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Jan 14 09:40:04 <Herrie> Morning!
Jan 14 12:38:47 <carmenguii> Herrie: hi there, I got my device! Im setting it up for unlocking but I just wanted to ask what firmware version of the device I should be on before flashing anything?
Jan 14 13:12:34 <Herrie> carmenguii: It's Android 9 based, so anything from Xiaomi with Android 9 should work
Jan 14 13:14:47 <carmenguii> The highest firmware I could find is Android 8.1 though? I can’t seem to find any Android 9 firmware
Jan 14 13:15:06 <carmenguii> Herrie: sorry I keep forgetting to tag
Jan 14 13:49:49 <Herrie> Let me check there should be newer I think
Jan 14 13:50:27 <Herrie> Tofe: You recall what you had on Rosy?
Jan 14 13:51:08 <Herrie> I guess latest 8.1 should work, though we used 9.0 Halium base it seems
Jan 14 13:53:18 <Herrie> carmenguii: ^
Jan 14 15:06:17 <Tofe> 9.0 did work, iirc
Jan 14 15:06:47 <Tofe> at some point we had them all on halium 9.0, and the status was quite good
Jan 14 15:07:28 <Tofe> oh, sorry, I didn't read above ^^
Jan 14 15:08:51 <Tofe> so,yes, 8.1 firmwares should do fine
Jan 14 15:09:38 <Tofe> I see I still have "rosy_global_images_V11.0.2.0.ODAMIXM_20200103.0000.00_8.1_global.zip" on my PC, so I did use it to flash my rosy
Jan 14 17:01:31 <Tofe> Herrie: hammerhead with 5.15 kernel seems to be booting
Jan 14 17:02:01 <Tofe> UI, touchscreen, wifi, but no sound, no sensors
Jan 14 17:03:16 <Herrie> Tofe: Ah OK
Jan 14 17:03:21 <Herrie> But we knew that already right?
Jan 14 17:03:24 <Herrie> UI was a bit buggy?
Jan 14 17:03:25 <Tofe> right
Jan 14 17:03:38 <Tofe> for newer kernel, I'll also have to check if yocto supports it
Jan 14 17:04:23 <Tofe> (it's currently 5.19, not 5.15)
Jan 14 17:04:53 <Tofe> there's 6.1
Jan 14 17:26:44 <Tofe> kernel rebased, image flashed, let's see
Jan 14 17:29:06 <Tofe> I'd say it's same status, no change
Jan 14 17:29:36 <Tofe> JaMa: https://github.com/shr-distribution/meta-smartphone/pull/148 (looks like I had an old commit on my side, too)
Jan 14 17:40:12 <Herrie> Tofe: Sensors might be something small in sensorfw config for mainline we need to add?
Jan 14 17:40:22 <Herrie> Anyway we'd need to bump sensorfw sometime
Jan 14 17:40:28 <Herrie> We're at old revision
Jan 14 17:40:39 <Herrie> I couldn't get newer to work for me
Jan 14 17:46:29 <Herrie> We're on 0.11.4 still
Jan 14 18:07:04 <carmenguii> Herrie: hi, it seems like the rosy I received has an issue with unlocking the bootloader… all attempts to unlock it have failed and im at my wits end. I may have to sell the device or change the motherboard…
Jan 14 18:08:03 <Herrie> carmenguii: Ooh that's a pity
Jan 14 18:08:10 <carmenguii> My luck in grey market sucks so much. I was excited to be experimenting but here we are again
Jan 14 18:08:25 <Herrie> You need a Xiaomi account to unlock it if I recall correctly
Jan 14 18:08:40 <carmenguii> Yes, including the use of a mi flash tool
Jan 14 18:08:41 <Herrie> Been a while since I last unlocked one
Jan 14 18:09:01 <carmenguii> But it comes up with an error “basic data verification failed. The device cannot be unlocked”
Jan 14 18:09:47 <carmenguii> I had to disassemble the device and short the two contact points that enable the device to go into EDL mode. I flashed the lowest stock global rom and I’m still having issues
Jan 14 18:10:00 <carmenguii> I kinda want to try flashing the chinese rom but I doubt there would be a difference at all
Jan 14 18:10:08 <Herrie> I assume you did these steps?
Jan 14 18:10:15 <Herrie> "Step 1 Your Xiaomi smartphone should have USB Debugging enabled to unlock the bootloader. To do this, go to Settings > About Phone > Developer Options and press MIUI version 5-7 times. Go back and toggle on OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging under Developer Options. Step 2 Navigate back to Settings and permit Sync options."
Jan 14 18:10:54 <carmenguii> Herrie: so I’m ready to give up
Jan 14 18:11:31 <carmenguii> Herrie: yup. To no avaip
Jan 14 18:11:34 <carmenguii> *avail
Jan 14 18:13:37 <Herrie> It seems you might need to have a SIM in the phone
Jan 14 18:13:49 <Herrie> At least I read that somewhere
Jan 14 18:21:15 <carmenguii> My sim is in the phone
Jan 14 18:21:22 <carmenguii> And it still does not work
Jan 14 18:21:58 <Tofe> damn  :/
Jan 14 18:42:23 <Herrie> Seems issue might be USB3 port,  Read some reports usb2 works better
Jan 14 19:30:14 <carmenguii> Herrie: I tried it on all other USB ports of my device and there is still no change unfortunately :(
Jan 14 19:30:29 <carmenguii> I would try it on my other computer but its runs linux •_•
Jan 14 19:30:35 <carmenguii> *it runs
Jan 14 19:31:19 <carmenguii> I just tried flashing the chinese rom version (the oldest fastboot firmware) and it doesnt work still
Jan 14 19:32:09 <carmenguii> Its actually even worse - I cant get my mobile data plan to get detected so there is no internet
Jan 14 19:32:39 <carmenguii> Binding still does not work and basic data verification error still occurs in mi flash
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