Tutorial - Rooting Mi 5 without wiping data - Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion

Dear All,
WARNING: I'm no developer, just a regular user. SO PLEASE ONLY TRY THE BELOW PROCEDURE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I'm not responsible if you end up with a device that doesn't work the way it is originally meant to.
Recently I decided to root my Mi 5 running Global Dev ROM (Version: 6.5.30 (MIUI7)).
Read a few threads.
Mainly (link A): http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=260976
Then I posted a Q&A thread: http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod ... 0&page=1#pid5799160
I noticed that according to link A, we needed to wipe data to root successfully.
Here's what I did:
1. Unlock BootLoader via Xiaomi Official Method. - Important Step
2. Temporarily flash TWRP (link mentioned in link A) [fastboot boot *recoveryname*.img].
3. Selecetd English as the language.
4. Left the System partition unmodified when promted (Keep Read Only).
5. Mounted System + Cache.
6. Enabled ADB sideload.
7. SIdeloaded the superSU file (link mentioned in link A).
8. Rebooted device.
9. SuperSU was installed.
10. To check this I tried out SElinuxmodechanger + V4A (use apps with Root access at your own risk and evaluation of safe / unsafe nature of the app/apps).
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Conclusion: I was able to root my Mi 5 (Global Dev Rom) without permanent flashing of TWRP + without modification to system partition (Keep Read Only)) + without wiping data in TWRP before installing SuperSU.

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Hey, great tutorial, but after, the OTA update will work and / or remove root ?

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Is the sideload necessary ? Can't the SuperSU file be stored in an internal folder beforehand ?

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@hmnk: can you please post links for SElinuxmodechanger and V4A? Thanks.

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flavien317 said:
Hey, great tutorial, but after, the OTA update will work and / or remove root ?
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Thanks.. The OTA updates work. You will only have to root the phone via my tutorial again.
lapocompris said:
Is the sideload necessary ? Can't the SuperSU file be stored in an internal folder beforehand ?
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Sideload was necessary at the time of the tutorial being posted as the MIUI version / TWRP didn't allow data partition to be mounted without formatting it. Hence, the flashable zips had to be sideloaded.
However, currently, I'm on MIUI Version: V8.0.2.0.MAAMIDG (MIUI8) and twrp-3.0.2-0-gemini, this combination allows data partition to be mounted without formatting it.
Burs said:
@hmnk: can you please post links for SElinuxmodechanger and V4A? Thanks.
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www.google.com

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Personally tested myself on Mi5 Pro and it works with MIUI Version: V8.0.2.0.MAAMIDG (MIUI8) and twrp-3.0.2-0-gemini.
Huge huge thanks!

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Thanks very much for this worked a treat. I'm on 6.10.13 Global, used ZCX-TWRP and SuperSU v2.76. No problems at all.

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Many thanks for your guide. I'll try it on the next update

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This has been working well for me, thank you. Now I'm wondering if the same method could be used to install things like Xposed without flashing TWRP too. Has anyone tried it? I'm scared. ::laugh:

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thanks

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Bootloop
Tried this over MIUI Global BETA 7.4.27 (Mi5) and got a bootloop
I've downloaded the required files and TWRP 3.0.2.0 and SuperSU 2.76

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Thanks, it worked!

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I just tested this on the MI5s Plus and it works on that phone as well.