[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] M1k3.7:
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I was able to block the Mi Account checkups in the router and flash my phone back to the newest global Rom !

First i added Url Filters in my Router. I checked the blocked URL's in the Drony App on my Chinese Rom phone. My Router blocks the following Url's:

find.api.micloud.xiaomi.net

data.mistat.xiaomi.com

update.miui.com

i.mi.com

After that i tried to flash the latest Global Stock Rom from the official Xiaomi page and failed first. Got the same error message as i got when i wanted to flash the older Chinese Rom. I figured out that you have to deactivate "Tracing" in the Sp Flash Settings.

It would be probably enough to delete every saved folder in the log file path which is "C:\ProgramData\SP_FT_Logs". ProgramData is hidden, so i choose to try just deactivate tracing at all and it worked for me.

After the flash I had still a couple Chinese and other (Drony, Miracle, UC Browcer, ... ) apps with setings installed. Somehow it saved the Apps and Settings. Most of the Chinese apps where gone though and i was able to go through the Setup with giving it a Gmail account and so on. Google Apps working fine.

After couple minutes I got a message that an android app doesnt work. Couldn't stop it.

At this point I did a "random" factory reset --> with no sim card (mobile data) installed.

This deleted all settings and again, the setup worked just fine.

Right after the Setup i installed the Drony App again and blocked the necessary Apps. Use YouTube or Google to find the right Drony Settings. When Drony is running you can insert you're SIM card and use mobile data

Thats it so far. I have a phone with up to date Firmware but disabled firmware updates, can install practically every App from Google App Store and connect to the Internet with Drony App in between. Activated Developer Mode and USB Debugging (nor necessary).

In fact, with mobile Data off and connected to my home Wifi i could use the phone without VPN App (Drony}.

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What would I try if I would buy another phone like this ?

I'm just a random guy who bought a locked phone. If you try any of the following on your phone I do not take any responsibility !

1) block the URL's which you can find above

2) https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-t...d-flash-in-edl-with-no-auth-for-free.4229679/

At point 9 it says: "Connect powered off phone with volume- button to boot in EDL mode"

You are probably not even able to power off youre phone and you DO NOT need to open your phone to disconnect the battery.

When the phone is on (your'e phone is locked screen or so), press and hold the power button and volume up button, until the phone shuts off. At this very second let the power button go and just keep the volume up button pressed and connect the USB C cable to your phone . That's it.

The libusb filter driver window should find the mtk device. Klick on it quickly and install. It should prompt driver successful installed. No problem if you're not fast enough. Just try again. Even if your device disappears from the list meanwhile - it is installed after this message.

Keep the buttons and the procedure in mind as you will need it later on when you do the bootloader bypass itself with the bypass.bat. Try it again and again till it says "driver installed" when it comes to the "how to install" message at #10 --- and the "protection disabled" at "how to bypass" #3 part.

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Furthermore you probably don't need to flash (Sp Flash -> download) your device at all. It might be enough if you choose the scatter file of your downloaded Rom , the mtk all in one Download agent and the auth_sv5.auth authentication file.

Then go to "Format" in Sp Flash Tool. Tick "manual format flash" and give begin address

0xe188000 and format length 0x4678000 . After this your phone will boot into setup mode.

DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE NOT SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PHONE, SCATTER FILE, STOCK ROM AND THE RIGHT FIRMWARE ON YOUR PHONE !