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I have a Redmi Note 5, bought on UK Ebay in Summer 2018 with a Global MIUI 9. For over a week my phone informed me there was an update to MIUI 10. So today I decided to up it like I have done with previous MIUI 9 incremental updates.
My phone gave me an option to update and it downloaded the image and then asked to restart so I did like I have done in the past for v9 incremental updates.
It download the new ROM and I accepted the Restart Phone. After restarting I got a warning message at the bottom of the screen in red "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device" and the options are:
1. Reboot, which just brings me back to this same screen on startup.
2. Wipe Data. This goes through a wipe storage but it doesn't make any difference and just brings me back to the same screen after a restart.
3. Connect with MIAssistant. With MiPCSuite installed, it doesn't connect and just hangs.
Chatting to Mi Support, they tell me they don't recognise the phone even though I provided the IMEI number and the fact it is less than 1 year old. I bought it off Ebay new unused.
So now I have a bricked useless phone. Well done Xiaomi!
Any suggestion guys?
moby17 said:
So now I have a bricked useless phone. Well done Xiaomi!
Any suggestion guys?
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Solution here
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moby17 said:
I have a Redmi Note 5, bought on UK Ebay in Summer 2018 with a Global MIUI 9. For over a week my phone informed me there was an update to MIUI 10. So today I decided to up it like I have done with previous MIUI 9 incremental updates.
My phone gave me an option to update and it downloaded the image and then asked to restart so I did like I have done in the past for v9 incremental updates.
It download the new ROM and I accepted the Restart Phone. After restarting I got a warning message at the bottom of the screen in red "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device" and the options are:
1. Reboot, which just brings me back to this same screen on startup.
2. Wipe Data. This goes through a wipe storage but it doesn't make any difference and just brings me back to the same screen after a restart.
3. Connect with MIAssistant. With MiPCSuite installed, it doesn't connect and just hangs.
Chatting to Mi Support, they tell me they don't recognise the phone even though I provided the IMEI number and the fact it is less than 1 year old. I bought it off Ebay new unused.
So now I have a bricked useless phone. Well done Xiaomi!
Any suggestion guys?
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Is it normal to just blame Xiaomi for all faults the user has done?
xell75 said:
Is it normal to just blame Xiaomi for all faults the user has done?
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Kurumi best girl!
Hi everybody,
i have a new Mi A2 Lite. I purchased it from a private person, not a shop, but it was still in foil and opened by me. It works nicely, is fast, the phone feels fine, i like it. It has AndroidONE, Oreo, on it. If i search for updates, it tells me that it is up to date and there are no updates. The same for the security patches - they are from nov. 2018, which is nearly a year ago, but there are no updates either.
I wanted to install android 9, so i did lots of tricks and things like using a VPN to poland and resetting the phone and so on, but to no avail - there are no updates.
so...
(1) is there something that can be done wrong? why wouldnt the phone find updates?
(2) is there a way to flash the official OTA zip without unlocking? I do not want a special kernel or rom, i dont want to modyfy anything on the os, i just want the official, latest os on the phone
(3) Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance
damaltor said:
It has AndroidONE, Oreo, on it. If i search for updates, it tells me that it is up to date and there are no updates.
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Hi!
Could you please share a screenshot showing your actual Android build number and kernel version? You might have a fake A2 lite (Redmi 6 Pro).
Edit: Don't flash anything before you're sure that your device is a geniue A2 lite, otherwise you will brick your device.
yep, i heard about that. unfortunately, i did flash it by now, but the flash worked perfectly. i unlocked the bootloader with fastboot, flashed the last fastboot package, and re-locked the bootloader. the device is now on android pie and it still works nicely. is there any way to find out if it is genuine after flashing?
So, now i can say the following:
- the deveice works still well with the flashed software.
- the device did just find and download the google security patches of sep 2019
- the imei of the device passes the xiaomi authentication test
so, i am somewhat sure that the device is an original.
still, i am interested why the device was stuck on the old version. maybe it could only handle incremental updates and the old incremental update was not available anymore?
Hi!
I have simmiliar issue. New, 100% original Mi A2 Lite. It downloaded 1GB update 8.0 to 8.1 (?), but no update for Android 9, and now it is stuck.
My screens:
ibb.co/SKjNJ6D
ibb.co/YR4793D
Regards!
Facing The same in my Mi A1
The same thing is happening with my Mi A1, I have Android 8.1 an I hadn't update to Android 9. Every day the notification for Android 9 would appear in my phone, saying that is available.
Today that update didn't show and when I checked for updates, it said I was already up to date.
Sorry for my English, I barely know it
Well i could probably Help you to flash your device but you should be sure that the device is not a fake, too. I cannot help you with that though. I will look in here tomorrow and give you a few hints to the flashing process.
So, the screenshots of the A2 Lite look pretty mich exactly like mine did. for me the only way was to reflash the device. if you are interested, i can tell you how, but there is a risk of bricking your device if it is a fake a2 lite. i cannot tell by your screenshots, maybe @thorin0815 can?
Otherwise, do you want to try it and risk ist?
edit: you can put in your imei here to check your phone, though i would not entirely trust it.
https://www.mi.com/global/shield#imei_en
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chriss7777 said:
Hi!
I have simmiliar issue. New, 100% original Mi A2 Lite. It downloaded 1GB update 8.0 to 8.1 (?), but no update for Android 9, and now it is stuck.
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You're right, your device looks like a geniue A2 lite. We never had an update from 8.0 to 8.1, it was shipped with 8.1.
Maybe Xiaomi pulled the incremental (8.1->9.0) OTA updates from their servers.
The "safest" way to update would be to flash the latest available full firmware via Miflash tool.
well, thats what i did. fortunately there is no longer the need to wait for hours or days to unlock the bootloader, it works in an instant now even without registration.
thorin0815 said:
You're right, your device looks like a geniue A2 lite. We never had an update from 8.0 to 8.1, it was shipped with 8.1.
Maybe Xiaomi pulled the incremental (8.1->9.0) OTA updates from their servers.
The "safest" way to update would be to flash the latest available full firmware via Miflash tool.
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I did not notice what update it was downloading. I unboxed it, then I connect to WiFi and it started downloading. Anyway it downloaded aprox. 1GB of data, then restart and update. And now it is stuck with 8.1. I thought it will be Android 9 after update with latest patches.
I validate IMEI's on site and it is valid, also it has all google logos, and so on.
Is there any comprehensive update manual for MiFlash for this model?
Well, Not that I know of one that is really complete and up to date. But here you are (own phone, own risk!). Back up your phone first!
Switch on your phone.
Go to settings, about phone.
Tap the build number multiple times until "you are a developer".
Open the developer options.
Switch on USB debugging.
Switch on "allow unlocking bootloader".
Leave settings.
Download this, and install it, answering yes to all three questions:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Connect the phone and when asked, accept the adb debug question on your phone. Your computer is now allowed to debug your phone.
Also download your new os from here:
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/ (put your phone model in there and download the latest fastboot image)
Unpack it. Depending on your packing program you might have to unpack twice - you should have a few folders and files.
Download the mi flash tool here:
https://www.xiaomiflash.com/
Now you are ready. Take a deep breath. Make sure your phone is charged, 50% should be enough.
Disconnect and Switch off the phone. Hold volume down and power until a rabbit working on an Android robot is seen on the screen. Now reconnect the cable.
Open a command window on the computer by pressing windows+R and entering "cmd".
In that window, type "fastboot oem unlock" and press enter. You should get the answer "OKAY".
If your phone reboots now, hold volume down and power again until the rabbit is there again.
Start miflash. Show miflash the folder in which you unpacked the os files.
In the lower right select "clean and lock" and then press update, select your phone, and press flash.
Flashing now takes roundabout 5 minutes.
Afterwards your phone should reboot into Android 9. Your data will be gone (though my phone managed to keep a few of it's settings for some reason).
Good luck!
damaltor said:
Well, Not that I know of one that is really complete and up to date. But here you are (own phone, own risk!). Back up your phone first!
Afterwards your phone should reboot into Android 9. Your data will be gone (though my phone managed to keep a few of it's settings for some reason).
Good luck!
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It works like a charm. Also now it is updating with new security patch. Thanks damaltor!
No problem, good to hear that it worked!
Have recently started to have issues with my S20+ super fast charging. Thought this could be the charger so tried a new one and the issue still exists. Seems to super fast charge as soon as the phone has rebooted and then stops and goes back to the "Check USB connection" message.
Also appears that the supplied USB C head phones no longer work connected to the phone. These work perfectly fine connected to my computer so i guess its unlikely an issue with the head phones.
Thinking back this issue appears to have started around the time the latest android was rolled out in the 2nd half of December. Has anyone else experienced the same issues and if so is there a fix?
Thank You
Android 11 One UI 3.0 is full of bugs on Galaxy devices. I won't install it unless it's improved. If you can factory reset to the original OS that may be your best option.
varcor said:
Android 11 One UI 3.0 is full of bugs on Galaxy devices. I won't install it unless it's improved. If you can factory reset to the original OS that may be your best option.
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Thanks for your thoughts, i was coming to the conclusion this may be it. I did do a factory restore however this is the same OS (Android 11) - Would the only way to go back to Android 10 be downloading the ROM and installing it manually?
robonz said:
Thanks for your thoughts, i was coming to the conclusion this may be it. I did do a factory restore however this is the same OS (Android 11) - Would the only way to go back to Android 10 be downloading the ROM and installing it manually?
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Here's a step by step tutorial to guide you through the process.
Downgrade Android 11 Back To Android 10 on Samsung Galaxy S20/S20+
In this comprehensive tutorial, we will show you the steps to downgrade the Samsung Galaxy S20/S20+ devices from Android 11 to Android 10.
www.getdroidtips.com
Hi,
I have applied firware update for years without problems but today I am stumped.
I tried to update todate from 6ETLL firmware to the newer 6FUBD both Android 11.
Set up Odin using 3.14.4 and started ok.
Then I had the install stopping and disconnecing to the phone.
Eventually I disconnected the phone lead and it now wont boot passed the error message -
An error has occurred while updating the device software.
Use the Emmergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software.
So I installed this on my pc it it fails to recognise the phone even in Emmergency recovery mode.
I have tried all methods of trying to reboot the phone but it always comes back to the above arror message and wont go into recover mode or download mode.
I did not but this from O2 but directly from Samsund and its just out of warrantee.
I dont know wheer the service center is in the Uk and thats a lst resort anyway.
Any suggestions please.
Repaste from my other reply on the UI3 update :
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Odin hates thunderbolt - If you plan on using a USB-C port make sure it's not thunderbolt. It will fail half way in and freeze. Get a well rated cable and do it via USB concentrator directly
If you get stuck and you cannot access recovery via key combo or smartswitch emergency recovery use Odin
Open options and select get device info - It will reboot directly to the recovery if it was previously written (check the log). After that disable the get device info option and reconnect the cable (select files for flashing again - should go smoothly.
If after the reboot and setup you get a moisture warning on the USB port - this does not make nay sense but it works - Turn off the Note, plug in a usb cable on the PC and reboot the phone connected to the cable - It will reset the sensor warning and should work flawlessly.
Hope to have helped - Had a bit of a jarring adventure setting this one up this time.
The lag in the animation is there, however, I think it's the animation timer that is set higher (slower) it's not slow "per se" but it shows. "
Bomm,
I must say.... I dont know how to thank you. Your post saved my Note 10.
I emailed Samsung repair and after 2 days they said phone xxxxx if you need it repaired under warrantee.
I waited a week for the phone to lose its battery and when booted back on charge cane up with the same error.
So I went back on xda and you had kindly posted the exact fix I needed. I didn't expect that. I know now if I have the same issue again. It was my pc I think using usb-c to usb-c like you said. Thank you so much.
I didn't get any warnings at all. booted up fine.
Johny1fin said:
I didn't get any warnings at all. booted up fine.
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had the same issue. I was stumped at first too
I've tried all the posts but when I say start in odin, the phone restarts and gives an error
As you say you are super, my friend, I applied it step by step, the phone entered the download mode.
Not sure why you want Q or above on the 10+.
I'm still running on Pie/One UI. Fast, very stable and zero issues. Last reload was back in June.
If the OS is running well and fulfilling its mission let sleeping dogs lie.
One issue is if we don't keep up to date then at some point Samsung will stop support on a particular phone and the phone can be years out if date.
They may then be on a version unsupported by the apps suppliers and will be more difficult to sell if you want to buy a new phone.
Johny1fin said:
One issue is if we don't keep up to date then at some point Samsung will stop support on a particular phone and the phone can be years out if date.
They may then be on a version unsupported by the apps suppliers and will be more difficult to sell if you want to buy a new phone.
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No problem here. All my PCs, their XPx64/W7 OSs as well as my Androids Kitkat/Pie OSs are now unsupported.
No issues and all continue to fulfill their missions.
Forced learning curves waste my time and offer little in return. My last learning curves were from Kitkat to Pie and XPx64 to W7.
I stopped updating with the best versions of both MS and Android. I don't rat's arse if it stays like that for the next 10 years... or if my Windows machines mutate into Pie or Linux machines
Whatever works best for me.
It's not just the bugs that won't get fixed it's the vulnerabilities as well, then the apps stop working. I actually enjoy upgrading my kit and amon Windows 10 21h1. Anti virus packages mat stop working as well.
Johny1fin said:
It's not just the bugs that won't get fixed it's the vulnerabilities as well, then the apps stop working. I actually enjoy upgrading my kit and amon Windows 10 21h1. Anti virus packages mat stop working as well.
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I've never had a malware or virus issue that required a factory reset in over 7 years of using Android. More than half of the time was using out of date OS's. My current Pie OS is over a year out of date.
99% of rootkits, viruses etc are uploaded by the user. There's no protecting the stupid.
I have redundant complete backups so a factory reset will cost me normally 2 hours and at worst case 6-8 hours if I need to restore the SD card.
You waste far more time then this fighting with the bugs, the learning curve and the forced factory reset that a major firmware update requires.
I get to use the OS of my choice... you get whatever they throw at you and the ride that comes with it.
Hi all,
I am trying to update my phone for three days now. Samsung a3 2017 aka a320fl
my constraints:
I only have a linux laptop running sparky (debian derivate)
Windows work laptop with win 10
My windows laptop always deletes necessary files (anti virus scan) and there is nothing i can do about it.
So i switched to my linux.
What i did:
I can get access to the regular adb shell, fastboot would just reboot not get me into download mode
I get my phone into that download screen (vol down-power-home), but then no connection possible
I turned on oem unlock / usb debugging
I tried heimdall but missing some files and i suppose the connection is not setup right
I found a linux version for odin... still no luck error 71
some adb commands that i found rely on "su" which is not available yet
so basically i am stuck at the first step
I would want a newer os since my rom is too old. Android 7.0 and one of my apps need at least 7.1
I would try lineage 17. But there are plenty of steps that i cannot get to work. Like orange/bootloader/....
But first things first.
So is there any one that could help me with the very first step?
this is what i would like to use
[UNOFFICIAL][ROM][A320FL/F/Y] LineageOS 17.x [10.0][64 BIT][Treble]
LineageOS 17.x Unofficial for Galaxy A3 2017 LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 10 (Quack), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device...
forum.xda-developers.com
i found odin here:
[Utility] Odin for Linux !!! (JOdin3 CASUAL)
I have finally found a working version of Odin for Linux! JOdin 3 Casual powered by Heimdall You need at least Java 8, if you don't have it already: To see the java version type: java -version Aptitude Package Manager: sudo add-apt-repository...
forum.xda-developers.com
i already found them days ago, but no luck in going through the process
my prior phone was a galaxy s3 mini, on which i installed cyanogen (the one with android 5, the newer ones were not really stable back then)
i have a a3 2017 with stock rom android 7.0 (not branded) and rooted.
now i was afraid of losing data while updating and got me a new a3 2017 to basically play around and test the install process. this one already has android 8.0.
but both of them are bloated as hell...
so my hopes:
- support the apps i like (sportractive in particular), it does not support android 7.0 anymore
- better battery life (i found that android 7.0 is not the best in dealing with bad cellular service, i have to switch to 2g manually to get me throug the day, 4g consumes over 100mA in standby)
- i would want to keep my message history of whatsapp and signal
- i bought drift racers(https://www.sturmkind-shop.com/dr-ft-racer-kaufen/), which would not work with my android 7.0
so no one that has ever done the rooting via linux?
thank you anyway!
Hi all,
i asked a friend to let me do some playing around.
I have odin on his pc.
odin seems to be able to connect to device (ID:COM is filled) when the device is turned on.
i switched (as mentioned before both OEM and USB Debugging to on in developer options.
but as soon as i put the device in "download mode" i cannot see the device anymore.
so the same behavior as with adb shell.
is there anything else i need to pay attention to?
should i boot with louder/home/power and trigger a process to load a file from sd?
i read that the file should be named recovery.img, is that correct?
ok, reinstalling usb drivers from samsung did the job.
now i can see the device in download mode.
i was able to flash the stuff from here: https://www.hardreset.info/samsung-root-files/
lets see how far i get ;-)
Hi all,
so i was finally able to get everything done.
most of the stuff could be done on the phone... so it does not matter if you have linux or not as a pc operating system.
first install the bootloader (twrp). (herefore i had to use odin, but unfortunately the linux version did not work for me)
great video here:
then with the bootloader (twrp) install orangefox bootloader.
with orangefox flash repartition script.
these steps are described here as well (thats the image i used/installed):
[UNOFFICIAL][ROM][A320FL/F/Y] LineageOS 17.x [10.0][64 BIT][Treble]
LineageOS 17.x Unofficial for Galaxy A3 2017 LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 10 (Quack), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device...
forum.xda-developers.com
thats it for the system.
to get root access to your phone, this is a pretty good desciption:
How to Install Magisk on your Android Phone
Magisk is a powerful tool that can help you customize some aspects of your phone or even grant you root access. Here's how you can install it!
www.xda-developers.com
i followed the steps:
- get boot.img
- patch it
- flash it (with orangefox)
this looks like changing the bootloader was done with fastboot.
i will try to look at it later, but that seems like a way that is less related to the os of the pc you are using.
maybe (eventually) samsung is going to be a bit differen... but still a way without WINDOWS
subbamaggus said:
so my hopes:
- support the apps i like (sportractive in particular), it does not support android 7.0 anymore
- better battery life (i found that android 7.0 is not the best in dealing with bad cellular service, i have to switch to 2g manually to get me throug the day, 4g consumes over 100mA in standby)
- i would want to keep my message history of whatsapp and signal
- i bought drift racers(https://www.sturmkind-shop.com/dr-ft-racer-kaufen/), which would not work with my android 7.0
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YEY!
all of my hopes were fulfilled
for all that are interested in that info
As i wrote in the ROM thread.
As of now i would recommend to keep AOD of.
On my device it never gave the CPU the chance to get in deep sleep mode.
which is why i ended up with like 5% per hour with no usage.
with the deep sleep i get pretty close to 1% per hour.
after a couple of hours that changed a bit...
i started a new thread for that purpose.
yesterday i had an install session with a friend (he has the same phone)
some things to consider:
- orange fox was not available right away. maybe i missed the step where it actually was set as active bootloader
- formatting of the device is also necessary, i have another device here, as soon as this is ready i will (hopefully) be able to tell when.
just for completeness:
i additionally installed "icon limit increased to 7",
Statusbar Notification Icon Limit Increased to 7, Android 12
These modules should increase Statusbar Notification Icon Limit to 7 Uploaded 1-7-22 Stock https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=17825722713688263520 ------------------------------------------------- If I helped, hit the Thanks Button...
forum.xda-developers.com
and you need the "kill camera", since sometimes the cam will hang.
for me i had to change the audio setting for calling:
[UNOFFICIAL][ROM][A320FL/F/Y] LineageOS 17.x [10.0][64 BIT][Treble]
LineageOS 17.x Unofficial for Galaxy A3 2017 LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 10 (Quack), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device...
forum.xda-developers.com