yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bahuy2003:
I have Chinese version redmi note 8 pro. I unlocked it, flashed global rom for it. After several days, i changed to India rom over recovery. Every things are ok. Then, i rooted this device successfully. I mean, i can change from Chinese rom to global rom or India rom without any problem. Notice: you need to format all data before rebooting device.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] abc360:
What´s and where is the cheapest way?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gencom:
https://www.mobilkulup.com/threads/xiaomi-redmi-note-8-pro-unbrick.9144/

hello i did unbricked without auth. but my device already unlocked.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
With no fastboot access?

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Guys, I recently discovered Xiaomi is now controlling all deep flashes, not authorising individual phone flashing if the MI Account your device is registered to has 'Find Device' enabled, so you may need to log in to your Mi Account and disable this first. (Seems this is why they require Service Account Authorisation in the first place - to prevent wiping / flashing stolen devices etc).

This led to a bit more digging, and some references I read implied that if Xiaomi FRP has been bypassed / disabled prior to flashing, Account Authorisation may not be necessary to flash at all (as this may only be for Factory Reset Protection purposes anyway)!

I'd love to know if this is true, as we could all simply unlock FRP and dispense with MI Account before any modding, and be able to Unbrick for free if needed in this case!

Who'd like to be a hero and test the theory? PW
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] djzero86:
Maybe someone with access to a repair shop near ( in case of this not working). What you say has many logical

Excuse my bad English
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Dev(Vladdg):
How get the authorized account?

I don't find information in google
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
Found this free method:

'How to ByPass FRP Google Account on any MediaTek devices using SP Flash tool'

https://www.getdroidtips.com/bypass-frp-google-mediatek-sp-flash-tool/

Apparently works simply by formatting memory blocks were FRP info resides. Linear start Address and partition size are found in scatter file and are pasted to Begin Address and Format Length in format menu in Smart Phone Flash Tool, then blocks formatted.

(Another method:

https://www.getdroidtips.com/downlo...ol-remove-frp-cloud-verification-from-xiaomi/ )

It seems flash software is instructed to look here (by Download Agent?) for FRP info incl. MI Account, and returns errors when computer is not bound to the same account and logged in. Also, other conditions, like Find Device is Disabled in MI Account, must be met.

So apparently ROMs can be flashed and Factory Reset can be performed without MI Account login if this FRP partition is wiped / blank.

I have no Idea if clearing FRP partition actually allows deep flashing (Ie. no Fastboot, battery disconnected) without Authorised Service Account as this account info is never on your FRP partition anyway, but I am deducing that the presence of MI Account info in FRP partition invokes an online check of this account (at least for Find Device status) through the Authorised Service Account which is monitored by Xiaomi. If this is true, no MI Account info in FRP may mean that since no check is necessary, an Authorised Service Account is not required either... Hopefully ?....

The simple way to test this would be:

Someone with a sound device to disable (delete) FRP, then try flashing ROM with SP Flashtool:

1) Without computer bound to any MI Account or MI Account login, in fastboot mode.

And more importantly:

2) Without computer bound to any MI Account or MI Account login, in deep flash mode (battery disconnected).

Or someone with a bricked device (with no Fastboot) could try this also.

Nb. This is all untested theory arrived at by research and a series of deductions by an enthusiast with no deep and little practical knowledge of FRP. Wiping this partition may, for example, have consequences I am not aware of, or my deductions may be well off base.

For these reasons I'd love someone with more experience than I have to try this (or give advice) ... or some maverick... Or even some desperate fool... :) PW

PS, Where are all the adventurers?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] idog8818:
I think you are talking completely different thing. Disabling MI account etc and SP deep flashing are different process for different purposes. The auth account and normal mi account we use have different permissions, probably can be considered as root access vs admin account. This is why we cannot use our mi account to deep flash in SP.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] djzero86:
what you say is right, but on another mediatek devices this type of account is not needed, I don't have Soo much experience with mediatek devices ( in the past flash some chineses devices) but the sp flash tool is all about processor, I don't know why xiaomi incorporate the method of use an account to deep flash for some reason they did it , maybe exist the possibility to skip account using another version of the tool, I only have this device and don't have access to a repair center in case of emergency, but the only way is doing tests with different versions...
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
Well, I fully appreciate that, but you put it rather simplistically.

They may be different processes, but for the purpose of deep flashing permission your mi account is in fact very relavent. For example, an authorized service account holder will tell you to disable Find Device function in your MI account as his flashing attempts will otherwise fail despite his Authorisation level. Obviously, this is for Factory Reset Protection (FRP) purposes.

Of course, this failure occurs because the MI account info on your phone is first checked, and if one exists an online check of the account on Xiaomi's server is also performed to see if user settings allow flashing which necessarily includes factory reset.

The MI account info is stored in FRP partition, and will remain there even if you are able to delete system, data, etc.

So the real question is: What is it that triggers the need for Authorised Service Account to deep flash Xiaomi devices? Is the Download Agent requiring it in all cases (as we supposed), or is it in fact the presence of a MI account in FRP partition? - We simply don't know as no one has reported here after trying deep flash with FRP removed or bypassed. Most, if not all, have a MI account registered in FRP. And there are a number of indications need for Authorised Service Account for deep flash peculiar to Xiaomi is actually FRP related. PW
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] djzero86:
My question is? What happens if I try to make a EDL flash without a bricked device? Or what if the device don't have any MI account?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
I'd guess it won't hurt either way - it'll either finish with errors (do nothing), or successfully flash ROM with factory reset.

What Im trying to establish is whether DA will require Authorised Service Account for such a flash if FRP is completely wiped (IE no MI account registered on phone) because we know it does check this.

I think if you can flash a sound device in this case (Eg try with battery disconnected, same mode as Authorised Service Account holder used to unbricked my phone twice), then it would work with bricked device too. PW
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] djzero86:
I think the only way to prove these theories is by testing with a bricked device
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] polfrank:
This is difficult because this guy suggests that somebody flashes on edl mode after wiping frp. A normal user's normally bricked device would not have a wiped frp.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dromaczek:
Dear Friends,

My friend works in xiaomi authorized service in Poland. He told me how works edl authorized account now.

There is new xiaomi policy for authorized EDL accounts.

Every one-time EDL flash need special EDL credits, every EDL flash cost one credit per phone/flash. Every credit cost circa 20$.

Then if someone pay for EDL flash with authorized account, he must pay 20$+company earnings+taxes.

Therefore there is no possibility to free flash EDL.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
Yes, exactly.

Also it seems very unlikely SPFlashtool would be allowed to format anything in bricked device that can't access Fastboot mode, let alone FRP partition, without Authorised Service Account, but I could be wrong. Until tested it's all just supposition. :)

Testing with a healthy device would be a great start, but likely won't work anyway. PW

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Wow - they seem to be less and less custom development friendly by the minute, and that's a pretty steep cut from Service people.

All the more inventive to bypass it. PW
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dromaczek:
Then we should use snapdragonie devices. Xiaomi is the Best, cause miui makes God job
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] NeedlessBNG:
successfully unbricked

I bricked my phone 4 days ago.

Looking into the MIdotcom forum i found a russian guy who helped a lot of people (under payment, of course).

I contacted him and in a couple of hours i got a reply.

He unbricked my device in 10 minutes with an authorized account, teaching me what he needed from me to do phisically on the phone.

AND NOW: working phone.

MOD EDIT: Pictures removed
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] idog8818:
I'll tell you what happen on my phone. I was setup everything including mi account on my phone when I waited for 7 days of unlock BL. based on your description, mi account should be saved for FRP at this time. After that I bricked my phone when installing Magisk. No fastboot, no recovery, nothing on screen, exactly same on what first page says. I tried to use SP to flash but failed, I tried to drain battery but failed. Finally I paid $29 to ask online service to teamviewer my pc to input their auth service account, after this SP worked and my phone back to work. I can say SP doesn't care about the phone itself, only processor.

Then I searched online, other phone may not require auth account, and Mi doesn't need before until this phone. I have redmi note 3 which didn't ask for this. I don't know why about Mi added online verification on this phone but this is why our mi account doesn't work. I think after this phone is made without any system installed, Mi used SP as well to flash before selling worldwide.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
Qualcomm devices also need Authorised Service account to do EDL* flash, but this need has been bypassed using special test-point EDL mode (only slightly different), or by using modified programmer file (firehose) on some devices. Also, before the December 2017 security patch, one could simply run “adb reboot edl” on many devices and enter EDL mode. This has since been fixed. Recently, even test-point EDL reportedly requires Authorised Service.

The logic in this relates to critical device vulnerabilities using EDL mode, which effectively grants an attacker full device access. This is because by using simple Fastboot commands an EDL user is able to disable secure boot and unlock the bootloader without wiping the device. It seems this is why Xiaomi continually make access to this (and similar MediaTek) mode difficult, even for Authorised Service providers.

For example, attackers utilized the level of access granted to the EDL mode to bypass secure-boot on a Nokia 6, defeating the chain of trust and gaining full code execution across every part of the boot sequence including the Android OS itself. It is theorized to work the same way on other devices, and they also managed to unlock and root multiple Xiaomi devices without any data loss - huge implications! Happily, this was for research purposes only.

*EDL mode is Qualcomm’s Emergency Download Mode and allows an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to force flash software on a device. (Mediatek has similar mode(s)). It is unknown why OEMs release the programmers (firehose files) from Qualcomm. Nokia, LG, Motorola, and Google programmers leaked rather than being released, yet the researchers managed to break the entire chain of trust on the Nokia 6 and gain full device access through similar methods of exploitation. They are confident the attack can be ported to any device which supports these programmers.

This, as I said, goes a long way toward explaining Xiaomi's seemingly hard nosed approach regarding Emergency Download protocols as these do not simply allow forced flashing of officially signed software, but also allow security breaches through ability to disable secure boot and unlock the bootloader with no loss of device data...

Sadly, it does nothing to help custom modders. PW

Details / methods:

https://www.xda-developers.com/exploit-qualcomm-edl-xiaomi-oneplus-nokia/amp/
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dromaczek:
You wrong understand me. I mean that on snapdragon devices it is hard to brick on the way that device should need edl Mode. I know you could lock bootloader on other Rom or make antiroolback, but offten classic fastboot always on snapdragon devices is only need to undbrick
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
Ah, yes, I believe you're probably right there! (Thought you might be suggesting staying on MIUI on Xiaomi QCom device; I'd rather get off MIUI and use other ROMs :) .)

I've had little experience with Xiaomi on QCom, but I've read these are much less susceptible to hard bricking as you say.

I've been waiting for Redmi Note 8T for over 2 months now from eBay seller. I selected this model partly due to understanding QCom is better for modders.

Sadly, the phone has been confirmed Lost in Transit now by Toll Global (by final courier driver :( ). It was insured, but I'm still waiting for seller to sort out a replacement. Hopefully soon I can test this theory :) . PW
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dromaczek:
I like miui:) but rooted, xiomi eu rom
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] malfunchan:
I found this tutorial on how to authorize you xiaomi account to miflash

https://c.mi.com/thread-2173190-1-0.html
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pndwal:
Yes, you need account Authorised and computer bound to account even to flash in Fastboot mode.

This is NOT the same as an Authorised SERVICE Account however, needed for deep flashing, eg w/ battery disconnected (for hard brick recovery). This requires a high level of Authorisation. PW
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] malfunchan:
Got it. Then what we can do is to find a working DA for begonia, or modify the one provided by xiaomi to disable account checks, which is hard and time consuming.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Momuo:
Can't we just change the internal storage it self instead all of this

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Hi guys my note 8 pro is bricked too and something weird is that i bricked my phone trying flash wrong twrp now sometimes, i don't know how but see twrp first screen in really low brightness then it dissapear and also when i press power button + volume- i see redmi logo but after that it just goes off
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] magare:
Looks like I have to wait for the battery to discharge completely and then go through the power up procedure to "download" mode.

Trouble is the battery was almost 100% full so it will take probably a month ;)
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] djzero86:
Maybe is not bricked, some TWRP has bright issues
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Momuo:
But i don't have fastboot also this happens rarely
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MaMadmkh:
Hi

Im Not Good Speak English...Sorry

Im Iranian User But

have no access to pay and purchase this account (Auth Acc)

Can anyone help me ??
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bahuy2003:
Maybe your device isn't brick!

You can flash rom over mi flash tool.

1. Open mi flash tool with rom fastboot.

2. Press and hold volume down button (display of device is black).

3. Connect your device with PC by cable.

4. Choose refresh on mi flash tool.

5. If PC has cognition with your mobile, choose start.

6. Don't forget to hold volume down button in process flashing rom.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Scroll001:
Could you hit me on mwyczarski@gmail.com if your friend can unbrick it or explain how to get these EDL credits or sth?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] hzare2611:
authorized acc

edit:

deleted pm due unauthorized all iranian acc sry...
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] evlo:
After updating to miui11 I don't get notifications icons for ie telegram also I can't setup auto unlock when connected to my car stereo.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] RenegadeX44:
Hello guys,

I've got a problem, starting yesterday, my Samsung S10 Plus (G975F on ASJG firmware) has some touch screen issues and proximity sensor issues.

What is happening is that when I start a call and I place my phone near ear, it turns the screen off, but when I move it from my ear, it stays off. This issue started yesterday.

I removed the screen protector, did factory reset via ODIN (flashed clean firmware with factory reset).

The test on star#77692# works (proxy sensor test), when I place my finger it turns on, when I lift it it turns off.

Thank you for your help!
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] RenegadeX44:
Just to finish the thread.

I had to replace the screen due to the fact a brand new phone (3 months old) had its display unglued somehow and the issues I described started to appear.

Now everything works...huge dissapointment in Samsung screen quality.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] FulvioPirrello:
which of these Wifi chipset firmware is supported for lenovo p2 BCM4239 or BCM4330 ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] minirx7:
Hi guys,

Stupid questin, but i have a Tytn2 and am thinking of buying a Tilt as a 2nd phone. Does the Tilt require a different ROM than the Tytn2? As far as i am concerned teh only difference is the front mounted camera!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Yep that's right.

Don't think there is much more to this thread.
[Realme XT Questions & Answers] pnsdhrn:
Can anybody please provide me the Realme XT Stock Camera APK or the download link for it?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] abdelrahmannagi:
Hi guys

I flashed a custom twrp recovery & LOS rom for first time on my S9

and now I'm trying to flash stock rom back again I wiped my system and data and booted into download mode and trying to flash stock rom via odin but it keep tuck on system.img

<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> skip file list for home binary
<ID:0/003> param.bin
<ID:0/003> dqmdbg.img
<ID:0/003> userdata.img
<ID:0/003> Home Binary Download
<ID:0/003> Total Binary size: 5284 M
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sboot.bin
<ID:0/003> up_param.bin
<ID:0/003> cm.bin
<ID:0/003> keystorage.bin
<ID:0/003> boot.img
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> system.img

also I've tried different versions of odin but still getting same problem.

or there is something I must do befor flashing stock rom on s9 :confused:

It was a file problem I redownloaded the rom and it worked
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] PoochyX:
You messed up a S9 that's crazy

([emoji3590]09-09-18[emoji3590])
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Haxomen:
How long have you waited? It takes a long time to flash system
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] abdelrahmannagi:
Thank you for your helpless post :rolleyes:

but how long I've waited for around 30 Mins :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] melomel:
Hi everyone,

I want to root my new Galaxy S9 (SM-G960U1) with Snapdragon. I read lots of topics about that. Some people says it's impossible since Snapdragon bootloader is locked. But there are some topics about unlocking Snapdragon.

First of all, I cannot see OEM Unlock option when I open developer options. I also tried to change date to 1 month ago, turn of auto updates and restart the phone for RMM state. However I don't know which state the phone is either prenormal or normal. But nothing is changed, I still cannot see OEM Unlock.

When I switch to download mode, there is no info about RMM state. Following lines are written;

FRP LOCK: OFF

KG STATUS: Checking

WARRANTY VOID: 0x0

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

RP SWREV: B7 (2,2,2,7,2) K7 S7

SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE

I'm doing all things while the device connected to wi-fi. But, I didn't insert my sim card. Is there a connection between sim card and RMM state? Should I wait 7 days to see OEM unlock option?

Thanks in advance for your help :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] m1batt1:
U1 isn't rootable. The only snapdragon version that is rootable is the international sm-g9600. Bootloader is locked on all US variants. So the instructions you're trying to follow will never work.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] chinthakaru:
HI All,

I am trying to update Android 10 for my S10+ International version. But i can't find the correct firmware on andriodsage to start with. Please can you give me correct firmware file link ?

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] tailgunner9:
Is it G975F or G975U1
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] chinthakaru:
G975F
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] tailgunner9:
Will send in Private message as not allowed to put web address on here anymore. What is your firmware version NOW????
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] sbi1:
Would appreciate PM as well.

G975FXXS3ASJG, CSC TPA.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] NickosD:
There isn't a firmware, and I wouldn't trust the file the above guy will send you. Only update.zips which they can be found at the appropriate thread in general section. Read 1st post multiple times before proceeding
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] chinthakaru:
Hi

thanks for the email. i was searching the correct thread, But i could not able to find it. Please can you direct me to correct thread ?

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] NickosD:
There are literally 2 threads on general section. Open your eyes
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] tailgunner9:
Have not seen an Update from your version G975FXXS3ASJG Think you need to be on another version of PIE before going to Beta10
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] chinthakaru:
https://www.****************/2019/1...s10e-s10-s10-plus-one-ui-2-0-beta-ota-update/

i was following above url and can't understand what is this ?

Download ASII -> ZSJ8 OTA update zip from above.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] tailgunner9:
They do not let you put working Links on here anymore for some reason I have noticed.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] HolyHog:
Did you try from here? https://xdaforums.com/s10-plus/how-to/galaxy-s10-sm-g975f-official-oneui2-10-t3980879
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] chinthakaru:
Hi guys,

I did update the Android 10 beta one but ADB is not supported to install Beta2. Prblem here is i dont have SD cant at this moment and can we update through phone storage ?
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] tailgunner9:
No buy you a cheap SD card at Dollar Store or Wal Mart to install Beta 2 & 3