General instructions for newcomers to the firmware Xiaomi Mi5
based on instructions from another phone as a source of inspiration -A sourceAnd so, people who received our beautiful machine and faced some difficulties, have many questions, in this manual I will try to summarize as much as possible all the instructions that currently exist in our topic in order to make it easier for "Beginners" to live with firmware or other actions with phone, and so it went:
I
Act
First of all, people who received the device may have some problems with the firmware that are from vendors (they are called "Chinese Samopal"), usually have a number of pronounced bugs, and localization curve (a hodgepodge of Russian + English and possibly Chinese) before asking questions like
"What is this firmware?"or
"Why doesn't it work for me?"I advise you to look at the instructions
How should the name of the firmware look like, it quite simply expresses the idea of ​​how to distinguish a self-made firmware from a sold one from official firmware.
II
Act
Second most common question
"Is my bootloader blocked and how to check"in 99% of cases (if not all are 100%), the device is delivered to users with a locked bootloader, but if you still want to check, follow the further steps:
For inexperienced users, before proceeding to these points, I advise you to read the guide on terminology which is in the header along the wayImportant information! / Mini FAQ + Useful Information / Basic Terms and Concepts -
if you are already at the level of "is no longer a novice but not a" romodel "," proceed directly to the items themselves1) How to know if the bootloader is locked? - This issue will help you this
instruction2) Depending on the response received, this item will be divided into 2 parts:
a) You got the answer Device unlocked:
falsethen you go over to point 3
b) You got the answer Device unlocked:
trueI congratulate you and you can safely move on to the next Act
3) You have received a negative response (that is, the bootloader is blocked from you) and you need to unlock it (if necessary) then for this you should move to the topic
"Unlocking XIAOMI bootloaders"where in the header you will find all the information you need about what and how you need to do to unlock the bootloader, "why do we need an unlocked bootloader?" - You ask now we will briefly consider why it is needed and you yourself decide whether you need it or not, and so in brief:
Earlier, on the old firmware, the EDL mode worked through which it was possible to switch from any official firmware to the same official one, that is, a phone came with a Chinese stable firmware, you took it and calmly decided on the global one (all the firmware differences in the next act), but starting from the firmware versions 7.3.2.0 (of the Chinese stable) and 6.5.7.0 (of the Chinese developer),
global firmware numbers above also fall under this, Mode EDL closed and jump off the Chinese Of the global has not come out, and it's not all in the first place if the firmware is updated \ set the curve you can get "Butlup" (cyclic reboot), and without an unlocked bootloader, you essentially have polukirpich yet 1 minus the locked bootloader inability to put root-rights (analogue administrator rights on your PC), set some "custom" too, can not, as a result of what we get on the phone with a locked bootloader - No freedom of action and opportunities restore the body after a critical error during update or in the transition from stable to nine EEPROM and vice versa.
Now it's up to you to decide whether to unlock the bootloader or not, after you make a decision, you can safely move on to Act III.
III
Act
This part of the instruction will contain all possible instructions for the firmware of our device and information on the firmware
And so, before proceeding with the manipulations with the firmware, let's first analyze what kind of firmware we have on our device and how they differ:
1)
Official Chinese firmware- This is the firmware from the manufacturer itself, there are 3 language packs in this firmware, 2 Chinese and 1 English, the advantage of this firmware is that it has the most recent bundle of fixes for glitches and "chips" and also receives OTA updates (updates that arrive on air), but there are also disadvantages to the lack of applications from Google (they are also called gapps), which you can optionally put separately.
2)
Official global firmware- this firmware is also from the manufacturer, however it differs from the previous firmware in that it has many other language packs (including Russian), as well as applications from Google are preinstalled in it, perhaps this is the advantage of this firmware and it also Receives OTA - updates.
3)
Localized firmware- or how they can still be called "custom", differ in that they are based on the Chinese office. firmware however, at the same time have other language packs as well as of. global firmware and have built-in applications from Google, these language packs as well as gapps `s people called" Romodels "manually added to the office. Chinese firmware, however, in order to get a more recent firmware, you have to use your pens again to install them on your phone.
4)
Firmware from the seller or Chinese samopal- this is probably the most crooked and buggy firmware, and they are usually advised to change to some of the above firmware, how to distinguish the firmware I described in Act I
Also, the first 3 firmwares are divided into another 2 subspecies of firmware: "Stable" and "Developer" - I will describe them briefly
1) "Stable" - firmware is updated less often but includes all useful updates of "Developer" firmware
2) "Developer" - these firmware are updated every week, however, since on these firmware they test everything and everything, they are less stable in operation
Perhaps after you have learned about the differences between the firmware and made the choice, you can proceed directly to the installation operation itself:
The first option is if your bootloader is locked.
Use firmware intended only for fastboot
Note: Recently, the Chinese firmware 7.3.2.0 stable and 6.5.7.0 developer came out - a distinctive feature of which is the closed access to the EDL mode, but fortunately the craftsmen found a way to return to the EDL mode, this is not a tricky thing you can turn on this oneinstructions 1)
Instructionto install official firmware
2) If you decide to use of. Chinese firmware but you want third-party programs to be all the same in Russian, use this one
Instruction3) You can also install applications from Google using this one
instruction4) There is an option to install localized firmware on this one.
instructions
A warning:The firmware should be taken only from the instruction itself, since when trying to flash another localized firmware, you can get a bootlap, the reason is that this firmware was specially modified for installation on a locked boot
The second option - if you have unlocked bootloader
1)
Instructionto install official and custom firmware
2) If you have installed a custom and later want to update it to the latest version you will need (root is optional)
TWRP + Root3)
Instructionto install firmware via TWRP.
Note:via TWRP official firmware
DO NOT STARTexception is TWRP-COFFACE
4) If you are a fan of decorating and expanding the functionality of the system, I suggest using it
Xposed Installation InstructionsIf any of the instructions helped you (and perhaps not many), I propose to thank the people who created them for their contribution and help with "turnip" pluses :
varalex, ,
yuandrey ,
ruslan_3_, ,
grafom, ,
Alko2011, ,
profforg7, SWAT436, For all suggestions and wishes, contact QMS: thank_you:
P.S. As needed, and opportunities will be supplemented and edited instructionsPost has been editeddraiv88 - 28.02.17, 20:04Reason for editing: Added to header