How Do I Get Miui 8 On My Mi 5?

[juliayan]

Hi everyone!

I recently bought a Mi 5 from a German reseller. There's an (most likely unofficial) German MIUI version on it, so I don't get any official updates. Can someone tell me how to get MIUI 8? I'd rather have an official English version to get updates automatically, how can I do that?
I found different ROMs, but to be honest, I have no idea if "developer" or "stable" is the way to go... there doesn't even seem to be a download for "global stable MIUI8 rom"? Please help someone who has zero knowledge of these things.

Thank you for your answers!

 

[aimcr7]

Afaik the global stable miui 8 for mi5 is not yet available, but it should be available shortly.
You can use miui 8 global dev beta if you really want miui 8 right now, it is quite stable from what I read around the web so far.

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[juliayan]

Afaik the global stable miui 8 for mi5 is not yet available, but it should be available shortly.
You can use miui 8 global dev beta if you really want miui 8 right now, it is quite stable from what I read around the web so far.

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Thank you so much for your reply, I had no idea! I thought as Mi5 is kind of the flagship right now, that it would already be available, haha. But if I download Global dev rom, I will not get official updates automatically, right?

 

[aimcr7]

Thank you so much for your reply, I had no idea! I thought as Mi5 is kind of the flagship right now, that it would already be available, haha. But if I download Global dev rom, I will not get official updates automatically, right?

Yeah, you will only get global dev update which is weekly.
Or if you want a stable one and don't need languages other than English and don't mind with some random chinese apps you can flash stable chinese rom.

For me, i prefer the xiaomi eu rom, I am using miui 8 6.8.18 since last Friday and it is rock solid, no issue whatsoever, also the battery life is always good, which is around 5 hours of SoT and 1,5 days of standby in LTE.

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[juliayan]

Yeah, you will only get global dev update which is weekly.
Or if you want a stable one and don't need languages other than English and don't mind with some random chinese apps you can flash stable chinese rom.

For me, i prefer the xiaomi eu rom, I am using miui 8 6.8.18 since last Friday and it is rock solid, no issue whatsoever, also the battery life is always good, which is around 5 hours of SoT and 1,5 days of standby in LTE.

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I see... I downloaded stable rom from xiaomi eu now, and just wait for OTA MIUI 8 update... it's pretty annoying though. I think they aren't handling the situation well. No clear information whatsoever... if I get too impatient I might just use the same rom as you! But for now, I guess I can wait for 1 or 2 more days...

 

[Karpfenhai]

I see... I downloaded stable rom from xiaomi eu now, and just wait for OTA MIUI 8 update... it's pretty annoying though. I think they aren't handling the situation well. No clear information whatsoever... if I get too impatient I might just use the same rom as you! But for now, I guess I can wait for 1 or 2 more days...

I'm from Germany too, I'm on China dev Rom miui 8 since June without any issues, it's rock stable, if you need assistance, just pm me.

Regards

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[nirh216]

Can you please write the process of how did you flash the xiaomi eu rom? (Assuming TWRP Installed)
1. I installed TWRP -> Two options:
* First: TWRP+BOOT_gemini.zip
* Second: TWRP_gemini_MIUIv8.zip
(Which is prefered?)

2. wipe cache
3. wipe data/factory reset
4. flash ROM zip
5. wipe cache again?
6. Are there other steps should I take?

Thanks!

 

[aimcr7]

Can you please write the process of how did you flash the xiaomi eu rom? (Assuming TWRP Installed)
1. I installed TWRP -> Two options:
* First: TWRP+BOOT_gemini.zip
* Second: TWRP_gemini_MIUIv8.zip
(Which is prefered?)

2. wipe cache
3. wipe data/factory reset
4. flash ROM zip
5. wipe cache again?
6. Are there other steps should I take?

Thanks!

If you want root flash supersu 2.76, reboot.

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[nirh216]

Thanks!
but is this the process?
Also, which of the recoveries should I install?

 

[aimcr7]

Thanks!
but is this the process?
Also, which of the recoveries should I install?

I am using official twrp recovery, you can download it from https://twrp.me/devices/xiaomimi5.html and flash it from fastboot.

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[nirh216]

Thank you!