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55579 57 | 04:47, Feb-04-2018 | From PC | | Go to reply no. #1

This post was edited by simonvman at 04:51, Feb-04-2018

Ok
This is what happened to me - Constant bootloops to this screen - http://en.miui.com/thread-1607110-1-1.html

I thought this was important to post with a decent guide for the non technical. I myself am not the brightest and
technical person, but I perserviered and managed to recover my CHINA phone that was deep flashed with a global
ROM.
I am really annoyed with online vendors selling phones as "GLOBAL" versions only to find out they are boot locked
china phones with 'fake' roms.

So, my issue began with a 1 day old Redmi Plus 5, I checked the ROM version and it was the legitimate MIUI Global
ROM recently announced. The following morning a new update came out which I happily applied... Consequently
my phone became a brick and was stuck in MiRecovery 3.0 boot loop. I could not apply a fastboot ROM
because the bootloader was locked.
All search of forums was that it is now a brick, or you have to unlock the loader. You cannot unlock the loader
without the phone working.

So I have now managed to recover my phone... Here is how I did it:

Step 1:
Turn your phone off. Hold down the VOLUME UP + VOLUME DOWN + Power Button... wait for about 20 -30
seconds... it will finally power off.

Step 2:
You do need to open your phones back. REMOVE THE SIM TRAY FIRST. Follow this YOUTUBE
guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-3IijpGsI0
If you do not have a hard piece of plastic to leaver the back... try a craft stick? piece of wood? something soft, not
metal - youll scratch it for sure... it takes a fair bit of force to rip this thing off... but it will come off with persistance...
there are no screws to stress about.

Step 3:
DOWNLOAD THE CHINA ROM. http://en.miui.com/thread-1630804-1-1.html
Get the fastboot ROM.
This is the only ROM that worked for me. After it is installed, you can go through the steps of requesting a
bootloader unlock via - http://en.miui.com/unlock/
I won't write up a guide on this... but after you recover your device, search the forums for help - I am currently stuck
on the 360 Hours stage... :(

Step 4:
You'll obviously need to download the MiFlash Tool - http://api.en.miui.com/url/MiFlashTool

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Install this (.NET 3.5 required)

Step 5:
Extract that Fastboot china ROM that was 2GB... use someting like 7Zip http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1801-x64.exe
Install this, right click on the 2GB file and 7Zip, Extract All...
It will extract a 3-4GB folder with a whole bunch of files... thats what you use your MiFlash tool for...

Step 6:
simonvman DO NOT CONNECT YOUR PHONE TO THE COMPUTER YET.
Senior Member Open MiFlash tool, SELECT button... navigate to the folder you just extracted...
Now, connect your phone to the computer via USB... make sure if the phone starts to shut it back down.

Step 7:
Yes, there are people on the forums who have told you that the only way to recover this thing is with the
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TESTPOINT METHOD... There are people posting saying this does not work... It is true, it did not work initially for
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me... but i kept trying because there appeared to be no other way... It eventually worked... let me explain how I did
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this....

The first post on this page shows you where the testpoint pins are for REDMI 5, and PLUS -
http://en.miui.com/thread-1567594-1-1.html
I obviously use the redmi 5 plus testpoint.
So i tried a paper clip... it didnt seem to conduct a signal terribly well... so i used TWEEZERS.

This is the tricky part... HOLD these two 'pins' connected via the tweezers while powering on the device with
VOLUME DOWN button and POWER BUTTON held in... this is what starts the FASTBOOT mode... easier to do
with two people

Whilst still holding the tweezers on the contact points, CLICK REFRESH on MiFlash tool... then FLASH BUTTON

Step 8?
Success???I might add... I got success... the flash finished... but my screen went black... and holding the power
button didn't seem to turn it back on... I think I replugged the USB and power button to bring it back on? I mucked
around with it, the phone eventually turned back on - I cannot recall my exact steps on this part because my mind
was freaking out that I had actually officially killed the device... but no, it did work... somehting to do with usb in and
out and power button.

I hope this works for you... if not, I am so sorry... but it has worked for me and I am now in the process of unlocking
the phone officially via xiaomi - http://en.miui.com/unlock/

After the unlock I am expecting I can fastboot back to Global ROM.

All the best peoples...

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12:59, Jun-07-2018 | From PC | 42#

why allways must be UBL...every user want to fix the system. and now we get if update stuck recovery

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kesPasswort1995 replied at 2018-2-10 07:22

i had the same problem until just now, you need to install miflash tool and all drivers after
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09:05, Feb-04-2018 | From PC | #2

I don't want to do the testpoint

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Author | 09:44, Feb-04-2018 | From PC | #3

keks711 replied at 2018-2-4 09:05

I don't want to do the testpoint

simonvman it was a no brainer for me. no refund offered. either try it out or buy another phone again. if you can get a
Senior Member refund/exchange and not need a phone immediately... take it.

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14:55, Feb-04-2018 | From APP | #4

Ya tenía en mente como realizarlo, igual agradezco tu aporte, exactamente en el mismo caso y como geekbuying
se deslinda de sus errores intentaré punto de prueba, gracias.

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Use test point with no difficult one week ago. Flash china dev in 218secs and then hold power button for almost
30/40 secs until the screen wake up. More 5/6 minutes to boot up for the first time. Then download a VPN, China
server, binded my account for unlocking the bootloader and now i just to wait 10 more days. After that, i will flash
TWRP and install Xiaomi.eu
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22:04, Feb-05-2018 | From PC | 6#

I've been try your way and I am stuck at step 6, after connect the phone to PC, the phone is start again and entering
recovery (again) and its difficult to turn it off...

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00:19, Feb-07-2018 | From PC | 7#

does it matter which windows version to be used while doing it?

i have windows 10 and i get an error on mi flash that it cannot receive hello packet.
and the process ends in 2 seconds.

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navi2194 replied at 2018-2-7 00:19

Credits 82 does it matter which windows version to be used while doing it?
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signature in windows i just used another pc. and also don't use usb 3.0 ports, they cause problems!

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navi2194 replied at 2018-2-7 00:19

does it matter which windows version to be used while doing it?
i have windows 10 and i get an error ...

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