Wooow finally there's someone suffering this problem too. ideas anyone?
So, to be clear, is anyone having this issue with the OTA, or when trying to sideload the update?
For those having issues updating, follow the instructions here for renaming and creating the xiaomi_update file. However remove " --wipe_data" from the line. I factory reset manually in recovery then reboot to find it updating normally after this change.
I keep getting a download failed error every time I try to download through the system OTA updater.
Any ideas?
That sucks! What was the software version you were on before upgrading?
Me too. the problem started when trying to reinstall the update package over the oreo update. I tried flashing previous nougat/MM builds since I was stuck in the recovery, didn't work. Now i am stuck staring at the recovery screen forever.
My mibox did reboot twice during the first installation. Should try to manually reboot to system using bootloader or adb
EDIT : Tried downloading the file twice and checked MD5, No issues with the downloaded update package.
Same here, i think the device is totally broken and i can't use adb sideload, it says "stopping adbd.... failed to open driver control: No such file or directory"
Edit: Got it back, thanks u/InvalidDNA
I've tried three different usb devices, formatted multiple times, removed wipe data from the file and nothing works, always just the android on its back and error message. Any other ideas? ive tried rolling back and that doesn't even work.
I had the same problem. I had an Android 6 installed on the device and during the installation of Android 8 I had a network problem and the update got stuck in the middle.
The mibox does not turn on and when I try to do a manual update through the recovery screen it stops in the middle of the installation and returns the loop to the recovery screen.
How can this problem be solved?
I've created 'xiaomi_update' with the following option:
--update_package=/udisk/update.zip
after boot i've received the following error:
unable to open '/udisk/update.zip?': No such file or directory
Actually file exist. I even can run it via "update from EXT" (but update fails as shown in video above)
Is this known issue? Maybe someone fixed it?
I had similar issues. Later tried to forced auto update method (i.e adding xiaomi_update ). But, it has failed. Than tried build 1028. Of course it was also failed. Then wiped the device & tried again. It has just rebooted in the midway again. But, left as it is. Surprisingly, after couple of auto reboots it has completed the update successfully.
I think the updater script is written in such a way to reboot for each step (like after update recovery, bootloader,etc...). So, don't panic & manually retry.
Just put a xiami_update file with necessary entries. It will do the trick.