How To

Install Android 9 Pie on Xiaomi Poco F1

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollow the instructions provided in this tutorial and you can Install Android 9 Pie on Xiaomi Poco F1. Yes, I know that Xiaomi has announced that Poco F1 will get its Android Pie update in Q4 2018. However, If you want to wait for the official update, good for you. But there are others who don’t like to wait. This post is for all of them.

Xiaomi wants to give a competition to the likes of OnePlus. The company announced the Poco F1, which is a very powerful device, under a price tag of only $300. The Poco F1 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845.

It happens to be the cheapest Snapdragon 845 powered smartphone to date. The Poco F1 has a 6.18-inch display with 82.2% SIB. The resolution of this phone is 1080 x 2246 pixels. Poco F1 comes in 3 variants. Users can get this phone in a 6GB RAM + 64GB storage, 6GB RAM + 128GB storage or the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage configurations.

At the back, this phone has a 12MP + 5MP dual system. On the front, it has a 20MP shooter for selfies. The Poco F1 has a whopping 4,000 mAh battery. The phone runs on Android Oreo out of the box which is customized by the Poco theme introduced by Xiaomi.

Contents

How To Install Android 9 Pie on Xiaomi Poco F1:

As I have told you before that there is no official Android Pie update is available for Xiaomi Poco F1, yet. That’s why we will be using Android 9 AOSP ROM. Download the required files from below in order to Install Android 9 Pie on Xiaomi Poco F1.

Download Android 9 Pie GSI ROM:

Android 9 AOSP ROM v104 (A-only, ARM64)

Android 9 Gapps

How To Install:

Since it is a custom ROM you must have TWRP Recovery Installed. If you don’t know how to install TWRP Recovery, Click Here.
Download the ROM and Gapps from the links given above.
Take a complete backup of your device.
Now extract the ROM and you will get system GSI file in.IMG format.
Copy both ROM and GApps folder to your Poco F1.
Boot your device into recovery mode.
Now you have to perform Factory Reset, Advanced Wipe, and Clear Data, Dalvik, Cache partitions.
From the main screen of TWRP, Tap on Mount.
Head back to the home screen of TWRP and Tap on Install.
Select the ROM file and install it.
When ROM installation has finished, head back to the main screen and Install GApps.
Reboot the system once all the files are installed.

That’s all.

This post was last modified on September 6, 2018 1:35 pm

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