I wrote about getting the Mi Mix2S as a replacement for my trusty Redmi 1. After some investigation, the phone was sold with a MIUI 10 Global Beta loaded on a Chinese model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is suppose to be a bad combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was trying to configure Google Pay when it complained that the phone is modified or rooted. Duh! The bootloader was unlocked to first install MIUI 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
TWRP turned out to be really difficult to install. On reboot, it kept being overwritten by the stock recovery! I got nowhere, I thought the bootloader may be locked or the The phone was stuck in a recovery boot loop. I fixed this by flashing the stock version of MIUI 10 Global beta from MIUI forums. In another words back to square 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After browsing some XDA forums, turns out I need to flash Magisk to prevent TWRP from being overwritten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To get out of the boot loop, I need to change the name in build.prop. The phone booted successfully. link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The root method works, I can download Ad Blocker and access system folders. Safetynet cannot pass, due to Profile problems. Further research shows that I have to change the signature and hide Google Play store, Unfortunately now Pokemon Go does not work. <facepalm>. I fixed this by unhiding Google Services Framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 28 Mar 19 – Shortly after I posted, I cleared the Google Pay config to register my credit cards in reverse order. Now Pay broke again. Back to square one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 29 Mar 19 – It was not just me but a global thing. Google Pay broke for everyone. Update to beta Magisk 19 and all is fine. Unhide others, except for Google Play Services (GMS). Hide this via a terminal app, “ 15 Apr 19 – Whenever I flash an update to MIUI, everything gets returned to stock. I have to :<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am going to try skip renaming Google Play Services and instead, go with clearing all data. It should be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I wrote about getting the Mi Mix2S as a replacement for my trusty Redmi 1. After some investigation, the phone was sold with a MIUI 10 Global Beta loaded on a Chinese model. This is suppose to be a bad… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[241,491,492],"class_list":["post-4422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-android","tag-google-pay","tag-safetynet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4422"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4443,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions\/4443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\n\n\n\nFramework<\/del> and Backup<\/del>. Finally, Google Pay accepts my credit card. link <\/a>link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nUpdates:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n