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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
Safe is a relative term, depends what you gonna do with unlocked bootloader, you're unlocked device can be easily tempered with, even with a locked one though, but yes, you can get the ota updates with unlocked bootloader.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] 8605836972:
No
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] deimidis:
Front camera in Black

Hello all, I'm running Lineage OS, nightly version. I don't use front camera so much, so just today I realize that it appear completely black (was working before). I tried to update to last lineage nightly, but still dont work, with any camera app. Which is the best way to see if it's a Hardware or software problem?

I download stock Miui from another thread, but before going through the install process I want to know if there's is another way to try it.

Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] souvikdas89:
Mi A1 stuck in boot loop

I hove gone though the below steps and now I am stuck at position which will cost me a lot... Please help.!

1. after unlocking boot loader, I have booted recovery image of TWRP then flashed the TWRP installer zip.

2. Then I have flashed Pixel experience 9 version ROM. After installing this ROM I have found audio & speaker was not working during call.

3. Then I have tried to flash the Stock ROM 9 of Mi A1 after wiping the system/cache and internal storage. Stock ROM was not installed but my phone stuck in boot loop.

4. Then I went to Mi service center to fix the ROM. They have installed Android 7 version Stock ROM into my phone, but mobile network was not showing. They asked me to change the mother board which will cost me around 7000 INR.

5. My bad luck, after leaving Mi Service center my mobile prompted me for system update and I tried to update my phone. Now when click on reboot after installation of update, again I got stuck in same boot loop situation. This time, I am not able to unlock the bootloader. I have tried to flash TWRP with command "fastboot oem unlock" and getting the message "FAILED (remote: 'oem unlock is not allowed')"

I am sorry to say that I did not take any backup of my phone. Can anyone help me to get rid of this situation?

Thanks in advance.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] AK47ita:
hello, my MI A1 got official Ota for pie. Now I have the LTE missing band problem.

The rom is stock, locked and unroot, I'd like to root the device in order to use the trick to enable missing LTE bands. What I have to do?

what is the twrp for pie?thanks

Inviato dal mio MI 8 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] GwynBlade_:
Anti-rollback

Does anti-rollback prevent only downgrade to stock roms or can i flash custom roms like lineage os 15.1 ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] pol-der:
Hi All,

Hope you are fine. I just want to update my device's modem and firmware files. I am using Note 4 (N910C). I checked from samdb.org and sammobile.com for files. There is no available my country in the list. Which should i select for my device?

P.S: I am using LOS 14.1

I am waiting your experiences.

Thanks in advance.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Marllon1999:
Mi a1 password wrong

Hello, my Xiaomi Mi a1 was not starting, so I needed to install the backup I had done before. Only now is asking me to enter the pattern to unlock the android, except that I'm drawing correctly, but it does not unlock. How can I solve this?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] barrack1:
None at the moment. Enjoy Pie for what its worth.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
Go in twrp go to Advanced, File manager and navigate to /data/system folder and delete 2 files that ends in ".key" (gatekeeper.password.key, gatekeeper.patterns.key) and the 3 files that contains the word "locksettings" in file name.

After you delete the files reboot your phone and you should be greeted by welcome screen without password, pin or pattern. You may only have 2 or 3 of these, delete those and you're good to go.

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If you're on Miui, try a different theme, and customize theme fonts, colors, etc.

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First, you should go back to that service, as you payed and the official update bricked your device, so they should fix it for free now.

If that's not possible, try flashing with flash_all.bat, that means, download official rom in pc, extract zip in folder, navigate to that folder, put your phone in fastboot mode and double click flash_all.bat ... This will flash and fix all your partitions.

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So did the flash_all.bat worked? If done properly it can raise your phone from death, literally... It will fix all partitions and flash them all.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] green2005:
Hi actually i have oreo root stock rom , i want to have my phone like new, with Miflash i can do it easyly and safe ? After i will have a fresh stock rom and use official ota ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
Yes
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] mascote9rc:
Why my tissot can't have ARCore? I wanna use a measure app from Google, and say that my phone isn't compatible with my version. How can i do without root to get app?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] AlvinKyo:
hi guys ,so its been a month since i get an update so i Googled for pie and eventually i get this link from the xda web. How do i install it?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] cyrrel:
Do you guys still can search for gifs within Gboard after installing pie?

It always says that I have no internet connection
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] ilumimaati:
So I've recently installed Syberia Project OS android pie on Mi A1. The problem is that camera doesn't work. Same Problem on LineageOS 16. Nobody else had this problem. Earlier i was using Pixel Experience with android 8.1 Oreo and camera was working very well so I don't know what's the problem. ROM or maybe I'm doing something during installation that crashes it.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
You should get the pie update over ota... Did you checked that yet?

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Backup, reflash and try a factory reset after.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] AlvinKyo:
nope ,i get no ota even till now
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] manpildo:
I'm in a bit of a pickle with Titanium Backup at the moment. I've been using it for ~7 years, and for the first time I can't remember how to restore XML backups or even access app preferences. Please see screenshot, isn't there supposed to be a menu button on top-right? I feel I'm missing something obvious...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] gayfish00:
Thanks for answer, but No. Use mi a1, custom Theme. And I switch it on dark Mode.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] cyrrel:
Hi, after unlocking my bootloader (with vol down w/o losing data), I cannot access the device via adb anymore (nothing being shown with "fastboot devices", on 2 different computers where it was working in the past (adb devices shows the device by the way, but no idea what I can do with that)

Dev options are still available and set correctly.

Any idea what that might be?

edit: my bad, tried to do it without first going into fastboot mode, sorry
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] 0somani16k:
Is there any way to take long exposure on the mi a1

Anyethod is fine, may it need root or twrp or what ever....

Just want to know if there is any way
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] ilumimaati:
I tried, doesn't work...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] AlvinKyo:
can u explain to me about the pie file in the xda forum and how to install it?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] abnermarques:
What are the essential backups to do?

What is done to recover imei?

Google translate :'D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] barrack1:
The Dec Pie update is a mess. Noobs should avoid it and wait for a later official update.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
I couldn't agree more, in my opinion Pie is a total mess for most devices, including Pocophone, where there were so many errors that i went back to 8.1
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] barrack1:
Could tell us which method you used to rollback to 8.1 stock without problems?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
I restored one of my backups with twrp.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] lukmanhakimlah:
Hey guys, is it true the Pie update is halted for the time being? like again?

because i got the update before this. and then i kinda messed up the phone, so i reflashed fresh stock from oreo, and only got OTAs up to November 2018 update. no december update since then. did i messed up somehow?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] 2363:
Hi, How can I use my Bank App, my MiA1 is rooted and possibly this is the problem because the Bank App doesn't open at all, If so ... How can I un-root my device?!

Currently using RR-O-v6.2.0-20180913-tissot-Final with Magisk
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] cyrrel:
have you tried Magisk unhide within Magisk Manager?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] 2363:
Yup, I did!

anyway, unfortunately I tried to flash Pie Stock ROM then my phone have been totally died, it turned off and doesn't respond to any connection even charging! :D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] timotej011:
Whats the best way of updating stock rom when your rooted with Magisk?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] dennismac:
Hello everyone.

A few days ago i tried to update my rooted MiA1 but with no success.

I lost my root access and now i can´t update normally. I wiped my phone and nothing changed.

My PC cant recognize my phone too.

It's all working fine as a smartphone, but this issues i want to fix, because i want to root/update again.

Can someone help me?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] bhoi_satyabrata:
not getting portrait option after updating to pie i have rooted tried module gcam naphay.... please help
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Ari91smart:
I am on AEX Pie rom with latest firmware. Can I use Mi flash tool to flash official January Pie fastboot ROM. Do I need to follow any procedure specifically to avoid trouble. Please reply
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Lucky-thirteen:
Hello together,

I'm still on official OTA 8.1 (Novemer Patch). Phone not rooted. The only thing i did was enabling gcam a while ago.

I use my Mi A1 as a daily driver and need it for my job.

That means:

-making phonecalls (i don't use volte)

-proper 4G and Wifi connection

-stable Bluetooth connection and Gps (while driving)

Now i'm not shure what to do...

I've read a lot scary topics about pie and all the problems it introduces. (at least to some phones)

I know that the dealbreaking 4G issue was fixed with January Patch, but whats about the other things?

Can i go for the OTA Pie Update (January), or would you recommend staying on 8.1 when i need a solid daily driver.

Best regards and thank you.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] 0somani16k:
I would recommend you to stick to 8.1 for now
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
Uninstall Magisk, install it back after you update.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] alguien845:
Hi guys, quick and simple questions I guess. At this moment I'm using AOSPExt 8.1. I would like to upgrade to a ROM based on android 9 (any rom).

My questions are:

Should I upgrade the firmware first? How so?

Can I skip that and flash a new rom directly? Do i need to upgrade TWRP? In what order? :confused:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] svetp:
Hi guys

I have one question. After pie ota update, everything seems fine for me but i lost half of my contacts. Probably those who were on phone memory and i didnt make any backup( because im stupid). Any chance of getting them back somehow? And yea, my phone is not rooted.

Thank you
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] cztrollolcz:
Need help ASAP - want to update to android 9.0, ota doesnt work so I want to fastboot flash the castom rom, but when I connect my phone to the pc nothing happens - the phone is charging, but nothing on the windows side...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] nagaraj nagaram:
Pixel experience gives better battery backup or not
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] ForTheOne:
Any body unable to change user profiles? I am stuck in Guest profile and unable to change
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] kaminasama:
Hi everyone!!

I have a few questions for my device,and want to know if root and custom roms are the best option for mi a1, I hope anyone help me..

Thanks

-If I choose root and custom recovery what is the best choice? I've seen 2-3 different recoverys(TWRP)

-I will lose something when root my phone(camera,bluetooth,wifi,imei,mac address,mobile network,etc)

-this phone is not ready for Treble project but there is "unofficially"

-treble unofficial is really working correctly in Mi A1?, I mean all roms works fine with this and there is no issues?

-A lot of post of dead devices "trebelized" are in the forum, this is bad or good for the development of Mi A1?

-is there any advantage in making "Treble" on my phone? I mean future custom roms(P,Q,R,etc) or android system gonna need it?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
Anyway you can restore from Google contacts? They should automatically be backed up by Contacts on your google account at some point.

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USB debugging on, on your phone, install adb drivers.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] vainille:
slot a and b

I have a lot of problems with the slots A and B with TWRP. I can't fully understand it, ROM should be installed to both slots or just one? but what happens with the other slot? and, why does TWRP tells me OS isn't installed, how do I know in which slot the ROM was installed? This is complicated for me, please help.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] vikkuyellow46:
need help! am on havoc os! my gcam was working fine until i tried to install the mi a2 camera port through magisk! now both cameras not working! even camera isn't starting on other apps like whatsapp Instagram too!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] 0somani16k:
Just remove the magisk zip file(if it doesn't show in the module section then flash the file again to remove it)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] suiller:
is there a way to flash something crucial such as twrp or modded boot img without PC? my type-c port doesn't work anymore and I need to reflash twrp (lost after an update)... thank you
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] suiller:
emh... I found the way to boot into the stock recovery, I could flash trought "update from sd card", there is a particular name have I to give to the zip? can I flash in this way the stock rom (I got the complete OTA)? can I flash with this method simply the custom recovery (cosmic dans)? thank you
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] MaxxTwo:
Hello. I play "game of thrones: conquest". The precius app only works in any stock ROM. But, when i flash any custom it shows a message " no internet conection". How can i fix?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] phaqeeh94:
Hello, my MIA1 is on PIE right now, I've updated several days ago. Then I try to install pixel launcher, but I accidentally delete the quickstep.apk from system. So, does anyone can help me give the apk from stock pie mia1 rom? Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] portox:
here it is:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] CamMcB123:
I managed to get into a bootloop. I was installing the update from resurrection remix 6 to 7 (treble) and I got the error "permission denied to /system" in twrp. I thought i'd try again, so i pressed reboot into recovery and got stuck in a bootloop. This would not be a problem if I could get into recovery (which i can't), or fastboot. The problem with fastboot is that it only stays on for a couple of seconds, which isn't long enough to flash with miflash and also doesn't appear for any other fastboot commands. I do have the correct drivers installed already, so i can rule that part out straight away.

Any help would be very much appreciated as my only phone is now out of order.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] gudryan:
I have a Mi A1 for 5 months.

But for few weeks my phone don't recognize none usb c cables in any computer, only recharge, i tried everything, and accepted the fate that something is broken, so, i'm used to root, customize and all of this stuffs, i use aex custom, but my twrp dissapear and i want to reinstall it to install another custom rom, someone knew any way to install twrp without cable + PC?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] vikkuyellow46:
i wanted to know if the lates pie based havoc os supports kernels other than 4.9 based?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] niaj_3.0:
I am facing that too...

Ur phone might get recognised in fastboot mode...

Hot boot to TWRP from there and install TWRP installer..

Cosmic Dan's latest one is Recommended...

Now when ur phone boots up fine..

Help me find why it is happening with us....

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It may... Or may not...

Backup ur boot. IMG and flash Moun Kernel v6.2 to check....

Its based on 3.18.x ....

I am using Havoc os latest one with Moun Kernel v6.2 as I was unable to charge on havoc is v7.0 ( or any 4.9 kernel )

This mismatch results in flickering of video and Chrome and YouTube...

But it still works...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] gudryan:
Well, for me i think is a hardware problem, my charge port when i put any cable don't fix correctly, i tried almost 10, and only recharge, even in fastboot don't recognize.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] exquisite.nish:
Seriously Needing Help

Phone Info - Mi A1

Rom - Resurrection Remix v6.XX OS-8.1.0 November Patch

Magisk v18 stable (used successfully 2 days after updating Magisk from v16 stable with no problem anywhere).

Modules - v4a, aml, dolby, selinux changer, busybox, MiA1 stock cam.

While updating "AML", screen got freezed for more than 5 min so i had to shutdown forcefully. But after restart i lost all installed apps and everything., from everything i mean

both internal and external got formated

. But that's not only the case. My device Mi A1 keep restarting automatically after few min of starting (it's not bootloop as device restarts to homescreen but freezes and restarts after few sec.). Sorry that i can't provide logcat as everything already formated.

i tried to reflashing using few unofficial and official MI tool (tried both oreo stock and pie latest) but still my device goes to setup screen and after few seconds it restarts automatically.

Isn't there any work around 'coz neither magisk support forum helped nor AML forum.

My only question is whether is this software issue or hardware? Can updating simple module result in hardware failure?

Please reply.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Lupin The Third:
I never heard of a hardware failure from a magisk module. But who knows what modules people throw out there. :confused:

So you say that whe pho boots into system it restarts...

What about when you are in recovery? Does ot stay there, or it reboots from there too?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] exquisite.nish:
Thanks for replying. Yes, It stays on in recovery. It only reboots in setup screen, even when phone is left untouched. Service center told to replace motherboard. They are telling that this isn't software issue.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Manitej66:
Hi sir , I lost my network suddenly I have IMEI and sim is also shown in sim settings but not working

When going into the network settings and pressing choose a network operator, it says "Error while searching for network"

If I select choose network automatically, it will just keep searching until it times out.

When I reboot the phone, then hold down the power button for the boot menu, it says
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] iSEKAI:
Good Morning Everyone (at least in my country xD)

So here i'm gonna ask about "BUSYBOX"

So a while ago i'm using lucky patcher , and it was worlking really well. Then after a few days i Rooted my phone using Magisk , but oucky patcher still really okay .. it was over a week usage or so (after the root and i'm still using lucky patcher to patch apk and other game stuff) then suddenly when i opened up lucky patcher its says "lucky patcher couldn't find the busybox"

like what ???

wasn't Magisk supposed to have busybox and why is Lucky Patcher couldn't find it , after being okay for a week or more after the root

So guys , can anyone help me with this busybox, shouldi installed it or not ? and how to installed it

Device : Mi A1

OS : Pie 9.0

Thx ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Funk Wizard:
I see that you are asking for support on Busybox only to get Lucky Patcher working. DO NOT expect any support when you ask for something related to Lucky Patcher which is a Warez tool.

I suggest you go through the forum rules again, specially Rule 6 related to Warez

Don't forget that you agreed to keep these rules when you signed up.

Thank you for your consideration,

Funk Wizard

Forum Moderator
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] iSEKAI:
i'm so sorry ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] ZeroSlasher:
I've heard that on pie TWRP can't be flashed permeantly, each time it has to be hot booted with fastboot. is this true?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] ironman38102:
What partitions should I backup before flashing a Custom ROM? Usually I know the usual TWRP backup but I'm seeing that I need to backup my every partition to avoid screwing up my IMEI, BT or Mac Address. Could anyone be kind enough to point out exactly what should I do because if I go back to stock rom or use a custom rom I don't want any issues
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Ansarisawood4864:
I was in havoc os november security patch then i flashed december firmware and rebooted to recovery then flashed January firmware and rebooted to recovery and flash the latest version of havoc os of January. but now i can't make call with volte is any solution please reply
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Di42:
Update bug

Hi everyone,

Today, I have notification about "new update available " and after restart device, they won't run.

It's stuck in androidone loading screen.

I wait an hour than restart and wait 4 hours!

And still nothing...

I don't know what to do.

Please, help.

Device : Mi A1

OS : Pie 9.0
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] GreekGhost13:
Hello I have install a custom ROM (Resurrection Remix 7) my phone is rooted I have the magisk app and enable the command from the build and still I can't use my Gcam . When I open the app it close automatically :/ I have try about 10 apps and still nothing .

PLEASE HELP ME :(
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] iSEKAI:
You Have to Enable Camera 2 API , since you are rooted , you can download build.prop edito from playstore and edit at the bottom of the command

"persist.camera.HAL3.enabled=1" (without " )

then enter , after that save it then reboot .. now you can download Gcam from Arnova or BSG , or others

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wre your Device rooted before ? and if it is then have you uninstalled Magisk (restore image) before updating through OTA ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Antifreeze88:
Need quick tip about sound loudness. I want it to be as loud as pre june 2018, but only things i ve seen is thread about maxxxaudio , dolby atmos etc.

I m sure that i dont need those mods cause i just wanna loudness as before) So those mods are the only way or maybe there is something else ?

thank you
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] lmali92:
This. I'm facing the same problem.

No root, no bootloader unlock. Just plain factory software.

I enter the unlock password for decryption and then it stays on android one bootscreen forever.

Also, my storage space has been full since a while. I had a persistent notification saying storage space is full, some functions may not be available. Can this add to the problem?

XDA Lords help us ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] 45h15hkc:
Hi I installed custom ROM havoc os with pie after installation camera is not working