How To Guide [GUIDE] How To Flash a GSI Custom Rom on Xiaomi Mi 11

[ralovesoc]

hotspot is important for me, so I switched to MIUI Global stable.

Expect random bugs. GSI's are known to be buggy

 

[luuxis]

Tired of MIUI , huh?

Well, don't worry , i will explain to you now how to flash a GSI Rom.

GSI (Generic System Images) are Universal Custom ROM's , meant to work on 99% of all available devices.

Do keep in mind however : one wrong move and you brick , and i am not responsable if you do so

WARNING : Since GSI isn't specifically made for Mi 11 , you might encounter bugs.

With that out of the way , let's begin!

Pre-requisites :
1) ADB and Fastboot installed on your PC
2) An ARM64 A/B GSI Rom (Grab whichever one you like) : https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Generic-System-Image-(GSI)-list

IMPORTANT : Make sure the GSI you selected can boot without permissiver!

3) Vbmeta image : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GSFksutw5l4hKdNbfrySft3tSXW0q3f5/view?usp=sharing
4) Mi 11 with Unlocked bootloader
5) Half a brain

Got all of that? Let's begin!

1) Put your Xiaomi Mi 11 phone into fastboot
2) Type this : "fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta" and then drag and drop your vbmeta.img (this will flash the vbmeta and disable verification)
3) Then , type : "fastboot reboot fastboot" and press enter
4) You should now see "FASTBOOTD" instead of "FASTBOOT" on your screen
5) Now, type : "fastboot flash system" and then drag and drop your GSI .img
6) Type "fastboot reboot recovery"
7) Now, using MIUI Recovery wipe all your data
8) Reboot and pray it works

That's it, you've now escaped MIUI Jail!

If i helped you , feel free to buy me some coffee : https://www.paypal.me/rarm5g

Hello,
I created an archive allowing us to flash a gsi rom with ease.

Here is the procedure for the user.

The user download his rom (GSI ARM64 A / B)
and move it to the rom folder (no need to rename the rom because the script scans the folder for installation).

and once everything is done we double click on the install.bat to proceed with the installation.

and if driver is missing, no need to search the internet for hours because there is a driver archive

fastboot (./driver/fastboot)
fastbootd (./ driver / fastbootd)

I wanted to know if you could update your post with the archive I created here is the download link of the archive

https://luuxis.legtux.org/home/luuxis/xda-fichier/install-gsi-mi-11.7z

 

[ralovesoc]

Hello,
I created an archive allowing us to flash a gsi rom with ease.

Here is the procedure for the user.

The user download his rom (GSI ARM64 A / B)
and move it to the rom folder (no need to rename the rom because the script scans the folder for installation).

and once everything is done we double click on the install.bat to proceed with the installation.

and if driver is missing, no need to search the internet for hours because there is a driver archive

fastboot (./driver/fastboot)
fastbootd (./ driver / fastbootd)

I wanted to know if you could update your post with the archive I created here is the download link of the archive

https://luuxis.legtux.org/home/luuxis/xda-fichier/install-gsi-mi-11.7z

Wow , so you made a script for it. Epic!

 

[luuxis]

Wow , so you made a script for it. Epic!

yes I made the script for those who do not know each other


and especially to facilitate the installation of a ROM

 

[cmoegele]

I have problems to boot phone into userspace fastboot,...

PS F:\Mi11> .\fastboot.exe --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.003s]
Writing 'vbmeta' OKAY [ 0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.023s
PS F:\Mi11> .\fastboot.exe reboot fastboot
Rebooting into fastboot OKAY [ 0.003s]
< waiting for any device >
fastboot: error: Failed to boot into userspace fastboot; one or more components might be unbootable.

any ideas how to fix this ?

 

[Sage]

how is this going for people? worthwhile?

 

[Sage]

Sorry dupe post. (Xda is doing odd things)

 

[Nebukhanezzar]

This worked completely for me, but when I put on pixel experience, the fingerprint scanner refused to work at all

 

[banananananana]

This worked completely for me, but when I put on pixel experience, the fingerprint scanner refused to work at all

It is one of the bugs being not device-specified. It has been said a lot of times in every thread of gsi roms......

 

[rafik25]

hello please help for this issue : this device isnt play protect certified thx

 

[Nebukhanezzar]

I still can't fix the sound issue on the pixel experience rom. Do you have to reboot after changing the phh?

 

[Sage]

thanks for the responses guys. i dont use fingerprint. just face unlock so sounds like GSI is a good alternative.

 

[Phillis]

Might be a stupid question, but has anyone tried flashing a GSI then flashing vendor.img from MIUI official?

 

[Paddyo13]

Hello,
I created an archive allowing us to flash a gsi rom with ease.

Here is the procedure for the user.

The user download his rom (GSI ARM64 A / B)
and move it to the rom folder (no need to rename the rom because the script scans the folder for installation).

and once everything is done we double click on the install.bat to proceed with the installation.

and if driver is missing, no need to search the internet for hours because there is a driver archive

fastboot (./driver/fastboot)
fastbootd (./ driver / fastbootd)

I wanted to know if you could update your post with the archive I created here is the download link of the archive

https://luuxis.legtux.org/home/luuxis/xda-fichier/install-gsi-mi-11.7z

I love the scrip. Flashes with ease. However, I have tried 2 different GSI so far with the same result.

The OS works good when using it but when I press the power button or the phone screen times out it powers off the device completely instead of putting the screen to sleep and I have to hold the power button 7-10 seconds to get it to boot back into the OS. I have tried mi 11 with crDroid R Mod and Lineage R Mod GSI images so far. Could this be a flashing issue, settings related, or just incompatibility with the device? Any advice be appreciated.

 

[niosa]

I love the scrip. Flashes with ease. However, I have tried 2 different GSI so far with the same result.

The OS works good when using it but when I press the power button or the phone screen times out it powers off the device completely instead of putting the screen to sleep and I have to hold the power button 7-10 seconds to get it to boot back into the OS. I have tried mi 11 with crDroid R Mod and Lineage R Mod GSI images so far. Could this be a flashing issue, settings related, or just incompatibility with the device? Any advice be appreciated.

Where si the cdroid for Xiaomi mi 11? Thanks

 

[Hearick]

I can't seem to be able to go in FastbootD.

I have tried everything, clean flash, reintal EU rom. etc....

I installed the drivers from @luuxis tool

Update : I went on FastbootD via ADB command.

Now I get the error shown in the attached file

 

[Paddyo13]

Where si the cdroid for Xiaomi mi 11? Thanks

It is a GSI Unofficial ROM on the list at https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Generic-System-Image-(GSI)-list

crDrom11 project

I used th arm64 bvZ image

 

[Hearick]

Now I get the error shown in the attached file

.

 

[EricNg8801]

hello there, I don't know where can i get the vbmeta.img file, is it a generic file for all phones ? or just only for a model?

 

[rafik25]

hello there, I don't know where can i get the vbmeta.img file, is it a generic file for all phones ? or just only for a model?

U can find it in your fastboot rom