Install ADB Drivers on MacOS and flash TWRP on Redmi Note 4 MTK

1. Download the latest version of Platform Tools for Mac OS: platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
2. Unpack download archive and copy files by using the following commands (or you can manually move the files to /bin):

   cd /Users/!username!/Downloads/platform-tools
   sudo cp fastboot adb /bin

3. Download TWRP Custom Recovery for your phone model. Here’s TWRP Custom Recovery for Redmi Note 4 MTK: recovery.img
4. Enable USB-Debugging in “Developer options”.
5. Now we are going to flash custom recovery by typing the following lines:

   adb reboot bootloader
   cd /Users/!username!/Downloads
   fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

6. Now disconnect your phone from USB and reboot by pressing the “Power” button. After vibration signal, release the power button and press “Volume Up”, keep holding until TWRP starts.
7. Now you can confirm system partition changes and install SuperSU or reboot into system.

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Download and install ADB/Fastboot drivers for Xiaomi Mi A1

Let’s start with the required downloads first. Below you can download the latest version of ADB/Fastboot drivers for your system:

• Windows version: tools_r27.0.0-windows.zip
• Linux version: tools_r27.0.0-linux.zip
• MacOS version: tools_r27.0.0-macosx.zip

• Windows version: tools_r26.0.1-windows.zip
• Linux version: tools_r26.0.1-linux.zip
• MacOS version: tools_r26.0.1-macosx.zip

First method:

Now let’s proceed with installation steps:

1. Unpack downloaded drivers to any folder you want.
2. Turn off your Mi A1 Android smartphone.
3. Now start your phone in bootloader/fastboot mode by pressing the “Power” button with “Volume Down” at the same time. You can also proceed with installation if USB debugging is enabled or use ADB Sideload.
4. Connect your phone to PC.
5. Go to “Device manager”.
6. You should see “Android” or “Xiaomi Mi A1” device with yellow exclamation point. Right mouse click on it and select “Update drivers”.
7. Now press “Search for drivers on this PC”. Don’t forget to enable “Include subfolders when searching”.
8. Press “Browse” and locate the “usb_drivers” folder in previously unpacked “Tools” folder.
9. Press “Next” and wait until drivers are installed.

Second method:

In case you still can’t install drivers using the above method, you can always try an alternative one.

1. Unpack downloaded drivers to any folder you want.
2. Turn off your Mi A1 Android smartphone.
3. Now start your phone in bootloader/fastboot mode by pressing the “Power” button with “Volume Down” at the same time. You can also proceed with installation if USB debugging is enabled or use ADB Sideload.
4. Connect your phone to PC.
5. Go to “Device manager”.
6. You should see “Android” or “Xiaomi Mi A1” device with yellow exclamation point.
   • Sometimes Windows automatically install wrong drivers and mixing up different modes. To fix this issue, you have to manually reinstall drivers on your PC.
7. Right mouse click on your device and select “Update drivers”.
8. Press “Search for drivers on this PC” > “Select previously installed drivers” > “Show all devices” > “Install from disk” > Press “Browse” > go to “Tools” folder > “usb_drivers” and open “android_winusb.inf” > press “Ok” to continue.
9. Now for the most important part. You’ll need to remove the check-mark against “Only supported devices”, then you should see three available options:
   • Android ADB Interface
   • Android Bootloader Interface
   • Android Composite ADB Interface
10. Select the correct mode, which you’re currently using the proceed with installation.
11. Congratulations! Correct drivers are now installed on your PC and ready to work.

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All You Need to Know about PC drivers for Xiaomi Redmi Note 3

Prominent features of Xiaomi Redmi Note 3:

• Enjoy a display of 5.5-inch touchscreen. Imagine the experience of watching your favorite video album that you have just transferred from your PC to your device. The screen also offers you 178 wide-angle lenses to enjoy enhanced videos and games.
• The company has taken the user experience on a serious note and installed Octa-core media X1- processor for better performance. It means irrespective of what apps you transfer from your PC, they will work just fine. Ensure that you check the correct format before transferring anything to your exclusive Note 3.
• Photography lovers would have never experience such a big screen on their phones with brilliant camera features. 13 MP camera with autofocus feature and dual-tone LED flash. Those who are interested in videography would fall in love with 1080p video recording option. Another key feature to notice is the 5MP front camera with the same recording benefit.
• Increase your happiness of transferring files from PC to Note with up to 32 GB internal storage capacity.
• The connectivity is superb with 4G LTE, 3G, excellent speed of Wi-fi, Bluetooth and GPA.
• Enjoy longer battery life to play videos and games on a late night weekend.

For a quick connection between the PC and Redmi Note 3, we suggest you to download the USB drivers too.  Xiaomi USB drivers not only connect your Redmi Note 3 to PC with convenience but also allow you to build a connection with other Xiaomi smartphones and tablets without additional software download.

Users Experience with Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 PC drivers:

Unlike the other phones revised by Xiaomi for better user experience, Note 3 already comes with many revisions and tests. The software has been rated as a delightful experience by the UK users already. With the help of PC drivers, the challenges of language barrier and complicated preinstalled Google apps will come to an end. Such issues are now possible to tweak within few minutes with such software.

The connectivity in UK and other places have been reported excellent too. Users have shown satisfactory gestures for GPA and GLONASS. Although, the price of Redmi Xiaomi Note 3 is affordable the company has made no compromise in its hardware. Thus, it makes the connectivity with PC worth it.

The USB driver works smoothly with your USB connection and lets your transfer the files and data between your PC and Note. With a combination of fast running drivers and a device like it, users won’t face any interruption in the file transfer process.

Files your PC / ADB drivers transfer from your Redmi Note 3:

• Text messages
• Music tracks
• Video files
• Images
• Contacts stored
• Other compatible data and files that can be viewed on your PC
• Apps

Most of Xiaomi phones need a USB driver to connect to the computer. Try finding a universal USB driver that works on all devices. It will prevent you from the trouble of finding suitable drivers every time for different phones and operating systems.

Quick steps to setup XIAOMI Redmi Note 3 USB driver (Windows PC):

1. Download the latest Universal ADB Driver for Xiaomi USB Drivers and download it to launch it on your desktop.
2. Once the file is installed, you need to extract the files with the right click option of your mouse.
3. Before the installation connect your Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 smart piece to your PC with USB cable.
4. Run the driver file by double clicking the button of your mouse from your desktop.
5. From the main page go to the next step by clicking the next option.
6. The app will now install the necessary drivers.
7. Once your setup is completed click the finish option.

You are now ready to use your Note 3 with your PC. Restarting your PC after the setup will help the drivers work effectively.

Download links:

USB Drivers

• Universal ADB Driver: UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi
• SP Flash Drivers: mtk_usb_driver_v5.1453.03.zip

SP Flash Tool

• SP Flash Tool v5.1616: SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1616.zip
• SP Flash Tool v5.1640.00.000: SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1640.00.000.zip
• SP Flash Tool v5.1648.00.000: SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1648.00.000_2.zip

Mi Flash Unlock Tool

• Mi Unlock 1.0.1225.2: MiFlashUnlock_1.0.1225.2_en_1.rar
• Mi Unlock 1.1.0317.1: MiFlashUnlock_1.1.0317.1_en.zip
• Mi Unlock 1.1.1111.11231: miflash_unlock-1.1.1111.11231.zip
• Mi Unlock 2.2.406.5: miflash_unlock-en-2.2.406.5.zip
• Mi Unlock 2.2.624.14: miflash_unlock-en-2.2.624.14.zip
• Mi Unlock 2.3.803.10: miflash_unlock-en-2.3.803.10.zip

Mi PC Suite

• Mi PC Suite 2.2.0.7032: MiSetup2.2.0.7032_2717.exe

Mi Phone Tool

• Tool for fastboot MiFlash ROM and drivers: MiPhone20141107.exe

MIUI Theme Editor

• MIUI Theme Editor ver. 3.11.15: MIUIThemeEditor_3.11.15_1384520363_jre6.zip

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Download PC Drivers for Xiaomi Mi5, Mi5S and Mi5S Plus Phones

Download Xiaomi USB Drivers for Mi5

The basic package of official Windows PC drivers to connect your Xiaomi Mi5 phone to PC

Download: xiaomi_usb_driver.rar – 8 MB

ADB Tools and ADB Setup for Mi5

ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is required in case you’re flashing your phone, using terminal & fastboot mode.

• adb.zip
• adb-setup-1.4.3.exe

Qualcomm Driver for Mi5

• Qualcomm+Drivers.zip – 10 MB

QDLoader HS USB Driver for Mi5

• QDLoader+HS-USB+Driver_32-64bit_Setup.7z – 15 MB

XiaoMiFlash Tool for Mi5

MiFlash Tool is the official software for flashing and updating MIUI ROM on your Xiaomi phone.

Download: XiaoMiFlash.zip – 30 MB

MiPhone Manager for Mi5

Official Mi PC Suite for Xiaomi Mi5 phone. Download latest version from official MIUI forum: http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=92720&highlight=MiPhone%2BManager

Android SDK Platform Tools

Download: Android+SDK+Platform+Tools.rar – 1 MB

QPST – Qualcomm Tools for Mi5

Download: QPST.2.7.378.rar – 15 MB

Flasher Toolkit for Mi5

Download: FLASHER TOOLKIT Mi5v3.zip – 37 MB

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Manually installing ADB drivers for Xiaomi smartphone

1. Connect your Xiaomi Android smartphone to your computer.
2. Right click on “My Computer” > “Manage”.
3. There you will see your device with a “?” symbol (It’s also possible that you’ll see “MTP” device).
4. Right click on this item (MTP) and select “update driver”.
5. Then click on the last button “Search for the driver on this computer”.
6. Click on “Select the driver from the list of installed drivers”.
7. Now select “Android Phone”.
8. In the left column, select “MediaTek”, and in the right column “Android ADB Interface”.
9. Click “Next” and follow the further instructions.
10. Close all windows. No need to reboot your device.

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Flash TWRP custom recovery via fastboot on Redmi Note 4X

1. Download adb-windows.zip and extract to “C:\adb”.
2. Download TWRP recovery, for example twrp-3.1.0-0-mido-fix.img and copy recovery .img file to “C:\adb”.
3. Boot your device in fastboot mode (Press and hold “Power” button and “Volume -” until you’ll see fastboot mode logo) and connect your device to PC.
4. On your PC open “Device manager” to check the connection. If your phone is found and identified as “Android ADB Interface”, if you see only question marks then download and install ADB driver v1.17 lite.
5. Now go to “C:\adb” folder and press Shift + Right mouse button to open context menu and click on “Open terminal window”.
6. Now type this line to check device connection:

   fastboot devices

7. If device is connected correctly you’ll see unique identification number, if connection wasn’t successful you’ll see “waiting device” message.
8. Now we want to check if we got locked or unlocked bootloader. To check bootloader status on Redmi Note 4X, type this line:

   fastboot oem device-info

9. If “device unlocked: true“ you’ve got unlocked bootloader, if “device unlocked: false” you’ve got locked bootloader.
10. To continue with installing TWRP recovery make sure your device is connected successfully and bootloader is unlocked, then type this command to flash TWRP .img file (twrp-3.1.0-0-mido-fix.img in this case):

    fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.0-0-mido-fix.img

11. If you’re flashing another TWRP version, make sure to write correct file name!
12. Press “Enter” to start flashing.
13. After TWRP recovery is installed, don’t boot into the system, and boot in recovery mode first: press and hold “Power” and “Volume +” buttons and wait for 10-15 seconds for custom recovery to start.

Download TWRP 3.1.0-0 for Redmi Note 4X

TWRP 3.1.0-0 (Official): twrp-3.1.0-0-mido-fix.img

ADB driver v1.17 lite: ADB+driver+v1.17+lite.zip

ADB Tools: adb-windows.zip

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[Guide] Flash Redmi Note 4X Fastboot Mode for Newbies

First what you’ll need to know is that if you want to flash Redmi Note 4X device in fastboot mode, then you’ll need to copy files you want to flash on your device into the same folder with fastboot.exe. Usually adb.exe is also placed in the same folder, but in this case we’ve got nothing to do with adb.exe.

Recovery file or boot.img file can be named any way you want, but it’s important that in Command Prompt you write the exact file name you’ll be flashing. So if the file is named boot.img, you’ll need to enter the command using the same name boot.img.

Start your Redmi Note 4X device in fastboot mode (to enter fastboot: press and hold “Volume -” and “Power” buttons at the same time).  Your see rabbit logo – your device is in fastboot mode.

Next on your PC go to the folder with all the files. For example “tools” folder with adb & fastboot. Copy .img files for flashing in the same folder.

Open “Command Prompt” and enter cd C:\tools to enter C:\tools directory. Connect your device to PC via USB-cable (it is highly recommended to use rear USB ports). Your device should be already running in fastboot mode. Then in command prompt enter fastboot devices command.

In command prompt you should see device identification number (unique combination of numbers and symbols of your device). In case this does not happen and device list is empty, then your phone is not connected. The issue is related to connection problems or missing drivers.

Let’s assume your device is successfully connected and identified. Next type this line:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

“flash” command means start flashing your device. “boot”stands for partition you want to flash. And lastly “boot.img” stands for the file name you’ll be flashing. Type correctly the line above and press Enter to start flashing. The process will be shown in Command Prompt window. We’ve successfully flashed boot.img.

Next, in case we need to flash recovery, we need to follow pretty much the same as steps. Type this to start flashing recovery:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Here “recovery” means the partition we are going to flash and “recovery.img” is the name of recovery file. It can have any other different name, like “miuirecoveryrom.img”, then your command will look like this:

fastboot flash recovery miuirecoveryrom.img

After flashing you may enter:

fastboot reboot

And you device will automatically reboot.

Now to boot your device in TWRP, type this line (where twrp.img is the name of your recovery file) and press Enter:

fastboot boot twrp.img

After your device successfully boots into recovery you can install everything you need (Root, patches and other stuff).

Download Redmi Note 4X Drivers & Utilities

• QDLoader HS-USB Driver: Download link
• ADB Driver Lite: Download link
• Platform-tools (adb/fastboot) r.25.0.3: Download link
• Minimal ADB and Fastboot  1.4.1 Setup: minimal_adb_fastboot_v1.4.1_setup.exe
• Minimal ADB and Fastboot  1.4.1 Portable: minimal_adb_fastboot_1.4.1_portable.zip
• 15 seconds ADB Installer 1.4.3: Download link

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What’s ADB Installer v1.4.3

This package includes all required drivers for Android: ADB drivers (Android Debug Bridge), Fastboot and Google USB-drivers. Very easy to install.

Features:

• Small size.
• Fast installation.
• All required drivers in one single installation package.
• Simple installation with only three steps.
• Latest ADB and Google USB-drivers included.

Download ADB Installer v1.4.3

Download link: adb-setup-1.4.3.zip

Newest Versions:

• 15_Second_ADB_Installer_v1.4.4.zip
• 15_Second_ADB_Installer_v1.4.5.zip
• 15_Second_ADB_Installer_v1.4.6.zip

How to install ADB Installer v1.4.3

1. Download and extract adb-setup-1.4.3.zip
2. Start “adb-setup-1.4.3.exe” (right click and “Run as administrator”).
3. In case you’ve haven’t previously installed any drivers it is recommended to answer Y/Yes on all the questions.
   1. Type “Y/Yes” to install ADB and Fastboot or “N/No” to skip.
   2. Type “Y/Yes” to install System wide for all users or “N/No” for current user only.
   3. Type “Y/Yes” to install drivers or “N/No” to skip.
   4. Driver installation will start.
   5. Wait for 15 seconds and installation should be completed.
   6. Reboot your system.

Screenshot:

Latest update: 15 April, 2020

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MoreLocale 2 – App for changing interface language.

USBDeview – List of all connected USB devices with the possibility to remove any device.

minimal_adb_fastboot_v1.4_setup.exe – Minimal ADB and Fastboot 1.4

adb-setup-1.4.3.exe – 15 seconds ADB Installer 1.4.3

tools_r25-windows.zip – Platform-tools (adb/fastboot) 25

tools_r23.1-windows.zip – Platform-tools (adb/fastboot) 23.1.0 (With Windows XP Support)

ADB driver v1.17 lite.zip – ADB Driver Lite (32/64-bit)

QDLoader HS-USB Driver.zip – QDLoader HS-USB Driver (32/64-bit)

Mi Unlock 1.1.0317.1 – MiFlashUnlock_1.1.0317.1_en.zip

Mi Unlock 2.2.624.14 – miflash_unlock-en-2.2.624.14.zip

MiFlashSetup-Beta(25.05.2016).zip – MIUI ROM Flashing Tool (MiFlash) 25052016 Beta

MiFlashSetup-Beta_01062016.zip – MIUI ROM Flashing Tool (MiFlash) 01062016 Beta

MiPhone20151028.exe – MIUI ROM Flashing Tool (MiFlash) 2015.10.28.0

MiPhone20160401.exe – MIUI ROM Flashing Tool (MiFlash) 2016.04.01.0

MiFlash20160830.msi – MIUI ROM Flashing Tool (MiFlash) 2016.08.30.0

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