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To install global firmware via MiFlash, an unlocked bootloader is required on the device. For now THE ONLY ONE The working way to unlock the bootloader is through the official MiUnlock application. Xiaomi has blocked all other methods (via an engineering cable, switching to EDL mode) in the latest firmware.

Installing global firmware using MiFlash

Sometimes for MiUnlock to work correctly you need to disable driver authentication.
Windows 7
When you turn on the computer, after loading the BIOS, you must press the F8 key. In the “Advanced boot options” menu that appears, select “Disable mandatory driver signing.” This method may not work the first time, so you should repeat the action or open a command prompt as an administrator and enter two commands:
"bcdedit.exe /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS"
"bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON"
Windows 8
You need to press the Win+I key combination, hold down the Shift key and select “Shutdown” > “Restart”. When you turn on your computer, select Diagnostics > Advanced Options > Boot Options > Restart. When loading, select the “Disable mandatory driver signature verification” mode by pressing the F7 key.
Windows 10
You must hold down the Shift key and select the Start menu > Shutdown > Restart. After booting, select Troubleshooting > Advanced Options > Boot Options > Restart. Then select “Disable mandatory driver signature verification” by pressing F7.

Detailed instructions for installing the official firmware on Xiaomi Mi6 (Sagit) via the MiFlash application with an unlocked bootloader.

Drivers and programs

Attention!

To install the official firmware via MiFlash, you need .

Installation instructions

Make backup copies of all necessary data and files and save them to your computer, removable media or cloud.

Create a folder named “Android” in the root of the C:\ drive.

Disable driver authentication.
Windows 7
When you turn on the computer, after loading the BIOS, you must press the F8 key. In the “Advanced boot options” menu that appears, select “Disable mandatory driver signing.” This method may not work the first time, so you should repeat the action or open a command prompt as an administrator and enter two commands:
"bcdedit.exe /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS"
"bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON"
Windows 8
You need to press the Win+I key combination, hold down the Shift key and select “Shutdown” > “Restart”. When you turn on your computer, select Diagnostics > Advanced Options > Boot Options > Restart. When loading, select the “Disable mandatory driver signature verification” mode by pressing the F7 key.
Windows 10
You must hold down the Shift key and select the Start menu > Shutdown > Restart. After booting, select Troubleshooting > Advanced Options > Boot Options > Restart. Then select “Disable mandatory driver signature verification” by pressing F7.

Download the official firmware for installation and unpack the archive into any folder.
It is recommended to use the folder path without Cyrillic characters. For example, “C:\Android\firmware_name”.

Connect your phone to your computer via a USB cable.
It is recommended to use an original or good quality cable, as well as the USB 2.0 port located on the motherboard (for PC).

Open a command line and go to the created Android folder with the command “cd c:\Android\” (commands are written without quotes).

Make sure that the computer finds the device via ADB.
To do this, you need to enter “adb devices” into the command line. When a request appears on your phone for permission to debug via ADB on this computer, you must click “Ok” and select “Always allow from this computer.” If the device is visible, the text “List of devices attached” and a list of all devices (for example, xxxxxxx device) will be displayed. If instead of “device” it says “offline” or the list is empty, then you need to update ADB, check the drivers/cord, change the USB port/computer.

Reboot your smartphone into Fastboot mode.
To do this, you need to enter “adb reboot bootloader” in the command line or turn it off, then turn it on while holding down the Volume Down key. A hare wearing a hat with earflaps should appear on the screen.

Make sure that the computer finds the device in Fastboot mode.
To do this, enter the command “fastboot devices”. If the response is “xxxxxxx fastboot”, then the phone is connected correctly. If “waiting for device” or nothing at all is displayed, you need to check the status of the USB connection or reinstall the drivers.

Launch the MiFlash utility. Then click the “Refresh” button, then “Browse...” and specify the path to the folder with the firmware. At the bottom of the screen, select “Flash all except storage” to save files in the device’s memory or “Flash all” to format the internal memory and press the “Flash” button. The firmware installation process will begin.

After the operation is completed, the phone should reboot itself.
If this does not happen, you need to enter “fastboot reboot” in the command line or hold down the Power button for 10 seconds until the Mi logo appears. The cable can now be disconnected. After a few minutes, the device will boot up and be ready for further work.

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Instructions on how to flash a Xiaomi MI 6 smartphone. Unlocking and Russifying a smartphone, installing custom or official firmware. You are the proud owner of a Xiaomi MI 6 phone, and you have a desire (or need) to update your smartphone to a new firmware version. In order to flash Xiaomi MI 6 to the official firmware, simply follow the instructions below. Well, if you want to flash your smartphone with custom firmware, you first need to find out what firmware is on your smartphone and then determine whether the MI 6 Bootloader is locked.

Official firmware Xiaomi Mi6

The first method is to update the system using a built-in program in the smartphone firmware

Download the latest firmware from. xiaomi website
Connect your smartphone to your computer and use a micro-USB cable to copy the firmware file to the ‘downloaded_rom’ folder in the device’s internal memory.

Launch the ‘Updater’ application on your smartphone. Click on the “…” icon (three dots) in the upper right corner. Click on “Choose update package” and select the firmware that you put in the ‘downloaded_rom’ folder
(silverrick's note: you must turn on the Internet, otherwise the update will not start)

After selecting the desired firmware file, the device will begin the upgrade. When the update is complete, the device will automatically boot with the new firmware.

Xiaomi MI 6 firmware via MiFlash

Xiaomi MI 6 firmware via MiFlash with locked bootloader

This method of flashing a smartphone is worth using if you have a locked bootloader (bootloader) and you do not want to unlock it or you are unable to unlock the bootloader using the standard method.

If the bootloader is locked on a smartphone, it needs to be flashed only in EDL mode; with the bootloader unlocked, just in Fastboot mode.

How to enter Xiaomi MI 6 phone into EDL mode

You can enter Xiaomi MI 6 into EDL mode via a PC using the command line. To do this, connect the phone with a USB cable to the computer, and in the device manager it will appear like this: “Mi 6 portable device”

Lower the shutter on the phone, click on the “Connected in charging mode” notification, select “File transfer (MTP)”. The manager will update the list of devices, but the device name should remain unchanged.

In the phone we enable the menu for developers. If the language is English, then do this: Settings –> About Phone –> tap 7 times on “MIUI version”. You are now a developer. Next, enable USB debugging: Settings –> Additional Settings –> Developer Options –> USB debugging and Enable USB Debugging. The device will begin initializing again, and again its name should remain unchanged. However, now you can test the operation of adb. Enter in the command line (not run as Administrator):

The phone will display the request “Allow debugging from this computer?” To which we answer OK. In the command line, the words “List of devices attached” will appear, below which there will be an alphanumeric code - this, in fact, is your phone. Next we write to the KS:

If after this command the phone simply reboots, then the method is not suitable for you. This is normal, this method may not work on some devices with a locked bootloader. The latest MIUI firmware does not allow this.

The phone is in EDL mode, Device Manager will show the new Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 device.

Directly flashing the smartphone to the official firmware via MiFlash

Download the required firmware for xiaomi mi 6 (you must download only the stable firmware version)

Unzip the STABLE firmware downloaded for fastboot to the root of Disk C (It doesn’t matter where exactly, the main thing is that the total length of characters does not exceed 256 and without Cyrillic on the way.) It’s better to unzip with WInRAR, because otherwise, through 7z you will have to do this twice.

And the actual process of flashing the Xiaomi Mi 6 smartphone.

We run MiFlash.exe as administrator (on Win 10 it is located along the path C:\XiaoMi\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash.exe, or on previous versions - C:\Program Files\Xiaomi\MiPhone\MiFlash.exe).

Click “Flash”. The firmware has started, which is confirmed by the green progress bar and the log of the files being flashed. The duration of the firmware is approximately 5 minutes. Upon successful completion, the status is “The operation is completed successfully” or simply “success” or “done” (I don’t remember). After this, the phone will NOT start on its own. You need to disconnect the wire and hold the power button until the Mi logo appears. The first launch takes a long time. This is fine.

Attention!

When switching to Weekly/Developer firmware, which have been released since January 2017, we get a brick with a bootlap, the engineering cable no longer helps. There is no way to flash through miflash, EDL still doesn’t work.
Opening the device and disconnecting the battery cables does not help (the phone lay in this state for 2 hours, but it still did not start).
Exit: download the Chinese version of Mi PC Suite. put the phone into recovery mode, volume up key and power button. 3 lines will appear in Chinese, select the last line, and a picture of a smartphone with a cable will appear on the screen. We launch Mi PC Suite, connect the phone, a window in Chinese will appear in the program, click on the only button. Then a window appears indicating what firmware is installed. Next, the first line - click, the explorer opens, asks you to specify the path to the firmware file (Attention!! The program will not allow you to install either the global stable software or the Chinese development software, it will swear in Chinese). Download Chinese stable firmware. We show the way to it. Next, the firmware is checked and you will see a green inscription, which means everything is ok. Click on 1 button. A bar and 0% appear in the program on the computer. The bar on the computer does not move and the percentages do not appear either. A bar appears on the phone and fills up. We wait about 10 minutes. The phone will reboot itself and log into the system.

Xiaomi MI 6 firmware via MiFlash with unlocked bootloader

If your device is locked, here is the Xiaomi Mi 6 smartphone

To flash the phone's firmware, we need to enter it into Fastboot mode. Turn off the phone, then hold down the Power button + Volume Down button “-“. The phone will boot into fastboot mode, the phone will display a hare wearing earflaps repairing an android robot, you can connect it to the PC.

Download the official firmware for fastboot to your PC - weekly international Mi6, Stable international Mi 6

Unzip the firmware downloaded for fastboot to the root of Disk C (It doesn’t matter where exactly, the main thing is that the total length of characters does not exceed 256 and without Cyrillic on the way.) It’s better to unzip with WInRAR, because otherwise, through 7z you will have to do this twice.

Let's start with the firmware. We run MiFlash.exe as administrator (on Win 10 it is located along the path C:\XiaoMi\XiaoMiFlash\XiaoMiFlash.exe, or on previous versions - C:\Program Files\Xiaomi\MiPhone\MiFlash.exe).
Click “Refresh”, and this is what the program window will look like after a short “thought”:

In MiFlash, click “Select” (new MiFlash) or “Browse” (old MiFlash) and select the folder with the firmware files. Correctly specify the folder with the firmware in accordance with what is shown in the screenshot below! Not the images folder, but the parent folder to it.

Click “Flash”. The firmware has started, which is confirmed by the green progress bar and the log of the files being flashed. The duration of the firmware is approximately 5 minutes. If completed successfully, the status is “The operation is completed successfully”. The phone should, in theory, turn on by itself, but if this does not happen, you need to disconnect the wire and hold the power button until the Mi logo appears. The first launch takes a long time. This is fine.

Firmware for custom recovery TWRP recovery on xiaomi mi 6

To begin with, a small lyrical digression.
After all the procedures listed below, all settings, programs, files, etc. will be deleted from the phone. Therefore, we transfer the necessary folders and files to the computer. And you can make a backup of the program with settings, call history, SMS, and phone settings (less fiddling later) Go to the phone settings - additionally - restore and reset - local backup. Let's make a backup. We find the miui folder in Explorer and transfer it to the computer (it contains a backup) After installing TWRP and firmware, drop the miui folder onto the phone and recover from it.

To flash custom recovery on a Xiaomi Mi 6 smartphone, you must first unlock the Bootloader and only then proceed with installing TWRP. You can unlock your smartphone by following the link – Xiaomi Mi 6 smartphone.

We must unlock the bootloader using these instructions. Unlocking bootloaders through the official website of the company (Post ilya0103 #45910388). After receiving permission, I tried to unlock it (the firmware was 7.2.8.0 stable global) but it didn’t work, I flashed Mi5 - Official Firmware 7 (OS 6.0) (Post by yuandrey #48709141) from the Chinese developer from the header using these instructions. Everything was unlocked the first time.

I think that all drivers and ADB should be installed on the computer, if not, then take it from the header and install it.

We enable “USB debugging” on the phone (tap “build number” 7 times, the “for developers” menu will appear and the switch is on there)

We place the downloaded TWRP in the folder with ADB, renaming it “recovery.img” The ADB folder should look like this or something like this

Important: In case of an error/refusal to flash, we try to write not “recovery.img”, but simply “recovery”, if this option does not work, then we write “recovery.img.img”
In order to see what resolution you have, write the command “dir”

Now go to the folder with ADB and open the terminal by pressing and holding the shift key, and right-click anywhere in this folder, and in the menu “open command prompt window”

Then we connect the phone to the computer and reboot the device into fastboot mode, with the phone turned off, pressing the “Power + Volume Down” button simultaneously. A hare and the inscription fastboot will appear on the body screen.

We check the connection between the body and the computer; to do this, enter the command fastboot devices in the terminal and press enter. The window should look like this

If all is well, upload the firmware to the phone. To do this, enter the command in the terminal

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

and press enter. The window should look like this

That's it, TWRP is flashed. During initial boot, the phone may not be able to log into TWRP using the buttons. Exit - enter the command in the terminal - fastboot boot recovery.img press enter and the phone will reboot into TWRP, or try holding down the power + volume up buttons and release when the “Mi” icon appears.

When loading into TWRP, the body does not respond to presses, wait for the first 4-5 minutes, do not panic. Sometimes it doesn’t respond at all and requires a second reboot into recovery.

Select the language in TRPV (Russian is available) If it asks for a password, click cancel. Further, the “date” section is locked and is not mounted in TRVP, so if there are firmware files or something else on the phone, TRVP simply won’t see them. To check this, go to mount in TRVP and check the data box. If the checkbox is checked, go to the recovery section, find the sdcard, open it, if you see your folders and files (I didn’t see it), then there is no need to format the data. We copy the SuperSu installation file to the smartphone’s memory and flash it via TRWP recovery.

In trvp, go to the “cleaning” (or Wipe) section, click “format data” and in the “yes” window that opens. When you wipe, all user data is deleted. After all these procedures, in order to avoid bugs, many advise rebooting TWRP. To do this, go to the main recovery screen and click reboot, then click reboot in Recovery. You will restart in recovery

Installing custom firmware via TWRP recovey on Xiaomi Mi6

In order to install custom firmware on a smartphone, the phone must have an unlocked bootloader and a custom TWRP Recovery installed. If there are no 1 and 2, read above.

And so to install the modified firmware on Xiaomi Mi6 you need:
Download any TWRP firmware you like for Xiaomi Mi6, for example:

Reboot your phone into TWRP Recovery Mode using one of the following methods:
a) Turn off your phone. When the phone is turned off, press and hold the Volume Up (+) and Power rockers until the recovery boots.

In TWRP Recovery, wipe everything except SD and OTG. In the main menu: Wipe > Advanced Wipe > check the boxes Dalvic, Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage. Attention: all data will be deleted, the phone will become absolutely clean!

Tap Back, Tap Reboot recovery and swipe right.

Xiaomi Mi 6 runs an operating system Android 7.1.1 Nougat with MIUI 8. Its performance is rated 5 out of 5 (in its segment). This smartphone is high-performance. Here are the characteristics of the device, instructions on how to reset the settings, flash the device and, of course, how to get root rights on Xiaomi

Root Xiaomi Mi 6

How to get root for Xiaomi Mi 6 see instructions below.

Below are universal programs for obtaining root rights for devices on Qualcomm Snapdragon

(need PC)
(Root using PC)
(popular)
(root in one click)

If you could not obtain superuser (root) rights or the program did not appear (you can install it yourself) - ask a question in the topic. You may need to flash a custom kernel.

Characteristics

Network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA, LTE
Operating system: Android 7.1.1 Nougat with MIUI 8
Display: 5.15", 1920 x 1080 pixels, 428ppi, 600 nits, 1500:1, Sunlight Display, IPS
Camera: dual, 12 MP wide-angle (1.25 µm, f/1.8) + 12 MP telephoto (1 µm, f/2.6), 2x optical zoom, 10x digital zoom, 4-axis optical stabilization, PDAF focus, dual LED -flash, video recording in 4K format
Front camera: 8 MP, Full HD video recording
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 8 cores, 2.45 + 1.9 GHz
Graphics chip: Adreno 540 653 MHz
RAM: 6 GB LPDDR4X 1866 MHz
Internal memory: 64/128 GB UFS
Memory card: no
GPS and GLONASS
Bluetooth 5.0 HID
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), 2x2 MU-MIMO
USB Type-C
Two nano-SIM slots
Fingerprint scanner under glass
Battery: 3350 mAh, Quick Charge 3.0 18W
Dimensions: 145.17 x 70.49 x 7.45 mm
Weight: 168 g (182 g with ceramic)

Xiaomi Mi 6 review

I've been using it for a couple of weeks, the smartphone works perfectly, but there are minor problems with notifications. Of course, there are problems with wireless payment (Android/Samsung Pay). If the firmware had been global, no problems would have arisen. I'm happy with the camera, I won't compare it with anything, it's just decent. The battery charge lasts for one full day.
The games just fly, but this is understandable - they use top-end hardware.
Another minus is the lack of a 3.5 headphone jack; I had to buy wireless headphones so as not to worry about the adapter included in the kit. Charging from 10% to 100% takes approximately an hour and a half.

Firmware for Xiaomi Mi 6

✅ // MIUI Pro |7.10.26| | TWRP ~ Official firmware Android 7.1.1 Nougat with MIUI 8 - // miuipro_v7.1.1_sagit_7.10.26
✅ MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.10.12 - (fastvoot) +
✅ Custom firmware Paranoid Android -

Firmware for Xiaomi Mi 6 can be done in several ways. If the firmware file has not yet been uploaded here, then create a topic on the forum, in the section, specialists will help you and add the firmware. Don’t forget to write a 4-10 line review about your smartphone in the subject line, this is important. The official Xiaomi website, unfortunately, will not help solve this problem, but we will solve it for free. This Xiaomi model has on board a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 8 cores, 2.45 + 1.9 GHz, respectively, there are the following flashing methods:

Recovery - flashing directly on the device
A special utility from the manufacturer, or

We recommend the first method.

What custom firmware are there?

CM - CyanogenMod
LineageOS
Paranoid Android
OmniROM
Temasek's

AICP (Android Ice Cold Project)
RR (Resurrection Remix)
MK(MoKee)
FlymeOS
Bliss
crDroid
Illusion ROMS
Pacman ROM

Problems and shortcomings of a Xiaomi smartphone and how to fix them?

If Mi 6 does not turn on, for example, you see a white screen, hangs on the screensaver, or the notification indicator only blinks (possibly after charging).
If stuck during update / stuck when turned on (needs flashing, 100%)
Doesn't charge (usually hardware problems)
Does not see the SIM card (SIM card)
The camera does not work (mostly hardware problems)
The sensor does not work (depends on the situation)

For all these problems, contact (you just need to create a topic), specialists will help for free.

Hard Reset for Xiaomi Mi 6

Settings->Backup and reset
Reset settings (at the very bottom)

How to reset a pattern key

How to reset the pattern if you forgot it and now you can’t unlock your Xiaomi smartphone. On the Mi 6 model, the key or PIN can be removed in several ways. You can also remove the lock by resetting the settings; the lock code will be deleted and disabled.

Reset graph. blocking -
Password reset -

Installing global firmware using MiFlash

Sometimes for MiUnlock to work correctly you need to disable driver authentication.
Windows 7
When you turn on the computer, after loading the BIOS, you must press the F8 key. In the “Advanced boot options” menu that appears, select “Disable mandatory driver signing.” This method may not work the first time, so you should repeat the action or open a command prompt as an administrator and enter two commands:
"bcdedit.exe /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS"
"bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON"
Windows 8
You need to press the Win+I key combination, hold down the Shift key and select “Shutdown” > “Restart”. When you turn on your computer, select Diagnostics > Advanced Options > Boot Options > Restart. When loading, select the “Disable mandatory driver signature verification” mode by pressing the F7 key.
Windows 10
You must hold down the Shift key and select the Start menu > Shutdown > Restart. After booting, select Troubleshooting > Advanced Options > Boot Options > Restart. Then select “Disable mandatory driver signature verification” by pressing F7.