ugh. not having a good time. tried TWRP for a clean install of global stable, and i get stuck at boot. the mi.com icon just stays there for 20 minutes.
downloaded the tgz version for miflash, and the same happens.
now im trying to download the official china stable, and the website is down. ugh, trying days.
dinking about further has me realize i cant even enter recovery by hitting power and up.
had to flash again. crisis averted. i dont think a clean install isnt going to affect me much since i never had a need for any root function anyway, and miui8 isnt all that nice anyway. lol.