Xiaomi Mi 10T keeps booting into fastboot

[Leonniar]

So it worked?
This "error" isn't an "error" so don't worry about it

If it's not an error then yeah it worked !
4 reboots no problem, powering off and then on also worked fine, I can boot into fastboot and recovery fine as well. How do I make sure there is no other problem going on tho ? Will I just have to wait and see ? I also changed a couple of settings in between reboots and stuff and no problems so far

 

[Rares6567]

If it's not an error then yeah it worked !
4 reboots no problem, powering off and then on also worked fine, I can boot into fastboot and recovery fine as well. How do I make sure there is no other problem going on tho ? Will I just have to wait and see ? I also changed a couple of settings in between reboots and stuff and no problems so far

Well I don't think u will face with any problem from now, so don't worry about it

 

[Leonniar]

Well I don't think u will face any problem from now, so don't worry about it

I am asking because this whole problem started after I tried re-rooting the phone. I went to install magisk through twrp, it failed, and that's how I started with the loops again so I am guessing there was still something wrong that I hadn't noticed

 

[alecxs]

now when rooting I recommend official magisk installation instructions
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#patching-images

finally you can install TWRP 3.7.0

 

[Leonniar]

Oh, when I tried it before I followed a tutorial saying you download magisk.apk from github, rename it to .zip and install it through twrp. So I probably shouldn't be doing that

 

[alecxs]

that method is outdated and mainly used for boot-looping devices.
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#custom-recovery

 

[Leonniar]

hmm, makes sense to be honest. I saw someone doing it on a Mi 10T and just went with it, at least now I know ! I will root it right now. Hopefully everything goes well so I can stop bothering you all hahaha. Just one last question, I made a seperate thread to not flood this one yesterday (when I still thought my device was fine) about updating MIUI to an android 12 version, I could not find any info online regarding this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/android-version-and-roms.4547753/

 

[Rares6567]

I'm using orangefox and just flash the zip ( I'm using a Redmi 9A ) and the phone works perfectly, no bootloop or something else, but maybe the custom recovery supports to install magisk with the zip

 

[Leonniar]

Yeah in the tutorial they were using orangefox but I just assumed it didn't matter. I guess it did! I will try the official instructions first since after re-watching the tutorial the rom was of a different region so that might play a part as well

 

[alecxs]

for TWRP don't forget to disable avb/dm-verity
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-twrp-3-7-0-unofficial-mi-10t-pro.4518491

fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta images\vbmeta.img

to confuse you little more, in case the --disable-verity flags won't work, you can let Magisk patch the file. just provide .tar archive with boot.img + vbmeta.img and extract the magisk_patched.tar afterwards

 

[Leonniar]

Woah that extremely helpful ! and then I just flash the patched file right ? Hopefully I won't need it but that's great to know. I am planning on rooting 3-4 other devices after this (I found them in my old phone pile while looking for a temporary one since my main needed attention hahaha) thanks for the link as well !

 

[NOSS8]

Woah that extremely helpful ! and then I just flash the patched file right ? Hopefully I won't need it but that's great to know. I am planning on rooting 3-4 other devices after this (I found them in my old phone pile while looking for a temporary one since my main needed attention hahaha) thanks for the link as well !

You must use the boot,vbmeta img of the rom version you are using.
No need for Twrp or O.F to root.
Current method to be adapted according to your device.

1. Find or redownload the TGZ file(fastboot rom) for your current ROM or custom rom
2. Browse inside the zip file and find boot ,vbmeta,img** under the images folder
3. Copy this file to a temporary location in your PC first, and then transfer it to your phone
4. Install the desired version of Magisk app (V23?)
5. Run the app and choose Install under Magisk
6. Choose Select and Patch a File, then select the boot.img that was transferred earlier
7. A process will run and create a new .img file in the same folder where the original one was
8. Transfer the new file to your PC in the same directory where fastboot.exe is located
9. Open a command prompt window in that same directory
10. Reboot your phone to fastboot mode and connect to PC, USB2.0 port. Check for connection by running command fastboot devices.
11. Run the command fastboot flash boot_ab magiskXXXX.img*

Once it's completed, run command fastboot reboot and the phone should boot and be rooted.
*devices with A/B partitions
**depending on the type of device

 

[Leonniar]

Thanks for the detailed Guide ! TWRP is for convenience, I didn't plan to flash it for root, I just prefer it to stock recovery.
One thing I dont understand is the difference between the fastboot and recovery variant of a ROM(apart from the installation process). The only actual difference I find online is the "Supported modules"
For the fastboot variant, supported modules are recovery and bootload.
For the recovery variant, supported modules are boot animations and logo root apps.

What are boot animations and logo root apps. ?
Does this mean that recovery variant has no boot animations and logo root apps. and fastboot variant does not have recovery and bootload. respectively ? That wouldn't make sense tho

 

[NOSS8]

Thanks for the detailed Guide ! TWRP is for convenience, I didn't plan to flash it for root, I just prefer it to stock recovery.
One thing I dont understand is the difference between the fastboot and recovery variant of a ROM(apart from the installation process). The only actual difference I find online is the "Supported modules"
For the fastboot variant, supported modules are recovery and bootload.
For the recovery variant, supported modules are boot animations and logo root apps.

What are boot animations and logo root apps. ?
Does this mean that recovery variant has no boot animations and logo root apps. and fastboot variant does not have recovery and bootload. respectively ? That wouldn't make sense tho

The recoveriy contain what is strictly necessary to start the phone or update it, unlike fastboot which contains all the imgs, hence the size difference and can only be flashed with an unlocked bootloader and Miflash.

 

[Leonniar]

So there is no real difference, I can just use the recovery one that's easier to install and still have everything (fastboot, recovery etc.)

 

[NOSS8]

So there is no real difference, I can just use the recovery one that's easier to install and still have everything (fastboot, recovery etc.)

The boot img as well as the vbmeta img are directly accessible with a fastboot rom(img folder) while with a recovery you will have to use a program to extract them (long and tedious) and in the event of a problem, for example no more fingerprints, the recovery does not you will be of no use.

 

[alireza9082]

can you install custom rom for your device?

 

[alecxs]

If you unpack the files you will note there is a difference. (smaller) recovery miui_APOLLOEEAGlobal_*.zip is for upgrading ROM from recovery mode. (bigger) fastboot apollo_eea_global_images*.tgz is for full flash ROM+firmware. latter one is required for unbrick, can also flashed in EDL mode (authorized account only) and from fastboot or (twrp) adb.

 

[Leonniar]

Ok so since I will root the device I might as well flash the fastboot variant because I will have to download it anyway to get the boot and vbmeta img

 

[Leonniar]

can you install custom rom for your device?

I don't know if you are referring to me but I most likely can yeah