Redmi Note 4 Bootloops - nearly always - Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers

My ol' Note 4 nearly always bootloops since a few weeks.
So I get the MI logo, and that's where it typically stays.
Sometimes I get to the login screen, I can login, but after a short while it jumps back to bootloop mode.
Is there any known solution? (I know, this phone is getting too slow anyway)

Is it getting stuck on the redmi screen or the miui screen?
Try backing up your data, then flashing the stock miui rom for your device using mi flash tool.
If you're still having issues (which you shouldnt after flashing stock), then maybe try a custom rom?

PhotonIce said:
Is it getting stuck on the redmi screen or the miui screen?
Try backing up your data, then flashing the stock miui rom for your device using mi flash tool.
If you're still having issues (which you shouldnt after flashing stock), then maybe try a custom rom?
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Sorry for that late reply!
It can stay on the initial black 'mi' screen for quite a while, like 10 or 20 Minutes, or longer. The android dots are moving.
Then sometimes it goes to a blue screen, and sometimes to login (keystrokes) - mostly when I do to key strokes it jumps back the the 'mi' boot screen. Sometimes I manage to login and I can use it for some Seconds, or Minutes.
To me there is no logic in that behavior.

Try flashing the stock rom back to it.

Hi, I have the same issue. The above seems to work for me. But if you are actively using this phone for GPS, might not be right.

kenny! said:
Hi, I have the same issue. The above seems to work for me. But if you are actively using this phone for GPS, might not be right.
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Thank you for your reply! I didn't touch the phone for looong time. The video gave me some hints. After many tries I managed to get to the normal phone screen - after switching Wifi off it seems to stop looping.
My aim to make a complete backup (which needs Wifi) and then transfer to a new phone.
This is more for my own reference > wisdom from video:
1) SIM out
2) Power off (5 sec press power)
3) On
4) Press vol key 10 sec during 2nd boot logo
5) After login > settings > additional settings > privacy > location > device only
Lets see......
...a short while later:
The method in the video that @kenny! posted seems to work. Phone operates quite normal now, a bit slow, but that's what can be expected from a phone that was already low-end in 2016.
Charging is normal. no more auto-power ON loops when charging. No crashes.
Thanks kenny!

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[Q] [Q} Problem with screen

I am running cm-10.1-20130715-crDroid-build10-i9300 for some time now & all working fine.
Viewed a few web pages, youtube videos etc & then I locked screen.
When pressing either "home" / "power" button to wake phone the screen flashes & goes blank again ( I can see the numpad to enter screen lock code, but only briefly --- split second)
I have tried rebooting phone, taking battery out & reinserting, etc with no success.
The phone still receives calls but I can see nothing on the screen.
Is this more than likely a loose screen connection / a display drv issue / what could it be ?
Thx in Advance
SeanL said:
I am running cm-10.1-20130715-crDroid-build10-i9300 for some time now & all working fine.
Viewed a few web pages, youtube videos etc & then I locked screen.
When pressing either "home" / "power" button to wake phone the screen flashes & goes blank again ( I can see the numpad to enter screen lock code, but only briefly --- split second)
I have tried rebooting phone, taking battery out & reinserting, etc with no success.
The phone still receives calls but I can see nothing on the screen.
Is this more than likely a loose screen connection / a display drv issue / what could it be ?
Thx in Advance
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before confirming it is a hardware problem just try to flash different rom and try whether the problem still exist.
MoonBlade said:
before confirming it is a hardware problem just try to flash different rom and try whether the problem still exist.
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Unfortunately I cant even see recovery screen/options.
When powering on (even with 3 finger salute) Samsung logo flashes quickly & screen goes blank.
Really hoping not a HW issue .... but beginning to look like it.
Really strange .... working fine one minute, next minute problems
If it does the same thing in download or recovery then it's most likely a hardware fault.
SeanL said:
Unfortunately I cant even see recovery screen/options.
When powering on (even with 3 finger salute) Samsung logo flashes quickly & screen goes blank.
Really hoping not a HW issue .... but beginning to look like it.
Really strange .... working fine one minute, next minute problems
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boomboomer said:
If it does the same thing in download or recovery then it's most likely a hardware fault.
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boomboomer is right .. sorry to bring you bad news but its a hardware issue.
Yeah, I was thinking the same
Do you think they will still replace screen/motherboard etc, even though it is rooted ---- or do I have a coaster for my coffee cup ?
SeanL said:
Yeah, I was thinking the same
Do you think they will still replace screen/motherboard etc, even though it is rooted ---- or do I have a coaster for my coffee cup ?
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They will replace although you cant use your warranty card.
If there is a high replacement cost .... time to move to S4.
Thx Guys .... I will let you know what happens.

[Q] Non-rooted phone with stock rom stuck on Samsung logo

Hi everyone,
I've tried using search on my problem, but most of the time people who experience it have some custom ROMs or been flashing them, or doing some other modifications.
I've just been charging my phone, everything was working, until it charged to 100%, but forgot to unplug it just then. Next time I looked at it, it was off. I've held the power button and got a message "Android is updating.. starting apps", which was weird, as even official updates don't install themselves without confirmation - what update then? As it was stuck on that screen for more than 20 minutes, I've turned it off, and back on. The the Samsung S II I900 logo appears, the sound of booting, and a Samsung glowing logo, on which it's stuck forever.
I've tried a battery pull, tried leaving it overnight with that glowing logo, so it discharged and turned itself off, but it's all the same, it doesn't go past the logo.
I really don't want to lose some data I have there - mostly messages and some app data, which I'm not sure is backed up on google servers somewhere. I'm doing a backup for photos, but still, some can be lost if I do some plain factory reset.
What can I start with to try and bring it to life?
Sorry if it's a noob question that's being asked frequently.
Funny thing, I'm waiting for a Nexus 5 to arrive, as my SGSII is old and weird, and I guess it has sensed the treason, hehe. :\
rainscience said:
Hi everyone,
I've tried using search on my problem, but most of the time people who experience it have some custom ROMs or been flashing them, or doing some other modifications.
I've just been charging my phone, everything was working, until it charged to 100%, but forgot to unplug it just then. Next time I looked at it, it was off. I've held the power button and got a message "Android is updating.. starting apps", which was weird, as even official updates don't install themselves without confirmation - what update then? As it was stuck on that screen for more than 20 minutes, I've turned it off, and back on. The the Samsung S II I900 logo appears, the sound of booting, and a Samsung glowing logo, on which it's stuck forever.
I've tried a battery pull, tried leaving it overnight with that glowing logo, so it discharged and turned itself off, but it's all the same, it doesn't go past the logo.
I really don't want to lose some data I have there - mostly messages and some app data, which I'm not sure is backed up on google servers somewhere. I'm doing a backup for photos, but still, some can be lost if I do some plain factory reset.
What can I start with to try and bring it to life?
Sorry if it's a noob question that's being asked frequently.
Funny thing, I'm waiting for a Nexus 5 to arrive, as my SGSII is old and weird, and I guess it has sensed the treason, hehe. :\
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Press volume up button+home button+power button. Press these three button at a same time to go into recovery mod.
As you are facing bootloop you have to do wipe data and wipe cache it will delete your apps and messages. I think this is the only solution to fix your phone at this stage.
Jeetu said:
Press volume up button+home button+power button. Press these three button at a same time to go into recovery mod.
As you are facing bootloop you have to do wipe data and wipe cache it will delete your apps and messages. I think this is the only solution to fix your phone at this stage.
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that's not good news..
I was thinking of flashing some stock rom, like the one you get in a Kies updates, the no-wipe type.. Do you think it might work or I shouldn't even try?
hmm anyone? please?)
maybe there's still a way to access some data?
Just install a stock with Odin. All yr data will still be there. Cheers

[HELP]Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X stuck at blank screen.

I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X, which I started using around March. Lately, I have been facing an issue which has left me troubled a lot. My Note 4X seems to be in a bootloop.
Around two weeks ago, I was casually using my phone in college. I had put around 25 apps on download from Google playstore. Alongside, whatsapp was running. I usually take pics of my lectures, so when the teacher had written on the board, and was about to erase, I quickly attempted to go to the home screen, by clicking the home button ( middle button), so I could launch the camera app, and take the pic. But, the phone didn't go to the home screen, and stayed at the app being used. However clicking on the recent apps (the left button), the two running apps showed. However, as I didn't have much time, I did what came in my mind. Reboot the phone. Unfortunately, as soon as it booted back, the screen remained black.
Its been like this for two weeks now. Whenever I turn it on, It will show the Mi logo, then the Android logo simultaneously below it ( Like usual when it boots), but after that, the screen goes black. Touching the three buttons at the bottom of the phone make the back-lit underneath light up along with a vibration(Like usual). Clicking the touchscreen gives a vibration. If a sim card is put inside, and a call made to the inserted sim card's phone number, the phone starts ringing as usual, however, still with a black screen. Another major issue I experience other than the black screen, is that the top right of the phone becomes really really hot as time progresses( within minutes)(This never happened before), and the battery drains really fast too. I get freaked out because of this( I think it might explode or catch fire), so I quickly turn off the device, after some tinkering.
I have been trying to find a solution since the past two weeks. Hard pressing the Volume Up+ Start button takes me into MiRecovery 3.0, which offers 3 options, 1.Reboot, 2. Wipe Data, 3. Connect To MiSuite. Going into 2 gives the option " Wipe All data" only, and 3 is seemingly useless the MiSuite doesn't support new versions of Android. Hard pressing the Volume Down+Start button takes me to FastBoot. It should be noted, that in both MiRecovery 3.0, and Fastboot, the phone doesn't warm up really fast, as it does when booted normally, and rather remains cool even if left for quite sometime in these modes (approx 30 minutes atleast).
The main thing I'm trying to achieve is to backup the data on my phone, mainly the photos (lecture notes), and whatsapp data. The rest of the app-data isn't that much important, albeit if also savable, it would be a bonus.
I haven't tried flashing any ROMs, recovery, or anything else, as I'm afraid the data may be erased, and as I have never done anything like this before. Also, my phone isn't rooted, as I didn't feel the need for it to be.
Help is highly appreciated. I hope to be able to safely extract my data, and be able to start using my phone again.
Thanks to advance to all those who reply.
Guys?

Screen completly distorted after brick and recovery

Hey all
I bricked my ulefone power 3s yesterday. Got bootloop (always reseted after 5 seconds) and could never go into recovery mode. This is "fixed". But now I face some mystical ****..
- Phone in a bootloop. Could not enter any other mode.
- Connection on pc always came and went due to the constant resetting every 5 seconds.
- Used Smartphone flash tool: Auto format flash and format whole flash. Took 3 seconds and Tool said success
- Phone didnt boot at all now. Black screen. No vibration when trying to power on. Nothing. Was able to connect to pc and keep the connection however
- Flashed official rom.
- "Phone finally boots..."
But.. I've never seen something like this
From boot to android menu, the screen is COMPLETLY distorted.
I dont know what to do anymore. What the hell is going on? The screen worked perfectly fine before. Even during boot loop. I didnt crack the screen. Nothing happened to the display physically.. Its literally before and after in terms of time it took.
I can still scroll down and up normally (but laggy) use functions etc. Its just that the screen is completly ****ed up. Im completly out of ideas.. Reflashing doesnt work. Problem persists.
Theres also this weird chinese text and key on the upper right corner. No idea what it means and never had it before.
See pictures...
https://imgur.com/a/vqAh5Jb

Issues regarding installing MIUI after a custom ROM on mido

Backstory
So I was using pixel experience (android version 10) on my Note4x but every time I had to charge the phone, I had to plug in the charger and it would give some haptic feedback and turn the screen on but would not start charging, but restarting the phone with it plugged in would start the charging.
Then yesterday, I restarted it yesterday to start charging and then it showed the google animation and asked for my pattern and and then it showed the google logo but it just got stuck there. After 30 minutes or so, I restarted it again and again but it just kept getting stuck there at that point. And it wasn't even charging, the battery died and it wasn't even booting up even when plugged in.
I plugged it in for the night and in the morning it booted up with full battery but got stuck again at the google logo.
At this point, I got fed up with Pixel Experience and installed the recovery img of MIUI 11 from the TWRP recovery.
And it started the setup but was showing a little message " Find Device Storage Corrupted. Your device is unsafe now " on the bottom and on WiFi setup screen it wasn't showing any connections. and then later in the setup, it asked for the Mi Account details but pressing any button instantaneously responded with " Couldn’t check device Security info, check again in a few minutes ".
I then installed the MIUI 11 fastboot ROM using my computer but it got stuck in the same setup process.
I was stuck there for quite a while but then I later discovered that if you press the forget password button and skip, it lets you boot into the OS.
Issues
Now I'm into my mobile, its working, but
1. WiFi isnt turning on in the dropdown notifications and in settings if you turn it on, it turns off after a few seconds.
2. Fingerprint scanner just immediately refuses to work
3. The camera takes like 5, 6 seconds to jump into the viewfinder and 2, 3 seconds to switch from front to back or back to front camera.
Any sort of help would be appreciated.
rafay_pk said:
Backstory
So I was using pixel experience (android version 10) on my Note4x but every time I had to charge the phone, I had to plug in the charger and it would give some haptic feedback and turn the screen on but would not start charging, but restarting the phone with it plugged in would start the charging.
Then yesterday, I restarted it yesterday to start charging and then it showed the google animation and asked for my pattern and and then it showed the google logo but it just got stuck there. After 30 minutes or so, I restarted it again and again but it just kept getting stuck there at that point. And it wasn't even charging, the battery died and it wasn't even booting up even when plugged in.
I plugged it in for the night and in the morning it booted up with full battery but got stuck again at the google logo.
At this point, I got fed up with Pixel Experience and installed the recovery img of MIUI 11 from the TWRP recovery.
And it started the setup but was showing a little message " Find Device Storage Corrupted. Your device is unsafe now " on the bottom and on WiFi setup screen it wasn't showing any connections. and then later in the setup, it asked for the Mi Account details but pressing any button instantaneously responded with " Couldn’t check device Security info, check again in a few minutes ".
I then installed the MIUI 11 fastboot ROM using my computer but it got stuck in the same setup process.
I was stuck there for quite a while but then I later discovered that if you press the forget password button and skip, it lets you boot into the OS.
Issues
Now I'm into my mobile, its working, but
1. WiFi isnt turning on in the dropdown notifications and in settings if you turn it on, it turns off after a few seconds.
2. Fingerprint scanner just immediately refuses to work
3. The camera takes like 5, 6 seconds to jump into the viewfinder and 2, 3 seconds to switch from front to back or back to front camera.
Any sort of help would be appreciated.
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Your problem is simply that you installed Pixel Experience 10. The same happened to me last Christmas. The solution was as simple as installing any global stable Miui 8 (it must be marshmallow, for instance Miui 8.2.10.0, which was the last global stable marshmallow) via fastboot, clean installation. At least for me it worked. After that, the issue will be solved and you will be able to install any other Miui version or custom rom. Good luck.
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By the way. I don't know why, but this kind of issues happens after being using some Android 10 rom. Of course there may be people who haven't experienced such issues after having been using Android 10 custom roms. As far as I know, this remains to be a mistery.

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