Hello, i currently have a Redmi 5 Plus (Vince). I tried flashing a ZIP file and ended up killing the system, so i decided to flash a custom ROM. I got Lineage OS, but a day after i decided to get back to the stock ROM. But, when i am trying to flash the stock ROM, even though it says it was successful i am still stuck in bootloop. I will be really thankful if anyone could help me with this.
bloodsucca said:
Hello, i currently have a Redmi 5 Plus (Vince). I tried flashing a ZIP file and ended up killing the system, so i decided to flash a custom ROM. I got Lineage OS, but a day after i decided to get back to the stock ROM. But, when i am trying to flash the stock ROM, even though it says it was successful i am still stuck in bootloop. I will be really thankful if anyone could help me with this.
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Format data to can reboot (do a backup if needed before).
SubwayChamp said:
Format data to can reboot (do a backup if needed before).
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What do you mean exactly? Also, i don't have any backup for this one
bloodsucca said:
What do you mean exactly? Also, i don't have any backup for this one
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Ever that you think to start to flash something onto your device is recommendable to backup at least some critical partitions like EFS, modem, maybe bootloader so if something goes wrong you can solve it.
Now as you need to format data and this will erase partitions like data and 0 (sdcard) in the case you have some important files (musics, pictures and others) you could need to backup them before to start the process.
Miui roms is decrypted by default so in order to can reboot you need to format data.
SubwayChamp said:
Ever that you think to start to flash something onto your device is recommendable to backup at least some critical partitions like EFS, modem, maybe bootloader so if something goes wrong you can solve it.
Now as you need to format data and this will erase partitions like data and 0 (sdcard) in the case you have some important files (musics, pictures and others) you could need to backup them before to start the process.
Miui roms is decrypted by default so in order to can reboot you need to format data.
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Through TWRP ?
bloodsucca said:
Through TWRP ?
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Install OrangeFox, and follow the instructions in point #3 here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76885728&postcount=3
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Install OrangeFox, and follow the instructions in point #3 here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76885728&postcount=3
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Done already. I just had to wipe out everything first
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Hi Guys,
I've been flashing for a few years (Desire HD, Sensation XE, One X) and now I have a One X+
I've been treading water carefully and I've managed unlock the bootloader, flash TWRP and rooted the device (via TWRP)
I did all this the manual way as I'm skeptical of the all in one (I'm old fashioned like that)
However I have some questions:good:
1. Does having TWRP, the bootloader unlocked affect my ability to receive OWA updates? (I'm still running stock ROM)
2. All that's left now is to do a backup, get a ROM , copy the ROM over, go into recovery, flash the boot.img, wipe the phone then flash the new ROM?
Cheers guys
If you are old fashioned, then why do you go for TWRP not the CWM?
1. This should not affect the ability for the OTA, but I'm not 100% sure.
2. Yes, you do a backup, flash the boot.img, wipe the phone and flash the new rom. Or first you can wipe and install ROM, then reboot in to bootloader and flash boot.img. You can do both ways in TWRP, does not matter. But to not reboot in to rom before you flash both.
Synoptex said:
If you are old fashioned, then why do you go for TWRP not the CWM?
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Why should he go for an untested, unreliable, unsupported and outdated recovery?
TWRP was again updated couple days ago, I strongly suggest to stick with the TWRP recovery.
I don't know... if he is as he call himself "old fashioned" - CMW if far older recovery, that TWRP. I don't know about the updates, may be there is nothing to update, so they stopped? And TWRP still has some bugs, so everyone waiting for updates. I don't know... all about old fashioned, that was my point.
Synoptex said:
I don't know... if he is as he call himself "old fashioned" - CMW if far older recovery, that TWRP. I don't know about the updates, may be there is nothing to update, so they stopped? And TWRP still has some bugs, so everyone waiting for updates. I don't know... all about old fashioned, that was my point.
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I went with TWRP because it seems it's the more popular choice, I didn't vouch for the all in one tool kit because I like to do this the manual way.
Currently got a stock ROM, with ROOT + TWRP. I haven't flahsed yet due to the number of issues I see appearing on this forum with so called 'bricked' devices, there was never this many for the desire hd/sensation/One x.
I'm pretty sure the way to flash from this point would be
1. Download ROM and place it on the phone
2. Take a backup via recovery
3. Flash boot.img
4. Wipe phone
5. Install ROM
6 Reboot
Does this sound correct?
just remember NEVER wipe "internal storage" or "format data" within recovery
ratcom said:
just remember NEVER wipe "internal storage" or "format data" within recovery
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Cheers Ratcom, I'm currently waiting on CM 4.2.2 to be uploaded, they currently only have the 4.2.1 build.
Sounds good.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda premium
clarkey02 said:
I went with TWRP because it seems it's the more popular choice, I didn't vouch for the all in one tool kit because I like to do this the manual way...
... I haven't flahsed yet due to the number of issues I see appearing on this forum with so called 'bricked' devices, there was never this many for the desire hd/sensation/One x.
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This is assuredly in direct relation with the majority of those cases.
People want to root and customize with a Swiss knife tool and I can assure you that something is wrong to do it with this tool. If you read all the so called "bricked my..." threads, they all were using this all in one tool, then something wen't wrong and they can't figure out what could be the cause simply because they haven't read, they don't know the basics of those procedures or they don't have any king of prerequisite installed in their computer. The tool is supposedly "doing all for them". Except debugging the procedure when everything goes bad.
It is so simple and rewarding to do all this -the old fashioned way- also if something suddenly goes bonk, it's so easy to know exactly where the procedure is failing.
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As for your procedure it is all good, in Recovery when you have a backup of your actual ROM, in the Wipe menu select Factory Reset, then after select System. You're all good to flash your new ROM after that.
Don't forget to : fastboot erase cache after your boot.img flashing.
Have fun!
Lucky Thirteen said:
----As for your procedure it is all good, in Recovery when you have a backup of your actual ROM, in the Wipe menu select Factory Reset, then after select System. You're all good to flash your new ROM after that.
Don't forget to : fastboot erase cache after your boot.img flashing.
Have fun!
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I've got to the point now where I've got CM10 on the phone (not installed) and I've got the boot.img in the same folder as the fastboot.
If memory servers me correctly:
I should boot into recovery
hit fastboot
flash the boot.img via command line
go into recovery
factory reset/wipe cache
install ROM
reboot
Apologies if I'm being very tentative, I'm just making sure. I have done a backup while in TWRP (If the flash goes wrong can I simply restore from recovery using that backup?)
I'm into two minds to do this, I miss installing custom ROM's but I don't want to ruin the phone. If only there was a video tutorial !!!!!
You should have all you need in this tutorial watch the last section of it.
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You should have all you need in this tutorial watch the last section of it.
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I attempted and successfully flashed today, currently running CM10 unofficial (Is there an official version? for X+?)
Cheers again for all the pointers!
clarkey02 said:
I attempted and successfully flashed today, currently running CM10 unofficial (Is there an official version? for X+?)
Cheers again for all the pointers!
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if you want official go ahead and make it official..
Lloir said:
if you want official go ahead and make it official..
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Thanks
I just wiped internal storage and formatted data...!!
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just remember NEVER wipe "internal storage" or "format data" within recovery
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I didn't know that I can't wipe internal storage and format data... I was trying install a SlimBean Rom. It tells me to "wipe data, format system (in mounts and storage). I clearly misunderstood it. What should I do now? PLEASE HELP ME!! I have to install zip files from my sdcard, but now I can't find any of them! :crying: Is my phone bricked yet? Is there anything I can do to get my phone back? Please, please help me. I'm new at this. I just bought this HTC One X+ not long ago... :crying:
Narakera said:
I didn't know that I can't wipe internal storage and format data... I was trying install a SlimBean Rom. It tells me to "wipe data, format system (in mounts and storage). I clearly misunderstood it. What should I do now? PLEASE HELP ME!! I have to install zip files from my sdcard, but now I can't find any of them! :crying: Is my phone bricked yet? Is there anything I can do to get my phone back? Please, please help me. I'm new at this. I just bought this HTC One X+ not long ago... :crying:
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Hi Narakera, I have answered that issue in this thread, have a read and if something is not clear ask in that thread I will try to help you.
I have an International Samsung galaxy S3 (GT0I9300) which is about 2 years old.
I tried rooting it using chainfire's odin installation method. The link I used is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33305784&postcount=2.
I followed all the steps correctly. All went fine until the red android came up on my phone. Then after all the process was completed, odin also showed done! But, my phone did not bootup. It is looping in the Samsung logo bootup screen.
I tried all possible methods to turn on the phone, but it still stays in the boot screen itself.
Also my phone is not going to recovery mode when i press <VolUp>+<Home>+<Power button> so that i can wipe cache data, instead it just displays the android recovery logo for a second and reboots again and loops in Samsung logo screen.
I have very valuable data stored in the phone which is not backed up!!
This phone is my daily driver, so I would require some urgent help regarding this...
Please, give me a solution to make my phone work normally as before and also help to root it if possible without any hassle!!
Thank you!
Prataap said:
I have an International Samsung galaxy S3 (GT0I9300) which is about 2 years old.
I tried rooting it using chainfire's odin installation method. The link I used is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33305784&postcount=2.
I followed all the steps correctly. All went fine until the red android came up on my phone. Then after all the process was completed, odin also showed done! But, my phone did not bootup. It is looping in the Samsung logo bootup screen.
I tried all possible methods to turn on the phone, but it still stays in the boot screen itself.
Also my phone is not going to recovery mode when i press <VolUp>+<Home>+<Power button> so that i can wipe cache data, instead it just displays the android recovery logo for a second and reboots again and loops in Samsung logo screen.
I have very valuable data stored in the phone which is not backed up!!
This phone is my daily driver, so I would require some urgent help regarding this...
Please, give me a solution to make my phone work normally as before and also help to root it if possible without any hassle!!
Thank you!
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Couple of things you could try (1) flash a stock rom with odin this should restore your phone but you will lose your data (2) flash a custom recovery with Odin either Cwm,PhilZ, or Twrp when finished flashing you can boot into recovery and wipe cache etc.
tallman43 said:
Couple of things you could try (1) flash a stock rom with odin this should restore your phone but you will lose your data (2) flash a custom recovery with Odin either Cwm,PhilZ, or Twrp when finished flashing you can boot into recovery and wipe cache etc.
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Thank you for your reply!
Will flashing CWM or any of those custom recovery and wiping the cache help in rebooting normally as before? Because I don't want to get into another trouble. Can you kindly give me a link to it? And how to remove that custom recovery if i wont require it?
Prataap said:
Thank you for your reply!
Will flashing CWM or any of those custom recovery and wiping the cache help in rebooting normally as before? Because I don't want to get into another trouble. Can you kindly give me a link to it? And how to remove that custom recovery if i wont require it?
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Link here please read instructions fully >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...covery-clockworkmod-touch-6-0-3-2-gt-t1719744 << Ideally you should wipe cache and data to stop a boot loop (but obviously you don't want to lose any data) so try wiping cache to see if that works. Even though you are stuck in a bootloop the cf auto root flash might have worked so you can try to backup data in recovery and see what happens.
To remove custom recovery you will have to reflash stock rom with Odin and you may have to accept the fact you may lose your data if it won't backup in recovery.
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Link here please read instructions fully >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...covery-clockworkmod-touch-6-0-3-2-gt-t1719744 << Ideally you should wipe cache and data to stop a boot loop (but obviously you don't want to lose any data) so try wiping cache to see if that works. Even though you are stuck in a bootloop the cf auto root flash might have worked so you can try to backup data in recovery and see what happens.
To remove custom recovery you will have to reflash stock rom with Odin and you may have to accept the fact you may lose your data if it won't backup in recovery.
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Alright!! Thank you!!
I'll try this method and reply if it is working.
@tallman, I just flashed the clockworkmod recovery and wiped the cache partition.
Then as you mentioned I also tried backing up from backup/restore option.
The cache is wiped properly.
When i tired backing up, i saw two or three lines of message log from CWM and then device just boots up and is stuck at Samsung logo boot screen itself again.
Any other solutions?
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@tallman, I just flashed the clockworkmod recovery and wiped the cache partition.
Then as you mentioned I also tried backing up from backup/restore option.
The cache is wiped properly.
When i tired backing up, i saw two or three lines of message log from CWM and then device just boots up and is stuck at Samsung logo boot screen itself again.
Any other solutions?
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Looks like the root didn't take if I where you I would flash stock rom with Odin from Samfirmware (factory reset after flash) you will lose your data but you will have to put that down to experience.:fingers-crossed:
tallman43 said:
Looks like the root didn't take if I where you I would flash stock rom with Odin from Samfirmware (factory reset after flash) you will lose your data but you will have to put that down to experience.:fingers-crossed:
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@tallman, Thanks for the advise!
Why didn't the root work?? I thought the root worked as CWM requires root permission right?
Is there any other way to just bootup my device without having to flash a new ROM?? What is the reason for the root access to be denied? Can it never be rooted?
PS: Because I don't wanna lose any data. I had about 250-300 apps which I have been using and had saved a lot of info in them.
Prataap said:
@tallman, Thanks for the advise!
Why didn't the root work?? I thought the root worked as CWM requires root permission right?
Is there any other way to just bootup my device without having to flash a new ROM?? What is the reason for the root access to be denied? Can it never be rooted?
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Yes you can boot to cwm again and wipe data cache etc but like I said all options now involve loosing your data.Plus this is not guaranteed to work depending on what whent wrong with your cf Auto -Root flash.That is why I suggested flashing back to stock with Odin this will return your phone to how it was before it was messed up (minus your data of course).
tallman43 said:
Yes you can boot to cwm again and wipe data cache etc but like I said all options now involve loosing your data.Plus this is not guaranteed to work depending on what whent wrong with your cf Auto -Root flash.That is why I suggested flashing back to stock with Odin this will return your phone to how it was before it was messed up (minus your data of course).
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Okay thank you for the help!!
I'll wipe the data or flash a new rom.
Will stock rom not require root access?
Is flashing a custom Rom same as flashing the stock Rom?
Anyone else have any other suggestion?
Prataap said:
@tallman, Thanks for the advise!
Why didn't the root work?? I thought the root worked as CWM requires root permission right?
Is there any other way to just bootup my device without having to flash a new ROM?? What is the reason for the root access to be denied? Can it never be rooted?
PS: Because I don't wanna lose any data. I had about 250-300 apps which I have been using and had saved a lot of info in them.
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Sorry just saw your question about cwm requiring root..No Cwm or any custom recovery does not reqire root, recovery is a separate partition root is acquired through your rom. Technically you can flash a custom recovery and a custom rom without root because root is included in all custom roms.You need root to access system files that is why cwm failed to backup your data because it needs access to your system which it cannot have without root.Stock roms don't have root built in that is why you need to root them to access system files unlike custom roms which like I said have root built in to them
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Sorry just saw your question about cwm requiring root..No Cwm or any custom recovery does not reqire root, recovery is a separate partition root is acquired through your rom. Technically you can flash a custom recovery and a custom rom without root because root is included in all custom roms.You need root to access system files that is why cwm failed to backup your data because it needs access to your system which it cannot have without root.Stock roms don't have root built in that is why you need to root them to access system files unlike custom roms which like I said have root built in to them
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Oh! Alright! :good:
So I guess I'll be flashing a custom rom with kitkat as I'll be losing the data anyways.
All the data in external sd will be intact right?
Prataap said:
Oh! Alright! :good:
So I guess I'll be flashing a custom rom with kitkat as I'll be losing the data anyways.
All the data in external sd will be intact right?
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Yes ext sd will be fine this is where you will need to put your custom Rom anyway to flash it.Please read all the guides in the stickies before you start to make sure you know what you are doing.Also read the stickies about backing up your efs (VERY IMPORTANT) because if you don't back it up then you may have major problems later if you run into problems.
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Yes ext sd will be fine this is where you will need to put your custom Rom anyway to flash it.Please read all the guides in the stickies before you start to make sure you know what you are doing.Also read the stickies about backing up your efs (VERY IMPORTANT) because if you don't back it up then you may have major problems later if you run into problems.
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Thank you!
Anyways, I'll wait a few more days and try to figure out a way to restore my existing stock rom to work.
If not there is no other choice left but to flash a new one...
Is there any way to root my phone again and try backing up the data?? Will it work?
Or is there any working recovery software so that i can create an image of the memory?
Hello. The problem i have is that when i try to restore( from twrp ) or flash ( from fastboot ) the stock boot.img, I loose wifi and bluetooth completely. I'm trying to get rid of stromguard kenel. The wifi's mac address is 20:00:00:00:00 which is definately not right.:cyclops:
Please Help!!!
p.s. The wifi comes back again if i flash the custom kernel.
choose a firmware
https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...irmware-firmware-miui-9-china-stable-t3697976
flash in twrp
reboot
done
Try flashing the firmware, or flash the rom again (dirty flash)
blitzkid said:
choose a firmware
https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...irmware-firmware-miui-9-china-stable-t3697976
flash in twrp
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done
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It didn't work. It is still the same.
MyNameIsRage said:
Try flashing the firmware, or flash the rom again (dirty flash)
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Only flashing the firmware didnt do anything. Im on stock dev rom bro so the only rom flashing i know of is to flash the system.img which will delete every apps and its data and i dont want to do that. Is there any other option?
samuniv said:
Only flashing the firmware didnt do anything. Im on stock dev rom bro so the only rom flashing i know of is to flash the system.img which will delete every apps and its data and i dont want to do that. Is there any other option?
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What you can do is, that you can clean flash miui,
This will take some time, but is actually much easier and somewhat fool proof.
Firstly make a back-up of data, to miui account,
Then, go to en.miui.com/download from there choose redmi note 4x and download the zip file of miui version you want. Transfer it onto an sd card or a location which can be accessed after the internal storage is wiped. Go to twrp, format data, wipe data, cache, system and dalvik. Now transfer the miui rom file to the device, or to sd card, and flash it, along with lazy flasher. Now reboot, it will say "no os installed" but just reboot. It will take some time to load, but it will boot. Now you can sign in with mi account and you can restore data.
HI
after some wrong uninstalling service from my clean miui 9.6.25 global
i tried to restore rom by usual way from twrp.
but when done the pocophono never run to boot only logo screen(waiting atleast 15min which ofcourse is not normal).
has anyone faced that?
do i need to flash ENCRYPT disabler again after restore?:silly:
Come on......!!! cant be only me???!!!heheheh
TWRP is for lifesaver not to trouble as all know
I've found this too.
Encryption shouldn't matter.
Try restoring only one partition at a time to see which is causing the error. I think it's Userdata in my case, but Userdata Image may work.
I've not bothered to investigate why this happens yet.
ok
i will try mate.
thank u!
i will come backup for update
My phone had latest Miui9, then I installed Twrp and backup the Miui9 rom by Twrp.
then I flashed Miui 10, back up it with TWRP.
Then try to restore my Miui 9 Twrp backup, after done the phone boot to Fast boot mode only.
Even tried restore Miui10 still it would boot to fastboot mode only. Flash new rom and reboot it will ask for encryption password.
The fix is need to format data (Wipe > Format data > type yes, after flashed the rom), and reboot it should work.
Yeah, restoring MIUI backups is a real pain... Because of that, I always flash the ROM zip file first, then restore the data only, reboot and it works.
mario123m said:
Yeah, restoring MIUI backups is a real pain... Because of that, I always flash the ROM zip file first, then restore the data only, reboot and it works.
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so steps:
1st flashing miui rom.zip
2nd restore files with twrp backup file?
and all works perfect????
data? system? image system? which please
first time i hear this method...hehehe
pin\password asking after?
miui account find device e.t.c?
I switch ROMs pretty often and MIUI never booted after restoring.
There's a simple workaround: just reflash MIUI whenever you restored.
emmanuelo7 said:
so steps:
1st flashing miui rom.zip
2nd restore files with twrp backup file?
and all works perfect????
data? system? image system? which please
first time i hear this method...hehehe
pin\password asking after?
miui account find device e.t.c?
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Install MIUI zip (with the same system you backed up), then go to restore and just restore data and nothing else. If you used Magisk before, flash it too after restoring. Then reboot. I don't know about Global ROMs as I always use Xiaomi.eu but I think it should work the same way. Oh, and never backup data with a password/pin/fingerprint set because it will not recognise it after reboot and you will have to use TWRP to delete locksettings from /data/system which adds unnecessary steps to this tedious procedure. Good luck.
thank u bro!
mario123m said:
Install MIUI zip (with the same system you backed up), then go to restore and just restore data and nothing else. If you used Magisk before, flash it too after restoring. Then reboot. I don't know about Global ROMs as I always use Xiaomi.eu but I think it should work the same way. Oh, and never backup data with a password/pin/fingerprint set because it will not recognise it after reboot and you will have to use TWRP to delete locksettings from /data/system which adds unnecessary steps to this tedious procedure. Good luck.
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Hi, I'm having the same issue.
I get a PIN code. How can I bypass it?
How can I avoid it in the future?
Thanks!
if password promt during boot u have no option other than format data
only lockscreen can be deleted via twrp
I had the same problem in my pocophone and solved it like this:
1. Advanced wipe all data except Internal storage (so you do not lose your data)
1.1 Flash or boot twrp again
2. Install the official rom using the way you know
3. Starts android the first time but without doing the initial configuration of android (I'm not sure if this is necessary but it costs nothing to do it)
4. Through twrp, restores the data but only the options Boot and Data, dont select System
And that's it. I hope it works for you.
I was trying different combinations and I realized that it is the system folder that has a problem when you make the restoring, don't know why.
I was using pocophone with MIUI 10.2.2
mario123m said:
Install MIUI zip (with the same system you backed up), then go to restore and just restore data and nothing else. If you used Magisk before, flash it too after restoring. Then reboot. I don't know about Global ROMs as I always use Xiaomi.eu but I think it should work the same way. Oh, and never backup data with a password/pin/fingerprint set because it will not recognise it after reboot and you will have to use TWRP to delete locksettings from /data/system which adds unnecessary steps to this tedious procedure. Good luck.
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Thanks a lot!
Can someone enlighten me how to dirty flash a custom rom? I mean I did it before but it was back in gingerbread days. Now that we use magisk, can someone give me the exact steps to do?
BenParz said:
Can someone enlighten me how to dirty flash a custom rom? I mean I did it before but it was back in gingerbread days. Now that we use magisk, can someone give me the exact steps to do?
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Just flash the rom, and wipe cache thats it. But be sure ur using the same rom not another one
BenParz said:
Can someone enlighten me how to dirty flash a custom rom? I mean I did it before but it was back in gingerbread days. Now that we use magisk, can someone give me the exact steps to do?
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wipe system,davik and cache. then dirty flash. remember not to wipe "system" if you flash OTA .zip
Okay, I have Additional questions :
1. Do I have to disable magisk modules or outright uninstall it before flashing?
2. Do I have to mount system and vendor in twrp again?
3. Do I need to install magisk again after dirty flashing?
4. Do I have to flash DFE again?
BenParz said:
Okay, I have Additional questions :
1. Do I have to disable magisk modules or outright uninstall it before flashing?
2. Do I have to mount system and vendor in twrp again?
3. Do I need to install magisk again after dirty flashing?
4. Do I have to flash DFE again?
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1. Not necessary (unless you are using a module which may cause bootloop)
2. I never did.
3. Most of the times when dirty flashing the same ROM, twrp flashes Magisk (and GApps) automatically (atleast in my case). If it doesn't flash automatically, then you can flash it manually in order to make it certain.
4. Like I always said, flashing DFE is not necessary if you use the TWRP that supports decryption without actually decrypting your device permanently. Infact, I never suggest anyone to use a decrypted device if using it for financial purpose.
Rowdyy Ronnie said:
1. Not necessary (unless you are using a module which may cause bootloop)
2. I never did.
3. Most of the times when dirty flashing the same ROM, twrp flashes Magisk (and GApps) automatically (atleast in my case). If it doesn't flash automatically, then you can flash it manually in order to make it certain.
4. Like I always said, flashing DFE is not necessary if you use the TWRP that supports decryption without actually decrypting your device permanently. Infact, I never suggest anyone to use a decrypted device if using it for financial purpose.
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Omg, thanks for answering my questions mate, much appreciated!
Depends, but if you are switching from a different ROM then dirty flash will most likely brick your device or cause a lot of errors and it should never be done. But if it is from the same ROM, like going from older PE to new one, then all you do is flash the newer one with the older version already installed. But it is recommended you clean flash because from my experience, dirty flash always caused errors like lag and crashing. Just use Migrate(available on Play store) and use it to backup apps. A lot of these custom ROMs are still early and in BETA so it is recommended you clean flash.
As for DFE, it is optional. Only problem is you will have to use TWRP with SD card support or one that has a working decryption so that you can flash files through the recovery . You can use apps like flashify to flash if you dont want to your device decrypted. If you got any questions you can ask me.
itscooltime said:
Depends, but if you are switching from a different ROM then dirty flash will most likely brick your device or cause a lot of errors and it should never be done. But if it is from the same ROM, like going from older PE to new one, then all you do is flash the newer one with the older version already installed. But it is recommended you clean flash because from my experience, dirty flash always caused errors like lag and crashing. Just use Migrate(available on Play store) and use it to backup apps. A lot of these custom ROMs are still early and in BETA so it is recommended you clean flash.
As for DFE, it is optional. Only problem is you will have to use TWRP with SD card support or one that has a working decryption so that you can flash files through the recovery . You can use apps like flashify to flash if you dont want to your device decrypted. If you got any questions you can ask me.
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Actually I've got one.
I want to dirty flash a ROM (just an updated version of the same one) but I dont know how i can place a file into my phone's internal storage through TWRP without formatting de data (full wipe). My phone is not recognized by my PC on TWRP mode unless I make a full wipe.
Can you guys assist?
I have a question I'm using a custom rom with gapps, but the custom rom update that is available does not have gapps if I flash the non-gapp version on my gapp version will it cause problems?
gersomfcomiano said:
Actually I've got one.
I want to dirty flash a ROM (just an updated version of the same one) but I dont know how i can place a file into my phone's internal storage through TWRP without formatting de data (full wipe). My phone is not recognized by my PC on TWRP mode unless I make a full wipe.
Can you guys assist?
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G3's typically have sd card storage available. athat's where I put all my roms, gapp's, other stuff which I have no trouble flashing from TWRP. Beyond that you must seek one more learned than I.
Nfury00701 said:
wipe system,davik and cache. then dirty flash. remember not to wipe "system" if you flash OTA .zip
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in this case all data & apps will be lost ?
gajanan57 said:
in this case all data & apps will be lost ?
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You're right. That user is wrong. Do NOT wipe system if you are dirty flashing. Otherwise you are just doing a normal flashing, not updating your rom.
fede01_8 said:
You're right. That user is wrong. Do NOT wipe system if you are dirty flashing. Otherwise you are just doing a normal flashing, not updating your rom.
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I'd say no.
Android System partition is mounted as readonly after boot and won't be modified anymore then (unless you modify system files with adb/TWRP and mounted system partition).
Your during Android usage installed apps are stored in Data partition.
However you have to reflash gapps and magisk in case you installed them with TWRP/adb.