📱 New Stock Loaders: What's Changing with Xiaomi and Qualcomm Devices?
If you’ve been in the modding or repair scene for Xiaomi devices, you’ve probably relied on EDL (Emergency Download Mode) and firehose loaders to unbrick, flash, or recover devices. But if you've recently tried doing that with the newest Xiaomi phones, you may have noticed something's changed — a lot.
🚫 No More Firehose Loaders in ROMs?
Xiaomi has quietly stopped including firehose loaders with their official ROMs — yes, even for devices with locked bootloaders. If you’ve been using the old trick of extracting the loader from the MIUI ROM to use with EDL, you’re out of luck for newer models.
A few real-life examples of the new chipsets affected:
- Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 (confirmed thanks to @Renate on XDA)
- Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / 8+ Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 / 8 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 / 8 Elite
These devices not only lack public firehose loaders, but Xiaomi has also implemented a new check: “blob should init. first”, effectively shutting down most known EDL exploits.
🔒 So, What Does That Mean?
In simpler terms, these newer devices are a lot harder — if not currently impossible — to revive using traditional EDL methods. If you hard-brick one of these phones, you're likely stuck unless you have access to Xiaomi’s internal service tools or authorized accounts.
This isn’t just a theoretical issue. I recently helped a friend who accidentally hard-bricked his Redmi K60 Pro (SD 8 Gen 2) during a failed root attempt. Normally, EDL would have saved the day. But this time? Nothing worked. No firehose loader. No EDL access. He ended up sending the phone to a service center — and paid more than he should have.
🔓 What Still Works? Loader Packs That Help
Thankfully, not everything is locked up tight. Many older devices — and some still popular today — have confirmed working firehose loaders. Here’s a quick rundown:
✅ Loader Pack 3 – Unlocked and Working:
- Xiaomi 12 Lite, Poco X5 Pro, Mi 11 Lite 5G NE (SD 778G)
- Poco F1, Mi 8, Mi Mix 3 (SD 845)
- Mi 11, Mi 11 Pro, Redmi K40 Pro (SD 888)
These are solid mid-range and flagship devices still being used by many, and they remain relatively easy to unbrick if needed.
✅ Loader Pack 2 – Mostly Work, Still Useful:
- Mi A2, Redmi 9T
- Lower-end Snapdragons: 450, 632, 439, 429
- Older flagships: SD 835, 660, 630
Examples of phones with likely working loaders:
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Mi 6X (wayne), Mi 8 Lite (platina) – SD 660
- Mi 8 SE (sirius) – SD 710
- Mi 9 SE (grus) – SD 712
- Mi A3, Redmi Note 8/8T – SD 665
- Mi Max 3, Redmi Note 7/Pro – SD 636/660/675
- Redmi S2, Redmi 6 Pro – SD 625
However, not all is perfect here:
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Redmi 7A, 8A Pro, 8A, and Redmi 8 (all SD 439-based) – confirmed not working.
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🧪 What You Can Do
If you're experimenting or repairing, stick with devices confirmed to have open loaders or community-supported tools. Before flashing or tinkering, double-check your model and SoC. Use the community — forums like XDA, Telegram, and Reddit’s r/Xiaomi are invaluable.
Also, be cautious. As Xiaomi tightens security, accidentally bricking a phone might leave you with no recovery option unless you're okay with visiting a service center or risking a motherboard swap.
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