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[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] pengismo:
Hi Everyone -

Last night when I went to sleep I left my PH-1 plugged in and charging, and when I woke up this morning the phone had frozen with a black screen and status light still blinking. I restarted the phone and end up at a screen with "Cannot Load Android System. Your data may be corrupt". The boot cycle goes "Powered by Android" --> circles to square dot rotation --> restarts to "Powered by Android" --> to screen mentioned before with corruption. I have options to "Try Again" or "Factory Reset" and have selected "Try Again" about 20 times now with no luck.

Some pertinent facts:

Running latest official OS from Essential

Bootloader unlocked

Phone is encrypted

When I flashed the latest official OS about a year ago I used TWRP, but forgot to re-install TWRP after the flash

I am able to get to the Bootloader --> "Recovery" --> "No Action Screen" and then get to the actual recovery from there; I am now kicking myself for not reinstalling TWRP. My options on the recovery screen are "apply update from ADB option", "mount /system", or "Factory Data Reset" (as well as review logs and some other tests).

Most of the data on the phone is backed up, however there are still some items not backed up that I'd like to attempt to retrieve.

My Question - What are my options to try and salvage the data off the phone provided it is encrypted? I've seen some references to using ADB update to re-flash the original OS (I assume this is a dirty flash) but not wipe the data and my data would still be there after the install. I've seen references for that approach but not confident enough to know if it would apply for my case. In example, would this work even with the encryption? Alternatively, I expect I could reinstall TWRP via ADB update and try to work something out from there.

Thank you in advance for reading this! I appreciate any and all insight or recommendations of an approach to take. As you can see, I'm clearly a novice who has followed some tutorials, but definitely not advanced enough to have strong knowledge of all of Android's innards. Thanks again.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Questions & Answers] tknguyencsu@gmail.com:
I received a notice from AT&T that I cannot use my mate 40 when the 3G network shutdown. Is this true? I though that the mate 40 can use 5G so it should be able to use the 4G network. Thanks for your reply.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Questions & Answers] adrianyujs:
Still able to use 4g and 5g. So remember in setting just use auto will do.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
This is the stable, official OTA Global Rom for Xiaomi Mi 11 (Venus) released today. Enjoy.

MIUI v12.5.1.0 (RKBMIXM) Global Rom

Check my other post for extracted boot.img for it.

boot.img extract v12.5.1.0 (RKBMIXM)
[Xiaomi Mi 11] PeternelG:
Sorry for stupid questions... I am new in xiaomi... How can I install this on my phone? I think i have EEA. Bootloader is locked till monday. Thanks in advance
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Hi , sorry for the questions I'm wanting to buy the Chinese mi 11 but like to know the process to flash stock global rom

After flashing will I get ota updates ?

Will banking apps work ?

5g will work I'm in the UK and see the band supported

Thank you
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
No question is stupid if helps you out. You'll need to have the bootloader unlocked unless it says RKBMIXM in your about phone section. EEA is RKBEUXM. If you're in Europe, I would stay with the EEA ROM because it seems to work better in general. Global might offer some better cellular signal in other places but it's iffy. I haven't really seen a difference in signal after switching from EEA to Global (I'm in the U.S). If you want to install it after unlocking the bootloader, then you should wait until c.mi.com uploads it on their site since it will be in a better format for it.

Yes. You will get OTA updates. Banking apps work on mine just fine which is on global, unlocked, and has magisk. According to this, all 5G bands in the UK are supported. Widevine L1 is working on mine still after clean flashing Global.

This ROM isn't meant to flash from a different variant since it's an OTA. If you want flash the global ROM, follow these steps:

Unlock bootloader with Xiaomi MiUnlock tool (you'll have to wait 168hours)

Download the ROM you want from here

Then follow this guide (skip step 2 in this guide since you've already downloaded the ROM you wanted)
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
That's very clear to understand thanks for taking up the time to explain , I'll get the EEA as I'm in the UK the one thing I dont understand what is magisk ?

Thanks Again
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Magisk is a systemless root method. Usually root will trip bank apps but you can hide Magisk and keep SafetyNet intact (this is what tell banking apps, etc if the device is modified or not). It's not necessary to have. I just figured you were planning on it since you asked about banking apps.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Would I need Magisk if flashing stock rom to have access to banking apps ? it leaves root open ? I would just prefer to the phone to act like stock and get OTA updates

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
No. You don't need it at all. Just an unlocked bootloader and the rom you're flashing is all.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
just made order for one, Thank you very much
[Xiaomi Mi 11] ghismo83:
With last update i see more ram used. I ve debloated my rom but previuosly i had 5gb ram free with 0.13 rom now 4gb.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Nice! What one did you order?
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
On 12.5.1.0?
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
8gb/128gb with Xiaomi GaN charger Type-C 55W

£514.00 and don't have to worry about custom charges 7/9 day delivery

Will flash stock EU rom
[Xiaomi Mi 11] qvert:
unused ram is wasted ram

it's not like on windows or something

it's basically good if there is not too much free ram
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
I ordered mine from GizTop, didn't have to pay any customs but it took forever to get here even when I paid for expedited. So it ended up arriving a couple days before the Pro/Ultra/11i were announced. Also came with an EU charger since that's the factory one, so I had to order a GaN charger for it. :ROFLMAO: It wasn't the best experience but now I have two black/green ported 65w GaN blocks for it and a pretty neat magnetic cable. I spend around $38 for the first one, though. The second one I snagged for a cool $15

I've honestly never really thought about ram consumption except for when it's causing slowdowns. I'll start keeping this in mind
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Damn I don't think I could handle that wait , I went with Wonda Mobile and have very good reviews hopefully get it quickly can't wait to try it currently have mi 9t looking forward checking out the 120hz and wanted bigger screen
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Yeah, kind of killed my excitement by the time it got here. Planning to get the Ultra soon too because I'm a sucker for that camera bump on the back. Hopefully it won't take so long to get here but there really isn't many good options to get it here quick at a fair price
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
I dont use camera much so not the main thing for me also like how Xiaomi give you that option and still not taking away the rest of the spec , for example look at the s21 they also take away the screen size

So preparing with the files and looking at the guide

Decompress the MIUI ROM flashing tool downloaded in Step 1, and double click on it to install

The MiFlash2020-3-14-0 doesnt install can only decompress the files can you just select XiaoMiFlash.exe in folder to open it

The Rom file from the link you provided

miui_VENUSEEAGlobal_V12.0.13.0.RKBEUXM_27c451d5b7_11.0.zip

On the guide it says

(Please check if the ROM file suffix is '.tgz'. If it is '.gz', please rename it to '.tgz')

When I decompress the zip and try selecting it in MiFlash it says Couldnt Find flash script

Can I just download venus_eea_global_images_V12.0.13.0.RKBEUXM_20210402.0000.00_11.0_eea_4c0dda6f7f.tgz

Its in the guide

Also I make sure clean all and lock isnt selected

I just want stock EU ROM I just flash once and future updates done by OTA

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Yeah, that seems to be my bad. Download the one from the flashing guide in tgz for it. I didn't think about the ones in the Rom Downloads sections being in a different format.

By the way, you might have noticed this ROM is MIUI 12 and not the 12.5. So you will have an update soon after flashing but probably not instantly. When I flashed Global, it took a little for Updater to catch up. So don't worry if it doesn't show any updates when you first try.

I'll update this section after I look on my computer for the miflash version I used. I first had a portable that didn't work (driver reading issues) so if I remember correctly, I downloaded an older one in msi format and updated. I

Itsin the guide

So it appears I downloaded two after the first portable. MiFlash 20181115 which seems to also be portable with more option and MiFlash v7.4.25 which installed on Windows. I would trying the newer first to see if it works correctly for you, then the second as a fallback. You can just click on XiaoMiFlash.exe in first one's folder.

**update** You can't have lock on if you're on a China variant and using a ROM other than the China Official! It will result in brick since it doesn't support any other rom being locked on it!
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
No problem I don't mind not having latest update right away I can just wait for OTA just like I would if bought EU version

I was watching YouTube step by step on flashing and he mentioned not to select Clean all and lock it will brick the phone ?

Does it matter if I leave it open it won't effect banking apps ?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
I've never had them be effected by an unlocked bootloader but I've heard people mention it a lot.

Ah. I just looked it up and it seems the China versions don't support locking the bootloader with EEA, Global, or other variants of the rom. I imagined it would be able to since they're official ROMs for the Mi 11 but yeah, it would result in a brick if you were to do that. Really glad you caught that before you tried it.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Guess I can use magisk if I have issues with banking apps, pretty much all set now just need to wait for the phone very excited I've had the Mi 9T for probably 2 years really looking forward mostly 6.8 inch 120hz not to forget faster chip , fast charging and 5G I could go on :) thanks for all the help
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Just updated this part for you

That's true. If it reluctantly comes to that, I can give you a guide on it. Also, can show you some extra benefits for on having it such as removing system-wide ads (toggle on and off without reboot) and some other conveniences.

The display is stunning and paired with the MSM888 + AI Image Engine (in settings) it really is something. Don't forget it also has WIFI 6 so internet is also better when at places that have WIFI 6 routers. :)
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Just received it super fast delivery when it was picked up on Monday can see why wondamobile is highly reviewed

Gonna unlock bootloader and wait
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Just to let you know I flashed stock EU V12.5.1.0.RKBEUXM and went fine , banking apps working fine, but cant seem to get netflix I dont understand how to install magisk I looked it up and seems you only can install it with custom recovery ?

Also another thing I noticed I was getting 5G before with chinese rom but now its only 4G this is my own sim I tried 2 other networks and they get 5G ?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Try installing Netflix from here (will require the ApkMirror apk which you can get from the PlayStore). The Playstore would tell me that Netflix wasn't compatible with my device with SafetyNet passing. Not sure why but it installed fine from ApkMirror and works correctly (Widevine L1/Full HD working). It probably is not something that requires the use of Magisk to hide.

As far as Magisk goes, there are multiple ways to install it. There is a custom recovery for the Mi 11 as of this week. Cheers for that. However, I don't recommend installing it. I would just temporarily boot it to install Magisk if you were going to install Magisk. The other way, which I prefer, is patching the boot.img in the Magisk apk then I will test boot it with "fastboot boot [drag the patched boot img into the terminal here]" and if it boots without loop, then I'll go to the Magisk app and do a direct install since it has root via the temporarily booted patched img. You could also flash it through fastboot, instead, but I prefer to use the "boot" command first to make sure that it won't result in bootloop since it will only use that img for that one boot. However, like I said, you don't really need Magisk for the Netflix issue. If bank apps and GPay are working, then it means that SafetyNet passes already.

That's curious. I would imagine the EEA Rom would have just as many (or more) bands as the China Rom. According to Kimovil, Global variant (which should encompass EEA, too) has one more 5G band than the China variant.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
I manually installed latest netflix apk seems to load fine will get my friend to log in later to see if it plays stuff , when I try to search it on google play it doesnt come up ? is this same issue with eu/global bought phones ?

Dont really have much issues Bank apps work fine still dont understand about 5G it was working with my provider with chinese rom and area has very good 5G coverage highest I got is 4G+

what makes me more confused all UK networks use the same 5G band and I tested two other networks and 5G works fine , maybe the network disabled 5G on my account ? My cousin has an mi10 which was bought from UK I will test my sim on that

Im not too interested trying custom recovery maybe later , the xiaomi.eu rom with twrp out does that get OTA updates now ?

I have attached screenshot of safetyNet

Thanks for all the help
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Thanks will try to get my head around it not so much issue for me right now I dont use google pay myself and the Banking apps are working

Im more worried when time comes to pass the phone on will have to factory reset and the fixes will need to be done or otherwise they will come across the issues

does the Xiaomi.eu rom come with safetynet already passing because I watched youtube of flashing process and the safetynet passed I rather get that but it a the moment cant run OTA updates within phone ?

Also my phone network didnt have 5G active on my account thats why it didnt work

Thanks for all your help
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Yes. xiaomi.eu cannot get ota updates with the official recovery. However, you can install it and update it without installing a custom recovery. All you need to do is "fastboot boot" the twrp.img and install the rom that way. I used to do it on my Pixel for every update because TWRP would write over Magisk. SafetyNet on it passes (without root) since they develop that feature into it. It also has a lot more features than any of the official roms and updates faster than any of the Global (non-China) roms. If I remember correctly, it can get OTAs via TWRP if you were to install it as the recovery.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
I was reading up and you are correct it can be updated by OTA via TWRP without using computer just need to manually select the zip hopefully it will be automated soon not so much issue for me but thinking at some point I will most likely pass the phone onto family member who is less technically minded and can keep the phone updated

xiaomi.eu seems the one to get like you said gets updates often and features and fixes pre applied , I will probably flash it in next few weeks dont feel like going through the setting up again so soon

If I install trwp with xiaomi.eu and than the auto update command gets added ? I wont need to format data just would need to update TRWP ?

Also 1 issue I have noticed the rotation of the screen stops working every 1-2 days restarting it gets it working again hope its just software issue and not hardware
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
The TWRP that is currently released for Mi 11 is still in infancy and not an official twrp build. So development with it has really just started. Xiaomi.eu has started releasing roms for Venus in TWRP format (previously fastboot) so auto-updates should work soon enough with it.

Stable builds to stable builds, weekly to weekly would work just like OTAs so no data wipe. It would just update in TWRP instead of Xiaomi's recovery. You will need to reset the phone when going to xiaomi.eu from another rom or if you switch from stable to weekly (beta builds), vice versa.

I'm actually going to install MIUIMix weekly on mine, which is based on Xiaomi.eu rom with some extras. It seems that they have their own recovery. So I'll let you know if it would be more ideal. It's still really early in builds for Venus, though. Only weekly, no stables that I could find.

I'm not sure on the rotation problems. I always have rotation off. Only apps that rotate by default are the ones I use rotated such as games, YouTube, etc
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
I think I will hold off for now till the recovery and automated OTA matures
[Xiaomi Mi 11] zoltan78:
It is not thread about Mi 11 Lite but about Mi 11 (venus). Go to your specific thread.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
So MMX and TWRP didn't work well for me so I'm on Xiaomi.EU stable currently. Everything's working well on it. An amendment to what I said earlier, the recovery MIUIMIX had was just the TWRP Xiaomi.EU had, so not worth the extra effort. I heard the battery life is around 2 hours or so better on full charge but I have tried it for myself yet.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
thanks for the update I'll be going to Xiaom.EU stable its been around a long time and gets great support, and has fixes pre applied

just reading up what steps to flash Xiaom.EU stable currently have EU stock flashed confused the guide here seems dated ? newer method use trwp to flash ? and not use the fastboot rom ? as I dont have backup phone I need to get back up and running quickly
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
I will be uploading a video this week from when I installed MIUIMIX yesterday with TWRP. Xiaomi.eu TWRP ROM will be the exact same process for the first install. However, I think all of the Stable for Venus are currently fastboot for Xiaomi.eu (weekly is TWRP which is 20.x.xx ROMs).

For backup, you can use this command:

"adb backup -apk -shared -all -f <filepath>/backup.ab"

with <filepath>/backup.ab being the location on your computer that you want to back it up to (it can be called whatever you want like xiaomibackup.ab, etc). It's probably the best backup for non-root. I usually use SwiftBackup for mine which works better but it's a root backup. Backup.ab types have failed for me numerous times when moving to a different ROM. So maybe the better option would be to patch the boot.img on the ROM your on (with magiskmanager.apk) and just "boot" command it, backup with SwiftBackup everything (apps, data, ext. data, expansion), pull those backups with "adb pull /sdcard/SwiftBackup <Computer File path you want them to go to>" (pull folders you want to keep like download, DCIM, etc, too), then install Xiaomi.eu, patch it's boot.img, "boot" command the patch.img, push the SwiftBackup folder with "adb push <location on your computer>/SwiftBackup /sdcard", restore apps+data+ext. data+expansion (in restore options) in SwiftBackup, push the other folders on your computer you backed up (or copy them over with file transfer), then reboot when finished in your back to be unrooted, safteynet passing, and have everything restored.

I know that sounds like a lot but I assure you it's a lot faster of a backup and restore than you'd otherwise have to do as far as apps/app data goes
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
Hi, that seems complicated I actually prefer to set everything back when changing ROM just feel it will be cleaner

So only weekly Xiaomi.eu can use TWRP and can download the OTA and use TWRP to update without using computer ?

So if I wanted to flash Xiaomi.eu onto my phone, I just put it into fast boot download and extract the fastboot zip Xiaomi.eu and run ./windows_fastboot_first_install_with_data_format.bat

thats it ?

and future updates manually running Windows OS ./windows_fastboot_update_rom.bat

Till TWRP is updated for OTA

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
I misinterpreted what you said previously. I thought in the last part you were referring to backing up and restoring everything quick with the Xiaomi.eu rom. My bad

For the time being, only weekly has TWRP. When they release the next Stable, it will be in TWRP format as well. They just released the current Stable version for Venus right before they switch to TWRP install (because TWRP became available for it). Weekly is beta so it's updated more frequently so there's already TWRP versions out for it. Both will have TWRP ROMs going forward.

Yeah. All you have to do is put your phone in fastboot and double click ./windows_fastboot_first_install_with_data_format.bat and it should popup a Command Prompt line and start flashing everything. Then restart when it's finished. It's quite easy and painless. I would delete second space, any dual apps, and turn off your lock before you do it, just to be extra cautious. It wouldn't cause an issue with the install but it could cause some problems with TWRP if any of that happens to stay intact. I'm about 99.9% sure that xiaomi.eu will write over all of it, though.

Future updates, you'll just boot TWRP and install the update (dirty flash). The only reason there is no TWRP install Stables right now is just because v12.5.7.0 (latest) was released right before they switched with the new TWRP available.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] uscool:
that sounds straight forward maybe tomorrow I will flash Xiaomi.eu stable via fast boot,

Also when Xiaomi.eu stable TWRP is avaliable I wont need to flash the ROM again and delete everything ? I just would need to install TWRP and get the OTA and install it via TWRP and it will just update the ROM without deleting data ?

At the moment my phone is fine with stock EU bank apps work, I dont use Gpay so doesnt effect me only issue I come across is sometimes maybe every 1-2 days the automatic rotation stops working I have to restart phone to work again I mostly use it when watching YouTube maybe Xiaomi.eu ROM will fix it

but looking long term I think Xiaomi.eu is the one to go for it has good long term support and has pre applied fixes and gets new features and at some point should do OTA updates fully automated

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 11] iamrance.asa:
Yeah, no wipe with any of the Stable updates. Just "Install" in TWRP. Only the initial install needs data wipe. After that, they're the same as OTAs

Yeah, very solid ROM and frequent support/updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] scampo77:
Seems like a simple enough question but I've been having a really difficult time trying to gain traction about information on this tablet or any tablet.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Gasaraki-:
Yes. i've owned one since is was released last year but there is NOTHING on xda. Even though it's new and fairly speedy, no one has worked on an ROM for this. I wanted to unlock and root it so I can use it on another ISP/Mobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] scampo77:
It's very very frustrating, there seems to be very little support for it. Do you know if you can charge while having a thumb drive hooked up? Like OTG style? I have purchased 2 tablets so far and neither have this capabilities. I don't want to be purchasing a third with the same result
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] scampo77:
I just ordered o e and it showed up today and it also does not charge while a thumb drive is hooked up. Have you found any information or help on this product anywhere. Do you know of any other forums where people actually answer problems? I am so impossibly frustrated