Phone receiving an error whilst booting up: root permission is disabled in miui stable version

[andrew wong]

Hi all,

I hope you can help.

I don't know anything about Android phones so please be patient with me. (I'm not a developer and just use the phone for calling overseas, surfing the net)

I left my 14 yr old son with a spare phone of mine (Redmi) during last week whilst I was traveling. Came back last night and the phone says:

"root permission is disabled in miui stable version. please install miui beta version to activate root permissions site:xiaomi.eu"

I'm not sure if this means it's a hardware or software issue but can I fix it at home or do I have to take it to a specialist?
- hope someone can guide me here.

Thanks in advance!

 

[doongoo]

Is is not so comlicated. Your son most probably installed an application which requires root permissions which you do not have on your phone (like system admisnistrator rights on windows) and you become therefore the warning. I suppose except for the warning you can use your phone normally. Finding and uninstalling this application may solve your problem. Other workaround: install latest stable multilanguage rom (24.0.0) and turn root privileges on under settings-security-permissions

 

[edyros2003]

These are the stable versions depending on the device:

Xiaomi Hongmi/Redmi NOT 1S (Doesn't have weekly releases):

• Xiaomi Hongmi WCDMA - Stable 15.0.0 Multilang
• Xiaomi Hongmi TD-SCDMA - Stable 15.0.0 Multilang

Xiaomi Redmi 1S (Doesn't have weekly releases):

• Xiaomi Redmi 1S WCDMA - Stable 24.0.0 Multilang

Xiaomi Redmi Note (Doesn't have weekly releases):

• Xiaomi Redmi Note WCDMA - Stable 23.0.0 Multilang
• Xiaomi Redmi Note TD-SCDMA - Stable 23.0.0 Multilang

 

[andrew wong]

Thanks for the help so far.

So I've downloaded the Xiaomi Redmi 1S WCDMA - Stable 24.0.0 Multilang file.

What are the next steps as I'm not familiar with Androids.

Thanks!

 

[edyros2003]

Start the app updater (folder System) then tap the first button from the left, from menu that appears select "Select update package" and choose the downloaded file.