A good news for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3G users just arrives, as the MIUI v6 update that was long awaited, has finally arrived for the smartphone, and the update would be available to the users in the coming days, through the OTA option. There might be several users who would want to just update it manually without waiting for the update to arrive.
There are several changes to features, improvements and addition of new features to the MIUI v6 in Redmi Note 3G, and here are some of the most important ones.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3G MIUI v6 update change log
- Sync home screen layouts in Mi Cloud
- Support customizing blocklist notifications
- Added icons superscripts, notifications ringtone/vibration, notification light options in notifications management page
- Added flash notification light for incoming calls
- Added Interactive Voice Response (IVR) shortcut feature for India
- Report junk messages feature
- Added icons superscripts, notifications ringtone/vibration, notification light options in notifications management page
- Added hotspot icon in status bar when portable hotspot is enabled
- Added charging icon in status bar
- Support displaying virtual network operators’ names
- Lockscreen music control
- Added unlocking gesture recognizing mechanism to avoid unlocking caused by misoperation
How to update Redmi Note 3G to MIUI v6 – Steps
Download the ROM from this link.
Once the file is downloaded, change its name to update.zip, and copy this file to the root directory of your Redmi Note’s root folder.
Go to the Updater app in your Redmi Note smartphone, and in that, tap on “Reboot to Recovery mode” option. This will take the device to Recovery mode after a restart. Alternatively you can enter Recovery mode by turning off the phone and then pressing and holding “Power + Volume up” button together.
In the recovery mode, the navigation between options is possible by using the power button to select and volume buttons to go up or down. Choose the language here, and then select “Install update.zip to System One”. The file will get detected and the update will begin automatically.
Once the update is completed, you will see the Redmi Note 3G rebooting to a new ROM, i.e. the v6 of MIUI. If you feel this is not easy or you don’t want to risk and lose the data, you better wait for the OTA update that could arrive anytime soon, because this is the official update being sent by Xiaomi.
