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[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] derfraenk:
Hello,

I bought a 9T Pro in Europe for my wife and until it arrives I'm trying to research and come up with a low effort process of keeping the stock ROM up to date and rooted for her. I'm confident in manually installing and updating custom ROMs, rooting and dealing with custom ROM issues, but she is not. Therefore I thought the best thing is to use the stock ROM - not custom - since it may be the most stable experience and for me to update and re-root it for her regularly. root is mandatory because we need AdAway and other things. As I understand it, as soon as we unlock and root the phone, OTA updates for stock are impossible and maybe even dangerous. I've tried researching here but am bit struggling to come up with the right infos and I'd be glad for any advice.

Of course I have seen the great thread about unlocking, rooting, etc, but It seems that that deals with non-standard Chinese firmware pre-installed, which is probably not the case on our device. Since it's bought in Europe, I think it will probably come with some Global or EU ROM. And it doesn't answer some of my other questions.

So far my idea is roughly like this:

Phone arrives

Immediately update it via built-in OTA to latest official stock ROM

Unlock, install TWRP, root with Magisk

Use the phone

Whenever a new stock ROM comes out, download it from XDA

Flash new ROM in TWRP and root again with Magisk

Repeat 4-6 as new stock ROM versions are released

Of course regularly backup with Titanium Backup and TWRP :)

First of all, would this work or did I misunderstand something fundamental?

How does low level firmware / modem update come into play? Would that be included in the stock ROM packages I find here? Or do I need to manually update that separately? How do I know when I have to, since there is no custom ROM maintainer telling me when it's needed?

Is there an easier way of doing this? This process requires me to regularly check for a new stock ROM, then borrow the phone from the wife for some time to backup, update, re-root and so on. Not that convenient but it would work if there is no better way.

Sorry for the long post, but I'd be very thankful for any advice or ideas. I did quite some research, but if all this info is already available and I missed it, my sincere apologies. It's a lot of info about a new device to take in. :silly:
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] Robbo.5000:
I didn't keep stock MIUI long enough to know definite answers, but from what I remember, this is my understanding.

OTA will still work and shouldn't cause any issues, just that you will lose TWRP and root whenever you do this.

The steps you give are the normal way to update with TWRP and root.

However, OrangeFox recovery (a heavily modified version of TWRP) is often used instead of TWRP in this circumstance. It is built specifically for MIUI devices and with a little bit of work, I believe that it is able to survive OTA updates. Have another dig around for OrangeFox in this forum section and hopefully you'll find details on how to set it up so that you can still take OTA updates.

Edit:

Found this guide https://xdaforums.com/k20-pro/how-to/flashing-orangefox-recovery-mi-9t-pro-t3980579/post80480669

It seems OrangeFox it's a bit hit and miss.

Also Xiaomi.eu ROMs are another alternative to look into.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] derfraenk:
Wow, that's a lot of helpful info, thanks a lot for pointing me into these directions. I will definitely look into Xiaomi.eu, I that sounds promising!
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] Sandeeep Kiran:
Get phone. Apply for unlock. Unlock.

You can use my guide bit.do/raphaelguide

Use orangefox 10.8 use magisk.

You can flash eu ROM. Stable version. From xiaomi.eu

Eu rom installs official twrp after install. You are familiar with that

Once you have eu ROM ( same as stock, better performance, minimal bloat, no ads, no tracking)

Eu ROMs gets OTA, keeps root. This is exactly what you want. Just press update in settings as normal ota. It'll do normal ota update by itself, no titanium, migrate hassle.

Join telegram group if you want or on me for any help.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] derfraenk:
Amazing, I have taken a look at Xiaomi.eu already and decided to try that. But what you're saying sounds even much better than what I expected. Thank you very much too, I will definitely go that route.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Knoa6:
If anyone could point me in the right direction id very much appreciate it
[Wing, P4350 General] mak213:
i have the Touched by Vista wm6.1 v6.1.52 BETA from itje but recently i havnt dropped it or nothing it has probably been going on for awhile but i havnt noticed cuz i dont usealy use it but my phone works fine and the touching screen works but when i slide up for the keyboard the touch screen function doesnt work the phone works its not frozen just the touching doesnt work when slid up any ideas?
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Hard reset or flash another rom such as touch it my diamond.:D
[Wing, P4350 General] mak213:
LOL i was actually flashing diamond as u posted that lol thxs hope it works
[Wing, P4350 General] mak213:
nope didnt work any suggestions?
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[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] damianio:
So u see that the internal storage is also a bit weird. as if it's encrypted... i flashed multi-disabler after twrp, that did not do anything for me.

example: youtu.be/BHxM09tUOrg?t=45
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] jackvugemini198:
I want to root my a50 soon. Is anyone have us model can root?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] stellar0322:
From what I understand this phone is very new. Not to mention that it's if you are on a U variant like I am sad there is no root because the bootloader is locked I believe. I was trying to confirm with an expert or someone who knows more than me. My variant is "SM-A505U1"
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
I just bought this model of phone.

I found this url.

http://androidbiits.com/root-samsung-galaxy-a50-sm-a505u1-easily/

All the steps are not clear to me though yet.

My phone has no oem or boot loader unlock options in the settings.

It also has knox which may complicate things.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
My phone was bought unlocked. The device is not a/b and it is system-as-root

Found this bit of information on the forums here:

"

jzy88 Cmon Meow • a year ago

Lol or simply download CSC file from a region different from your country e.g if in US download and flash an european CSC file via odin."

The snapdragon chip is locked only in the US per that post. I seem to remember something about a major security issue found in those chips.

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I found this url on changing the csc,but it erases the config.

Maybe there is another method that does not do that such as the one mentioned above.

https://www.**********.com/how-to-change-csc-in-samsung-galaxy-phones/
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] stellar0322:
Has anyone successfully flashed any combination firmware? I found this at halabtech, haven't tried to flash it. I thought I seen a bootloader unlock & root for ASH6 firmware I don't think it lets you downgrade though once you have the latest ASK1 firmware. I tried installing this one as well "https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=206734" the only part it failed on was on the boot.img.lz4 everything else flashed successfully. I hope this helps get a start to troubleshooting.

(ASH6 FIRMWARE) haven't tested yet. for A505U1 variant only!

https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=165842
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
Correction it seems that this is not a snapdragon chip.

I was able to look at the CSC by booting into safe mode and dialing the special number which includes the IMEI #.

They seemed to be all cscs in the US which is why they called it a "US version"

There are files that could be changed with the csc in them , but I don't know what the effect that would have. (maybe bad)

It seems that in the US version there is no OEM unlock option to change in the developer settings.

Also I have not found source code yet for this particular model. (SM-A505U1)
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
I tried all the root apk out there like kingo-root etc. None of them would root it.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
It seems that to change the CSC, you need root access or an unlocked bootloader.

So that method will not work. It seems that unless samsung releases an upgrade that allows you to unlock the bootloader then we will have to wait. That is until

a new exploit is found, and released say via kingo-root etc.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] jackvugemini198:
I'm really dying waiting for opportunity to root this phone and make this phone runs so smooth
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
Here is one URl that provides a schematic for a related phone.

https://www.mobilerdx.com/2020/01/d...0-a505f-service-manual-schematic-diagram.html

Is the boot loader stored inside the processor chip or on another one?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] rjohnstone:
It's just a click bait article.

If you read it carefully, they're assuming there is already a BL unlock for the A505U variants, which doesn't exist at the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
I just got notification of an upgrade. I was hoping that the new version would have the oem unlock feature.

I had automatic upgrade turned off nad automatic download on. I was looking at the message, and it automatically scheduled the upgrade without my permission. So I ran the upgrade. It did not add the oem_unlock feature. Maybe next time. Hint! Hint!
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
I got notice of an upgrade today. I had it set to autodownload. It said that after the upgrade was applied that I could not downgrade. Also it said the I had only 3 chances. Last time it upgraded without my permission. So I turned of the autodownload in the settings.

If I knew the new version would enable an unlocking feature, then I, of course, would upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] juniorD:
I found a trick to the no Unlock OEM option that worked so well I didnt believe it the first time. But my bootloader is unlocked and remains unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
It seems that if you specify automatic download it will upgrade it even if you turn that off.

This latest upgrade still does not have the oem unlock feature. I made sure that my automatic download is turned off.

Automatic download also means automatic install. It seems to download the upgrade into a region of the file system which only root can read.

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That method did not work for me. I tried it again and it did not work.

"Samsung allows unlocking the bootloader on the international versions of their phones. But on the Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S9, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the ‘OEM unlocking’ option only becomes available after 7 days of activating the device and adding a Samsung or Google account to the device. If you would rather not wait 7 days or if even after 7 days the button is still missing, XDA Senior Member altai1963 has posted instructions about how to fix the missing ‘OEM unlock’ button on "

Perhaps it requires a samsung account. I do not have one on my phone. Incidentally I noticed that all my contacts had been uploaded to google. I would never have knowingly done that. I had to export my contacts to a file, delete all my contacts making sure then that google was not being used, and then import my contacts from the file that I had saved them to. I was worried that I would lose all my contacts, but fortunately that did not happen. It would probably be good to verify that the file exists and notate it location using a file system browser.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
USA variants are not unlockable... Simple
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
juniord says that he unlocked his.

Unless I am misunderstanding what you wrote.

If you are saying that it can be unlocked, how do you recommend that it be done?

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I added my samsung account, and tried it. It did not work. I had google and samsung logins provisioned in the phone.

So I guess that I am back waiting for the next exploit which might be a while if bonuses are paid for finding them.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
He's either bsing you or trolling or has a different variant.. the "trick" they use has been around a while now but only works on models that are actually unlockable.. the USA variants are NOT unlockable from the start so any tricks will not work.. simple as that.. this has been discussed for years and everywhere on xda as well as many discussions about this specific model.. if u want bl unlock purchase an unlockable variant..

Ppl seem to get confused cuz some devices in USA are exynos models so they think they can bl unlock them but this is not the case.. just bcuz a device is exynos doesn't make it unlockable.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
I did some research before I bought it. I also bought it because I could use it on multiple carriers.

The rooted ones that I saw must have been nonUS versions. What a waste of money. I only bought it because I wanted to root it and put a custom rom on it. I did not want to wait for a linux phone and truly 5g phones are coming out now.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
samsung A50 security issue

https://www.inputmag.com/tech/googl...anges-to-the-android-kernel-on-the-galaxy-a50
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] juniorD:
Sorry buddy I got this phone less than a week ago and after checking its a GN model. I researched and the U models cannot be unlocked. My bad :(
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
some research must not have been enough in your case lol.. lesson learned hopefully to do more research next time
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] YanniFan:
Is the bootloader already unlocked since I bought the Samsung A50 (SM-A505U1) phone factory unlocked from Bestbuy. Could I root it now?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] yamen_tn:
No, your phone is carrier unlocked (u can use it with any carrier) not bootloader unlocked
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] YanniFan:
That clears up my confusion. Thanks. I hope root ability comes soon for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] redymedan:
Hi all, why you don't check Chimera tool, I have ever use this tool to unlock my BL...
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
not sure if ur asking to check chimera tool or saying uve used it to unlock ur bl but no.. it wont work on us models because they are not unlockable.. amd yes, i have chimera and a us a50
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
dont cpunt on it as no ones trying or working on it
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] Nomad692000:
I just got one from Comcast and its a A505U. It doesn't show OEM Unlock in the Dev section either. I got it in bootloader thru the recovery (power + Vol up) and it wasn't found when I went thru ABD. I did notice that there was an error message " dev/block/platform because system/bin/tune2fs is missing" when I entered recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] Growking99:
Are you saying you got to the OEM unlock option through ADB?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
no.. hes saying he bought a us model which is not unlockable and thought he could somehow get lucky by booting to stock recovery then to download mode which doesnt mean anything at all as anyone can do this on any samsung phone
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] InFam0us-1985:
just leave this here?; https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-...y-s9-samsung-galaxy-s8-samsung-galaxy-note-8/
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
for what?

its not "missing" it is not allowed at all so tge link u posted is completely irrelevant and doesnt help anything when it comes to usa a50 variants
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
https://arstechnica.com/information...us-apps-hijack-trusted-apps-icons/?comments=1

Would this allow us to gain root access?

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https://arstechnica.com/information...us-apps-hijack-trusted-apps-icons/?comments=1

Would this allow us to gain root access?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
an exploit from 2015? what do u think?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
No it is more recent.

"Google rolled out a patch to close the Strandhogg 2.0 vulnerability, CVE-2020-0096, in May's Android Security Update. "
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
google rolled out a patch but thats assuming samsung didnt patch it already over the years
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] donharter:
Here is a recent one. Those vulnerabilities are rare now according to the article. Maybe I will get my US version rooted after all. Now I just need for it to be incorporated in something like SuperSu.

New AbstractEmu malware roots Android devices, evades detection

New Android malware can root infected devices to take complete control and silently tweak system settings, as well as evade detection using code abstraction and anti-emulation checks.

www.bleepingcomputer.com
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
A505U can be bootloader unlocked using token purchased from https://www.sampwnd.com up to revB
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] flabjagger:
Ok. So I have a Samsung Galaxy A505U(a50sq) I know it is a US version and is not supposed to be able to be rooted but CPU-Z says it has an exynos9610. ex: Board: exynos9610 Does this mean that I don't have a Snapdragon Processor and can actually be rooted? Also I was looking in developer options and OEM Unlock toggle is not listed. Thx
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] KingDunk69:
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[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] MrseA9694:
Oem boot loader unlock
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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
ok fellow members have oem excellent condition battery and battery door

just want to get rid of them all offers welcomed ,since i do not own a hermes anymore!:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
this is interesting 52 views and no one needs a replacemet oem battery or battery cover

come on guys bump
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] scousemartin:
it would probably cost more to send it to me than it would to buy it :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] MikeSel^:
hmmm... I just got one from ebay :(

Otherwise I would have..

How much do you want for it, out of interest
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
oem battery and battery cover still available
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
akright people 25 shipped usps prirority still available!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
still available fellow members

pics upon request!;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] dharam.paluru:
I am based out of Geneva, Switzerland.

Can U let me know if it can be shipped here. Also, what are your expectations on the price?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
well

;);)

i don,t mind shipping it to you as long as you cover the international shipping and on the price we can negotiate just tell me what your offer is?

will

try to post pics here! ps will include extra stylus to sweeten things up !
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] terripinstation:
I'm in

ok, i'm in.

Is this when we start the haggling?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] rackols:
ill take it for 15.00usd sent to San Francisco
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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] banshee phoneman:
Did u sell it? I am referring to the battery and cover.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
no still available

let me know!
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how much? ship to Louisiana
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] leoiden:
price

20$ includes shipping to louisiana
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] .VIBE:
Still available?