How to Upgrade the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 to MIUI 11

February 11, 2020 Matt Mills How to 0

The Redmi Note 7 has been one of Xiaomi‘s best selling mobiles in the last year. For a few days the smartphone can already be updated to MIUI 11 although, yes, based on Android 9 Pie and not Android 10 as many of the users would like.

However, although the software has been available for download for some time, many of the owners of the cheap phone have not yet been able to pass MIUI 10 . No problem, we leave you the two main ways to update your phone, either automatically or manually.

redmi note 7 pro

Update via OTA

Normally, when there is a system update, the mobile itself tells you that you can already download and install it, but if you got here, it is because this has not happened to you. What we can do is “force” the MIUI 11 update notice for the Redmi Note 7.

  1. Access the Settings app.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Phone Information.
  3. Select System Update.
  4. If you do not see an update notice, on the top right click on the three-dot icon.
  5. Choose the option to download last package.
  6. When finished, select the update package.

As long as there is an update package pending downloading on the mobile, MIUI will show its availability and, in this case, you can install MIUI 11 .

notificaciones de MIUI 11

Manual update

If for any reason it is impossible for you to force the OTA update of the smartphone , you can always download the MIUI 11 update file and install it on the phone manually.

  1. Prepare ADB on your computer and fastboot
  2. Enable USB debugging by going to Settings> Additional settings> Developer options
  3. Download the MIUI 11 ROM for your mobile:
    1. MIUI 11 for Redmi Note 7
  4. Copy the ROM and Gapps to your phone
  5. Turn off the device and press the Volume and Power buttons at the same time to enter Fastboot mode.
  6. Connect the mobile to your PC
  7. Extract the My Flash tool on your PC and install it
  8. After installation, open MiFlash.exe.
  9. Now extract the Fastboot ROM (.tgz) file on your PC. Copy the path of this folder.
  10. Paste this folder path into the address bar of the My Flash Tool application you just opened.
  11. Click the yellow circular button to update the Redmi Note 7 and MiFlash will automatically recognize your device.
  12. Now press the red circular button to display the previously downloaded ROM file on the device
  13. Wait until the update appears on your phone. When the update to MIUI 11 is finished, the MiFlash progress bar will change to green.
  14. We restart and now we can enjoy MIUI 11 in the Redmi Note 7