Today is a very good day for the Xiaomi Mi 4 owners. This phone has been blessed by the Android Pie. It’s not a miracle coming from Xiaomi’s end, the phone has been updated to Android Pie with the help of a custom ROM. The Xiaomi Mi 4 can run on AOSP Custom ROM in order to enjoy Android Pie. The AOSP Android Pie for Mi 4 has entered its beta stage.
The best part is, this ROM has got almost everything working. It boosts up smoothly. The Calls, SMS, and Mobile Data are working absolutely fine. The users will find Bluetooth, Camera, WiFi, and sensors working without crashing. The GPS, Flash, LED, Audio and Video Playback are also running fine. Overall, this is a good choice as it is already moving towards stability.
It is time to update Xiaomi Mi 4 to Android 9 Pie AOSP with the help of the instructions given in this guide. The ROM also works on the Mi 4 LTE. So, if you have the LTE Mi 4, you can follow the same instructions as well.
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Xiaomi Mi 4 Recap
Back in 2014, the Chines phone maker pulled the curtains off from its Mi 4 phone. The Mi 4 has dimensions of 139.2 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm and it weighs at 149 g. The Mi 4 is equipped with a 5.0-inch IPS LCD display. The resolution of this screen is 1080 x 1920 pixels and its PPI is 441. The Mi 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU which is accompanied by Adreno 400 GPU. It has two variants. There is a 16 GB storage + 2 GB RAM and 64 GB storage + 3 GB RAM variant.
The Mi 4 has a 13 MP camera at its back and an 8 MP camera on the front. It has a whopping 3080 mAh battery under the hood. Mi 4 ran on Android KitKat out of the box and received Android updates till Android Marshmallow. Since then, no new version of Android has made it to the phone official. Xiaomi Mi 4 has been relying on custom ROMs for newer versions of Android.
That was all about this device. Let us get back to what we are here for. The custom ROM for Xiaomi Mi 4 is subject to have bugs. Mi 4 owners do need to understand that the custom ROMs are not as good as stock ROMs. If you have a know-how of custom ROMs, it is completely fine for you to go ahead and flash it. Newbies are advised to pay full attention to all the steps to avoid a mishap during the flashing process. If you do not have an idea what you are going to do, it is recommended to stay away from a custom ROM.
How To Update Xiaomi Mi 4 to Android 9 Pie AOSP Custom ROM
Preparations to update Mi 4 to Android 9 Pie
- This guide is only for the Xiaomi Mi 4 and Mi 4 LTE. Do not try installing this ROM on any other device.
- Charge your phone’s battery up to 50% to avoid power loss during the installation process.
- Backup all of your data.
- Backup your contacts, find the full guide here.
- Also, backup important SMS messages, full guide here.
- Don’t forget to backup call logs, full guide here.
- Create a Nandroid Backup as well.
- Follow the instructions given in this guide carefully.
Downloads required to install Android 9 Pie on Mi 4
- Unlock the bootloader of your Xiaomi Mi 4.
- Download the TWRP Recovery.img file. Flash the TWRP recovery on Mi 4 using this guide.
- Google Gapps for Android 9 Pie
- Download ROM.zip file for Mi 4.
- Copy the ROM.zip and Gapps.zip file to your phone’s internal storage.
Updating Xiaomi Mi 4 to Android 9 Pie AOSP Custom ROM
- Turn off your Mi 4 completely.
- Now turn on the Mi 4 in TWRP recovery mode.
- In TWRP, click on Wipe > Advanced Wipe > Select Data, Cache, Dalvik Cache, and System > Swipe screen to wipe.
- Go back to the main menu in TWRP now.
- Click on Install > Install Zip > Locate ROM.zip file and flash it.
- Similarly, flash the Gapps.zip file.
- Reboot into the system now. Your Mi 4 will be running on Android Pie in a few minutes.
Conclusion
That’s all with the installation of Android Pie on Mi 4. The ROM will take 7-10 minutes to boot up for the first time. If the phone doesn’t boot up or it gets caught in a bootloop, consider flashing a stock ROM using the Mi Flashtool. If you have any queries, feel free to ask them in the comments section below.
