Hi guys,
Does someone know how an Android phone can be successfully flashed via OS X system. I have Xiaomi Redmi 1 bricked phone, which i tried to flashed with SP Flash tool on Windows, but the MDK drivers were not working properly, so I prefer to somehow do it on my Mac machine?
After I tried to first format the phone and got multiple times error, due the fact the drivers were not working, the phone is not even starting as before. I could use the fastboot option but no longer this is an option for me..
In OS X there is adb/fastboot options, but this isn't going to work for my case, so if someone knows how to flash xiaomi phone on os x will be so useful to know. Thanks in advance.
Let’s not forget about macOS users. In this post you’ll find easy step-by-step tutorial on how to flash official MIUI fastboot ROM on your Redmi 4X smartphone using macOS system. This is pretty new to us, so if you’ve got your own thoughts on the topic please share your knowledge with us in the comments section below!
Xiaomi Mi Flash Tool is developed by Xiaomi to flash Stock Firmware (Fastboot ROM) on the Mi and Redmi Phones. It comes in handy during the situation when you want to revert back to MIUI from Custom ROM. The MIUI Flash Tool can also be used to unbrick the Xiaomi Smartphone. It is also helpful when the device is stuck at Mi Logo (Boot Loop).
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Redmi 4X Flashing tutorial for macOS users
- First of all you’ll need to download and install Android Studio.
- After you’ve installed Android Studio on your mac PC go to “User/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools”.
- Download MIUI fastboot ROM for Redmi 4X.
- Unpack downloaded ROM to “User/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools” folder.
- Reboot your phone in fastboot mode and connect to your mac via USB cable.
- Start the terminal.
- Type “cd”, then add space and move the “platform-tools” folder to the terminal window.
- Press “Enter” and type “./fastboot devices” (without quotes), in the result you should see your device ID number.
- Next commands are:
- Then press “Enter” and type:
- Press “Enter” on your keyboard again and wait until your phone reboots.
- Now you should have fastboot ROM installed on your Redmi 4X.
How to flash TWRP on Redmi 4X using Linux?
This is a little bit out of a main topic, but we still want to include this short tutorial as well. Here’s a way on how to flash TWRP Custom Recovery on your Redmi 4X (or other Mi smartphone) using Linux OS, for example Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
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- Download ADB and platform tools for Linux: tools_r26.0.1-linux.zip
- Use the commands below to flash TWRP Custom Recovery: