Xiaomi Router Mini And Router 3: From Official Chinese Firmware To Official English Firmware


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1.- Go to Hong Kong or Taiwan page of Xiaomi Routers

http://www1.miwifi.com/hk/miwifi_download.html
http://www1.miwifi.com/tw/miwifi_download.html

2.- Download firmware for your router:

R3: http://bigota.miwifi.com/xiaoqiang/rom/r3/miwifi_r3_firmware_62cf9_2.10.38_INT.bin
R3: http://bigota.miwifi.com/xiaoqiang/rom/r3/miwifi_r3_firmware_d171f_2.10.42_INT.bin

Mini: http://bigota.miwifi.com/xiaoqiang/rom/r1cm/miwifi_r1cm_all_75496_2.8.91_ENG.bin

3.- Upgrade your router with the new firmware (don't forget check up erase old settings).
Open the router admin webpage and select: Settings page -> Status tab -> Update Manually
If you can not understand nothing use Google Chrome auto translation.
Use this guide to flash your new firmware:
http://c.mi.com/thread-252195-1-0.html

4.- Wait router restarts, join the default router wifi network and set up the router through a desktop browser. http://192.168.31.1/cgi-bin/luci/web/home

5.- Do not check for auto updates yet.

6.- Through a desktop browser change System language at the router status page.

7.- Through a desktop browser change router WIFI settings selecting as locale Hong Kong, and restart router.

8.- Now your router is in English and future autoupdates will be with English firmwares.

Caution: update through MiWifi App could update router to Chinese firmware.
 
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1.- Go to Hong Kong or Taiwan page of Xiaomi Routers

http://www1.miwifi.com/hk/miwifi_download.html
http://www1.miwifi.com/tw/miwifi_download.html

2.- Download firmware for your router:

R3: http://bigota.miwifi.com/xiaoqiang/rom/r3/miwifi_r3_firmware_62cf9_2.10.38_INT.bin
R3: http://bigota.miwifi.com/xiaoqiang/rom/r3/miwifi_r3_firmware_d171f_2.10.42_INT.bin

Mini: http://bigota.miwifi.com/xiaoqiang/rom/r1cm/miwifi_r1cm_all_75496_2.8.91_ENG.bin

3.- Upgrade your router with the new firmware (don't forget check up erase old settings).
Open the router admin webpage and select: Settings page -> Status tab -> Update Manually
If you can not understand nothing use Google Chrome auto translation.
Use this guide to flash your new firmware:
http://c.mi.com/thread-252195-1-0.html

4.- Wait router restarts, join the default router wifi network and set up the router through a desktop browser. http://192.168.31.1/cgi-bin/luci/web/home

5.- Do not check for auto updates yet.

6.- Through a desktop browser change System language at the router status page.

7.- Through a desktop browser change router WIFI settings selecting as locale Hong Kong, and restart router.

8.- Now your router is in English and future autoupdates will be with English firmwares.

Caution: update through MiWifi App could update router to Chinese firmware.


Hello ,
is this procedure the same for the Chinese version of the miwifi 3g (r3g) model?