Hi,
Can anyone please provide a step by step guide of rooting Redmi 5 and installing TWRP (version?)/Magisk. I wish this was mentioned in the original post and I tried looking for it everywhere but couldn't find anything that provides complete guide for a noob like me. This is my primary device and I cannot risk to brick it.
Also I would really appreciate if someone can recommend which is more stable version 'normal' or 'plus'?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
RG
Hi there, I'll tell you my experience. I had the bootloader unlocked but had tried for many days to root it within MIUI but couldn't. Somehow I was able to install Magisk but it would crash without error. So I formatted the phone completely and even soft bricked it lmao. But I could restore it with EDL mode so don't worry if you do so too.
Now what you should do.
0. Backup whatever you value and save it somewhere else. I cannot guarantee that you will not soft brick your device as theres always the human error( on the user's part).
1. Get your bootloader unlocked. Google on how to do it.
2. Download adb drivers for rosy ( again google it) and download ADB and Fastboot tool. You need this to be able to do anything ahead. Enable developer options and under dev options enable USB debugging.
3. Download the twrp treble recovery for rosy(google) or jsut download orangefox recovery for rosy its better than twrp and Plus version (it has few more customization features and yes its really stable). Copy it to your SDcard.
4. Copy the twrp image file to where your minimal adb and fastboot is installed (program files x86) and rename it to recovery.img ( your extensions should be visible in explorer). Also copy it to your phone/sd card for later use.
5. Now connect your phone ( with atleast 40% battery) to your pc and in minimal adb and fastboot window type adb devices. If you see your phone connected then we can go further. type "adb reboot bootloader" (without "").
Your phone will reboot to Fastboot mode.
6. Now type "fastboot load recovery recovery.img" assuming you renamed it in earlier steps if not then type the exact name of the recovery file.
7. Your phone will boot up in TWRP recovery. Now go to install, click on "select image" and go to where you copied your recovery. Swipe to flash and reboot system. If it gives you option to reboot to recovery then do so. If not, then when you boot to MIUI, power off and press and hold vol+ button with power button and turnon the device. When you see the Mi logo, let go of the buttons you will enter TWRP again.
8. Now you will have to wipe your phone to do a "clean install". This will remove MIUI and your apps and data on internal storage. Go to wipe, tick the first 5 options and swipe to confirm flash.
9. Back to the main menu, go to Install, click on "install zip" if it shows and the select your plus or normal PE zip rom file. SWipe to flash and let it go through the process. it might some time be patient. after flashing is done twrp will prompt to install twrp app, deny it. and click on reboot system and you will see a google logo after Mi logo. It can take up to 12 mins to boot up fully so don't thin so fast that your phone is ruined. Have patience.
10. When it boots up then you can go throught the setup wizard and voila your rosy is now a pixel device. (jk):fingers-crossed: