Bien...
I was trying to flash the EU rom on my Redmi Note 8, but I did wype to all the partitions, until that moment I had informed myself about how to flash, how to root and use twrp, but the issue of the partitions still did not know, I selected all the partitions except data and sd and I did wype, in the end my cell phone was completely bricked, I try to turn it on and for a period of less than half a second, I get the Redmi logo, below it says Powred by Android and above I get a padlock open indicating that the bootloader is unlocked, then I get a screen with the message "System has been destroyed" and then it turns off, unless I put it to load, in that case it enters the bootloop state, I cannot enter the recovery but yes I can enter fastboot, I tried to flash it through My Flash Tool and ADB, the problem is that the computer recognizes that the bootloader is unlocked, but when flashing it, a message appears that the bootloader It is locked, so flashing it is not an option, for that reason, I assume that the testpoint method for flashing by EDL would not work either.
That happened three weeks ago, at first I did not know the reason for the problem, later I learned more, I will not make that mistake again, but I am interested in knowing if there is a software solution; I would be interested in being able to download all the partitions and install them on my cell phone using the computer, I don't know if any of those who read this have the opportunity to find the partitions and share them here, I don't know if it is a realistic option, but I have hope, I saw that That solution worked with a OnePlus 3 and that's why I'm looking for information about my cell phone. The only other option I can think of is to change the motherboard, but it's very expensive and with that money, I'd better buy another cell phone.
By the way, my cell phone was in very good condition despite having used it for a year, it was very well cared for and I had no problems with both software and hardware, the reason why I was trying to change to the EU rom is because the Global version was to be a decaf version of the update.
I hope that someone can help to find a solution. Thanks for your understanding.
Diego_Arturo said:
Bien...
I was trying to flash the EU ...
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wiping partition is not a problem in RN8, i wipe all the time before flashing roms ...
download the attached file or use your own adb/vbmeta
reboot to fastboot mode (hold power and Vol -)
choose :
2. Fix "The system has been destroyed"
or (if you have the files)
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
reboot to recovery and flash orangefox , it will reboot again to recovery
check the option :
"aggressive stock recovery deactivation"
if you still want "sh*tui" use recovery flashable zip, not fastboot zips ...
but i highly recommend using custom roms
if you want A10 use RRos or MSM ext or AEX
A11 is still not that good, but if you still want A11 use Xtended XR or POSP
a clean flash is always recommended
loopypalm said:
wiping partition is not a problem in RN8, i wipe all the time before flashing roms ...
download the attached file or use your own adb/vbmeta
reboot to fastboot mode (hold power and Vol -)
choose :
2. Fix "The system has been destroyed"
or (if you have the files)
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
reboot to recovery and flash orangefox , it will reboot again to recovery
check the option :
"aggressive stock recovery deactivation"
if you still want "sh*tui" use recovery flashable zip, not fastboot zips ...
but i highly recommend using custom roms
if you want A10 use RRos or MSM ext or AEX
A11 is still not that good, but if you still want A11 use Xtended XR or POSP
a clean flash is always recommended
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I understand what you are saying, the problem is that I deleted all the partitions (/ boot, / system, / misk, and several others that I do not remember), the only ones that I did not delete were sd and data. I read that if you delete the boot partition, you should not restart the cell phone, you must flash a rom with the boot partition, if you don't, the cell phone will not start the operating system
Another thing: I didn't flash any ROMs, twrp didn't read my storage well and couldn't find the .zip file of the EU rom, I just wipe and reboot without flashing anything. I do not know why the cell phone still detects the system for a very brief moment before showing that the system has been destroyed, the problem is that it does not start. And when I try to flash the original ROM, the computer detects that the bootloader is unlocked, but when flashing I get an error saying that it is locked, it occurs to me that possibly the bootloader was one of the first things to be erased, but it was not completely erased Maybe the kernel or ramdisk was deleted and after that everything stopped and the cell phone just bricked, I don't know if I'm correct.
Diego_Arturo said:
I understand what you say, the problem is that I did wipe to all partitions, (/ boot, / system, / recovery, / cache, / misc and several others that I do not remember), I just did not wipe to SD and data partitions. I understand that if you delete the boot partition you must have a ROM ready that comes with a boot partition, or else you would be left with a hardbrick. What I don't know is if I can force the installation of all partitions.
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-how did you wipe recovery ? did you use flashtool or something ?
-all roms now comes with boot img (boot partition is where the kernel files are stored) , so no problem wiping it (same for dalvik/cache/system/vendor/data)
yes, you can flash img files of partitions using fastboot (if that what you mean with force install a partition)
-what you should try now is reinstalling twrp 1st
nteresting ... It reassures me to know that I don't need to search for the partitions separately and only need to flash the ROM, although I am concerned about the same problem when flashing. I tried to flash using Mi Flash Tool, ADB and XiaoMi Tool V2, but it is always the same problem, it detects the unlocked bootloader, but when flashing it gives me an error.
I deleted all the partitions from TWRP, it was weird, because the videos didn't show many of the partitions that came out for me, that's why I don't remember them. Before doing wipe I made a copy of everything in case something went wrong, but in the end everything went wrong ...
Now that I remember, I deleted the partitions because when I tried to do anything, I got red letters and TWRP wouldn't let me do anything, when I deleted them the letters turned blue.
It seems to me that I tried to install TWRP from XiaoMi Tool v2 although I don't remember correctly, I will try and write again.
I HAVE ADVANCES!
I flashed the partitions one by one because Flash Tool still does not let me flash the ROM, on one occasion I flashed the system, but in the end it did not finish flashing, I still got the error "System has ben destroyed", I kept flashing partitions but there was no Result, in the end I flashed the system again and when it finished flashing, the error system has ben destroyed no longer appeared, now my cell phone is in a permanent bootloop state with the redmi logo, but it already lets me enter TWRP, I can't flash it from the computer, I'm going to try to get an SD card and flash it from recovery, I'm going to try to flash the EU ROM, but it's already a breakthrough, I don't have a hard brick anymore.
Solved !!!
My computer detected the storage of my cell phone, so I transferred the .zip file from the EU ROM to my cell phone and from TWRP I flashed it. Now I have MIUI 12.6 with Android 11 and I have a weekly OTA update pending. I didn't get TWRP cleared, so I won't have to flash it again.
I thank you very much for helping me find a solution, I hope this helps someone else and this serves me as my experience, I managed to solve a serious problem that I made and you helped me ... Thank you very much.
Diego_Arturo said:
Solved !!!
My computer detected the storage of my cell phone, so I transferred the .zip file from the EU ROM to my cell phone and from TWRP I flashed it. Now I have MIUI 12.6 with Android 11 and I have a weekly OTA update pending. I didn't get TWRP cleared, so I won't have to flash it again.
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Glad it work for you ^........^ !
all sensors are working fine ?
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Thank you very much.
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For now everything seems to be going well, I notice a little lag, but it seems to be normal, also a big update came compared to the version it had before bricking, also, I had already seen that it is normal for the cell phone to go a little Lagged after an update and that resolves itself over time. If it's some EU ROM bug, no problem, weekly updates are coming. I will continue to use it and write my experience.
Thank you very much for your help.
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For now everything seems to be going well, I notice a little lag, but it seems to be normal, also a big update came compared to the version it had before bricking, also, I had already seen that it is normal for the cell phone to go a little Lagged after an update and that resolves itself over time. If it's some EU ROM bug, no problem, weekly updates are coming. I will continue to use it and write my experience.
Thank you very much for your help.
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Miui roms are resource hungry and lag is not their only problem , battery and performance are also affected ...
i think you should try custom roms
First, I didn't want to, I preferred to wait, but seeing how slow the cell phone was and how fast the battery was draining, I felt that the best in the long run would be to install a ROM that did not consume so many resources, so I installed the latest version of Pixel Experience. I have to say that I did not expect anything from this ROM, I just expected fluidity and more battery, but in the end I liked it. I personally like MIUI, but I think that Pixel Experience could extend the life of my cell phone. I will continue using it and possibly in the future I will return to MIUI to see how it goes.
Related
This tool was created for the nexus 9 by @gladiac to get rid of the ForceEncrypt flag in a generic way (meaning it should work no matter what rom you are on). It does that by patching the currently installed boot.img.
This is a better implementation then having to manually patch every boot.img especially once custom aosp roms come along because cyanogenmod will have force encrypt enabled just like the nexus's. It also makes it easy to patch ota boot.img's by yourself.
Background
The Android CDD (Compatibility Definition Document) suggests that all devices SHOULD enable full disk-encryption (FDE) by default. Even though I support every step towards more security I have to criticize this approach. FDE comes at a price. Encryption takes time because some component has to de- and encrypt the stuff on the disk at some point and in the case of the nexus 9 (aka flounder) it's the CPU's task. Even though the nexus 9's CPU has 2 pretty fast cores you can still easily feel the difference between FDE in the on- or off-state. The I/O is faster and boot-times take only half as long. (I did not do any measurements)
There is an old discussion about this topic in cyanogenmod's gerrit. Although it's a fun read it is pretty clear that this exchange of views is not going anywhere near a useful outcome.
Because performance is important to me and my tablet does not need the extra security I created the FED-Patcher (ForceEncrypt Disable Patcher)
How does it work?
FED-Patcher is a simple flashable ZIP that is supposed to be run in a recovery that has busybox integrated (like TWRP). This is what it does:
Checks if your device is compatible
Dumps the currently installed boot.img.
Unpacks the dump of your currently installed boot.img. The unpacking process is done via a self-compiled, statically linked version of unmkbootimg.
It patches the filesystem tables which include the force-encrypt flags. This process will change "forceencrypt" to "encryptable".
Then it patches the filesystem tables to not use dm-verity. This is done by removing the "verify" mount-parameter.
Creates a new boot.img. The unpacking process is done via a self-compiled, statically linked version of mkbootimg.
Flashes the modified boot.img
What do I need to make this work?
A supported device (Your Robin)
An unlocked bootloader
An already installed ROM with forceencrypt flag. (like stock or cyanogenmod)
A recovery that includes busybox (TWRP)
How do I use it?
Make a through, conservative backup of your data if there is any on your device.
Go into your recovery (TWRP)
Flash fed_patcher_robin.zip
If your device is already encrypted (You booted your ROM at least once) you need to do a full wipe to get rid of the encryption. This full wipe will clear all your data on your data-partition (where your apps as well as their settings are stored) as well as on your internal storage so please, do a backup before. If you don't do a backup and want to restore your data... well... Call obama
How do I know if it worked?
Go into your "Settings"-App. In "Security", if it offers you to encrypt your device it is unencrypted. If it says something like "Device is encrypted" it indeed is encrypted.
IMPORTANT: If you update your ROM you have to run FED-Patcher again because ROM-updates also update the boot-partition which effectively removes my patch. So, if you are on the first ota for example and you used the patch and do an update to a newer nightly you have to run FED-Patcher again. If you don't do so Android will encrypt your device at the first boot.
Is it dangerous?
Well, I implemented tons of checks that prevent pretty much anything bad from happening. But, of course, we're dealing with the boot-partition here. Even though I tested FED-Patcher quite a lot there is still room for crap hitting the fan.
Download:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995312942
Credits
* @gladiac he did all of the work for this i just edited a few things for it to work on the robin Link to his original thread
Mine just in case
Hi @deadman96385,
I could have added "ether" support to the generic version of FED-Patcher which is available at [http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/fix-fed-patcher-v8-forceencrypt-disable-t3234422]. However, I don't mind you having your own version here in the Robin-forum . I was planning to put FED-Patcher up on github to give it a more "open" touch and enable others to do modifications to it anyway. Anyhow, do you mind if I merge your changes in the generic version?
cheers glad
gladiac said:
Hi @deadman96385,
I could have added "ether" support to the generic version of FED-Patcher which is available at [http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/fix-fed-patcher-v8-forceencrypt-disable-t3234422]. However, I don't mind you having your own version here in the Robin-forum . I was planning to put FED-Patcher up on github to give it a more "open" touch and enable others to do modifications to it anyway. Anyhow, do you mind if I merge your changes in the generic version?
cheers glad
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Sure go for it
Works great, thanks!
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So I have twrp and I have to wipe internal storage as its prompting for a password.
Do I wipe internal storage, boot into the phone. Download this. Flash, wipe phone again?
For some reason adb in twrp isn't working for me to push files
Is this working with 7.0? Thank you.
hololodilolo said:
Is this working with 7.0? Thank you.
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No it is not. The only way to disable forced encryption on official Nougat for the Robin currently is with SuperSu and Magisk.
Saythis said:
No it is not. The only way to disable forced encryption on official Nougat for the Robin currently is with SuperSu and Magisk.
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Not true. I've used this FED Patcher with stock 7.0 and 7.1.1 and it works fine. I've never had to use Magisk.
Phone won't boot past Robin logo once i flash this
I can't figure out why this isn't working for me since no one else seems to be reporting my problem..
I'm running Nougat 7.1.1 (Build N108).. When i flash this mod, it seems to flash correctly, but the phone never goes past the nextbit logo.. And yes, of course i've tried wiping, both before and after.. I've tried after a fresh install without booting at least once. I've tried after a fresh install after its booted at least once, then wiped, then flashed, but no go.. I've tried everything i could think of, but it just won't boot..
I bought a new phone, booted once and it asked to download updates (which let me know it didn't come with N108)..
So i rebooted into fastboot, unlocked it, and flashed the factory N108 build.. Everything worked fine and my phone booted into Nougat
So i rebooted into recovery (which was factory), wiped the phone, rebooted into fastboot and flashed twrp 3.1.1, and allowed it to replace the recovery img on the system partition so it wouldn't be replaced upon future reboots. i rebooted the phone and it worked fine..
So yes, everything, fastboot, twrp, and a functioning up to date Nougat works fine, but flashing this before or after a wipe, or even a "wipe>flash>wipe>reboot" just hangs at the robin logo forever (well, at least an hour.. i tried letting it sit thinking i wasnt waiting long enough)..
Am i mistaken in thinking that ONLY data, and the "sd-card" are encrypted? Should i wipe everything except the boot partition after i flash this, and then reflash every partition except boot?
Also, possibly related, is when i preform a factory reset WITH the newest twrp, it also hangs at the robin logo.. But a wipe with the factory recovery image works fine.. So, with all the flashing ive been doing between trying to get this to work, and then recovering the phone from a semi-bricked state, ive modified the "flash-all.bat" so that when i recover my phone, im only reflashing boot/system/recovery.. and different combinations of those images as ive been trying to pinpoint the problem.. but obviously, im out of ideas..
help?
EDIT: I also just installed linux and setup adb/fastboot, so i could start pulling apart boot images and manually modifying the changes, reflashing just the image, etc (since all my dev knowledge is on a linux system), but im having some issues with working wifi drivers on this machine.. so i havent tried to dissect the boot image manually yet.. just to eliminate potential issues, simply because im desperate).. I just want to get this mf unencrypted :'(
NEVERMIND!!
I'm really not sure why it didn't work, at all, following the description and 100 other variations of it.. Maybe there's a glitch in twrp 3.1.1-0? But this is what worked for me when all else failed.. And a description of my setup.. JIC anyone else has this problem one day..
Unlocked Bootloader
-Flashed the factory stock image N108 to bring everything "back to 0"
-Booted 1 time, jic boot.img was setting up any mount points or modifying itself after 1st boot..
( I did that because if you install twrp 3.1.1-0 right after flashing the factory 7.1.1 (N108) images, and boot into recovery without booting at least 1 time into the rom, it errors when trying to do a factory reset because it claims it cant find any of the mount points.. it also prevented me from pushing fed-patcher to the phone
-After its fully booted, i reset into recovery (factory recovery still) and wiped it
-I then rebooted into fastboot from recovery and flashed twrp 3.1.1-0
-i kept system read only for now since the next step would undo any changes, and then flashed fed-patcher
-i rebooted from recovery back to fastboot and reflashed the system image with the wipe flag "fastboot -i 0x2c3f -w system system.img"
-reboot.. success!! (keep in mind that you havent reinstalled twrp yet)
Basically, all i did different here when compared to the original instructions, and the other several hundred things i tried, was the "fastboot -i 0x2c3f -w system system.img" command after patching the boot image.. Which wiped system, and also wiped "everything else" with fastboot instead of twrp..
So again, i'm not sure if i was messing up by not wiping the system partition, or if it was a bug in twrp 3.1.1-0.. but im gonna play around some more..
soulife said:
NEVERMIND!!
..
So again, i'm not sure if i was messing up by not wiping the system partition, or if it was a bug in twrp 3.1.1-0.. but im gonna play around some more..
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First - For TWRP to work correctly you need a pin setup for unlock. That way fastboot boot twrp.img will boot fine and allow you to decrypt with the pin you just set. If you want to force it anyway. You can format data (wipe everything) followed by push TWRP and magisk and flash the force-encrypt disabled boot image.
Second. After decryption you can push anything fed-patcher included.
Third - there was however another option. You could very well have flashed the dm-noverity and force encrypt disabled ROM also in this same section
Lastly I'd exercise caution on this device with the -w command. Some of the partitions are not clearly visible and many a user has had to replace their robin.
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Thanks man, i'll keep that in mind for if i ever decide to turn encryption on again and want recovery to play nice with the rom..
The problem i was having pretty much had everything to do with the fact that this is the first device i've owned with encryption enabled, and so i didn't have a clear (enough) understanding for how it worked.. and i still don't completely. But this particular problem was because i thought that the encryption was file based, which as you already know, it is not. It's closer to a filesystem based encryption, which is why i needed to reformat for it to work instead of just factory resetting or basic wiping..
I suppose i could have let it boot completely and setup a pin, and then formatted and removed encryption, but it seemed redundant.. I mentioned how reflashing the system image with the wipe flag fixed my problem, which i now know is because it reformatted the data partition as well, which i could do from within twrp (i think).. If not, the -w fastboot flag should be fine. I appreciate your word of caution though, but when you use the batch script provided by Nextbit to flash your device, it uses the -w flag after it flashes everything else. So it should be fine to use if twrp cant reformat an encrypted userdata (which i have no idea why it wouldnt work, but i feel like i tried that already)..
ill know more, and update my post for other new users once i start using other roms.. Which might be sooner than later since substratum wont change my notification shade on stock, and its too damn bright. Which is bugging the crap outta me. I'm using a systemless substratum legacy magisk module atm, maybe thats my problem, or maybe i need oms support, i donno yet.. Nougat is new to me, im learning its new features as i go..
Hi Guys - I installed this twrp via fastboot flash recovery, I am on china dev version MIUI 10 8.8.3 Beta, rebooted to system, powered down, and then volume up & power button to go to recovery - I am greeted by china recovery 3.0 in chinese. It appears twrp does not stick. Device is unlocked bootloader (from vendor), Just flashed over from the fake ROM, this is the 128 GB / 6 GB version phone. What am I doing wrong
Lol, dont understand why you typed "revocery" in your pic but it still understood
badrsj said:
Hi Guys - I installed this twrp via fastboot flash recovery, I am on china dev version MIUI 10 8.8.3 Beta, rebooted to system, powered down, and then volume up & power button to go to recovery - I am greeted by china recovery 3.0 in chinese. It appears twrp does not stick. Device is unlocked bootloader (from vendor), Just flashed over from the fake ROM, this is the 128 GB / 6 GB version phone. What am I doing wrong
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After flashing china rom, need to boot to fastboot then execute the following commands in adb:
1. fastboot format userdata
2. fastboot flash recovery twrp.......
3. fasboot boot recovery twrp...... so the phone can boot into recovery then follow the rest of the guide if you want to flash xiaomi.eu rom
That's strange, but Orange recovery also reverted
You're right it shouldn't have installed but it did. The Orange recovery also installed, neither stuck tho
Awesome
martin.burgas said:
After flashing china rom, need to boot to fastboot then execute the following commands in adb:
1. fastboot format userdata
2. fastboot flash recovery twrp.......
3. fasboot boot recovery twrp...... so the phone can boot into recovery then follow the rest of the guide if you want to flash xiaomi.eu rom
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Will try
Thanks
Folks I've hosed it
What's this
Booted to twrp, couldn't find the rom, booted to system.
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Folks I've hosed it
What's this
Booted to twrp, couldn't find the rom, booted to system.
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I'm straggling with Chinese like most of us here. There is an android app you can install on your other phone which would use your cam to translate Chinese. Try that see if it helps...
What I am getting from this (cannot read chinese) but phone goes into fastboot - So I have formated, deleted the eu rom I had on the internal - so start again install the fastboot rom, twrp into it reboot twrp, have eu rom on SD Card and go from there.
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Folks I've hosed it
What's this
Booted to twrp, couldn't find the rom, booted to system.
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After flashing TWRP you need to change file system from ext4 to f2fs, then reboot recovery, from within twrp, wipe cache,dalvic, data and internal recovery ( do NOT wipe system), mount all possible options ( pc will recognize phone, transfer xiaomi.eu rom from pc to internal memory, go to install and flash rom and wait to boot.
martin.burgas said:
After flashing TWRP you need to change file system from ext4 to f2fs, then reboot recovery, from within twrp, wipe cache,dalvic, data and internal recovery ( do NOT wipe system), mount all possible options ( pc will recognize phone, transfer xiaomi.eu rom from pc to internal memory, go to install and flash rom and wait to boot.
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Change phone file system
How?
Currently it states reset device and loops off and on.
It's a mess
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Change phone file system
How?
Currently it states reset device and loops off and on.
It's a mess
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From TWRP Wipe->Advanced wipe->Repair or change file system. Reboot TWRP from within TWRP -> Reboot recovery.
Can I flash this instead
Hi, I'd also flashed miui_MIMAX3Global_V9.6.6.0.OEDMIFD_091e94a919_8.1
Can I flash this rom on top of the above?
Fastboot ROM: http://bigota.d.miui.com/V9.6.7.0.O...EDCNFD_20180705.0000.00_8.1_cn_7c9a1a57f8.tgz
Located here
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads...-and-recovery-rom-9-6-7-0-for-mi-max-3.45198/
Thanks, I'm afraid I'll brick the device?
Also struggled with twrp, switched back to miui's.
Look the twrp official site, find your device and follow step by step the fastboot method till the end. Worked.
I have solved the TWRP issue, the problem now is that when I flash a ROM it does not seem to work and crashes.
I am worried this is going to get bricked in this process. Maybe just wait for the official Global to come out
Which Partitions Change to F2FS
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From TWRP Wipe->Advanced wipe->Repair or change file system. Reboot TWRP from within TWRP -> Reboot recovery.
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Hi, Which partitions to change to F2FS, If we change the Data Partition that would need to reflash Miui Chinese again?
Many Many Thanks - I am up and running
martin.burgas said:
After flashing TWRP you need to change file system from ext4 to f2fs, then reboot recovery, from within twrp, wipe cache,dalvic, data and internal recovery ( do NOT wipe system), mount all possible options ( pc will recognize phone, transfer xiaomi.eu rom from pc to internal memory, go to install and flash rom and wait to boot.
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Thanks Martin you're very helpful I am now up and running. I am going to list a list of mistakes
1. I should have used CMD, not Powershell (type CMD in the address bar of the folder where your recovery is)
2. I did not know the sequence of flashing (change to F2FS, reboot recovery from within, Wipe Dalvic, Cache, Data) Then flash
3. I did not know how to boot recovery from fastboot (fastboot boot "recovery.img" "name of your recovery")
4. I did not know to change file system for data, (From TWRP Wipe->Advanced wipe->Repair or change file system. Select Data partition, select F2FS) change it then reboot recovery = see step 2 above.
Thanks Very Much
I am listing these for reference, and for those who help others to know what other errors may be committed.
Twrp supposedly installed -- twice -- but i got nothin'
Hi all,
I love this forum -- despite having a bunch of learning disabilities, I've managed to root a half dozen devices over the years thanks to your patience. This time I'm stumped.
Can't install TWRP. It says it is installed successfully with ADB (see screenshot). I used
twrp-3.3.1-0-nitrogen.img and I'm on I'm on Miui Global 10.3.5 Stable (Android 9PKQ1.181007.001).
Command line confirms installation. MM3 reboots when I enter the fastboot reboot to recovery command but it boots into the main system. I can boot into recovery using power/volume up method but it boots to the stock Mi recovery.
Should I try OrangeFox? Does this have anything to do with dm-verity? Is there anything else I can try to get root?
Originally, I wanted to install LineageOS, but what with locked bootloaders, anti-rollback, DM Verity, etc. , I'm guessing that's over my head and would happily settle for rooted stock.
Best,
Amy
Twrp supposedly installed -- twice -- but i got nothin'
EUREKA!!! I found a simple solution to install TWRP no worries about verity etc and I am rooted!
Genius idea came from Youtuber. Here is the link but I will still describe it in case the video gets removed for some reason.
You do it the regular stuff:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery "twrp filename"
But then while you're still in fastboot enter "fastboot recovery" into the command line and before you hit enter, press and hold volume up on the phone.
It boots into TWRP!
Note that you will keep getting Mi Recovery using volume down/power combo until after you use TWRP install (accessing TWRP with above method) to flash magisk.
Then, TWRP seems to stick. (Although just in case it gets unstuck, I installed the official twrp app from the Play store, since it has a 'boot into recovery' option.
UPDATE 2021
The original post was for the first King Kong Mini, for instructions for the King Kong Mini 2 go to page 9 in this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-on-cubot-kingkong-mini.4050815/post-84445303
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The Cubot King Kong Mini was released in Q4 2019. It is one of the smallest Android phones on the market with a 4" screen. Like many cheap Mediatek devices, one cannot be sure of how "safe" or "secure" these devices are, so the security/privacy conscious may want to consider installing a custom ROM. Here are the instructions for installing Android AOSP on the Cubot King Kong Mini. Note: I am not responsible for any bricked devices.
Download the Stock Rom from here and SP Flash Tool just in case you need to reinstall Stock. Download a system image, note you need to use an A/B arm32 image with 64 bindings. For example AOSP 9 is here.
This process probably can be done with SP Flash Tool but I wasn't able to manage it due to the disable-verification flag required.
Unzip the stock ROM and reboot the device to bootloader, connect via USB and unlock via:
Code:
sudo fastboot flashing unlock
Note this will erase all data. Then on your computer navigate to the folder with the unzipped ROM (for me was NA_mt6761p_d936p_9101cmp_chuanqi_cc_256gbitp24d3_p_lte_3m-fdd-cs_mul_20191121-210020_songlixin_PC) and type
Code:
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
If you do not do this it seems to work without it but then it will bootloop when you try to switch it on. From here on it's standard.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Unzip the .xz image file you wish to use and type:
Code:
fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img
where SYSTEM is the name of whatever image downloaded.
Root
For root install magisk manager and you have to patch the recovery to get root (not just boot as flashing boot alone doesn't give you root). So in magisk get it to patch you boot and recovery images and then put those on your computer, go to bootloader and use:
Code:
fastboot flash boot magisk_patched_boot.img
fastboot flash recovery magisk_patched_recovery.img
You can read more about magisk from recovery here.
To get root then you need to reboot to recovery, hold power button + volume up and select Recovery. This will appear to boot as normal but you will have root when you do it this way and not when you boot normally. Unfortunately I do not have reception when I do this but do have root, other users have this problem but I have not found a solution.
Note that I thought I bricked my phone a few times before getting this as nothing would happen after a failed boot and I couldn't switch it on, however what happens is you can't do anything until the battery has almost completely discharged, then when you hit the power button you'll get the no battery sign and when you plug in you can get to Recovery again. This is quite annoying if you've charged it quite high as you'll have to wait a long time to discharge and be tapping on the power button a lot!!
What doesn't work
Battery usage doesn't work, this can probably be fixed following this guide. If I get time I will attempt this.
Other things to note, there is no TWRP yet so I don't have decent recovery options, this also makes it harder to use certain ROMS as you can't flash things like gapps if you install a ROM without it.
The battery life is definitely worse using AOSP GSI than stock, maybe that vendor overlay would help with that though.
I hope that helps others.
TWRP+Encryption Disabling+Magisk Root
Actually there is TWRP for this model ported from alcatel by NickyNS. You can pick up it from here.
You can flash it with fastboot along with the patched lk which is to disable the "Orange state" message. After flashing it you should enter TWRP right with the next step (without booting to OS). On this stage you might want to disable encryption in order to have full-fledged backup-recovery option in TWRP next time you use it. To do so you will have to format data partition. After that step you will loose all you applications and user data for them, so you should backup it previously. After you format the data, flash Magisk first, then flash encryption disabling script from this post. Now you can boot to OS.
Note, that attached TWRP is only valid for firmware CUBOT_KINGKONG_MINI_9101C_V06_20191121. Cubot has released a new one and you can try to use the TWRP with it, but there is no guarantee it will work correctly.
well well, finally and serranoltexx successor?
i ordered one yesterday and am looking forward to get an suiteable replacement for my S4 MiNi [serranoltexx]
moctir said:
Other things to note, there is no TWRP yet so I don't have decent recovery options, this also makes it harder to use certain ROMS as you can't flash things like gapps if you install a ROM without it.
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I saw 2 places talking about TWRP in King Kong Mini but I don't know if is safe:
- https://unofficialtwrp.com/unofficial-twrp-3-3-1-root-cubot-king-kong-mini/
- https://www.getdroidtips.com/twrp-recovery-cubot-kingkong-mini/
robrazil said:
I saw 2 places talking about TWRP in King Kong Mini but I don't know if is safe:
- https://unofficialtwrp.com/unofficial-twrp-3-3-1-root-cubot-king-kong-mini/
- https://www.getdroidtips.com/twrp-recovery-cubot-kingkong-mini/
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Based on the second poster here and someone else who sent me a pm, I believe the TWRP is safe, I haven't tested it myself yet but I plan to at some point and will post here when I do. When I'm using it as my primary device and everything is working okay it's hard to justify messing with it more at the moment!
Tom Mix said:
i ordered one yesterday and am looking forward to get an suiteable replacement for my S4 MiNi [serranoltexx]
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I did it to replacement my old Samsung J1 ace, very similar of S4 Mini, and I'm not regretful for that.
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moctir said:
Based on the second poster here and someone else who sent me a pm, I believe the TWRP is safe, I haven't tested it myself yet but I plan to at some point and will post here when I do. When I'm using it as my primary device and everything is working okay it's hard to justify messing with it more at the moment!
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I understood but the point is if the TWRP source is confiable. I asked the official TWRP Team about the unofficials TWRP on websites in my last post, and they answer: "Hello, we do not run that site, so I cannot confirm the validity of their images."
So, I wonder how safe the unofficial TWRP images are.
moctir said:
Note that I thought I bricked my phone a few times before getting this as nothing would happen after a failed boot and I couldn't switch it on, however what happens is you can't do anything until the battery has almost completely discharged, then when you hit the power button you'll get the no battery sign and when you plug in you can get to Recovery again. This is quite annoying if you've charged it quite high as you'll have to wait a long time to discharge and be tapping on the power button a lot!!
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This is a very important information. When I did a update firmware the usb cable disconnected and the mobile died. Black screen. The side buttons died too. Only blue led turn on when the usb cable is connected on PC. The windows 10 only recognized the mobile as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)". I thought that had lose the mobile. A few days later when I connect the mobile in the PC, the battery image was showed on screen with 18% of charge and I saw in that moment that I could flash the firmware again.
I flashed official firmware and the mobile worked again but now it died again... because I did a wrong recovery boot. I will wait discharge the battery again. :crying:
robrazil said:
This is a very important information. When I did a update firmware the usb cable disconnected and the mobile died. Black screen. The side buttons died too. Only blue led turn on when the usb cable is connected on PC. The windows 10 only recognized the mobile as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)". I thought that had lose the mobile. A few days later when I connect the mobile in the PC, the battery image was showed on screen with 18% of charge and I saw in that moment that I could flash the firmware again.
I flashed official firmware and the mobile worked again but now it died again... because I did a wrong recovery boot. I will wait discharge the battery again. :crying:
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Yes, indeed there were three times I thought I had totally bricked and each time I was so annoyed with myself! The key is to not charge it much until you are happy with the ROM you put on.
The amount of drivers I tried to use for different OS' when I got that "unknown USB device" on Windows and Linux didn't detect it was all a waste of time!
Well... the battery image appeared again and I uploaded firmware again. I installed the Magisk in the boot recovery, because this only way to install the Magisk on devices that are using system-as-root, but the Magisk disable my 2 SIM cards. When I boot without Magisk, all back to normal.
I serched for any solution for that but I didn't find.
So, my conclusion is that the Magisk not works to Cubot King Kong Mini. How can I stay with a phone with no SIM card?
I give up.
For me I can only get root when I patched Magisk to Recovery and then boot to Recovery and it doesn't see my SIM card but I have root, so I reboot every time I need root which is a bit annoying...
It is very complicated everytime when need "root", to have power off and on the mobile in recovery boot mode. Besides that, run out of SIM card working is not an option.
I will try to get support of this issue with Magisk Team.
Thank you for share your experience.
Ce3apyc said:
Actually there is TWRP for this model ported from alcatel by NickyNS. You can pick up it from here.
You can flash it with fastboot along with the patched lk which is to disable the "Orange state" message. After flashing it you should enter TWRP right with the next step (without booting to OS). On this stage you might want to disable encryption in order to have full-fledged backup-recovery option in TWRP next time you use it. To do so you will have to format data partition. After that step you will loose all you applications and user data for them, so you should backup it previously. After you format the data, flash Magisk first, then flash encryption disabling script from this post. Now you can boot to OS.
Note, that attached TWRP is only valid for firmware CUBOT_KINGKONG_MINI_9101C_V06_20191121. Cubot has released a new one and you can try to use the TWRP with it, but there is no guarantee it will work correctly.
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Hello,
Does anybody can confirm, that this is working with the new firmware?
I tried the TWRP a few days ago and was able to boot to it but I couldn't mount it to see my files, it asked for a password and I tried "default_password" and creating a password for the phone but that also didn't work. A possibility is to change the file format to ext2 and then to ext4 but I didn't want to try it when I couldn't back it up.
moctir said:
I tried the TWRP a few days ago and was able to boot to it but I couldn't mount it to see my files, it asked for a password and I tried "default_password" and creating a password for the phone but that also didn't work. A possibility is to change the file format to ext2 and then to ext4 but I didn't want to try it when I couldn't back it up.
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You will not be able to mount and/or use the backup feature of the TWRP until you disable an encryption by formating the data partition and running the script (just press "Cancel" in the TWRP to be able to do that when it asks for the password). Read my original post very carefully. There is a complete sequence of steps in it. Have you tried the TWRP with the last firmware? How did the rest of the system work?
Ce3apyc said:
You will not be able to mount and/or use the backup feature of the TWRP until you disable an encryption by formating the data partition and running the script (just press "Cancel" in the TWRP to be able to do that when it asks for the password). Read my original post very carefully. There is a complete sequence of steps in it. Have you tried the TWRP with the last firmware? How did the rest of the system work?
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I'm using treble AOSP Android 9 so not the latest firmware. I thought disabling the verification when installing that would be enough but maybe I do need to do those other steps. I can see the /system directory through TWRP so that's probably because that's the one I flashed, but I can't see the internal storage otherwise.
moctir said:
I tried the TWRP a few days ago and was able to boot to it but I couldn't mount it to see my files, it asked for a password and I tried "default_password" and creating a password for the phone but that also didn't work. A possibility is to change the file format to ext2 and then to ext4 but I didn't want to try it when I couldn't back it up.
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You need to put the "Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_02.04.2019.zip" file into SD card or internal memory to install by TWRP. This file disable the asking of password. Worked for me.
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You need to put the "Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_02.04.2019.zip" file into SD card or internal memory to install by TWRP. This file disable the asking of password. Worked for me.
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Thanks, I'll check it out!
Anyone else having problems with sensors on this phone? Rotating and compass do not work for me. That's what you get for buying a cheap Chinese phone, I guess.
EDIT: Downgrading firmware back to CUBOT_KINGKONG_MINI_9101C_V06_20191121 seems to fix some problems, rotation works, but compass is still buggy.
Never tried compass but haven't had any problems with rotation.
Tried to install root on a friends kkm but I can't get it working in the os. Is there any chance to get it working there? I am only able to get root access in twrp. Maybe an gsi with root is that possible?
Hi everyone,
I know this is posted a lot and I'm really sorry. But I couldn't find similar experiences to mine. Can someone spot my mistake?
1. I unlocked my bootloader using Xiaomi's official process
2. I used fastboot to flash and boot TWRP (twrp-3.4.0-0-ginkgo-willow-mauronofrio.img)
3. I wiped system, sdcard, cache partitions.
4. I tried to copy the crDroid zip from my PC to my phone but it wouldn't transfer. I tried adb push but I would get a Permission denied error.
5. I turned off the device (big mistake here) thinking I'd be able to boot TWRP recovery again. But trying to get into recovery (vol down+power) would give me a "System destroyed" screen.
6. I tried to re-flash and boot TWRP through fastboot but it would give me the error "Too many links".
7. At this point the device was soft bricked but I made a worse mistake. I tried to flash an official MIUI 11 image using MiFlash but after it finished the device would show a black screen and shut down after 1 second. Fastboot shows the fastboot logo but it also shut downs after 1 second. Computer doesn't recognize it.
Why did this happen? I sent the device to Mi's service center, but I want to know why it went so wrong so I don't make the same mistake again.
Sorry for the common question. Thank you all.
...
douteiful said:
Hi everyone,
I know this is posted a lot and I'm really sorry. But I couldn't find similar experiences to mine. Can someone spot my mistake?
1. I unlocked my bootloader using Xiaomi's official process
2. I used fastboot to flash and boot TWRP (twrp-3.4.0-0-ginkgo-willow-mauronofrio.img)
3. I wiped system, sdcard, cache partitions.
4. I tried to copy the crDroid zip from my PC to my phone but it wouldn't transfer. I tried adb push but I would get a Permission denied error.
5. I turned off the device (big mistake here) thinking I'd be able to boot TWRP recovery again. But trying to get into recovery (vol down+power) would give me a "System destroyed" screen.
6. I tried to re-flash and boot TWRP through fastboot but it would give me the error "Too many links".
7. At this point the device was soft bricked but I made a worse mistake. I tried to flash an official MIUI 11 image using MiFlash but after it finished the device would show a black screen and shut down after 1 second. Fastboot shows the fastboot logo but it also shut downs after 1 second. Computer doesn't recognize it.
Why did this happen? I sent the device to Mi's service center, but I want to know why it went so wrong so I don't make the same mistake again.
Sorry for the common question. Thank you all.
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The system destroyed message is a common one. It's a result of avb (Android verified boot).
Simple solution is to disable this verity. Done by flashing in fastboot. It should have been part of the unlocking/ twrp guide. But it's not. This makes many people have this error.
Now as for the other issue. That sounds like the hard-brick error that comes from flashing ginkgo firmware on a willow device.
Ginkgo = note 8
Willow = note 8T
Afaik, this brick is not consumer repairable. I have not found any posts saying they had fixed this problem without service center.
mrmazak said:
The system destroyed message is a common one. It's a result of avb (Android verified boot).
Simple solution is to disable this verity. Done by flashing in fastboot. It should have been part of the unlocking/ twrp guide. But it's not. This makes many people have this error.
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I could flash and boot TWRP first; I could adb push things too. Everything broke after I wiped the partitions. It's like everything became non-writable and I couldn't even boot TWRP recovery. adb push would say "Permission denied" and fastboot boot would say "Invalid command (Too many links)"
mrmazak said:
Now as for the other issue. That sounds like the hard-brick error that comes from flashing ginkgo firmware on a willow device.
Ginkgo = note 8
Willow = note 8T
Afaik, this brick is not consumer repairable. I have not found any posts saying they had fixed this problem without service center.
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Yes, I think this is what happened with the MiFlash. My device was probably Willow. I sent it back to repair but I don't know yet if they will be willing to fix it.
douteiful said:
I could flash and boot TWRP first; I could adb push things too. Everything broke after I wiped the partitions. It's like everything became non-writable and I couldn't even boot TWRP recovery. adb push would say "Permission denied" and fastboot boot would say "Invalid command (Too many links)"
.
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The "too many links" is a message you get when you type wrong commands..
Like example:
Fastboot flash flash boot boot.img
See There are too many commands/ links.
Let's hope the service center will fix you up.
Hello, I just wanted to know was your device in Warrenty?. And how much did the mi service center charged you? Thanks
mrmazak said:
The "too many links" is a message you get when you type wrong commands..
Like example:
Fastboot flash flash boot boot.img
See There are too many commands/ links.
Let's hope the service center will fix you up.
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Thanks, but I'm pretty sure I entered the command correctly and it was among the lines of "FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))". I have searched for the error but nobody seems to know the cause.
LoadOP2 said:
Hello, I just wanted to know was your device in Warrenty?. And how much did the mi service center charged you? Thanks
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I bought it only 1 week ago. It was new, so it's under warranty. But I haven't received a response from the service center yet. I don't know what will happen. I'll keep you posted.
douteiful said:
I bought it only 1 week ago. It was new, so it's under warranty. But I haven't received a response from the service center yet. I don't know what will happen. I'll keep you posted.
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How can you unlock it so fast? I have read that It should take 30 days to unlock bootloader in official way.
OliveReeve said:
How can you unlock it so fast? I have read that It should take 30 days to unlock bootloader in official way.
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I don't know if they changed it of it's because I had already unlocked a bootloader before (my previous Redmi Note 5) but it only asked to wait for 168 hours (7 days).
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douteiful said:
Hi everyone,
I know this is posted a lot and I'm really sorry. But I couldn't find similar experiences to mine. Can someone spot my mistake?
1. I unlocked my bootloader using Xiaomi's official process
2. I used fastboot to flash and boot TWRP (twrp-3.4.0-0-ginkgo-willow-mauronofrio.img)
3. I wiped system, sdcard, cache partitions.
4. I tried to copy the crDroid zip from my PC to my phone but it wouldn't transfer. I tried adb push but I would get a Permission denied error.
5. I turned off the device (big mistake here) thinking I'd be able to boot TWRP recovery again. But trying to get into recovery (vol down+power) would give me a "System destroyed" screen.
6. I tried to re-flash and boot TWRP through fastboot but it would give me the error "Too many links".
7. At this point the device was soft bricked but I made a worse mistake. I tried to flash an official MIUI 11 image using MiFlash but after it finished the device would show a black screen and shut down after 1 second. Fastboot shows the fastboot logo but it also shut downs after 1 second. Computer doesn't recognize it.
Why did this happen? I sent the device to Mi's service center, but I want to know why it went so wrong so I don't make the same mistake again.
Sorry for the common question. Thank you all.
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-You don't reboot to recovery after flashing twrp, it wont stick if you don't reboot it
-No problem for wiping system as ive done full wipe before, it will delete your os (needed for converting to cusrom)
-Tried to copy files into sdcard through twrp is not stable in my experience as i couldnt do it as well (not responding), i turned off device as well but it boot back to recovery quickly by it's own (im using latest twrp official), i dont force myself using adb anymore and just use external sdcard, copied rom directly with sdcard reader, install rom and got bootloop (back to recovery automatically, i format data and boot properly)
-You don't have system so turning off and try booting would be worst decision and because your twrp not stick, you can't go back neither
-Too many links is because adb commands is wrong
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OliveReeve said:
How can you unlock it so fast? I have read that It should take 30 days to unlock bootloader in official way.
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i think you dont need to wait anymore, im unlocking my redmi just a few minutes, maybe because new added verification at latest miui unlock
OliveReeve said:
How can you unlock it so fast? I have read that It should take 30 days to unlock bootloader in official way.
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lol no.. it's 168 hours usually if you do everything correctly
you should rebout to twrp after flashing it , also you didn't flash vbmeta (i don't know what it does,but mine was fixed once i flash it)
douteiful said:
Hi everyone,
I know this is posted a lot and I'm really sorry. But I couldn't find similar experiences to mine. Can someone spot my mistake?
1. I unlocked my bootloader using Xiaomi's official process
2. I used fastboot to flash and boot TWRP (twrp-3.4.0-0-ginkgo-willow-mauronofrio.img)
3. I wiped system, sdcard, cache partitions.
4. I tried to copy the crDroid zip from my PC to my phone but it wouldn't transfer. I tried adb push but I would get a Permission denied error.
5. I turned off the device (big mistake here) thinking I'd be able to boot TWRP recovery again. But trying to get into recovery (vol down+power) would give me a "System destroyed" screen.
6. I tried to re-flash and boot TWRP through fastboot but it would give me the error "Too many links".
7. At this point the device was soft bricked but I made a worse mistake. I tried to flash an official MIUI 11 image using MiFlash but after it finished the device would show a black screen and shut down after 1 second. Fastboot shows the fastboot logo but it also shut downs after 1 second. Computer doesn't recognize it.
Why did this happen? I sent the device to Mi's service center, but I want to know why it went so wrong so I don't make the same mistake again.
Sorry for the common question. Thank you all.
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On step 5, you can still boot into recovery, the button is Vol up+power, but you press voldown+power(as you mentioned) will bring you to fastboot and get into System is destroyed screen. System is destroyed screen is normal. You just need to flash VBMETA. Your biggest mistakes and caresless is you dont do your research thoroughly. Risk is yours.
Make an habit to place your file to sdcard and always flash DMVERITY after anything you have done inside TWRP. DMVERITY is a must. In your case, vbmeta itself disable that force encryption and if you flash this, youll be able to enter fastboot mode.
Too many links means you dont enter the command correctly.
On steps 7 eventually will bring your phone back. I guess you got the indian version of RN8 where many people experiencing and posted on telegrams about this issues that they are unable to flash miui stock roms when that System is destroyed screen happen and end up bricking the phone. The only way and safest way to prevent this is, to flash VBMETA if you got the System is destroyed screen. Do not ever flash miui roms using miflash until you flashed that VBMETA. Then you are good to go flashing any roms using miflash
Update, something weird happened. I just got a message from the service center telling me that the phone had no issues, and they even showed me a video of it working (same IMEI). Which is weird because I'm pretty sure I hard bricked it. My guess is that they unbricked it and didn't tell me for some reason. Either way they didn't charge me any money so I'm happy. I'll get my device back next week and I'll check the things that you told me, particularly the model (ginkgo/willow).
Got my phone today. It's working. I don't know how they fixed it, and it's also unlocked. Just for the record, the Xiaomi ADB tool identifies it as a ginkgo, and the model number is M1908C3JH which is apparently ginkgo as well. If so, why did this all happen then?
Hello, the error described in the title appeared when i tried to dirty flash the Miui 13 update european version for the Poco F3 on top of Miui 12.5.7. Before flashing the rom i forgot to mount some partitions, including the cited ones, giving me the error. Now i can't mount the required partitions, can't flash the old system nor the newer and TWRP says there isn't an OS installed, as such it goes into a bootloop.
Does someone know what to do?
I tried using the MiFlash tool 2020.3.14.0 to flash the fastboot rom versionof Miui 12.5.7 but it outputs to "The name of the directory is not valid"
Pillow fan said:
Hello, the error described in the title appeared when i tried to dirty flash the Miui 13 update european version for the Poco F3 on top of Miui 12.5.7. Before flashing the rom i forgot to mount some partitions, including the cited ones, giving me the error. Now i can't mount the required partitions, can't flash the old system nor the newer and TWRP says there isn't an OS installed, as such it goes into a bootloop.
Does someone know what to do?
I tried using the MiFlash tool 2020.3.14.0 to flash the fastboot rom versionof Miui 12.5.7 but it outputs to "The name of the directory is not valid"
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No doubt you have, but just to check... you have extracted to .tgz file to reveal a .tar, which also needs extracting (i use 7zip) until you have a folder that contains the images folder etc etc.
Also, it could help having Mi Flash and the above folder containing the images in the root of C drive, rather than deep in the drive with a long title - eg D:\ANDROID\Xiaomi\alioth_global_images_V12.5.6.0.RKHMIXM_20220210.0000.00_11.0_global
EDIT: oh and be sure to uncheck the flash all and lock option in MiFlash (bottom right corner), or your bootloader will be locked after flashing...
reg66 said:
No doubt you have, but just to check... you have extracted to .tgz file to reveal a .tar, which also needs extracting (i use 7zip) until you have a folder that contains the images folder etc etc.
Also, it could help having Mi Flash and the above folder containing the images in the root of C drive, rather than deep in the drive with a long title - eg D:\ANDROID\Xiaomi\alioth_global_images_V12.5.6.0.RKHMIXM_20220210.0000.00_11.0_global
EDIT: oh and be sure to uncheck the flash all and lock option in MiFlash (bottom right corner), or your bootloader will be locked after flashing...
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I just controlled and it seems what i did while trying to flash the fastboot rom is completely wrong since i tried to flash the recovery version. I have downloaded the fastboot rom now but i will have to try to install it tomorrow
The rom was flashed succesfully this time but it still goes into the mi recovery when trying to boot. i flashed twrp to see if i could flash the rom from there and now all partitions can be mounted except for /data. When trying to decrypt it using the pin passcode it says Password Failed. is it because i also had the fingerprint and face unlock? When i still couldn't mount the other partitions I always used the pin passcode to decrypt storage. Has the passcode been changed when flashing with the mi flash tool? I don't have a recent system and data backup nor a backup of the internal storage so this issue is devastating to me, i want to save my data at all costs
EDIT: I tried reflashing twrp from fastboot and now I also can't mount the /cust partition with error "Structure needs Cleaning"
Perhaps someone else may offer some better advice, but as far as I can tell your original system is gone. Once you accept this sad fact, you need to flash fastboot rom using miflash choosing the option 'clean all' (NOT CLEAN ALL AND LOCK) to flash the system clean again, after flashing you can expect an error that miflash couldn't lock the device, this is usual. then your device will restart and take quite a few minutes to boot again. don't bother to flash twrp again yet, just the system running first
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Perhaps someone else may offer some better advice, but as far as I can tell your original system is gone. Once you accept this sad fact, you need to flash fastboot rom using miflash choosing the option 'clean all' (NOT CLEAN ALL AND LOCK) to flash the system clean again, after flashing you can expect an error that miflash couldn't lock the device, this is usual. then your device will restart and take quite a few minutes to boot again. don't bother to flash twrp again yet, just the system running first
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So i have to accept that all my data is gone? No chances of decrypting the data partition? I'll wait and see if someone has something that could work, if nothing else does i guess i'll have to accept the reality. Thank you anyway
I experienced pretty much the same thing as you in the past (i.e. 'failed to mount' and 'no OS installed' errors); unfortunately, the internal storage is most likely wiped. Happy to be corrected for your sake, but I am in agreeance with @reg66.
EDIT: formatting
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I experienced pretty much the same thing as you in the past (i.e. 'failed to mount' and 'no OS installed' errors); unfortunately, the internal storage is most likely wiped. Happy to be corrected for your sake, but I am in agreeance with @reg66.
EDIT: formatting
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TWRP doesn't display the "OS not installed error" and before flashing the fastboot rom version the data partition could be decrypted normally with the lockscreen passcode. Does this mean that Mi Flash encrypted the data partition with a different key?
Thank you to @reg66 and @Sauceunny , I have decide to wipe the memory of the phone as i have deemed it to be too much work to save some chats and images while the most important files are stored as a backup. I will have to plan the next update or changing rom more thorougly next time.
I have the same problem with my S21 ultra
Error on product, vendor and ODM
So i can't install stock ROM because of this error.
Doesnl anyone have an idea?
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i cant mount system
i use poco f3
cant someone help me for fixed
how tp fixed..
please help
I'm facing the same errors except "Odm" I don't know what to do I tried to flash pixel experience rom in my mom's redmi note 10 using "twrp" it's just just in it. Please help me out
Download fastboot rom, use miflash to flash it (select clean all without lock) and dont play with mom's phone again. Watch a miflash tutorial on youtube if you're new to this.