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[ROM][CFW][10][begonia] Pixel Experience [OFFICIAL][AOSP]
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How to install Pixel Experience on the Xiaomi RedMi Note 8 Pro UnOfficial Noob Guide
UnOfficial Noob Guide - Last Updated July 28, 2020)
This is how I got it to work. There may be superfluous steps. All the outlines I found lacking because they were written by Android Genius Gods and they can't relate to us mere mortals. There are countless DEAD links, and flat out WRONG directions pointing people on endless goose chases looking for files that "should" be there and aren't. Anyways, I finally found them all and got it working. Use at your own risk yada yada. As of the writing of this text (2020.07.28), the fingerprint sensor is dodgy and I'm still trying to figure out how to make Google Pay work. I'm sure there are other issues, but I haven't found them.
Prep Work
I don't trust Xiaomi, their business model is selling user data to make up for cheap hardware. And I hate the User Interface. And I hate the bloatware. Let's eliminate all those problems by putting something nice and clean on it, like Pixel Experience. This is how you do that. So when you get your phone,
1. Get Mi Account here: https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register?_locale=en
2. Turn on the phone, go through the preliminary wizard install stuff, unchecking everything you can, etc. Don't sign in to your Google Account. Go to "Settings" - "Mi Account" and log in to your account. Put your sim card in, you will need to have it TEXT verified. Once done with all these prep-work steps, take the sim card out and put it back in your old phone while you wait a week. (this phone requires you to wait 1 week (168 hours) before you can unlock it.)
3. To make sure you are doing this right, (and don't have to wait 2 weeks instead of 1) download & unzip the Mi Unlock tool from here: https://en.miui.com/unlock/download_en.html. (I used miflash_unlock-en-4.5.707.49.zip)
4. Try to run "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should start giving you the countdown of 168 hours to go. This is stupid and unavoidable. I know. Just make sure it's all set and counting down. Yes, you can check this anytime and see the new number of hours remaining.
3. While you're in the settings, get into developer mode by tapping the Miui Version number many times until it says "You are now a developer."
4. Turn off all your security settings (pattern, passwords, face rec, etc) (important)
5. Go into Settings > Advanced Settings > Developer Mode. Turn on USB debugging and turn on OEM Unlock.
6. Find out what version of Android Miui you are operating on. To do this go to Settings, About phone. Take a Screenshot (volume down & power) you may need these numbers later. If you are operating on Android 9.xx, this is good. For me personally, I had MIUI Global 11.0.6.0 PGGMIXM & 9 PPR1.180610.011
(6a. If you are on Android 10.x you will need to downgrade to 9.0.
A. Download & install MiFlash tool from here: https://www.xiaomiflash.com/download .
B. Download compatible “FASTBOOT” firmware here: https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/miui-roms-redmi-note-8-pro-begonia/ make sure you grab the fastboot version.
C. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/
D. Unzip the file with 7-Zip.
E. Run the MiFlash tool, set your folder to your firmware folder. Choose “clean all” in the bottom right-hand corner.
F. Click FLASH.
Done. )
7. Put your sim card back in your old phone and enjoy the last week with your phone. Backup your stuff however you want to. If you've signed in to Google's services (drive, contracts, photos, etc), it should be all there. You can check here. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/backups Note the date. If you are doing it to your existing phone, just plan on losing all your data plan accordingly. For me all the data on the microSD card was untouched.
8. Now that the 168 hours are up, run again "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should work now.
Download Work
(Obviously download the latest version if they have it - I put the exact file name for the files I used for reference)
9. Download and unzip into a handy folder the latest "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows" (I used platform-tools_r30.0.3-windows.zip at time of writing) from here (https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools)
10. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/ (I used UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi) Make sure the drivers work. (You can see your Phone in Device Manager)
In no particular order: (Put these 3 files somewhere handy, you will be moving them over to the phone eventually)
11. Download the latest Pixel Experience Plus from here https://download.pixelexperience.org/begonia (I used PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip)
12. Download begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip from here https://sourceforge.net/projects/begonia-oss/files/CFW/begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip/download
13. Download Magisk-v20.4.zip from here: https://magisk.me/zip/
Put ALL the rest of these files below in your handy folder from step 1 (/platform-tools)
14. Download lk.img & preloader_begonia.bin from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=32337
15. Download TWRP for Xiaomi Redmi note 8 Pro from here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomiredminote8pro.html (I used twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img)
16. Download twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82752783&postcount=141
Installing Work
17. On the PC, open up a command prompt (CMD). Navigate to your handy folder from Download Work Step 1 above. (/platform-tools). Plug in your phone. Make sure windows sees it.
Keep this Command Prompt open the ENTIRE TIME. (just to save you time and hassle) (YES - You can copy and paste these commands)
18. Type the following commands, one at a time hit enter after each.
adb devices - (making double sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
adb reboot-bootloader - (this will reboot phone into FastBoot Mode)
adb devices - (again to make sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
fastboot flash preloader preloader_begonia.bin
fastboot flash lk lk.img
fastboot flash lk2 lk.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img
19. Unplug the phone. Press and hold Power and Volume UP. When it reboots, you can let go of the power button when it vibrates or you see the RedMi text (but still keep holding the Volume Up button) until you see this menu:
Note the little "<<==" RIGHT of the option.
20. Select [Recovery Mode] by following which button it says to push to navigate. Then hitting the Volume DOWN Button
This will boot you into TWRP (AKA "any non-CFW Android 9 recovery"). The intro flash screen looks like this:
21. Select WIPE > Advanced Wipe > Select: System & Cache & Dalvic Cache > Swipe to wipe.
22. Hit the Home button on your phone. Move over to the PC.
23. On the PC copy over "begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
24. On the PC copy over "PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
25. Go into Install > begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip then go back and
26. Go into Install > Pixel Experience Rom (for me is was PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip) Should take a few minutes.
27. Hit Home
28. Select WIPE > Format Data > type "yes" (tap checkmark)
29 . Reboot > Bootloader
30. This will reboot the phone back into Fastboot mode. Then on the PC type this:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img
31. Then this is the last command that'll reboot your phone, on the PC type:
fastboot reboot (enter)
And It "should" go eventually (it'll reboot a few times) into the Android setup wizard for Pixel Experience.
Setup Note: It crashed for me when trying to setup the fingerprint scanner, so skip that part of the wizard for sure.
32. Setup your phone how you likes it. But in order to get some other things to work (Like Google Pay), you need to install Magist, an app that will help hide the modified nature of your phone.
Now you need to install Magisk, it's a software that can help "hide" the Rooted Status of your phone so you can use things like Google Pay.
33. On the PC copy over "Magisk-v20.4.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
34. Unplug and Turn off your device.
35. Turn it on via holding Power + holding Volume UP. Keep Volume upheld until you get into TWRP again. This step was just like before.
36. Install > MagiskXXXX.zip
37. Reboot.
38. Once back in Android, you should see the new App Magisk.
Note: Google now thinks I have a Pixel 4XL
If I figure out how to make google pay work, I'll add it here.
UnOfficial Noob Guide - Last Updated July 28, 2020)
This is how I got it to work. There may be superfluous steps. All the outlines I found lacking because they were written by Android Genius Gods and they can't relate to us mere mortals. There are countless DEAD links, and flat out WRONG directions pointing people on endless goose chases looking for files that "should" be there and aren't. Anyways, I finally found them all and got it working. Use at your own risk yada yada. As of the writing of this text (2020.07.28), the fingerprint sensor is dodgy and I'm still trying to figure out how to make Google Pay work. I'm sure there are other issues, but I haven't found them.
Prep Work
I don't trust Xiaomi, their business model is selling user data to make up for cheap hardware. And I hate the User Interface. And I hate the bloatware. Let's eliminate all those problems by putting something nice and clean on it, like Pixel Experience. This is how you do that. So when you get your phone,
1. Get Mi Account here: https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register?_locale=en
2. Turn on the phone, go through the preliminary wizard install stuff, unchecking everything you can, etc. Don't sign in to your Google Account. Go to "Settings" - "Mi Account" and log in to your account. Put your sim card in, you will need to have it TEXT verified. Once done with all these prep-work steps, take the sim card out and put it back in your old phone while you wait a week. (this phone requires you to wait 1 week (168 hours) before you can unlock it.)
3. To make sure you are doing this right, (and don't have to wait 2 weeks instead of 1) download & unzip the Mi Unlock tool from here: https://en.miui.com/unlock/download_en.html. (I used miflash_unlock-en-4.5.707.49.zip)
4. Try to run "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should start giving you the countdown of 168 hours to go. This is stupid and unavoidable. I know. Just make sure it's all set and counting down. Yes, you can check this anytime and see the new number of hours remaining.
3. While you're in the settings, get into developer mode by tapping the Miui Version number many times until it says "You are now a developer."
4. Turn off all your security settings (pattern, passwords, face rec, etc) (important)
5. Go into Settings > Advanced Settings > Developer Mode. Turn on USB debugging and turn on OEM Unlock.
6. Find out what version of Android Miui you are operating on. To do this go to Settings, About phone. Take a Screenshot (volume down & power) you may need these numbers later. If you are operating on Android 9.xx, this is good. For me personally, I had MIUI Global 11.0.6.0 PGGMIXM & 9 PPR1.180610.011
(6a. If you are on Android 10.x you will need to downgrade to 9.0.
A. Download & install MiFlash tool from here: https://www.xiaomiflash.com/download .
B. Download compatible “FASTBOOT” firmware here: https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/miui-roms-redmi-note-8-pro-begonia/ make sure you grab the fastboot version.
C. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/
D. Unzip the file with 7-Zip.
E. Run the MiFlash tool, set your folder to your firmware folder. Choose “clean all” in the bottom right-hand corner.
F. Click FLASH.
Done. )
7. Put your sim card back in your old phone and enjoy the last week with your phone. Backup your stuff however you want to. If you've signed in to Google's services (drive, contracts, photos, etc), it should be all there. You can check here. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/backups Note the date. If you are doing it to your existing phone, just plan on losing all your data plan accordingly. For me all the data on the microSD card was untouched.
8. Now that the 168 hours are up, run again "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should work now.
Download Work
(Obviously download the latest version if they have it - I put the exact file name for the files I used for reference)
9. Download and unzip into a handy folder the latest "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows" (I used platform-tools_r30.0.3-windows.zip at time of writing) from here (https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools)
10. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/ (I used UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi) Make sure the drivers work. (You can see your Phone in Device Manager)
In no particular order: (Put these 3 files somewhere handy, you will be moving them over to the phone eventually)
11. Download the latest Pixel Experience Plus from here https://download.pixelexperience.org/begonia (I used PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip)
12. Download begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip from here https://sourceforge.net/projects/begonia-oss/files/CFW/begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip/download
13. Download Magisk-v20.4.zip from here: https://magisk.me/zip/
Put ALL the rest of these files below in your handy folder from step 1 (/platform-tools)
14. Download lk.img & preloader_begonia.bin from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=32337
15. Download TWRP for Xiaomi Redmi note 8 Pro from here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomiredminote8pro.html (I used twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img)
16. Download twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82752783&postcount=141
Installing Work
17. On the PC, open up a command prompt (CMD). Navigate to your handy folder from Download Work Step 1 above. (/platform-tools). Plug in your phone. Make sure windows sees it.
Keep this Command Prompt open the ENTIRE TIME. (just to save you time and hassle) (YES - You can copy and paste these commands)
18. Type the following commands, one at a time hit enter after each.
adb devices - (making double sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
adb reboot-bootloader - (this will reboot phone into FastBoot Mode)
adb devices - (again to make sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
fastboot flash preloader preloader_begonia.bin
fastboot flash lk lk.img
fastboot flash lk2 lk.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img
19. Unplug the phone. Press and hold Power and Volume UP. When it reboots, you can let go of the power button when it vibrates or you see the RedMi text (but still keep holding the Volume Up button) until you see this menu:
Note the little "<<==" RIGHT of the option.
20. Select [Recovery Mode] by following which button it says to push to navigate. Then hitting the Volume DOWN Button
This will boot you into TWRP (AKA "any non-CFW Android 9 recovery"). The intro flash screen looks like this:
21. Select WIPE > Advanced Wipe > Select: System & Cache & Dalvic Cache > Swipe to wipe.
22. Hit the Home button on your phone. Move over to the PC.
23. On the PC copy over "begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
24. On the PC copy over "PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
25. Go into Install > begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip then go back and
26. Go into Install > Pixel Experience Rom (for me is was PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip) Should take a few minutes.
27. Hit Home
28. Select WIPE > Format Data > type "yes" (tap checkmark)
29 . Reboot > Bootloader
30. This will reboot the phone back into Fastboot mode. Then on the PC type this:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img
31. Then this is the last command that'll reboot your phone, on the PC type:
fastboot reboot (enter)
And It "should" go eventually (it'll reboot a few times) into the Android setup wizard for Pixel Experience.
Setup Note: It crashed for me when trying to setup the fingerprint scanner, so skip that part of the wizard for sure.
32. Setup your phone how you likes it. But in order to get some other things to work (Like Google Pay), you need to install Magist, an app that will help hide the modified nature of your phone.
Now you need to install Magisk, it's a software that can help "hide" the Rooted Status of your phone so you can use things like Google Pay.
33. On the PC copy over "Magisk-v20.4.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
34. Unplug and Turn off your device.
35. Turn it on via holding Power + holding Volume UP. Keep Volume upheld until you get into TWRP again. This step was just like before.
36. Install > MagiskXXXX.zip
37. Reboot.
38. Once back in Android, you should see the new App Magisk.
Note: Google now thinks I have a Pixel 4XL
If I figure out how to make google pay work, I'll add it here.
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Best tutorial on XDA since I switched to Android mobiles!:good:
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Best tutorial on XDA (2)...
Man you rock!! I am still wishing you were here in April this year, when I successfully bricked it a couple of times per day for 3 continuous days trying to flash a custom... BIG FAN... JUST A BIG FAN.. I'm sure you just saved countless lives new to this.
And i guess it's miui instead of mimu unless on purpose ?
Ah, fixed the spelling errors. Thanks.
Yes, developers listen up, THIS is how you write a guide! This is what people want! Your 8 line outlines are not helpful.
Just to make a point I followed this exact tutorial from start to finish (I even downgraded to stock) and it worked flawlessly. And now I'm back to custom. Just to make a point. Like eckre said earlier: this is the new standard for tutorials concerning custom roms. How do we get this to the moderators?UnOfficial Noob Guide - Last Updated July 28, 2020)
This is how I got it to work. There may be superfluous steps. All the outlines I found lacking because they were written by Android Genius Gods and they can't relate to us mere mortals. There are countless DEAD links, and flat out WRONG directions pointing people on endless goose chases looking for files that "should" be there and aren't. Anyways, I finally found them all and got it working. Use at your own risk yada yada. As of the writing of this text (2020.07.28), the fingerprint sensor is dodgy and I'm still trying to figure out how to make Google Pay work. I'm sure there are other issues, but I haven't found them.
Prep Work
I don't trust Xiaomi, their business model is selling user data to make up for cheap hardware. And I hate the User Interface. And I hate the bloatware. Let's eliminate all those problems by putting something nice and clean on it, like Pixel Experience. This is how you do that. So when you get your phone,
1. Get Mi Account here: https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register?_locale=en
2. Turn on the phone, go through the preliminary wizard install stuff, unchecking everything you can, etc. Don't sign in to your Google Account. Go to "Settings" - "Mi Account" and log in to your account. Put your sim card in, you will need to have it TEXT verified. Once done with all these prep-work steps, take the sim card out and put it back in your old phone while you wait a week. (this phone requires you to wait 1 week (168 hours) before you can unlock it.)
3. To make sure you are doing this right, (and don't have to wait 2 weeks instead of 1) download & unzip the Mi Unlock tool from here: https://en.miui.com/unlock/download_en.html. (I used miflash_unlock-en-4.5.707.49.zip)
4. Try to run "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should start giving you the countdown of 168 hours to go. This is stupid and unavoidable. I know. Just make sure it's all set and counting down. Yes, you can check this anytime and see the new number of hours remaining.
3. While you're in the settings, get into developer mode by tapping the Miui Version number many times until it says "You are now a developer."
4. Turn off all your security settings (pattern, passwords, face rec, etc) (important)
5. Go into Settings > Advanced Settings > Developer Mode. Turn on USB debugging and turn on OEM Unlock.
6. Find out what version of Android Miui you are operating on. To do this go to Settings, About phone. Take a Screenshot (volume down & power) you may need these numbers later. If you are operating on Android 9.xx, this is good. For me personally, I had MIUI Global 11.0.6.0 PGGMIXM & 9 PPR1.180610.011
(6a. If you are on Android 10.x you will need to downgrade to 9.0.
A. Download & install MiFlash tool from here: https://www.xiaomiflash.com/download .
B. Download compatible “FASTBOOT” firmware here: https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/miui-roms-redmi-note-8-pro-begonia/ make sure you grab the fastboot version.
C. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/
D. Unzip the file with 7-Zip.
E. Run the MiFlash tool, set your folder to your firmware folder. Choose “clean all” in the bottom right-hand corner.
F. Click FLASH.
Done. )
7. Put your sim card back in your old phone and enjoy the last week with your phone. Backup your stuff however you want to. If you've signed in to Google's services (drive, contracts, photos, etc), it should be all there. You can check here. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/backups Note the date. If you are doing it to your existing phone, just plan on losing all your data plan accordingly. For me all the data on the microSD card was untouched.
8. Now that the 168 hours are up, run again "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should work now.
Download Work
(Obviously download the latest version if they have it - I put the exact file name for the files I used for reference)
9. Download and unzip into a handy folder the latest "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows" (I used platform-tools_r30.0.3-windows.zip at time of writing) from here (https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools)
10. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/ (I used UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi) Make sure the drivers work. (You can see your Phone in Device Manager)
In no particular order: (Put these 3 files somewhere handy, you will be moving them over to the phone eventually)
11. Download the latest Pixel Experience Plus from here https://download.pixelexperience.org/begonia (I used PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip)
12. Download begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip from here https://sourceforge.net/projects/begonia-oss/files/CFW/begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip/download
13. Download Magisk-v20.4.zip from here: https://magisk.me/zip/
Put ALL the rest of these files below in your handy folder from step 1 (/platform-tools)
14. Download lk.img & preloader_begonia.bin from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=32337
15. Download TWRP for Xiaomi Redmi note 8 Pro from here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomiredminote8pro.html (I used twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img)
16. Download twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82752783&postcount=141
Installing Work
17. On the PC, open up a command prompt (CMD). Navigate to your handy folder from Download Work Step 1 above. (/platform-tools). Plug in your phone. Make sure windows sees it.
Keep this Command Prompt open the ENTIRE TIME. (just to save you time and hassle) (YES - You can copy and paste these commands)
18. Type the following commands, one at a time hit enter after each.
adb devices - (making double sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
adb reboot-bootloader - (this will reboot phone into FastBoot Mode)
adb devices - (again to make sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
fastboot flash preloader preloader_begonia.bin
fastboot flash lk lk.img
fastboot flash lk2 lk.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img
19. Unplug the phone. Press and hold Power and Volume UP. When it reboots, you can let go of the power button when it vibrates or you see the RedMi text (but still keep holding the Volume Up button) until you see this menu:
Note the little "<<==" RIGHT of the option.
20. Select [Recovery Mode] by following which button it says to push to navigate. Then hitting the Volume DOWN Button
This will boot you into TWRP (AKA "any non-CFW Android 9 recovery"). The intro flash screen looks like this:
21. Select WIPE > Advanced Wipe > Select: System & Cache & Dalvic Cache > Swipe to wipe.
22. Hit the Home button on your phone. Move over to the PC.
23. On the PC copy over "begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
24. On the PC copy over "PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
25. Go into Install > begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip then go back and
26. Go into Install > Pixel Experience Rom (for me is was PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip) Should take a few minutes.
27. Hit Home
28. Select WIPE > Format Data > type "yes" (tap checkmark)
29 . Reboot > Bootloader
30. This will reboot the phone back into Fastboot mode. Then on the PC type this:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img
31. Then this is the last command that'll reboot your phone, on the PC type:
fastboot reboot (enter)
And It "should" go eventually (it'll reboot a few times) into the Android setup wizard for Pixel Experience.
Setup Note: It crashed for me when trying to setup the fingerprint scanner, so skip that part of the wizard for sure.
32. Setup your phone how you likes it. But in order to get some other things to work (Like Google Pay), you need to install Magist, an app that will help hide the modified nature of your phone.
Now you need to install Magisk, it's a software that can help "hide" the Rooted Status of your phone so you can use things like Google Pay.
33. On the PC copy over "Magisk-v20.4.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
34. Unplug and Turn off your device.
35. Turn it on via holding Power + holding Volume UP. Keep Volume upheld until you get into TWRP again. This step was just like before.
36. Install > MagiskXXXX.zip
37. Reboot.
38. Once back in Android, you should see the new App Magisk.
Note: Google now thinks I have a Pixel 4XL
If I figure out how to make google pay work, I'll add it here.
Whew! I'm glad it worked for you! I tried to be as meticulous as possible.
Yeah, it doesn't matter if you are the Grand Master King at installing custom ROM's, if you can't translate your wisdom into easy-to-follow steps for the end-user your knowledge is 100% useless outside their tiny nerd kingdom. I guess that's why tech-writers exist. But for certain a noob guide should be included in all Rom releases.
I have a problem with Istagram in the last version of Pixel Experience. Watch photos works fine, but when i want to wach a Instagram History Video or Video uploaded is like blurry or low ress. Dunno why. Someone have that problem too?
Is anyone else having random freezing issues? Most of the time it's when I wake up the device. I'm using both face unlock and fingerprint. The fingerprint reader also caused reboot until I flashed the Zentisu kernel.
I have been having the same issue and I haven't found a solution yet. It's very frustrating because on MIUI the quality was perfect.
Does anyone know if this issue is present in other custom roms?
Hi, while i try to update the rom, twrp keeps closing and rebooting the phone to the system. It happens with the official twrp recovery and the modified one. Can anyone help me?
The TWRP are either Custom Firmware specific (CFW) or otherwise. If there's a mismatch then the phone will just reboot. Install CFW before using CFW based TWRP. Also, CFW based ROMs are different and work only with CFW.
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The MiFit app is not able to connect to smartband via Bluetooth. Everything apart from this works perfectly. Had no issues whatsoever. So far the only rom that does (NOT) have any fingerprint issues.
Reinstalled it and installed different custom kernel and it worked. Don't know what fixed it but it works now.
Thanks! I already had the CFW installed, the problem was the twrp, i had the wrong version. I installed the correct one and It just worked.
I have the China ROM 12.0.2.0 and want to flash Global ROM 12.0.2.0. There is no fastboot ROM AFAIK and the Updater App says it can't downgrade to an older version.
My Anti is 1. Every downgrade ROM I've looked at is 0 I think.. So someone asked if I could install a custom ROM and then flash an old MIUI and go to MIUI 12 Global, but the PE guide says to downgrade to Android 9 as the first step, which isn't possible. Is there anything I can do to go to PE, even permanently?
I read something about using a dummy file here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-anti-rollback-protection-brick-phone/
Is there a guide so that I can switch to PE?
Thanks
My Anti is 1. Every downgrade ROM I've looked at is 0 I think.. So someone asked if I could install a custom ROM and then flash an old MIUI and go to MIUI 12 Global, but the PE guide says to downgrade to Android 9 as the first step, which isn't possible. Is there anything I can do to go to PE, even permanently?
I read something about using a dummy file here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-anti-rollback-protection-brick-phone/
Is there a guide so that I can switch to PE?
Thanks
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Thank you!
I wish I found this before I decided I will stay up till 8am ?, thank you still for making the guide! It's desperately needed for others I am sure.
Devs PLEASE sticky or link this guide on the main thread post! It would have saved me literally 8 hours of ****ing around to get the ROM to work. There is no detailed guide like this anywhere.
A great ROM is useless if people can't install it and get it to work, so please sticky this.
With all that said, the new update of the ROM is great, I haven't tested NFC yet but will do so soon and give an update, everything else seems to work fine so far. Thank you for the work on this! Miui 11 was driving me insane.
Edit: Tested NFC and it works great. I had to root my phone with magisk and hide root status before banking apps and netflix started to work. Found 1 minor issue so far, the auto screen brightness seems to go out of wack at times and will jump between bright and not bright despite no change in scenery. A super minor issue so I really don't care lol.
I wish I found this before I decided I will stay up till 8am ?, thank you still for making the guide! It's desperately needed for others I am sure.
Devs PLEASE sticky or link this guide on the main thread post! It would have saved me literally 8 hours of ****ing around to get the ROM to work. There is no detailed guide like this anywhere.
A great ROM is useless if people can't install it and get it to work, so please sticky this.
With all that said, the new update of the ROM is great, I haven't tested NFC yet but will do so soon and give an update, everything else seems to work fine so far. Thank you for the work on this! Miui 11 was driving me insane.
Edit: Tested NFC and it works great. I had to root my phone with magisk and hide root status before banking apps and netflix started to work. Found 1 minor issue so far, the auto screen brightness seems to go out of wack at times and will jump between bright and not bright despite no change in scenery. A super minor issue so I really don't care lol.
UnOfficial Noob Guide - Last Updated July 28, 2020)
This is how I got it to work. There may be superfluous steps. All the outlines I found lacking because they were written by Android Genius Gods and they can't relate to us mere mortals. There are countless DEAD links, and flat out WRONG directions pointing people on endless goose chases looking for files that "should" be there and aren't. Anyways, I finally found them all and got it working. Use at your own risk yada yada. As of the writing of this text (2020.07.28), the fingerprint sensor is dodgy and I'm still trying to figure out how to make Google Pay work. I'm sure there are other issues, but I haven't found them.
Prep Work
I don't trust Xiaomi, their business model is selling user data to make up for cheap hardware. And I hate the User Interface. And I hate the bloatware. Let's eliminate all those problems by putting something nice and clean on it, like Pixel Experience. This is how you do that. So when you get your phone,
1. Get Mi Account here: https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register?_locale=en
2. Turn on the phone, go through the preliminary wizard install stuff, unchecking everything you can, etc. Don't sign in to your Google Account. Go to "Settings" - "Mi Account" and log in to your account. Put your sim card in, you will need to have it TEXT verified. Once done with all these prep-work steps, take the sim card out and put it back in your old phone while you wait a week. (this phone requires you to wait 1 week (168 hours) before you can unlock it.)
3. To make sure you are doing this right, (and don't have to wait 2 weeks instead of 1) download & unzip the Mi Unlock tool from here: https://en.miui.com/unlock/download_en.html. (I used miflash_unlock-en-4.5.707.49.zip)
4. Try to run "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should start giving you the countdown of 168 hours to go. This is stupid and unavoidable. I know. Just make sure it's all set and counting down. Yes, you can check this anytime and see the new number of hours remaining.
3. While you're in the settings, get into developer mode by tapping the Miui Version number many times until it says "You are now a developer."
4. Turn off all your security settings (pattern, passwords, face rec, etc) (important)
5. Go into Settings > Advanced Settings > Developer Mode. Turn on USB debugging and turn on OEM Unlock.
6. Find out what version of Android Miui you are operating on. To do this go to Settings, About phone. Take a Screenshot (volume down & power) you may need these numbers later. If you are operating on Android 9.xx, this is good. For me personally, I had MIUI Global 11.0.6.0 PGGMIXM & 9 PPR1.180610.011
(6a. If you are on Android 10.x you will need to downgrade to 9.0.
A. Download & install MiFlash tool from here: https://www.xiaomiflash.com/download .
B. Download compatible “FASTBOOT” firmware here: https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/miui-roms-redmi-note-8-pro-begonia/ make sure you grab the fastboot version.
C. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/
D. Unzip the file with 7-Zip.
E. Run the MiFlash tool, set your folder to your firmware folder. Choose “clean all” in the bottom right-hand corner.
F. Click FLASH.
Done. )
7. Put your sim card back in your old phone and enjoy the last week with your phone. Backup your stuff however you want to. If you've signed in to Google's services (drive, contracts, photos, etc), it should be all there. You can check here. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/backups Note the date. If you are doing it to your existing phone, just plan on losing all your data plan accordingly. For me all the data on the microSD card was untouched.
8. Now that the 168 hours are up, run again "miflash_unlock.exe" > Agree > sign in > and Unlock your phone, it should work now.
Download Work
(Obviously download the latest version if they have it - I put the exact file name for the files I used for reference)
9. Download and unzip into a handy folder the latest "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows" (I used platform-tools_r30.0.3-windows.zip at time of writing) from here (https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools)
10. Download & install Universal ADB Drivers from here: https://adb.clockworkmod.com/ (I used UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi) Make sure the drivers work. (You can see your Phone in Device Manager)
In no particular order: (Put these 3 files somewhere handy, you will be moving them over to the phone eventually)
11. Download the latest Pixel Experience Plus from here https://download.pixelexperience.org/begonia (I used PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip)
12. Download begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip from here https://sourceforge.net/projects/begonia-oss/files/CFW/begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip/download
13. Download Magisk-v20.4.zip from here: https://magisk.me/zip/
Put ALL the rest of these files below in your handy folder from step 1 (/platform-tools)
14. Download lk.img & preloader_begonia.bin from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=32337
15. Download TWRP for Xiaomi Redmi note 8 Pro from here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomiredminote8pro.html (I used twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img)
16. Download twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82752783&postcount=141
Installing Work
17. On the PC, open up a command prompt (CMD). Navigate to your handy folder from Download Work Step 1 above. (/platform-tools). Plug in your phone. Make sure windows sees it.
Keep this Command Prompt open the ENTIRE TIME. (just to save you time and hassle) (YES - You can copy and paste these commands)
18. Type the following commands, one at a time hit enter after each.
adb devices - (making double sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
adb reboot-bootloader - (this will reboot phone into FastBoot Mode)
adb devices - (again to make sure you see the device, looks like a serial #)
fastboot flash preloader preloader_begonia.bin
fastboot flash lk lk.img
fastboot flash lk2 lk.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-0-begonia.img
19. Unplug the phone. Press and hold Power and Volume UP. When it reboots, you can let go of the power button when it vibrates or you see the RedMi text (but still keep holding the Volume Up button) until you see this menu:
Note the little "<<==" RIGHT of the option.
20. Select [Recovery Mode] by following which button it says to push to navigate. Then hitting the Volume DOWN Button
This will boot you into TWRP (AKA "any non-CFW Android 9 recovery"). The intro flash screen looks like this:
21. Select WIPE > Advanced Wipe > Select: System & Cache & Dalvic Cache > Swipe to wipe.
22. Hit the Home button on your phone. Move over to the PC.
23. On the PC copy over "begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
24. On the PC copy over "PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
25. Go into Install > begonia-A10-CFW_20200530.zip then go back and
26. Go into Install > Pixel Experience Rom (for me is was PixelExperience_Plus_begonia-10.0-20200714-2146-OFFICIAL.zip) Should take a few minutes.
27. Hit Home
28. Select WIPE > Format Data > type "yes" (tap checkmark)
29 . Reboot > Bootloader
30. This will reboot the phone back into Fastboot mode. Then on the PC type this:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-CFW-3.3.1-0-begonia_UNOFFICIAL_0506.img
31. Then this is the last command that'll reboot your phone, on the PC type:
fastboot reboot (enter)
And It "should" go eventually (it'll reboot a few times) into the Android setup wizard for Pixel Experience.
Setup Note: It crashed for me when trying to setup the fingerprint scanner, so skip that part of the wizard for sure.
32. Setup your phone how you likes it. But in order to get some other things to work (Like Google Pay), you need to install Magist, an app that will help hide the modified nature of your phone.
Now you need to install Magisk, it's a software that can help "hide" the Rooted Status of your phone so you can use things like Google Pay.
33. On the PC copy over "Magisk-v20.4.zip" to someplace on the internal or SD memory.
34. Unplug and Turn off your device.
35. Turn it on via holding Power + holding Volume UP. Keep Volume upheld until you get into TWRP again. This step was just like before.
36. Install > MagiskXXXX.zip
37. Reboot.
38. Once back in Android, you should see the new App Magisk.
Note: Google now thinks I have a Pixel 4XL
If I figure out how to make google pay work, I'll add it here.
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I am not able to access engineering mode using *#*#3646633#*#*
Is there any other way to do so..
Is there any other way to do so..
Please, can someone explain to me, for the understanding of ordinary noob, what is the difference between the pixel experience and the plus version? Thank you very much.
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