Mi Box 3 stuck in recovery after trying to install build 2179

by SirFullmetal

i got myself a mi box 3 last week from amazon

it was delivered with Android 6.0.1 and since the reviews said it would update immediately to Oreo i was worried my box wasnt working properly

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i tried to install this build: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/9702jp/mibox_new_oreo_update_released/
and followed these steps: r/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/93roj5/xiaomi_mdz16ab_oreo_build_2175_wifi_fix_google/

result: upper left corner says OPR6.170623.013/2179 (so did the update work?) but the box always boots into recovery

trying to flash that update again using xiaomi_update file starts the "installing" screen for a millisec and switches to "error" screen after that

factory reset and wiping cache partition didnt help

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anything else i can do? otherwise i'll send it back and get me a shield out of frustration..

koshergoy

This is NOT a MiBox issue...

Your experience points to an out-of-spec USB thumb drive

Try different thumb drive(s) until flash is successful.

Current world record for faulty thumb drives stands at 7, until the 8th ultimately worked as expected. Try formatting drive on a different PC.

The definitive process is outlined in the following link, but will not succeed until you find a suitable flash drive

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/9fo34b/xiaomi_mdz16ab_solution_to_downgrade_from_flaky/

BiggussDikkuss

Just use the easier instruction in this post:

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=275083&pid=2782420#pid2782420

You need it to auto update from the USB stick.

BringerOfRainX1

I don't really know how to fix your problem sorry. I'd send it back and get the new version with 8.1 that's on sale friday.

GldRush98

So you had a Marshmallow box and tried to update it to Oreo? Huge mistake dude. Even if it had worked, you would have been left with a laggy buggy hunk of junk. I'd love to get my hands on a Marshmallow Mi Box. I'd never update that shit.

Honestly, return it to Amazon as defective and get a Shield instead.