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[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
XIAOMI MI3 WCDMA

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This thread is WIP

Anyone can ask questions about anything related to mi3 and i will try to figure out.

Specifications-Mi3 W

Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8274AB Snapdragon 800

Network: WCDMA (2G Network 850/900/1800/1900; 3G Network 850/900/1900/2100)

Display: 5.0 inches 1080*1920 pixels

CPU: Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400

Carema: 13MPixel Sony Exmor RS/Front 2 MPixel

Battry: 3050mAh Non User-Interchangeable

RAM: 2GBROM: 16GB

SIM: Mini SIM

RECOVERY(for installing recoveries see rooting method below)

Stock Recovery by raimondomartire

CWM recovery 6.0.3.2 by raimondomartire and [MENTION=313770]m1cha[/MENTION]

CWM 6.0.4.x(TDB) by [MENTION=2564870]furniel[/MENTION]

ROOTING

*If you are currently on Developers version then its pre-rooted.Or Just install recovery by below method and flash superuser update.zip

Rooting Stable Release:-

Download Super User Update Package from Here and put into storage.

Download any CWM recovery from above and put into storage.

Use updater app and choose "Select Update Package" and select recovery.

Now after successful update reboot your device to recovery by Updater App or by holding Power Button+ Vol(+) button when turned off.

When in recovery mode select install ZIP from SD and choose Super user update file.After installation it may ask to fix root then select yes.

Now reboot your device.Done.

"OR"​

Download the root file as per your ROM version - V18 ----- V23

Got to Updater app.

Select UPDATE PACKAGE and choose the downloaded file and let it apply the UPDATE and wait for REBOOT.

After reboot open SECURITY app

Select PERMISSION and ENABLE ROOT PERMISSION.

Now you have rooted.See below FAQs column for ROOT FAQs.

Disclaimer:-This post is Just a shareware and i do not own any credits of works that i have not done.If any owner of any stuff mentioned above have objection can PM me and i will take immediate action on it.

Also if anyone have suggestion to add stuffs in the post can PM me or comment below.
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
News/notice/important reminder

NEWS/NOTICE/IMPORTANT REMINDER

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MIUI 6 Launching on 16th Aug

Hugo Barra promised to release Kernel Sources by end of Year.

CyanogenMod 11 arrived to our device Mi3 by [MENTION=4309448]varun.chitre15[/MENTION]

MoKee ROM arrived to our device Mi3 by [MENTION=4847130]Ruling[/MENTION]

SlimKat arrived to our device Mi3 by [MENTION=5357811]pandasa123[/MENTION]

An awesome Xiaomi Tool made by [MENTION=5451053]linuxxxx[/MENTION] for troubleshooting and performing various tasks with PC help.
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
ROMs Download URLs

LATEST OFFICIAL ROMs

Stable-

MIUI-KXDMIBF23.0 （V5）

Developer-

MIUI 4.8.8

UNOFFICIAL/Custom ROMs

WiUi V5 by iolinux

CyanogenMod 11 4.4.4 by [MENTION=4309448]varun.chitre15[/MENTION]

SlimKat by [MENTION=5357811]pandasa123[/MENTION]

MoKee OpenSource Project by [MENTION=4847130]Ruling[/MENTION]

LATEST OFFICIAL Fastboot ROMs

HERE

DRIVERS

USB AND ALL NECESSARY DRIVERS INSTALLATION- DOWNLOAD

Steps-

(*)Simply install it by running exe file on windows.(The exe file you downloaded is MiPhone Manager.Although it is in Chinese but it will install all necessary drivers on Windows.See below Mi Phone manager section for converting this utility into English. )

FASTBOOT DRIVERS- DOWNLOAD

MiPhone Manager English

MiPhone Manager Chinese Version-Download

English Files- Download

Steps-

(*)Extract zip

(*)Copy replace all contents in C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\MiPhoneManager\.....

FAQs-

(*)If you cannot find AppData folder then show hidden files.

(*)If you get error message like File in use then terminate all Miphone processes and try.

MiPhone Tools

MiPhone Tools-Download

Steps-

(*)Install as normal Setup Wizard.
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
FAQ

FAQs​

1) Why My Antutu Score is low? How to increase?

Ans- Try benchmarking on performance mode with all other apps closed.Change mode under settings/battery..

2)How to enable True Dual Boot?

Ans- Use CWM TDB recovery and reboot into recovery and visit to ADVANCE/ENABLE True Dual Boot then choose it and select WIPE/MOVE DATA....

3)How TBD(True Dual Boot) Works?

Ans- True Dual boot is a feature of Recovery by which you can install TWO ROMs at a same time which will share same data partition.

4) What is difference between Mi3 TD and Mi3 W ?

Ans- Mi3 W(Cancro) is Snapdragon version of Mi3 which is Indian version.Mi3 TD (picses) is Nvidia Tegra version which is not sold in India.So do not flash Mi3 TD stuffs on Mi3W by mistake.:silly:

5) Does it have Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection?And if then do i need screen protector?

Ans-Xiaomi confirmed that Devices sold on First sale of Mi3 W in India have Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection but they never confirmed after that.Earlier they said Mi3 comes with Two Types of protection- A)Corning Gorilla Glass 3 B) Dragon-trail .But i received on first sale and i can feel it have Corning Gorilla Glass 3.But from my opinion you should use screen protector even if there is Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

6)CPU 8274AB or 8974 AC?

Ans- Actually the processor is 8274AB.CPU Z identifies it wrong as these processors are too close and everything is same except LTE and some minor enhancements.

7)Developers version and Stable Version Official Roms difference?

Ans- There are two official builds of MIUI available for download: developers build, which is released every Friday, and the Stable build which is released when MIUI engineers agree it’s time!

8)How to install Gapps?Gapps missing!!!!

Ans- (*)Install this apk and Download suitable gapps.-Download

Or

4.4 Gapps- Download

9) Getting error while updateing via OTA after downloading package.Or getting error for flashing packages by updater app.

Ans- Use CWM recovery to flash those packages or try renaming the desired packages to update.zip and flash.But better option is CWM.

10)Forgot pattern lock!!!

Ans- Use AROMA file manager and delet pass.key under data folder.

11)Will Mi3 network work in US?

Ans- Yes

12)Will rooting Void warranty?

Ans- No,rooting is allowed from Xiaomi.:laugh:

13) Why weak vibration?

Ans- Tap Menu button then go to settings>sound and scroll down to vibrate on touch and enable it .There You will see an adjustable submenu with 3 options ::: Light/Medium/Strong.Choose the one you need.

14)How to see developers option?

Ans- Tap 10 times on build number under Setting>About phone

15)Gravity Box/Xposed Framework will work on MIUI?

Ans- No gravity box will not work on miui as MIUI is highly customized rom.but there is alternative WSM TOOLS(google it)

16)USB OTG not working!!!

Ans- Check your usb drive is formatted under fat32 or not.Or use stick-mount app from play-store to mount NTFS file systems.....

17) ......more to come
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
Unbricking

UNBRICKING

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If your Mi3 is bricked then Follow below methods to unbrick-

If your device is in bootloop and you have a rom package in your memory and CWM or another rom with TDB then follow-(SOFT BRICK)

In bootloop state Hold power button for 8 sec and your device will be turned off and again turn on but press vol+ button immediately before tuning on the screen and you will be able to enter recovery.Thats it wipe data,dalvic,cache partition and format system and flash your rom.

If you have another rom with TDB then just change active system partition and reboot.

IF your device is in boot-loop and you do not have any rom package into memory/no other rom with TDB or not booting into recovery or not turning on then follow-(HARD BRICK)

Install fastboot drivers ,MiPhone tools and fastboot rom from above download section and install fastboot drivers and MiPhone Tools

Now on device press the Volume– key and the Power button at the same time to enter Fastboot mode, then connect the phone to a computer.(if there’s a security prompt, please select Allow)

Extract the fastboot rom and copy address of folder from address bar.just like in pic

Open MiFlash.exe and paste the address copied in the last step into the address bar. Click on the first button to Refresh, and MiFlash will automatically recognize the phone. Then click the second button to flash.

Wait until the progress bar on MiFlash is green, which means the ROM is successfully flashed, and the phone will automatically boot.

In case you facing bootloop and you have no rom in storage and no rom on TDB but your CWM recovery is Opening then you can Mount OTG usb device formatted with Fat32 with rom inside and flash it and boot. (SOFT BRICK)

If no other method worked then you should search more on internet or PM me i will try to help as much i can.Or visit Service center.​
[Mi 3 General] michael9413:
No custom ROM>???

i want AOSP/AOKP/CM roms....
[Mi 3 General] rahilsayed:
I am sorry but Xiaomi mi3 is a GSM phone.....not WCDMA ! :P
[Mi 3 General] Sharqi:
Solution for those who are facing assert failed error

I was facing assert failed error so i followed below steps:

Extract recovery.img from the update.zip file.

Download fastboot download minimal adb and fastboot if you don't have it.

Keep the recovery.img in the same folder as fastboot resides

Download superuser update package and keep it in storage

Turn of the phone and press volume down +power then connect device to pc

Let it download drivers from windows update

Then using command promo navigate to the fastboot folder and type this command

fastboot boot recovery.img

Nothing will happen for few seconds on device then cwm will boot

After that flash superuser package using install zip option.

Reboot and enjoy your have rooted device.

P.S this will not install cwm permanently
[Mi 3 General] coolravsun:
Not able to Flash Developer ROM on WCDMA-Singapore MI3 16GB

I followed the steps as mentioned in the Guide: http://en.miui.com/thread-20100-1-1.html for flashing Developer ROM.

I downloaded the MiFlash.exe and latest Mi3 MIUI Developer Version ROM (http://bigota.d.miui.com/4.8.1/cancro_images_4.8.1_4.4_cn_90b2fd492f.tgz). I followed the steps for Falshing MIUI ROM in FASTBOOT Mode.

But, when I click on 'Flash' button in the MiFlash tool on my "WIN 8.1 HP Probook6470b" Laptop, I am getting message under the status column, "The system cannot find the file specified.(0x80070002: execute F:\Downloads\cancro_images_4.8.1_4.4_cn\images\flash_all_except_storage.bat"

Below mentioned are the files I have after decompressing the Developer ROM.

images {Folder}

flash_all.bat {File}

flash_all.sh {File}

flash_all_except_data_storage.bat {File}

flash_all_except_data_storage.sh {File}

Please help.
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
I think this error is caused by wrong rom location(address in MiFlashTool)...

Please check the rom address....
[Mi 3 General] coolravsun:
I double-checked even triple-checked the address in MiFlash tool. It is correct.

The point to be noted here is that the error message is seeking the file "flash_all_except_storage.bat" in the Images folder in the decompressed ROM Directory. Is there any such file in the Images folder? I could not find it in the Images folder when I decompressed the ROM.
[Mi 3 General] nexpired:
Enable Root Mi3 (Indian) Stable Rom - Easiest and Fastest Method

Root Process:

1. First, download this file from here.

2. Your device must be charged up to 80%.

3. Now, put the downloaded file in the root i.e. the main folder of your sd card

4. Right after, Go to Tools>Updater>Select Update package

Clicking on menu in the updater will bring up the “chooseUpdater package” option

5. Choose the file you just downloaded. Tap Update.

6. Now, your phone will now Restartand update

7. Go to the Securities application. Choose Permission. Switch ON root permission.

8. Benefit!!!

Xiaomi supports rooted devices for warranty too so go ahead root your device.

If you ever require to unroot download this file and follow Step 2 to 6.
[Mi 3 General] Kapiljhajhria:
File (that we get on clicking the link) is only for version 18. We now have v23. Don't use the same file. http://goo.gl/fscQhV
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
I think the safest and long existing method for rooting is Flashing Superuser update zip via CWM...which will work on all roms...(mentioned in OP)
[Mi 3 General] Giridharbavana:
I'm getting this error !!
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
Which update are you applying and getting this error?

What are you trying to do?

Extra Info needed,,,,,
[Mi 3 General] nexpired:
I got the same error while using cwm mentioned, on v23.

---------- Post added at 06:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 PM ----------

Brother, its working on recent update v23 too. I rooted my device today via same file.
[Mi 3 General] poran123:
need help... i lost my google apps.. How can i get it back?
[Mi 3 General] melander:
If you do not see that .bat file in the decompressed folder then just choose any of the available .bat files there.

Just take note that the flash_all.bat will wipe the phone, the other one will keep the current files and will just flash (dirty install) the ROM.
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
I just downloaded 4.8.1 Fastboot rom and i can see followning files and folders.You can verify yours.....

And you can try putting "flash_all_except_storage.bat" file under image folder by copying it from outside.

images//
//8974_msimage.mbn
//boot.img
//cache.img
//dummy.img
//emmc_appsboot.mbn
//flash.xml
//gpt_backup0.bin
//gpt_both0.bin
//gpt_main0.bin
//misc.img
//MPRG8974.mbn
//NON-HLOS.bin
//patch0.xml
//persist.img
//rawprogram0.xml
//recovery.img
//rpm.mbn
//sbl1.mbn
//sdi.mbn
//system.img
//tz.mbn
//userdata.img
flash_all.bat
flash_all.sh
flash_all_except_data_storage.bat
flash_all_except_data_storage

See FAQs section for gapps....
[Mi 3 General] manuhackzzz:
can i connect an external Hard Disk through OTG cable and is it going to cause any problem ??
[Mi 3 General] Kapiljhajhria:
I don't think you can do that. There is a certain capacity of storage that you can connect to using OTG. Hard disk would definitely exceed that. I have tried on my galaxy S3 and hardisk doesn't work.
[Mi 3 General] mufti.arfan:
You need external power source for HDD to work with OTG.
[Mi 3 General] Kapiljhajhria:
i had even tried that as well as one of my old 500GB HDD works only with power source. so i used that as well. its empty as i don't use it anymore.

i even searched when i was not able to successfully connect any hard-disk, almost everyone is not able to do so. never found anyone saying that he has connected 500GB or 1TB to his/her phone. do u have any procedure or post with pics or video showing that?
[Mi 3 General] FcukBloat:
thanks for this you made me discover there are aosp roms available already! didn't know that! cheers mate!
[Mi 3 General] deli93:
the conectivity on 3g is very slow

any solution ? cause i gonna throw it to the hell .im sick of it :crying::crying:
[Mi 3 General] reneftw:
Check the access point in mobile network. Mine was on Wap and not Internet.
[Mi 3 General] rahul thakkkar:
Can this cwm works on miui 6?
[Mi 3 General] Qwerty123 \m/:
I installed cwm and used root on the stable version.Currently i am using v23.

Will i still get ota?
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
Yes it should work.

Yes you will get OTA update notification and you will be able to download the OTA package from OTA app.However sometime you will face

error while installing updates then reboot to CWM manually and flash that update zip.
[Mi 3 General] bisdak2014:
Unroot

Hi, how can I unroot my MI3 using the superuser?
[Mi 3 General] petriknavrc:
Brick mi3W

Hi, I have a problem with Xiaomi mi3W, I updated the latest version of the V6 and gave full wipe - phone ended up at 98% and nothing so I turned off and wanted to rcovery mode that did not work in fastboot also react even when connected to a pc and blinking led red color.... just he's a brick ... any help ... usb JIG or something, thank you
[Mi 3 General] cyberwolves:
Help needed

In Need of Mi3 India Fastboot ROM KXDMIBF 23.0 OR 18.0

(FAST BOOT ROM ONLY)

Thank You..
[Mi 3 General] cafi_77:
just go to : security->permission->ROOT permission
[Mi 3 General] bisdak2014:
Rooting via Superuser doesn't work like that. There is a an App call SU that is installed and it is there that you will give apps root permission. My problem is how will I delete this app? Does anybody know?
[Mi 3 General] digyvijaykumar123:
Open superuser app and choose full unroot.Then try uninstalling Superuser app from Settings/Application
[Mi 3 General] mi3xda:
How to backup my stock ROM MIUI-KXDMIBE16.0

Pardon me for my naive query.

I just became the proud owner of Mi3 in India.

The device came with MIUI-KXDMIBE16.0 as stock ROM.

I wish to backup this ROM.

Is it possible? How?

Thanks for your patience and help.
[Mi 3 General] TiTAN-O-One:
I think you gotten yourself a bricked phone. Its one of the reason why idw buy a phone with no access to the batt.

Anyways, Xiaomi does free servicing for bricked phones from what i heard from Hugo Barra.

Via the Internet
[Mi 3 General] FcukBloat:
also, for the future, take care that when it says 98% it is not really stuck, it just take a lot of time to complete the operation.

I also thought it was not working when I saw it stuck at 98% for long, than I realized I just had to wait very loooong for it to finish (something like 5 to 10 minute, I'm not joking, that's one of the reasons I replaced stock recovery with CWM, which is almost istant!), then it will say "completed" ;)

btw, if you can enter in fastboot mode, strange you can't fix it by reinstalling a fastboot MIUI version!! are you sure you are doing all the correct steps?
[Mi 3 General] petriknavrc:
Brick mi3W

thanks for the response I have solved the problem myself and it works super V6
[Mi 3 General] TiTAN-O-One:
Can you share with us what u did? Maybe useful if someone's in ur situation.

Via the Internet
[Mi 3 General] kishorparmar:
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:good:
[Mi 3 General] mjames.abordo:
help

I need d script for fastboot flashing of mi3(flash_all_except_storage.bat and d sh file) can someone send me those files?thanks :o
[Mi 3 General] jinrocking:
thanks

Thanks for all the hard work
[Mi 3 General] baotianyuan:
thanks

thanks for sharing
[Mi 3 General] jacrip:
I have same problem. My MI3W is bricked. I tried to connect phone to my PC in Fastboot mode to flash a rom but device is never recognized from ADB.

Could you help me? Which drivers do i need for Windows 8.1? How push update.zip to internal phone sd? I am desperate.

Pd.: I have other PC with Ubuntu SO if needed.
[Mi 3 General] petriknavrc:
I had the phone battery is drained even helped connect the charger but helped to connect to PC via USB. After a moment the LED flashes red and the next moment loaded PC ADB. Then I had to charge the phone to full capacity and did factory settings copied the rom and flash .. everything is perfectly fine : Prsty, zkřížené:
[Mi 3 General] Wanny!:
I've been looking all day for a solution and I haven't found anything...

I have installed the 4.8.22 dev ROM. Running Root Check I get this:

hxxp://i.imgur.com/hSv7fbk.png (replace hxxp with http, I'm still a new user...)

How do I enable ADB ROOT?
[Mi 3 General] SwastikAcharya:
Hello guys, I am having some touch & ram issues.

1. Sometimes touch n hold option does not work, It takes as double tap. After a boot works perfectly until next boot.

2. Phone's RAM usage is also high. After a boot free Ram is about 900-1000 MB, but after 2 days usage it goes down to 300-400 MB. That time some of my background running apps closes automatically (may be due to less avail ram).
[Mi 3 General] beginner_wan:
Hi Guys! Im from the Philippines. I have Mi3 bought from SG last June 2014. Last Tuesday, the phone suddenly had a problem when I wake up in the morning.

ROM version 23 (stable), Rooted.

Problems below:

Processes/app that stop during standy (Phone On, no apps running)

android.process.acore

settings

com.google.process.gapps

music

google play services

launcher

When opening Camera, error is flagged "can't connect to camera"

Messaging app stops (default messaging app)

When trying to restore factory default (erase all app, data, etc) phone resets but apps/data

are still there.

Can't erase any data in the phone.

Can't put data to phone (example: Picture from pc to phone). When I tried to copy data to

phone, window pop-up saying the device was disconnected or stopped working.

I can read/copy any data from the phone. (example: copy picture from phone to PC)

Tried to go to mi-recovery and tried the ff:

Wipe cache - ok

Wipe used data - failed

Wipe all data - ok - but when the phone restarted, data is still there.

Wipe sd card - ok

I can't flash rom to phone via recovery since I dont have update.zip on my phone.

Again, when the phone restarted, data is still there and the problem is there.

Tried to flash phone via fastboot using MiFlash 2014.05.09, the results are below:

ROM version: cancro_images_KXDCNBF24.0_4.4_cn_1fbb634ef8 and cancro_images_JXDCNBD14.0_4.3_bb5096bfd9

Using flash_all_except_data_storage.bat

- operation completed. but when phone restarted, the problem and data are still there.

Using flash_all.bat

- operation stopped with Unspecified error0x8000405: FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)

Additional info:

I still can make calls in my phone. FM radio is working. Music player is working.

Question:

What's next? anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks.
[Mi 3 General] shrek2010:
Try using total commander file manager + usb stick plugin free......some people says it works....previously worked like a charm on my moto g without root with 1TB seagate goflex hdd....i couldnot make it work with my mi3 though.....for root try using stick mount
[Mi 3 General] reggiexp:
so it's realy a 8274AB? cause xiaomishop.com says 8974AB all over the place.

asked them via email and as question under the phone section. got no replay... yeah okay so got my replays but my email marked them in spam. so the cpu is MSM8274ab and the xiaomi mi3 doesn't use GORILLA GLASS. don't know what it use but no gorilla glass XD

so to get it straight there is only the 4g differnce. i mean. GPU on this one is clocked 520mhz? or not. it its a 8274ab v1/v2 ? i know little differnce but 100mhz in gpu makes some differnce in hardcore games.
[Mi 3 General] arulshoponline:
I received the same error. I checked if there is any file like "flash_all_except_storage.bat" in the "cancro_images_KXDCNBF24.0_4.4_cn" folder. It was there. Then I copied the "cancro_images_KXDCNBF24.0_4.4_cn" folder to the root of D: drive. I tried again, It was success. You can also try this. If this is not helping you, try another USB port.

In my case "cancro_images_KXDCNBF24.0_4.4_cn" is the folder which contained images folder and other .bat and .sh files required for flashing the images.
[Mi 3 General] cheshmayebaruni:
big problem

i have a big problem .please help me

today i take xiaomi mi3 and now i went update rom mi3

when i go to system updates for update on any way i take keep out . with out because.

in way recovery too not updated .i dont know cause.

please help meeeee

im sorry .im not good writing english sorrrrry
[Mi 3 General] ferreinf:
[MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] new release from furniel 6.0.5.0 R8
[Mi 3 General] Shreyans J:
Please be more specific about :

1)Which ROM you were updating to and what is your current ROM ?

2)Post a link from where you followed the instructions.

You can update your MIUI ROM from the recovery "Install from zip yo System One" OR from the 'Updater' App and selecting the update package.
[Mi 3 General] colocynth:
Thank you! Is it working? Have you tried it?
[Mi 3 General] ferreinf:
Working fine, dual boot issue with AOSP / MIUI 6, had to revert to 6.4.8 to get it to work again
[Mi 3 General] colocynth:
Thx!
[Mi 3 General] xdduser:
Guys, I have MIUI5 build 16. I cannot find a root method for this build. The usual method of CWM followed by Super SU install does not work since SU gives an error saying "no SU binary found". I cannot download v34 since it is 600mb. Can anyone help me?
[Mi 3 General] victorharsh:
Wrong....

WCDMA....is 3G

http://www.gsma.com/aboutus/gsm-technology/3gwcdma
[Mi 3 General] cynojinx:
flashing MI RECOVERY in CWM RECOVERY

how can i flash mi recovery from cwm recovery? on mi 3