Those who bought the Redmi 5 Chinese variant this post is especially for them. Heed the instructions below to Switch Redmi 5 from Chinese to Global ROM. Just to clear things before we move on. There are a number of Xiaomi resellers out there which are selling Redmi 5, Redmi 5A, or the Redmi 5 Plus with Global ROM. To be honest, they only install Google Play on the Chinese variant and sell them. No worries, you can easily Switch Redmi 5 from Chinese to Global ROM let’s get started.
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Xiaomi Redmi 5:
The Xiaomi Redmi 5 was released in December 2017. The phone came out with a screen of 5.7 inches having 720 x 1440 pixels resolution. Xiaomi Redmi 5 was powered by Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 CPU and Adreno 506 GPU. It had internal storage of 32 GB, 3/4 GB RAM or 16 GB, 2 GB RAM. The camera at the back of this phone is 12 MP, f/2.2 and on the front, it is 5 MP. Inside this phone, there was a 3300 mAh battery. The phone originally ran on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat).
How To Switch Redmi 5 from Chinese to Global ROM:
Following are two methods which you can use to Switch Redmi 5 from Chinese to Global ROM. Both methods are working perfectly, you can choose any of them.
Before you Begin:
- Unlock the Bootloader of Redmi 5.
- Download the Fastboot ROM for your Redmi 5 variant.
- Extract the ROM files on your computer.
- Install Mi Flash Tool on your PC.
Installing the Global ROM on the Redmi 5 with Mi Flash:
- Run the Mi Flash Tool.
- First, Copy the folder location of Fastboot ROM.
- Now paste that folder location in the empty box located at the Top of Mi Flash Tool.
- Boot your Redmi 5 into FastBoot Mode and connect it to the PC using USB Cable.
- Click on the refresh button.
- Before you proceed make sure your device is detected by Mi Flash Tool. You will see your device ID in column 1.
- Choose Clean All, Save User Data, and Clean All and Lock.
- Once you are done with everything, Click the Flash Button.
- That will be all, Sit back and wait for the Mi Flash Tool to do its job.
Installing the Global ROM on the Redmi 5 with the Command Prompt:
- Download and Install ADB and Fastboot tools.
- Copy the extracted ROM content to the same folder where you have ADB and Fastboot tools.
- Boot your Redmi 5 into Fastboot Mode and connect it to the PC using USB Cable.
- Right-Click in the same folder where you have placed all the files and select Command Prompt.
- Type out flash_all.bat and press Enter on the keyboard (or flash_all.sh on macOS or Linux in a terminal).
- Once the ROM is flashed on your Redmi 5 your device will reboot itself.
That’s all.
