I had many problems with Fastboot not working or displaying "press any key to shutdown".

I find a solution here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/help-press-any-key-to-shutdown-in-fastboot.3816021/ In short plug a USB 2.0 Hub into your computer and then plug the phone in one of the hub USB 2.0 ports

I finally succeeded in flashing my Mi A2 with the latest Android image available with MiFlash.

@magnargj is it hard to install it in UT ?

@mrt10001 The USB cable I'm using is very long, maybe it's the reason of my issues. Tomorrow, I will try with a shorter USB-C cable.

@mrt10001 The flashing tool always stuck at writing 'system_a'. I will try with an older image.

OR maybe I have to wait this time since it is bigger than the other files

[17:46:41 2b53f68]:info2:< waiting for 2b53f68 >
[17:47:08 2b53f68]:info2:Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/4 (773404 KB) OKAY [ 22.698s]
[17:47:08 2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.001s]

I will give it a few more minutes than I will try with an older image.

@mrt10001 The image is not corrupt, I downloaded another one from one of the link you shared with me and it has the same SHA1 sum as the one I downloaded from Xiaomi web site.

Should I change the slot from B to A in TWRP ? I have already used the "Wipe" feature, do I need to do something else to ensure the success of Android image flashing with Mi Flash ?

Hi everyone,

I'm unable to install Android : I rebooted the phone in fastboot mode and when I try to flash it with XiaoMiFlash the flashing process is stuck. I'm using this image "Xiaomi Mi A2 Latest Global Stable Version Fastboot File Download" I have dowloaded from here : https://c.mi.com/in/miuidownload/detail?guide=2

Now, I can't even start the flashing process since the phone exits fastboot and displays "press any key to exit" when I press the flash button on the MiFlash program. Even before launching that program, when I boot in fastboot mode (holding the power key + volume down) then I plug the USB cable, the screen will show "Press any key to shutdown"

Thanks.

Update : I restarted the phone from the system and kept the "volume down" key pressed and I didn't got the "Press any key to shutdown" message on the screen, the MiFlash succeeded in founding my device and succeded in writing many images, now it is writing "system_a", the elapsed time is 580 seconds and I don't know if it is stuck or not Below the log messages :

[16:25:06  2b53f68]:MiFlash 2020.3.14.0
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:vboytest index:1
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:idproduct: 53261 idvendor: 6353
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:Thread id:11 Thread name:2b53f68
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:image path:D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:env android path:"D:\Xiaomi\MiFlash\Source\ThirdParty\Google\Android"
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:script :D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\flash_all_lock.bat
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:Physical Memory Usage:3346432 Byte
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:start process id 20460 name cmd
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename getvar product   2>&1  | findstr /r /c:"^product: *jasmine"   || echo Missmatching image and device 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:product: jasmine
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename getvar product   2>&1  | findstr /r /c:"^product: *jasmine"   || exit /B 1 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:product: jasmine
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$set CURRENT_ANTI_VER=2 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$for /F "tokens=2 delims=: " %i in ('fastboot -s devicename getvar anti 2>&1 | findstr /r /c:"anti:"') do (set version=%i ) 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$(set version=1 ) 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$if [1] EQU [] set version=0 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$if 1 GTR 2 (
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:echo current device antirollback version is greater than this package  
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1: exit /B 1 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:) 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash bluetooth_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\bluetooth.img   || 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'bluetooth_a' (556 KB)                     OKAY [  0.021s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'bluetooth_a'                              OKAY [  0.009s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.065s
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash bluetooth_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\bluetooth.img   || 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'bluetooth_b' (556 KB)                     OKAY [  0.019s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'bluetooth_b'                              OKAY [  0.005s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.029s
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash devcfg_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\devcfg.img   || 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'devcfg_a' (47 KB)                         OKAY [  0.009s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'devcfg_a'                                 OKAY [  0.004s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.033s
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash devcfg_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\devcfg.img   || 
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'devcfg_b' (47 KB)                         OKAY [  0.004s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'devcfg_b'                                 OKAY [  0.003s]
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.011s
[16:25:06  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash dsp_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\dsp.img   || 
[16:25:07  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'dsp_a' (16384 KB)                         OKAY [  0.510s]
[16:25:07  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'dsp_a'                                    OKAY [  0.152s]
[16:25:07  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.682s
[16:25:07  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash dsp_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\dsp.img   || 
[16:25:07  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'dsp_b' (16384 KB)                         OKAY [  0.455s]
[16:25:08  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'dsp_b'                                    OKAY [  0.113s]
[16:25:08  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.572s
[16:25:08  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash modem_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\modem.img   || 
[16:25:11  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'modem_a' (108161 KB)                      OKAY [  3.305s]
[16:25:12  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'modem_a'                                  OKAY [  0.742s]
[16:25:12  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 4.071s
[16:25:12  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash modem_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\modem.img   || 
[16:25:15  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'modem_b' (108161 KB)                      OKAY [  3.046s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'modem_b'                                  OKAY [  2.849s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 5.898s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash xbl_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\xbl.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'xbl_a' (2504 KB)                          OKAY [  0.092s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'xbl_a'                                    OKAY [  0.039s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.185s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash xbl_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\xbl.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'xbl_b' (2504 KB)                          OKAY [  0.076s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'xbl_b'                                    OKAY [  0.023s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.103s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash pmic_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\pmic.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'pmic_a' (38 KB)                           OKAY [  0.008s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'pmic_a'                                   OKAY [  0.003s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.024s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash pmic_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\pmic.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:< waiting for 2b53f68 >
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'pmic_b' (38 KB)                           OKAY [  0.004s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'pmic_b'                                   OKAY [  0.003s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.011s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash rpm_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\rpm.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'rpm_a' (219 KB)                           OKAY [  0.008s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'rpm_a'                                    OKAY [  0.005s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.025s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash rpm_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\rpm.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'rpm_b' (219 KB)                           OKAY [  0.016s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'rpm_b'                                    OKAY [  0.005s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.024s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash tz_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\tz.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'tz_a' (1924 KB)                           OKAY [  0.078s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'tz_a'                                     OKAY [  0.018s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.127s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash tz_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\tz.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'tz_b' (1924 KB)                           OKAY [  0.059s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'tz_b'                                     OKAY [  0.017s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.079s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash hyp_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\hyp.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'hyp_a' (272 KB)                           OKAY [  0.015s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'hyp_a'                                    OKAY [  0.005s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.038s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash hyp_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\hyp.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'hyp_b' (272 KB)                           OKAY [  0.016s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'hyp_b'                                    OKAY [  0.003s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.023s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash keymaster_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\keymaster.img   || 
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:< waiting for 2b53f68 >
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'keymaster_a' (308 KB)                     OKAY [  0.010s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'keymaster_a'                              OKAY [  0.006s]
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.038s
[16:25:18  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash keymaster_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\keymaster.img   || 
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'keymaster_b' (308 KB)                     OKAY [  0.015s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'keymaster_b'                              OKAY [  0.006s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.025s
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash cmnlib64_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\cmnlib64.img   || 
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'cmnlib64_a' (267 KB)                      OKAY [  0.009s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'cmnlib64_a'                               OKAY [  0.005s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.021s
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash cmnlib64_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\cmnlib64.img   || 
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'cmnlib64_b' (267 KB)                      OKAY [  0.015s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'cmnlib64_b'                               OKAY [  0.005s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.024s
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash cmnlib_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\cmnlib.img   || 
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'cmnlib_a' (216 KB)                        OKAY [  0.016s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'cmnlib_a'                                 OKAY [  0.006s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.045s
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash cmnlib_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\cmnlib.img   || 
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'cmnlib_b' (216 KB)                        OKAY [  0.011s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'cmnlib_b'                                 OKAY [  0.006s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.021s
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash abl_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\abl.elf   || 
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'abl_a' (148 KB)                           OKAY [  0.006s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'abl_a'                                    OKAY [  0.003s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.022s
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash abl_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\abl.elf   || 
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'abl_b' (148 KB)                           OKAY [  0.007s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'abl_b'                                    OKAY [  0.003s]
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 0.014s
[16:25:19  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash boot_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\boot.img   || 
[16:25:20  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'boot_a' (32465 KB)                        OKAY [  1.026s]
[16:25:20  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'boot_a'                                   OKAY [  0.245s]
[16:25:20  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 1.298s
[16:25:20  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash boot_b D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\boot.img   || 
[16:25:21  2b53f68]:info2:Sending 'boot_b' (32465 KB)                        OKAY [  0.939s]
[16:25:21  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'boot_b'                                   OKAY [  0.236s]
[16:25:21  2b53f68]:info2:Finished. Total time: 1.181s
[16:25:21  2b53f68]:info1:$fastboot -s devicename flash system_a D:\Xiaomi\jasmine_global_images_V11.0.28.0.QDIMIXM_10.0\images\system.img   || 
[16:25:21  2b53f68]:info2:< waiting for 2b53f68 >
[16:25:54  2b53f68]:info2:Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/6 (516064 KB)          OKAY [ 15.100s]
[16:25:54  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.000s]
[16:26:09  2b53f68]:info2:Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/6 (514680 KB)          OKAY [ 15.149s]
[16:26:09  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.000s]
[16:26:26  2b53f68]:info2:Sending sparse 'system_a' 3/6 (515436 KB)          OKAY [ 17.269s]
[16:26:26  2b53f68]:info2:Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.000s]

@mschmids I just downloaded this app and I changed my headphones to a bigger one.

Maybe it's the converter that is unable to deliver a big power to the headphones, with a bigger headphone, the output of a high volume is slightly above a normal volume but it is not very high.

This is the adapter I'm using : https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B089FBGH2B/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AXZ3JQ1GVFPIF&psc=1

@magnargj No, I don't know what it does

Hi everyone,

After using UT on a Xiaomi Mi A2, I decided to stop the experience. I will sell my Xiaomi Mi A2 (after reinstalling Android of course) and buy a second hand iPhone 7 (or 8 because I loath google/NSA).

I want to report these problems (I have already pointed out others in other threads on this forum).

• Camera : sometimes there's an authorization bug that prevents me from taking picture (need to restart the system to fix it) + a text taken in a photo is not always clear on the picture (this may not be a problem of the Camera application I'm not sure).
• Crashes happen but are rare, the last time a crash occured I was on the "messages" application (SMS).
• I can't use internet with itineracy (I think it should have worked with regular systems)
• Volume of headphones used with a USB Type-C to 3,5 mm adaptor is low even if the system sound volume is at it highest value.
• No proper bluetooth integration in the system, the application we can find in the store is useless.
• The web browser : when watching a video on Youtube, it's impossible to move the seek bar to another time and when we try harder there's the contextual menu of the browser that appears.

Besides these problems, what motivated me to switch to a "popular" platform is that I need to receive the code of my new bank card and the fastest way is via the mobile application (the other way is to receive the code by mail, you can not see the code on the website of the bank without their "security pass" that is available only with the Android/iOS app, it sucks)

Best wishes.

The sky is not very cloudy but sensor status fails too often to get the new location. I can locate myself from time to time but this is not practical for navigation.

I don't know if this is normal.

@lakotaubp However, GPS is not really usable in uNav or Puremaps, the location is not updated in real time, is this normal ? I ll restart the phone and check again.

Good news everybody. In sensor status, it displayed my position and then in uNav, I can locate my position in the map.

Maybe sensor status unlocked something, I don't know

Thank you all

@lakotaubp I got this :

@cliffcoggin

1. Yes I have tried Puremaps and Unav and GPS is not working
2. Yes I left my phone near an opened window (+ I put something in front of the phone so it prevents the phone from locking) and after 20mn uNav is not responsive (I tapped on the button that allows me to locate my position) I tried also PureMaps and it failed to use the GPS to locate my position
3. Do you mean if the GPS is enabled ? Yes of course it is.

Otherwise, why do I have to wait 20 minutes ?? Why it's different from an Android Phone ?

@AppLee I made sure to restart the phone. Since I have installed UT in December 2021, I have never succeed in using the GPS.

@mschmids I didn't understand what you are saying.

Can I check if the GPS is working/responding by using the Terminal ?

There is really no one who can give me information on how I can solve this problem? Should I contact Shouko (shoukolate) ? I will have a business trip soon and I would like to have a working GPS on my smartphone.

Hi,

Sometimes battery level is incorrect and the phone battery is dead.

It is very annoying especially when you rely on your smartphone to wake up in the morning.

once, in charge mode, the percentage of charge has not changed and the battery has not been recharged.

the price of freedom is very high

@mrt10001 I will leave it as it is.

I installed Ubuntu Touch on january 2022 with the installer, I just followed the installation wizard.

@mrt10001 it didn't work

@domubpkm Thank you very much for the github link, "GreUms78" answer helped me to fix my issue : I changed the URL from mmsbouygues etc... to b2bouygtel.com