Open config '\simpleinit.static.uefi.cfg' failed. Not found. Config: load failed. device: Mi 8 dipper

Vistulack · August 20, 2022, 6:20pm

Hi folks, I have installed win10 on my Mi 8 with drivers, but when I try to boot I see only K letter in a blue circle logo and message:

main:initialize simple imp
Open config ‘simpleinit.static.uefi.cfg’ failed. Not found
Config: load failed

and I’m going back to boot menu

Besides of that I have an error: DRIVER PNP WATCHDOG and I can’t also run a Win image from USB as boot.image doesn’t recognize a USB drive.
Below are screenshots for Win 11, but I have tried with installing both Win10 and Win11 with no luck.

I have installed the windows on NFTS partition (85 GB nfts Name: win Flags: msftdata), with options Format and Bootable
then I have installed the drivers from WOA and I have ended up with Stop Code: Driver PNP Watchdog.

I am installing the drivers from the latest release from 25 May 2022 Releases · edk2-porting/WOA-Drivers · GitHub
I have also run all the commands from the installation solution.

What should I do now? What on the Disk D: should I check (maybe there are some logs for this)?

Sophon · August 21, 2022, 3:54am

You didn’t flash devcfg

Vistulack · August 21, 2022, 12:50pm

You mean fastboot flash devcfg_ab devcfg-dipper_FixTS.img
from here https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=884586&st=760#entry108223701 ?

I have flashed it, the starting message still persists, and after choosing option ‘Continue Boot’ I have two monits:

Recovery Your PC couldn’t start properly After multiple tries, the operating system on your PC failed to start, so it needs t be repaired.
Error code: Oxc0000001
You’ll need to use recovery tools If you don’t have any installation media (like a disc or USB device), contact your PC administrator or PC/Device manufacturer.
Press the Windows key for UEFI Firmware Settings

and

Recovery
Your PC/Device needs to be repaired The operating system couldn’t be loaded because the digital signature of a hie or one of its dependencies couldn’t be verified

File Windows\Systern32\DriverStore\FileRepository\qcpil850.inf_arm64_51d4efc7c44baa30\qcpil850.sys

Error code Oxc0000428

You’ll need to use recovery tools If you don’t have any installation media (like a disc or USB device), contact your PC administrator or PC/Device manufacturer
Press the Windows key for UEFI Firmware Settings

I have installed 19044.1889_arm64_en-us_professional_a49c900b_convert

At the end, after installing OS and drivers I have also enbaled testing mode with

Enable Test-Signing mode

bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} testsigning on
bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} nointegritychecks on

What to do with that?

BTW, in drivers section, one of the drivers is described as unknown

Vistulack · August 21, 2022, 1:23pm

Basing on this message File Windows\Systern32\DriverStore\FileRepository\qcpil850.inf_arm64_51d4efc7c44baa30\qcpil850.sys

I have found those drivers https://github.com/edk2-porting/sdm845-drivers/tree/master/qcpil850

installed it and now i have qcpep850 error

covery

•

Your PC/Device needs to be repaired The operating system couldn t be loaded because the digital signature of a file or of its dependencies couldn’t be verified

de. ‘WindowskSystern32\DriverStore\FileReposstory\qcpep.wd850inf_arm64_d4b893 b9dcf26e9e\qcpep850.sys

Error code. OK0000428

You’ll need to use recovery tools If you don’t have any installation media (like a du or USB device), contact your PC administrator or PC/Device manufacturer
Press the Windows key for UEFI Firmware Settings

Sophon · August 22, 2022, 3:46am

If you flashed devcfg properly, you won’t get DRIVER_PNP_WATCHDOG anymore
If you successfully disabled testsigning and nointegritychecks using bcdedit, you won’t get 0xc0000428
Don’t use drivers from sdm845-drivers. They won’t work.

Vistulack · August 22, 2022, 2:13pm

Thanks Sophon I admire your work and will to help here,
My problem is that i don’t know from where i can take devcfg file

I have found one here, on Russian forum
https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=884586&st=760#entry108223701
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-fq7FFYqJqVKucEQlalm8x_403Z_e8cE

named devcfg-dipper_FixTS.img

with description:
'#reboot to fastboot
fastboot flash devcfg_ab devcfg-dipper_FixTS.img

(This is so that the touchscreen works, and there are no extra blue screens)
fastboot boot boot-dipper.img’

Only command with devcfg can be run succesfully

fastboot flash devcfg_ab devcfg-dipper_FixTS.img

BTW, during install boot is saved to my esp partition number 21
obraz

Now I am using those drivers from
https://github.com/edk2-porting/WOA-Drivers/releases

EDIT: maybe it’s because in the first steps during partition creation I have recreated minidump partition? I don’t why blue screen is still popping up.

My phone is MI 8 model: M1803E1A

BTW, is it possible to turn this off only by accessing the disk with installed Windows 10 ARM64 and changing something there?

Sophon · August 23, 2022, 1:00am

it’s still related to driver signature, try using bcdedit and double check your bcd path

Vistulack · August 23, 2022, 5:05am

Even after flashing fastboot flash devcfg_ab devcfg-dipper_FixTS.img
I still see “Open config ‘\simpleinit.static.uefi.cfg’ failed. Not found. Config: load failed”

DisableIntegrityChecks is set to True
and AllowPrereleaseSignatures also to True, but under BcdStore\Loaders\WindowsSetup

under {bootmgr} it’s only DisableIntegrityChecks, but without AllowPrereleaseSignatures

I’m a rookie here so I used Visual BCD Editor, should I add something in {bootmgr} or {bootloadersettings}? to the {bootloadersettings} I have no access from Visual BCD

I see structure of this partition like this:
obraz

obraz

BTW via Mass Storage mode I have access to the esp partition stored here via Windows64 as I:\ and with Visual BCD editor I have an option to ‘repair bcd’ but I don’t know what this can done, so I don’t touch it

I am not sure if windows disk and BCD are connected here

obraz

Kryz · February 28, 2023, 3:05pm

It’s me, Vistulack and I have and Update:

thanks to @Sophon and @h9419 XDA forum user I have managed to succesfully install Win 11 on Mi 8
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/q-project-renegade-windows-arm64-on-dipper-mi-8-boot-partition-none.4445347/#post-88219547

To sum up:

This time I have install drivers in ver. 1.1.1 https://github.com/edk2-porting/WOA-Drivers/releases/tag/v1.1.1

and after installation of dism I have used not only:

bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} testsigning on

bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} nointegritychecks on

but also :

bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} recoveryenabled no

Also I wouldn’t recommend using Windows 10 home, as screen keyboard wasn’t working there; I came across error:

C:\Windows\system32\osk.exe

A referal was returned from the server

This error wasn’t seen on Windows 11 Pro

During install, I had also a problem with WiFi connections, but after putting mobile in the near of router I was able to connect (this issue camu up only during setting account)

Anyways, now I have other problem.

If I press turn off while charging, either from Windows or bootloader level, I end up back in bootloader menu, without knowing what is the battery level is (in Windows is still shows 0%, which is odd, because phone is still running).

Now I need to check how to enable turning phone off when charging (or put it into charging mode, with only battery level shown)

EDIT: ok, it looks like the best mode to charge the phone is setting it to recovery mode.
Windows 11 seems to consume the battery faster than I charge it, but it can be also issue with my phone.