Mac Fastboot Flash Xiaomi Hongmi Recovery Rom when all else Fails

This is a short guide on how to flash a Recovery Rom to any Xiaomi Device on a Mac Using Fastboot

1. Install Fastboot

Use something like this – https://code.google.com/p/adb-fastboot-install/

Or directly from Google – http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

2. Download your recovery rom from the Xiaomi Recovery Rom Page

http://en.miui.com/a-232.html

3. Extract the downloaded Rom tar.gz

4. Reboot your phone into Fastboot Mode

Turn off the device. Press the Volume– key and the Power button at the same time to enter Fastboot mode. Then connect the device to the Windows PC/laptop via a micro USB cable

5. Run the command below to make sure your device is detected

fastboot devices

Seeing your serial number means we know all is good!

6. Open the flash_all.sh file in the folder you extracted earlier

7. Run all the commands in that file – it should look something like this

fastboot flash tz tz.mbn
fastboot flash dbi sdi.mbn
fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.mbn
fastboot flash rpm rpm.mbn
fastboot flash aboot emmc_appsboot.mbn
fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash misc misc.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot

Then your Xiaomi Phone should be ready to use again!