yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
i did unpack and gave it permissions accordingly,plus from the terminal app in phone i logged in as su rokt,then gave the entire command but nothing was added

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this command

settings put secure bbry_productivity_edge_enable 1
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] E90 Commie:
Swipe in from the right edge and it should launch. It does on my device, every time.

If you look along the edge of the display, you will see a narrow grey bar, indicating it.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
yup got it, i got that earlier also yhought it was mialigned wallpaper,thanks for your help :)

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i have downloaded the launcher also looks different,what else can be used
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] nazir81:
which gapps to use and recommended with this rom? the link for gapps in OP is dead
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] MP2005:
link is not dead ;)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] warzone2011:
after some test with my helium on this rom and miui9 beta i can say this rom runs faster but the battery usage is slightly higher compared to 7.8.24 in the first charging cycles but then this rom is better in all things
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
battery i found to be almost equal,i dont.know if thisbis because of the latest firmware,but miui9 is overhyped collection of ringtones and themes with older nougat version and low volume bug especially for prime users

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and i dont know why the hell there is china rom and a global rom?,is china out of this world/globe,every os provider changes there configurations if the hardware is needed to be changed for specific region,ios doesnt have 2 os,wp didnt have,so its a big question mark,are they trying to prove they are different
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
I always suggest AROMA, because you can choose exactly what GApps you like AND you can remove everything that you don't like.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] nazir81:
yup working now. last night was not. thanks. arm 64 > 7.1 > aroma . is that ok???
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
:good:
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] nijel8:
Android is Google. Xiaomi is China. Google services are banned in China so China is out of this world for Xiaomi as their main market.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
ok,anyways its still flabergasting that a company is producing phones if they think google is bad for global market,from india they are minting money and releasibg all the new stuff in china,anyways this is a never ending discussion irrelevant to this forum,hopefully we see o soon i read redmi note4 & one more phone got o thru lineage
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
here is the link for mi3/4 oreo update :)

http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=765743&extra=page=1&mobile=2
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
this is a interesting concept,build own rom with your needs

http://mi-globe.com/index.php/rom-builder/
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] HannibalLecter:
Instagram is acting up today. Lags freezes and a lot of them.

Not sure if Instagram itself is to blame. Running latest version of it.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
if its acting up today then it should be the app itself,istagram is always a doubtdul app,rudy huyn built a wonderdul app for wp 6tag unfortunately its not available :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
FYI: There are only three changes right now and those are updates for kernel auditor substratum and jelly, so there is no need to compile a new rom yet. Next build will be provided Friday when I updated the vendor blobs from the Friday MIUI release.

Oreo will be provided when lineageOS has full working trees ready. Everything that is available now is experimental and I don't have the time for it, because providing experimental Oreo builds is almost a full time job right now :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Italiandoitbetter:
Hi Dave, now I have also a MiMax 2, in my Helium have your rom, in my Oxygen have the MIUI global 8.5.5.0, I need Viper4 FX and have your mod flashable for Helium, what may I do for Mi max2? THX too much for your great rom
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
thanks dave for the info,friday to friday cycle looks good
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
The MiMax 2 is a different device, so it can't be compared with hydrogen or helium. I would first unlock the bootloader, install TWRP and flash the xiaomi.eu rom if no custom rom like LineageOS etc. is available yet. Then you could flash V4A the same way in TWRP, but I really don't know anything about the MiMax 2, so maybe just take a look in the xda threads for the MiMax 2
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Italiandoitbetter:
Hi, is available lineage and mokee rom, so may I flash your mod after installing new rom? THX Dave
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Sure, you can flash the V4A zip the same way in TWRP on both, LineageOS and Mokee ROM
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] azizak:
when you uptade helium device [MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION] :)

Mi Max cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Next update will be on Friday
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] parnz:
some time viper doesn't process sound but AudioFx still work.

Driver status in Viper4Android say Processing: NO

restart not help
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] pehoko:
Try to set selinux to permissive.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sampei:
they just want to provide specific rom for china market . e.g. non-google apps, etc which is not acceptable by chinese government. without change hardware.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
i think nijel is soon going to drop a bomb,i cannot disclose it but he has something in his armoury ;)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Chandanmj:
[MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION] is there any updates today??

Waiting to flash??
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
yep, today evening (gmt+1) :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] tomas.lizner:
Bug report

Hello guys, there is one bug. App Bluemail from google play is not working. I tried it with just a basic pack of open gapps and then also with complete pack (after clean flash) but if I install Bluemail and try to open it, nothing happens. On stock rom it works perfectly.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
try k9 or aqua mail and see if those work,i used k9 and it worked well
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] PassieWater:
I just want to get something of my chest.... Not to anyone in particular.

Why is it so important to some people to get frequent updates if a device or ROM is running just fine (like this rom) without knowing the changes that are beiing made? Thereby the dev announces the coming updates.... So just wait patiently. Dont ask for ETA of updates its not nice. Leave the dev be. Let him or her do his or her thing..... We all know its goiing to be great! Thats all.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] paarkhi:
Thanks for reflecting my thoughts, it's also one of the XDA rule "Never ask ETAs"
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] tomas.lizner:
Well "just don't us it" is not a solution . I already tried about 15 mail apps and I found the Bluemail as the best one so would like to stay with it.

//I tried outlook and gmail here and they work
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] dj69holland:
strange, Bluemail is working fine for me, no probs at all.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Zarrar Palekar:
Latest build's site appears broken. Since it is giving 404 error.

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ok so i figured it out. looks like for hydrogen variant the zip file is missing for 1st September build
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] PassieWater:
Nope..... Both links and files are fine here.... Only hydrogen seems to be still uploading or something because its only 37 mb....? Downloading helium now
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Zarrar Palekar:
Nopes.. if you just go to this thread first page and go to hydrogen's link, you will see in that folder tree md5 file for 1st September build is present but no zip which is present in helium's folder

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yes! just now the zip has shown up in that folder.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] PassieWater:
I think its best to wait until the dev anounces that both roms are ready to go.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
:cool::good:
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Zarrar Palekar:
The zip file is totally up now. 531MB file size. So I think we are good to go now. Thanks [MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION] for the prompt action.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
both up now!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] PassieWater:
Stupid Q now... but i will ask it anyway. I always do complete clean install.... But i am too lazy this time.

I am still on 0823 build. What is safest way to dirty flash or is that not advisable? If i can... What do i wipe (only cache and dalvik?) And do i have to install gapps again?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Powerapm:
Is it 8.0?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] PassieWater:
Nope
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Powerapm:
Now start to download, i need a clean flash? Cleared all, is the first brush firmware, then brush ROM?The!

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The chairman has time to reply to me. Thank you!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
[MENTION=328227]dave w[/MENTION]hat are vendor blobs and do i need to keep cm audio services in system/privapp,i have already removed audiofx and cm audio service from app store but its still present in system/privapp
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
You can always do a dirtyflash. If a clean flash is required I will note that :)

I don't wipe anything. I open the autoflasher app, choose the downloaded build and flash it. It will boot into recovery, flash the rom and reboot automatically. And gapps only need to be installed one time after a CLEAN flash, cause GApps backups your config after every following systemflash automatically.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Doesn't matter which one you flash first. Only gapps and root must be flashed after you flashed the ROM.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
vendor blobs are just parts of the driver base. The whole driver base includes a device tree, a kernel tree and vendor blobs. Most devs just use the standard vendor blobs from "the muppets", but they are often pretty old and includes lots of unneeded stuff, so I extract them myself directly from the latest MIUI builds. Nijel showed me how to do that. He was the only one doing that as far as I know. :)

AudioFX can be removed, but I'am not sure about that cm audio service. Maybe just try it and dirtyflash the latest build for the case you get FCs after it.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
thanks dave,i have removed both till now nofc,and my bb apps are also working good
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Imtigr:
Hi Dave,

On the latest build when I watch YouTube on 1080p the video lags for some reason.?

Can you have a look please.. This is happening since the latest build 1st sep.

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Maybe clear cache/data or reinstall the youtube app
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Imtigr:
Tried.. But still the same... Anyone else facing the same issue?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] fennec91:
I tried 1080p video, no problem

Sent from Mi Max with Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
Flashed Firmware firmware-HYDROGEN_V7.8.24.zip: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...e0dd5bd62cc754adfcb8f96f1c3d7af7d8efe13766e72

Installed using TWRP. All indications were good.

Reboot.

Black screen. No lights. No sounds. No vibrate. PC recognizes when device is connected via USB cable, but that's all about it.

What happened? Please help. Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
No idea but try the latest one now 7.8.31.

This firmware thing really seems to be a problem for many users, although it is actually only needed to be flashed every 6 month maybe. I think it would be best to remove it and only provide it when it is really needed
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
Thanks for responding. This is my very first time ever flashing firmware on this device.

I was going to go straight to 7.8.3.1, but figured I'd do it incrementally to see how things go. So much for that. Haha!

So I cannot boot into Recovery or anything. Just a black screen. How would I install 7.8.3.1 now?

I'm trying to blind do EDL flash, but so far nothing is working. "cannot receive hello packet" after 190 seconds of flashing happening. Errors out with that.

If you have a suggestion? I'm missing something? Typically, I don't imagine flashing firmware should knock out the device like this.

Thank you again. I'm willing to work through this.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Sure you picked the right one ? hydrogen/helium ?

...you mean even EDL mode is not working anymore ?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
I did pick Helium. It gave an error message when I tried to load it saying that this was a Hydrogen device. I figured I confused them. So I downloaded Hydrogen and it recognized the device and installed giving confirmation that all was good. Then I rebooted. Screen went black and never came back.

Holding down both Vol. up and down with power button seems to do a USB disconnect reconnect. (EDL is usually a black screen anyway, but I don't even see the MI logo or if I hold the volume down, I don't get the download rabbit icon).

Very strange, right?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
SO what do you have ? a hydrogen or helium ? If you flashed a hydrogen firmware on helium then of course that bricks the device, but actually that shouldn't be possible.

in EDL mode you don't see anything, that is normal. If you can't boot to fastboot now, EDL is your only chance. Boot you phone into EDL and flash any MIUI rom with MI FLASH tool. After that it should be fine again, cause the MIUI roms have the firmware included you need.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
Yes, I agree with you. The HELIUM Flash failed. I used the HYDROGEN firmware, all TWRP messages were good.

Yes, I am now using XiaoMIFlash.exe to flash latest hydroged_global_images_V8.5.1.0 (6/15/2017) files for that very reason.

After flashing for 193 seconds, it fails with "cannot receive hello packet". (Device is discovered on COM5)

I am now looking for the beta version MiFlash and try that now.

Thanks for your time. I'll report back after I install the beta of MiFlash. If you have any ideas/backdoors I'm open.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Yes, the MiFlash beta version can solve that issue. Would try that too at first.

http://xiaomiflashtool.com/download/xiaomi-flash-tool-20170425
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
Not being able to "read hello packet" issue is interrupting the flashing.

Hmmm... It appears my Qualcomm drivers have an update. Doing that and will reboot PC and try again.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
Thanks. I tried it.

I'm guessing that even though the computer sees the device and assigns it a COM port, there is no way of telling if I can get into fastboot or EDL any longer.

ADB device or FASTBOOT device commands reveal no devices, or "waiting for device".

Nothing is working. No lights, no screen, no sounds, no vibrate. :(

My fault. I should've just did your Xenon straight and not worry about flashing the firmware.

Wish this thing would show something on the screen....anything.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
If the device is displayed as "com" with a number behind it you are in EDL mode. Probably a driver issue then. You will have to spend some time searching now. There a lots of guides and tutorials out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_BigT9PuEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqGxnr1-c4
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
DP
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
I appreciate that!

This means that as soon as I flashed the firmware and rebooted, the device went into EDL mode on it's own.

Make sense why I can see the COM number and not "devices" with fastboot or adb.

Too bad I can't just escape out of EDL mode and avoid loading a MIUI ROM.

Thank you again for the assist. I will watch the youtube videos tonight.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
I never encountered that issue so far, but I flashed in EDL several times in the beginning when I was waiting for the official bootloader unlock from xiaomi. I remember it took a while until I got the drivers setup correctly. And you have to reconnect the phone everytime the flashing failed. (reconnect usb cable while holding both volume buttons)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Qulox:
[MENTION=2404122]coffe[/MENTION]-turtle

I also flashed a wrong FW by mistake some months ago, my phone was just dead after that; no lights, no charging, nothing at all.

After weeks of trying many, many, many guides, drivers, tricks, praying (and meanwhile having an expensive paperweight) I found this guide, it was the only thing that worked.

https://xdaforums.com/mi-max/how-to/unbrick-xiaomi-mi-max-64-128-gb-k-t3562760
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] arellupin:
[MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION] I'm on your AOSP Extended 4.5 downloading lots of big files when screen off working fine just lock app in recent app.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Different base. Some things work better on AOSP, and others an LineageOS :) ...Overall the downloadspeed is way higher on AOSP, but don't know why.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sp0979:
Yes it works.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] tomas.lizner:
Does anybody have an idea pls? In twrp I formated data, deleted the system, data... everything except microsd. It was completely clean install. I have xiaomi mi max helium, 128GB.. Update from yesterday didnt help. Here are my logs.

Aroma gapps:

Messenger=0

AndroidPay=0

BatteryUsage=1

Books=0

CalculatorGoogle=0

CalendarGoogle=1

CalSync=1

CameraGoogle=1

Chrome=0

ClockGoogle=1

CloudPrint=0

ContactsGoogle=1

DialerFramework=0

DialerGoogle=0

DMAgent=0

Docs=0

Drive=0

Duo=0

Earth=0

ExchangeGoogle=0

FaceDetect=1

FaceUnlock=1

Fitness=0

GCS=0

Gmail=0

GoogleNow=1

GooglePlus=0

GoogleTTS=1

Hangouts=0

Indic=0

Japanese=0

Keep=0

KeyboardGoogle=0

Korean=0

Maps=1

Movies=0

Music=0

NewsStand=0

NewsWidget=0

PackageInstallerGoogle=1

Pinyin=0

PixelIcons=0

PixelLauncher=0

Photos=0

PlayGames=0

PrintServiceGoogle=0

ProjectFi=0

Sheets=0

Slides=0

Search=1

Speech=1

StorageManagerGoogle=0

Street=1

TagGoogle=0

Talkback=0

Translate=1

VRService=0

Wallpapers=0

WebViewGoogle=0

YouTube=1

Zhuyin=0

inclorexcl=1

Bypass:

Browser=0

+CameraStock=0

+Email=0

+Gallery=0

+Launcher=0

+MMS=0

+PicoTTS=0

Extra:

exdebug=0

extest=0

exswype=0

exsubstitute=0

exnopreodex=0

exclean=0

GoogleAssistant=1

WebViewStub=0

Rem:

BasicDreams=0

Browser=1

CalendarStock=0

CameraStock=0

ClockStock=0

CMAccount=0

CMAudioFX=0

CMBugReport=0

CMFileManager=1

CMMusic=1

CMSetupWizard=0

CMUpdater=0

CMWallpapers=0

DashClock=0

Email=1

ExchangeStock=0

FMRadio=0

Galaxy=0

Gallery=1

HoloSpiral=0

KeyboardStock=0

Launcher=0

LiveWallpapers=0

LockClock=0

LRecorder=1

MMS=0

NoiseField=0

Phasebeam=0

PhotoPhase=0

PhotoTable=0

PicoTTS=0

SimToolKit=0

SoundRecorder=0

StorageManagerStock=0

Studio=0

SykoPath=0

Terminal=0

Themes=0

VisualizationWallpapers=0

WhisperPush=1
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
[MENTION=6411087]Qulox[/MENTION] Thank you so very much for that wonderful find! My device is up and running currently with MIUI 8! It went from a dead brick to a productive device again. I was almost giving up hope! Thank you for taking the time time to post that thread. It was a lot of work, but it is great seeing the device alive again. :) This is why XDA is a great FORUM! I'll be sure to thank benzersizadam, Senior Member for writing the thorough solution in the first place!

I would just add that taking the cover off doesn't even need a tool like in the original disassembly youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULcMWCEgEc
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Qulox:
Glad that it worked for you too. I had almost given up with my phone when I found that solution.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
[MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION]

First, thank you for being so active in this thread and responsive to everyone's questions and annoying problems (especially mine)! :)

So finally after fixing my Mi Max, I went ahead and did a fresh install of your XenonHD. First impressions are: WOW! So light and clean and functional. I am going to try to quickly get this thing up and running as one of my daily drivers. I'll be able to give more feedback then, but thank you for this ROM. My older ROM was beginning to show some terrible signs of wear and tear. I had no choice but to move on and I'm glad I found your ROM!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Welcome and glad you finally managed to fix your MiMax. Guess for now you have enough of flashing any firmware :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] coffee-turtle:
Yeah. Since I can't figure out what exactly happened. Xiaomi Mi Max 64GB storage is supposed to be Hydrogen. My guess is that my firmware was already updated and starting off with an older version ("rolling back") crashed the whole system.

If I have now installed your latest XenonHD, would that not automatically give me the latest firmware?

How can I verify?

What is your favorite feature(s) of XenonHD? :)