Custom ROMs are one of the best things about Android. One of the best things about the openness of the Android platform is that if you're unhappy with the stock OS, you can install one of many modified versions of Android (called ROMs) on your device. A new ROM can bring you the latest version of Android before your manufacturer does, or it can replace your manufacturer-modded version of Android with a clean, stock version. But with the introduction of the dynamic partition flashing Custom ROMs are a bit tricky. In this post, I will run you through the steps of flashing Custom ROMs on your Poco X3.
Pre-requisites:
Unlocked Bootloader
Custom Recovery
Note:- Always create a backup of your important files before flashing.
Steps:-
From MIUI to Custom ROM
Encrypted
Copy the Custom ROMs zip to your sdcard or your OTG flash drive.
Boot to the recovery.
Flash the required firmware mentioned for the ROM.
Reboot your recovery.
Flash the Custom ROM.
And then format data [**This will wipe your internal storage**]
Reboot (Flash magisk if you want root after the first boot)
Decrypted
Flash this decrypted vendor
Flash the custom rom
Format data and reboot
From Custom ROMs to Another Custom ROM
Encrypted
**Backup your internal storage, incase something gets wrong**
Remove your lockscreen password
Boot to the recovery
Wipe Data, Cache and Dalvik Cache
Flash Custom ROM
Reboot
** If the device bootloops Format Data **
Decrypted
*If your device is encrypted*
Flash the decrypted vendor
Flash the custom rom
Format data and reboot
*If your device is already decrypted*
Wipe data and cache
Flash rom
Reboot
Notes:-
For encrypted people
Always create a backup of your internal storage.
Format data while upgrading from one android version to another.
Downgrading firmware may also require data format
Moving from Gapps build to non-gapps build or vice versa also requires fata format
For decrypted people
You don't need to flash the decrypted vendor everytime unless you come from miui
The vendor will not work on miui
All credits to POCO X3 Developers & Custom ROM Community.
Regards,
Polvolt
You saved me. I had properly unlocked bootloader, flashed OrangeFox but then I did the wipes and also mistakely formated data, so I couldn't send files from PC to phone to flash the custom rom.
Guess I could've just used the usb otg at this point, but I reflashed MIUI with a script, and reflashed OrangeFox and now I'm good to go.
I thought current custom recoveries don't check for rollback protection (yet)?
It's probably safe to be flashing stock firmwares via custom recovery if you are sure you know what you're doing. But this guide seem to appeal to new comers. Should we suggest they stick to using Mi Flash tool for flashing stock firmwares as it has rollback protection checks?
Or am I just out of the loop and this is no longer the case with custom recoveries for surya/karna?
Thanks for the guide btw. Greatly appreciated.
I miss manually flashing each partition files via fastboot like when I was on my Nexus devices and my Essential PH-1. I have not seen a guide that recommends or even teaches us to flash partitions manually.
payas0 said:
I thought current custom recoveries don't check for rollback protection (yet)?
It's probably safe to be flashing stock firmwares via custom recovery if you are sure you know what you're doing. But this guide seem to appeal to new comers. Should we suggest they stick to using Mi Flash tool for flashing stock firmwares as it has rollback protection checks?
Or am I just out of the loop and this is no longer the case with custom recoveries for surya/karna?
Thanks for the guide btw. Greatly appreciated.
I miss manually flashing each partition files via fastboot like when I was on my Nexus devices and my Essential PH-1. I have not seen a guide that recommends or even teaches us to flash partitions manually.
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Yes it is safe to flash stock fw via custom recovery. ARB hasn't been implemented on surya yet.
Well manual flashing each partition using fastboot on surya is much more complicated. Dynamic partition work differently. In short one have to boot to fastboot than boot to fastbootd than you can flash rom
Are you sure it's not enabled? After running fastboot getvar anti, I get anti: 2 and I just bought the phone without doing any upgrades. Unless this alone doesn't mean that ARB is enabled?
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Are you sure it's not enabled? After running fastboot getvar anti, I get anti: 2 and I just bought the phone without doing any upgrades. Unless this alone doesn't mean that ARB is enabled?
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No only if you get "anti:4" itmeans ARB is enabled, otherwise feel free to downgrade via fastboot.
Kineceleran said:
No only if you get "anti:4" itmeans ARB is enabled, otherwise feel free to downgrade via fastboot.
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Seems you're wrong. This XDA article states other way:
"
How to find current rollback index
Reboot to fastboot mode
Enter the following command: fastboot getvar anti
If the output is blank, then anti-rollback has not yet been enabled. If you get a number in the output, then that’s your current rollback index."
Xiaomi's Anti-Rollback Protection Explained: How to avoid bricking your phone
All Xiaomi smartphones and tablets will have anti-rollback protection enabled. What is it and how do you avoid bricking your device because of it?
www.xda-developers.com
How about from MIUI Global to MIUI EU ? I've found a 12.0.7.0, not sure but it seems to be EU rom, right?
Hello
I'm new to Xiaomi phones! For the love of God someone tell me how do I flash roms on my poco x3 nfc Note ( I've been flashing roms for years but not Xiaomi phones ). What ever I flash it works but after I attempt to flash another rom files in sd card get corrupt and I format data that doesn't gonna do anything! So please someone tell me how do I flash roms on this phone. My phone is encrypted I was on MIUI global
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Hello
I'm new to Xiaomi phones! For the love of God someone tell me how do I flash roms on my poco x3 nfc Note ( I've been flashing roms for years but not Xiaomi phones ). What ever I flash it works but after I attempt to flash another rom files in sd card get corrupt and I format data that doesn't gonna do anything! So please someone tell me how do I flash roms on this phone. My phone is encrypted I was on MIUI global
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I suppose you do have already unlocked bootloader and installed recovery? if no, please do, if yes try this guide or read this post
I'm having trouble because I flashed the vendor and it does not work in my version (QJGMIXM) and 4g internet does not work. I need help to fix because I can't find original vendor file or return to MIUI. HELP!!!!!
biliterror said:
I'm having trouble because I flashed the vendor and it does not work in my version (QJGMIXM) and 4g internet does not work. I need help to fix because I can't find original vendor file or return to MIUI. HELP!!!!!
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Use any fastboot stock ROM and MiFlash tool to restore your phone...or flash any custom recovery and use it to flash any recovery stock ROM to restore your phone.
I have 6 days to wait for unlocking the device. I can't wait to get rid of the Mi UI mess and bloat. I haven't had to do a complicated (for me) phone flash process like this since a Motorola phone in 2014. I have a a few questions:
1- Do I need to add/install adb drivers to my WIN10 PC? I came across win adb drivers for the POCO in my search for Windows PC drivers. Which version of adb is needed for Win10? I currently have abd my laptop, but I can't determine the version.
2- Installing the recovery - I see the steps some have posted with TWRP versions, but I'm not really clear on this. Do I go to the folder with TWRP in it and then use a command prompt from there? TWRP or Orange Fox and what version? The posts are confusing.
3- I'd like to have the easiest rom flash for my first go at this phone. I would appreciate a recommendation for which rom might be the best one to start with. I will be want gapps as part of the process, but could flash afterwards if its better that way. Is Arrow OS or Havoc a good choice?
Sorry for all the questions.
Thanks
If i flash a newer Firmware (.7) over the decrypted vendor (.5), is my phone encrypted again?
Grusel said:
If i flash a newer Firmware (.7) over the decrypted vendor (.5), is my phone encrypted again?
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if you'll flash 12.0.7 vendor from this thread, then no
Is this the right way?
Flash the CustomRom and after flash format Data?
Not first format Data and than flash Customrom?
My plan after bootloader Wait time is flash the Miui Eu Rom.
What ist the right way?
trutta said:
Is this the right way?
Flash the CustomRom and after flash format Data?
Not first format Data and than flash Customrom?
My plan after bootloader Wait time is flash the Miui Eu Rom.
What ist the right way?
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Flashing ROM and Format data is the usual way....
I now. But the chronologie was another. First Format data, then flash Rom.
Usually in all my old device while flashing roms I have to wipe system data cache then I just flashed the rom, it's my first Xiaomi device I am confused as hell , should i never have to wipe system partition ? , Is flashing firmware necessary everytime ? Are there any risks associated with decrypted vendor ?please guide me I am not noob but these things are completely new to me
Device storage partition schemes have changed and are now dynamic, so previous procedures don't apply anymore. Closely follow your ROM developer instructions in order to avoid bricking your device.
Dynamic Partitions | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
Brother, i have Karna (Indian) one with me. I got update to latest MIUI 12.0.8, after updating i unlocked the bootloader and flashed twrp, but it dint wrok, then had to flash OFox. RN i am on latest lineageOS 17.1. I am having network issues. Someone at the telegram group told me to flash the firmware along with the vendor of 12.0.5 MiUi as he also suffered the same kind of network issue i am having.
but the problem is i am unable to find the Vendor n firmware of 12.0.5. Can you please help me ?
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I used to flash new ROM's on my old Galaxy S2 and there was never a issue of bootloader thing and same goes for old Xiaomi phones like redmi 1s.
But recently When xiaomi started locking bootloader , even after unlocking bootloader ,In most of ROM threads there is warning to delete the bootloader file from MIUI recovery ROM and then flash the ROM through recovery as it'll relock the bootloader.
Why does this happen so ?
1) What is the difference between official and unofficial unlocked bootloader ?
2) How much difference does one make if we want to flash all type of ROM's including MIUI , CM ,RR etc ?
3) Is there any way in which bootloader once unlocked , we don't have to worry about getting it relocked by flashing other ROM's like exactly what happens in most other android smartphones after unlocking their bootloader ?
Please clear the above doubts as it's becoming very confusing and irritating on flashing the ROM and what points needed to be kept in mind to avoid bricking the RN3.
Read this thread, my phone was officially unlocked the bootloader and used alka twrp to flash official rom with the ease. No need to do anything, just flashed it, superSU and exposed. Rebooted my phone, done. Only failed on incremental ota update, rebooted phone and received a second ota full rom and always success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/guide-redmi-note-3-available-twrps-t3406708
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lack of good/complete tutorials
I believe flashing has always been a tricky job, more or less. The fact of the matter is that (for our device) I see very little complete tutorials in ROM threads, they all focus on the last bit of flashing. Some hazards are being mentioned and in the best case scenario you get a link to a vague solution (cross other forums and boards), never a full tutorial in the starting topic or the second post however. Back in the days you would see full explanations in every ROM thread, first posts were even being reserved for that. Nowadays users are being supposed to know it al which most do not.
Besides from the complete guides I also noticed that whenever something is explained, the explanations themselves are poor in terms of language (grammar as well as vocabulary) causing even more problems for newbies to fully understand what they are up to.
I am ne to the Xiaomi community but I am absolutely not new to flashing, cooking etc. (started back in the days with iPAQ's and so on) but I also had a though time to end up where I am now with a official unlocked phone that is rooted, has a custom recovery and a Xiaomi.eu ROM. MY journey was a long one but I must conclude that none of the steps were a real hazard, but combining everything in a workflow in correct order was a pain in the back.
First thing that came to me was the idea of writing down my experiences in the form of a FULL tutorial, which I might do when I find the time. I am pretty sure this will help many fellow flashers, newbies and pro's, to establish what most of us did.
These were just my two cents.
P.S. One more thing I noticed is that there are a lot of unfinished projects, they do the job that they were needed for, but they do nothing else.
e.g. Why are there so many custom recoveries, are there no developers anymore that can combine them all to one-fits-all ?
timberwolf60 said:
Read this thread, my phone was officially unlocked the bootloader and used alka twrp to flash official rom with the ease. No need to do anything, just flashed it, superSU and exposed. Rebooted my phone, done. Only failed on incremental ota update, rebooted phone and received a second ota full rom and always success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/guide-redmi-note-3-available-twrps-t3406708
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That is a lot of If else there
Why we can't just flash any rom after unlocking bootloader officially and always have to fear about bootloader relock again?
If i am not mistaken this situation is in Xiaomi phones right ?
Dust2Dust said:
I believe flashing has always been a tricky job, more or less. The fact of the matter is that (for our device) I see very little complete tutorials in ROM threads, they all focus on the last bit of flashing. Some hazards are being mentioned and in the best case scenario you get a link to a vague solution (cross other forums and boards), never a full tutorial in the starting topic or the second post however. Back in the days you would see full explanations in every ROM thread, first posts were even being reserved for that. Nowadays users are being supposed to know it al which most do not.
Besides from the complete guides I also noticed that whenever something is explained, the explanations themselves are poor in terms of language (grammar as well as vocabulary) causing even more problems for newbies to fully understand what they are up to.
I am ne to the Xiaomi community but I am absolutely not new to flashing, cooking etc. (started back in the days with iPAQ's and so on) but I also had a though time to end up where I am now with a official unlocked phone that is rooted, has a custom recovery and a Xiaomi.eu ROM. MY journey was a long one but I must conclude that none of the steps were a real hazard, but combining everything in a workflow in correct order was a pain in the back.
First thing that came to me was the idea of writing down my experiences in the form of a FULL tutorial, which I might do when I find the time. I am pretty sure this will help many fellow flashers, newbies and pro's, to establish what most of us did.
These were just my two cents.
P.S. One more thing I noticed is that there are a lot of unfinished projects, they do the job that they were needed for, but they do nothing else.
e.g. Why are there so many custom recoveries, are there no developers anymore that can combine them all to one-fits-all ?
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Yes right , but i think Xiaomi is the culprit here for every complicated procedure here.
What's the difference between officially and unofficially unlocked bootloader ? and how's Xiamio.eu ROM is different from global stable ROM ?
akhil17kr said:
Yes right , but i think Xiaomi is the culprit here for every complicated procedure here.
What's the difference between officially and unofficially unlocked bootloader ? and how's Xiamio.eu ROM is different from global stable ROM ?
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Xiaomi.eu weekly rom was cooked from cn dev rom, removed Chinese apps and put in Google apps and more European languages. Those who wish to flash it must officially unlocked bootloader.
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timberwolf60 said:
Xiaomi.eu weekly rom was cooked from cn dev rom, removed Chinese apps and put in Google apps and more European languages. Those who wish to flash it must officially unlocked bootloader.
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and What's the difference between officially and unofficially unlocked bootloader ? i have unofficially now , should i officially unlock it ? if it makes flashing procedure easy ?
akhil17kr said:
Yes right , but i think Xiaomi is the culprit here for every complicated procedure here.
What's the difference between officially and unofficially unlocked bootloader ? and how's Xiamio.eu ROM is different from global stable ROM ?
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Couple of examples: Xiaomi.eu gives me different locales and languages. It also sets default GPS location to Europe instead of Asia which provides a faster GPS fix. It is however behind in development so it doesn't have MIUI 8 yet.
As for the bootloader unlock: I have not looked into that since there is no need. If you follow all the steps in correct order and with correct ROM's official unlocking cannot go wrong. The culprit however is the complete chaos (now I said it) in instructions and tutorials. So I have not looked into the unofficial bootloader unlocking.
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Couple of examples: Xiaomi.eu gives me different locales and languages. It also sets default GPS location to Europe instead of Asia which provides a faster GPS fix. It is however behind in development so it doesn't have MIUI 8 yet.
As for the bootloader unlock: I have not looked into that since there is no need. If you follow all the steps in correct order and with correct ROM's official unlocking cannot go wrong. The culprit however is the complete chaos (now I said it) in instructions and tutorials. So I have not looked into the unofficial bootloader unlocking.
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do you mind reading this question and clarify the steps , asked in Official CM13 thread. Nobody answered there:-
"Hey , I've unlocked RN3 bootloader unofficialy and currently on MIUI stable version with root and TWRP recovery.
I want to taste official CM13 but no plans to use it , just test it. After using it for day or 2 , i want to switch back to my MIUI ROM.
What should be the ideal steps through which i can avoid all these hassles of Bootloader relock stuff.
Can't we just normally go back to MIUI ROM by restroing using TWRP backup ?
Here's what i'll do , please correct the steps:-
1) Flash TWRP alka version and make complete backup of current MIUI ROM.
2) Wipe system ,data, cache,dalvik cache.
3 First flash CM-fIrmware file,then CM13 ROM , then gapps.
4) Reboot and use CM for 2-3 days.
Now to go back to the MIUI ROM backup:-
1) Reboot to alka recovery.
2) Wipe system ,data, cache,dalvik cache.
3) restore the MIUI Nandroid backup (Deselect firmware file.)
4) Reboot
DONE ! Back to MIUI.
If my steps are right ?
Please guide on the same. "
akhil17kr said:
do you mind reading this question and clarify the steps , asked in Official CM13 thread. Nobody answered there:-
"Hey , I've unlocked RN3 bootloader unofficialy and currently on MIUI stable version with root and TWRP recovery.
I want to taste official CM13 but no plans to use it , just test it. After using it for day or 2 , i want to switch back to my MIUI ROM.
What should be the ideal steps through which i can avoid all these hassles of Bootloader relock stuff.
Can't we just normally go back to MIUI ROM by restroing using TWRP backup ?
Here's what i'll do , please correct the steps:-
1) Flash TWRP alka version and make complete backup of current MIUI ROM.
2) Wipe system ,data, cache,dalvik cache.
3 First flash CM-fIrmware file,then CM13 ROM , then gapps.
4) Reboot and use CM for 2-3 days.
Now to go back to the MIUI ROM backup:-
1) Reboot to alka recovery.
2) Wipe system ,data, cache,dalvik cache.
3) restore the MIUI Nandroid backup (Deselect firmware file.)
4) Reboot
DONE ! Back to MIUI.
If my steps are right ?
Please guide on the same. "
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I did the same steps above after flashing resurrection remix with cm13 radio,after restoration of miui from twrp Alka backup my fingerprint sensor stopped working bcos the firmware didn't restore and I unchecked that partition so what i did was again.
1) go back to twrp Alka
2) flash the full MIUI 8 rom .zip and rebooted
3) then the fingerprint started working .
So Alka twrp has a bug in Restoration of firmware partition .so be careful and have a full twrp Alka backup and then flash cm13 and firmware
akhil17kr said:
do you mind reading this question and clarify the steps , asked in Official CM13 thread. Nobody answered there:-
"Hey , I've unlocked RN3 bootloader unofficialy and currently on MIUI stable version with root and TWRP recovery.
I want to taste official CM13 but no plans to use it , just test it. After using it for day or 2 , i want to switch back to my MIUI ROM.
What should be the ideal steps through which i can avoid all these hassles of Bootloader relock stuff.
Can't we just normally go back to MIUI ROM by restroing using TWRP backup ?
Here's what i'll do , please correct the steps:-
1) Flash TWRP alka version and make complete backup of current MIUI ROM.
2) Wipe system ,data, cache,dalvik cache.
3 First flash CM-fIrmware file,then CM13 ROM , then gapps.
4) Reboot and use CM for 2-3 days.
Now to go back to the MIUI ROM backup:-
1) Reboot to alka recovery.
2) Wipe system ,data, cache,dalvik cache.
3) restore the MIUI Nandroid backup (Deselect firmware file.)
4) Reboot
DONE ! Back to MIUI.
If my steps are right ?
Please guide on the same. "
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They look more or less correct, I choose not to go the CM way (yet) since there are still some flaws that I can't live with.
I would try to go to official unlock, whatever it takes. It just looks more solid & safe from what I have been reading so far.
Also I would choose to use an other Recovery:
Official TWRP with F2FS Support
• Based on official TWRP 3.0.2-2 & updated CyanogenMod source
• Adds Support For F2FS based file systems.
• Used for flashing official CyanogenMod 13 based ROMs.
• Users with official unlocked bootloader will have to flash Universal Boot Img Patcher (UBP) after flashing MIUI Recovery ROM Zip.
• Users with unofficial unlocked bootloader should strictly not use this TWRP for flashing MIUI Recovery ROM Zip.
That seems optimized for CM the most.
II should tell you that I received the phone two days ago and I am also still catching up on reading.
Add on, taken from the above link:
In case of unofficial unlock:
4. Flashing Official CM13 ROM
• Flash F2FS TWRP & Backup Current ROM.
• Select /data & /cache Partitions & Select Change File System
• Select F2FS & Swipe To Change
• Reboot to Recovery & Factory Reset
• Reboot to Recovery & Flash CM13 Firmware
• Reboot to Recovery & Flash CM13 Zip
• Flash Appropriate GApps Version Zip & Reboot to System
• To Return Back To Any ROM After Flashing CM13, Flash Safe TWRP v2 & Proceed.
So far throughout xda, I have just got links to stock ROM for other variants like LX1(mostly), which dont support the VoLTE feature. However I fail to find any link for complete stock ROM, both fastboot and recovery, for the ANE-AL00 C675 variant. I am well versed with unbricking Xiaomi, Sony and old samsung devices both from recovery and fastboot, but have no experience with Huawei Devices, and the method for huawei devices seem a bit different.
For e.g. if i want to just boot to recovery(temporarily) and not permanently, I used the command "fastboot boot (recovery_file_name).img" , but I am unable to do so with huawei devices. Seems, commands are slightly different. I am just curious to know a full guide of flashing stock ROM for ANE-AL00 C675 variant both from fastboot and recovery method.
Links for the C675 ROMS would be very much appreciated. Kindly help!!
fbh59 said:
So far throughout xda, I have just got links to stock ROM for other variants like LX1(mostly), which dont support the VoLTE feature. However I fail to find any link for complete stock ROM, both fastboot and recovery, for the ANE-AL00 C675 variant. I am well versed with unbricking Xiaomi, Sony and old samsung devices both from recovery and fastboot, but have no experience with Huawei Devices, and the method for huawei devices seem a bit different.
For e.g. if i want to just boot to recovery(temporarily) and not permanently, I used the command "fastboot boot (recovery_file_name).img" , but I am unable to do so with huawei devices. Seems, commands are slightly different. I am just curious to know a full guide of flashing stock ROM for ANE-AL00 C675 variant both from fastboot and recovery method.
Links for the C675 ROMS would be very much appreciated. Kindly help!!
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You can use Firmware Finder app from google play and browsing online with this link to find all firmware available from Huawei
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=&firmware_page=0
Boot temporary in the recovery I think it is not possible or I don't know the right commands.
Flash a complete firmware via fastboot mode should be possible but as far as I know only a pay service can handle that, like DC Phoenix.
Flash the most important partition via fastboot mode is possible, like recovery_ramdisk, ramdisk, cust, system, etc.
Flash Full ROM:
- System update (stock recovery)
- Firmware Finder (stock recovery)
- HuRUpdater (TWRP)
- HwOTA8 for Huawei P20 Lite (Recovery_NoCheck)
kilroystyx said:
You can use Firmware Finder app from google play and browsing online with this link to find all firmware available from Huawei
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=&firmware_page=0
Boot temporary in the recovery I think it is not possible or I don't know the right commands.
Flash a complete firmware via fastboot mode should be possible but as far as I know only a pay service can handle that, like DC Phoenix.
Flash the most important partition via fastboot mode is possible, like recovery_ramdisk, ramdisk, cust, system, etc.
Flash Full ROM:
- System update (stock recovery)
- Firmware Finder (stock recovery)
- HuRUpdater (TWRP)
- HwOTA8 for Huawei P20 Lite (Recovery_NoCheck)
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Thank you for the help, however I went through the above link (the russian link) earlier too, but could not find any link for C675 variant of P20 Lite handset. Nor it was available in the android app.
Secondly, will a nandroid backup via twrp help me in unbricking my device, in case I flash a wrong firmware or if i try some custom ROMs like Ressurection Remix and later want to switch back to my official ROM with which my device was shipped with? If yes, what partitions should I select for backing up as I have never done with a Huawei device?
(Prior to my experience with Huawei, I took a nandroid backup once in my life with an old Xperia C602, but the restoration bricked my device, but got my device back to life by flashing a full fastboot ROM) So I just wanted to be sure that a nandroid restoration not to cause any soft-bricking of my device.
fbh59 said:
Thank you for the help, however I went through the above link (the russian link) earlier too, but could not find any link for C675 variant of P20 Lite handset. Nor it was available in the android app.
Secondly, will a nandroid backup via twrp help me in unbricking my device, in case I flash a wrong firmware or if i try some custom ROMs like Ressurection Remix and later want to switch back to my official ROM with which my device was shipped with? If yes, what partitions should I select for backing up as I have never done with a Huawei device?
(Prior to my experience with Huawei, I took a nandroid backup once in my life with an old Xperia C602, but the restoration bricked my device, but got my device back to life by flashing a full fastboot ROM) So I just wanted to be sure that a nandroid restoration not to cause any soft-bricking of my device.
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I didn't saw any firmware for your region so far, the idea is that you can look anytime...
- Yes, nandroid can help you but depends the way how you brick the device. In case that you can reach TWRP should be enough.
- To have more success to unbrick your device you should have always the booloader unlocked and FRP unlock.
- Restore to stock should be also possible in case you are in the customizes ROMs.
- Lock bootloader I think is not possible yet, only relock. Don't try do it with unofficial firmware installed.
- Cust, kernel, odm, product, ramdisk, system, vendor and version are the most important partitions to recovery from the customized rom. You don't need to know this by heart, just check the flashable zip from customized rom which partition was installed previously or better just install the official Huawei firmware.
- Is very easy soft-brick Huawei devices, so, do only things already tested by other users.
If you can wait to have firmware released for your device is more safety because you have more options for unbrick it.
kilroystyx said:
I didn't saw any firmware for your region so far, the idea is that you can look anytime...
- Yes, nandroid can help you but depends the way how you brick the device. In case that you can reach TWRP should be enough.
- To have more success to unbrick your device you should have always the booloader unlocked and FRP unlock.
- Restore to stock should be also possible in case you are in the customizes ROMs.
- Lock bootloader I think is not possible yet, only relock. Don't try do it with unofficial firmware installed.
- Cust, kernel, odm, product, ramdisk, system, vendor and version are the most important partitions to recovery from the customized rom. You don't need to know this by heart, just check the flashable zip from customized rom which partition was installed previously or better just install the official Huawei firmware.
- Is very easy soft-brick Huawei devices, so, do only things already tested by other users.
If you can wait to have firmware released for your device is more safety because you have more options for unbrick it.
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Thanks for sharing the knowledge
Has anyone found this variant? Needed to relock my bootloader.
I want to know rooting method for ANE-AL00 C675 variant
Arseon said:
Has anyone found this variant? Needed to relock my bootloader.
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I tried every method that i know to do it.
But failed in each and every method .
Help me out!!
Hi,
I've been out the custom rom game since Lollipop and feel very much like a N00b again.
I flashed the latest stable PIE miui through TWRP then flashed a few custom roms to test. Got hit with the whole encryption merry go round and managed to somehow stop this by flashing one of these disableencrypt zips I believe. I have no idea if this will happen again and I am scared my internal data will get encrypted again. how do I permanently disable this?
I also have the following error what have i done wrong, do i need to fix this and what effect does it have on my Poco:
ANDROID SYSTEM
Your vendor image does not match the system. Please flash the PKQ1.180729.001 vendor image for your device.
Any guidance would be much appreciated,=.
gmengass said:
Hi,
I've been out the custom rom game since Lollipop and feel very much like a N00b again.
I flashed the latest stable PIE miui through TWRP then flashed a few custom roms to test. Got hit with the whole encryption merry go round and managed to somehow stop this by flashing one of these disableencrypt zips I believe. I have no idea if this will happen again and I am scared my internal data will get encrypted again. how do I permanently disable this?
I also have the following error what have i done wrong, do i need to fix this and what effect does it have on my Poco:
ANDROID SYSTEM
Your vendor image does not match the system. Please flash the PKQ1.180729.001 vendor image for your device.
Any guidance would be much appreciated,=.
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1- First of all encryption is by default in pie so you have to flash DfE every time you update or install a ROM and also in case of updating vendor or firmware . DfE has to installed after the ROM installation otherwise storage will get encrypted and only option would be left for decryption is format
2- For vendor mismatch flash vendor for here
https://downloads.akhilnarang.me/MIUI/beryllium/
prabh98 said:
1- First of all encryption is by default in pie so you have to flash DfE every time you update or install a ROM and also in case of updating vendor or firmware . DfE has to installed after the ROM installation otherwise storage will get encrypted and only option would be left for decryption is format
2- For vendor mismatch flash vendor for here
https://downloads.akhilnarang.me/MIUI/beryllium/
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thanks for the information,
1. Do I still have to flash Dfe every time I do an OTA update on custom roms?
2. What affect does the vendor mismatch have? will this format my data?
gmengass said:
thanks for the information,
1. Do I still have to flash Dfe every time I do an OTA update on custom roms?
2. What affect does the vendor mismatch have? will this format my data?
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1- yes
2- no
Hello everybody!
I currently have on my kenzo the lastest AOSP Extended Pie. I have an officially unlocked bootloader and the latest TWRP.
Now, I want to sell my device, and therefore I need to get back to MIUI.
Is there an easy way to flash MIUI retaining TWRP and even the bootloader unlocked?
Thanks in advance!
if i recall correctly, you flash lazyflasher and then MIUI rom. that should allow you to keep your bootloader unlocked while having stock MIUI rom
Thanks @Doplan. Actually I never used Lazyflasher. I need to read more about it.
I was hoping to put the phone on a default factory state, with the original ROM.
Searching how to make this procedure, the results lead to the MiFlash tool, while using a fastboot ROM (from official MIUI). It seems there is an option to re-lock the bootloader.
Which means I have a choice about leaving it locked or unlocked - haven't decided yet. Not sure if the person (I will sell it to) is as tech savvy as we in this forum are. So even might be preferable to lock the bootloader.
paulnv said:
Thanks @Doplan. Actually I never used Lazyflasher. I need to read more about it.
I was hoping to put the phone on a default factory state, with the original ROM.
Searching how to make this procedure, the results lead to the MiFlash tool, while using a fastboot ROM (from official MIUI). It seems there is an option to re-lock the bootloader.
Which means I have a choice about leaving it locked or unlocked - haven't decided yet. Not sure if the person (I will sell it to) is as tech savvy as we in this forum are. So even might be preferable to lock the bootloader.
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Who will buy redmi note 3 in 2019.
paulnv said:
Thanks @Doplan. Actually I never used Lazyflasher. I need to read more about it.
I was hoping to put the phone on a default factory state, with the original ROM.
Searching how to make this procedure, the results lead to the MiFlash tool, while using a fastboot ROM (from official MIUI). It seems there is an option to re-lock the bootloader.
Which means I have a choice about leaving it locked or unlocked - haven't decided yet. Not sure if the person (I will sell it to) is as tech savvy as we in this forum are. So even might be preferable to lock the bootloader.
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I would personally leave it with TWRP and global MIUI rom.
Doplan said:
I would personally leave it with TWRP and global MIUI rom.
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Lol.....No neeed of miui. Rn3 is old phone. Just keep Aex Pie instlled with twrp official.
Altleast Aex pie has auto OTA push .its very decent stable build better than miui 10.2 which was last official update. And no more official update is expected from xiaomi. And also miui 10.2 is worst release with battery drain.
The buyer will consider used rn3 to buy if he finds it is installed with android 9.
Black_Stark said:
Who will buy redmi note 3 in 2019.
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I think the phone is still totally capable of doing almost any task. For non power users, and if the price is right, I think it still is a reasonable choice. In a quick survey, I found people selling this in the 80 - 120€ price range (in my home country Portugal).
Doplan said:
I would personally leave it with TWRP and global MIUI rom.
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Can I install directly a modified MIUI (eg. xiaomi.eu) via TWRP coming from AEX? If it's an official global ROM MiFlash is the way to go.
@Black_Stark I personally also prefer the pure Android experience. That will depend on the type of user that will buy the phone.
I just guessed the average person looking for a phone (cheap, used) might not care about custom ROMs, or unlocked bootloaders. Just want the original software.
For authenticity purposes, I'd flash the latest stock MIUI with lock option. Then it's up to the buyer if he wants to mess around with ROMs or other modifications.
Simply install official miui stable rom from TWRP
Download the recent official stable version of the ROM from the officail website of miui >>> <<<
Keep it in the internal memory, then booting into TWRP , install the ROM before wiping data, system, cache & dalwik
Then intall the Stock Rom / Latest miui zip file and preferably lazy patcher as well.
Then you are good to go .... Boot into the system
Lazyflasher/Stock ROM/Latest MIUI
Thanks... Hope it might help.
Harmn singh1796) said:
Download the recent official stable version of the ROM from the officail website of miui >>> <<<
Keep it in the internal memory, then booting into TWRP , install the ROM before wiping data, system, cache & dalwik
Then intall the Stock Rom / Latest miui zip file and preferably lazy patcher as well.
Then you are good to go .... Boot into the system
Lazyflasher/Stock ROM/Latest MIUI
Thanks... Hope it might help.
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You mean:
1. Install official ROM (from internal storage) direcly over my current ROM (AEX Pie);
2. Full Wipe (system, data, cache and dalvik cache);
3. Install the same official ROM again (from internal storage);
4. Install LazyFlasher;
5 Reboot.
?
paulnv said:
You mean:
1. Install official ROM (from internal storage) direcly over my current ROM (AEX Pie);
2. Full Wipe (system, data, cache and dalvik cache);
3. Install the same official ROM again (from internal storage);
4. Install LazyFlasher;
5 Reboot.
?
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Recovery rom.
Flash using twrp official recomended..
http://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.2.1.0....roGlobal_V10.2.1.0.MHOMIXM_36c0f5ded3_6.0.zip
paulnv said:
You mean:
1. Install official ROM (from internal storage) direcly over my current ROM (AEX Pie);
2. Full Wipe (system, data, cache and dalvik cache);
3. Install the same official ROM again (from internal storage);
4. Install LazyFlasher;
5 Reboot.
?
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Yup try this hope it might work for you.
First question is the title basically, wanna flash miui if i happen to not like PE. Can i flash it with twrp?
Second question, If I flash PE without any custom kernels. And flash miui after that. Will i have my original kernel? Or does flashing custom roms change to a custom kernel?
Sorry a bit new to this. Thanks for your time.
1 - Yes, you can flash miui with twrp, just use rom recovery package.
2 - Any rom zip package comes bundled with the kernel. flashing will install the kernel contained in the package.
csleo17 said:
1 - Yes, you can flash miui with twrp, just use rom recovery package.
2 - Any rom zip package comes bundled with the kernel. flashing will install the kernel contained in the package.
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What is rom recovery package?
thanks for your time man
ParsaMrrelax said:
What is rom recovery package?
thanks for your time man
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Android devices predominantly followed by following partitions!
/system
/boot
/recovery
/vendor
/storage
/persist
/ta (in xperia)
/overlay (optional)
now RECOVERY (beside parition name) refers to a operating system DESIGNED ONLY to change size of these partitions (ADVANCE) and basic need to spread out(FLASH) operating system according to command by package in certain partitions. -- TWRP is one OUTSTANDING Recovery project over the years. back in old days Philztouch recovery was also popular for Xperia models-
the term "rom recovery package" means, READ ONLY MEMORY ( a android operating system File ) Designed for RECOVERY TO READ and spead the data in /system + / boot & /data partitions for your Poco (or any android based) for boot in to android operating system.
MIUI mainly releases TWO filetypes of SAME ROMS , for example miui10.3.6 has
1. RECOVERY ROM (1.6gb) (to be flashed by TWRP
2. FASTBOOT ROM (2.8gb) which can be flashed by FLASHER running on WINDOWS based System (some times iMac too)
3. Android devices uses many types of processor, SNAPDRAGON processors are famouss (poco uses Snapdragon or SD845) hence Two type of Flashers can be USED to FLASH POCO, 1 MI FLASH (RECOMENDED) (supports Two Mods, on fastboot rom, fastboot & EDL) or QUALCOMS QLOADER flasher (ADVANCE and NOT RECOMENDED)
coming back to twrp,
all custom roms are designed keeping in mind that RECOVERY (such as TWRP) will be FLASHING it on ANDROID DEVICE. so the sequence of flashing such roms are like
1. flashing vendor firmware , from a. vendor firmware , download from https://mirror.akhilnarang.me/MIUI/b...r-firmware.zip
b. flashing pixel experience ROM ( you should also try Crdroid and Havoc)
c. flashing google apps from openapps.org (take arm64>android9.0>MICRO package and hit download) 250+mb filesize
d. (optional) optimus drunk kernel (check development forum for post)
e. flashing magisk18.3.zip (if you want your Device to WAKEUP ROOTED)
now answering you question
1. YES YOU CAN TOGGLE BETWEEN MIUI AND CUSTOM ROMS, but don't make it habit! there is always chance for you to BRICK your device. also you will loose all your data if MIUI uses Encryption method which TWRP cannot READ to operate /data partition. then you must RE FORMATE /data partition via twrp in order to make it accesable for custom rom(s)
2.ANY TIME WHEN TWRP FLASH ANY ROM, MIUI OR ANY CUSTOM ROM, THE OLD KERNEL IS OBSOLETE AND NEW ONE IS PLACED thats why you need to flash magisk everytime you clean flash any rom in order to get root access
please do ask if you need any clarification
might be a old thread.
but i installed a custom rom on my moms phone but i thinking going back to stock. the custom rom is old and has scroll problems...
but i see stable miui has no updates. but can i flash official miui rom from twrp over the custom lingeos rom?
or is it better to update her phone to a more recent custom rom.
either way she will lose her data. plus camera has bugs but i never had the time with work and she working to put it back in a mint working state. cause the scrolling being broking is fuking stupid
tought about miui stable. just to flash it true trwp.
or update it to a more recent custom rom.