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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
1. UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER :

- Download the Mi Unlock app to PC, and sign in with your Mi Account;

- Enable Developer Option in your phone by tapping the "Build Number" 7 times

- Go to Developer Options "Settings > Additional Settings > Developer Options

- Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking

- Aslo add account in Mi Unlock Status (Can be found in Developer Options

- Install all the required drivers (adb drivers, vcom drivers etc.) In your PC [I'll link these below]

- Shut down your phone manually, and hold Volume down key and Power button to enter Fastboot mode

- Connect your phone to PC using USB cable and click "Unlock". In Mi Unlock Tool

- You will be given a specific time (168 hours mostly)

- Wait until that and redo Unlock process

- Your device’s bootloader is unlocked

2. FLASHING TWRP :

- Install Minimal ADB and fastboot on your PC [Link will be provided below]

- Download LR Team TWRP [This work for now, I'll provide link below and will update it after we have another proper TWRP]

- Put that TWRP in the file location of ADB and Fastboot (Right click on Minimal ADB and Fastboot icon on desktop and click on Open file location)

- rename that recovery to "twrp" for convenience (optional)

- Now Connect your phone to PC With USB Debugging on (keep phone on).

- Type

Code:

adb devices

and accept the pop up on phone's screen.

- Now reboot your phone to Fastboot mode

- Type

Code:

fastboot devices

- Your device ID will be visible on Screen.

- Then type

Code:

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

- When it's done, Remove cable and Hold Power + Vol. Up when phone starts turning on leave the power button but keep pressing Vol. UP until TWRP splash Screen shows up.

- Done

3. ROOTING :

- In TWRP mount System

- Go to Advanced > file manager

- then go to system_root > system and delete "recovery-from-boot.p"

- Go home and again go to advanced and Select "Close AVB2.0" swipe to confirm.

- Go back and select "Install Root"

- Here you go magisk 19.4 will be installed (U can chose any other versions afterwards.)

- Reboot the device to system.

- Done!

LINKS

1. Mi Unlock tool

2. Minimal ADB and Fastboot

3. ADB Drivers for MTK

4. MTK USB Drivers

5. LR Team TWRP
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
Hello once again...I might need some help :(

I was following these steps but after flashing this TWRP I cant enter into the TWRP...so far Ive tried holding power button then pressing Volume +; holding power button and then holding Volume+; even holding them both but still without any result...any chance you might help me here, please?

*EDIT: Im flashing stock ROM
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Go to the system then do

adb reboot recovery
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
I flashed TWRP recovery once again, then I went for "adb reboot recovery". This is what happened after I used "adb reboot recovery" (attached picture). There is no sign about TWRP. What am I doing wrong? I literally followed the guide the flash of the recovery TWRP is successful. Is there any chance that Im flashing wrong TWRP recovery? Or that Im doing it on stock ROM? Usually its problem between chair and keyboard but I dont know :-/.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
So Ive tried to boot TWRP through after flashing it with "fastboot boot twrp.img". It went through but it booted like normal so I ended up in system like when you turn on your phone normally.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
Anybody, anything please? :(
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] donkyshot:
First: what version of miui?

If you're on miui 12.5 this method will cause reboot.

If your phone is < 12.0.X its okay.

It looks like flashing recovery worked.

Instead of trying to adb reboot recovery after flashing recovery try this:

- When it's done, Remove cable and Hold Power + Vol. Up when phone starts turning on leave the power button but keep pressing Vol. UP until TWRP splash Screen shows up.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
Version of MIUI: MIUI Global 12.0.5; Stable 12.05.0(QGGEUXM)

Version of Android: 10 QP1A. 190711.020

Android Level of Security: 2021-04-01

I was already trying that, if I do it how you typed the screen is gonna keep blinking with MIUI logo.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
I was looking for the answers and I found smth about "fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img" to disable android verified boot, but dunno if its my case on stock ROM or not.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] donkyshot:
First you need to enter recovery, i think you didn't flash boot.

Follow the method below exactly.

Original post and files can be found here.

If error occurs..

1. Go to Minimal ADB and Fastboot in C: of your PC. Open Fastboot folder and Press Shift+Right Click and Select Open Command Window Here at the CMD type fastboot devices and enter (check if it's recognized the device).

2. Enter the following commands: fastboot flash boot boot.img and Enter then fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and Enter. We have flashed clean boot and TWRP.

3. Disconnect the phone from the PC, hold the Power button as the screen goes blank immediately hold Volume + the TWRP splash screen will appear and disappear still hold the button when the TWRP splash screen appears a second time release Volume +. The recovery_fromboot.p file is already deleted earlier.

5. Go to Mount in TWRP check data, system, vendor, nvdata and now you can decrypt DATA by formatting in TWRP Wipe-Fotmat Data, write yes and swipe.

6. Disconnect the phone from the PC, hold the Power button as the screen goes blank immediately hold Volume + the TWRP splash screen will appear and disappear still hold the button when the TWRP splash screen appears a second time release Volume +. If Chinese language change to English. If TWRP will ask you the password (this means that there is DATA encryption)click on CANCEL and get to the main screen.

We go to the mount, put check on data, system, vendor, nvdata and MicroSD card (if the phone has a memory card).

Press home to return to the main screen Choose Advanced-File Manager item >system_root / system / folder at the bottom there is a recovery_fromboot.p file delete it.

Go back to Advanced and select Close AVB2.0 and flash the archive with a swipe to the right.

Again, we go along the Advanced-File Manager path in the root, look for the supersu folder in it, select the SuperSu_installer.zip fileand flash it with a swipe to the right. This is an archive from Magisk_19.4 it will patch boot. The firmware of this archive should go WITHOUT a single error, all lines should be white and at the end of DONE. If everything was done without errors in the TWRP select the Reboot-System. The first boot will be a little long and Don't Panic when boot up check the Magisk Manager>Settings>Update Settings>Stable Channel.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
I dont have any boot.img in my folder so I cant flash the boot.img. Having stock ROM and I have no clue where to get it.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
My current ROM is MIUI Global 12.0.5; Stable 12.05.0 (QGGEUXM) and I think I just found it here on this link:

https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/begonia/stable/V12.0.5.0.QGGEUXM/

Can anybody experience confirm that Im suppose to copy out the boot.img out of it and then copy&paste it into Minimal ADB and Fastboot in C: of my PC and then going for the "fastboot flash boot boot.img" as the last msg from Donkyshot says?

Tyvm
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
Id appreciate any help :(

Everything I did try is above.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Well look here.

This is the original post the person above put soooo

Yeah the boot.img is in there.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] N00B92:
Thanks. I used the boot.img and I was following the guide which "donkyshot" sent. But I got stucked right after I did those commands in command Window. I disconnected the phone went for the power button hold and then when it was blank I stopped holding power button and I started holding the Volume+ button. The phone was bootlooped on Xiaomi logo...I was waiting several times but nothing. At the end I had to flash the phone with stock ROM I downloaded through MiFlash...I really dont know what I was doing wrong.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] raphec:
Hi,

Just got my Touch Pro on Saturday, and really quite impressed with it. One worry i have though is that i get charged exorbitant fees for data when on EDGE and not HSDPA

Is there any way to enable calls on roaming but not data? Failing that, is turning off data access in the comms manager a surefire way or preventing data from being received/transmitted? Last thing i want is a massive bill for data.

thanks,
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Black93300ZX:
First of all, HSDPA is going to charge you just as much for data you use. Anyways, if you want to cut off all data transfer search for a program called NoData.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] raphec:
On 3 here in australia, on HSDPA, i have 200MB included in my data pack. On edge its $1.65 a mb... exorbitant, but thats how it is...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Black93300ZX:
WHA? That's ridiculous, data is data no matter what speed you get it at. Well, whatever the case I don't know if you can disable data just on edge. :( Sorry.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] raphec:
I will happily just stop all data and switch it back on when i need it.

Yeah its an absolute rort.
[Redmi Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yuki1001:
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for the results of any of these operations.

This thread I will tell you how to partition sdcard and install/move apps to sdcard.

Required environment:

1. A working sdcard inserted to your phone.

2. Root.

3. Activity Launcher for calling hidden activities.

Install Magisk first if you have no root permission. Install Terminal Emulator or use adb shell to open a command window.

>Partition the sdcard

Let's start right now. Switch to root shell by running su.

1. Check your disk number of your sdcard.

sm list-disks adoptable

Check the output and remember the disk number for further use.

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2. Partition the sdcard to seperate space of storing apps and external files.

sm partition "disk_number" mixed "reserved_percent"

Replace "disk_number" with your real disk number. The parameter "reserved_percent" means how much space you want to reserve for external storage.

Example 1: Want 90% of sdcard goes to store apps and 10% left as external storage.
sm partition "disk_number" mixed 10

Example 2: Want 70% of sdcard goes to store apps and 30% left as external storage.
sm partition "disk_number" mixed 30

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Press ENTER to execute your command. All data on your sdcard will be destroyed. Back up all data on sdcard first if needed.

Right now the sdcard has the ability to store apps. Let's go to the 2nd part.

>Move apps to sdcard

1. Open Activity Launcher and wait for it scan all activities. Search "ManageApplications" and start that activity. Exact name is "com.android.settings.applications.ManageApplications".

2. Select the app you want to move to sdcard. I use Root Explorer as example.

Select "Storage" to check whether the app is installed in Internal Storage".

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Click on "Change" and select your sdcard.

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3. The system will go to the app moving page. Click "Move" to start moving the app to sdcard.

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Wait until the progress done and the app should already in sdcard.

Move any other apps as you want.

OK. All steps are done. Thanks for reading.

If this guide helped you, please click the "Like" button.
[Redmi Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yuki1001:
RESERVED FLOOR#2.
[Redmi Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] musicaholic:
I followed your guide and now I'm able to move apps to my sdcard. Thank you very much.

However, i have one question. After moving apps to sdcard, do I have to do that again if there are new updates ?
[Redmi Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yuki1001:
I think installing normal apk of newer version won't change the app's location. I have no SD card around me right now for testing.
[Redmi Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yuki1001:
I think installing normal apk of newer version won't change the app's location. I have no SD card around me for testing at the moment.

BTW, you can set the default install location with a pm command to control the location where new apps will be installed by default.
[Redmi Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Meladur:
can i do this just for whats app only i have sd and wanna to store its data on it
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] Erville679:
Can someone help me to decide?

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[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] Noter2017:
Redmi Note 9T has a MediaTek Dimensity processor which means no custom ROMs which means you totally depend on Xiaomi for updates an you have to accept all their bloatware.

If you want custom ROMs and root your phone Poco X3 NFC is the better choice.

The Redmi Note 9T above also only has 4GB of RAM, better buy a phone with 6GB.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] Erville679:
Thank youuu
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] aymen peter:
agree with you
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
Hello

Can I install the official ROM recovery mi10i 5g through twrp recovery on my Redmi Note 9 Pro 5g

and thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Kenora_I:
Flash the full fastboot ROM and yes TWRP would be overwritten.

Providing it is STOCK TWRP and not any port with features such as (agressive stock recovery disable)
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
Thanks for answering my question

I already installed EU ROM and twrp on my phone. Can I install stock recovery rom through twrp or do I need to install a full fastboot ROM?
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Kenora_I:
From the EU ROM zip package extract recovery.img and flash that.
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
Can i flashing miui_GAUGUININGlobal_V12.5.1

From twrp

And sorry for my language skills
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Kenora_I:
Is that a fastboot ROM, not a OTA package right? Should be 1.2gb plus
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
Not a fastboot

It's Stable Recovey 2.8gb
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Kenora_I:
Extract it and look for a recovery.img file.

If it is there you can flash that in twrp and get stock recovery.
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
I don't need to replace the recovery

I just want to make sure that I can install the ROM through twrp
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Kenora_I:
Yes, you can.
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
Thanks man for helping
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Kenora_I:
lol not a man but appreciate the thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
Sorry ma'am, I didn't realize you were a lady. Thank you very much
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Kenora_I:
oof enough with the modesty xd

My name is fine enough

But No problem
[Xiaomi Mi 10i] Yeslam7:
The method of flashing the ROM from recovery did not work, my phone became dead, it entered EDL mode, and I could not get out of this situation, and I could not enter the fast boot, and I bought another phone and flashed the orange fox recovery and I got the same problem again, the phone entered EDL mode, why the phone crashes quickly
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
VBmeta file for a device is same for all types of custom recoveries such as twrp , pitch black , orange fox? Or different for different recoveries and how can I download it?
[General Questions and Answers] Kenora_I:
It is specific for a device.

vbmeta is responsible for checking initial boot to enter into boot or in recovery mode

Something like that. But a modified vbmeta disables secure boot.

Depends on what your device is.

If you need it for some customization it would be outlined in the guide and given there for download.
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
I want to flash pitch black recovery to flash evolution X 5.9 my device is realme 7 pro
[General Questions and Answers] Kenora_I:
https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-unofficial-rmx2170-v3-0-0-pitch-black-recovery-10-12-20.4201167/

Follow the guide step by step and youll be fine.

Ive linked the post above.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
A vbmeta.img per se has NOTHING to do with Custom Recovery used. The vbmeta.img is part of any stock Android OS since version 4. It implements the Android Verified Boot mechanism, means vbmeta.img holds the hash for Android's boot and often also other partitions. vbmeta. img is a security method what ensures Android OS isn't got tampered.

If you want to modify stock Android OS's system then you have to prevent bootloader of reading it before. This most times is achieved by replacing default vbmeta.img by a patched one. This patching typically is done by running

fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
[General Questions and Answers] Kenora_I:
Here is a great explantion once again by the famed jwoegerbauer :)

you can count on him for anything

But yeah, you’ll have to find a patched vbmeta.img The mods removed it in the post for some reason
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
How to download the VBmeta.img
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
If a want only custom recovery and no other modifications in that then I have to use fastboot flash recovery only?
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
Plz tell
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
The typical roadmap

adb devices
adb reboot fastboot
fastboot reboot fastboot 2>nul
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot --disable-verity --disable--verication flash vbmeta <VBMETA.IMG>
fastboot flash recovery <REVOVERY.IMG>
fastboot reboot recovery
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
Bro I have only recovery IMG.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
You can pass to Fastboot any vbmeta.img as long as its filesize doesn't exceed filesize of vbmeta.img present in actual Android OS. A vbmeta.img with filesize of 128 Bytes in theory is sufficient, this because only the byte at file's offset 120 get altered by Fastboot.

It's on you.
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
VBmeta file is compulsory for recovery..sorry for irritating but I did not get that . Yesterday I tried to flash custom recovery also it got flashed but it stuck at bootloop then I flashed the stock ROM. Plz help me bcoz I didn't got that 😟
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
It's always the same I can observe here: people without a profound knowledge of the facts think that they can improve an Android device. :)

My advice: Take phone to autorized service center and let them fix it. :)
[General Questions and Answers] NickOp:
The main problem is that service center in not there in my town.also those guys in service center will not install custom ROMs for u.
[General Questions and Answers] Kenora_I:
Didnt get what?
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
IMO it's NOT the task of any service center to tamper an Android device - will say to flash a Custom ROM, but to reset a softbricked device to the state when it came into market if you aren't able to manage it yourself. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Prince_Fowzan:
hey, does flashing a blank vmbeta file causes the device to brick? or where do i find the perfect patched vmbeta file?
[General Questions and Answers] Lucky.Snack:
Is it possible to use vbmeta from a different region rom?

Currently using miui 14 but i can't find fastboot rom anywhere at the moment. so i'm thingking of using vbmeta from different region of the same version 14
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] THC Butterz:
I have had a charging issue that was denied a warranty claim by Google, they said the phone, mind you was only a month or two old at the time had water damage and they wouldn't fix it, now this phone works fine, but it will not charge if you plug it in and leave it, once it's plugged in then you need to pull down the notification shade, click on USB preferences, and then switch to controlled by this device, then it will charge, I see in the developer settings, I can control default USB behavior, but forcing the phone as a host is not an option, is there any way to automate this process so it's not as irritating?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] v12xke:
If wireless charging won't work either, it's time for a new phone
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
If you had pulled it apart right away, disconnected the battery, then flushed with anhydrous isopropyl alcohol and allowed it to dry completely... it might have been saved.

With the battery connected, the power circuits are energized and it accelerates corrosion exponentially. BGA chipsets are also vulnerable and for all practical purposes it's impossible to inspect or clean the solder connections.

If it was salt water... don't even bother.

You can try to limp it along but it will likely eventually fail completely. Once corrosion is present it is a progressive process.

If you think it still has water in it, it must be dried completely asap. At the very least the rear cover needs to come off... and don't use rice, etc for god's sake. A fan in a warm dry room and/or what I said earlier.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] mmns:
how is oneplus in "often updates"? are they make it like samsung , very often?

what is the visibbillity in the sun? i mean , can you see the screen when the sun is in the back of you?

thnx
[OnePlus 9 Pro] terlynn4:
When the phone was released in March it was on version 11.2.2.2. Since then we've received a total of 6 updates, now on version 11.2.8.8, so more than one update per month so far. In my experience, they are consistent about releasing regular security patches for at least 2 years (maybe longer, but I only had my previous phone for 2 years).

I am able to see my OP 9 Pro in direct sunlight, much better than my previous OP 7 Pro. I'm not sure how the brightness compares to Samsung.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] sultan.of.swing:
I came from a 7 Pro and honestly have been pretty unimpressed with the 9 Pro.

The 7 Pro was probably the first android device that I have had in a long time that didn't give me any issues and the performance from day 1 to this day is amazing.

Now fast Forward I got the 9 pro when it was announced, It feels sluggish in comparison to my 7 pro and has tons of issues with Android Auto.

My biggest complaint is Wifi reception is exceptionally poor, my 7 Pro runs circles around my 9 pro when it comes to wifi reception.

I've tried flashing custom roms on the 9 pro but no matter the device honestly just feels like a turd. So I am back on stock.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Pain-N-Panic:
My last device was a OP 6T, so the OP 9Pro is several years later.....can't say I I'm having a similar experience. The 120hz beautiful display is buttery smooth. I only use wifi at my house and it's been fine. I personally think the camera is WAY BETTER than my 6t. It may not be Google Pixel quality but it's damn close.

My one and only gripe is the battery life. 6 hour average of SOT is not good.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] flushell:
Latest firmware (see sticky)? I have no issues at all. WiFi and Android Auto working fine. Smoother than my 8 pro.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] flushell:
One thing regarding Android Auto: you have to enable developer options and change the standard USB behaviour to File Transfer.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Libra420T:
Honestly over the years coming from 8t but started with 5t and having everyone up. the innovation died after 7 pro. just straight led to death(poor leadership). but with hassleblad and big sensors camera now comes into play. as for the rest of the hardware, well its current hardware what else do I say.. Oxygen is oxygen not the device, so software is equally relevant from previous versions... ltpo is an experiment we'll see how that goes. but to answer, generally I agree not impressed but not upset 😊 👍
[OnePlus 9 Pro] aNGERY:
If not for 5G, I'd have stuck with my 7 pro (I know I could have gotten a 7t pro but I figured I'd spend a bit more and get something new)

So far, it's not knocking my socks off