Question Phone stuck in bootloop, unable to boot into fastboot - Redmi Note 11S 4G / POCO M4 Pro 4G (fleur)

Hello all, I've been trying to install /e/ os GSI on my Redmi Note 11S. I already unlocked the bootloader.
Whenever i tried flashing system.img, (with boot.img patched manually via fastboot, not via a custom recovery), the phone would only boot fastboot. So I tried installing this custom recovery, and patch boot.img from there, but that still wouldn't work (though the recovery at least worked). So I tried installing the stock ROM, and try something else.
I went with latest fastboot EEA image and ran flash_all.sh (worked last time I tried), but this time I got an error (something about partition preloader not found). So I restarted the phone after which it got stuck in this bootloop. Can't boot into fastboot, nor recovery. Instead, the phone keeps flashing the mi logo on and off every 5 seconds. fastboot on my Linux install can't detect the phone. My Windows 10 install can't find it either, though it plays the "device connected" sound followed by the "device disconnected" sound shortly after. I can't turn the phone off either. Windows 10 USB drivers worked, or at least when I was unlocking the bootloader, so I don't think the issue is there. Any idea how to fix this?
Thank you in advance
Edit: Typos. Also I noticed that it only plays the "device connected" and "disconnected" sounds on Windows 10 only when i hold down the power and vol- buttons.
UPDATE: This tool can at least detect the phone, though I do get this error afterwards:
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UPDATE: Managed to get FASTBOOT back, thanks to this kind stranger (system is still unbootable).
UPDATE: IT'S ALIVE! Did a quick install_all.sh on the stock ROM, and it's working again! Thank you all for helping me resolve this problem

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no idea

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Normally you use flashall.bat and not .sh, try using flashall.bat and hopefully you'll get out of the bootloop.
Try following my "how to fix bootloop" guide again, atleast till step 4 when you get the fastboot mode back up again.

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warhead1721972 said:
Normally you use flashall.bat and not .sh, try using flashall.bat and hopefully you'll get out of the bootloop.
Try following my "how to fix bootloop" guide again, atleast till step 4 when you get the fastboot mode back up again.
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Could you send a link to the guide please? The only guide I could find on your profile is the one with the rooting, which is among the first guides I tried and it was the one to get me into this situation. Note that in your guide, it appears that you can at least get to the FASTBOOT screen, which I can't. My phone just stays on the logo for 5 seconds before rebooting, and no matter which buttons I press or hold, I can't get it to go to the FASTBOOT screen.
Also, what's the difference between flash_all.bat, and flash_all.sh, aside of one being for Linux and the other for Windows?

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UPDATE: This tool can at least detect the phone, though I do get this error afterwards:

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kritomas said:
Could you send a link to the guide please? The only guide I could find on your profile is the one with the rooting, which is among the first guides I tried and it was the one to get me into this situation. Note that in your guide, it appears that you can at least get to the FASTBOOT screen, which I can't. My phone just stays on the logo for 5 seconds before rebooting, and no matter which buttons I press or hold, I can't get it to go to the FASTBOOT screen.
Also, what's the difference between flash_all.bat, and flash_all.sh, aside of one being for Linux and the other for Windows?
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Press and hold all the 3 buttons, vol +, vol - and power button at the same time, till you see the phone switched off for a few seconds.
Then press the power and vol - button to get to the fastboot mode.
About the flashall.bat, I completely forgot that you were using Linux my bad.
Also sometimes some drivers don't work well in Linux try using windows.
Did you follow the guide which was at the end of this?

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warhead1721972 said:
Press and hold all the 3 buttons, vol +, vol - and power button at the same time, till you see the phone switched off for a few seconds.
Then press the power and vol - button to get to the fastboot mode.
About the flashall.bat, I completely forgot that you were using Linux my bad.
Also sometimes some drivers don't work well in Linux try using windows.
Did you follow the guide which was at the end of this?
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Yes, that's the one, and it won't go into fastboot.

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Isn't /e/ Murena GSI just android 10? I am pretty sure it won't work. I had the same problem, but I fixed it by installing stock ROM..​
And that /e/ GSI is not actively developed and not even in beta stage (not usable at most cases)
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Don't use SP Flash tool for full flash this phone seriously, Sp flash tool will make your phone stuck in recovery miui and show Nvdata Corrupted even you choose download only mode.
for now try to use mtkclient to flash boot.img only to both side A&B.
move your boot.img to mtk client folder
open cmd on that folder
type this command:
Code:
python mtk w boot_a,boot_b boot.img,boot.img
and try turn on your phone.
if still can't boot try to flash one by one img from your firmware

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I has your same problem. Just hold the vol- for more than your usually Need and should boot into fastboot and than you flash with flashall.bat
I've sucessfully restore my phone and work as normal.

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soutaminori said:
Don't use SP Flash tool for full flash this phone seriously, Sp flash tool will make your phone stuck in recovery miui and show Nvdata Corrupted even you choose download only mode.
for now try to use mtkclient to flash boot.img only to both side A&B.
move your boot.img to mtk client folder
open cmd on that folder
type this command:
Code:
python mtk w boot_a,boot_b boot.img,boot.img
and try turn on your phone.
if still can't boot try to flash one by one img from your firmware
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Thank you so much, it worked!!!
I think. It's now at least on the FASTBOOT screen, which is progress. And the MIUI recovery is now back as well. While the system is still unbootable, I think I can take it from here. Thank you

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Hypeka said:
I has your same problem. Just hold the vol- for more than your usually Need and should boot into fastboot and than you flash with flashall.bat
I've sucessfully restore my phone and work as normal.
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That's the first thing I tried, and no luck. But I fixed it now (I think).

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Very welcome, Glad to hear that
Note for everyone:
Backup this partition it's very important.
nvcfg.img, nvdata.img, nvram.img, persist.img, proinfo.img, protect1.img, protect2.img, md1img.img
Thats all partition about imei, security and network configuration for ur device. CMIW.
mtkclient also can do that,
and it's the clue:
Code:
python mtk r nvcfg,nvdata,nvram,persist,proinfo,protect1,protect2,md1img nvcfg.img,nvdata.img,nvram.img,persist.img,proinfo.img,protect1.img,protect2.img,md1img.img
Check ur mtk client folder, now you got the back up.
u can also use this Partitions Backup & Restore this tool don,t need PC for backup and restore, but i'm not really sure can be work perfectly. i just try for boot partition and its worked.
cheeerrss

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Hi. Could you help me to unbrick my Note 11S 4g? I faced with bootloop after trying rooting phone by twrp. And now i can`t enter to fastboot.
When i try to - python mtk w boot_a,boot_b boot.img,boot.img
Or when I try to disable auth brom i have another one issue.

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alzhuks said:
Hi. Could you help me to unbrick my Note 11S 4g? I faced with bootloop after trying rooting phone by twrp. And now i can`t enter to fastboot.
When i try to - python mtk w boot_a,boot_b boot.img,boot.img
Or when I try to disable auth brom i have another one issue.
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i can't see mtk client log. but maybe driver problem or try to unlock BL again with THIS TOOL

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alzhuks said:
Hi. Could you help me to unbrick my Note 11S 4g? I faced with bootloop after trying rooting phone by twrp. And now i can`t enter to fastboot.
When i try to - python mtk w boot_a,boot_b boot.img,boot.img
Or when I try to disable auth brom i have another one issue.
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I myself did it with the terminal and on Linux. I didn't use the GUI, so I can't help with that. Could you send a higher res picture of the terminal please? We can't really see anything.
If you're doing this on Windows, then my guess is a driver issue (I did have to install a special driver for Windows to work with Fastboot, could be that mtk needs it too).

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Hi All,
I unbricked my phone by using fresh release of mtkclient (https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient).