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Step by step guide "Flashing OTA beta/stable update using OrangeFox Recovery Project"

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Details about OrangeFox Recovery Project, contributors, FAQ. The thread can be located here https://xdaforums.com/poco-f1/development/official-orangefox-recovery-project-beta-t3853233

DOWNLOADS

OrangeFox TWRP https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IZrV1VmWkqJOZccxbylbGw_0W4FwInFH

Force Encryption Disabler https://drive.google.com/file/d/1InT96d0tZ0eIIUNRDNuzKlaEKD02yLLM

Magisk v18 https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

MIUI ROM https://xdaforums.com/poco-f1/how-to/xiaomi-poco-f1-unlock-bootloader-custom-t3839405

Step by step Guide flashing OTA update using OrangeFox Recovery Project​

But before proceeding, make sure you did all of the steps here https://xdaforums.com/poco-f1/how-to/xiaomi-poco-f1-unlock-bootloader-custom-t3839405

1. Preparation for the OTA update

-BACKUP YOUR IMPORTANT DATA FIRST

-Download the latest release of OrangeFox Recovery (found above)

-Download your MIUI Full ROM (See above)

1.1 Flash the OrangeFoxRecovery.zip using your current custom recovery

-Reboot to OrangeFox Recovery

1.2 Go to the settings and enable these MIUI OTA settings

-Support MIUI Incremental OTA

-Include system in OTA survival

-Incremental OTA signature verification

-Aggressive stock recovery deactivation

-Disable DM-Verity

-Disable Forced Encryption (Some devices bypass this option, there will be a step on how to fully disable forced encryption later.

1.3 Go to the WIPE menu and tick wipe data, cache and dalvik

1.4 Flash your full MIUI ROM (stable/beta). After the ROM is flashed, OrangeFox will start the "OTA_BAK" process, which will backup your system and boot partitions into the /sdcard/Fox/OTA directory. You must NOT delete any of the files in the /sdcard/Fox/OTA directory. If you do, then incremental OTA updates will most definitely fail.

1.5 Reboot your phone and start to use your phone normally

1.6 When MIUI notifies you that there is an update, download the update, using the MIUI updater app and allow it to reboot automatically to OrangeFox

-If an error shows that the data partition is still encrypted, then time for step 2

-If the ota update succeeded, then Congrats just wait around 5-10 minutes to boot. Ignore the next step

2. Transfer folders Fox and rom_downloads from internal storage to sdcard (Please don't get confused by this, it is explanatory.)

-If you done downloading the OTA, transfer rom_downloads from internal storage to sdcard

-Transfer Fox from internal storage to sdcard, DO NOT SKIP THIS OR YOU'LL BRICK YOUR DEVICE

-Make sure the Force Encryption Disabler and Magisk is in the sdcard. We gonna need it.

2.1 Reboot to OrangeFox

2.2 Wipe Data ONLY, Don't forget to transfer the Fox from internal storage to sdcard or you'll lose the ota survival

2.3 Flash Force Encryption Disabler

2.4 Reboot recovery

-If no pop-up was shown to decrypt data, then Encryption is disabled.

2.5 Reboot the device

2.6 Transfer folders Fox and rom_downloads from sdcard to internal storage

2.7 Go to MIUI updater app then press reboot to flash ota update Don't forget to transfer the Fox from sdcard to internal storage or you'll risk your device to brick because ota_bak never existed during ota update

-Make sure you have 15% battery life or connect it to a plug

2.8 Say your prayers that it worked

2.9 If the ota update succeeded, without bootloop or errors was shown during the flash. Then you are good.

-Takes time to boot after the ota update? Just wait around 10 minutes, in this process, the data partition gets force encrypted again and needed to be disabled again via custom recovery. After boot, you can proceed again to disable force encryption via OrangeFox.

-New ota update? Just repeat the step 1.6

Questions? Feel free to message or reply this thread.