You are going to need your device stock Rom for the following reasons someday. According to the changelog, the update brought December 2022 security patch and increased system security.
They are not always the most up-to-date version of Android, as Xiaomi is slower to release updates than other manufacturers. Xiaomi Stock ROM is the official Operating System (OS) of your Xiaomi Device. The Stock ROM can be used to re-install the Operating System (OS), if in case stock Android firmware you are facing any Software related issue, bootloop issue, IMEI issue. With the introduction of Xiaomi’s Anti-rollback Protection, it is not advised to use Fastboot ROMs to downgrade your device to an older Android version.
- Download the Latest MIUI Fastboot ROM for your Phone here and unzip the folder on your desktop.
- Now without any further ado, follow the instructions below.
- Here we show you how to install Mi Flash Tool on a Windows PC and the basic functionality of using Mi Flash Tool to flash Xiamoi Fastboot files.
- Therefore, all official firmwares/ROMs are free to download.
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Now, transfer the downloaded ROM to device storage. Wait for 4-5 minutes and unplug your device even if it doesn’t show success.
The downloaded file will be a .rar package, so you’ll need to extract its contents. To do this, locate the file, then right-click on it, select ‘7-Zip’ and then ‘Extract here’. The extracted folder should contain the tool’s executable, libraries, and other files. The Fastboot ROM package you downloaded is compressed with gzip in .tgz file format. So, the next step is to extract the contents of the package (decompress it) to get the actual firmware files you’ll need for flashing. The first thing is to take a complete backup of all your data stored on your device.