to fastboot mode and type 'fastboot flash system name-of-the-image.img' where name-of-the-image.img is your downloaded GSI.
5. Hit enter and wait for it to finish installing
6. Famous words: "Reboot and pray"
Problems:
1. Since we don't have a treble-compatable TWRP build yet, there is no way to install gapps for now. I will try to find an image that includes them.
2. All the problems present on the actual ROM (check ROM thread)
3. There are likely others. (There always are some)
I'd like it if others tried to flash this and share their experiences here.
Thanks to @phhusson, @vovan1982, @HassanMirza01, Huawei, RR team and everybody else I forgot to mention.

How's the battery life?

Amirk365 said:
How's the battery life?
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I'm flashing AOSP right now. It has gapps preloaded so I'll update when I've tested enough.

TheParallelOne said:
I'm flashing AOSP right now. It has gapps preloaded so I'll update when I've tested enough.
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Thanks,in the mean time I'm looking for a proper cable to root my phone lol

UPDATE:
I flashed AOSP GSI and it boots normally as well. Has gapps and root as well, but you'll need the og supersu (phh's). Chainfire's su doesn't work. Also, you can't give adb root access via dev options so you cant pull boot image to patch it with magisk right away. I'm also unable to get stock camera to work but will experiment with that in the future. Battery life seems a bit better than on nougat roms but then again I'm running pure AOSP with no major battery consumer app on it for now. That's it for now.

@TheParallelOne
Did you try to use stock camera app from there?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development/huawei-stock-camera-app-treble-roms-t3735169
Cool that you already tried to flash a GSI image :good:

TheParallelOne said:
aaaaand it booted!
I just flashed Resurrection Remix GSI by phhusson and it works. With EMUI 8 beta you can now flash a treble ROM. Still, this requires further testing so be careful. I'm not responsible for bricked phones. Here are the steps:
1. Make sure your device is on EMUI 8 beta with unlocked bootloader (guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/development/hwota7-hwota8-honor-6x-t3792601)
2. Download GSI from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...opment/resurrection-remix-phh-treble-t3767688 and move it to the folder where you installed ADB
Note: Honor 6x doesn't support seamless update so you want the A-only image, not the A/B one. Just in case you don't know already, Honor 6x has arm64 architecture.
3. Open cmd and navigate to your ADB folder
4. Reboot your phone to fastboot mode and type 'fastboot flash system name-of-the-image.img' where name-of-the-image.img is your downloaded GSI.
5. Hit enter and wait for it to finish installing
6. Famous words: "Reboot and pray"
Problems:
1. Since we don't have a treble-compatable TWRP build yet, there is no way to install gapps for now. I will try to find an image that includes them.
2. All the problems present on the actual ROM (check ROM thread)
3. There are likely others. (There always are some)
I'd like it if others tried to flash this and share their experiences here.
Thanks to @phhusson, @vovan1982, @HassanMirza01, Huawei, RR team and everybody else I forgot to mention.
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Bro do complete research first. we have fully working twrp. use twrp on elemental Rom. and installation procedure is also completely wrong. first flash twrp from fastboot using command fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk RECOVERY V2.img then check the recovery and reboot to boot loader then flash system image then reboot to recovery do formats data then install gapps then again reboot to boot loader then flash stockrecovery from dot os thread which is also treble rom then reboot to stock recovery do factory reset now device will boot fine.
Also there are some bugs like mtp,battery drain,heating issues on normal usage and slow charging in some rims. I have tried 4 roms and decided go back to elemental Rom. but these treble roms much better than nougat custom roms comparing to them these can be used as daily driver. pure Android 8.1 roms with all latest features.

Can you provide screenshots please

That's great news. TFS bro.

Edwin Davis said:
Can you provide screenshots please
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mtp working on some roms and battery drain is not that much compared to emui 8 stock now im gonna try more roms.
Treble roms are much faster and more stable you can't find any bugs. even I was surprised honor 6x can run stock android with this much stability.

Battery drain comparison
on stock emui 5 5% drain for hour while watching movie in mx player no apps running in background all freezed.
on emui 8/treble roms 7-8% while watching movie on mx player but didn't freezed any apps only apps running telegram and whatsapp.
conclusion if u r in emui8 go for treble roms for complete pixel experience

4G VoLTE
it got volte?

What about the volte and gcam ?

Redmi Note 8 Global - Dissipating doubts before installing custom ROMs

Hi everyone (pardon my English)
I have a Redmi Note 8 Global, and I am willing to install Custom ROM's on it.
I have read and watched several info about this subject, but there are some aspects I am not so clear about it.
I've never done it before, so first I need to dissipate some doubts. I'll appreciate your guidance.
My phone has the bootloader unlocked, and I have successful flashed it with MIUI Official fastboot ROMs three times with Mi Flash. First time with 12.0.6.0, months later with 12.5.1.0 and last time with 11.0.12.0 (and at present I'am still on 11.0.12.0).
Here there are my concerns and doubts:
- Decryption: Is it beneficial ? Mandatory ? Reversible ? What do you recommends ?
- Rooting: Is it beneficial ? Mandatory ? Reversible ? What do you recommends ?
- Is difficult to me to determine which Recovery to choose: TWRP, or Orange Fox ?
- Which Custom ROM for starting, based on Smoothness, Battery life, and Full functionalities: Pixel Experience 12, or Arrow OS 12 ?
- Can I install any Custom ROM no matter which one I have installed at the time ? For example: Going from Official MIUI 11.0.12.0 to Custom Pixel Experinece 12 ?
- Which are the real probabilities of soft or hard brick to happen during the process, and how to avoid it ?
- Is case of the worst scenario of soft or hard brick, can that be fixable ?
- Any direction to a concise detailed guide starting from the installation of the Custom Recovery to the Custom ROM flashing ?
- Is this hole Custom ROM flashing process completely reversible to the original factory state of the phone, if I want it someday ?
Thank you a lot in advanced, and pardon these so many questions. I really want it but don't want to messing up.

1. It is not beneficial, not mandatory, reversible, don't recommend
2. It's completely upto you
3. Go for OrangeFox
4. Pixel Experience 12. Using this rom as my daily driver. Super smooth
5. Yes you can do it anytime you wish.
6. Soft brick : It's like the phone is trying to boot but failing (somewhat like bootloop. Or sometimes if you shutdown your phone while it is flashing a rom then the software will be corrupted and you will see a message "Your system has been destroyed" this means the phone has been soft bricked and you can fix it just by flashing the MIUI rom using the MiFlash tool.
Hard brick: Your are fu***d up man. Your phone is now a piece of brick. To avoid this please make sure to check whether you are flashing the rom which is built for your phone. Like you have a ginkgo device (Codename for Redmi Note 8) but you flashed the rom built for curtana (Code name for Redmi Note 9) then your phone will be hardbricked and you can never ever use that motherboard
7. Like I said you can always fix a soft bricked phone but never a hard bricked one
8. You can always search youtube. As you have seen the Pixel experience just go to site https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/ginkgo/install/
This guide is only for flashing pixel experience in ginkgo device
9. You can go back to MIUI anytime and again comeback to custom rom anytime you want

Evil_Hunter said:
1. It is not beneficial, not mandatory, reversible, don't recommend
2. It's completely upto you
3. Go for OrangeFox
4. Pixel Experience 12. Using this rom as my daily driver. Super smooth
5. Yes you can do it anytime you wish.
6. Soft brick : It's like the phone is trying to boot but failing (somewhat like bootloop. Or sometimes if you shutdown your phone while it is flashing a rom then the software will be corrupted and you will see a message "Your system has been destroyed" this means the phone has been soft bricked and you can fix it just by flashing the MIUI rom using the MiFlash tool.
Hard brick: Your are fu***d up man. Your phone is now a piece of brick. To avoid this please make sure to check whether you are flashing the rom which is built for your phone. Like you have a ginkgo device (Codename for Redmi Note 8) but you flashed the rom built for curtana (Code name for Redmi Note 9) then your phone will be hardbricked and you can never ever use that motherboard
7. Like I said you can always fix a soft bricked phone but never a hard bricked one
8. You can always search youtube. As you have seen the Pixel experience just go to site https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/ginkgo/install/
This guide is only for flashing pixel experience in ginkgo device
9. You can go back to MIUI anytime and again comeback to custom rom anytime you want
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Well, I don't know how to thank you enough. So, simply: THANKS VERY MUCH. That was a perfect and detailed answer. Thanks for your time and effort.
Just to be more precise about Questions 1 and 2: Do custom ROMs will work just fine on encrypted and non rooted phones?, I'm asking because i've seen some tutorials with decryption as a part of the process. I am intrigue and I wonder what are the Pros and Cons of decryption?
And with Question 6: So it is a fact that Soft brick is 100% fixable; and Hard brick only happens if I flash a Custom ROM of another phone model. So Hard brick will never happen as long as I always use the appropriate Custom ROM, right? Or there is more there?
Thanks a lot again.

lhn53 said:
Well, I don't know how to thank you enough. So, simply: THANKS VERY MUCH. That was a perfect and detailed answer. Thanks for your time and effort.
Just to be more precise about Questions 1 and 2: Do custom ROMs will work just fine on encrypted and non rooted phones?, I'm asking because i've seen some tutorials with decryption as a part of the process. I am intrigue and I wonder what are the Pros and Cons of decryption?
And with Question 6: So it is a fact that Soft brick is 100% fixable; and Hard brick only happens if I flash a Custom ROM of another phone model. So Hard brick will never happen as long as I always use the appropriate Custom ROM, right? Or there is more there?
Thanks a lot again.
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Yes. I have my phone encrypted and not rooted and it is working just fine
Every developer of any custom rom gives a detailed guide about how to flash that rom. Follow that guide step by step and your phone will be safe

lhn53 said:
Hi everyone (pardon my English)
I have a Redmi Note 8 Global, and I am willing to install Custom ROM's on it.
I have read and watched several info about this subject, but there are some aspects I am not so clear about it.
I've never done it before, so first I need to dissipate some doubts. I'll appreciate your guidance.
My phone has the bootloader unlocked, and I have successful flashed it with MIUI Official fastboot ROMs three times with Mi Flash. First time with 12.0.6.0, months later with 12.5.1.0 and last time with 11.0.12.0 (and at present I'am still on 11.0.12.0).
Here there are my concerns and doubts:
- Decryption: Is it beneficial ? Mandatory ? Reversible ? What do you recommends ?
- Rooting: Is it beneficial ? Mandatory ? Reversible ? What do you recommends ?
- Is difficult to me to determine which Recovery to choose: TWRP, or Orange Fox ?
- Which Custom ROM for starting, based on Smoothness, Battery life, and Full functionalities: Pixel Experience 12, or Arrow OS 12 ?
- Can I install any Custom ROM no matter which one I have installed at the time ? For example: Going from Official MIUI 11.0.12.0 to Custom Pixel Experinece 12 ?
- Which are the real probabilities of soft or hard brick to happen during the process, and how to avoid it ?
- Is case of the worst scenario of soft or hard brick, can that be fixable ?
- Any direction to a concise detailed guide starting from the installation of the Custom Recovery to the Custom ROM flashing ?
- Is this hole Custom ROM flashing process completely reversible to the original factory state of the phone, if I want it someday ?
Thank you a lot in advanced, and pardon these so many questions. I really want it but don't want to messing up.
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1. Yes, it's beneficial in case your phone got stolen at least your data is secured, add more with pattern and fingerprints. Always go for enforcing rom and kernel for even more secure.
2. Depends: if you mostly work with secure apps such banking, no it's not. However some custom roms don't pass CTS, you'll have to root to gain it (it's needed for most banking apps)
3. Orange fox is preferable, though others like PBR, or official twrp is also good. It's just matter of preferences. Always get the clean one with source .
4. Official Lineageos is always the best path to taste open source android, since it's totally backed by open source community: no ads ridden links, clean source, guaranteed weekly build, etc.
5. Yes you can. Clean data is must (and format if you're encrypted) every time you switch between roms and between version (11 to 12, vice versa) or the rom's maintainer told you to do so.
6. Minimal. Just make backup your persist and efs partition using your recovery and you're good to go, but it very rarely happens.
7. Soft brick: forget to wipe/format data when flashing other roms, flashed bad kernel, etc. Hard brick mostly because doing some stupid stuff (flash wrong rom device with their firmware) or bad things happen unexpected (battery off during flash, etc)
8. Many from wiki pages on lineageos to youtube videos. In short: unlocked bootloader, flash recovery, backup, backup, backup, flash roms, format data
9. Yes, unless you did stupid stuff and made a hard brick, then it's EDL only

Well, thank you very much again to everyone. I really appreciate it, cause I'm really new to this, and I want to be the best prepared I can before doing this.
At the end, I know the path to take is custom ROM if I want to keep my RN8 the most updated possible.
I really didn't like the Officials MIUI 12 and MIUI 12.5 ROMs (even after fastboot them). Not for having a bad interface but for bad optimization in general. That's my humble opinion and experience with them. I ended up with MIUI 11 / Android 9... XD
(again, please pardon my English)

Doing some research I've found different guides that leads me to more questions:
- Catches my attention that in this guide: OFFICIAL Arrow OS Android 12 STABLE Redmi Note 8/8T (
),
the person flashed the original MIUI Firmware first. Why he did that? What are the differences between ROM and Firmware? Is it always necessary?
- Regarding the flashing of Orange Fox Recovery. In some videos I saw that the person doing the guide flashed the recovery in Windows with ADB commands and that's it. But in others guides I see the person flashing the recovery in Windows with ADB commands, then restart the phone and enter orange fox and flashed orange fox again within the proper Orange Fox. Which is the right way to do it?
- Regarding flashing ROMs: In other guides the person says that you have to Wipe/Clear Data before and after the ROM flashing. Others says is only before, and other says is only after. Which is the right way?
- Last but not least: I saw two Pixels Customs ROM: "PixelExperience", and "PixelOS". Which one is the most convenience?
Sorry again for so many question but as you can see it is confusing.
THANKS A LOT ...AGAIN !!!

lhn53 said:
Doing some research I've found different guides that leads me to more questions:
- Catches my attention that in this guide: OFFICIAL Arrow OS Android 12 STABLE Redmi Note 8/8T (
),
the person flashed the original MIUI Firmware first. Why he did that? What are the differences between ROM and Firmware? Is it always necessary?
- Regarding the flashing of Orange Fox Recovery. In some videos I saw that the person doing the guide flashed the recovery in Windows with ADB commands and that's it. But in others guides I see the person flashing the recovery in Windows with ADB commands, then restart the phone and enter orange fox and flashed orange fox again within the proper Orange Fox. Which is the right way to do it?
- Regarding flashing ROMs: In other guides the person says that you have to Wipe/Clear Data before and after the ROM flashing. Others says is only before, and other says is only after. Which is the right way?
- Last but not least: I saw two Pixels Customs ROM: "PixelExperience", and "PixelOS". Which one is the most convenience?
Sorry again for so many question but as you can see it is confusing.
THANKS A LOT ...AGAIN !!!
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1. You have to flash firmware because the firmware contains the files of your wireless network. If you don't flash this your wireless network will not work
2. Let me make this clear. Many custom roms have a tendency to replace the custom recovery you flashed with the custom roms own recovery. If you just flash the custom recovery using ADB then the custom rom will replace the custom recovery with its own one. Like if you flash the orange fox and then flash pixel experience without flashing the orange fox again then pixel experience will wipe orange fox and then flash the PE recovery.
But if you install orange fox recovery through ADB and then enter orange fox and flash orangefox again you are just permanently turning off the option that the custom rom will change your custom recovery and put there custom recovery
3. As you are using a Xiaomi phone you have to wipe Dalvik, System, Vendor, Cache, Data before flashing the rom. Then after flashing the rom you have to format data / clear the data partition otherwise the phone will stuck in bootloop
4. Pixel OS and Pixel Experience are both somewhat alike. They try to bring the fluid performance and look of Pixel phones in a non pixel device. But many people prefer the Pixel Expereince rom. But trust me. Pixel OS is also good

Evil_Hunter said:
1. You have to flash firmware because the firmware contains the files of your wireless network. If you don't flash this your wireless network will not work
2. Let me make this clear. Many custom roms have a tendency to replace the custom recovery you flashed with the custom roms own recovery. If you just flash the custom recovery using ADB then the custom rom will replace the custom recovery with its own one. Like if you flash the orange fox and then flash pixel experience without flashing the orange fox again then pixel experience will wipe orange fox and then flash the PE recovery.
But if you install orange fox recovery through ADB and then enter orange fox and flash orangefox again you are just permanently turning off the option that the custom rom will change your custom recovery and put there custom recovery
3. As you are using a Xiaomi phone you have to wipe Dalvik, System, Vendor, Cache, Data before flashing the rom. Then after flashing the rom you have to format data / clear the data partition otherwise the phone will stuck in bootloop
4. Pixel OS and Pixel Experience are both somewhat alike. They try to bring the fluid performance and look of Pixel phones in a non pixel device. But many people prefer the Pixel Expereince rom. But trust me. Pixel OS is also good
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Thanks again for such a good explanation. I appreciated.
Pardon me, but about the Firmware flashing is still kind of unclear for me, cause I didn't see this mentioned on many guides I've seen, only in that one I posted, and triggers my doubt.
About this:
- Do I always have to flash the firmware before the custom or original ROM?
- In which scenario is this necessary?
- If it is. Which version of firmware I need for every custom ROM I'll try? I mean, for example, LineageOS is Andorid 10, so do Firmware of MIUI 12 is needed?, Or if ArrowOS so do Firmware of MIUi 12.5 is needed? Etc etc.
Hope I could explain myself cause of my bad English.
Thanks a lot again and again.

Evil_Hunter said:
Let me make this clear. Many custom roms have a tendency to replace the custom recovery you flashed with the custom roms own recovery. If you just flash the custom recovery using ADB then the custom rom will replace the custom recovery with its own one. Like if you flash the orange fox and then flash pixel experience without flashing the orange fox again then pixel experience will wipe orange fox and then flash the PE recovery.
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There is no such thing with custom roms
Only Official miui roms (and some few that come with "Recovery" file inside the zip) does that
so check the zip first ...
1st time you want to flash the recovery = flash "vbmeta" then Ofox and select :
"aggresive stock recovery deactivation" in Ofox settings
lhn53 said:
- Do I always have to flash the firmware before the custom or original ROM?
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No
lhn53 said:
- In which scenario is this necessary?
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FW have drivers for cam/Bt/wifi ...
you have to flash if you change Android version, for exp
from A? to A10 = flash A10 FW
from A? to A11 = flash A11 FW
lhn53 said:
- Which version of firmware
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If you have Ginkgo = flash Ginkgo
If you have Willow = flash Willow
(don't make mistake with fw ! you will break your device)
i didn't read everything (too much) just follow the clean flash steps and you will be fine
stay away from A12 (not very stable)
A11 is resource hungry
i suggest using A10 (RRos or MSM Ext or Superior) (i use RRos)

loopypalm said:
There is no such thing with custom roms
Only Official miui roms (and some few that come with "Recovery" file inside the zip) does that
so check the zip first ...
1st time you want to flash the recovery = flash "vbmeta" then Ofox and select :
"aggresive stock recovery deactivation" in Ofox settings
No
FW have drivers for cam/Bt/wifi ...
you have to flash if you change Android version, for exp
from A? to A10 = flash A10 FW
from A? to A11 = flash A11 FW
If you have Ginkgo = flash Ginkgo
If you have Willow = flash Willow
(don't make mistake with fw ! you will break your device)
i didn't read everything (too much) just follow the clean flash steps and you will be fine
stay away from A12 (not very stable)
A11 is resource hungry
i suggest using A10 (RRos or MSM Ext or Superior) (i use RRos)
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Perfect. Thanks a lot to all.
And LineageOS? Is it worth it?
So for example, if I want LineageOS 17.1 (that is A10), I have to flash first MIUI latest FW based on A10? And which version of MIUI FW do I need, the last one? For that example would be 12.0.6.0. isn't it? ...and so on with other Custom ROMs?
Is this site for that matters...?:
Xiaomi Firmware Updater
The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.
xiaomifirmwareupdater.com

lhn53 said:
And LineageOS? Is it worth it?
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Lineage17 is A10 and that's it (nothing more)
RRos = Lineage + customization (both based on the same exact thing)
lhn53 said:
So for example, if I want LineageOS 17.1 (that is A10), I have to flash first MIUI latest FW based on A10?
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Yes, latest stable
lhn53 said:
And which version of MIUI FW do I need, the last one? For that example would be 12.0.6.0. isn't it? ...and
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Yes
lhn53 said:
so on with other Custom ROMs?
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Only If you change Android version
if from A10 to A10 = no need
lhn53 said:
is this site for that matters...?:
Xiaomi Firmware Updater
The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.
xiaomifirmwareupdater.com
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Redmi note 8 = Ginkgo
Redmi note 8 "T" =Willow

loopypalm said:
Lineage17 is A10 and that's it (nothing more)
RRos = Lineage + customization (both based on the same exact thing)
Yes, latest stable
Yes
Only If you change Android version
if from A10 to A10 = no need
Redmi note 8 = Ginkgo
Redmi note 8 "T" =Willow
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Hi, I reiterate my thanks to everyone for the help.
It is evident you prefer RRos. I'll take it into account.
Now it is clear that the FW has to be the same Android version as the ROM:
1- But the latest MIUI for the RN8 is based on A11, so what FW do you use for the A12 ROMs? The FW of MIUI 12.5.1.0?
2- Do you have to flash the FW every time you install a new ROM, or only if you change the version of Android?
3- This matter of flashing the FW do I have to do it in a specific way, or is it handled by Orange Fox as the ROM?
4- I am currently using MIUI 11.0.12.0 Android 9. If I want to install RRos which is based on A10, do I have to flash MIUI 12.0.6.0 FW first?
I'm planing on using OrangeFox... Starting from the fact that I only have the Bootloader unlocked, is it too much to ask if you would write me a concise and simple guide on how to achieve this? Or point me to one as alike as possible to my case?
I know that time is gold, and I do not want to abuse your time, so I will appreciate any help you can provide. I am grateful already for all the help shown so far.
THANKS

lhn53 said:
1- But the ...
so what FW do you use for the A12 ROMs?
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It looks like you look for problems
lhn53 said:
2- Do you have to flash the FW every time you install a new ROM, or only if you change the version of Android?
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Re read what i wrote previously
lhn53 said:
3- This matter of flashing the FW do I have to do it in a specific way, or is it handled by Orange Fox as the ROM?
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Same as the rom, flash like any zip
lhn53 said:
4- I am currently using MIUI 11.0.12.0 Android 9. If I want to install RRos which is based on A10, do I have to flash MIUI 12.0.6.0 FW first?
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you serious ?
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Starting from the fact that I only have the Bootloader unlocked
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-Reboot
-hold Vol- to go to fastboot
-flash vbmeta using : (assuming the img is named vbmeta.img)
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
(you can find vbmeta it in any A10 rom zip)
-flash twrp
-reboot to recovery (NOT SYSTEM !) using vol+
-flash Ofox zip
-set : "aggresive stock recovery deactivation" in Ofox settings
-clean flash the rom as already mentioned
-done

loopypalm said:
It looks like you look for problems
Re read what i wrote previously
Same as the rom, flash like any zip
you serious ?
-Reboot
-hold Vol- to go to fastboot
-flash vbmeta using : (assuming the img is named vbmeta.img)
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
(you can find vbmeta it in any A10 rom zip)
-flash twrp
-reboot to recovery (NOT SYSTEM !) using vol+
-flash Ofox zip
-set : "aggresive stock recovery deactivation" in Ofox settings
-clean flash the rom as already mentioned
-done
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Thanks a lot.
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you serious ?
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Yes. I have to say I'm taking really serious regarding all about this process. Believe me, I have to minimized as much that is possible the risks on breaking my phone. It is REALLY expensive buying or fixing it where I life. I need to double check every important aspect, and try to understand the more I can about this. I don't like too much learning things mechanically, if I can learn the logic behind.
Pardon me all If I bothered you any how. Wasn't my intention.
Really appreciate the guide and help that everybody give me here. Thanks

lhn53 said:
Yes. I have to say I'm taking ...
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The question has been answered like 3 times
Re read what i wrote

loopypalm said:
The question has been answered like 3 times
Re read what i wrote
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Well, yes, you are right. I asked about the FW flashing process various times.
But, see, I've been investigating to changing the ROM of my phone for various days, and for that I watched some videos tutorials and guides in sites.
When I thought I was almost ready to start, I found a video where a person was flashing a Custom ROM and first flashed a Firmware and then the ROM (I mentioned this before). And in my case that video was the 1st time where I was hearding the term "firmware" in a Custom ROM flashing guide. Sawing that, I was like: Whaaaat? Then because of it I had to postergate the flashing of my phone and keep digging, cause I knew that the "firmware" is really important in every electronic equipment. Messing with it is dangerous.
I admit again the constants askings about FW, ...sorry about that. What I have just explained here were the true cause. I just needed to be more sure.
So I ended up here at XDA searching for learning and to clear doubts.
Thx u and everyone for your patient. I'll try not to bother too often.

@lhn53 : if you're that unsure, my advice would be to proceed cautiously and step-by-step, ensuring you can back out any major ****-up.
- Get MiFlash and the appropriate recovery stock ROM (in the worst case scenario, it will allow you to revert back to stock);
- Set up a custom recovery, ensure that it sticks, then familiarize yourself with it (you have multiple choices: TWRP, OrangeFox and PBRP);
- Choose the custom ROM you want to flash and read all related resources at least twice; then,
- Try to follow the procedure explained by the developer to the point, so if anything goes awry you can point to where it diverged;
- That applies to changing or updating firmware, just go with what the dev says on first instance;
- Finally, trust loopypalm, he knows what he's talking about and has been here longer than most.

Hi, thanks for replaying pnin and of course loopypalm, and everybody helping here.
It's just that when you see searching the WEB so many criteria and some differ from each other, doubts grow in a newbie like me. As I mentioned before there are many tutorials in the web where they do not mention the firmware as part of the steps and less about vbmeta.
For me It seemed quite simple at first but now I see it has more important steps to take into account.
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- Get MiFlash and the appropriate recovery stock ROM (in the worst case scenario, it will allow you to revert back to stock);
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...yes, I have MiFlash and various fastboot versions of the stock ROM storaged here.
pnin said:
- Choose the custom ROM you want to flash and read all related resources at least twice; then,
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Yes, I guess I'll use first the ones with A10 (as advised here).
pnin said:
- Finally, trust loopypalm, he knows what he's talking about and has been here longer than most.
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Agreed, thx.
pnin said:
- Set up a custom recovery, ensure that it sticks, then familiarize yourself with it (you have multiple choices: TWRP, OrangeFox and PBRP);
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...with "sticks" I guess you are meaning what loopypalm said before: (...
1st time you want to flash the recovery = flash "vbmeta" then Ofox and select :
"aggresive stock recovery deactivation" in Ofox settings...)
Regarding vbmeta I have some questions (please be patient):
I've search about it, and I see It's like the Secure Boot of Windows.
I have seen various criteria: I saw people saying it is not needed in all RN8, and some says it does, for avoiding bootloop, etc. IMHO I guess that it is better to do it. Right? (...my intention is only of clarifying).
- The vbmeta.img file that is needed is the one inside Xiaomi's fastboot stock ROM compressed file. Is it?
- Is it necessary to flash vbmeta on every installation of a new ROM, or only when it is based on a different Android version?
- In case I want to return to Stock MIUI, this vbmeta step will not be necessary. Ins't? As I have understood, this is done simply with MiFlash..., Or first is it convenient to wipe some data or partitions with Custom Recovery? How would be exactly?
Please remember, I am trying to understand as much as I can about the whole process. In cases like these I like to learn by logic whenever is possible. Thanks a LOT once again.

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- The vbmeta.img file that is needed is the one inside Xiaomi's fastboot stock ROM compressed file. Is it?
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Please I only need to know this about vbmeta.
That plus everything that you have described me before, I think would be already all the basis that is needed to start.
Thanks you in advance.
(I'v been using Google Translate for helping me redacting all that I post. Pardon my bad English)

Question How to install Ricedroid 10.2 that doesn't come with boot file ?

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I noticed that there's no boot file and just vendor boot
So can I install this rom with Lineage recovery after flashing vendor boot ?
Or is boot file not necessary

open the zip and look
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Ok not so simple, the payload.bin rom include firmware i upload the boot.img vendor_boot.img and dtbo.img
yes lineage recovery work.
google for extract payload.bin if you want it do by yourself.

Trismo said:
open the zip and look
EDIT:
Ok not so simple, the payload.bin rom include firmware i upload the boot.img vendor_boot.img and dtbo.img
yes lineage recovery work.
google for extract payload.bin if you want it do by yourself.
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I have lineage os installed rn
So can I go into recovery and just sideload the rom then format and reboot (to replace my current rom)
instead of flashing the 3 files?
Or should I flash the 3 files in adb then sideload rom in recovery

Yes If the recovery is not newer than Droid recovery.
If you get problems flash with fastboot the 3 files and reboot recovery

I used AOSPA boot.img, it worked correctly, but I already say that Rice 10.2 has a crash problem in SystemUI, it happens every half hour on average, it's not just in 11 NE, in my F3 it's happening the same.

Trismo said:
Yes If the recovery is not newer than Droid recovery.
If you get problems flash with fastboot the 3 files and reboot recovery
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This is unrelated to the title
but does the adb cmd method to flash fastboot stock miui rom work on this phone without errors?

I already use they Xiaomi adb and fastboot tools to flash original miui stock roms, You can try it with that, If it doesn't work for you that way, you can do it using fastboot (press the power button and volume down).If you want to install "Ricedroid, you already have the process: use a custom recovery, it can be PixelOs Recovery or Pixel Experience recovery, both are very complete.

Morretz said:
I used AOSPA boot.img, it worked correctly, but I already say that Rice 10.2 has a crash problem in SystemUI, it happens every half hour on average, it's not just in 11 NE, in my F3 it's happening the same.
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Personally, I do not recommend version 10.2 of RICEDROID, since I found several errors in the launcher, as my colleague said, as well as errors in the display in the case of video games, since it only detects a finger.

Pepenamer01 said:
Personally, I do not recommend version 10.2 of RICEDROID, since I found several errors in the launcher, as my colleague said, as well as errors in the display in the case of video games, since it only detects a finger.
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I ended up leaving Rice 10 on my two devices, performance was very bad, heating up, high consumption, and an annoying bug of crashing QS making the screen turn off, I ended up going back to MIUI since I didn't find any stable custom rom without high consumption

From my point of view it seems great that you return to miui, although you may also want to try PixelOs, LineageOs or CherishOs, which in my opinion are custom roms that are not so well known, but they have an amazing quality in all aspects, now I am using PixelOs on my Mi 11 Lite 5g NE (Lisa)