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Download Official MIUI ROMs for Xiaomi Redmi Note 8

Frederick Jerome·
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In this post we are going to list all the official latest MIUI ROMs for Redmi Note 8 (ginkgo) device. Released in the the second quarter of 2019, this device has Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM665 processor and 4GB of RAM. In general this model received a positive reviews by its users and there have been a lot of different ROM versions released already. Before you flash an older build or another region from this list, check your board ID: on Redmi Note 8 units with board ID 2.29 or 3.29, flashing a lower version or a different region with MiFlash or fastboot can leave the phone unable to start. See the warning in the fastboot section below.

Official Redmi Note 8 firmware: the latest MIUI 12.5 Recovery and Fastboot ROMs for all regions (6), direct from Xiaomi's servers with file checksums.

→ Redmi Note 8 firmware download

Drivers for Xiaomi Redmi Note 8:

Platform-tools (adb & fastboot) r30.0.1

Latest version. Released 06.05.2020.

USB Driver for Windows:

Latest MIUI Firmware for Redmi Note 8 (ginkgo)

Redmi Note 8 – Global Stable ROM

Redmi Note 8 – China Stable ROM

Redmi Note 8 – Indonesia Stable ROM

Redmi Note 8 – India Stable ROM

Redmi Note 8 – EEA Stable ROM

Redmi Note 8 – Russia Stable ROM

Localized MIUI Unofficial Firmware

The following firmware can be flashed with TWRP Custom Recovery only. Also, you must have unlocked bootloader on your device.

Xiaomi.EU:

MiRoom:

Revolution OS:

MIUI Italia:

Official website: https://www.miui.it

MIUI Italia team started in 2010 and they’ve been developing localised ROMs using “China Developer” ROM versions as base and were releasing weekly updates. Now they are building they “customised” firmware with optimisations and tweaks based on Global MIUI ROMs. Root is enabled by default & doesn’t have any issues with GApps, which comes pre-installed as well.

Download V11.0.7.0 from SourceForge

MIUI Mix ROM:

Download Custom & Stock Recovery for Redmi Note 8

Stock Recovery .img file from Indonesian fastboot ROM for Redmi Note 8: recovery.img

Official TWRP 3.3.1.0: twrp-3.3.1-0-ginkgo.img

Official OrangeFox Recovery R10.1_2: OrangeFox-R10.1_2-Stable-ginkgo.zip

How to Flash Official MIUI ROM via Fastboot without MiFlash

Here’s a very quick tutorial on how you can flash official MIUI ROM using fastboot mode, while not using the MiFlash tool. This method works only with an unlocked bootloader. Check your board first: Settings → About phone → All specs → tap Kernel version 5 times → Software version → Board ID. On board ID 2.29 or 3.29, flash with this method only a build of the same region that is not older than the one the phone shipped with. To change region on those boards, 4PDA users recommend TWRP and a ROM released after March 2020.

  1. Download the fastboot ROM version from the list above.
  2. Make sure you’ve all required drivers installed, like USB Drivers and ADB platform tools.
  3. Unpack downloaded ROM and find “images” folder.
  4. Now go to the unpacked folder with platform-tools, select all files and move them to near to “images” folder from unpacked fastboot ROM.
  5. Remove both “flash_all_lock” files from the firmware folder.
  6. Boot your device in fastboot mode, connect to PC via USB cable and start “flash_all” file, if case if you want to save personal data after flashing, select the “flash_all_except_data_storage”.
  7. Wait until installation is completed and your phone reboots automatically.

How to fix “The system has been destroyed” issue on Redmi Note 8?

This fix needs an unlocked bootloader and TWRP. If the bootloader is locked, the phone can only be restored in EDL mode with an authorized (service) account. If you’re stuck with this error while flashing or updating your device, try this method:

  1. First of all you’ll need to download Platform-tools.
  2. Then take vbmeta.img from the images folder of the Fastboot ROM that matches your installed build (or use the file attached to the 4PDA instruction).
  3. Move previously downloaded vbmeta.img to the folder with Platform-tools files.
  4. Open Terminal Window on your PC.
  5. Start your device in fastboot mode.
  6. In Terminal type the following command to check if the device is connected correctly: “fastboot devices”
  7. If you see your phone successfully identified, then continue with the following command: fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (this can wipe your data, so back up first)
  8. This will flash vbmeta patch.
  9. Reboot into TWRP Custom Recovery, press “Volume Up” and Power buttons.
  10. Once you’ll see the “Redmi” logo on the screen keep holding “Volume Up” button and release the power.

Sources: 4PDA Redmi Note 8 – fastboot flashing without MiFlash (RealYoti, 13.11.19, upd. 21.01.21); 4PDA Redmi Note 8 – board ID 2.29/3.29 statistics (-=WARHAMMER=-, 17.01.21); 4PDA Redmi Note 8 – "The system has been destroyed" (alex-kukil, 17.12.19, upd. 12.11.24); Magisk docs – Installation.

Xiaomi no longer updates the Redmi Note 8

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