Mi 10T Lite EEA (gauguin)
RJSEUXM EU ROM, MIUI 12.0.1.0 (Android 11)
Problem with Orange Fox Recovery:
Installation instructions are incomplete at best. =)
Installation instructions:
1) https://xiaomitools.com/orangefox-recovery-en/
&
2) https://wiki.orangefox.tech/en/guides/installing_orangefox
So, and I quote (these instructions are for A-only devices):
So, you can copy the ofox ZIP (and /or install it) from USB OTG. However, what happens is that it "reinstalls" and the "Fox" folder that is added to the now unencrypted phone is BLANK (yes, I've checked), nothing in there. Perhaps a hidden directory, I admit that I didn't look.
This is the problem with the instructions, how would you do it without OSB OTG? Push file from adb, once it's decrypted? If you boot to fastboot and then back to recovery, does it get re-encrypted? No idea.
So, then you install, for example, the latest Arrow OS for gauguin. Everything goes without an error, ofox throws no more errors to the log - as now everything is SUPPOSED TO BE alright. However, when you reboot the phone - it goes back into (ofox) recovery, nothing happens.
I had to reinstall my device about 50 times until I had figured all of this out (every time debloating and firewalling and whatever just so I can go online without my information being sucked into various spyware servers).
So, I DO NOT KNOW whether this is the issue of having to allow ofox to "modify system", the option which is offered at the very first start. It seemed logical to me not to allow it to destroy my system, but apparently this has to be done.
Besides the install procedure problems, there is also a spelling error in ofox gauguin Codebase 2021-02-19 R11.0_0 General, "Recovery perfomance mode" (Performance), so I'm thinking if there are more errors and ofox has only been tested on a Chinese, or different (unencrypted?) ROM and device - and it's simply not going to work on my EEA, or if I should give it another whirl and let it modify system. No idea, I'll probably end up doing it and I'll try to post back if ever. xD
P.S. Please let me know anything I got wrong, not my intention to do anything else - but improve. Tnx.
RJSEUXM EU ROM, MIUI 12.0.1.0 (Android 11)
Problem with Orange Fox Recovery:
Installation instructions are incomplete at best. =)
Installation instructions:
1) https://xiaomitools.com/orangefox-recovery-en/
&
2) https://wiki.orangefox.tech/en/guides/installing_orangefox
So, and I quote (these instructions are for A-only devices):
Step 12. "Find and select the OrangeFox zip, tap on it, and swipe to install it (because OrangeFox Recovery needs some files from the zip)" is impossible, because the phone is encrypted and Orange Fox Recovery (ofox) will show the encrypted tree. So you can wipe it from ofox, but this will not decrypt. You have to format. After formatting and rebooting (back to ofox) you can see the clean, unencrypted partition and it's blank now, no ofox ZIP.
So, you can copy the ofox ZIP (and /or install it) from USB OTG. However, what happens is that it "reinstalls" and the "Fox" folder that is added to the now unencrypted phone is BLANK (yes, I've checked), nothing in there. Perhaps a hidden directory, I admit that I didn't look.
This is the problem with the instructions, how would you do it without OSB OTG? Push file from adb, once it's decrypted? If you boot to fastboot and then back to recovery, does it get re-encrypted? No idea.
So, then you install, for example, the latest Arrow OS for gauguin. Everything goes without an error, ofox throws no more errors to the log - as now everything is SUPPOSED TO BE alright. However, when you reboot the phone - it goes back into (ofox) recovery, nothing happens.
I had to reinstall my device about 50 times until I had figured all of this out (every time debloating and firewalling and whatever just so I can go online without my information being sucked into various spyware servers).
So, I DO NOT KNOW whether this is the issue of having to allow ofox to "modify system", the option which is offered at the very first start. It seemed logical to me not to allow it to destroy my system, but apparently this has to be done.
Besides the install procedure problems, there is also a spelling error in ofox gauguin Codebase 2021-02-19 R11.0_0 General, "Recovery perfomance mode" (Performance), so I'm thinking if there are more errors and ofox has only been tested on a Chinese, or different (unencrypted?) ROM and device - and it's simply not going to work on my EEA, or if I should give it another whirl and let it modify system. No idea, I'll probably end up doing it and I'll try to post back if ever. xD
P.S. Please let me know anything I got wrong, not my intention to do anything else - but improve. Tnx.
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