I have installed the recovery.img (included in e-1.18-t-20231228-UNOFFICIAL-begonia.zip by @ronnz98) via fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. The reboot did not go into the e-Recovery, but resulted in a bootloop with the MI logo. Since I switched off my ‘begonia’, it no longer starts. The screen remains black. It is massively bricked.
@ronnz98, I am well aware of the risks when I install a CustomROM, especially an untested one. But - no risk no fun. In the meantime I was able to revive the ‘begonia’.
No @smu44, anyway thanks. I felt like I had made 1000 attempts by trying various instructions from the WWW. All of them failed because the different versions of MTK-bypass Utilities (Auth Bypass SLA/DDA) did not work.
After what felt like 1001 attempts, I was finally able to unbrick my ‘begonia’ with the help of Python + MTK Client + SP_Flash_Tool + Stock Android 9.0. The upgrades to the latest version Stock Android 11.0 are still ongoing because the Xiaomi servers have been working extremely slowly for days.
The build works without any problems, thank you! I hope you will continue to update for this device (it’s a shame it’s not through the official update channel).