Solved - Can someone help me troubleshoot this damn phone of the pocos? - Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers

March 22 2019 - Solved because I'm an idiot. Story on page 2
Trying to Flash TWRP, but the adb packages and driver's I been using that I can find all over the internet just aren't freaking working.
Specifically it's just Fastboot giving me problems, It doesn't even detect devices.
What I need help with:
Adb communicating with Fastboot
How far I got:
Unlocked bootloader (unlock symbol when booting)
Installed plethora of Adb Driver's via Google, Xiaomi, Qualcomm
Used USBDeview to uninstall all drivers even from my past devices and try reinstalling just drivers involving Xiaomi, Poco ect...
What does work:
Adb commands recognized in Miui
Adb commands recognized in Miui Recovery as sideload (after selecting pc suite option)
Miui unlocking tool (was able to unlock and can still detect the device unlocked in Fastboot)
In Miui File Transfer & PTP mode
What I tried:
Different USB ports 2.0 & 3.0 directly in the back of the PC and the front hub
Different USB C cords with and without extension cord (even though that shouldn't matter)
Different drivers old and new
Powershell & CMD as administrator.
What's already been done before you suggest it:
2nd computer, different ports, satanic ritual, different cords, turning PC on and off again after driver installs.
Trying methods from First 5 results when you Google anything along the lines of "Poco f1 adb Fastboot not recongnized"
Uninstalling drivers and retrying
USB Debugging on, duh.
Oem unlock on, duh.
Basically it's this, clearly the device is being recongnized and being talked to, just able to unlock the device via Xiaomi unlock tool is proof enough of that it's detected in and out of Fastboot, but in a adb window via powershell or cmd-here, it's just not recongnized my device in Fastboot. In Miui or recovery theres no issue, they communicate fine.
Or if there's an alternative way to install TWRP that doesn't involve Fastboot I'm all ears on that.

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If you can temporarily root it (which I wouldn't how to without fastboot) you could write the recovery directly onto its partition.
(https://blog.matt.wf/flash-your-recovery-image-via-adb-shell-on-android/)
But I suppose you want to flash the recovery to get root. So did you try different stable roms with the Mi Flash tool? Maybe your fastboot got corrupted and it could be solved with an oreo rom. Not sure about rollback protection though.
Ah and to eliminate driver issues: you could always use a live distro like manjaro on a usb stick, install the adb package and check whether fastboot is working in the terminal.
I always go back to linux when windows has its funny moments ._.

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lolmensch said:
If you can temporarily root it (which I wouldn't how to without fastboot) you could write the recovery directly onto its partition.
(https://blog.matt.wf/flash-your-recovery-image-via-adb-shell-on-android/)
But I suppose you want to flash the recovery to get root. So did you try different stable roms with the Mi Flash tool? Maybe your fastboot got corrupted and it could be solved with an oreo rom. Not sure about rollback protection though.
Ah and to eliminate driver issues: you could always use a live distro like manjaro on a usb stick, install the adb package and check whether fastboot is working in the terminal.
I always go back to linux when windows has its funny moments ._.
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I want the recovery so I have an option that isn't miui.
My phone isn't slow, but it's running more than a fair share of mi bloat.

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lolmensch said:
If you can temporarily root it (which I wouldn't how to without fastboot) you could write the recovery directly onto its partition.
(https://blog.matt.wf/flash-your-recovery-image-via-adb-shell-on-android/)
But I suppose you want to flash the recovery to get root. So did you try different stable roms with the Mi Flash tool? Maybe your fastboot got corrupted and it could be solved with an oreo rom. Not sure about rollback protection though.
Ah and to eliminate driver issues: you could always use a live distro like manjaro on a usb stick, install the adb package and check whether fastboot is working in the terminal.
I always go back to linux when windows has its funny moments ._.
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Also can you roll back to 8.1 without twrp, root, or adb?
I tried rolling back via the update screen and selecting the package/downgrade, but Miui won't allow installing/flashing older software, which is something I tried before.

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No one else has this problem?

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Chocolina said:
No one else has this problem?
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Why not try Flashify? It comes in the form of an apk and it only requires root, no fastboot. Through it, you can flash TWRP.
Are you connecting the phone to an Intel computer or an AMD? AMD Ryzen has an issue.

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tnsmani said:
Why not try Flashify? It comes in the form of an apk and it only requires root, no fastboot. Through it, you can flash TWRP.
Are you connecting the phone to an Intel computer or an AMD? AMD Ryzen has an issue.
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Don't you need TWRP to install root?
I haven't rooted 1st and then did recovery since the Nexus 5 days, every device I've had since has had root guides that wanted me to fastboot flash the recovery first and install root that way.
And i dont know if my pc is Ryzen, not a pc gamer so all I have is on board, but it is old amd machine running windows 10. I also don't have a monitor these days, I have my pc setup to accept remote desktop so I interact with it that way because it's rare I need a pc these days
All I know is adb works with miui and recovery (sideload) fine, it's fastboot giving me problems, and all the root guides require fastboot

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Also same exact issue regarding my mi pad I just got too
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-pad-4/help/please-help-troubleshoot-xiaomi-t3910249

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lolmensch said:
If you can temporarily root it (which I wouldn't how to without fastboot) you could write the recovery directly onto its partition.
(https://blog.matt.wf/flash-your-recovery-image-via-adb-shell-on-android/)
But I suppose you want to flash the recovery to get root. So did you try different stable roms with the Mi Flash tool? Maybe your fastboot got corrupted and it could be solved with an oreo rom. Not sure about rollback protection though.
Ah and to eliminate driver issues: you could always use a live distro like manjaro on a usb stick, install the adb package and check whether fastboot is working in the terminal.
I always go back to linux when windows has its funny moments ._.
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Tell me more about this Linux/your method
I never used Linux, so I don't know what I'd do to get it or if I could boot it temporarily off of another form of storage or something.

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Chocolina said:
Trying to Flash TWRP, but the adb packages and driver's I been using that I can find all over the internet just aren't freaking working.
Specifically it's just Fastboot giving me problems, It doesn't even detect devices.
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Are you running a Ryzen PC ? Xiaomi drivers have been reported to have problems with Ryzen builds.

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Dose the roms solve touch issue???????

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MasterFURQAN said:
Are you running a Ryzen PC ? Xiaomi drivers have been reported to have problems with Ryzen builds.
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How would I know if it's ryzen?
It's a prebuilt from 5 or more years ago

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Chocolina said:
How would I know if it's ryzen?
It's a prebuilt from 5 or more years ago
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If it's more than 5 years old, then it's not ryzen. Fyi Ryzen is the newest range of CPUs from AMD.

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I went out and bought an Intel laptop and it still won't work!!

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Found and addressed my issue, and it was because of my Stupidity and old habits keeping me from following directions. But I'm also a little angry at the directions themselves for omitting information that would have been useful to me.
So an old habit of mine is before flashing anything in fastboot, I alway run adb commands to see if my phone, fastboot, and windows are all taking to each other and playing nice. Every phone and device I've had until now hasn't had an issue.
If adb or other apps was showing me my connected devices in System and in Recovery, then why the hell wouldn't it do so in fastboot. So old habits with all my devices since 2012 have been reinforcing my behavior for years until I got this Xiaomi Pocophone and Xiaomi Mi Pad. So as a requisite I've always had and continued to check my devices in adb and performing a reboot test before performing a flash just to make sure the device was listening and taking commands.
The problem with the dozens of guides and videos I watched, none of them said that checking for device first didn't always work, so before flashing recovery I kept trying everything I could to get devices to read back in fastboot or accept a reboot command.
Then In one of the half of dozen xiaomi mi pad adb packages I downloaded, someone wrote a simple script that did the flash anyway even though checking to see the device was recognized came up empty.
Apparently I could have been sending flash commands all this time despite devices showing a blank.
So I did so on pocophone to find out devices and reboot commands didn't work but apparently flashing commands do.
I went out and bought (with the intent to return) a ****ty Intel laptop (made by RCA lmao) just to come to the conclusion that I should have just followed the guides in the first place and save myself trouble instead of relying on my past knowledge and habits.

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Chocolina said:
Found and addressed my issue, and it was because of my Stupidity and old habits keeping me from following directions. But I'm also a little angry at the directions themselves for omitting information that would have been useful to me.
So an old habit of mine is before flashing anything in fastboot, I alway run adb commands to see if my phone, fastboot, and windows are all taking to each other and playing nice. Every phone and device I've had until now hasn't had an issue.
If adb or other apps was showing me my connected devices in System and in Recovery, then why the hell wouldn't it do so in fastboot. So old habits with all my devices since 2012 have been reinforcing my behavior for years until I got this Xiaomi Pocophone and Xiaomi Mi Pad. So as a requisite I've always had and continued to check my devices in adb and performing a reboot test before performing a flash just to make sure the device was listening and taking commands.
The problem with the dozens of guides and videos I watched, none of them said that checking for device first didn't always work, so before flashing recovery I kept trying everything I could to get devices to read back in fastboot or accept a reboot command.
Then In one of the half of dozen xiaomi mi pad adb packages I downloaded, someone wrote a simple script that did the flash anyway even though checking to see the device was recognized came up empty.
Apparently I could have been sending flash commands all this time despite devices showing a blank.
So I did so on pocophone to find out devices and reboot commands didn't work but apparently flashing commands do.
I went out and bought (with the intent to return) a ****ty Intel laptop (made by RCA lmao) just to come to the conclusion that I should have just followed the guides in the first place and save myself trouble instead of relying on my past knowledge and habits.
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Thank you for the info. I learnt something new today.
I also have the same habit of checking whether the adb devices and fastboot devices commands work before starting any flashing. However I don't check the reboot command. It still is a good habit notwithstanding what you have discovered. What happened to you has not happened to me so far, so I am filing this knowledge for future use if the occasion arises.

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tnsmani said:
Thank you for the info. I learnt something new today.
I also have the same habit of checking whether the adb devices and fastboot devices commands work before starting any flashing. However I don't check the reboot command. It still is a good habit notwithstanding what you have discovered. What happened to you has not happened to me so far, so I am filing this knowledge for future use if the occasion arises.
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It was a headache because my precautions weren't working. Next time I'm just going to check if it'll take flash commands anyway before asking for help.
On the plus side, I got to learn what a laptop made by RCA is like. It's **** sure, I'd expected as much, but it was as bad, if not worse than those $99 "windows 8" tablets from 2014-2015 running those archaic Intel Z3735 Atom series processors. Stay away