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doc:appunti:hardware:xiaomi_mi_a1 [2019/11/09 06:54] – [Fastboot Mode] niccolodoc:appunti:hardware:xiaomi_mi_a1 [2019/11/09 12:44] – [Install the TWRP Recovery] niccolo
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   * **Do not swap Slot A and Slot B**. Some recipes found on the internet say to do that in TWRP (it is from the Reboot menu). I tried it and it was a nightmare! The Reboot menu was stating that the Slot B were active, so I switched to Slot A and installed TWRP. At the next reboot I got a non-working environment: plenty of pop-up with **Android Phone force close**, pop-up for **Factory reset**, boot loop, etc. May be the Slot A contained the boot code for Android 8.0.0, whereas my phone already had received 8.1.0. Fortunately enough I was able to ''adb reboot bootloader'' and switch again to Slot B.   * **Do not swap Slot A and Slot B**. Some recipes found on the internet say to do that in TWRP (it is from the Reboot menu). I tried it and it was a nightmare! The Reboot menu was stating that the Slot B were active, so I switched to Slot A and installed TWRP. At the next reboot I got a non-working environment: plenty of pop-up with **Android Phone force close**, pop-up for **Factory reset**, boot loop, etc. May be the Slot A contained the boot code for Android 8.0.0, whereas my phone already had received 8.1.0. Fortunately enough I was able to ''adb reboot bootloader'' and switch again to Slot B.
   * **Do not veryfy the ZIP archive**. The archive does not have the required info to check.   * **Do not veryfy the ZIP archive**. The archive does not have the required info to check.
-  * **Do not wipe the Dalvik cache after the install**. Don't know if it was the culprit, but after installing TWRP, I clicked the button to wipe Dalvik cache, at the next reboot I had a damaged system. The **home button did not work**, the Developer options were no longer availables (//**Developer options are not available for this user**//), the top **status bar did not swipe** down, etc. I had to **Factory reset** the phone!+  * **Do not wipe the Dalvik cache after the install**. Don't know if it was the culprit, but after installing TWRP, I clicked the button to wipe Dalvik cache, at the next reboot I had a damaged system. The **home button did not work**, the Developer options were no longer availables (//**Developer options are not available for this user**//), the top **status bar did not swipe** down, etc. I had to **Factory reset** the phone (see a possible fix for this problem here: [[xiaomi_mi_a1_home_key_problem]]).
  
 ==== Install Magisk, the SuperUser Tool ==== ==== Install Magisk, the SuperUser Tool ====
doc/appunti/hardware/xiaomi_mi_a1.txt · Last modified: 2020/09/23 17:06 by niccolo