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How to Unbrick a Hard Bricked Redmi Note 9 [No Fastboot Mode]

In this guide, we will show you the steps to unbrick your hard-bricked Redmi Note 9. The Note series has always been known to be among the most active players in custom development. From flashing custom ROM to recoveries or gaining administrative access by rooting the device via Magisk, the possibilities stand endless. On the flip side though, carrying out these tweaks brings in a few associated risks as well.

In most cases, a softbrick or bootloop is on the cards which could easily be rectified by flashing the Fastboot ROM via Mi Flash Tool or Fastboot Commands. But things begin to turn for worse when the device gets hard bricked, as you wouldn’t be able to even access the Fastboot Mode. But if you own a Redmi Note 9, then you could still unbrick your Redmi Note 9 and bring it back to life. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.

How to Unbrick a Hard-Bricked Redmi Note 9 [Without Fastboot Mode]

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The below instructions are listed under separate sections for ease of understanding. Make sure to follow the same sequence as mentioned. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.

STEP 1: Download Xiaomi Unbrick Tool

  1. To begin with, download and extract the Xiaomi Unbrick Tool to a convenient location on your PC.unbrick Redmi Note 9.
  2. It contains all the drivers and software that will be used throughout this guide to unbrick your Redmi Note device.

STEP 2: Download Fastboot ROM

  1. First and foremost, download the Fastboot ROM for your device.
  2. Once downloaded, extract it to any convenient location on your PC.unbrick Redmi Note 9

STEP 3: Install Python

  1. To begin with, download Python from its official site.
  2. Then double click on its EXE file to launch the setup.
  3. Click on the Add Python to Path option situated at the bottom of the menu.
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  4. Then select the Install Now option if you wish to install it in the default location (recommended), which is [XX-XX is the version number]:
    C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\PythonXX-XX
  5. Remember this location as it will be used throughout the guide to unbrick your Redmi Note device.

STEP 4: Install Python Dependencies

  1. Head over to the installation directory, type in CMD in its address bar, and hit Enter.
  2. This shall launch the Command Prompt window.
  3. Copy-paste the below command in the CMD window and hit Enter:
    pip install pyusb pyserial json5

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  4. With this, we have installed the required dependencies via the PIP command.

STEP 5: Install CDC_ACM Drivers

  1. Head over to the folder where you have extracted the Unbrick Xiaomi Tool.
  2. Then go to the Drivers folder, right-click on cdc-adm.inf > Show More Options > Install.
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  3. Wait for the drivers to get installed. Once done, move over to the next step to unbrick your Redmi Note device.

STEP 6: Install MediaTek SP Flash Tool Driver

Next up, you will have to install the MediaTek Drivers that are designed specifically for the SP Flash Tool. Here’s how it could be done:

  1. Go to the Unbrick Xiaomi Tool folder > MTK Driver folder.
  2. Then launch the MTK_Driver_Auto_Installer_SP_Drivers_20160804.exe file.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  3. Now proceed with the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.

STEP 7: Download MTK Bypass Utility Tool

  1. Download the MTK Bypass Utility software from GitHub.
  2. Then extract its content to any convenient location on your PC.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  3. Now transfer all these files to the Python installation directory [extremely important].

STEP 8: Install libusb-win32

This library allows the user-space applications to access many USB devices on your Windows PC. This is actually the port of libusb-0.1 under Windows.

  1. To begin with, download the libusb-win32 onto your PC.
  2. Then double-click on the libusb-win32-devel-filter-1.2.6.0 file to launch the setup.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  3. Now, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
  4. Once done, it will prompt you to launch the Filter Installer wizard.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  5. So select Install a Device Filter and then wait at this device selection screen.

STEP 9: Boot Redmi Note Device to Download Mode

The next step to unbrick your Xiaomi device via MTK Exploit requires your device to be booted to Download Mode. Here’s how it could be done:

  1. To begin with, power off your device. Then press the Volume Up button
  2. Keeping the button pressed, plug in your device to the PC via USB cable.
  3. Your device shall now be booted to Download Mode.
  4. You should see it listed as MediaTek USB Port. So select it and hit Install.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  5. Do note the timing is extremely important here. You should select MediaTek USB Port and hit Install as quickly as possible before your device is able to boot to the OS.
  6. Once you get the “…device filter successfully installed for MediaTek USB port…” message, it signifies that the installation is successful.

STEP 10: Bypass SP Flash Tool SLA DAA Authentication

Make sure that your device is connected to the PC via USB cable and is booted to Download Mode. Likewise, you should have transferred the contents of the MTK Bypass Tool to the Python installation directory. If that’s all well and good, then proceed with the below steps to bypass MediaTek SP Flash Tool SLA and DAA Authentication.

  1. Type in CMD in Python’s address bar and hit Enter. This shall launch Command Prompt inside the Python installation directory.
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  2. Now type in the below command to run the main.py python file:
    python main.py
  3. As soon as it’s done, you should get “Protection Disabled, Press any key to continue”.unbrick Redmi Note 9

If that doesn’t work out, then here’s another approach that you could try out [this method might require 2-3 takes for successful execution].

  1. To begin with, unplug your device from the PC but keep the USB cable plugged into your PC.
  2. Then go to the extracted Unbrick Xiaomi Tool folder and launch the 2ND RUN THIS.bat file.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  3. You should now get the Waiting for Device message.
  4. So press and hold the Volume Up key and connect the other end of the USB cable to your device.
  5. Your device will now be recognized and it will show Found Port=COM3.
  6. Likewise, it should also show the Protection Disabled message.

STEP 11: Set up SP Flash Tool and Unbrick Redmi Note

  1. Go to the Unbrick Xiaomi folder > SP Flash Tool folder and double-click on the flash_tool.exe file to launch the tool.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  2. Now click on Choose next to Download Agent and load the DA_6765_6785_6768_6873_6885_6853.bin file present inside the SP Flash Tool folder.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  3. After that click Choose next to Authentication File and select the auth_sv5.auth file present in the SP flash tool folder.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  4. Then click Choose next to Scatter-loading File, go to the extracted Fastboot ROM Images folder and select the Android_scatter.txt file.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  5. After that, change the Download Only Mode to Firmware upgrade.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  6. Then go to the Options section and select Connection from the left menu bar (see below image).
  7. Now select UART under the Connection Settings and set the Baud Rate to 921600. [Also make sure that the COM port is set to COM3].
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  8. Now close the Options menu and hit the Download button to start the flashing process. It will take time.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  9. Once done, you will be greeted with Download OK message. You may now unplug the device and then charge for at least 10-15 minutes.unbrick Redmi Note 9
  10. Then press the Power key and will be booted to the OS.

That’s it. These were the steps to unbrick a hard-bricked Redmi Note 9 via MTK Exploit. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.


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  • Redmi 9 user here. Thank you very much. This works fine (i tried to flash custom ROM and it went bad). My phone was just vibrating about 5 sec, then 2 sec silence and this was loop. After step 9 it stoppe vibrating (and i feel relaxed because PC recognized phone).

    Flashed original software with SP flash tool and that’s all. Thank you very much.

  • I have done all the steps correctly, at the final, it says failed to get PMT info :'( Please help me

  • Redmi 9 Unbricked success…….
    thank you very much.
    5/1/23