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My Phone cannot be flashed into any ROM except the original MIUI

I want to flash an RR into my Mi 4C. So I unlocked my bootloader by registering in Mi.com.
Firstly I flashed in a TWRP Rec
Code:
fastboot flash recovery ..../twrp.img
fastboot boot twrp.img
And successfully boot into rec.
Then I tried to install the ROM. After flashing it stuck on the Mi Logo every time.
Tried sideload and "install" by the TWRP but didn't work.

You can simply check your bootloader status by
fastboot oem device-info
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Also select correct TWRP version for Mi4c, based on android version

Suxter said:
You can simply check your bootloader status by
Also select correct TWRP version for Mi4c, based on android version
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TWRP selection is related to Android version? Could you please explain a little? When I was flashing my Nexus 6P I've never considered about Android version

Darkouting said:
TWRP selection is related to Android version? Could you please explain a little? When I was flashing my Nexus 6P I've never considered about Android version
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After you flashed Nougat based Xiaomi rom, you can't boot on the older version of TWRP.
There is a new TWRP for nougat rom.
If you already flashed Nougat based Xiaomi rom, use the new version. You can find it in here https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/7-2-16-17.38651/

Suxter said:
After you flashed Nougat based Xiaomi rom, you can't boot on the older version of TWRP.
There is a new TWRP for nougat rom.
If you already flashed Nougat based Xiaomi rom, use the new version. You can find it in here
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Nothing ever changed
I used this TWRP before.I flashed it in, boot the recovery, flashed in my ROM, checked clear Dalvik cache, pressed Reboot System.
The screen goes dark and never turned on. Press the power button only to realize it Reboot into bootloader.
Every time I reboot it reboot in Bootloader.
Plus I do a FULL wipe every time I flash in and did not work ?
UPDATE!! I flashed in a ROM in XIAOMI.EU and succeed.But why ???
Still failed in flashing in other ROMs

Darkouting said:
Nothing ever changed
I used this TWRP before.I flashed it in, boot the recovery, flashed in my ROM, checked clear Dalvik cache, pressed Reboot System.
The screen goes dark and never turned on. Press the power button only to realize it Reboot into bootloader.
Every time I reboot it reboot in Bootloader.
Plus I do a FULL wipe every time I flash in and did not work
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sorry to here that then. which MIUI version you flashed? official & unofficial ?

Suxter said:
sorry to here that then. which MIUI version you flashed? official & unofficial ?
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xiaomi.eu provides a modded MIUI. Maybe it's unofficial.
I got a weekly-update version and flashed it in and succeed.
It is MIUI 8

Darkouting said:
xiaomi.eu provides a modded MIUI. Maybe it's unofficial.
I got a weekly-update version and flashed it in and succeed.
It is MIUI 8
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try this.
flash this http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.1.7/libra_images_6.1.7_20151221.0000.11_5.1_cn_b09dac70a0.tgz with MiFlash
then connect to fastboot & fastboot oem unlock
now flash TWRP for 5.1 rom https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24421527759888487
boot into TWRP & install any other rom.
for nougat based xiaomi.eu rom, read their introductions carefully https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/7-2-16-17.38651/ Don't flash TWRP for nougat rom if you still in 5.1 ( TWRP for nougat https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767135741 )

Suxter said:
try this.
flash this http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.1.7/libra_images_6.1.7_20151221.0000.11_5.1_cn_b09dac70a0.tgz with MiFlash
then connect to fastboot & fastboot oem unlock
now flash TWRP for 5.1 rom https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24421527759888487
boot into TWRP & install any other rom.
for nougat based xiaomi.eu rom, read their introductions carefully https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/7-2-16-17.38651/ Don't flash TWRP for nougat rom if you still in 5.1 ( TWRP for nougat https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767135741 )
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It worked! So that seems to be a bug that only exists in my 4c on MIUI based on Android 7.0 ?
THANKS A LLLLOT！

Darkouting said:
It worked! So that seems to be a bug that only exists in my 4c on MIUI based on Android 7.0
THANKS A LLLLOT！
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Most probably you mess up with old TWRP & Nougat 7.0 rom
You are welcome :good:

Thanks dude! It helps me a lot! I thought we need to install Nougat recovery before flashing Nougat rom!

Update via OTA when unlocked bootloader/rooted

So I unlocked by Bootloader and Rooted my OP6, the question I have is will the OTA updates be installed without any problems or will I have to install it manually?
Also when I install twrp (I have not installed yet) how will I need to update my phone through OTA?
Sorry if this is a noob question because the last time I rooted and flashed roms the software support was over so I never had any OTA updates.
Thanks

It will download the update but it most probably will download the Full 1.4GB ZIP
Meaning it will install the full rom and not the small update package.
It will install normally to the other slot and after reboot you should be updated.
This should work just fine with TWRP because it updates your other slot within Android, not in recovery.
After update, reboot phone, then reboot to TWRP and install Magisk!

I updated while being rooted and TWRP installed. Just download the update, then reflash twrp and root and everything works fine.

So if u want update your system but don't need TWRP you can just download OTA with system updater and install it.
If you want magisk don't reboot! Open magisk and press install and install to second slot. Then reboot. You will have an updated system with working magisk!

Kollachi said:
So if u want update your system but don't need TWRP you can just download OTA with system updater and install it.
If you want magisk don't reboot! Open magisk and press install and install to second slot. Then reboot. You will have an updated system with working magisk!
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So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...

zappomax said:
So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...
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I didn't even remove root. I can't explain you how this a and b is working. but what I know is, that every OTA is change the partition. And no u won't have 2 systems.

zappomax said:
So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...
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If your current system runs for example on slot "a" the update will be installed on slot "b "...the slot that you currently not using

Nick502 said:
It will download the update but it most probably will download the Full 1.4GB ZIP
Meaning it will install the full rom and not the small update package.
It will install normally to the other slot and after reboot you should be updated.
This should work just fine with TWRP because it updates your other slot within Android, not in recovery.
After update, reboot phone, then reboot to TWRP and install Magisk!
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So if I flash twrp now, then update OOS, only my root will be removed right which can be again flashed by twrp?

Harsh Keswani said:
So if I flash twrp now, then update OOS, only my root will be removed right which can be again flashed by twrp?
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Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk

Nick502 said:
Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk
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Thanks

Nick502 said:
Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk
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One more thing, everytime I update, it's going to download the full ROM?

Harsh Keswani said:
One more thing, everytime I update, it's going to download the full ROM?
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If I'm not wrong, on a rooted device OTA installs a full rom. On a not-rooted phone OTA installs just the incremental update.

I only unlocked the bootloader to prepare for TRWP and root (So no TWRP and root yet) and it tells me it will download full update.

TaranQ said:
I only unlocked the bootloader to prepare for TRWP and root (So no TWRP and root yet) and it tells me it will download full update.
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I guess it recognizes the unlocked bootloader and then it always downloads and installs full update.
Why would you unlock your bootloader and then don't root :laugh:

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pdppdp said:
I guess it recognizes the unlocked bootloader and then it always downloads and installs full update.
Why would you unlock your bootloader and then don't root :laugh:
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Because I was not sure I wanted root again there are always apps that even with Magisk hide won't work.
But just to make sure I prepared by unlocking bootloader so if I decide to go for TWRP and root my data and storage won't get wiped which would mean starting all over again and losing app-data.

So, if I update from a ROM rooted with TWRP, will not the user data be deleted? Should we just root again and install the TWRP?

I had rooted 5.1.5 with TWRP and Magisk. I just downloaded the full package, copied it to phone storage. Then went to system update, update locally, picked the file and it ran the update.
However after reboot and update complete I lost TWRP and root. So I went to fastboot, booted the official TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img). Then flashed the official TWRP and Magisk for root, rebooted and all was good again.
I'm pretty sure there's an easier way of doing this but this worked for me.

marvel79 said:
I had rooted 5.1.5 with TWRP and Magisk. I just downloaded the full package, copied it to phone storage. Then went to system update, update locally, picked the file and it ran the update.
However after reboot and update complete I lost TWRP and root. So I went to fastboot, booted the official TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img). Then flashed the official TWRP and Magisk for root, rebooted and all was good again.
I'm pretty sure there's an easier way of doing this but this worked for me.
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In theory, with the Oxygen Updater application you can install the OTA and Magisk in 1 step.

sakun-ice said:
In theory, with the Oxygen Updater application you can install the OTA and Magisk in 1 step.
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Yeah probably but it has a lot of mixed reviews and this takes me 10 minutes more or so oh well. I'll rather do it like this It's not like we get a new update every week

maybe to help you all
me: 5.1.5, unlocked bootloader, unofficial TWRP from thread by wuxianlin, magisk 16.4
my procedure was to change to official twrp which can be done easily by
downloading the twrp installer from official site, put to internal storage
flash twrp official installer
still in recovery, select reboot: recovery
flash magisk
boot system
now download full 5.1.6 signed flashable zip
recovery: flash 5.1.6
reflash recovery
reboot recovery
flash magisk
boot system
now you have rooted 5.1.6 with official twrp and magisk, no wipe needed

Havoc Pie downgrade to Havoc Oreo doesnt work

Hey guys. Iam trying 1 week to get Havoc Oreo.
I used this https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oxygenos-9-0-ota-for-the-oneplus-6.909533/ to get base Oreo Rom on my OP6. This works.
But when i want to flash Havoc Oreo (Havoc-OS-20180904-enchilada-Official.zip) via TWRP (twrp-installer-enchilada-3.2.2-0.zip only this Version works for me) i get a loop in fastboot.
Can someone help me pls?
My instruction:
1. Flash downgrade
2. Go fastboot, boot TWRP
3. Flash TWRP via ADB SIDELOAD
4. Restart to recovery
5. Flash Havoc Oreo via ADB SIDELOAD
6. Restart
7. Bootloop Fastboot mode
thanks for any help.

RockstarLover said:
Hey guys. Iam trying 1 week to get Havoc Oreo.
I used this https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oxygenos-9-0-ota-for-the-oneplus-6.909533/ to get base Oreo Rom on my OP6. This works.
But when i want to flash Havoc Oreo (Havoc-OS-20180904-enchilada-Official.zip) via TWRP (twrp-installer-enchilada-3.2.2-0.zip only this Version works for me) i get a loop in fastboot.
Can someone help me pls?
My instruction:
1. Flash downgrade
2. Go fastboot, boot TWRP
3. Flash TWRP via ADB SIDELOAD
4. Restart to recovery
5. Flash Havoc Oreo via ADB SIDELOAD
6. Restart
7. Bootloop Fastboot mode
thanks for any help.
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OK, so I am not sure what exists in the OnePlus forums but lets start with:
1. You are aware there are two sets of partitions on this device correct? If not, please read here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/guide-noobs-guide-to-b-partitions-op6-t3816123
2. What are you running now?
3. You need to update your TWRP to blu_spark but I am not sure if the latest (v9.91) works with Oreo... I know that v9.86 works with Oreo for sure. Read and download from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/development/kernel-t3800965
4. Get the appropriate OOS zip file from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/oneplus-6-mirrors-official-oxygen-os-t3792244
Specifically OOS 5.1.11: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262903980680
The basic steps should be like this (all assumes you have and unlocked bootloader):
1. If you are running OOS 5.1.11, reboot to fastboot
2. Boot blu_spark TWRP.img - fastboot boot twrp.xxx.img
3. Flash OOS 5.1.11
4. Flash blu_spark TWRP.zip to get it on both slots
5. Reboot to RECOVERY
6. Flash OOS 5.1.11
7. Flash blu_spark TWRP.zip
8. Factory reset in TWRP
9. Flash Havoc Oreo zip
10. Flash blu_spark TWRP.zip
11. Reboot to RECOVERY
12. Flash GApps
13. Flash Magisk (optional if you want root)
14. Flash no-verity if you plan to run unencrypted. (optional)
My advice is to READ READ READ before going forward with anything. The A/B partition layout is far from the traditional days of a single partition layout with a recovery partition. Educate yourself or risk bricking your device and opening up a whole different set of problems.

i do this by step by step but now iam bricked. after all it want restart but it glows only the blue led

RockstarLover said:
i do this by step by step but now iam bricked. after all it want restart but it glows only the blue led
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It does sound like you READ READ READ before proceeding... My steps were not intended as a step-by-step guide, which is why I said the steps "should look like this". You didn't answer any of my questions, so I have no idea where you started from or where things went wrong to get you into this state...
Can you get into fastboot mode?
If so, try this thread first: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
The fastboot restore method will ONLY work if you know which OOS you were running before you got bricked...
If you can't restore from fastboot images, try this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/tool-msmdownloadtool-v4-0-international-t3798892
I cannot stress enough, you MUST read all the steps and understand what you are doing before doing anything. If you have any questions, ASK before proceeding... Good luck.

thank u for ur help. i used the second method because the first didnt worked and now iam unbricked.
1. You are aware there are two sets of partitions on this device correct?
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I know it
2. What are you running now?
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Now iam running Oxygen OS 5.1.5 Android 8.1.0 and Device State is locked
Is this normal that in fastboot shows this bootloader and baseband empty ?
productname - xxx
variant -sdm ufs
bootloader version -
baseband version -
serialnumber - xxxxxxx
secure boot - yes
I want to try again to get havoc oreo. i will w8 for ur response.

RockstarLover said:
thank u for ur help. i used the second method because the first didnt worked and now iam unbricked.
I know it
Now iam running Oxygen OS 5.1.5 Android 8.1.0 and Device State is locked
Is this normal that in fastboot shows this bootloader and baseband empty ?
productname - xxx
variant -sdm ufs
bootloader version -
baseband version -
serialnumber - xxxxxxx
secure boot - yes
I want to try again to get havoc oreo. i will w8 for ur response.
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You are back up and running, good work! Congrats!
When you say the device is 'locked', you mean the bootloader is locked again? It shows 'Locked' in fastboot? Obviously you need to unlock the bootloader again before proceeding if this is the case...
And 'Yes', it is normal for 'bootloader version' and 'baseband' to be blank. It shows the same on my device anyway, and I can flash custom ROMs with no issues, and everything works.
At this point, you should be able to follow the steps in my post, making sure you first unlock the bootloader (which will wipe all of your data). You might want to format data (not just wipe as well) to start fresh. I would also confirm that there are no issues running Havoc Oreo with encryption (I'd recommend asking the question in the Havoc OnePlus telegram channel, https://t.me/havoconeplus). After people ask to "Why are you running Oreo?!?!", you just might get an answer... I dumped being encrypted after about a week of having this device because it made moving between ROMs more difficult.
In step 14, I mention the no-verity file to remove force encryption. I have attached it to this post. Again, you may want to have /data encrypted (necessity, personal preference etc.) so this isn't mandatory but I found it made flashing different ROM's much easier (personal preference really).

do u know where u find the havoc oreo rom now ? they changed their download directory. and the overview is confusing me.

RockstarLover said:
do u know where u find the havoc oreo rom now ? they changed their download directory. and the overview is confusing me.
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Looks like they removed Oreo builds, you might be out of luck. Check out XenonHD 8.1 thread if your set on running Oreo, was updated to Dec. Security patch.

hey brother. i have good news. i just want download again havoc oreo cause i deleted the old zip. i had thought maybe the oreo havoc zip was faulty. now i restored it with a restore tool. i tried again and now it works.
IAM ON HAVOC OREO . It starts but now i got a message.
"Android System
A vendor image mismatch has been detected. Typically this means your vendor image is out of date.Please ensure your vendor image matches OPM1.171019.011."
what is this now

RockstarLover said:
hey brother. i have good news. i just want download again havoc oreo cause i deleted the old zip. i had thought maybe the oreo havoc zip was faulty. now i restored it with a restore tool. i tried again and now it works.
IAM ON HAVOC OREO . It starts but now i got a message.
"Android System
A vendor image mismatch has been detected. Typically this means your vendor image is out of date.Please ensure your vendor image matches OPM1.171019.011."
what is this now
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Did you flash OOS 5.1.11 on both slots? I know you said you were on OOS 5.1.5 when you did the MSM tool restore.
Unsure if the Havoc build you are running requires a certain FW. Usually the devs update the blobs on customer ROMs based on the latest releases of OOS. In this case, 5.1.11 was the last version of OOS Oreo.

i was on 5.1.5 and flashed 5.1.11 on both slots and then i flashed havoc rom

RockstarLover said:
i was on 5.1.5 and flashed 5.1.11 on both slots and then i flashed havoc rom
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I'd recommend just going to Pie. I haven't run Havoc in over a month but the latest AEX is solid and battery life is excellent. The Pie ROMs have stabilized significantly in the last month.

i just flashed the latest havoc rom now. Really really thanks brother. ur a good boy.
have a good year

Having issues decrypting after attempting to do OTA update

Hi,
My phone is rooted and with twrp. After attempting to perform OTA update, it now boots straight to the fastboot screen. I still can get TWRP to work but there is no prompt to decrypt my phone after twrp starts so I basically can't read the phone contents. Much appreciated if anybody here can guide me to fix my phone. Does it mean I will lose all my data?
Thank you!

spicediablo said:
Hi,
My phone is rooted and with twrp. After attempting to perform OTA update, it now boots straight to the fastboot screen. I still can get TWRP to work but there is no prompt to decrypt my phone after twrp starts so I basically can't read the phone contents. Much appreciated if anybody here can guide me to fix my phone. Does it mean I will lose all my data?
Thank you!
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you can install magisk using adb sideload with the old like Chinese twrp not the latest one anws if u have twrp and root the phone will only boot in fastboot you have to flash the 12.0.4 or older update (android 10) then update to 11 :/ mine have this problem two u cant install having the twrp u can install it later

BassilZ said:
you can install magisk using adb sideload with the old like Chinese twrp not the latest one anws if u have twrp and root the phone will only boot in fastboot you have to flash the 12.0.4 or older update (android 10) then update to 11 :/ mine have this problem two u cant install having the twrp u can install it later
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u can also install the rom using this recovery https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NBVNr6hJbAI0mOEcRPY9JZ3E7Hqc01Qx/view

Does this PBR work for MIUI 12 Android 11 OTA updates for Xiaomi.eu weeklies?

removing twrp through system update is it possible?

I unlocked my bootloader installed twrp and magisk, and i did not like it so I uninstalled magisk wiped and now I would like to remove twrp. is it possible that if and when android 11 is released it will remove twrp and relock the bootloader? Im on the T-mobile version.

Yes, flashing your current OOS full OTA zip via system update on your phone will remove it.
Flashing 11 when it comes out will do the same.

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@soka said:
Yes, flashing your current OOS full OTA zip via system update on your phone will remove it.
Flashing 11 when it comes out will do the same.
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My guy Thank You very much for the response and the answer I needed be safe and add me if you like

You welcome buddy,