[Redmi Note 8 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ShaiBlizzard:
Well damn, here goes.

Also extra stuff like passing safetynet and some troubleshooting included but the tags were getting too much.

$Blue - specifics for POSP 11 #this whole guide was made cuz of it after all

#Green - comments

Red - warnings

and with that out of the way...

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SHAI'S MEDIOCRE ROM & ROOT HOW TOS: FOR DUMMIES​

FROM DUMMIES​

FOR DUMMIES​

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import disclaimer

"""
This how-to is presented to you from my own experiences, AS IS.
By using it, you agree not to hold me responsible for any bricked devices,
melted icecream or lost cat pics. Don't blame me if you forgot to back up some things before proceeding.
Check that all your data has been backed up before proceeding with this guide and then check again, one can never be too safe.
If I missed something or you'd like to add your own experiences to this so it's all in 1 neat place let me know.
"""

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[1. PREREQUISITES]

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0*. UNBRICK GUIDE:

# the mega-thread preloader is redundant since this became a thing imo

UNBRICK BEGONIA NO AUTH

Requirements: 1) PC 2) Internet 3) Patience Windows Method: • Download this file - Click-Here (Download from Telegram) (https://mega.nz/file/A4YSEZaA#0Jk3_jH8uVtMnATciVRtWw2r_SH0NPLq4P6SrGNuwJQ)

telegra.ph

1. TWRP:

⠀⠀⠀⠀- ANDROID 9: TWRP 3.3

⠀⠀⠀⠀- ANDROID 10: # no problems encountered with any of them for me, go crazy

⠀⠀⠀⠀- ANDROID 11: # trying to install an A11 rom from twrp 3.3 RESULTED IN A BRICK

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀# following ones confirmed to be working | | 3.4 may work on noncfw, if anyone tested it out lmk

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀CFW: https://sourceforge.net/projects/begonia-oss/files/CFW-TWRP/ #3.4 tested -> working

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀NONCFW: 3.5 or forks of it [BlackCatTWRP , unofficialTWRP unified tested] worked for me,

# MAKE SURE NOT TO MIX UP CFW & NONCFW RECOVERIES

# MAY CAUSE-> unable to boot in recovery, bootloop[from OTA update while first effect ] ! ! and in few cases BRICKS

2.CFW:

⠀⠀⠀⠀# check megathread for dowloads and the tags on the rom that you're installing to know what to get... except this

⠀⠀⠀⠀# guide wouldn't be a thing if those tags were accurate.... sigh.... check their site & telegram or other similar things before if you want to be 100% sure

3. Your ROM... duh

Now that that's over time to get on with the main course

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[2. INSTALLATION]

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$ assuming you're coming from miui android 10, should work with other AOSP roms.

$ If you're on android 9 for some reason it'd be ideal to update beforehand, since you can't install recoveries needed by it on it

1. RECOVERY INSTALLATION: #3.4 official +ADBFTools included in my mediocre rom scripts & zip below,replace w/e

⠀⠀⠀⠀- INSTALL: ADB & fastboot tools

⠀⠀⠀⠀- enter fastboot⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀$use what I mentioned in the NONCFW A11 section

⠀⠀⠀⠀- after connecting phone to your PC, type in cmd " fastboot flash recovery <recov_name>.img

⠀⠀⠀⠀- type fastboot reboot recovery

2. ROM INSTALLATION:

⠀⠀⠀⠀-⠀on recovery -> WIPE: FORMAT DATA && ADVANCED WIPE [dalvik, system, cache, data] #somewhat overkill

⠀⠀⠀⠀-⠀on pc cmd -> adb push <drag n drop rom file> / #or /sdcard if you want | | repeat for w/e you wna add

⠀⠀⠀⠀-⠀on recovery -> INSTALL:

$ sourceforge version: VDNK30 / github ones && OTAs: noncfw

$ don't touch the sourceforge one since you'll have to move to the others either way

⠀⠀⠀⠀- # install cfw beforehand if needed by your rom select and flash ROM along with anything else you need like gapps/magisk

⠀⠀⠀⠀- reboot & proffit

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[3. MAGISK AND SAFETYNET PASSING]

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1. INSTALLATION: rename LATEST MAGISK APK to .zip and flash it from recovery, or use your recovery's built in if it's up to date... that's it really

2. PASSING SAFETYNET:

⠀⠀⠀⠀- use magiskhide on google play store & services

⠀⠀⠀⠀- flash from magisk kdrag0n's universal safetynet fix

⠀⠀⠀⠀- if on android 10: use magiskhide props config to change fingerprint to begonia

$ only univ safetynet fix needed for me to pass, if you're having problems try props as well?

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[4. TROUBLESHOOTING]

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1. Trying to recover from brick: Mediatek device shows up broken in device manager

-> REDO STEPS 2-4 ON THE UNBRICK TOOL​

2. Recovery crashes after a few seconds in it

->YOU FLASHED NONCFW RECOVERY ON CFW BUILD, INSTALL A PROPER ONE​

3. Device shows up with wrong/halved memory capacity

->FORMAT DATA FROM RECOVERY #obviously erases all data​

More to be added when people have troubles.

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[X. MILASCENIOUS]

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# Things that don't really belong anywhere but yeah

-> POSP 11's lawnchair rewrite is still in alpha, I don't really recommend using it for the time being since a lot of features are still missing, get the one from the play store til it gets some polish. Most notably categories & hide app missing

-> On android 10 you can get ANXCamera for all the camera sensors + 64MP camera, haven't looked into a11's

-> For really big mistakes: this is how you remove magisk modules from recovery, in case you mess up big time

-> Extra used things: STOCK ROM [MIUI 12 a10] for those that bricked their phone | blackcat recovery working on posp 11 and it's good for newbies to rooting & that 1 batch recovery script

-> I really wish they're gonna add back the POSP swag (icon on top left statusbar w posp logo)

-> There is an empty character I found some while ago, it's not the same as space : it doesn't get auto deleted, use it to make your formatting neater on places where spaces >2 are being deleted [like here] or to confuse ppl? [⠀]<- that

-> Mug cakes are really great, you should make 1 sometime