I have recently changed my phone’s wallpaper to this photo: [https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://i.redd.it/je65fih3f5021.png&imgrefurl=https://i.reddit.com/r/Amoledbackgrounds/comments/9zs9z9/6t\_rainbow\_outline\_1080x2340/&h=2340&w=1080&tbnid=HPadWQ\_JaGPnBM&tbnh=331&tbnw=152&usg=K\_LT6h16R1DZ6hfcBplbrUZ2bb0CY=&hl=en\_GB&docid=lW3GDAaAe0MvoM](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://i.redd.it/je65fih3f5021.png&imgrefurl=https://i.reddit.com/r/Amoledbackgrounds/comments/9zs9z9/6t_rainbow_outline_1080x2340/&h=2340&w=1080&tbnid=HPadWQ_JaGPnBM&tbnh=331&tbnw=152&usg=K_LT6h16R1DZ6hfcBplbrUZ2bb0CY=&hl=en_GB&docid=lW3GDAaAe0MvoM)
As soon as I did this, the screen of my phone keeps turning ON and OFF. It keeps being on for 1 second and then turns off and turns on for 1 second and turns off, so I cannot do anything during that period. While doing this, it vibrates twice. After 5-6 times of doing this, a loading screen appears and it gives me 3 options:
1. Reboot: the same thing happens
2. Wipe Data
3. Connect with MIAssistant
Can anybody help me with this error? I don’t want to wipe my phone’s data.\*added: Because I really needed my phone, I ended up wiping my data. Fortunately I didn’t have anything serious\*
Tbh I’m scared of trying the rest now.
Because I really needed my phone, I wiped my data and now it’s okay.
I downloaded a similar wallpaper and it crashed too
Same. It sucks
Oh ok
One for /r/cursedwallpapers I guess.
Wow this is really interesting…
Installed on my mi9 and works fine. Top corners and notch aren’t great if you have the setting to hide notch in MIUI. If you set to not hide this app works well
I have Lawnchair v2 launcher, but tried on stock Miui and same thing, no crashes whatsoever.
Would you recommend HavocOS 3.0 against MIUI 11 Stable from Xiaomi EU? Any noticiable bug?
Maybe it’s A MIUI issue, I tried on my redmi note 7 while using a custom rom and it’s ok to me we need more people with the will of testing it
>You can store and execute code hidden within images. There is definitely some sort of malware hidden in the picture, possibly in the EXIF data.
And the proofs are?…
E: after brief googling I found this: https://umbrella.cisco.com/blog/2019/07/24/picture-perfect-how-jpg-exif-data-hides-malware/
But chances that the picture set in android triggers javascript execution? Dunno about that.
E2: we have the picture provided in OP, so we can examine it. Nothing interesting in the EXIF so I think its not the case.
This problem just happened to me today, but with a different wallpaper that I downloaded a while ago, and I don’t remember where I took it.
Luckily I had the bootloader unlocked and I could boot a custom recovery via fastboot to erase the wallpaper config files in /data/system/users/0/ and restore the phone full functionality.
I just noticed that the wallpaper was basically the OP image with a red planet added in the lower part, I didn’t noticed the contour in the first time but it’s there. It’s not a rainbow colors contour, but a two-tone, gradually changing one.
So we could say that the bug is caused by the wallpapers that include the drawn screen boundaries, and it’s even more strange because my phone is a Mi 9T that doesn’t have a teardrop notch, but the contour in the wallpapers had it…
Here is the wallpaper that caused the bug to me, only 100 downloads and only for 7 days:
[https://send.firefox.com/download/de629b9a7843abf9/#kmOBIfF52YfLnuwC\_lDGaQ](https://send.firefox.com/download/de629b9a7843abf9/#kmOBIfF52YfLnuwC_lDGaQ)
Top corners and notch aren’t great if you have the setting to hide notch in MIUI. If you set to not hide this app works well
Unfortunately no, nothing you described is correct.
First of all, (AM)OLED panels don’t work like backlit panels. Light is emitted in per pixel basis on a single layer. So every pixel is individual, that’s why they can get perfect black wherever they want.
Also even on back lit panels, there’s nothing such as “having too few pixels to light up”, that’s simply untrue. Panel controllers doesn’t work like that.
Also system cannot know if the panel is on/off when the panel controller returns a false positive.
This is a MIUI issue.
I have not tried it on my curr not phone but ran it on my old phone for a very long time. And no issues.
I saved the image using google chrome in my PC and with USB port, I transferred it to my phone.
I applied this wallpaper to my mi9SE (MIUI 11) and it crashed, I had to wipe data to recover it, I couldn’t backup my data or delete the photo via ADB because I didn’t have access to the adb shell on my laptop
Somebody should try this wallpaper without the AMOLED. Probably the AMOLED screen could be the problem. I don’t think that the image is corrupted or something
It happened on my Redmi Note 7, I had to wipe out my data..
Happy now?
Back in 2005-2006 you could literally take control of almost any phone with bluetooth via simple app. Mostly tried on Nokias and Sony Ericssons, since they were most popular in Poland.
You could literally wipe all the data, or send SMS, or copy all messages and contacts, or play the ringtone out loud… you get the point.
And yes, you didn’t need any bluetooth permissions from the attacked phone.
this is true, can confirm, mi 9 se. https://imgur.com/a/9FXvn9R
Idk, maybe. I have the global version
This happen to me ( Xiaomi t9 pro ) too and a have I pic I took as a wallpaper. I think I’d a bug or something
HavocOS
Oh, I remember doing this shit with my samsung slide thigy
del5eted.
The wonders of the human mind.
Battery life is great, but, if you are happy with MIUI 11, I’d recommend to keep it, I use it mostly because the OS is quite tweakable
I threw this photo to a friend and he has been offline for 35 minutes, and does not answer calls
Adding something to this. The png appear to be slightly malformed as mix explorer can’t extract a thumbnail from it.
Another thing I noticed is that is the file is downloaded using reddit is fun, the same mix explorer detects it as 0x0 pixels until the file is renamed (and therefore overwritten). If it’s download via Chrome the file is detected as the correct pixel size.
Could the problem be with reddit is fun app? How did you download the file @op?
I want it
As I already said, the problem is there on IPS panels too, I had misread it. But you actually misunderstood my message too. what I meant was something else. I meant that exactly because every pixel is individual on AMOLED maybe MIUI had implemented something like “there are next to zero pixels on? Then I turn off COMPLETELY the screen (=touchscreen+the few pixels that actually were supposed to be on)”
I thinks it’s a miui bug in the png lib
Before it was fine, but recently they changed devs so currently I don’t have an idea, I need to test it
[r/subyoufellfor](https://www.reddit.com/r/subyoufellfor/)
Do not set this picture as WALLPAPER!!!! I tryed it on my Mi 9T Pro and the same thing happend. The screen was turning on and off and later the MIUI Recovery booted Up (MI-Recovery 3.0) (PS: I’m not re-copying the same post, it’s true. I tryed it)
I suspect something in the Metadata, anyone available to donate hes phone for science?
Did you use the Borderlight app or is it really that specific wallpaper?
As an electronics engineer with some hardware programming experience, I highly suspect this is caused by a synchronization error. Most likely, one of the bits are distrupting poorly written synchronization algorithm.
DONT TRY IT IF YOU WANT YOUR DEVICE BRICKED. I put a logo in the middle and the same thing happen, if u want your device (Mi 9T) safe then dont try it.
I almost can’t believe this. I’m urged to try it out on my mi 9T pro too now.
Name checks out
Nope: https://i.redd.it/je65fih3f5021.png
This is almost as weird as that website that would give BSODs.
Fake, i try It on Mi 9 SE and nothing happens, i wish i have a proof…
It has some adobe tags, probably from where it was made.
We can rule that out by saving it as bmp in eg paint and then converting it back to png
made this:
same image saved in paint as bmp adn then back to png. it lost all the xml header lines
now we just need a guinea pig: [https://i.imgur.com/1MSnTLF.png](https://i.imgur.com/1MSnTLF.png)
This is happening to me right now , What is funny is that I created the wallpaper ! I don’t get how a wallpaper can do this to a phone… I own a **Mi Mix 3**. Could somebody help me with the recovery thing ? I’m not a specialist with android fastboot.
Help is much appreciated since I have some important content on it and can’t wipe everything. Thanks !
How can you be sure of this? If it’s true, it’s a really strange software bug
Put back the original link, it might be important to figure out what’s going on
the picture is probably malware targeted to hunt xiaomi devices
Ok, i tryed it on my Mi 9T Pro and It worked
Dude you just saved me, I was stuck with this error, caused by another photo so thank you very much!!!
Ok so this probably won’t work, but try removing you SIM card. I was having the exact same symptoms, screen turning on and off almost every second to the point i couldn’t even unlock my phone. Once I removed my SIM card it stopped glitching out, and I could use my phone like normal. I don’t think my issue was related to my wallpaper, so this probably won’t work for you, but I figured I would post it anyway. In the end I couldn’t figure out what was causing my SIM card to glitch out my phone like that, and had to reset my phone but since then I haven’t had an issue.
Dirty flash works fine for updating or clean flash necessary for every update?
Yes, thanks. That doesn’t happens to me 😛
WTF the same shit happened to me, I wiped out all my shit 🙁
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Note 6 Pro with HavocOS here, no issues with the wallpaper
I’ve never said that every AMOLED screen has this problem. Never. I only said it’s because of AMOLED, meaning it’s connected. And that’s why other phones (like redmi note 7) that have a normal IPS screen work normally with this wallpaper. I meant that it’s a BAD MANAGEMENT of the AMOLED screen, on SYSTEM side (xiaomi). The panel itself isn’t a problem.
nothing you can do about this except wiping data
[This is a safe version of the wallpaper for the mi 9t ](https://i.imgur.com/a7SQh0E.png)
Shared to and Saved from Snapchat.
Awkward, i downloaded it and set as wallpaper. Nothing happens, but it is not cut the way it has to be. I have Mi9.
Not sire what the problem is with your device. I checked the exif and did a malware check and nothing pops out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/RzEYMDt.jpg)
I suspect it’s because of the AMOLED screen. It could be something like the screen that gets turned off because something thinks that there are too few pixels active to even bother keeping it on, but then the system turns it on again because it shouldn’t be off. Then, after a few tries, the system thinks that there is an error and reboots to recovery
EDIT: I misread a comment saying it was fine on redmi note 7. I missed the fact that it was on a non-MIUI rom. Well, then it’s a MIUI problem. Nice
interesting, you think it’s a big bug who made miui blackout or a 0 day ? in any case wtf we need to verify that a picture will not crash our phone if we have locked bootloader
I don’t know. I’m trying to find an explaination. Probably Have just “a few” led on, the screen could have problems
Of looking for borderlight. Check out. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/live-wallpaper-borderlight-edge-t3861174
No problem, PS: I think is safe use another rainbow backgrounds like this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Mi9T/comments/czr0ka/rainbow\_border\_wallpaper\_for\_our\_people/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Mi9T/comments/czr0ka/rainbow_border_wallpaper_for_our_people/)
EDIT: I used this, it’s safe and no crashing, you can put a logo if you want
Device: Mi 9T Pro
There are adjustments in the config to change the corners
happening only with this one or any “border” background?
is this safe? I don’t want to wipe all my data, but that looks dope as fuck, also it’s too interesting to miss it
Can confirm Mi 9T Pro
A friend with a global model didn’t have it too… I wonder if it’s related to the European model?
I have solved it.
If you have put it and do not want to delete the data, in the recovery (TWRP / OrangeFox). Go to the following links and delete all “wallpapers”.
/data/system/users/USER_ID/
Works fine for my Mi 9 but I’m on Syberia OS
the image is for onepluse 6t, & was posted over a year ago
Tried it but on the mi 9 lite, works like any other wallpaper. Phone doesn’t bug.
Just installed in my RN8 but corners showed cutoff. Looks dope anyways.
Not sure if this would be helpful but is there any way you could attempt to boot into safe mode?
Safe rainbow wallpapers
Mi 9: [https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/themes/wallpaper-rainbow-edge-black-background-t3939786](https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/themes/wallpaper-rainbow-edge-black-background-t3939786)
Mi 9T: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Mi9T/comments/czr0ka/rainbow\_border\_wallpaper\_for\_our\_people/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Mi9T/comments/czr0ka/rainbow_border_wallpaper_for_our_people/)
Mi 9T Pro: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Mi9T/comments/czr0ka/rainbow\_border\_wallpaper\_for\_our\_people/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Mi9T/comments/czr0ka/rainbow_border_wallpaper_for_our_people/)
Mi 9 Lite: [https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/themes/wallpaper-rainbow-edge-black-background-t3939786](https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/themes/wallpaper-rainbow-edge-black-background-t3939786)
You can store and execute code hidden within images. There is definitely some sort of malware hidden in the picture, possibly in the EXIF data.
I put a new link that opens it up in google. It’s a completely black image with very narrow rainbow color line that outlines the screen.
I tryed it and nothing happens
I lost all of my stuff.
That looks like a screen shot for the borderline live wallpaper app.
Also because Idk, I just like to have stuff look different than what it came with
It happened a while ago on my Redmi Note 7, so it’s not a screen issue, i’m 100% sure that it’s a MIUI issue
Hi is there a way to boot TWRP / OrangeFox With a locked device ? I can’t unlock my device without loosing all my data it seems.
Best regards 😉
you have a custom rom or a custom launcher?
No Good : (
Apparently I misread a comment saying it was fine on redmi note 7. I missed the fact that it was on a non-MIUI rom. well ,then it’s a MIUI problem. Nice
That’s so cool and so creepy!
Which custom rom you run?