You don’t necessarily need Mi Flash Tool in order to flash fastboot ROMs on Xiaomi devices as there are pre-made scripts that you can simply run and be done with. Once that is done, you can follow steps 1-to-3 above and launch the Terminal inside the working directory (the folder where the Fastboot ROM is extracted). Finally, stock ROMs issue the following command in the Terminal depending on what type of flash you wish to perform. If you’re going to attempt this, make sure that the rollback index of the downloaded ROM matches with the rollback index of the MIUI firmware currently installed on your device. Once both these things are done, click ‘flash’ in the Mi Flash Tool to finally install the MIUI Fastboot ROM on your Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco device.

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Using these, you can build both a LineageOS installation zip and a LineageOS Recovery image and install them on your device. This guide talks about using Recovery ROMs to update a device.

We also learned that Xiaomi was planning to roll out Android 10 based builds for these devices. Following that, the company rolled out an Android 10-based beta build for the Mi 9 SE. And now, the company is rolling out a stable build of MIUI 11 to the Redmi K20 and the Redmi 7A in India. Since Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, Android device makers have to provide, upon customer request, the source code for any Linux kernel binaries that ship on their devices. That includes not only the release date software, but also any subsequent updates to the kernel.

The first thing is to take a complete backup of all your data stored on your device. Mi Flash Tool does offer an option to save the user data while flashing a fastboot ROM. But it’s a good rule of thumb to always have a backup at hand in case anything goes unplanned.

This means that the updates could take some time before they are available for each and every device worldwide. Following the steps provided in this guide will ensure that you successfully install the latest version of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Stock firmware (Fastboot Flash File).