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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] beachfl:
Very interesting reading, thank you ?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] praveenvm:
Im using a corvus os cfw rom .i want to use evolution x cfw build.should i need to downgrade to miui11 android 9 and then follow all the steps from the beginning or flashing the new evolution x cfw rom in the twrp compatable with cfw builds is enough?please help. ?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] just4uarya:
Just clean flash through twrp..... As you are already using corvus rom.....
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Nockemout:
Can i install cfw images with system.img from miui12?

And how
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cool-snowy:
How exactly do i rollback to android 9 from miui 11 android 10 if..?

Most guides i have seen so far just say if you have miui 11 android 10 you should downgrade yet in other threads some says that due to the antirollback trying to rollback the rom will brick the device. So how exactly do you downgrade?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Hyp0xia:
Being brick!

Bro, I wipe it,and i stuck in boot (it just display the redmi logo with a word:efuse blow:success)

I can't goto fastboot or recovery ,it just reboot over and over again.

What can I do now?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] donkyshot:
Is it possible to keep factor preloader and update to miui 12?

I'm on miui 11 EU official Android 9 with factory preloader, recovery and root installed. I'd like to update to miui 12 global stable (not EU) and keep root and preloader installed.

Is it possible to remove lk files from ota and just update by flashing through recovery?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] noobisky:
i

im pretty confused right now bruh
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] HPM8294:
I found another method, what do you think, will it be reliable?

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tA9NMSk7Ao[/YOUTUBE]
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] XNyle:
I might have found another bug: My front facing camera isn't working. link

I first thought there is something wrong with the camera apps but it eems my front facing camera simply isn't been detected.

I reflashed CFW just to be sure, but still nothing. Does anyone else have this problem (with a new device (Global 6,128)). Maybe Xaomi changed the sensor and kernel doesn't detect it?

Edit:

I tried to find infos about actual hardware ids from /proc or /sys but couldn't figure out where that info actually is.

Installed AIDA64 though and it only lists two read-facing cameras.

How can I get infos about the actual hardware ids (that probably don't have kernel support, so no drivers loaded for them)
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] e45cream:
My battery went to 0%, and now my phone won't boot. The screen turns grey, then the phone reboots. I can get into the pre-twrp menu that in theory lets me choose recovery or fastboot, but it seems that the phone reboots before they can start.

At one point the phone did reboot and I thought all was solved, but then I left it plugged into the computer to recharge, and when I came back it had turned off.

I'm running Pixel Experience with CFW, with the Goodix fix for the fingerprint problem. Everything had been working perfectly until the battery went to zero.

Any advice?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] noobisky:
yup im using it right now 2day now ?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinderbox (UK):
I am on A10 v11 global.

What happen to appinfo, there use to be an option for autorun tick box, now it`s all changed somehow(no reboot update so was it just an app update) and now it`s gone.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] urby4444:
same here. Camera works perfectly in MIUI 11, 12; android 9, 10. But after flashing CFW + custom ROM, font camera, ultra-wide and telephoto stop working. Consequently gcam ports crash immediately after launching them.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] UsuallyIncorRekt:
Is it safe to follow the guides to root and get Google Pay working on CN device with Global MIUI 12 flashed? Which guide and which TWRP?

Thanks
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jbskype:
Hello,

Finally, what are the steps to downground correctly from A10 to A9?

Then, I flash with the file in Redmi_Note8_Pro_www[dot]gsmservis_net[dot]rar?

fastboot flash preloader preloader_begonia.bin
fastboot flash lk lk.img
fastboot flash lk2 lk.img

Should I install TWRP then? If I refer to this site, is it safe? => twrp[dot]me/xiaomi/xiaomiredminote8pro.html

Can you enlighten me on the steps, there is so much information.

Thank you in advance,

Yours sincerely,

Julien
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iron_savior:
Hi guys and especially [MENTION=5834335]Agent_fabulous[/MENTION] for this awesome guide. I have a RedMi Note Pro (European Version). Let me tell you briefly the story of my phone so you can understand what i want to do. Initially from official MUI Firm (V11.0.3.0.QGGEUXM) i unlocked the boot loader, flashed the LR Team Non CFW TWRP (TWRP-3.3.1-1210-REDMI_NOTE8PRO-CN-wzsx150.img).

Inside TWRP i deleted the "recovery-from-boot.p from /system_root/System , then i closed AVB 2.0 by selecting only the option "Close the boot Verification of AVB2.0). Then i used install Root option from TWRP to install Root. After rebooting the phone, everything went great. The phone booted to stock rom and confirmed that was rooted. Then i decided to go through and install PE Plus.

To do this i followed the steps bellow from the guide on this thread.

- Downgrade to MIUI Android 9, if not already

- Flash preloader and lk as mentioned in first post

- Flash any non-CFW Android 9 recovery

- Boot into recovery

- Wipe system, cache, dalvik

- Flash CFW, CFW compatible ROM (flash GApps here if necessary, flash any extra mods later! )

- Format data (not wipe, select "Format Data", you'll lose all userdata)

- Reboot to bootloader

- Flash CFW recovery

- Reboot! You're now on CFW!

Everything went great, PE Plus was successfully installed. The thing is that due to the above procedure i lost root. That wasn't a problem because i installed magisk 20.4 from TWRP and re-gained root.

I have one question which although i read many threads didn't find any clear answer so i will ask here for help. I want to disable DM-Verity without breaking the phone. Didn't find any info or guide where it is stated that this is possible without soft brick. Is there any safe way to disable DM-Verity for stock and custom CFW roms, please advice.

I want also to experiment myself but prior doing any experiments i want to take a proper TWRP nandroid backup but again from what i have read its not clear if TWRP nandroid backups are restorable.

So to recap, can someone give me a guide what to do to disable DM-Verity on stock MIUI and on CFW custom rom like the PE Plus that i have installed?

Also, could someone write a quick guide what partitions should i check in (twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506) in order to create a proper nandroid backup which can be successfully restored in case i mess up with the phone?

Sorry for the lengthy post, i just wanted you guys to have a complete view of my setup and what i want to do. In anticipation of your feedback, thank you.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iron_savior:
Hi guys. Has anybody managed to take a proper nandroid backup which can be successfully restored when needed. Any steps on what partition need to be checked and what TWRP version used?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] eszumlas1985:
Has there been any progress made recently as far as the unbricking goes? I've had a very expensive paperweight for probably 6 months now... I really wanna get it fixed but haven't checked up on whats new for a while...
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tze_vitamin:
I have RN8pro on official MUI Firm (V11.0.3.0.QGGEUXM), Android 10, I unlocked bootloader and flash twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img, I want to flash [CFW]Bootleggers v5.1[Begonia/Begoniain] ROM, do I need to downgrade to Android 9 or I can flash it on Android 10 that I have now?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tze_vitamin:
where is download link for this????????

fastboot flash preloader preloader_begonia.bin

fastboot flash lk lk.img

fastboot flash lk2 lk.img
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinderbox (UK):
Is there an option in the setting to lock the phone when i close my flip type case and cover the light sensor?

Thanks.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xLILxEVILx:
I just upgraded to Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro from my old Samsung Galaxy S4 I rooted it and it's running KitKat 4.4.2 now as far as my Redmi Note 8 Pro I successfully unlocked the bootloader flashed TWRP and rooted it my Redmi is on MIUI 11.0.7 Android 9 Pie now with that being said as I am new to this device I want to flash a custom rom but I am confused and don't know exactly which roms I can flash I read this Megathread but a bit confused as I am a noob on newer devices I have rooted in the past yes but now this is a whole different ball game well for me lol as I said I am coming from the Galaxy S4 hope someone can guide me in the right direction thanks in advance
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinderbox (UK):
I just watched a teardown on our phone, And the battery is labelled as 4400mah, not 4500mah as in the specifications.

The battery is a model: BM4J

https://youtu.be/YLQ0qh2YBtE?t=475
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xLILxEVILx:
Ok so I had twrp that I used to flash this rom I was trying to boot into twrp to flash Gapps and twrp would just go into a bootloop I can't do anything else except fastboot mode or twrp though it bootloops after less than a minute trying to do anything in it I am not hard bricked but I am stuck what can I do to reflash the rom or another twrp image?

I tried to reflash twrp through cmd command and that didn't work I also tried to install another twrp image that also didn't work the twrp image I installed before flashing this rom is by Team L.R for the Note 8 Pro any help with this anyone??
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] wang1chung:
Format (not wipe) data and/or close avb
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xLILxEVILx:
Thanks I'll try and see what happens
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent_fabulous:
CFW Updated (v2; 2020/08/23)

Changelog:

- Update bootloader from latest A9 builds

- Fix Offline Charging (needs changes in ROM too :) )

- Revert to MIUI-like recovery and fastboot menus (volume + loads recovery, volume - loads fastboot)

- Disable MRDUMP on force reboot

- Fix Netflix 1080p panics

CFW Downloads

- begoniain: https://sourceforge.net/projects/begonia-oss/files/CFW/begoniain-A10-CFW_20200823.zip/download

- begonia: https://sourceforge.net/projects/begonia-oss/files/CFW/begonia-A10-CFW_20200823.zip/download
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mmedei9:
Forgive my ignorance but I want to make sure I don't do something incorrectly.

What are the steps to upgrade CFW to v2 for those of us who are currently using CFW v1 on a CFW ROM already?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent_fabulous:
Nothing crazy, just download and place the zip in your device's storage and flash from TWRP like any other zip :)

You do not need to reflash your ROM, wipe or anything of that sort. All partitions altered by CFW are not touched by any ROMs.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent_fabulous:
dm-verity and AVB is disabled by default on all custom ROMs :) You only need to disable AVB on modified MIUI.

Before any funky experimenting, take a full TWRP backup of any working setup (may it be rooted or not); all partitions. If anything ever goes wrong, you can restore this. As long as you're running factory preloader, you will be able to restore stock firmware from SP Flash Tools from Preloader EDL :D
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iron_savior:
Havent found a way to create restorable nandroid backups. From what i have read all twrp backups lead to bootloops etc. Do you know a way to create proper nandroid backups with a cfw compatible twrp recovery?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mmedei9:
Perfect, thanks!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] FivEawE:
EDIT: nvm, noticed the posts below the main post. So I guess staying on MIUI with A10 with the new CFW is not possible. But what if I stayed on the lk and preloader changed, and followed the tutorial in official TWRP thread and stripped the unwanted parts from the ROM?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyMA90:
Hello everyone,

Tomorrow i'm going to get my RN8P. I only want to get magisk and TWRP running. So i downloaded those files from 1st post like preloader.bin and lk.img( I dont know the exact filenames so If there is a mistake im sorry for this).

At the moment i own a RN4X(mido but the X could be wrong) so i know how to unlock the bootloader, flash TWRP, installing ROMs etc.

Now i got some questions:

1. Can i use orange fox recovery with the stock miui?

2. Do i really need cfw if i want to stay on stock-os?

3. Ist there a way to delete the risky Files from other ROMs automtically?

I only need some clarification to be sure that i dont kill my new Phone :D And sorry for a poor englisch^^
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tze_vitamin:
I have download Begonia for my RN8pro, put on Internal memory, I was have twrp 3.3.1.0 and after flashing downloaded new file, its the same TWRP 3.3.1.0.

Is that ok?

How to see if I flash this new version?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] keiyrno:
can we migrate from MIUI 9 directly using this cfw v2?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Darkwizh:
bro, u have flashed a cfw and not a twrp. u wont see any change with twrp version .check if offline charging is working as it is one of the fixes in cfw2.0 also if im right, u shud be able to go to recovery just by pressing power+vol up and not go through a preloader black screen menu and select recovery option like it used to be? (i might be wrong here im yet to test myself)
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] hr.mihaylov:
Whats the difference between begonia cfw and begoniain cfw?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] donkyshot:
Please read the topic.

begonia? begoniain? what's happening?

There are 2 variants of the Redmi Note 8 Pro. "begonia" is the global variant whereas "begoniain" is the Indian variant. The only difference between the 2 is NFC. The Indian Variant has no NFC. And no, it's not as if it's disabled, the hardware is just not present. The TWRP and ROM builds target both, so you do not have to worry about a thing. Irrespective of where you bought the phone, all custom software is the same, and will run on both variants.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] apurvapatel:
If I flash the Indian ROM on my global version Redmi Note 8 Pro (begonia) that obviously has the global ROM, will my phone still have working NFC?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] donkyshot:
Yes.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ruh01:
Hello, please help me with a question related to Miui version changing. My phone came originally with european EEA Miui 11. After Global MIUI 12 was released, I flashed it over EEA, with Xiaomitool v2, without unlocking bootloader. The update went smooth, no problem. Now, that European EEA Miui 12 appeared, how can I switch back to it without changing recovery? Thank you!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tifgick:
Do the same thing you did before,, I guess,, It did work then,, so it might work now as well... Again,,, safety first.... Seek some professional advice
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Laqqer:
Hello everyone, after installing Engineering rom on an open bootloader device, I changed Sim2 imei to "Maui META ver 10". When installing Global rom using XiaoMiFlash, the “clear all and lock” checkbox was forgotten. When opening the device it said: "This version of MIUI cannot be installed on this device." "China Stable ROM" with Ufi box - (4 points)

After a while, the device woke up again, but when you try to open the bootloader again, it gives the error "Request parameter error". Which path do I need to take to get back to the Global ROM?

[IMG="Ufi Box Device Wake up"]https://i.ibb.co/cbY7QWT/Ufi-redmi-Note-8.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Request parameter error"]https://i.ibb.co/GkzdP8N/Screenshot-2020-08-27-18-10-45-689-com-android-settings.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Sim1 Slot Null"]https://i.ibb.co/KXQ2dj4/Screenshot-2020-08-27-18-13-05-670-com-android-settings.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="China Stable Rom Miui v12"]https://i.ibb.co/swJQ3NK/Screenshot-2020-08-29-02-04-32-951-com-android-settings.jpg[/IMG]
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] montechristos1:
Everything went well with your instructions. Now on a CFW ROM and CFW recovery. Thanks a lot for your work.

Question: at which stage do we install gapps? In the instructions it says when not to install it, but not when to install it.

Do we need to wipe (or format) data again to re-install the ROM with GApps? Or flashing GApps on top of existing ROM will work?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent_fabulous:
While you could flash GApps with the ROM, many ROMs goof up on setupwizard; thus as a quick way to make sure you've done everything right on the CFW side, I mentioned to flash GApps at a later point. Once you boot up a CFW ROM, you can flash GApps whenever you wish to (or even try the opensource microG services and apps! :D). Flashing GApps after first boot bypasses Google setupwizard, which makes sure your device will always be functional :highfive:
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent_fabulous:
While I'm not too sure about the engineering tools MediaTek has to offer, if you have access to a UFI Box, you can use your points/credits to perform an instant bootloader unlock. That or you can directly EDL the engineering ROM from BROM download using the UFI Box. What a UFI Box does over USB is identical to what an authorised account would do with Xiaomi's tools. The Box's server has Authorised accounts that farm credits from your box in exchange for the tokens. (which is also why the shady services mention that they won't refund even if the task fails).

Regarding the error, it could mean that the device is unable to read NV data. In future, do not relock. Boot up and make sure all works properly (mi account login, frp, etc) and then proceed to lock if you need to.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] montechristos1:
Thanks!

The reason for unlocking and using a custom ROM is to protect my privacy as much as possible.

I'll try microG for the 1st time on my new ROM
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bandos23:
hello I wanted to ask .. while switching to CFW I flashed the file begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip today I found an update of this file begonia-A10-CFW_20200823.zip should I flash this file? what are the adjustments there? thanks in advance for the information.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] XNyle:
Back there with the front facing camera issue:

After flashing CFW, front facing camera is gone, now tested with two different devices (after I thought the first one had a HW defect)

Trying to get device back to original state with a full nandroid backup, not sure though if that reastores all partitions from the CFS cam_vpu and whatnot...

---------- Post added at 08:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:36 PM ----------

And as last time even a reflashed full stock rom via fastboot doesn't bring back the camera.

This is really bad, apparently CFW bricks part of your device / overwrites partitions that are not part of the full stock rom?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] XNyle:
Absolutely no clue what's going on, would you mind to elaborate, [MENTION=5834335]Agent_fabulous[/MENTION]?

I tried to flash several stock versions, none of them reactivated the camera.

All stock versions contain images for all partitions that are in the CFW (at least by name) so there should be no leftovers from CFW.

Yet once flashed camera seems to be gone for good.

From the nandroid backup I can see my device came with a EEA Rom:

ro.build.fingerprint=Redmi/begonia_eea/begonia:9/PPR1.180610.011/V11.0.5.0.PGGEUXM:user/release-keys

Restoring nandroid results in a bootloop though. Also Can't find a fastboot or recovery rom for that very version, though I doubt it would make a difference.

So I tried the following roms, none of which reactivated the camera:

nearest EEA version found

begonia_eea_global_images_V11.0.3.0.PGGEUXM_20191210.0000.00_9.0_eea_bd36734f3a

nearest global version found

begonia_global_images_V11.0.6.0.PGGMIXM_20200108.0000.00_9.0_global_4d6344e94f

edit the following actually reactivates the camera

newest global version

begonia_eea_global_images_V12.0.1.0.QGGEUXM_20200819.0000.00_10.0_eea_aefb2ac3de

Really frustrated right now, never had this case where a custom FW basically bricks parts of your hardware, not just the bootloader :(

[MENTION=11031427]urby4444[/MENTION] were you able to get the cameras working again? You write they are working fine with miui but not if that's also the case after flashing CFW.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] urby4444:
I haven't done any in-depth research about the issue since it's not my phone. I flashed stock miui without cfw did some debloating. Everything works as expected.

If I get the chance to play with the device again I'll take a deeper look and post about it here.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] XNyle:
I'm a step further

basically every Android 9 FW found here https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com "bricks the camera" on certain (new) devices

begonia_eea_global_images_V12.0.1.0.QGGEUXM_202008 19.0000.00_10.0_eea_aefb2ac3de

"debricks it"

So it's not the CFW as such but the fact that it's apparently build for a device that had older hw/fw and therefore simply not working with newer devices. At least that's my explanation for now.

So as far as I understand it I'm more or less screwed for the moment:

Xiaomi Firmware Updater by yshalsager would probably help but that doesn't work with CFW roms which is based on old A9 FW.

MIUI12 works but I don't want to use the phone in that china spyware state.

Guess I just have to wait until someone figures out what changed with the FW and integrates those changes into CFW, if that's even possible.

[MENTION=5834335]Agent_fabulous[/MENTION] should at least update the first post and mention that there might be a serious problem with more recent devices.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent_fabulous:
That's a first, never had this reported. Will see through it over DM/Telegram, if you don't mind.

Also please do not use the word "brick" carelessly. Just because your camera doesn't work on a build doesn't mean it's "bricked". It's possible that Xiaomi is shipping different sensors, could simply indicate a kernel change (though if the driver is not opensource already, you're gonna have to ask Xiaomi to share updated sources)

Edit, I should add: It mostly has nothing to do with CFW or FWs in general, looks to be a new sensor (thus a kernel change) as per your prior posts. Do not try to mix and match Stock FWs with CFW ROMs/etc. Flashing any stock firmware that has any newer preloader binaries puts you in danger, let alone the incompatibility of dtos against newer MIUI LKs, effectively hardbricking you. If you're gonna experiment, make sure you do things on top of the factory preloader.