I've unlocked my bootloader on my Redmi Note 5. what's next? - Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers

I'm on MIUI 10 Global Beta 8.8.16.

Huz416 said:
I'm on MIUI 10 Global Beta 8.8.16.
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Just flash any custom recovery , I will suggest orange fox . Then , flash magisk use modules like YouTube vanced , face unlock etc .

aikhhk8 said:
Just flash any custom recovery , I will suggest orange fox . Then , flash magisk use modules like YouTube vanced , face unlock etc .
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How do I install twrp? I don't want to brick my device.

Huz416 said:
How do I install twrp? I don't want to brick my device.
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Install adb and fastboot drivers .
Download orange fox recovery (place it on desktop ) https://drive.google.com/file/d/14pEu6xx0eg14uGbsf9tXCdu8LVz4z7iP/view?usp=drivesdk
Open CMD and enter into fastboot mode
In CMD type - fastboot flash recovery filelocation
For making it easy instead of putting file location , just drag the recovery file into CMD it will automatically write location .
Now simply boot into recovery by pressing volume up+ power or type fastboot boot filelocation .
Just do everything as mentioned there will be no problem , make nandroid backup asap .

What is Magisk? Thank you for the help. I'll be sure to post again if I encounter any problems.

What is a Nandroid backup?

Huz416 said:
What is a Nandroid backup?
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It's a backup of your system
Before flashing anything in the custom.recovery, I recommend making a fully working ROM backup,
So you'll need to click backup in the recovery and tick
BOOT
DATA
SYSTEM
also, make a SEPARATE backup of the EFS this is very important.

Huz416 said:
What is Magisk? Thank you for the help. I'll be sure to post again if I encounter any problems.
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Just an advise.
I think you should not try any of this mods before you study deeply the effects and the risks of it. You are so newbie that you can brick your device if you make any mistake performing the operations.

I have a Redmi note 5 AI 6/64 gb variant. After purchasing my device i have unlockd the bootloader and flash global stable rom but i can't relock the bootloader. my previous rom was MIUI 9.5.21.0 China and my current rom is MIUI 9.5.17.0. If i relock the bootloader phone boot into recovery mode and shows "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device". If i unlocked the bootloader again then phone reboot into OS. As per my findings from MIUI 9.5.6.0 bootloader can't be locked after flashing global rom on Chinese device. Its a bug from xiaomi. So my question is
1. If i flash my device into 9.2.7.0 can i relock my bootloader again and can perform OTA update?
2. I have got an OTA update MIUI 9.6.3.0. If i update my device will it get bricked? If i can update my device via OTA update will it relock my bootloader automatically? Or do I have to flash it manually?

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Problem! Back to MIUI from CM13 with unofficial unlocked bootloader!

Hi guys,
sorry for my bad english.
I have a problem. I have unofficial unlocked my bootloader, install TWRP and then CM13 from Santhosh M.
I'm very happy with this ROM, but now i can official unlocked my bootloader and i will try out MIUI from xiaomi.eu.
Please were can me say how i can back to original MIUI ROM, unlocked my bootloader official, install TWRP and then MIUI from xiaomi.eu?
I'm very happy about your answers!
Greetings from germany
Ben
go in fastboot and flash a ufficial developer rom from xiaomi with mi flash, you need to ddownload the tgz rom
Here is the Xiaomi.eu miui ROM discussion forum.
Check this out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/xiaomi-eu-rom-discussion-thread-t3373714
Thank you for your answers. I have flash the CM13_radio.zip, is this a problem? I will not brick my phone...
[email protected]@min said:
Thank you for your answers. I have flash the CM13_radio.zip, is this a problem? I will not brick my phone...
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Nope, it's not a problem.
1. Download the fastboot ROM and MiFlash
2. Enter EDL mode.
3. Flash the ROM with MiFlash (if u have problems with stable version, just install the beta one).
I dont know why...but it not work!
When i go in fastboot mode and flash with miflash the official developer rom it says "Critical partition flashing is not allowed"!
When i go in edl mode and flash with miflash the rom it says "Open Serial Port COM 3: Failed"!
The adb driver is correctly installed but in device manager it is a yellow error on the device.
I think the reason is because i have now a marshmallow bootloader from CM13, and not a lollipop bootloader from MIUI. Is this correct?
What can i do? Please help me!
[email protected]@min said:
I dont know why...but it not work!
When i go in fastboot mode and flash with miflash the official developer rom it says "Critical partition flashing is not allowed"!
When i go in edl mode and flash with miflash the rom it says "Open Serial Port COM 3: Failed"!
The adb driver is correctly installed but in device manager it is a yellow error on the device.
I think the reason is because i have now a marshmallow bootloader from CM13, and not a lollipop bootloader from MIUI. Is this correct?
What can i do? Please help me!
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Before flashing,did u disable drivers signature enforcement in windows???thats required!!
im on cm 13 by santhosh
when i try to flash latest global rom through fastboot/edl using miflash flashing process is completing successfully but sim, wifi, bluetooth, imei are gone
again i have to install twrp to restore them
how can i move to fully factory condition
thanks
Regards
yemjala kumar
ashokumar257 said:
im on cm 13 by santhosh
when i try to flash latest global rom through fastboot/edl using miflash flashing process is completing successfully but sim, wifi, bluetooth, imei are gone
again i have to install twrp to restore them
how can i move to fully factory condition
thanks
Regards
yemjala kumar
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I have the same problem! How do you flash twrp to restore cm image??
areq1987 said:
I have the same problem! How do you flash twrp to restore cm image??
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unlock boot loader-->flash twrp through fast boot-->restore backup
If you are coming from MM do not directly flash MIUI 5.1 first restore the old backup of MIUI because some users had lost their IMEI.TC

Flashing MIUI 8 Global Beta MM from LL

Hi all. My RN3 is currently on global stable MIUI 8.0.6.0 which os LL based. I want to switch over to Global beta which is MM.
I dont want to use MiFlash as I bricked my device twice earlier flashing the MM file.
Can I flash the MM recovery zip through TWRP? Should I use Alka Twrp to flash and do I need to do anything else after that? Can anyone please help me with exact steps to get MM global beta through TWRP?
Go to xiaomi.eu and get a zip that Global MM modified (only remove bloatware I think) and flash it via TWRP.
MiFlash actually rescue me from a soft-brick one week ago. MiFlash shouldn't brick your device if you doing it right.
MiFlash works perfectly with Global Stable, I don't know about Global Dev, but I have a solution if you want a official way to go Global Dev.
I will assume you are not flash any custom recovery yet, and still at stock recovery. And no bootloader unlock needed.
Flash Global Stable via MiFlash and update Global Dev via stock recovery with recovery zip.
I do it once when I go from MIUI 7 Stable to MIUI 8 Beta few months ago, and it works very well.
dev roms should b flashed with custom recovery bro..
I have nothing against MiFlash but my PC USB ports seems to be having a problem when I flash using MiFlash and it stops midway with some read error..I had that problem twice..
So I am always using Alka TWRP for flashing CM 14.1 builds from LL directly. Wanted to check if I can do that with MIUI 8 Global Dev too using their recovery zip file. Heard it causes bootloops. Please detail the steps of flashing through TWRP. Thats the safest for me
kirankowshik said:
I have nothing against MiFlash but my PC USB ports seems to be having a problem when I flash using MiFlash and it stops midway with some read error..I had that problem twice..
So I am always using Alka TWRP for flashing CM 14.1 builds from LL directly. Wanted to check if I can do that with MIUI 8 Global Dev too using their recovery zip file. Heard it causes bootloops. Please detail the steps of flashing through TWRP. Thats the safest for me
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When you go from miui lp to miui mm , your bootloader will be relocked and you have to unlock it again and flash twrp.
Actually, TWRP remains, you only need to unlock it with MiUnlock in fastboot mode. And then you can go to twrp or system. Because BL is locked it causes bootloop
redminote3 said:
Actually, TWRP remains, you only need to unlock it with MiUnlock in fastboot mode. And then you can go to twrp or system. Because BL is locked it causes bootloop
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I tried to unlock my bootloader via
Miunlock tool.. I got my device permission through sms on 19november
from unlock mi team,
After that I m trying to unlock my device, But it's stuck at 50% (Another
account ), It's already 8days over, Still I m not able to unlock my
bootloader officially,
So if I unlocked my bootloader by fastboot miflash unofficially method,
- My Mi protection and
- My device ll void warranty??
What would be the cons if I unlocked unofficially..
You need to boot in EDL mode and then flash with MiFlash china/global dev fastboot ROM. For that you dont need to unlock BL. Then you will be able to unlock it on dev ROM.
I had exact same problem
http://en.miui.com/thread-235865-1-1.html
redminote3 said:
You need to boot in EDL mode and then flash with MiFlash china/global dev fastboot ROM. For that you dont need to unlock BL. Then you will be able to unlock it on dev ROM.
I had exact same problem
http://en.miui.com/thread-235865-1-1.html
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Just checked, I successfully unlocked my bootloader offically, through MiFlashUnlock_1.1.0315.1_en.. many thanks to miui rn3 team..
Next step plz??
I dont want to install custom rom now urgently later i will see,
So now i want to Backup my MIUI 8.0.6.0 Stable rom for future.. i m satisified with my stable rom..
Now if i am going to install official twrp recovery, any problem to get future OTA updates, Can i upgraded to future MIUI stable roms after installed twrp??
No you cant upgrade OTA if you have official TWRP.
It only works with ZCX TWRP, I suggest flash zcx, backup all partitions to microSD and then happy flashing.
redminote3 said:
No you cant upgrade OTA if you have official TWRP.
It only works with ZCX TWRP, I suggest flash zcx, backup all partitions to microSD and then happy flashing.
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Ok sir, so if i flash zcx twrp the ota ll upgraged without any issue's..
backup all partitions to microSD
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Micro Sd or Internal memory, Any advantages of backup to microsd instead of internal memory??
then happy flashing.
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Sir can u plz provide the links to thread of zcx twrp, And also procedure??
zcx-twrp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/zcx-twrp-install-twrp-flash-supersu-t3462448
Can i follow the instructions as in this thread without any doubts sir..??
3. Flash the full rom of the current version [Mandatory]. It will automatically back up system and boot for the OTA survival.
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From the 3rd point in the adove zcx thread.. where can i get my current rom file??
My current is MIUI Global stable 8.0.6.0 LHOMIDG??

Help! Need to revert back to MIUI from CM13 !

Hi ,
I have to revert back to latest MIUI ROM from CM13 ROM [ locked Bootloader]. I have read other threads too but theres never a clear answer.
First of all I dont have any backup of any MIUI roms. I want to do a clean install of latest MIUI build.
What do I have? : Alka TWRP, CM 13 with locked bootloader I think.
Can someone please tell me what do things I need to revert back with steps?
Do I need to unlock the bootloader first then flash the lastest build of MIUI with MiFlash tool? or the bootloader needs to unlocked later after the flash?
Or can I install MIUI recovery rom? with ALKA TWRP?
Flesh miui rom via edl method using mi flash tool.
download fastboot rom and flash via mi flash.
it will lock ur bootloader so unlock it via mi unlock again if u officially unlocked.
off course this method requires a PC.
xabhix said:
Hi ,
I have to revert back to latest MIUI ROM from CM13 ROM [ locked Bootloader]. I have read other threads too but theres never a clear answer.
First of all I dont have any backup of any MIUI roms. I want to do a clean install of latest MIUI build.
What do I have? : Alka TWRP, CM 13 with locked bootloader I think.
Can someone please tell me what do things I need to revert back with steps?
Do I need to unlock the bootloader first then flash the lastest build of MIUI with MiFlash tool? or the bootloader needs to unlocked later after the flash?
Or can I install MIUI recovery rom? with ALKA TWRP?
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In the developer mode settings, enable advance options to restart. This will give you the option (on long pressing the power button) to reboot into recovery. If by this method you can get into recovery it would be alot easy to flash the MIUI ROM (which you can get for your device from the official miui rom download site).
If you can't get into recovery, you will need a PC/laptop.
anish372 said:
In the developer mode settings, enable advance options to restart. This will give you the option (on long pressing the power button) to reboot into recovery. If by this method you can get into recovery it would be alot easy to flash the MIUI ROM (which you can get for your device from the official miui rom download site).
If you can't get into recovery, you will need a PC/laptop.
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But wont I need to unlock the bootloader first? or I can directly flash MIUI rom from recovery?
xabhix said:
But wont I need to unlock the bootloader first? or I can directly flash MIUI rom from recovery?
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Most probably yes.
But you could try( before unlocking) booting into recovery as i have mentioned above.

Unofficially unlocking bootloader

Hello! I am a Redmi Note 3 user, some days ago I changed from stable to beta ROM and spoiled my device. All the sensors are not working and can't apply for unlocking bootloader. Please suggest me an unofficial method to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery. Hope you guys will help me soon! Thanks
ishansarvaiya said:
Hello! I am a Redmi Note 3 user, some days ago I changed from stable to beta ROM and spoiled my device. All the sensors are not working and can't apply for unlocking bootloader. Please suggest me an unofficial method to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery. Hope you guys will help me soon! Thanks
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Whats ur miui version ?
naik2902 said:
Whats ur miui version ?
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on miui 9.
ishansarvaiya said:
on miui 9.
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How u flashed miui 9 beta ? Using fastboot rom or recovery rom ?
naik2902 said:
How u flashed miui 9 beta ? Using fastboot rom or recovery rom ?
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I did it by Recovery rom.
ishansarvaiya said:
I did it by Recovery rom.
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Sensor not working then May be something wrong with persist partition.
Did u manually downloaded recovery rom from mi site.?
Why miui 9? Latest beta is miui 10 . go to system updater app and press update to upgrade to latest miui 10 beta version.
I think latest beta is 8.10.11 something.
naik2902 said:
Sensor not working then May be something wrong with persist partition.
Did u manually downloaded recovery rom from mi site.?
Why miui 9? Latest beta is miui 10 . go to system updater app and press update to upgrade to latest miui 10 beta version.
I think latest beta is 8.10.11 something.
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When I installed, I got miui 10 and stuck in the problem so I tried to install stable therefore I am now again in miui 9.
ishansarvaiya said:
When I installed, I got miui 10 and stuck in the problem so I tried to install stable therefore I am now again in miui 9.
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So u on miui 9 stable?
U stuck during upgrading miui10 coz u must factory reset. Sometime rom cant boot due to data partition and apps.
So need to clear user data to succesfully boot on upgrade. So u must factory reset to clear data partition. Else u will face problems. or bootloop while upgrade.
So if I just want to do the repair sensor stuff, what shall I do?
I did install TWRP but couldn't install any custom ROM, all stuck in bootloop!
What shall I do?
ishansarvaiya said:
So if I just want to do the repair sensor stuff, what shall I do?
I did install TWRP but couldn't install any custom ROM, all stuck in bootloop!
What shall I do?
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Lol..u must format data in twrp.
Go to twrp and press FORMAT DATA and Type "YES" to format.
after that wipe factory reset
Flash rom
Flash gapps
Reboot
naik2902 said:
Lol..u must format data in twrp.
Go to twrp and press FORMAT DATA and Type "YES" to format.
after that wipe factory reset
Flash rom
Flash gapps
Reboot
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I did this procedure but still stucked in bootloop. I just want to repair persust.img, I don't need to install custom ROMs now.
ishansarvaiya said:
I did this procedure but still stucked in bootloop. I just want to repair persust.img, I don't need to install custom ROMs now.
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Flash latest fastboot rom with flash all option . Which Cleans everything including userdata.
naik2902 said:
Flash latest fastboot rom with flash all option . Which Cleans everything including userdata.
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I tried latest fastboot ROM with flash all option as you guided, it shows an error that this file can not be flashed. After that I flashed this by EDL mode, the flashing completed successfully but the sensors are still not working!
ishansarvaiya said:
I tried latest fastboot ROM with flash all option as you guided, it shows an error that this file can not be flashed. After that I flashed this by EDL mode, the flashing completed successfully but the sensors are still not working!
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Just extract the persist.img file from fastboot rom.
Put the device in fastboot mode or if it doesnt work then put in edl mode and flash.
And flash using fastboot command
fastboot devices
fasboot erase persist
fastboot flash persist persist.img
fastboot reboot
Or
easy method
u can just flash persist.img file using TWRP. if twrp ask which parttion to flash then select persist partition.

[kate] need help to flash custom rom

I have Kate with miui 10.2 global stable and I want to flash mokee rom for kenzo on it what steps should I follow after unlock bootloader and flash zcx twrp and what about frimware does the kenzo ROM will make problems with network for Kate ? should I flash the frimware first after wipe data and system then flash the ROM then gapps ?
jack600 said:
I have Kate with miui 10.2 global stable and I want to flash mokee rom for kenzo on it what steps should I follow after unlock bootloader and flash zcx twrp and what about frimware does the kenzo ROM will make problems with network for Kate ? should I flash the frimware first after wipe data and system then flash the ROM then gapps ?
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Make sure u come from latest miui 10 stable
If u unlocked boot loader unofficially and zcx
then first replace ur zcx twrp with latest twrp. Then u can flash custom roms and gapps.
U dont need any firmware Before flashing custom roms.
Just format data
Wipe data reset
Flash rom and gapps.
Reboot.
If u try to flash those 50mb size miui firmware zip using twrp then u will brick ur phone coz u r unofficially unlocked. So get rid of that firmware fever from ur head. U dont need any.
In case if u feel like going again back to miui global rom then put ur phone in EDL mode and flash kate fastboot global rom using computer and miflashtool.
jack600 said:
I have Kate with miui 10.2 global stable and I want to flash mokee rom for kenzo on it what steps should I follow after unlock bootloader and flash zcx twrp and what about frimware does the kenzo ROM will make problems with network for Kate ? should I flash the frimware first after wipe data and system then flash the ROM then gapps ?
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Better use official TWRP, Orangefox or Redwolf recovery
No need to flash firmware as you're already on MIUI 10.2
Just wipe system, data, also format data & proceed to flash the rom
Thanks for the help guys
VaibhavKumarReddy said:
Better use official TWRP, Orangefox or Redwolf recovery
No need to flash firmware as you're already on MIUI 10.2
Just wipe system, data, also format data & proceed to flash the rom
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Can you help me? This is for Kenzo
I had softbricked? my phone. Went through the process of installing the MIUI 10 fastboot rom but it required activation which I can't do as I forgot my login details (i bought this phone years ago)
Yesterday I managed to unlock unofficially using this method
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66379587&postcount=3
Didn't install 7.1.8, just 7.2.5, followed the instructions, was able to enable oem-unlock and usb debugging, confirmed bootloader was unlocked
Flashed the latest twrp, tried zwcx, lastly tried the latest orangefox
Tried flashing AOSPextended nougat and viper os nougat with various recoveries but they were stuck at the logo for the corresponding roms
I am not sure...do I have to do anything with that boot.img patcher? And if so, when would I flash it?
Went through the same steps again. Same result. All roms get stuck on the custom boot animation
edit:nevermind, flashed that unlocked bootloader rn3_unlockonly in miflash and it booted up
mrhanky89 said:
Can you help me? This is for Kenzo
I had softbricked? my phone. Went through the process of installing the MIUI 10 fastboot rom but it required activation which I can't do as I forgot my login details (i bought this phone years ago)
Yesterday I managed to unlock unofficially using this method
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66379587&postcount=3
Didn't install 7.1.8, just 7.2.5, followed the instructions, was able to enable oem-unlock and usb debugging, confirmed bootloader was unlocked
Flashed the latest twrp, tried zwcx, lastly tried the latest orangefox
Tried flashing AOSPextended nougat and viper os nougat with various recoveries but they were stuck at the logo for the corresponding roms
I am not sure...do I have to do anything with that boot.img patcher? And if so, when would I flash it?
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mrhanky89 said:
Went through the same steps again. Same result. All roms get stuck on the custom boot animation
edit:nevermind, flashed that unlocked bootloader rn3_unlockonly in miflash and it booted up
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There is an updated guide to unlock unofficially on MIUI 9 with new bootloader.
The problem was you unlocked on older version of MIUI.
To recover password try to visit mi cloud & check if you can do something or forget & use custom roms as there's nothing good about MIUI.
VaibhavKumarReddy said:
There is an updated guide to unlock unofficially on MIUI 9 with new bootloader.
The problem was you unlocked on older version of MIUI.
To recover password try to visit mi cloud & check if you can do something or forget & use custom roms as there's nothing good about MIUI.
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Ah, yes I didn't know that the process was different now. I was just trying to do the Mi Unlock thing in order to flash these custom roms, not gonna use MIUI.
VaibhavKumarReddy said:
There is an updated guide to unlock unofficially on MIUI 9 with new bootloader.
The problem was you unlocked on older version of MIUI.
To recover password try to visit mi cloud & check if you can do something or forget & use custom roms as there's nothing good about MIUI.
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Can you give me the link for unlock bootloader guide for MIUI 10 ?
I tried to flash modified boot file for marshmallow when booted it asked for password my question is if I flash boot file again then flash twrp and boot to it I can wipe and flash any ROM right (except MIUI of course)?
jack600 said:
Can you give me the link for unlock bootloader guide for MIUI 10 ?
I tried to flash modified boot file for marshmallow when booted it asked for password my question is if I flash boot file again then flash twrp and boot to it I can wipe and flash any ROM right (except MIUI of course)?
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You already have the bootloader unlocked right so proceed to flash TWRP with fastboot commands
VaibhavKumarReddy said:
You already have the bootloader unlocked right so proceed to flash TWRP with fastboot commands
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It was unlocked but I flashed MIUI so it is locked now although I didn't choose clear all and lock option from miui tool ...so if I want to unlock it all I have to do is flash modified marshmallow boot file then flash official twrp boot to it format data and wipe then flash any rom I want ?
jack600 said:
It was unlocked but I flashed MIUI so it is locked now although I didn't choose clear all and lock option from miui tool ...so if I want to unlock it all I have to do is flash modified marshmallow boot file then flash official twrp boot to it format data and wipe then flash any rom I want ?
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After u unoificially unlock.
Replace zcx twrp with latest twrp.
Then flash rom and gapps.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH MIUI ROM OR MIUI FIRMWARE USING TWRP. U WILL BRICK OR BOOTLOOP.
ONLY CUSTOM ROMS ARE ALLOWED.

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