The Xiaomi Mi4 is fast turning out to be one of our all-time favourites. The phone is handy, powerful and has a great camera, all of which make the recipe for a great smartphone.
If you have an Mi4 in your hands and are wondering if its possible to get root access on the phone, you’re at the right place. In this guide, we’ll tell you how you can root the Xiaomi Mi4 in a couple of minutes! What’s more, since we’ll be using official means, there won’t be any loss of warranty so that’s a big plus as well.
How to root the Xiaomi Mi4
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKnRwulT9wU]Here’s what you need to do to root the Xiaomi Mi 4:
- Download the developer ROM from here.
- Rename the downloaded file to ‘update.zip’.
- Open the Updater app on your Xiaomi Mi4, hit menu and then reboot to recovery mode.
- Once you’re in recovery, the touchscreen will not work. Use volume buttons for navigation, and the power button to select.
- Select your preferred language (English in our case)
- Wipe cache by going to ‘Wipe and reset’ and then select wipe cache.
- Now, install the ROM we downloaded by selecting ‘Install zip to system one’.
- Once done, reboot.
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You now have root access on your Xiaomi Mi4! Confirm by going into Security – Permissions. The previously greyed-out option for ‘Root permission’ should now be accessible. In not done already, you can also install Google Play services on your Xiaomi Mi 4 by following the guide here. Let us know how it goes for you!
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Here’s even a easier and faster way, no computer needed.
Towel Root. Do a search from your phone for it. Download the apk. Make sure in your settings you have allowed apk’s from untrusted sources. Open the file, click “make it Rain” and presto.. Also you can fully unroot be downloading super user in the play store, and select full unroot. Towel Root can do any android from 4.4 onwards.
Here’s even a easier and faster way, no computer needed.
Towel Root. Do a search from your phone for it. Download the apk. Make sure in your settings you have allowed apk’s from untrusted sources. Open the file, click “make it Rain” and presto.. Also you can fully unroot be downloading super user in the play store, and select full unroot. Towel Root can do any android from 4.4 onwards.
Here’s even a easier and faster way, no computer needed.
Towel Root. Do a search from your phone for it. Download the apk. Make sure in your settings you have allowed apk’s from untrusted sources. Open the file, click “make it Rain” and presto.. Also you can fully unroot be downloading super user in the play store, and select full unroot. Towel Root can do any android from 4.4 onwards.
Here’s even a easier and faster way, no computer needed.
Towel Root. Do a search from your phone for it. Download the apk. Make sure in your settings you have allowed apk’s from untrusted sources. Open the file, click “make it Rain” and presto.. Also you can fully unroot be downloading super user in the play store, and select full unroot. Towel Root can do any android from 4.4 onwards.
hi…
i have just recently bought MI4. Following your guidelines i tried to reboot but issue i am facing is that while installing zip to system one it isn’t able to find update.zip, so is it required to have an sd card and place the zip file on sd card???
MI4 does not have a sd card slot. You are supposed to download the rom directly from your phone.Once you are in the recovery you can browse to your download path to find the update.zip
make sure it is ”update.zip” not Update.zip!
hi…
i have just recently bought MI4. Following your guidelines i tried to reboot but issue i am facing is that while installing zip to system one it isn’t able to find update.zip, so is it required to have an sd card and place the zip file on sd card???
MI4 does not have a sd card slot. You are supposed to download the rom directly from your phone.Once you are in the recovery you can browse to your download path to find the update.zip
make sure it is ”update.zip” not Update.zip!
make sure it is ”update.zip” not Update.zip!
make sure it is ”update.zip” not Update.zip!
Hi …
I have copied the ‘update.zip’ file to MUI directly as it wun allow me to send file from computer. Also, there is no menu showing on my updater app so I am not sure how to reboot it in recovery mode.Please suggest??
turn off ur phone, press volume up buttn and turn it back on at the same time
Hi …
I have copied the ‘update.zip’ file to MUI directly as it wun allow me to send file from computer. Also, there is no menu showing on my updater app so I am not sure how to reboot it in recovery mode.Please suggest??
turn off ur phone, press volume up buttn and turn it back on at the same time
hello, i tried to follow your instruction and the only problem is that i don’t have option “Install zip to system one” i have instead “install update.zip to system” i tried this option and i got massage “install failed” can you help me?
hello, i tried to follow your instruction and the only problem is that i don’t have option “Install zip to system one” i have instead “install update.zip to system” i tried this option and i got massage “install failed” can you help me?
hello, i tried to follow your instruction and the only problem is that i don’t have option “Install zip to system one” i have instead “install update.zip to system” i tried this option and i got massage “install failed” can you help me?
just rename it “update”……without the zip thing~!
If you rename it it wont work either
just rename it “update”……without the zip thing~!
If you rename it it wont work either
On installing update.zip to system it says error corrupted file.plz help me
On installing update.zip to system it says error corrupted file.plz help me
It wont work, this is utter rubbish
It wont work, this is utter rubbish