EDL mode

[TioCareca]

EDL (Emergency Download) Mode has been removed/ disable from MIUI 8.1 onwards and Redmi 4A later Xiaomi devices. So you can flash MIUI Fastboot ROMs on your device by using Fastboot mode only, if your bootloader is unlocked. And, we can't use Qualcomm Jig Cable(s) also now.

So, we have only one way to know Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 port from PC. It's Test Point Method. This method will work with every MIUI ROMs (Upgrade/ Downgrade) , Locked Bootloader/ Unlocked Bootloader and also work to recover from a Dead boot device (Bricked).

While touching these two points with a metal tweezers plugin the usb cable to the phone and PC will make the phone enter edl mode. You can then release the tweezers.

 

[rkmadotra]

Bro edl mode is not removed. It's just moved to fastboot. You can enter edl easily by "fastboot oem edl" command. Hope this helped :laugh:

 

[TioCareca]

Bro edl mode is not removed. It's just moved to fastboot. You can enter edl easily by "fastboot oem edl" command. Hope this helped :laugh:

Thanks for the explanation, in any case tere can be situations that fastboot it's not available, hard but possible, in that case that info is helpful...

 

[Nike Lee]

Thanks for the explanation, in any case tere can be situations that fastboot it's not available, hard but possible, in that case that info is helpful...

In any case, the bootloader muz be unlocked to initiate EDL using ADB fastboot..

 

[adrenochrome25]

Bro edl mode is not removed. It's just moved to fastboot. You can enter edl easily by "fastboot oem edl" command.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:
what make you think they are so lame ? the result is :
failed ! remote device is locked. eom edl is not allowed

 

[rkmadotra]

:laugh::laugh::laugh:
what make you think they are so lame ? the result is :
failed ! remote device is locked. eom edl is not allowed

What makes you think I'm so lame as well. I have used this command and flashed my mi max 2 with fastboot rom. Tho I don't remember if bootloader was locked or unlocked. Probably it was unlocked. But still no issues as anyone can unlock thier bootloader officially.

 

[adrenochrome25]

i wasnt intended at you. it seems they forgot some ways when they first deployed the edl blocking access but with the most recent "roms" they have blocked every access way to edl when bootloader is locked : adb, fastboot & cable
the only way left is from internal pins, but we can expect they will hide them even better on new phones.
Today it's much worth to wait 72h (+30days if you just already unlocked another one today) than opening the models that have "non removable" batteries and risking to leave traces/damages

it's really a shame that xiaomi lock their phone this way, it's a very bad message at the users (fastboot is so much restricted that you cant even switch between stable&dev anymore with locked bootloader) but we still have the chance that they allow unlocking and that this unlocking is a real one allowing full control

 

[rkmadotra]

Fastboot rom isn't needed untill we brick our device and we can't brick the device untill we have unlocked bootloader. So basically edl mode will work when it's really needed.

 

[Nike Lee]

It doesn't work for my MM2. Got it since 4/12/17. Didn't know i need to login to mi acc to register my device, set usb debugging, developer's mode, unlock status...I had the phone for less than 2 hrs after updating to MIUI 9 from ver 8 (using the updater app) before it suddenly froze up, crashed and went into bootloop. I tried contacting xiaomi svc ctr but those clowns refused to help saying my device is china export.

I cldn't even get them to help me register my device on my mi acc using the imei & s/n info. So if anyone could offer some suggestions as to how I could ressurrect my phone, I wld be most grateful. Failing which the only avenue is to bring it to a svc ctr in China to get them fix it.

Rgds

 

[Nike Lee]

My test points don't seem to work

I opened up my mi max2 and followed the steps to short the testpoints but my pc doesn't seem to pick up the Qualcomm device.
Anyway to trigger the thing so that the Qualcomm device can be detected?

 

[Nike Lee]

I opened up my mi max2 and followed the steps to short the testpoints but my pc doesn't seem to pick up the Qualcomm device.
Anyway to trigger the thing so that the Qualcomm device can be detected?

I managed to short the test points and got the Qualcomm HSB device on the device mgr, flashed the mi max2 with the latest global stable (V9.2.1) rom. But the phone is still stuck at the Android logo with 3 dots...

I wld have thought EDL flashing wld have wiped out everything on the phone and start afresh?

I am now thinking of formatting the entire phone and reflashing it again. How wld I do that?

Thanks for any inputs.

 

[Nike Lee]

Hi, Does EDL with test point flashing refresh the boot partitions?

I have shorted the test points and successfully reflash the phone with the latest stable global ROMs (even back to MIUI 8.5.6) but just couldn't get the phone past the MI/Android logo after restarting it

If the boot partition files have been messed up and EDL flashing is not refreshing these files, no matter how many times I try to EDL flash the device, it's not going to help. Pls correct me if I am wrong.

Any other options I can try?

 

[Mohammadzeyaan]

Bro edl mode is not removed. It's just moved to fastboot. You can enter edl easily by "fastboot oem edl" command. Hope this helped :laugh:

bro thank u so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. it worked im so happy now...........was trying since hours....but u helped me mannn