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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] #BATMAN#:
I have a question sorry im a noob ...

I have officialy unlocked the boot loader and rooted global stable and have alka twrp i want to knw that can i flash miui 8( LL/MM) roms wothout bricking or locking my bootloader again ? .......and is the santhosh's cm 13 rom is the only rom that locks bootloader or all android 6.0 roms relocks the bootloader ?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Camlin3:
cant we flash miui rom with alka twrp without any patch/mod.also is flashing miui official rom again relock bootloader.unlocked mine officially

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what is the need of flashing universal boot flasher zip
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Camlin3:
can we use twrp alka instead of twrp cofface instead

what is the purpose of disable verify option in alka twrp,is flashing miui rom and rooting without it ,goes well or have to do this,it is here as ADVANCED>DISEABLE VERIFY.please respond soon.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pranbellam:
No firmware must be unticked for successful restore of miui 8 ..officially unlocked by the way.plz explain what's the fuss about firmware restore..really confused..
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Magz Heaven:
Does anyone encounters problem when restoring a ROM using Alka? I experienced this before, but didnt know what was the cause. I only checked

*system

*data

*boot

It restorer successfully awright, but the problem is I can't go to home coz it keeps telling me I input the wrong pattern after booting up. I am pretty sure I didn't change my pattern before. Please help me guys
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gamesky:
from what I read here in this thread

Official unlocked

- can just flash other mm based rom, and it will remain unlocked?

- just flash miui 8 back on recovery if want go back to miui?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] abid52:
Any1 pls clarify me??? :confused:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] zinconnu:
Is it safe to backup / restore with official TWRP since it does not backup as much partitions as Alka TWRP? I'm using Mokee CM13 ROM.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] sufie cruise:
I have a 32 gb model of kenzo but it only shows 9.72 gb internal memory..? Any fix...? I was on XOSP then flashed miui8 recovery zip in alka...it bricked my device...then i flashes 7.1.8 global stable via fastboot and ended up with this storage bug....
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] prathameshsd:
OTA Zip = Smaller OTA incremental updates. For flashing full recovery ROM zips no need to edit the script.

MIUI8 based on Global Beta 5.1.1 LP already released. You can flash RN3 Special Edition (kate) MIUI7 ported ROM based on 6.0.1.

Both work.

If using official TWRP, flash UBP zip after booting into TWRP for 1st time, reboot to system. Boot into TWRP & flash SuperSU Zip.

If using Cofface TWRP, boot into TWRP & flash SuperSU Zip

You can flash MIUI8 ROMs via Cofface, bootloader wont be re-locked for official unlocked users.

Santhosh's CM13 & RN3 Special Edition Ported ROM are the only 2 ROMs that re-lock the bootloader on both official & unofficial users.

Unofficial unlocked users need to use Safe TWRP v2 to flash MIUI recovery ROM, then flash Boot Img Patcher Zip & reboot to system.

Official unlocked users just need to use Cofface TWRP to flash MIUI recovery ROM, no need of patch/mod.

Disable Verify Explanation

Flashing MIUI ROM & rooting the same goes very well without touching that option.

Check & restore all partitions if unlocked officially.

Check all except firmware partition & restore if unlocked unofficially.

Yes

Official TWRP backs up only the system,boot, data & cache which arent that important when your device gets messed up.

Alka TWRP is the best for backing up all partitions including bootloader, partition table, EFS etc.

Backup all data from internal storage.

Flash latest Global Stable via EDL mode & not fastboot mode.

In Mi Flash tool select "Flash All" option
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sumit Samanta:
I have alka twrp installed.. Can i just flash miui 8 gloval dev rom or golbal chinese dev rom?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pranbellam:
Sir I'm officially unlocked bootloader and when I tried restoring miui 8 backup in twrp alka it failed at restoring firmware...y is that ??but u recommend for official users tick all partitions(including firmware) and restore.?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Camlin3:
OK,got disable verify refers same to zip signature verification diseable ,one more problem ,while restoring firmware from twrp alka ,it gives out some error 255 .people say that we shouldnt need to check firmware for restore while restoring back to miui ,is it applicable in santhosh M builds too,or I have to restore firmware from official twrp,or it may be a bug that it extract fully firmware but yet not able to verify integrity of firmware partition size or checksum.respond soon please...
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] desmoloch:
Seems like I have a soft brick, i'm stuck at mi logo.

What I have done:

1) unlock official

2) flashing miui 8 global Dev

All fine until this!

3) Boot into fastboot and flash Recovery alka

No reboot into Recovery possible, seems like its not installed properly

4) Boot into fastboot and flash twrp

No reboot into Recovery possible

All fine until this, reboot into miui 8 working

5) fastboot Boot twrp.img

6) booted into Recovery and allowing modification

7) wanted to flash alka img. But it was not on phone, that's why I rebooted

8) and now I'm stuck at mi logo :((

What can i do? Reflash miui in edl mode?

What I have done wrong?

//edit: did a miui 8 reflash with miflash in fastboot mode. its booting again :)

now the question: What i have done wrong? If i want to enter recovery, i only get a picture with a phone plugged with a usb cable. Flashing twrp or alka with "fastboot flash recovery MYIMAGE" does not work :(
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] xabhix:
I flashed the alka recovery but its all in Chinese language. How to make it English?

EDIT : SOLVED :P
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gimche:
I think you skipped flashing modified boot.img (it's quite easy to cook it with kitchen), which should be done before flashing twrp.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] desmoloch:
I flashed alka. What i have done: Boot recovery in fastmode and flashing alka as IMG via Booted alka.

Sure i need Boot.img for flashing recovery? Never heard that.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gimche:
Per this guide only cofface twrp does not require modified boot.img. I didn't try cofface myself though, I followed this cooking guide, and it worked flawlessly.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] desmoloch:
Must be outdated. I flashed alka without Boot.IMG
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] farhantahir:
I have officially unlocked bootloader and installed cofface twrp. Phone is rooted and xposed is install. I just want to know how I'll install future ota updates.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] asifemon0:
Can i install ota with cofface?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] aravind aru:
Gibe me link to twrp which is used to covert our file system into f2fs
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
Incremental update failed, after reboot you will received another ota update(full rom), flashed with cofface or alka twrp, flashed superSU in one go. Booted up. Done.

Referred the above.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] farhantahir:
So do i loose data by installing recovery rom? And do i need to unroot and Uninstall xposed installer to flash recovery rom.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
What rom did you used? Do a nabdroid backup before you flashed a new rom. My case from cn dev to global dev rom, I needed to wiped data, cache and dalvik cache. So I done two backup the miui backup and twrp backup.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] noobstyle1337:
I have TWRP 3.0.22 properly with unofficially bootloader unlocked and it runs with me I only use AOSP roms

Greetz
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] milav:
how to revert back to stable rom from miui 8? i have done nothing no changes to bootloader or anything can i just use fastboot mode to revert back or do i need to use edl mode??
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] deathgame:
I have officially unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP alka and now using Santosh's CM. Now I want to Install RR Rom which requires latest official TWRP. How can I install it? I don't have patched bootloader.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4I-I:
i used TWRP alka to install rr... i think wiping system, data and the caches should be sufficient but don't take my word for it
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] J4ckl0ck:
Which TWRP should I use to Flash it on fastboot for the first time? (Officially Unlocked) :confused:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
Anyone, latest you can changed to cofface or alka or official TWRP. I preferred alka twrp for flashing official miui rom and nandroid backup.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] prathameshsd:
Already answered, check comment section. You have to edit the OTA Zip.

Yes, but you will need to edit OTA zip. Check previous comments for the answer.

Thread Updated. Check the original post.

EDL Mode

You can flash RR even on Alka/Cofface, worked fine for me.

Cofface

Official Unlock : Any TWRP will do

Unofficial Unlock : Safe TWRP v2 Only
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] prathameshsd:
Thread Updated

- Cleaned up the main thread & split it into sections for easier viewing.

- Added explanation & download link for F2FS based TWRP.

- Removed Santhosh's CM13 use case as we have official CM13 support now.

- Added use case for official CM13 flashing & restoring.

- Added video tutorials by Tom Sergent aka RootJunky of YouTube.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] farhantahir:
I edited updater script but still ota fails. Can i flash full recovery rom from cofface while being rooted without loosing data.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] prathameshsd:
Yes you can.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] shanx_verma:
How To Proceed ?? Am I doing it right? :D :D

.

So I have just unlocked BL via unofficial method, then flashed Alka to backup all partitions.

And If I understand correctly, these are the steps I have to do further (Let me know if it's correct order or anything else to be added / ommitted?)

1. Flash the F2FS TWRP -> format all (system, data, cache, dalvik)

2. Convert /DATA and /CACHE to F2FS.

3. Flash CM13 Firmware from Official CM13 xda page http://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-3/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-t3431866

4. Flash Official CM13 and GAPPS.

.

Also, if I promise myself not to flash MIUI like, ever !!! (I hate it, to be saying minimally), so can I keep the F2FS / Official 3.0.2-2 recovery for other, non-MIUI related tasks (like flashing AOSP / CM-based MODS [basically anything not even remotely related to MIUI ROM] )?

.

Also, anything else anybody might want to add / suggest to me as a first time unlocker of redmi note 3 SD version (Indian) version?? Glad to be here!

.

Cheers! :) :)

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Also, buddy, to be honest (but not discouraging at all), the explanation in the use cases section got me really confused.

Especially in these lines -

4. Flashing Santhosh's CM13 based on 'M' Firmware [You said it's no longer required as we have official support now, so please edit this line as it's confusing]

• Flash Alka TWRP & Backup All Partitions

• Flash F2FS TWRP & Factory Reset [[As I mentioned earlier, can't I do all this in the Alka recovery only?]]

• Flash CM13 Firmware & CM13 Zip

• Flash Appropriate GApps Version Zip & Reboot

5. Restoring Previous Firmware After Flashing Official CM13 [So you mean to say CM13 will still boot if I restore firmware after flashing it, or do I have to keep the same firmware while I am on CM13 and revert to original when I decide to change ROMs?? Lacks a bit of clarity here.]

• Flash Alka TWRP & Select Previous Backup

• Check All Partitions Except "Firmware" [Shouldn't it be "Uncheck"* instead? :D ]

• Restore & Reboot [To recovery, or to system?]

• Flash Safe TWRP v2 [As I previously asked, is it necessary, even if I have no plans to change back to MIUI?]
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] android_smater:
Cnfus i have officially unlocked my bootloader now confus to use which twrp coffe or alka because when ever i want to ota offical rom should i patched to boot img

And i see there thered to there was written that i have to flash some modfy boot.img before flashing twrp plz help
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
Just used cofface/alka to flash rom, superSU in one single flashed, reboot and enjoy!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] abhimukesh25:
Hi,

I just unlock my phone and i need to know which recovery will should i use to flash Official CM13 ROM....? and i also know that this question is litttle noob but i want to confim which recovey will safe to use in future......
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rajat22:
I m newbie here i will unlock via offical method but after unlock i will flash cofface/alka i understand but i want to know from both twrp both patch boot img and both can take backup of current miui rom ?? if anyday i want to flash custom recovery cofface/alka which one should plz help :s
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] haoss07:
^ dude. try some punctuation. I don't understand a thing you wrote...

Anyway. Do we still need to edit the OTA.zip if the phone is NOT rooted ? ( to be able to do OTA updates )
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] abhimukesh25:
Hi can i use Alka recovery to install hole Miui ROM .zip file....?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
Yes.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mgolder:
All worked great for me. Good to see some actual simple instructions for once. Weirdly though, my phone had the bootloader unlocked already . . . . Which is a bit worrying given I bought it brand new and sealed.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bilakos10:
I believe it was unlocked with unofficial method, so you have to be careful.

Which miui version did it have installed?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] paul_damian:
I bought two phones, both Kenzo's, one 2/16 and one 3/32, from the same respectable national online shop, both came in sealed box, and bootloaders unlocked. They came with 7.4.9.0(LHOCNDD) and 7.4.18.0(LHOMIDD)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mgolder:
7.3.2.0.0 LHOCNDD - 7.3 Global Stable

Just flashed cofface using the method as if it was unlocked officially and all is working perfectly.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] android_smater:
How to patch ota and offical rom to flash via twrp plz tell......
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DoubleDroz:
I've just been trying to find the answer to this question, but maybe I'll be more specific:

- I want to flash the xiaomi.eu 6.8.4 Weekly ROM. It's 5.1 based.

- I am currently on the Official CM13 ROM. I don't think I can "restore" the firmware, as I wiped my stuff clean previously.

- I have an officially unlocked device.

- I have the twrp-3.0.M4-0.img as my recovery.

What do I need to flash first so that the xiaomi.eu ROM works? If I don't have the older "firmware", where do I get this from?

Cheers
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] shanx_verma:
Dude, I'm also new to this device. Look at the post you quoted. I'm asking questions about the process, not elaborating it.

Please quote correctly. I guess you meant to quote [MENTION=5110858]SharkcpN[/MENTION] .

[MENTION=5857684]TheStrix[/MENTION] and also @ Everybody.here - Please answer the following, as I have been looking, but cannot seem to find any specific answer to this one -

.

So I have just unlocked BL via unofficial method, then flashed Alka to backup all partitions.

And If I understand correctly, these are the steps I have to do further (Let me know if it's correct order or anything else to be added / ommitted?)

1. Flash the F2FS TWRP -> format all (system, data, cache, dalvik)

2. Convert /DATA and /CACHE to F2FS.

3. Flash CM13 Firmware from Official CM13 xda page http://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-3/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-t3431866

4. Flash Official CM13 and GAPPS.

.

Also, if I promise myself not to flash MIUI like, ever !!! (I hate it, to be saying minimally), so can I keep the F2FS / Official 3.0.2-2 recovery for other, non-MIUI related tasks (like flashing AOSP / CM-based MODS [basically anything not even remotely related to MIUI ROM] )?

.

Also, anything else anybody might want to add / suggest to me as a first time unlocker of redmi note 3 SD version (Indian) version?? Glad to be here!

.

Cheers! :) :)

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

Also, buddy, to be honest (but not discouraging at all), the explanation in the use cases section got me really confused.

Especially in these lines -

4. Flashing Santhosh's CM13 based on 'M' Firmware [You said it's no longer required as we have official support now, so please edit this line as it's confusing]

• Flash Alka TWRP & Backup All Partitions

• Flash F2FS TWRP & Factory Reset [[As I mentioned earlier, can't I do all this in the Alka recovery only?]]

• Flash CM13 Firmware & CM13 Zip

• Flash Appropriate GApps Version Zip & Reboot

5. Restoring Previous Firmware After Flashing Official CM13 [So you mean to say CM13 will still boot if I restore firmware after flashing it, or do I have to keep the same firmware while I am on CM13 and revert to original when I decide to change ROMs?? Lacks a bit of clarity here.]

• Flash Alka TWRP & Select Previous Backup

• Check All Partitions Except "Firmware" [Shouldn't it be "Uncheck"* instead? :D ]

• Restore & Reboot [To recovery, or to system?]

• Flash Safe TWRP v2 [As I previously asked, is it necessary, even if I have no plans to change back to MIUI?]
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DoubleDroz:
Hey shanx_verma, unless I'm confused about who said what I'm pretty sure I was just jumping onto your questioning as well - it's not clear to me what to do with xiaomi.eu after CM13, which is what you seemed to be asking too where you were elaborating (all the text in red, no?)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] shanx_verma:
Sorry to disappoint you buddy, but nope, my question was not at all generalized to any ROM at all. It could have, however, been slightly inclined towards CM13 official, if at all. MIUI? Naaah :p

Cheers ! :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gcarmagnani:
if I root the device , i´m still able to receive OTAs ?? I have a global ROM ( 7.3.7.0)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] manishbhakuni14:
Just flash Alka recovery and be happy .
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] hmu333:
Hi bro, please help me with 2nd and 3rd steps, i have unlocked bootloader unofficially using mi flash. and flashed f2fs twrp as you said in 1st step.

But i dont know where to select /data & /cache Partitions & Select Change File System.

Also please explain 3rd step Select F2FS & Swipe To Change.

Thank you.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] manishbhakuni14:
If you are unofficially unlocked don't even dare to try it .
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] hmu333:
I have successfully flashed cm 13 official, and 2nd , 3rd steps start with wipe option,.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DonYayo:
can i use Safe TWRP, to install xiaomi eu rom?.. i have unlocked bootloader unofficially, is not problem?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ksupreme:
hi,

could anyone care to highlight the feature difference between cofface and alka? i get that alka can backup all partitions, anything besides that? i read somewhere that alka can patch dm verity? please explain about that too!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mgolder:
Well it has all gone a bit wrong now for me.

Was rooted on a stock (pretty sure vendor rom). Got bored and decided to try the global beta for miui8. That took way too long to do by the way.

Quite like miui8 it must be said, but want root back. So, tried to root, nothing happened. Ok, bootloader was locked. Unlocked it officially as had permission ages ago. Then flashed TWRP via fastboot.

Then try to boot into recovery so can flash supersu. Nothing happened. The phone can not be seen using adb, it just isn't there apparently. When the phone is powered up normally and connected to the computer the ADB and Xiaomi drivers show in device manager. As soon as the phone is in fastboot mode and connected to the computer, the device manager shows the 'Marshall London' driver installed (not ADB). Obviously that is a completely different phone, but lots of others have this problem too.

Tried 15 second adb installer. Minimal adb installer. and a few others too.

Really now quite clueless as to how to get it to see the adb drivers when in fastboot.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DonYayo:
i have unlocked bootloader unofficially, I can install xiaomi eu 6.8.11 v8 (miui 8) with safe twrp?

please someone tell me
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrMagicPotato:
If I have backed up all partitions with cofface, I should restore all of them with cofface again or use another version of twrp? Thanks!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Magz Heaven:
Uhm, I have a question. You see, we need to flash the radios blobs to make the MM ROMs run flawlessly, yeah, good job for making the zip file for that. :) But the thing is, some of us wanted to revert back to MIUI, and I think beacuse of that, I get dead boot all the time when reverting, and it is too hassle to go to fastboot and reapply everything, since I don't even have a laptop. Question is, how can I revert back to MIUI without any problem? Can anyone also make a compilation just like the radios blobs intended for MIUI? :) I think it can help a lot. I'm using official RR for now, but I really want to revert to MIUI (LP), and also using twrp alka. I hope someone will notice me
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrey8255:
I have MIUI 7 7.5.4.0 Global Stable, with unlocked bootloader (official method). Will booting to fastboot mode and flashing Cofface twrp work? And will the latest supersu give proper root with no problems? Thanks and sorry for noob questions
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] darshkpatel:
Please provide universal boot image patcher link

can you please provide Please provide universal boot image patcher link
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] oska3:
try alka and cofface and i cant see any file on my phone,its show 0mb.any settings?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
Mine was officially unlocked, I preferred alka twrp, it was easily for nandroid backup and flashed official rom.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ace091:
Move through unofficial to official

Just wanna ask if I have unlocked unofficially (because of long duration process) and now want to unlock it officially too. What will be the procedure I have flashed global stable fastboot ROM in EDL mode. But when I try to unlock it always stuck on 50%. and if I update it to Chinese devleoper stable ROM through update it relock my bootloader. So please suggest any solution.