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[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] evronetwork:
I'm on vacation with a semi bricked phone ..sort of. Need to get my data and then check my emails. Else I need to get back ;)

P.S. I have a non os phone with working TWRP with removed password but data are still encrypted with that password, twrp doesn't "see" the USB stick with a USB Type-C OTG adaptor

I need to flash a rom somehow, put a password, unlock the data when twrp asks for password then flashe whatever rom I want.

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I try to select location and I see USB OTG 0MB ...to flash a rom but..
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] yogirug:
Thanks for the prompt reply. can't you check mails on a pc or something, if possible?

Because my query is not about twrp, you will immediately remember when you see the mail. If it was not that important. I would have never disturbed you because you have always been kind and responsive to my messages and replied back whenever you get the time.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] sjf53t8i:
Can't tell right now for sure if my thumb drive is fat32 or ext[2-4] but think it is fat32. Does that USB-C-OTG adaptor work on a pc with USB-C ports?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] evronetwork:
Wish I can tell, I'm away from home ..on vacation. Now why on earth I do flash away from safe places, well stupidity? Hahahah
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] yogirug:
Hi mate, did you get the chance to look at my email?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] w520:
Hi, for me at least latest LOS encrypts itself by default, and after flashing 20190528 build cleanly I cant decrypt /data anymore in TWRP

Not too many have reported this though, and I am not sure is it because something is changed and TWRP needs updating again against latest sources as before, anyone else with issues or any idea from dev is this issue with something I did, LOS or TWRP?

I myself wanted to try compiling by myself against latest sources to see if it would make any difference but I honestly have no idea about development since I'm not a dev and keep facing errors I can't figure out
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] guimos:
Same issue right there.

I'm on TWRP 3.3.0-0 and LOS 16 (the nightly from the 19/06/04). I can't decrypt either.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] aureliolage:
no have orange Fox twrp for mix2s ???
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] bedson87:
On new los16 and 3.3.0 I can't encrypt device. A screen with a robot and a zero wait time is shown, and so does it. Has anyone tested encryption?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tom65824:
since a few weeks it is also impossible to restore a backup with TRWP_3.3.0.0/LOS 16 --> https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79675466&postcount=1114
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] lenyu:
Hello, after the restart of the v4 version, there is a problem of touching the Caton. This is repeated testing. It is not as good as the v3 version.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] notsyncing:
On my device it works well. Please describe your problem with more details.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] lenyu:
Mix2s miui10 5.31 beta China Brushing v4 After entering the system again, there is a very high chance that the touch will be insensitive and useless. Only by re-applying v4 again to swipe the screen, the problem remains. V3 does not use this issue.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] notsyncing:
Tried again on my device, and cannot reproduce this issue. If v3 is ok for you, please stick to v3. Sorry for this inconvenient.

v3 download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zu9b5PVLpoletMVtIKSKSYASZRHkl6u4/view?usp=sharing
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] simonsmh:
What are the exact reproduce steps?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] pancomido:
Same problem here. v4 sometimes is not responsive to touch (from the moment it boots). If it works, then it works fine. No special steps, just fastboot boot recovery.img and I get the main screen (Install, Wipe, etc.) but can't touch anything. Sometimes I also get a black screen and v4 doesnt boot. Seems very random.

v3 seems to be working fine, but it also has the black screen issue some times and need to reboot.

(6GB/64GB XA model)
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] ruicc:
Same problem, i had it with v3, and it's the same with v4...it happens randomly when rebooted to recovery, screen becomes unresponsive, then it boot again to system.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] notsyncing:
I also encountered the non-responsive problem, but was after I entered my password and decrypted /data then stuck at twrp main page. Unfortunately, before I could collect any logs, it rebooted. So there must be something wrong, but I could not locate it currently.

I'll try to get some logs, if lucky enough. Also, for anyone who encountered this problem, please try to get me some logs, thanks very much!
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] pancomido:
I'm not sure how to get logs when the screen is unresponsive. And I think logs get deleted at boot, right?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Dorisnov:
Locking and unlocking the phone or rebooting into recovery again makes the touchscreen work again all the times I got this error.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] notsyncing:
Try adb logcat. Yes, they are deleted on reboot, so it must be lucky enough to get them :(
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] ruicc:
Everyone with TWRP, can flash the twrp v5 in TWRP recovery.,.

Just copy the twrp v5 to phone, then boot into TWRP recovery, choose install, then choose install image, then go to here you copy your twrp v5, choose recovery and flash it....

No need to flash it with ADB....
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] ruicc:
@notsyncing

Ok, Flashed v5 and when boot to recovery, the unresponsive screen remains....only way it's long press the power button and reboot again....

Can't get a logcat...
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] notsyncing:
Currently, the only thing we can do is to wait for TWRP fixing it. Sorry for this inconvenience.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] simonsmh:
PLEASE use adb.

You can find logs at /cache/recovery , too, if you have rooted your phone.

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Have you tried magisk? After flashing it the recovery won't be replaced.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] notsyncing:
I'm talking about the logs. Kernel logs are not persisted across reboots. And twrp log shows nothing wrong on my device.

Also, when I encountered this problem, adb does not even recognize my device. Already connected adb will also get cut off. The only thing I could do is to wait for it rebooting or force reboot it. So I say one must be lucky enough to get the logs. Maybe a kernel panic occured.

Last, very impossible, if anyone had serial port access to the device (ttyS0 or something else), he or she could get kernel log from there.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] ruicc:
My phone is rooted, and following the info from simonsmh, i leave here the log...

I rebooted my phone to recovery to recovery twice, i really can't recall if this log is for 1 or 2nd time....
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] simonsmh:
I don't think there is anything wrong showing in the log...

Actually I never met this problem on my side. :rolleyes:
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] ruicc:
Although the log doesn't show anything abnormal, that doesn't mean that's everything is ok.

If needed i can make a video...

The issue remains to me...how can i be sure that V5 is flashed and is the last one?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] notsyncing:
New version v6 posted. Please feel free to try it to see if the non-responsive problem persists.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tqwzUX6fn39GZMEzSnDF:
I had 2 times were I was not able to restore my backup but wasn't sure what is the reason. Now I know, thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tom65824:
Hi tqw..........

Were you able to continue to work after the failed restore? I had to reinstall :(
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tqwzUX6fn39GZMEzSnDF:
Same for me. I'm not an expert, so maybe there is a way w/o need for re-install. But I didn't find this way. I had to format the data and moreover I had to flash vendor+firmware again. before I could flash a LOS which boots.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Michel177:
I had to completely reinstall .I had PIN and Finger scan as well as Magisk 19.3 .After I reinstalled ,I made a TWRP 3.3 backup WITHOUT pin or finger scan .
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] XDRdaniel:
I had this issue with the encryption ever since I flashed orange fox 4 months ago. My phone would work normally, but twrp wasn't able to decrypt. It wasn't even asking for the pin. Finally I flashed 3.3.0.0 today and twrp works again
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] palaych:
TWRP 3.3.1-0 Unofficial v1 by palaych​

Base on official device repo ( https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_xiaomi_polaris ), tnx official maintainer.

Update twrp sources.

Work encryption with Android_r37+.

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Mp1QqpNs4W5F9WSqxxM3kfLKy_h_P8a/view?usp=sharing
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] bedson87:
On los working like a charm ;)
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] m0d:
So will changes be upstreamed to official?

As thread does say official twrp recovery?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] xumixu:
does it works on MIUI 10.3.3 ?

actually it didnt work for me installed normally, the question is if it works with a work around and which it would be
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Bradco:
Hello

I have a problem with the restoration (backup ok) and when rebooting after the restoration it remains the Xiaomi logo and it is not encrypt. do you know the solution?

Rom : Crdroid 5.6 clean install
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] zhangwentian:
Cool thx!

Cool thx!
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] DahakePL:
It's a normal bug with TWRP.

Try wiping system data cache > flashing the rom then try restoring.

After a couple of tries I was able to boot the rom. It's totally broken to be honest
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] pi4a7a:
Don't even waste time with restoring for current TWRP builds..
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] pquinqu:
Hi, twrp 3.3.1-0 for polaris is available from the official site in the OP and now restoring an encrypted data partition is possible.

Tried it a couple of times with a schema, working for me.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Bradco:
Thanks and good to know

Another recovery for backup or Always clean installation ?

Thanks i go to update
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Similarion:
Anyone able to fastboot twrp with the MIUI Global 10.3.4?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] palaych:
TWRP 3.3.1-0 Unofficial v3 by palaych​

Add Vendor to the Wipe section

Update los kernel sources and compile with clang 9.0.5

Update twrp sources

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JuD_pDGYoUqxq6ywXGtZbENwiFIsCYbG/view?usp=drivesdk
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tactical bacon:
Can this be used to flash on newest miui or do we still need to boot it
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Bradco:
I have TWRP v3 by palaych, I tried to flash TWRP.img official, the.phone boot in fastboot never in recovery, I must flash with official app TWRP the v3 by palaych to recover a recovery and boot into.

Have you an idea of this issues ?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] jurrejonker:
Nevermind didn't take the time to read what you said properly
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Bradco:
And ?

What do you mean ?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] jurrejonker:
How do you reboot to the recovery?

I'll share my 'routine' for flashing a recovery:

- plug my phone into my pc and accept debugging from device if needed

- I open up adb & fastboot in CMD

- i type in the command [adb reboot fastboot]

- type [fastboot boot recovery C/path/to/recovery.img] to see if it will actually boot into the recovery I'm wanting to upgrade to

- if all succeeds, I'll reboot into bootloader

- now to flash i type [fastboot flash recovery C/path/to/recovery.img]

- after the process is done i type [fastboot reboot] and when the screen is black and you feel a vibration I'll start holding volume down till you see the first TWRP logo (don't know what it's called)

Maybe this will help, maybe it doesn't.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] kleinholzinferno:
Hold Volume up and you'll enter TWRP. Vol down enters Fastboot, or am I wrong?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Bradco:
I use power + volume UP to boot on recovery.

I used twrp by palash it work. It's wierd maybe if i Want twrp Official i must flash with fastboot.

PS : i flash twrp Official with m'y actualy twrp by palash .IMG file.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] NoGoodUserNamesLeft:
SOLVED

Read my EDIT5 for the solution.

I am using official TWRP v3.3.1-0 and restoring from backup does not work.

When restoring data, I'm getting this error:

extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255

If I deselect the data partition, I can restore the other partitions without errors (Recovery, System, Boot and Vendor).

If I select data as the only partition to restore, then it produces the same error.

The error message occurs right after the message "Restoring Data (excl. storage)".

The backup was created with the same TWRP version just today.

Decryption is working - I am getting asked for a PIN and can see the contents of /data/media/0/

I am using the global 9.6.27 firmware.

EDIT:

I have now tried to manually extract the data.ext4.win00# files using the terminal in TWRP (I got the idea from this post) and when extracting the 002 file there were several error messages about files/directories not being able to remove or getting to open (see second attached screenshot).

Does it mean TWRP created a bad backup? (EDIT: No, the TWRP backup is not a regular TAR archive, the backup is actually fine).

I am now trying to restore an older backup.

EDIT2:

Older backup didn't work as well.

EDIT3:

I tried to fast boot OrangeFox recovery but it didn't work - the display stayed black instead of booting into OrangeFox. - (EDIT: I wrongfully fastbooted the ZIP instead of the IMG. This early mistake did cost me so much time...).

I will try to exclude the problematic folder during manual restoration.

EDIT4:

Excluding the problematic folders worked but the "invalid tar format" error message for the next two files stayed (see third attached screenshot).

Is there a way to find out what's wrong with the tar files?

EDIT4.1:

I installed Linux Mint in Virtual Box to try to extract the backup files using tar there.

It seems to be working in a way, but it's producing a bunch of error messages like "Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'TWRP.security.e4crypt'", "Malformed extended header: missing equal sign" and "Exiting with failure status due to previous errors" (see 4th screenshot).

Looks like I'll have to start at 0 again. This makes me want to stay away from custom ROMs :(

EDIT5: SOLUTION

I got the OrangeFox recovery working and I was able to restore from my backup! Holy f***ing s**t!

I used this version: OrangeFox-R10.0-1-Stable-polaris from https://sourceforge.net/projects/orangefox/files/polaris/

The backups created with TWRP were not bad, it's just the restore functionality, that's broken.

Besides that: shouldn't the backup and restore functionality be disabled in TWRP if it's not really working?

This is a huge issue - recovery from backup is one of the main functions of TWRP.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] jurrejonker:
You my friend are one hell of a go-getter, props ro you??
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] NoGoodUserNamesLeft:
When creating a backup using the TWRP GUI it will create .win files for each partition but when creating a backup using the command adb backup --twrp it will create a single .ab file.

Why do you get two different results?

Is there an ADB command which will create .win files for each partition?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tom65824:
Hi.. Ive Just installed orangefox. What is needed (which Partition Do you choose) to Backup Lineage?

Thanks in advance :)
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Gsrzd:
Why are you asking this in the TWRP thread?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tom65824:
Because of the problem solution from 'nogoodnamesleft'

and because of the current problems to restore with TWRP-3.x

The question about the selection to save is also relevant to TWRP
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] NoGoodUserNamesLeft:
Here is the OrangeFox thread on XDA: https://xdaforums.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/development/official-orangefox-recovery-project-t3900524

Here is the OrangeFox FAQ: https://files.orangefox.tech/FAQ.pdf

where it says:
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tom65824:
Ok...sorry i didnt know this thread. Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
Please prepare for support Android 10 as Android 10 based MIUI coming soon...

Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
[MENTION=9159243]notsyncing[/MENTION]

Hi,

Android 10 based MIUI11 is here. Could you pls arrange supported twrp recovery?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] simonsmh:
Is there any link for it? I'm willing to help.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
Here you are:

https://bigota.d.miui.com/9.10.10/miui_MIMIX2S_9.10.10_00085ea9d9_10.0.zip

Thanks for your help in advance.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Lucas_Maximiliano:
You should advice thats a china beta
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
Ofc it is clear for everyone from the link name but tomorrow will be xiaomi.eu build based on this China beta release for MIX2S
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] kleinholzinferno:
Hopefully the EU version comes tomorrow. Their hp States that because of the android 10 update the release is delayed. Keep your fingers crossed!
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] simonsmh:
Here you go:

https://mega.nz/#!gglmCCLD!RabqTqlxU_VxwQpsQzunBouvOAyFEMU8vfDCB4Jjocw

The official one would be updated soon, too.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] bgcngm:
It would be great if you could merge my change: https://gerrit.twrp.me/c/android_device_xiaomi_polaris/+/1404
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] simonsmh:
I have already merged it. Thanks for your help.

BTW I have given you the permission to the twrp gerrit.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Saiger:
Thanks alot. Working flawlessly with miui based on android 10.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] utalpt:
Thanks! New EU running here [emoji106]
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
Thx a lot! Looking forward official release
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] nonoperez:
I've used the thanks button, but THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
Official TWRP recovery 3.3.1-1 just released: https://eu.dl.twrp.me/polaris/

But I am nut sure it is already Android 10 supported version as no relevant info on the site

[MENTION=7141309]simonsmh[/MENTION] could you pls check and confirm?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] nonoperez:
I used it to flash xiaomi eu rom v11 android 10 based without problems.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
Android 10 based xiaomi.eu ROM is also flashable with previous (older) TWRP recovery version if you don't have encrypted storage.

So, TWRP recovery support as per Android version only matter if you have encrypted storage
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] graw2:
Hi, officially already updated to 3.3.1-1. Could you pls check if it is your initiation and already supports Android10/Q?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] lukbe:
I updated twrp to version 3.3.1-1 and last miui 9.10.11 based on the android 10 works without problems....

Odesláno z mého MIX 2S pomocí Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] kleinholzinferno:
Can confirm, latest official version works fine with android 10
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] NoGoodUserNamesLeft:
Is restore from backup of data partition working in 3.3.1-1?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] aurocha:
Is like to know this as well.

Cab anyone point a version of this recovery that allows restoration of /data partition?

Or any functional version of twrp ?

Regards
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] NoGoodUserNamesLeft:
You can try using a fork of TWRP: OrangeFox Recovery. It worked for me.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] aurocha:
Already tried OrangeFox and my main problem with it is that it tries to do too much.

But hey, if restoring /data works, maybe I need to flash it again.

At least until this problem is sorted out in official TWRP.

Thanks for the suggestion
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Pippinkid:
Well guys, I'm at a real loss here and I could really use your help. I've tried my best to figure it out. I've searched vigorously through this thread for a solution for the few other's that have come across similar problems but nothing seems to work.

When trying to create a backup I am met with "error 255" every single time when the backup phase reaches data. I am able to backup flawlessly if I do not include data during my backup but obviously I would really like to have my data backed up hahah.

Anyway, this problem unsurprisingly occurs within both TWRP as well as OrangeFox. I tried to backup via OrangeFox as I saw someone ran into the same problem when restoring a backup and OrangeFox was able to negate this error, of course this means they were able to successfully backup everything correctly in the first place unlike me.

Currently I'm running the latest global stable version of MIUI 11.0.4.0, rooted via Magisk, and using the latest TWRP build. If anybody can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it so much because this has been driving me absolutely mad. Maybe it's something simple, maybe it's not. Again I would really appreciate any help at all in solving this frustrating dilemma of mine. Thank you!
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] tqwzUX6fn39GZMEzSnDF:
You have enough free space?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Pippinkid:
Yes I sure do, my phone actually got completely wiped clean probably about a million times as I've tried to figure out how to solve this problem. The last wipe was about 24 hours ago so yes my phone is mostly free. Have you or anybody else reading experienced this problem before?
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Seosam:
I had the same problem, twrp and orange fox... Had try many things but give up now...
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] aurocha:
Hi,

Can *anyone* make a backup of /data without error 255?

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks