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If you are Xiaomi Mi 4i user and want to root your device, then you are in the right place. Here we will guide you how to root your Xiaomi Mi 4i smartphone. Just simply follow this guide and you are good to go.
Specifications of Xiaomi Mi 4i
Xiaomi Mi 4i comes with 5.0 large display supporting resolution of 1080×1920 pixels protected by corning scratch-resistant glass technology. It is equipped with octa-core processor. The internal memory of the phone include 16 or 32 GB with 2 GB RAM.
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If you are camera addicted, then you need to grab Xiaomi Mi 4i. The phone include 13MP primary camera with LED flash including features and 5MP secondary camera for selfies. The connectivity medium include WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, Radio and USB.
It is powered by Li-Ion 3120 mAh battery to support the power back-up.
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Simple Methods To Download and install TWRP recovery and Root Xiaomi Mi 4i
Before proceeding, you need to follow some pre-requirements:
- Unlock the bootloader on your Xiaomi Mi 4i. Click on the link below to follow the complete guide:
Simple Guide To Unlock bootloader on Xiaomi Mi 4i.
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- Make sure that you have make back-up of your important data and also the battery of your phone should be 70%.
- Download and install USB driver for Xiaomi Mi 4i.
- Download TWRP recovery for Xiaomi Mi 4i.
- Download SuperSU.zip file. Transfer it to the internal storage.
- Enable the USB debugging. Go to settings->about phone->MIUI version. Click on it several times until the developer option gets enabled. Go to developer option and enable the “USB debugging” option.
Steps To install TWRP recovery on Xiaomi Mi 4i
Step 1: Connect your Xiaomi Mi 4i to a computer via USB cable.
Step 2: Boot your phone into fastboot mode, switch off your phone, press and hold power and volume down simultaneously until you enter into fastboot mode.
Step 3: Right click anywhere while holding shift key and from the properties menu, select “open power shell windows here” or “open command windows here”.
Step 4: In command windows, type the following command to check your device is connected or not:
fastboot devices
Step 5: Then type the following command to flash the Custom recovery. Write the exact name of TWRP recovery image in the command window:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Step 6: Wait for the flashing process to complete.
Thats all! You have successfully installed the TWRP recovery on Xiaomi MI 4i.
Simple Steps To Root Xiaomi Mi 4i
Step 1: Boot your phone into TWRP recovery, turn off your phone, press and hold power and volume down simultaneously until you see the TWRP logo.
Step 2: In TWRP recovery, tap on “install” option and then locate downloaded SuperSU.zip file which you have transferred to the internal storage of your phone. Select it and “swipe to confirm flash”.
Step 3: Wait for the flashing process to complete and your Xiaomi Mi 4i will be rooted successfully.
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Muhammad Tayyab is a long time contributor at Geekspie.com. Muhammad has years of experience writing about tech, including tutorials to resolve common problems users experience with Windows and Mac computers, iOS and and android devices, and software of all kinds. He can be reached through the contact us form.