Once the process has finished and your phone has booted up, you need to go back into Fastboot, connect to your computer, open adb, then type ‘fastboot oem lock’ to lock the bootloader.This will wipe your phone completely and reinstall the stock China ROM.Go back to the extracted ROM folder, then find ‘ flash_all‘ and double-click it.Open up Minimal ADB and Fastboot and type ‘ adb devices‘ to start the adb server and ensure you’re connected to your phone in Fastboot mode.Extract the archive (use 7zip for this) until you see a list of files.Use to locate and download the latest Fastboot ROM for your phone.Open Windows Update, search for additional updates & drivers, install as necessary.When you see ‘ Fastboot‘ on the phone screen, connect your phone to your computer.Turn off your phone, then power back on by pressing Power + Volume Down simultaneously for 5 seconds.Download and install Minimal ADB and Fastboot.I won’t cover the full steps here, but put simply: Unfortunately it’s not the easiest process, but there are many guides online to do it. It’s important that you relock your bootloader at this stage. You’ll face many problems with streaming apps, banking apps, Google Pay/Wallet, and even some games if you have an unlocked bootloader. If you received a China ROM phone with Google Play Store already installed, then yes, you have an unlocked bootloader. Is your bootloader unlocked?īefore we go further, it’s important to check whether your Chinese seller has unlocked the phone’s bootloader and installed some fake/pretend “Global ROM”. Fortunately, it’s relatively simple to add basic Google services and Play Store to MIUI 13+ nowadays.

It still runs Android, but with Xioami’s full MIUI customisations, uses Xiaomi’s GetApps store, and has absolutely no pre-installed Google apps of any kind. The Redmi Note 12 Pro is a China-only release, which means we’re stuck with a China MIUI ROM.

There’s a Pro+ variant for roughly the same price which sports a “better” 200 MP camera, but I like the squared-off edges of the Pro, and the 200 MP is kind of a gimmick. I’m now rocking the Redmi Note 12 Pro, a beast of a phone, boasting a MTK Dimensity 1080 SoC, 12GB RAM, 256GB UFS 2.2, 5G, 50 MP camera and so forth.

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