Home Latest News The previous update was suspended for most of the Xiaomi smartphones. However, this week’s update ‘MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1‘ features all those suspended smartphones as well. The new updates include some major fixes which especially the Redmi Note 2 and Redmi 3S users were facing. You can get the last week’s update ‘MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.11.23‘ as well. Update (12/9/17): The latest MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.8 has released after the suspened 7.12.7 update. It has some optimizations done to the browser and fixed the launcher issue in many smartphones. Download the ROM from here. What's Inside 1MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – How to Download?OTA (Over the Air) MethodFast Boot MethodRecovery MethodMIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – The Supported DevicesMIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – ChangelogWhat’s Improved?What’s New?What’s Fixed?MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – Download Links MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – How to Download? The users who are using MIUI 8 Global Beta ROM can grab your update three methods: OTA (Over the Air) Method The simplest, risk-free, and the easiest way to jump to MIUI 9 is Via OTA. But let us tell you that if you want to go from Stable to Beta Version of MIUI 9, OTA update is not possible. You have to use the Fastboot method or Recovery method. Here’s the OTA method mentioned in three simple steps: Open Mi Updater App Click software update Confirm and Download the update Or: Go to Settings Click My device Go to MIUI version Click System Update Or Click the update now in the notification bar. Wait for the downloading to complete Click reboot Meanwhile, the user who are using MIUI V5 / MIUI 6 / MIUI 7 / MIUI 8 stable ROM can upgrade their phones to MIUI 9 via the fastboot method. Fast Boot Method This one is a little bit complicated and risky. If you haven’t received the update for your supported phone, you can’t try this. Moreover, it’s the only way to shift from Stable to Beta or Beta to Stable ROM or Developer to Stable / Beta. Before Fast-Booting Unlocked Bootloader Download & install Mi Flash Tool – here Download the Fastboot ROM (will be in .tgz or .tar file) If you face phone not getting detected, Install Mi PC Suite – here Download Drivers – here How To Make a Local Backup? Go to settings – additional settings – backup & reset Click ‘Local backup – Backup’, to create the backup and move it to PC before flashing Do remember, it includes only apps so multimedia files need to be backup separately Steps Before Fast-booting Switch off your phone, press and hold volume down and power button simultaneously, it should power up the phone with fastboot screen Connect your phone via USB to PC, click ‘refresh’ button in flash tool app and it should show device ID. If not, install Mi PC Suite and drivers posted above. Extract the fastboot ROM you downloaded, to a folder on PC During Fast-booting Open MiFlash tool, and select ‘clean all’ in the right down corner Click ‘Select’ and browse to a folder where you extracted the Fastboot ROM and click ‘Flash’ It will start flashing the phone and will take around 3-5 Minutes depending on the PC and device. The device will reboot with MIUI 9. Warning!!! Don’t remove the USB cable when the phone is fast-booting. Safety Measure: We recommend to backup your data before fastboot. Shifting from Developer mode to Stable requires a complete wipe. Recovery Method If you want a fresh installation, you can also select the recovery mode option and download the Recovery ROM. Download the model’s MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM mentioned below. Copy the.Zip file to an SD card. Open recovery mode. Select the file from the SD card and Install. A friend of mine uploaded the video when MIIU 9 was released back in the first batch. Here’s a video, instructing how to install and download MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM on any Xiaomi Device: Note: Make sure you have a backup of the previous ROM. MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – The Supported Devices You can get the MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.21.1 update on these devices: Mi MIX 2 Redmi Note 4 MTK Redmi Note 4 Qualcomm/Redmi Note 4X Mi 6 Mi Note 2 Mi 5 Mi 5s Mi 5s Plus Mi Max Mi Max Prime Mi Max 2 Mi 3 Mi 4 Redmi 3S Redmi Note Prime Redmi Note 3 Special Edition Redmi Note 2 Redmi 4/4X Note: Update for Redmi 3, Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm, Redmi 4A has been suspended. MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – Changelog What’s Improved? Nothing What’s New? Resume interrupted transfers in Mi Mover without starting over A new shortcut for opening Second space in “Button and gesture shortcuts.” What’s Fixed? System UI has stopped after update (for Xiaomi Redmi Note 2) Browser has stopped after update (for Xiaomi Redmi 3S) Hide content on lock screen is not working The notification bar application icon does not display properly Can’t play videos via OTG MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 7.12.1 – Download Links Mi 5 Fastboot (1463MB) Recovery (1251MB) Mi Max 32GB Fastboot (1622MB) Recovery (1412MB) Mi 3 / Mi 4 Fastboot (1066MB) Recovery (745MB) Redmi 3S Fastboot (1602MB) Recovery (1392MB) Redmi Note 3 Special Edition (MediaTek) Fastboot (1573MB)See alsoRedmi Watch 3 Youth Edition Released | The More Affordable OptionMuhammad Arbaz·May 24, 2023 Recovery (1359MB) Redmi Note 2 Fastboot (1281MB) Recovery (952MB) Mi Max (64GB/128GB) Fastboot (1622MB) Recovery (1412MB) Redmi Note 4 MTK Fastboot (1538MB) Recovery (1275MB) Redmi Note 4X/Redmi Note 4 Qualcomm Fastboot (1966MB) Recovery (1465MB) Mi Note 2 Fastboot (1495MB) Recovery (1283MB) Mi 5s Fastboot (1452MB) Recovery (1254MB) Redmi 4 / 4X Fastboot (1734MB) Recovery (1228MB) Mi 5s Plus Fastboot (1502MB) Recovery (1265MB) Mi 6 Fastboot (2020MB) Recovery (1550MB) Mi Max 2 Fastboot (2039MB) Recovery (1446MB) Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Fastboot (2039MB) Recovery (1507MB) Hope you will successfully download MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM. Let’s talk in the comment section regarding your experience with MIUI 9, any problems, and improvements needed.
