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[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] winter-X:
Having almost similar situation here.

My phone always go into TWRP after OTA update.

But seems like Flash the DM Verity disabler file able to get it through.

Too bad I did a factory reset before this. Have to set my phone all over again.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] andrewwdai:
Can OP or anyone upload the region fix zip? The link in OP is broken. Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] khanhdx:
Here you are.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] andrewwdai:
Wow, this is amazingly fast. Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Nikodrengen:
Thanks for a very thorough guide. Unfortunately I am still having issues flashing the 10.2.3 Xiaomi.EU stable firmware on my Mi 8 SE (Sirius) phone, using TWRP 3.2.3-1102.

I am doing everything in your guide methodically - but after the last reboot when I want my phone to boot the new ROM, it boots into fastboot every time.

I then need to flash Chinese oficial ROM using XiaomiFlash tool to get it alive again.

I tried countless times the same thing happens: FASTBOOT after update (both when doing a normal start, or trying to boot in recovery).

Thanks in advance for any hints or suggestions.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] enguro:
region fix link not working...

can you upload this ? plz!!!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] screwtop:
Hi. Thank you so much for your post.

One question, can I use the global rom version which is lower than the China rom version?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Flash-User:
can i flash region fix for mi 8 explorer edition too or is it device specific?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] MahirMan1337:
MIUI region fix download file missing
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] userjpa:
With this method I could successfully install Google Pay, but with the data partition unencrypted I couldn't install sensitive apps that require it. Do you know which steps are necessary to have at same time a chinese phone unlocked, running a global rom on an encrypted partition with Magisk running with su privileges?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] morgs640:
Still bootlooping after following this step by step :( Any ideas?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] _andreas_:
I also spent a lot of hours with the same Problem...

On my phone it was helpfull, to install the latest xiaomi global fastboot rom with the MI Flash tools (works everytime, but with error message in the finalization step. - Be careful! dont lock the phone! - choose the Option clean_all).

Then you have a working phone with xiaomi global rom

To use a custom ROM, i tested a lot of time, the best result was to install twrp, wipe all (system, data, cache), install the ROM crDroid as base (re-creates a clean system partition), then your favorite custom ROM (e.g. xiaomi.eu, PixelExperience, etc.) , then Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt and reboot.

Good luck !
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] frenchclem:
Works with MIUI 11 ?

Hi, I followed that tutorial step by step, with a chineses MI8 phone.

Add MIUI 11 installed on it before trying to go to global rom

Now phone is locked to region loop any suggestions ? Tips ? Idea ?

[EDIT] NEVER mind, I re install Region Fix *.zip file and works like a charm THANKS
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] stevedat:
WHy it 's so complicated when you just need to do easy things;

1. unlock bootloader

2. Download Miui global of Mi8

3. Using Miflash to flash it (select Clean All only)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] jmoportugal:
New Global update received and now Mi8 is in boot loop, reflashed both zip and same thing, anyone with the same problem?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Agimax:
NOTE:

This thread was from the beginning when Mi8 was first released and not much was known about device and issues. I should close it. Only the global images need flashed in fastboot with bootloader unlocked for working Global on Chinese version Mi8. The other files we used are from old days and were for conversions using just zips and early version twrp. This thread is outdated and mostly useless now.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] winter-X:
I'm with you. Have been in Global ROM for quite sometime. Faced error when installing disable DM Verity zip file after recent OTA update.

Have you found the solution?

---------- Post added at 01:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:14 PM ----------

But without flashing the disable dm-verity, it will always come back to twrp when you reboot the system.

Now the disable_dm-verity files doesn't work anymore. Any help?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Agimax:
DM-Verity is not needed for just stock Global MIUI on Chinese phone. DM-Verity is only needed if you modify the boot or system images causing verity value mismatching.

I did test the new DM-Verity files on Q and it forces reboot to Fastboot for me. Haven't done any more checks since you can just flash s different kernel and flash Magisk over it.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] winter-X:
That's weird. I did not modify the boot or system images before this. But I will always in TWRP loop if I didn't flash disable_Dm_Verity.zip.

This time, I keep getting error in flashing disable_Dm-Verity.zip.

The error shows insufficient space in boot partition when it tried to unpack.

Hence, the TWRP loop.

What will be the correct steps to fix this without formatting the phone?

If there is no way to avoid formatting, is the steps listed below correct in getting latest stock Global MIUI on Chinese phone (unlocked bootloader).

1. Wipe all data in TWRP

2. Reboot into TWRP

3. Copy files (ROM, recovery, region fix) into internal storage

4. Flash latest Global Rom through TWRP

5. Flash recovery

6. Flash region fix file ( I guess this is still needed for a chinese phone?)

7. Flash Magisk

8. Flash DM_Verity disable file This step no longer needed for a stock global MIUI

9. Format Data again

10. Reboot to system

Please advise. Thank you.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] winter-X:
Just to update on my status.

I've downloaded and flashed latest Global Rom using MiFlash20191206. (Do take extra caution NOT to select clean all and lock bootloader at the bottom of the software). You will get this error (Error: Not catch checkpoint (\fastboot -s.*lock).flash is not done). But it can be safely ignored. No TWRP loop without flashing disable_dm_verity and region_fix zip.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] wathefak:
is there any easier way to switch to global rom on chinese mi8?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] masterbook25:
My Xiaomi Mi 8 is from the China Region and I'm using Mi 11 Android 10 with Global Version just installed the most updated TWRP and downloaded the rom from mi-globe.com leave the rom in memory and normal flash and ready to use without risk without problems and each update needs to format to install new versions.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] samaraki:
Region fix link doesn't work, please can you update it.
[ZTE Axon M Questions & Answers] tongkilkobra:
Hello every body can u tell me how to sign up a zte vip account?my phone is chinese version and i got a vip card from the box but icant sign in to zte vip account??
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Questions & Answe] masfikmahi:
my galaxy A500F stuck in boot loading after I tried to flash with lineage 14.1 rom by twrp.

now my phone says 'karnel is not seandroid enforcing Set warranty bit :karnel '

after 3/4 hours nothing happened so I tried to go to system recovery mode but its not opening

then tried to flash with official rom but it keep failing

even my device model got changed from A500F to A5000

can't go further or backward, what can I do?

tnx in advance for help :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Questions & Answe] forceLaser:
where is it failing when trying to reflash official rom .. sboot.bin ? ? are you using latest odin to reflash stock rom ? does odin detect your phone ? you might need to flash a newer official rom if bootloader is newer than the one in the firmware your trying to flash.

is there no board for the 2015 A5 ? i think here is only 2017
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leap_ahead:
Hello i flash one kernel and I see inside the zip folder name kernel/etc/some .ini files for configuration… anyone know if I flash other kernel this will delete or stay in the rom ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leap_ahead:
Anyone?
[Xposed General] app'd:
I am not sure of which xposed framework to install on my Galaxy S5 ( Android 5.0,ArmV7 processor, VFPV4 Neon), I would really appreciate if someone could help out here. Thanks
[Xposed General] spawnlives:
Try unity installer

https://xdaforums.com/xposed/10-31-2017-xposed-framework-v88-2-t3697756
[Xposed General] app'd:
I installed this, rebooted my Galaxy S5 and now it keeps getting stuck at the booting / start up screen, I made a back up using TWRP adb and I am trying to restore my ROM but even that seems to be causing me some problems https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/help/help-recovering-rom-using-twrp-adb-t3840132 , I would really appreciate any suggestions.
[Xposed General] spawnlives:
How long did you let it boot for. When I installed mine it took 10-15 min to boot up to the system some devices even longer.
[Xposed General] app'd:
Are you saying I would need to leave the device to boot for 10 - 15 minutes after installing Xposed framework?
[Xposed General] spawnlives:
Yes on first installation and boot.

once installed and working your phone should boot normally afterwards.

Each device may vary in time to start after first install.
[Xposed General] app'd:
I installed Xposed framework [UNITY] again today and I followed your instructions, I waited for about 45 minutes while my phone was stuck on the start screen but still the phone refused to start up, had to restore my back up ROM again, I think its safe to say Xposed UNITY doesn't work with Galaxy S5, at least that's based on my experience.
[Xposed General] spawnlives:
Try this one it is the official rovo89 version of exposed.

I believe for your phone you will need

Framework zip ( start with latest version)

Sdk 21 ( 5.0 lollipop )

Arm ( not x86 or arm64)

Exposed installer apk

And I would also get the uninstaller as well just in case

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
[Xposed General] Face_Plant:
[MENTION=4684756]app'd[/MENTION] are you using stock/a TouchWiz based ROM or an AOSP based ROM? If you are using stock or a TouchWiz based ROM you need Xposed that is specifically for Samsung devices, which can be found here:

https://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960/page1

Samsung makes a LOT of changes to Android and many modifications for AOSP/stock Android will not work on TouchWiz, which is why the Xposed versions posted by [MENTION=8893719]spawnlives[/MENTION] is causing your device to boot loop.
[Xposed General] spawnlives:
Thanks this may work but wanum's version according to his op requires 5.1 [MENTION=4684756]app'd[/MENTION] is on 5.0 lollipop according to him but can't hurt to try.

Should have asked about his rom too.
[Xposed General] Nergal di Cuthah:
What about https://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3113463

Says it's for 5.0 and tested on samsung
[Xposed General] spawnlives:
Depends on his rom. From what I understand you need a deodex'ed rom for it to work. There are links in post no. 2 for this though.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gqstatus0685:
listen to audio simultaneously on both headsets. I ask because I will be taking a really long roadtrip soon with some of my buds and want to watch movies on my phone without interrupting any of my other buds sleep. I haven't tested it because I don't have 2 s9's yet. Just want to know if it would be possible so I can buy another one.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kareeem:
I actually have to s9's right now (set for return soon) and when one is paired, the other wont pair so i don't think it's possible.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jallenclark:
I tried it, it will only pair one bluetooth stereo headset. I tried the same thing when I first got my phone. I have no idea if there is a bluetooth software you could install to do it but the phone would need something else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Edmondy99:
I think my phone had a failed firmware update because it seems to be caught in a boot loop. I press power, home and the up volume keys and it gets to a screen that states Installing System Update and then it shows a screen like a dead android guy then takes me to the recovery window. If I just let it boot normally, it gets to a screen that states optimizing apps, it gets to a certain number and just restarts again. Is there any way of recoving this phone or is it a brick at this point?

Thanks!
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidN@xda:
I know that the p8 lite (2015) doesnt have slow motion in the camera app but is there a way to record at 60fps or 120fps at low resolution. Is the phone capable of that?

Im using EMUI 4.1 C190B584
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Zombiebeaver:
As the title says, Phone won't turn on. There are no led lights at all. It does get warm after being plugged in for a little. I had jrkruse's hybrid_bra1 stock safetynet samsungpay...... rom on it. It was rooted. Very minimal processes running. I actually had basically everything stopped and greenify on. Phone was around 40% battery. I plugged it into charger, took my dog outside, showered real fast, washed a few dishes, then came back in to room within 15 minutes to my phone being dead and hot. It's never got this hot before even while rooted and plugged in with this rom on it. I have never had it get that hot. Was just formatted the day before and really bare but, that is what happened.

A couple battery apps I had put the batteries remaining life capacity at around 60%. It held a charge poorly. Even for 60% capacity it felt weak, considering how little I did on it lately. I am thinking the battery may have took a crap but unsure because it warms up when it is plugged in. I plan on getting a battery soon since they are inexpensive and replace it to try it out.

Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this and can offer any advice.

Thank you in advance.

(I looked for a min or two for similar posts but didn't find much. Will gladly take down if someone can point me the way)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Maxissc:
You say your battery was already outworn, It may have died. I think you should try with a new battery, Or take it to a technician who can test the phone's hardware to see if there is anything else broken

i've only had one similar case with an s3, which would turn of at random % of battery. But when plugged turned on. I replaced the battery and it worked fine then
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Zombiebeaver:
I really do hope that is what's wrong. I just ordered a battery. Thanks for the reply. I also got some little tools and battery door adhesive sticker. Wish me luck!

funny story....

The mic in my Nubia Red Magic broke and I sent that back to hong kong for repairs like 20 days ago. Before the Red Magic, I used this galaxy s7 edge my friend gave me. I gave it back when I got the Red Magic and told him to sell it or something. Not much later, decided to buy it back off of him for $200 to give to my mother. She loved it. I had the gs7 edge with me exploring prepaid provider options for my mom when the Red Magic mic broke. So then I decided to borrow the edge from her till my phone got back and few days later I break this one too..

I feel naked without a phone for so long haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Fear_The_Fluff:
I have the same rom, with charging issues. I don't think its the rom causing it. The s7e are getting old and the batteries are taking a toll with the age. My phone will charge up to 81 at night and stay there. I get better results with wireless charging so i just top my phone off during the day with my wireless charger. There is a code to reset the battery's internal memory, if i find the link on how to do it I will post here for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Zombiebeaver:
Thanks for reply and alright let me know if you find out. My phone had no problem charging to 100% Its just the 100% on the status bar wasnt 100% of the 3600 capacity from wear. My friend's also does the same thing as yours except his he cant charge more than like 24% haha. He just uses it as a plugged in music player in car.... I am getting battery in the mail tomorrow and will see what I can do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Fear_The_Fluff:
Try this: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74268596&postcount=4

I have not done it because it requires draining the battery and I never get around to doing that. Hopefully it will help you out. Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Zombiebeaver:
A little late, sorry. lol.

Thanks for suggestion, however, I may have worded my statement incorrectly. I meant to say that My phone would charge to 100% and the status bar displayed it as 100% but, the health and total capacity of the battery in mah was not the maximum 3600 or so due to simple wear and tare. It isn't apparent within any stock android feature however, battery monitoring apps like accubattery gather statistics after several charging sessions and estimate the current mah capacity. Mine was much lower than the default oem stated value of 3600. So my battery could be charged 100% but the 100% is really only 2400 mah lol. It was obvious either way by noticing that after my time using it and the previous owner's bad charging over night habits, that the battery was gradually needing charged more often lol..

I did read about the calibration method before when I was first looking into the battery issues. It seems it is more often done after a new battery is installed.

I screwed up a new battery install at the last second. I had to stop due the tiniest little round metal piece coming off from a very light swipe of my plastic spudger.

It was a very small wire connector piece. Unbelievably irritating. I didn't even finish because I doubt it would work properly. I beleive it is for the rf cable or something not sure. The red one on the left bottom side of the logicboard/motherboard whatever. There are three of them.

I took it apart and put it together a couple times prior to this and in a hurry it popped off and I couldnt find it. I couldnt find out the exact part name online so I could buy one and solder it back on. I did find a site/ supplier that has a plethora of them though. They are tiny coaxial connectors/pins. I didn't look through them all but there are 6,000 some listed under coaxial connectors (RF). https://www.digikey.com/products/en/connectors-interconnects/coaxial-connectors-rf/437?k=coaxial pin

I haven't gotten around to asking samsung or the digikeys support if they could help me find out which it is. They have different sizes and frequency ratings or speeds and such. The phone is packed away until I manage to figure out which pin to buy or if I pull 80$ or so out of my behind and buy a whole new motherboard logic board haha.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] shamllakh:
https://m.gsmarena.com/four_huawei_phones_get_delisted_from_3dmark-news-33154.php
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Bwyan Benton:
Good

Benchmarks are a crap joke anyway
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Aye saw this last week.

Tbh the 970 isn't as good as the 845 anyway so they would have had to cheat to get top results.

Plus the GPU doesn't come close to the adreno in the 845 either.

By all accounts the 980 has outpaced the 845 but I'll believe that when I see it, also bare in mind that the new 980 is competing against this year's QC which is like AMD competing against last years Intel and Nvidia chips.

Next year QC will blow the Kirin out the water.

Huawei are just doing an Apple.

They aren't even Android to me anymore.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] walkerx:
This is what I mentioned to Huawei the other day, due to the way they are going with the products

Thanks for this, but it slowly becoming that this phone is not fully android compatible and instead an apple clone where the enduser is blocked from doing anything android on the device.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
That's absolutely fine. There is a massive android fan base.

Good riddance to Huawei, I honestly hope they stick to their guns with the bootloader and users start to hate them.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] deusvult01:
Hi,

My BLA-L09C432 is rooted with Magisk.

I would want to update from B142 to B150 but unfortunately I'm a bit scared from all the brick posts on here.

From reading a lot of posts I'm still not sure what would be the best option to update without bricking my phone.

What would be the best/safest way to update without loosing root and my data? (I've got a valid funkyhuawei subscription if that helps)

Would this work (good) without bricking?:

- flash original recovery for B142

- funkyhuawei update via eRecovery to B150

- flash TWRP

- flash Magisk again

Thanks in Advance
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] durc12:
HRUpdater is the best way to keep twrp and magisk i think

The best way for you I think is hrupdater via twrp, and put twrp in "recovery. img" in the same folder of the updates to keep twrp, then reflash magisk (or not) you have to install b150SP1 version which has 01xloader, but check it first!! I'm in that version with the same brand as you (mine is rebranded) and I have just update to this version but I didn't try magisk but I'm sure you can install with the 150SP1 version
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] deusvult01:
Okay, but how do I check my current firmware for 01xloader or 02xloader?

The Xloader Check Programm just works for update.zip files.

Also I can't find a B150SP1 on http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/

Any help is greatly appreciated :(
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] durc12:
You have to extract the xloader from the mobile via terminal or twrp

Type the following

Code:

su

dd if=/dev/block/sda of=/sdcard/xloader.img

You can now transfer /sdcard/xloader.img to your computer and check it manually using, for example, HxD.

The first affected offset is at 1A8, its either 01 or 02

Or you can download in firmware finder your rom of tour cust and check with the xlosder tool (search in XDA please).

Please, tell me what specific rom do you have, your compilation number.

If you aren't in C432 or C636, maybe you have to rebrand first. In my case I used a guide from HTCMania who is easiest than xda which information is better but is difficult to find
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] deusvult01:
Thank you very much for the reply.

Like I said I'm running C432B142 currently but I'm not sure how to see which exact compilation number (since I see more than one build B142 in the firmware finder).

The Update to B142 was received over OTA.

I've looked everything through but it just says BLA-L09 8.0.0.142(C432) everywhere.

The Kernel Version says 4.4.23+ android@localhost #1 Wed May 2 02:30:47 CST 2018 if that helps.

I've extracted the xloader.img like you said and with xxd -ps -s 0x1a8 -l 1 /path/to/xloader.img it shows a Offset of 01.

I've also checked both Full-OTA Images of B150 that I found which are v161846 and v161843 which seem to be Offset 02.

I couldn't find a Offset 01 Image of B150 tho.

So can I safely Upgrade from my B142 with Offset 01 to B150 with Offset 02 if I just use 02 in the future?

Should I use v161846 or v161843?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] durc12:
First of all, if you update to arom with 02 xloader, you will not have problem, your device will work, but NO MAGISk AND NO ROOT (and you can´t go back to xloader01).

Im looking now in firmware finder and It´s true that for your device (mine is ALP-l09 with C432B150SP1, magisk working right) there isn´t a "SP1" version. BUT IN FIRMWARE FINDER THERE ARE TWO 8.0.0.150 VERSIONS, so surely one of them is xloader01 and the other is xloader FIRST DOWNLOAD ONE AND CHECK WITH THE TOOL OF XDA, IF NOT, TRY THE OTHER