Xiaomi Mi 8/ Mi 8 Pro
Mi 8 Manufacturer
Xiaomi Name
Mi 8/ Mi 8 Pro Codename
xiaomi-dipper, xiaomi-equuleus Released
2018 Hardware Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (SDM845) CPU
Octa-core (4x 2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x 1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) GPU
Adreno 630 Display
1080 x 2248 AMOLED Storage
64/128 GB Memory
6 GB Architecture
aarch64 Software Original software
Android Original version
8.0 Extended version
10 (MIUI 12) postmarketOS Category
testing Pre-built images
no Mainline
yes postmarketOS kernel
Y
Features Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
No data
Multimedia 3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
No data
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Works
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem Calls
No data
SMS
Works
Mobile data
Works
Miscellaneous FDE
No data
USB OTG
No data
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors Accelerometer
No data
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data
Phone details
The Mi 8 and Mi 8 Pro (codenamed dipper and equuleus, respectively) are nearly identical, except for the placement of the fingerprint sensor.
Partition map
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equuleus:/ # ls -la /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1740 1971-01-10 22:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1880 1971-01-10 22:05 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 ImageFv -> /dev/block/sdf4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 abl_a -> /dev/block/sde32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 abl_b -> /dev/block/sde33
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 aop_a -> /dev/block/sde14
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 aop_b -> /dev/block/sde15
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 apdp -> /dev/block/sde6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk01 -> /dev/block/sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk02 -> /dev/block/sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk03 -> /dev/block/sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk04 -> /dev/block/sda8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk05 -> /dev/block/sda13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk31 -> /dev/block/sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk32 -> /dev/block/sdd3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk33 -> /dev/block/sdd5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk41 -> /dev/block/sde3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk42 -> /dev/block/sde9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk43 -> /dev/block/sde16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk44 -> /dev/block/sde17
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk45 -> /dev/block/sde25
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk46 -> /dev/block/sde29
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk47 -> /dev/block/sde38
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk48 -> /dev/block/sde40
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bk49 -> /dev/block/sde41
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk51 -> /dev/block/sdf2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk52 -> /dev/block/sdf3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 bk53 -> /dev/block/sdf5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 bluetooth -> /dev/block/sde24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 boot -> /dev/block/sde45
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 cache -> /dev/block/sda20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 cdt -> /dev/block/sdd2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 cmnlib64_a -> /dev/block/sde20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 cmnlib64_b -> /dev/block/sde21
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 cmnlib_a -> /dev/block/sde18
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 cmnlib_b -> /dev/block/sde19
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 cust -> /dev/block/sda18
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 ddr -> /dev/block/sdd4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 devcfg_a -> /dev/block/sde12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 devcfg_b -> /dev/block/sde13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 devinfo -> /dev/block/sda12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 dip -> /dev/block/sde28
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 dsp -> /dev/block/sde44
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 dtbo -> /dev/block/sde37
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 frp -> /dev/block/sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 fsc -> /dev/block/sdf1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 fsg -> /dev/block/sde36
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 hyp_a -> /dev/block/sde26
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 hyp_b -> /dev/block/sde27
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 keymaster_a -> /dev/block/sde22
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 keymaster_b -> /dev/block/sde23
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 keystore -> /dev/block/sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 limits -> /dev/block/sde2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 logdump -> /dev/block/sda16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 logfs -> /dev/block/sda10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 logo -> /dev/block/sde43
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 minidump -> /dev/block/sda17
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 misc -> /dev/block/sda9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 modem -> /dev/block/sde46
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 modemst1 -> /dev/block/sdf6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 modemst2 -> /dev/block/sdf7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 msadp -> /dev/block/sde7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 oops -> /dev/block/sda11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 persist -> /dev/block/sda14
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 persistbak -> /dev/block/sda15
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 qupfw_a -> /dev/block/sde4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 qupfw_b -> /dev/block/sde5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 recovery -> /dev/block/sda19
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 sec -> /dev/block/sde1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 splash -> /dev/block/sde42
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 spunvm -> /dev/block/sde39
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 ssd -> /dev/block/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 sti -> /dev/block/sde30
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 storsec_a -> /dev/block/sde10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 storsec_b -> /dev/block/sde11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 switch -> /dev/block/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 system -> /dev/block/sde48
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 toolsfv -> /dev/block/sde31
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 tz_a -> /dev/block/sde34
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 tz_b -> /dev/block/sde35
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 userdata -> /dev/block/sda21
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 vbmeta -> /dev/block/sde8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1971-01-10 22:05 vendor -> /dev/block/sde47
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 xbl_a -> /dev/block/sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 xbl_b -> /dev/block/sdc2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 xbl_config_a -> /dev/block/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1971-01-10 22:05 xbl_config_b -> /dev/block/sdc1
Contributors
Maintainer(s)
Users owning this device
Kreyren (Notes: Ursa in Mint Condition, used for developing NixOS compatibility)
Mertoalex (Notes: my mom's phone, Equuleus (mi 8 pro), LineageOS 22 is installed.)
How to enter flash mode
Bootloader Unlocking
Like other Xiaomi devices, the user will have to acquire the bootloader unlock key: https://en.miui.com/unlock
The device will not unlock if the device isn't 7 days old (from the time when your device connects to internet and powered on, and linked with Mi Account)
Recovery mode
Turn the device off (or restart also works)
Hold Volume Up and Power button
Once you feel vibration and phone turns on, release Power button
Keep holding Volume Up until you get to recovery.
Flashing (Download, Fastboot) mode
Same as recovery, but this time hold the Volume Down and Power keys.
Links