[Xiaomi Mi 11] killa-beez:
Thanks for that, could you elaborate a bit more (this is what I've done so far)

Installed Drivers (Qualcomm)

Have the MI Flash Tool

Downloaded the "venus_global_images_V12.0.4.0.RKBMIXM_20210306.0000.00_11.0_global"

Connect phone to computer wait for sound, check in device manager to see its in 9008

refresh mi flash -->then flash (here is the log file)

[5:20:59 PM COM4]:sw in images

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:sw has prog_firehose_lite.elf

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:flash in thread name:COM4,id:23

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:vboytest do open :

[5:21:00 PM COM4]: serial port COM4 opend successfully

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:[COM4]:start flash.

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:received hello packet

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:programmertype: 0

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:vboytest:D:\Xiaomi Files\venus_global_images_V12.0.4.0.RKBMIXM_20210306.0000.00_11.0_global\images

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:download programmer file: D:\Xiaomi Files\venus_global_images_V12.0.4.0.RKBMIXM_20210306.0000.00_11.0_global\images\prog_firehose_ddr.elf

[5:21:00 PM COM4]:download programmer D:\Xiaomi Files\venus_global_images_V12.0.4.0.RKBMIXM_20210306.0000.00_11.0_global\images\prog_firehose_ddr.elf

[5:21:14 PM COM4]:Send done packet

[5:21:14 PM COM4]:file D:\Xiaomi Files\venus_global_images_V12.0.4.0.RKBMIXM_20210306.0000.00_11.0_global\images\prog_firehose_ddr.elf transferred successfully

[5:21:16 PM COM4]:send nop command

[5:21:16 PM COM4]:send command:<?xml version="1.0" ?><data><nop verbose="0" value="ping"/></data>

[5:21:18 PM COM4]:write time out try agian 1

[5:21:21 PM COM4]:write time out try agian 2

[5:21:23 PM COM4]:write time out try agian 3

[5:21:26 PM COM4]:write time out try agian 4

[5:21:28 PM COM4]:write time out try agian 5

[5:21:31 PM COM4]:write time out try agian 6

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:write time out try agian 7

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:error:The write timed out.

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:System.Exception: write time out,maybe device was disconnected.

at XiaoMiFlash.code.Utility.Comm.WritePort(Byte[] send, Int32 offSet, Int32 count) in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\Utility\Comm.cs:line 201

at XiaoMiFlash.code.Utility.Comm.SendCommand(String command, Boolean checkAck) in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\Utility\Comm.cs:line 217

at XiaoMiFlash.code.bl.SerialPortDevice.ping() in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\bl\SerialPortDevice.cs:line 1873

at XiaoMiFlash.code.bl.SerialPortDevice.XiaomiFlash() in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\bl\SerialPortDevice.cs:line 251 at XiaoMiFlash.code.Utility.Comm.WritePort(Byte[] send, Int32 offSet, Int32 count) in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\Utility\Comm.cs:line 201

at XiaoMiFlash.code.Utility.Comm.SendCommand(String command, Boolean checkAck) in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\Utility\Comm.cs:line 217

at XiaoMiFlash.code.bl.SerialPortDevice.ping() in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\bl\SerialPortDevice.cs:line 1873

at XiaoMiFlash.code.bl.SerialPortDevice.XiaomiFlash() in E:\code\new_miflash\MiFlash-merge-zhousheng\MiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash\code\bl\SerialPortDevice.cs:line 251

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:no provision exit:COM4

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:flashSuccess False

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:isFactory False CheckCPUID False

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:before:flashSuccess is False set IsUpdate:True set IsDone True

[5:21:34 PM COM4]:after:flashSuccess is False set IsUpdate:false set IsDone true

all the help would be welcome...

Thanks!