[Xiaomi Redmi 5A ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Growtopia Jaw:
Flashable zip contents and it's usage

boot-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock bootloader image. Flashing this will restore your boot partition to stock.

cache-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock cache image. Flashing this will restore your cache partition to stock.

*Cache partition is normally used to store temporary TWRP/ Android OS files.

cust-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock vendor image. Flashing this will restore your vendor partition to stock.

*This is actually the vendor partition for Xiaomi phones. It stores your phone's proprietary drivers for your phone's hardware like display drivers, Open GL, sound drivers and more..

firmware-update-signed.zip [v2 and above only]**

This zip contains MIUI's stock adspso.bin, cmnlib64.mbn, cmnlib.mbn etc. images. Flashing this will restore the below mentioned image's partition to stock.

*Images contained in this flashable zip:

adspso.bin

cmnlib64.mbn

cmnlib.mbn

devcfg.mbn

emmc_appsboot.mbn

keymaster.mbn

lksecapp.mbn

mdtp.img

NON-HLOS.bin

rpm.mbn

sbl1.mbn

splash.img

tz.mbn

These images are originally distributed with MIUI's official recovery zip. I decided to include them here is because it is more easy to release for the project and it will save a lot of time preparing it for a release than manually converting each and every fastboot images to raw disk image format and then highly compressing it.

These images will be available in each and every release of MIUI's recovery zip. All of the images in this zip are required to be flashed when you upgrade/ downgrade a release or it may introduce bugs like Wi-Fi not working in your MIUI ROM.

mdtp-signed.zip [v1 only]*

This zip contains MIUI's stock mdtp image. Flashing this will restore your mdtp partition to stock.

*According to [MENTION=7805402]mirfatif[/MENTION]'s thread, this partition contains files for "boot verification and Qualcomm SafeSwitch technology to lock and track theft phones".

misc-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock misc image. Flashing this will restore your misc partition to stock.

*From my understanding from several sources, this partition contains CID (Carrier and Region ID), USB configuration settings and several hardware settings related files.

persist-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock persist image. Flashing this will restore your persist partition to stock.

*This particular partition is what most users have problem from. It contains sensor driver files. (If you have problems like proximity sensor/ rotate screen not working, this is the zip you need to flash).

recovery-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock recovery image. Flashing this will restore your recovery partition to stock.

*THIS IS NOT TWRP! THIS IS MIUI'S STOCK RECOVERY! FLASHING THIS WILL REMOVE YOUR TWRP!

*Everyone using custom ROM should already/ must know this partition (Stop using custom ROM if you don't know what this partition is for! :silly:

splash-signed.zip [v1 only]*

This zip contains MIUI's stock splash image. Flashing this will restore your splash partition to stock.

*This partition contains an image file.. Yep, an image file.. But for what? Well, the screen you first see when you turn on your phone duh! (The MIUI logo) Not the bootanimation!

system-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock system image. Flashing this will restore your system partition to stock.

*Everyone should know this.. This is where the ROM's main files are located. Android OS's main partition like Android Nougat, Oreo, Pie etc.

userdata-signed.zip

This zip contains MIUI's stock data image. Flashing this will restore your data partition to stock.

*This is also a must know partition.. This is where most of your apps, images and games are stored. It is also where the OS's permanent cache a.k.a dalvik/ ART (Android Runtime) are stored.

*v1 only: It means that this flashable zip is only available in V9.5.10.0.NCKMIFA and it has been integrated into firmware-update-signed.zip in the next release and above.

**v2 and above only: It means that this flashable zip is only available in V9.6.2.0.NCKMIFD and above. It is not available in v1.