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Recently, I saw this video showing a super easy way to update the firmware of a SONOFF Zigbee Stick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_bE_PbZwO0

Just for reference, this was the way I did it previously: https://nocin.eu/home-assistant-update-firmware-on-sonoff-zigbee-usb-dongle-p/

Following just a few notes and screenshots, doing a firmware update using the SONOFF Dongle Flasher.

1. Optional: Check current firmware version

and compare with latest firmware version here

2. Do a backup

3. Stop Z2M and install the SONOFF Dongle Flasher

Install https://github.com/iHost-Open-Source-Project/hassio-ihost-addon

Start Add-on, open WebUI and hit the connect button. If your dongle is not found, simply manually add the device. The rest is pretty self-explanatory.

4. If flash was successful, stop SONOFF Dongle Flasher and Start Z2M again. Check new version in Z2M WebUI. And that’s it.

Install the Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html
https://github.com/M0Rf30/android-udev-rules#installation

# check if device is found
adb devices
# reboot into sideload modus
adb reboot sideload

Or manually boot into recovery, holding Volume Up + Power when the phone is off. Navigate to Advanced → ADB Sideload.

Update MIUI Firmware

Following the docs, I first had to check the Firmware version. V12.0.3.0.QEAMIXM was required, and I already had it installed.
If you’re on an older version, download the right MIUI Firmware for your device from https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/dipper/.
Flash the new Firmware via TWRP or via ADB sideload.

adb sideload fw_dipper_miui_MI8Global_V12.0.3.0.QEAMIXM_7619340f8c_10.0.zip

Flash latest recovery

Since I follow the LineageOS subreddit, I have already seen posts with problems with the latest update. Check here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1fxlmtq/regular_ota_update_20241005_on_xiaomi_mi8_dipper/
There it is recommended to flash the latest recovery to prevent any issues. Although this is step 1 in the upgrade guide, I skipped updating the recovery the last years, because I was using TWRP instead of the LineageOS recovery. But to be on the safe side, this time I flashed the LineageOS recovery (which meant loosing/removing TWRP). To flash the recovery, you must first boot into fastboot by using adb or Volume Down + Power when the phone is off, like it is described here.

# boot into fastboot
adb -d reboot bootloader
# flash recovery
fastboot flash recovery lineage-21.0-20241208-microG-dipper-recovery.img

Download and flash new LineageOS image

I’m using the LineageOS fork LineageOS for microG. Download it from here: https://download.lineage.microg.org/dipper/ (MI 8 = dipper)
The upgrade steps are the same as for the official rom: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dipper/upgrade. As I’ve already flashed the latest recovery, I only had to flash the new LineageOS image.

# reboot again into recovery
adb reboot sideload
# flash again new image
adb sideload lineage-21.0-20241208-microG-dipper.zip

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