Xiaomi Hongmi TD + WCDMA CWM+ROOT Guide
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pjovp
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This one:
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=755600
But I honestly can't I understand why someone buy a xiaomi phone and then want to install a Rom that isn't a Miui
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Joshua_B
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Hi all..
I did as was stated on the guide but now i am stucked in recovery mode.. My HongMi can boot but Mi boot loader is the limit..
I guess i saved the ROM at the wrong internal sd card..
Hehehehe..
I used external 2 internal sd card..
Guess there's where i've gone wrong..
Tried installing from sd card but can't..
Well, this is all not a lost for i've learned alot through the process..
Thanks for the guide and if there's anyway to restore my phone, do tell..
Thanks..
And yeah, i didn't backup so i couldn't restore.. T.T
I did as was stated on the guide but now i am stucked in recovery mode.. My HongMi can boot but Mi boot loader is the limit..
I guess i saved the ROM at the wrong internal sd card..
Hehehehe..
I used external 2 internal sd card..
Guess there's where i've gone wrong..
Tried installing from sd card but can't..
Well, this is all not a lost for i've learned alot through the process..
Thanks for the guide and if there's anyway to restore my phone, do tell..
Thanks..
And yeah, i didn't backup so i couldn't restore.. T.T
Ph0en1x
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Hello
I've rooted the Hongmi with vRoot. Installed MobileUncleTools, and flashed the linked Recovery.
It is not working at all. The menu looks completely different compared to the linked one, and if I select any of the possibilities, nothing happens. So, this guide seems to be wrong. On the phone there is MIUI V4, and I would like to put on MIUI V5, but there is no updater app, that's why I chose to put on CWM.
I also checked this TWRP on the link, but the problem is that I need an updater app or a recovery to put it on. How should I do it?
Thanks in advance
Best Regards:
Zoltan
(BTW, I have a Xiaomi Mi2S 32GB as well, on that everything is sooo easy. This Hongmi is way too complicated.)
I've rooted the Hongmi with vRoot. Installed MobileUncleTools, and flashed the linked Recovery.
It is not working at all. The menu looks completely different compared to the linked one, and if I select any of the possibilities, nothing happens. So, this guide seems to be wrong. On the phone there is MIUI V4, and I would like to put on MIUI V5, but there is no updater app, that's why I chose to put on CWM.
I also checked this TWRP on the link, but the problem is that I need an updater app or a recovery to put it on. How should I do it?
Thanks in advance
Best Regards:
Zoltan
(BTW, I have a Xiaomi Mi2S 32GB as well, on that everything is sooo easy. This Hongmi is way too complicated.)
Hello 
Please what is the difference between the tutorial of miuiandroid.com and this tutorial (http://www.miui-france.org/threads/passer-le-red-rice-en-français.11163/ (in French)) to install the rom ? Why these differencies ? Thanks.
Please what is the difference between the tutorial of miuiandroid.com and this tutorial (http://www.miui-france.org/threads/passer-le-red-rice-en-français.11163/ (in French)) to install the rom ? Why these differencies ? Thanks.
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I think this will reply to both previous posts...
Install a Rom it's as easy as this:
- root your current Rom
- flash twrp recovery (the one I recommend) either through stock recovery or cwm.
- reboot in twrp recovery
- do the normal wipes (data, cache and davilk)
- flash the rom
What's the doubt or complication?
my recommendation regarding the Rom is the latest stable release of miuiandroid.
Install a Rom it's as easy as this:
- root your current Rom
- flash twrp recovery (the one I recommend) either through stock recovery or cwm.
- reboot in twrp recovery
- do the normal wipes (data, cache and davilk)
- flash the rom
What's the doubt or complication?
my recommendation regarding the Rom is the latest stable release of miuiandroid.
Thanks !
Can there be any problems about the after sales service with this method ? And why I can't install the rom like that (http://www.miui-france.org/threads/passer-le-red-rice-en-français.11163/) ?
Can there be any problems about the after sales service with this method ? And why I can't install the rom like that (http://www.miui-france.org/threads/passer-le-red-rice-en-français.11163/) ?
Ph0en1x
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Hello,
Thanks for the reply.
First of all, I think they should remove that guide on first page of this thread, because I've checked hungarian forums, and several people told me, that this guide is not working anymore, it's misleading.
For your proposal: My problem is, that I've followed the guide on the first page, and I don't have stock recovery now, and the flashed CWM is not working.
I would love to put on this TWRP stuff, but how should I do that without CWM and without stock recovery?
It seems everybody has CWM here, but I don't know how, since this guide is not working at all.
I managed to flash twrp this way: extracted twrp zip and flashed the img file with mobile uncle tools. Not worked for flashing roms, but I could enter in recovery with button combo and mobile uncle as well and flash twrp zip. After that I have full working twrp recovery
Tapatalked from a Xiaomi Hongmi
Ph0en1x
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So, in nutshell, flash TWRP twice:
Once from MobileUncleTools, the unzipped image, and once from half-working TWRP, the TWRP zip?
Interesting
If you say yes, I will give it a try.
Oh, I've found your story in mobilarena.hu
I've wrote you a private message there, fellow hungarian
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So, in nutshell, flash TWRP twice:
Once from MobileUncleTools, the unzipped image, and once from half-working TWRP, the TWRP zip?
Interesting
No, one time is enough:
Flash from recovery or flash from MobileUncleTools.
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Hi all, i just want to share my experience to all.. I once had a problem (post#536) and got into trouble for a few times.. Semi-bricked my phone twice.. Ok, now i'm getting to the point.
1st Prob:
Did all as was instructed from using vroot to root the phone, installing unclemobile and flashed with recovery.img.. Entered recovery and did factory reset. But until the point where we need to select .zip file to install multi-miuiv5, the installation failed.. There was a sense of panic but i was more excited than scared (adrenaline?)..
Solution:
Well, i did what most will do.. Trace back steps and did an evaluation of where did it went wrong.. All steps was followed but it still fails.. So if plan A fails, plan B should be made up as quick.. Did a scan through the forum till arrived at a topic about "multi-miuiv3".. Filled with desire to try and discover, downloaded the .zip.. Took out sd card (p/s:if people say internal sd card, it's this one) and copy paste multi-miuiv3 on it. Return to recovery mode (press vol down+power button) and tried again to install from sd card. And it worked..
Now it's solved i should be happy right? Nope, i wanted a v5, not v3 so i searched again and experimented..
I won't type the whole discourse of what happened but to sum it up, i semi-bricked my phones a couple of times.. Even my laptop had to do a "restore" due to a rooting session went bad.. ;p
Solution(for those who wants to update to v5 from lower versions):
Get TWRP.zip..
put on sd card.. (i recommend you put the miui-multiv5.zip also)
go to settings/about phone/press the (system update)..
then press the option button, next to home button (the button with three vertical horizontal lines)
select "reboot to recovery"
select apply update from sd card (this is where i did it differently.. I select the zip and installed it.. try it, you'll get it..)
then reboot..
go to settings/about phone/press the (system update)..
then press the option button, next to home button (the button with three vertical horizontal lines)
select "reboot to recovery"
Then you'll see a new kind of recovery, the TWRP, just beautiful..
First and foremost, if it's from a stable to a stable a dalvik cache sweep is alright, if we're moving neighborhood, do a factory reset..
Now select install and choose from sd card, not emmc alright?
select ROM amd let em' rip.. hehe.. i mean install..
Reboot and ure done..\This is how i did mine but results may vary due to many things..
So read the forums and ask around..
I must say my due, recognition to those who did great Topics, Sta-s2z and ingbrzy.. kudos..
1st Prob:
Did all as was instructed from using vroot to root the phone, installing unclemobile and flashed with recovery.img.. Entered recovery and did factory reset. But until the point where we need to select .zip file to install multi-miuiv5, the installation failed.. There was a sense of panic but i was more excited than scared (adrenaline?)..
Solution:
Well, i did what most will do.. Trace back steps and did an evaluation of where did it went wrong.. All steps was followed but it still fails.. So if plan A fails, plan B should be made up as quick.. Did a scan through the forum till arrived at a topic about "multi-miuiv3".. Filled with desire to try and discover, downloaded the .zip.. Took out sd card (p/s:if people say internal sd card, it's this one) and copy paste multi-miuiv3 on it. Return to recovery mode (press vol down+power button) and tried again to install from sd card. And it worked..
Now it's solved i should be happy right? Nope, i wanted a v5, not v3 so i searched again and experimented..
I won't type the whole discourse of what happened but to sum it up, i semi-bricked my phones a couple of times.. Even my laptop had to do a "restore" due to a rooting session went bad.. ;p
Solution(for those who wants to update to v5 from lower versions):
Get TWRP.zip..
put on sd card.. (i recommend you put the miui-multiv5.zip also)
go to settings/about phone/press the (system update)..
then press the option button, next to home button (the button with three vertical horizontal lines)
select "reboot to recovery"
select apply update from sd card (this is where i did it differently.. I select the zip and installed it.. try it, you'll get it..)
then reboot..
go to settings/about phone/press the (system update)..
then press the option button, next to home button (the button with three vertical horizontal lines)
select "reboot to recovery"
Then you'll see a new kind of recovery, the TWRP, just beautiful..
First and foremost, if it's from a stable to a stable a dalvik cache sweep is alright, if we're moving neighborhood, do a factory reset..
Now select install and choose from sd card, not emmc alright?
select ROM amd let em' rip.. hehe.. i mean install..
Reboot and ure done..\This is how i did mine but results may vary due to many things..
So read the forums and ask around..
I must say my due, recognition to those who did great Topics, Sta-s2z and ingbrzy.. kudos..
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Battery calibration is controlled by software, we don't need to do anything.
All battery calibration softwares just cancel the battery stats file, which is a special file system uses in order to show correct stats about battery. This file is constantly rewritten by the system and used to show percentages and things.
You don't need to do anything, just use your phone normally.
Also, a good practice in order to preserve battery duration is, once a month, to completely charge a battery, discharge completely and then recharge again up to the 100%.
Also, better not charge batteries when they are above 80%, and to avoid them to reach below 20% (just do the complete charge/discharge thing once a month)
This should prevent the batteries to degrade too quickly (even though we can't avoid it completely)
All battery calibration softwares just cancel the battery stats file, which is a special file system uses in order to show correct stats about battery. This file is constantly rewritten by the system and used to show percentages and things.
You don't need to do anything, just use your phone normally.
Also, a good practice in order to preserve battery duration is, once a month, to completely charge a battery, discharge completely and then recharge again up to the 100%.
Also, better not charge batteries when they are above 80%, and to avoid them to reach below 20% (just do the complete charge/discharge thing once a month)
This should prevent the batteries to degrade too quickly (even though we can't avoid it completely)
I just purchased a Hongmi and i tried to root it using this guide although once rooted I couldn't reboot to recovery.. the phone just reboots into the normal ROM..
I have also noticed if I unplug the device from the usb cable and turn off/on, the phone doesn't power on.
If i try flash the recovery from mobileuncle and reboot the phone doesn't reboot into recovery... just does a normal reboot.
If I try reboot with phone not plugged in it doesn't power on.
I have also noticed if I unplug the device from the usb cable and turn off/on, the phone doesn't power on.
If i try flash the recovery from mobileuncle and reboot the phone doesn't reboot into recovery... just does a normal reboot.
If I try reboot with phone not plugged in it doesn't power on.
Are you sure it is no fake?
Check screen resolution and processor with Mobileuncle.
Sent from my MI 2 using Tapatalk
Hi, Today I tried to install the multilang rom but without success :-/ I've tried several times but I'm not getting the selection after installing the recovery.img (via mobile uncle) to install the rom...only getting 'boot into recovery - fast boot and normal boot. Whatever I select I keep getting into the normal modus. What am I doing wrong ?
Can this be a fake hongmi ? Or am I using an incorrect recovery.img (used the one mentioned in this forum thread)
Can this be a fake hongmi ? Or am I using an incorrect recovery.img (used the one mentioned in this forum thread)
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Hello, I've recently bought my second Hongmi and apparently it is different from the first one I bougth. I did everything the same as I did with the first Hongmi but when I boot to CWM, I only get some colors in the top of the screen and recovery is not possible. After a minute, it just boots normal again.
I understand, the only way to solve this problem is using the TWRP version. But I can't figure out how to install it without being able to boot in recovery mode. Is there a solution on the way so we can all use the normal CWM again as described in this post on page one? Are people working on this to get the CWM working on the new version of the Hongmi?
I do think the work around to get the Multilang installed is very tricky for a lot of people here. It seems I'm not the only one having trouble doing it.
I understand, the only way to solve this problem is using the TWRP version. But I can't figure out how to install it without being able to boot in recovery mode. Is there a solution on the way so we can all use the normal CWM again as described in this post on page one? Are people working on this to get the CWM working on the new version of the Hongmi?
I do think the work around to get the Multilang installed is very tricky for a lot of people here. It seems I'm not the only one having trouble doing it.
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