How To Proceed, Redmi 3s Problems...

[Archolm]

Hello all, long looong story short, I have a 3s thats locked, developer options are turned off and its in a semi dead state. I can log into fastboot and I can log into stock recovery. I can not boot up.

How do I proceed from here?

 

[Archolm]

I'm trying to flash and it goes good but then I get an error, can't find dummy.bin

 

[Jaime DLH]

Hi, are you trying to flash a fastboot ROM using MiFlash? I think you need an unlocked bootloader for that...

I think you need to use a deep flash cable and EDL mode in your situation.

Best regards,

 

[Archolm]

Hi, are you trying to flash a fastboot ROM using MiFlash? I think you need an unlocked bootloader for that...

I think you need to use a deep flash cable and EDL mode in your situation.

Best regards,

I have both, phone is recognized as 9008. So thats EDL. But it keeps throwing up an error that it cant find dummy.bin.

 

[Jaime DLH]

I've never done an EDL flash myself, but I recall reading about this as a somewhat common problem (I remember reading that the file included in the package is actually named dummy.img instead)...

... Found it: http://en.miui.com/thread-422057-1-1.html

Proceed with caution. As I said, I have never had to do this myself...

 

[Jaime DLH]

Just as an opinion: If it is really so (that the flashing software expects a dummy.bin when the package actually has a dummy.img file), that's a really sloppy mistake from Xiaomi...

 

[Archolm]

Just as an opinion: If it is really so (that the flashing software expects a dummy.bin when the package actually has a dummy.img file), that's a really sloppy mistake from Xiaomi...

I agree it is a sloppy mistake. But in the end it worked! Came back from a very nasty bootloop without access to anything and now have a fully functioning global rom installed. Just unlocked the phone as well. Now I go off searching for a fast and save method of installing TWRP.

 

[Jaime DLH]

Glad you could make it work!

If you unlocked your bootloader, installing TWRP from fastboot is trivial. Just ask if you need guidance.

 

[Archolm]

Installing it as we speak, this is a great community! Many thanks to various people here.