If the ROM zip file has "fastboot" in the name, it is for Fastboot installation - download and checkhello, I have a xiaomi mi 11 lite phone, yesterday I tried to install the firmware via recovery, it didn’t work for me, I installed version 13.0.8.0 via fastboot, can I upgrade to version 13.0.9.0 but through recovery?
Otherwise it is for recovery installation
One or another. Fastboot version cannot be installed through recovery and vice versa
Check also the table in the post #1, the last column describes if the ROM for particular model is fastboot or recovery type.
But it applies only to the last ROM zip file(s) for that model.
Ie, if the last one or two versions of Stable for your device are recovery type, there still might be the older zip files/versions for fastboot installation - hence carefully check the names of the zip file(s)
It all depends when the working custom recovery for MIUI 13 for that particular model became available - ROM zip files/versions released earlier than the TWRP/OFox for that phone, obviously had to be released for the Fastboot installation
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