If your device’s stuck in the Fastboot screen or if you want to know how to recover any Xiaomi device from the Fastboot screen, this is the article for you. There are many reasons behind this but a most common one is corrupted software.
Recovering device without reflashing
For some reason, your device might boot into the Fastboot interface with working software or you accidentally powered on your phone while you were also holding the volume down button. If this is the case, just press and hold the power button for 10 seconds and your device should boot as if nothing ever happened.
Recovering device using Mi Recovery
Before flashing your device using MiFlash, you can also try your luck with wiping user data. This process will wipe your data so be aware.
- Press and hold the volume up and power buttons at the same time.
- Let go of the power button when you see the Mi Logo but keep pressing volume up.
- You should see Xiaomi’s Mi Recovery Interface.
- Press the volume down button to select the Wipe Data option and press the power button enter.
- Wipe All Data should be selected by default, press the power button again.
- Use volume down to select Confirm and press the power button once again to wipe data.
Recovering device using MiFlash
If the previous solution wasn’t helpful, unfortunately, you have to flash your device, MiFlash Tool. It’s a pretty straightforward process, so you can do this yourself or someone you know who is good with computers.
A computer and a USB are all you need. It is usually safe but please follow the guide below carefully. Doing something wrong can and will brick your device beyond repair.
- Find and download the correct Fastboot ROM for your device from here. Flashing incorrect ROM can and will brick your device.
- Download the MiFlash tool from here.
- Extract both of them using WinRAR or 7z.
- Follow this guide to install Android Platform Tools.
- Run XiaoMiFlash.exe
- Click the “Select” button on the top left corner.
- Navigate to the folder where you extracted Fastboot ROM that you downloaded in first step.
- Select the folder and make sure it contains images folder and .bat file
- Connect your device to the computer.
- Click the “Refresh” button
- MiFlash tool should recognize your device.
- There are options on the bottom right of the MiFlash window, I recommend selecting “clean all” but you can select “save user data” if you have important files on your device’s storage that you want to save them.
- Click “Flash” and wait patiently, the tool should reboot your phone automatically. Don’t disconnect your device during this process, doing so may brick your device.
- Your device should boot back to MIUI. If you had selected “clean all“, complete the Setup Wizard steps.