Flashing Guide for Fastboot Update

Note: A Windows PC/laptop will be needed for the following steps. Make sure that your device is fully charged or has enough power for this process. All user data will be purged in this process. Please back up your data and think twice before proceeding.

Step 1
Download the Mi Flash Tool. MiFlash2017-7-20-0.zip

Step 2
Download the latest ROM package file for your device here

Step 3

Turn off the device. Press the Volume– key and the Power button at the same time to enter Fastboot mode. Then connect the device to the Windows PC/laptop via a USB Type-C cable.

Step 4
Decompress the downloaded ROM file and open the file folder for the decompressed ROM pack, then copy its path on the computer.

Step 5
Decompress the Mi Flash Tool downloaded in Step 1, and double click on it to install ( if there is security warning, select 'Run'). After installation is completed, open MiFlash.exe and paste into the address bar the ROM file folder path copied in the last step

Click on the first button (circled out in yellow) to Refresh, and MiFlash should automatically recognize the device. Then click the second button (circled out in red) to flash the ROM file to the device.

Note :

Clean all: All data and user configuration will be cleaned, and the lock state of the device is 'Unlocked' after flashing.

Save user data: All data and user configuration will be saved, and the lock state of the device varies with the device model after flashing.

Clean all and lock: All data and user configuration will be cleaned, and the lock state of the device is 'Locked' after flashing.


Step 6
Wait until the progress bar inside MiFlash turns fully green, which means the ROM has been successfully installed. Then your device should automatically boot to the new version. Please wait patiently until the flashing process fully completed.

Happy Flashing!

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