new to xiaomi - Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro (Redmi K30 Pro) Questions & Ans

Hello, this is my first time owning a xiaomi phone, coming from huawei, i want to ask about the problems of installing custom roms in Xiaomi ( what to do in order to avoid bootloops, bricks...) and if it is safe to install them on xiaomi phones.

Just follow the instructions in f2 pro development forum. Never forget to backup everything before flashing any rom.

jeuxtype said:
i want to ask about the problems of installing custom roms in Xiaomi
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The biggest issue is the ridiculous wait to unlock the bootloader.
If not already unlocked, plan on waiting (at least) a week before you can do anything custom with your phone. [ You may find "alternative" unlocking programs online, but each time they are released, Xiaomi seems to quickly patch the "vulnerability" rendering them useless. ]
Once unlocked and MIUI is removed (which I personally feel is among the worst of all Android skins + bloatware + privacy invasion + advertising), Xiaomi phones seem almost universally impressive.

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Android naugat-oreo development

Its been about year now, and 5 month in some countries, that nokia 6 launched, but no one has developed any single rom for nokia 6, even naugat roms, yeah we are using upto date naugat but custom roms are faster and with more features, with more abilities, official oreo also lauched on 4th October with pixel 2, but no one has developed or developing oreo....yeah its coming to nokia 6 by this month but if any dev would be developing any oreo rom for nokia six then we must be enjoying it, with faster performance, the custom roms are too fast then a stocked rom.....
So its my kind request please develope custom rom for this phone too..
Thanks
I agree it has been really disappointing that there has been no custom roms however the reason simply lies with two things; firstly the phone wasn't a major seller meaning it's community isn't anywhere near as large as other phones, secondly the phone didn't have any good rooting tools meaning that it was as near as impossible to make a rom that works. Even worse news is that a 2018 variant is rumoured to be in the work with different internals meaning if someone can't find a way of forcing user roms on it, the devices days are numbered, I mean look how tardy Nokia has been with updates already on its release year!
But still, even the last 4 nokia android phone namely nokia x,x+,xl and x2 dual sim, all were having good custom roms, even lumia 520 was also booted to android, then why this phone can't, if devs can boot a windows phone to android then they can develop anything, the thing is they need to work on it
simply because the bootloader isn't unlocked yet by Nokia .
Nokia said that they will provide bootloader unlock with the Oreo update.
There are many reasons for the almost nonexistent development right now. One being that there isn't any unlock tool. Secondly Nokia is yet to release sources too. Both these factors play a major role in custom ROM development.
Let's hope that they unlock and release sources, otherwise we're at a dead end
sltushar said:
Its been about year now, and 5 month in some countries, that nokia 6 launched, but no one has developed any single rom for nokia 6, even naugat roms, yeah we are using upto date naugat but custom roms are faster and with more features, with more abilities, official oreo also lauched on 4th October with pixel 2, but no one has developed or developing oreo....yeah its coming to nokia 6 by this month but if any dev would be developing any oreo rom for nokia six then we must be enjoying it, with faster performance, the custom roms are too fast then a stocked rom.....
So its my kind request please develope custom rom for this phone too..
Thanks
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this is bcoz of two simple reasons.
1. bootloader cant be unlocked
2. kernel source isnt released.
riteshsaxena said:
this is bcoz of two simple reasons.
1. bootloader cant be unlocked
2. kernel source isnt released.
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Then how twrp was ported, and who tested that without unlocking the bootloader
sltushar said:
Then how twrp was ported, and who tested that without unlocking the bootloader
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there is no official way of doing it.
riteshsaxena said:
there is no official way of doing it.
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Then we can port and use custom rom unofficially,
sltushar said:
Then we can port and use custom rom unofficially,
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i wouldnt risk it imo

Is the phone treble enabled?

Hello Everyone!
I'm currently trying to decide whether to get the Honor Note 10, or the Xiaomi Mi Max 3. While the former clearly shows strength in terms of processing power, design etc., the later one has a major advantage in software due to it having treble support.
Hence, if I may ask to those of you who already have the phone, is the device treble enabled? I currently have my OnePlus 5 running Android Pie because of treble, and I would like to have my secondary phone be as flexible as well! I am highly aware that the bootloader unlock requires a paid service, but a few dollars for having barebones AOSP roms would be something I look forward to.
Thank you in advance to those who'll answer!
SmartPhonesFan said:
Treble???
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Yeah! So that it may be possible to flash GSI roms
Hi,
As Huawei doesn't allow to unlock the bootloader, you won't be able to install any GSI to it...
Some people report to have managed to unlock it with a paid option and to install TWRP.
But I am almost certain that even if they did and assuming a GSI will install and boot, you'll end up with a crippled device with features missing or not working...
I'd like to see that also but I think for now I'll stick to stock to no get stuck ,?
SmartPhonesFan said:
Treble???
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Well, maybe we could find workarounds for it... But I do understand your point with having incompatible roms.. I have bricked a device before because of it. But I hope someone knowledgable could look into this, especially those who work on the Honor 10 and Honor View 10 . Anyways, I guess I'll just try by myself, got my unit just today :fingers-crossed:
Is Note 10 a A only device?

EU rom questions

ToneLa said:
It's not only the best phone I've ever used, I think it's clearly far & away the best in class for a phone today and I genuinely want it to raise bars for what's possible with the hardware. As a package, it's remarkable. Best in class overall & in many areas.
I just love it. Nothing is a disappointment. Getting on the xiaomi.eu ROM negated the ill effects of importing a deGoogled phone. It's reliable, charges in ludicrously quick time, is a fantastic camera, seems unofficially pretty splashproof. Feels good, looks good, sounds good, works with everything
Yes, it gets five snowflakes
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Interesting, I just got mine and was thinking about jumping on that eu rom as well, do you know if its an official rom or if its unsupported? and how will we get updates if we use it?
Lvth said:
Interesting, I just got mine and was thinking about jumping on that eu rom as well, do you know if its an official rom or if its unsupported? and how will we get updates if we use it?
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based on official, but not official. They do updates over the air normally but not til TWRP is ready. They're a solid group, used them before when I had a Mi 9. From a readme:
> Xiaomi Europe was founded [...] to provide [...] an exlcusive community for English MIUI Android and Xiaomi products. Since 2010 our web site has officially worked with Xiaomi on a variety of projects for APP translations and bug fixing and is a major part of today's Xiaomi Global ROM experience thanks to the great team at xiaomi.eu and its community.
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trust them.
Get yourself on to the EU ROM. I know it's going to take a week to get unlocked but it's well worth while. The EU ROM makes this a superb phone and I've come from a Huawei P40 Pro plus that photographically may be better but there is not much in it. I just love this phone now. Got a couple of cases coming and a better screen cover protector.
Sathelp said:
Get yourself on to the EU ROM. I know it's going to take a week to get unlocked but it's well worth while. The EU ROM makes this a superb phone and I've come from a Huawei P40 Pro plus that photographically may be better but there is not much in it. I just love this phone now. Got a couple of cases coming and a better screen cover protector.
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Ok is there a way back to getting the phone "locked" again on stock rom if i want to return ?
Why do you want it locked again? The EU ROM shows no security issues, it passed every test.
On the Chinese ROM, I couldn't use my Sky Q as it said it wasn't secure and that was before flashing. Now I can use it. Is there a reason you need it locked?
You can flash the Chinese stock ROM if you do want. I have done to test but come back to the EU version. If you need a link to the stock let me know, I did put instructions on the Xiaomi forum but can copy it here.
Sathelp said:
Why do you want it locked again? The EU ROM shows no security issues, it passed every test.
On the Chinese ROM, I couldn't use my Sky Q as it said it wasn't secure and that was before flashing. Now I can use it. Is there a reason you need it locked?
You can flash the Chinese stock ROM if you do want. I have done to test but come back to the EU version. If you need a link to the stock let me know, I did put instructions on the Xiaomi forum but can copy it here.
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I mean if i want to return it to default to be able to sell it. Also 2 questions, does the windows way work or not because i read there's issues in the bat file and only linux works. I dont have access to a linux machine currently. 2nd question, when twrp is ready, until then we will have to flash ourselves until twrp is ready to be able to do OTA?
We've found a fix for the windows method which involves swapping out the fastboot. It's all there in the thread for it, I promise...this is for overall love
And if you may sell it, unless you are going to sell to a Chinese person, I think they will appreciate not having to do the change from the Chinese version.
There are warnings about relocking and the possibility of bricking but you can always flash the stock Chinese version again like I did to test it and then back to EU ROM. Unlocking will bind your Mi account to you phones hardware but this can be swapped to another user if you sell.
ToneLa said:
We've found a fix for the windows method which involves swapping out the fastboot. It's all there in the thread for it, I promise...this is for overall love
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Can you provide me a link for that fix please?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-10-ultra/how-to/tried-xiaomi-eu-rom-ultra-t4158149/page5
Any Xiaomi.eu questions go there, any of us already on it are happy to help as it's a waste of the device not being on it!
Sathelp said:
And if you may sell it, unless you are going to sell to a Chinese person, I think they will appreciate not having to do the change from the Chinese version.
There are warnings about relocking and the possibility of bricking but you can always flash the stock Chinese version again like I did to test it and then back to EU ROM. Unlocking will bind your Mi account to you phones hardware but this can be swapped to another user if you sell.
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ToneLa said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-10-ultra/how-to/tried-xiaomi-eu-rom-ultra-t4158149/page5
Any Xiaomi.eu questions go there, any of us already on it are happy to help as it's a waste of the device not being on it!
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Ok i never unlocked a xiaomi before, so when i do this i wont need to wait for these days? just click unlock and it will be unlocked and i can go ahead?
Unfortunately not. You will have to wait 168 hours ( 1 week). No way round it as the hardware will be locked to your Mi account during the process.
Sathelp said:
Unfortunately not. You will have to wait 168 hours ( 1 week). No way round it as the hardware will be locked to your Mi account during the process.
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Yes i just found out about that.
How will we receive updates once on the EU Rom?
Lvth said:
Yes i just found out about that.
How will we receive updates once on the EU Rom?
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twrp when it works
fastboot for now
Or direct from them https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/20-9-3-4.57258/
What are the benefits of EU Rom? I have removed all bloat on China ROM and it's doing fine. Just having and issue of high power consumption of Google Play Services and mdnsd.
See attached screenshots. Plus battery lasts longer, no issues with notification and it reports it's fully secure. For me, it refused to run skyq as the app said it was not secure. Using the EU ROM, it's happy. Have a look at the attached.
How long does Xiaomi normally support their devices? How many "Major" android upgrades do the provide? Like from 10 to 11? And if we went through the EU Rom route will they provide updates for longer?
sezinlynn said:
What are the benefits of EU Rom? I have removed all bloat on China ROM and it's doing fine. Just having and issue of high power consumption of Google Play Services and mdnsd.
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Can you please provide he names of the apps that are safe to remove without bricking the device? like this: com.miui.player
Lvth said:
Can you please provide he names of the apps that are safe to remove without bricking the device? like this: com.miui.player
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These are all the bloat I disabled at the moment.

Does the poco X3 have a locked vendor partition?

in many newer xiaomi phones, the vendor partition is locked, and that makes it harder to install custom roms and also makes it possible to brick your device if you do try it. Does the Poco X3 nfc have its vendor partition locked or not? The Poco F1 didnt have it locked, and was one of the best phones for custom roms, so i wonder if the same would apply for the Poco X3. If the partition on x3 is locked as well, then could someone tell me how to flash a rom on it safely without ending up bricking the phone?
zisis912 said:
in many newer xiaomi phones, the vendor partition is locked, and that makes it harder to install custom roms and also makes it possible to brick your device if you do try it. Does the Poco X3 nfc have its vendor partition locked or not? The Poco F1 didnt have it locked, and was one of the best phones for custom roms, so i wonder if the same would apply for the Poco X3. If the partition on x3 is locked as well, then could someone tell me how to flash a rom on it safely without ending up bricking the phone?
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I don't know if Poco X3 NFC has vendor partition locked, but I flashed today at least 5 different custom ROMs, and I didn't brick anything, so what are you asking really? Did you look in here
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot ? Dozens of custom ROMs, what are you waiting for?
@jeryll so you are sure its safe to do, right? Also, as a general phone, is it as amazing and exciting as it seems? 120hz, 6GB, stereo speakers, 64MP camera, 5120mAh battery? This sounds very good.
Hm, safe? Nowadays yes, just do your general learning about how to flash, because it's a new phone and ... you'll see if you buy it... In its price category its a very good phone, but beware of MIUI 12, that's IMHO alpha version, repaired by xiaomi engineers on the fly... soo... you have been warned...
jeryll said:
Hm, safe? Nowadays yes, just do your general learning about how to flash, because it's a new phone and ... you'll see if you buy it... In its price category its a very good phone, but beware of MIUI 12, that's IMHO alpha version, repaired by xiaomi engineers on the fly... soo... you have been warned...
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I am planning to change it to Havoc os and hydra kernel, so MIUI shouldnt be an issue, right? Also, custom ROMs support 120hz on games and scrolling I suppose
I suppose that's a yes?
zisis912 said:
Also, custom ROMs support 120hz on games and scrolling I suppose
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of course

Custom rom vs Stock?

It's the first time since i bought Oneplus 8T that i haven't installed custom rom + root day1. I have the phone since summer. I want to know if it's worth to install a custom rom or not, and why?
Also, can you install most custom roms without rooting?
I guess i need a unrooted phone cause i use many banking apps.
Last question. I don't see many posts at this thread. It's cause people nowadays don't playing with custom roms as they used to be, Oneplus 8T maybe it's an old phone, or people talking about custom rom to other places like telegram?
I remember the Oneplus 5/5T topic was full of posts.
1. Depends on what you want. If you don't care about oos cam.
2. Yes there are Custom Roms that support banking apps.
3. You can also use magisk if you want root and also use banking apps.
4. Yeah most discussion ls are on telegram.
What's oneplus 8t telegram?
Have been using my 8T with custom ROMs since pretty much day 1. I had the best experience with the official LineageOS 18.1 build. Works like a charm, doesn't come with any Google spyware and can of course be used without root. I recently switched to the new Android 12 crDroid, which looks pretty stable too. Again, no Google and nobody is forcing you to root there.

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