yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Momin8454:
Just for your information, TWRP on this device is not fully supported. Every TWRP version you may find on XDA forums for this particular device is different. In my case TWRP back up doesn't work, wipe cache doesn't work, format data only breaks the system partition , flash GSI's from TWRP also doesn't work XDXD

The only thing I could do from TWRP was flash Magisk and hope that nothing will go wrong in the future ...XD got it? Flash and forget ???
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Momin8454:
Well, I didn't had any knowledge of it. Turns out my EMUI version was more recent one that's why I had more issues with TWRP.

And I was just sharing my experience with Honor 8 lite.
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] af1985:
Thank you for your support. To reinstate some order in the procedure, yesterday I reinstalled EMUI from eRecovery and now I am back to "zero-point-one", aka right after DC Unlocker: when I switch on the phone it says it is unlocked and then launches stock OS. From now on what should I do to have in the end LineageOS 17.1 installed? Again, thanks for your time
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jujub:
Will give it a look mate! (Maybe for my mother's p8 lite, my sister doesn't want me to take her phone as hostage anymore during quarantine ?)
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] af1985:
Hi Jujub,

thank you so much, I'll give 15.1 a try.

On this regard, 3 more helps needed:

1. Can you give me the link to Dil3mm4 's TWRP recovery? I cannot find a link on the 15.1 tread.

2. At which point in the installing procedure should I perform the decryption? What is this "Notepad++" they are talking about?

3. What is Magisk for and when should I install it?? :)

As you can see, if you are a beginner, I'm an infant ;)

Again, thanks.

Best and ciao
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jujub:
1) Here it is: https://xdaforums.com/p8lite/p8-lite-2017-development/unofficial-twrp-3-2-1-0-oreo-t3773970

I used the latest version (click here for the direct Drive link which is also in the post)

2) You should perform it after you have installed the custom ROM and done rooting (as far as I remember), cause this way you get access to the file and can delete the encryption line. Well Notepad++ is just a text editor, nothing more. Just edit the text in the file with something and you are fine

3) Well... Magisk is... Give a look here!

I'm not an advanced user either, but afaik Magisk is an open source program letting you gain root access systemlessly( so it is easier to hide from apps which may not like it.) What it does is basically let you do whatever the f... you want with your own smartphone :)
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmulder2016:
worked with dc unloocker 15€ ca 5 min and done
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -CALIBAN666-:
15 Euro,realy?I paid only 4 Euro,weird!!!
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmulder2016:
war vor ein paar tagen auch noch für vier euronen..
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -CALIBAN666-:
Oh cool,en Deutscher,ja wie,das aber hart!!!
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kispal9191:
I installed the "DC Unlocker" First of all i do not find on the list Huawei P8 lite.

Tried to detect the phone:

"Detecting phone :

selection :

manufacturer - Huawei phones

model - Auto detect (recommended)

Phone not found !"

So how did you do it?
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Momin8454:
I had Honor 8 lite ( its same as Huawei P8 lite 2017) with Android 7.0

If your device is Android 8.0 then you need to downgrade to Android 7 via Hisuit
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phantom Thief:
Is there any tutorial for this?
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Momin8454:
I don't know about that ... I just downloaded Hisuit and connected the device with PC and followed on-screen instructions by Hisuit

After DownGrading successfully to Android 7 ... I bought the Credits from Android Client of DC-Unlocker ( downloadable from Play Store) .. it gives you username and password.

You have to put that username and password to DC-Unlocker PC client. Tutorial for DC-Unlocker is available on YouTube
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] florstat:
I managed to unlock it using this method:

How to use PotatoNV

Unlock bootloader of Huawei devices on Kirin 960/95x/65x/620 - mashed-potatoes/PotatoNV

github.com
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedson:
that function is since long time not available anymore in hisuite^^ the ppl need just to accept the 4€ peanuts costs to unlock there bootloader and thats it. thats the same with the testpoiint variant...alll talking about the testpoint but no one tell you wich of them and how to combinate. the time goes by and you waste your own the time only thats all. or pay 4€ get your unlock code and do what ever you want. ok last option is to let it be and buy your girlffriend a ice in the park for the 4€ xD

solong

speedson 🤘 🙃 🤘
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] florstat:
Connect this one to the ground and it's done ( I used a multimeter ).

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5SHSe2cN2hM/XRSJ_eB9gJI/AAAAAAAAEhc/z3-AUl4vi_YEkSwyDhKAN_swb0Iup25VgCLcBGAs/s640/HUAWEI%2BP8%2BLite%2B2017%2BPRA%2BLA1.png
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikparekh16@gmail.com:
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Generic-System-Image-(GSI)-list

I hope it will help you.

And redmi 8 is also came with trible support...so

Check it
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Questions & Answers] porto1rico:
Hi everyone, my wife has this phone and she dropped it off the table. On first the screen started to dim like lowering the back light, then stripes have appeared on screen and after that it turned black. Screen turned on again, dimmed again and turn black again and thats it. Later when I tried to turn it on nothing happens not even a turning on sound. It only start to vibrate every 5-10 seconds for a quite time. I wanted to order a new display but now I'm not sure is it display broken or there is something wrong with system or firmware.

Any experience with this behaviour and any advice what could it be and how to fix it?

Cheers
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kamyk70:
Wow!!! Thanks man! Does it work with custom firmware such as xiaomi.eu or miuipro based on China builds?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Xakep1993:
Nice! :)

Remember only ANDROID 9 Rom !!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saurabhcharde:
DAMN!

P.S: Snapdragon ftw ;)
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] djzero86:
Oh thanks [MENTION=5834335]Agent_fabulous[/MENTION] you are the best
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Deleted member 7257971:
Great thread
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nwazie:
Great thread. I'm super excited.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mad20012:
I haven't flashed any thing on my phone before, can i flash this preloader??
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] soleali:
This thread explains greatly. Thanks!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ariber14:
Great work!!!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kitowsci:
Is there a preloader for Xiaomi Redmi 6? It's also on the mediatek, but it has a different processor. Unfortunately, it's hard bricked
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Danmann:
Thank you for all the info and work!

Just for clearrefining. Do we need to flash TWRP first? Or is it safer to use the factory firmware first?

Thanks

Dan
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cao Zihuan:
Thank you very much, we are looking forward to more custom ROMs coming!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Helhound0:
Super excited.. We're going to be busy next week :D:D
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] donkyshot:
Great news. So if we remove lk.img, preloaded.img, preloader_emmc.img, preloader_ufs.img from (original) image / rom, we should be safe to flash without permanent brick right?

Looks like this is the good news we've all been waiting for.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Muad.Dib:
Greetings [MENTION=6320422]Danmann[/MENTION].

From what I can read in the Original Post, quoted bellow for reference:

This thread/measures are therefore PREVENTIVE and certainly not CURATIVE.

Knowing probably 99% of people who bricked their devices did it trying to flash TWRP, I think it is safe to assume by all means, it is highly recommended to flash this BEFORE you attempt to flash TWRP.

That said I never had issue with the few releases of TWRP either from OP or LR team, but what I would do is probably first getting stock image of your current MIUI (

NOTE: ANDROID 9 ONLY AS SAID BY OP

) to get the original files you are about to replace just in case.

You still have to unlock your bootloader if not done already.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jumper047:
First of all, hurray Agent and Xakep1993!!

Second. Feeling stupid, but I don't see any atachments to post:/.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Muad.Dib:
Just bellow the thread Tittle, you have a black bar with tabs you can click on. One of them being Download :p

Don't feel stupid I was also feeling dumb yesterday before I found that bar lol ;)

Hope this helps.

Regards,
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ArthurTsai:
Hello, I successfully flash preloader and I can go to fastboot mode without error,but I can't go to TWRP as the same way . Should I press other buttons?

(I already flash LR team TWRP pie without error)
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] procobain:
OMG, I had forgotten about this, I installed android 10 Global_V11.0.1.0, it worked normally, then I went to install lrteam's twrp, I took advantage and installed "anti brick", but I didn't remember it was only for 9.

You have the black screen, when you hold the power it vibrates from time to time, the worst is that the battery is full, is it briccated or just needs to wait to discharge?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] procobain:
Apparently it is bricked.

I took the cell phone apart, disconnected the battery, and it only vibrates quickly when it tries to turn on. Black screen.

Is there any way I can reverse this? I'll never buy MTK again.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] wang1chung:
Everyone has done that before, it's not a big deal. It wouldn't have happened if you followed the guide. Go to a service center or find someone with an EDL account.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tin_Man_0:
That's not so easy as it sounds sometimes. Especially here in the states. There are no service centers, and I doubt there's any more than a handful of people in the whole country with edl access, most of which will not likely risk loosing their accounts by helping anyone fix their phones.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] wang1chung:
I feel ya, I'm in North America too but you can't fault a company for having tighter security on their products. I learned my lesson the hard way, never again will I flash this phone without taking the time to thoroughly read about what I'm flashing.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nofx161:
hi guys n gals, so i bought this phone yesterday, and already have tried to unlock bl, have to wait, but when bootloader is unlocked i want to flash miui12 and other roms to test out, but there are some questions: 1. i have global variant, eea rom, when bl is unlocked can i flash miui12 china? 2. what are my steps to prevent bricking? step 1 as i read is to downgrade to android 9 (im on and.10 miui) ? 2. i have to avoid brick at all costs, since there is no repair center in my country. thanks in advance
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] achintyakv:
I just updated to android 10 couple of days ago but now I really want to go back to android 9 because I think android 10 has too many bugs on the indian variant. How do I roll back to android 9 safely? I am currently on miui 11.0.2.0(QGGINXM).
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] poster74:
Hi, Can someone please help.

I installed this preloader, that seemed to be working fine, the menus would come up

I then installed twrp from this thread

[RECOVERY][begonia][UNOFFICIAL by wzsx150][

https://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-8-pro/how-to/recovery-twrp-recovery-redmi-note-8-pro-t4033695

v1104 for Android 9

Again, that seemed to work fine.

Then I booted into TWRP and did the following:

installed the Indian vendor image,

installed Evolution X 4.20, the latest build

Restarted -, the evolution splash would just stay onscreen. After 15 minutes later, I just powered off.

Then I could still log into the preloader menu

Thats when I think I made a stupid mistake - I went back into twrp and from inside twrp, I did a install image and installed to recovery the newer version of [RECOVERY][begonia][UNOFFICIAL by wzsx150] - v1210 for Android 10. Thinking that was the reason Evo ROM would not boot - I had the wrong version of twrp.

Now, nothing is working. the phone is just stuck in an endless loop of coming up with the Redmi by Xiaomi screen, it stays on screen for a couple of seconds and then seems to reboot and then the same screen. Its in an infinite loop.

I think I have bricked it ? I am really really hoping I can recover by using SP Flash Tools ? but I am not sure on the process, the phone just keeps looping, I cannot boot into preloader menu, I cant switch it off. Any ideas ?

I have noticed on the bottom left of the screen it states 'se blow:success' Because of the rounded corners, I think its missing the first couple of characters. I have been googling and found 'efuse or qfuse blown:sucesss' Could I have actually caused a hardware defect?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kristian.sueta:
Hello. This is really helpful. I hope the links could be updated though. I tried it and they're not working. Just an error. Thank you
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nella061527:
Help please

Please i need help, my Rn8p got soft brick. Still have fastboot mode. The reason of bootloop is going to fastboot and try to relck bootloader. After that the phone wont start. The problem is i don't have any account authorize to unlock it again. So miflash unlock tool wont success. Forgot to put authorization on it before relocking. Now the bootloader is in lock state and in bootloop. Please help. :(
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] FivEawE:
Hello, I'd like to ask where I can download the preloader. The first post says that

but there is nothing in the attachments apart from one picture. Thanks.

EDIT: Nvm, I found the "Download" tab.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] thatonearchguy:
Fix download links please

Please fix the download links. Can't download preloader or lk, just times out. Have tried with multiple devices and vpn connection. My phone is wiped due to bootloader unlock and I need to flash pixel experience.

Edit - Links seem to be working now after forum came back from maintenance.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] KworrV:
Download Issue?

Hey guys,

For some reason the downloads are just timing out for me no matter the browser or vpn!

Anyone got any suggestions? I've noticed for some it is still working because I can see the download count going up, in the past 10 minutes its gone from 639-642 on the preloader!

Edit:

Not gonna post links, but will say there is a specific youtube video by Konah the begonia has uploaded both the files to his own google drive, I can confirm the md5 hashes are equivalent and those files are legit copies. Hope this helps!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] donkyshot:
No problem with downloads here. Adblocker?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] KworrV:
No adblocker, but I did contact xda developers directly and told them the issue and it seems to be solved now :)!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Holdor:
Hello,

I was on Android 10 / MIUI 11, I followed the following part of this thread but then I tried to install TWRP and I soft bricked my device.

I used avdo06's tutorial (Did I hardbrick my RN8P..?

) https://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-8-pro/help/hardbrick-rn8p-t4064637 in order to reinitialize my phone and now I'm on Android 9 MIUI 11.0.3.0 (PGGEUXM)

If I'm not wrong, I don't need to use the following code so I just need to flash TWRP and for example in my case LineageOS ?

fastboot flash preloader preloader_begonia.bin

fastboot flash lk lk.img

fastboot flash lk2 lk.img

Thank you in advance
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Vexx_zerozero:
EU firmware..

There must be something really wrong with the european version of this devices.. First of all, the official TWRP doesn't work (you'll get a black screen), but only the unofficial one by wzsx150. As a plus, I've tried flashing LineageOS and Pixel Experience and I ended up with the same result: device will get stuck and you'll see the loading screen of LOS/PE forever, it won't boot up. Maybe one day I'll see a pure Android like it was for my RN5 :'(
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Vexx_zerozero:
Guys I'd need some help.

So, I didn't found any custom roms that works fine with my EU device (system wasn't booting, initial loading screen forever). So now I want to restore MIUI.

With TWRP I've taken backups of: Boot, System, System Image, Vendor, Vendor Image prior flashing any new ROM. The problem I have now is that even if I've restored these backup with TWRP (unofficial by wzsx150, because official one doesn't work), the system doesn't boot up! I don't see any MIUI loading screen, only Redmi logo for 8-10 seconds, then it reboots, then Redmi logo again, and then TWRP starts up instead of System!

How do I solve that?

EDIT: Could the problem be with the Data partition? I did not backup that partition because I tought it contained only my personal data (apps). It is now wiped, how do I restore it without any backup?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] u8ububu:
I can't tell much from that info, but I did notice you didn't mention dtbo. Did you back up dtbo alongside boot? (Also, just as a heads up, I'm running EU vendor with Lineage 17.1 fine).

For debugging why things aren't working, you should look at the following 2 things:

1) Does the white led turn off? If you're connected to a PC (or possibly anything on USB), the white led will turn on when the device reboots. When the kernel boots, it will turn off.

Therefore, if the white led is on, it means your boot and/or dtbo is broken (or they don't work together, this happens when mixing EU kernel with ROM dtbos or vice-versa). Note that if your dtbo is very broken, it won't even show the Redmi logo.

2) If your kernel boots, where did the boot break? All reasonable kernels have pstore turned on, so you'll want to read/pull the pstore buffer when it goes into TWRP.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Saadbinaamer:
Well after preloader a simple battery drain will look like a hardbrick. i had first hand experience of hard brick with preloader (tried to install exposed framework). preloader does wont charge. also use miflash pro to flash the same.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Vexx_zerozero:
Well, I would have looked into it further if an user would'nt help me to successfully boot into Pixel Experience (had to do some operations in TWRP: Close AVB + RM Encrypt), so I have no interest in flashing MIUI again for now. I didn't backup dtbo nor I've restored it. How would I have fixed it in case my dtbo would had been broken, without having a backup of it?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] u8ububu:
Well, you can't. You need a working dtbo for your kernel. Therefore the only option would have been to download and reflash stock (at least kernel+dtbo). But then again, it might not have been the dtbo.

Edit: I've noticed your previous message now. The official TWRP defaults to 0 brightness on the screen for some reason. That's easily solved through adb. From what I've noticed, one of the most common reasons LOS is spinning on the boot logo is something it doesn't like in the data partition (I've never bothered to check what breaks it; I always reformatted data manually - as TWRP can't due to partitioning decisions - between system reflashes).
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Danmann:
I tried that and it didn't work for me either. Did you actually tried it or is it just a guess?

Could leave the command here, please?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] u8ububu:
That's how I got it working (I used TWRP through adb before, until I've heard the interface when touching the screen, and figured that it's either the screen being turned off or the brightness set to 0).

The backlight controls are in /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/. I guess something like

cat /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/max_brightness > /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

would be a good enough copy-paste command (for this phone/kernel and most others). And don't forget to set the default brightness in TWRP. I suppose I should mention the usual caveats too: lcd-backlight is only a de facto standard in android, max_brightness can hurt your eyes at night, and the lcd backlight settings is just for the backlight (in particular it doesn't turn on the display).
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gorzka:
Hello,

I'm downloaded the 2 files and install this via this commands

when I try to reboot nothing happens. After a few seconds the LED blinking twice and the phone vibrate, but the screen is black. Have tried this with volume+ and volume-

what can i do?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Vexx_zerozero:
What a ton of useful info you're spreading. That's funny because A LOT of other users had this same issue and the fix seems to be easy, but still it isn't patched by the TWRP team.

May I ask if you're a developer? Did you find this infos over the net or you learned these things by yourself?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rajesh8991:
Need links for Android9 roms

Glad to know that the phone could become anti-brick.

It would be helpful if someone provides links to roms for Redmi Note 8 Pro Android 9 version.

I googled too much, but everywhere i found is android 10 based rom. On one website, I found link for android 9 but that is for china variant. Can we flash china variant rom to indian variant model??

Please help me to find Android 9 Rom for Redmi Note 8 Pro Indian Variant.

Sorry for my bad english.