- Unlocking Bootloader:
- Official method: Go to the developer options (
Setting>About phone>7 times taps MIUI version
) and enable OEM unlocking and USB debugging. Send request on http://en.miui.com/unlock/ to get permission for unlocking bootloader. After 7-10 days from when you got permission, download Mi Unlock tool on Windows and connect mobile to PC/laptop and click on the unlocking button. - Unofficial method: Flash miui rom from edl mode and after that go to fastboot mode and run
fastboot oem unlock-go
command. Also, you can check whether the bootloader is unlocked or not by runfastboot oem device-info
in fastboot mode.
- Official method: Go to the developer options (
- Flashing TWRP recovery:
- Backup your all internal storage data.
- Download the latest TWRP recovery (https://dl.twrp.me/kenzo/).
- Go to the fastboot mode.
- Check device is connected or not. (fastboot devices)
- Run command
fastboot flash recovery <recovery_path>
. This command will flash TWRP recovery on mobile. - Also run
fastboot format userdata
. This command will actually remove all enycrpted/normal data in the internal storage which TWRP recovery cannot read it. - Then run
fastboot boot <recovery_path>
. This command boot your device into twrp recovery.
- Flashing custom roms:
- Download LineageOS (https://download.lineageos.org/) for Redmi note 3 (kenzo) into internal storage.
- Boot into TWRP recovery by pressing power button and volume up simultaneously.
- Then go to
wipe>advanced wipe>select Dalvik/ART Cache, Data and Cache>then Swipe to Wipe.
- After that go to
Install>select custom rom.zip>then click on Install Image.
- Last again Wipe only Dalvik cache and then go to
reboot>system reboot
. - Done
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