Xiaomi, after the MIUI 11 unveiling has been rolling out the update to some of its phones. The update has since been rolled out to Redmi Note 7 Pro, Redmi K20 Pro, POCO F1 with a few other eligible devices. And now, it has started arriving on Mi 8 with a version number, MIUI 11.0.6.0 PEAMIXM.
The update is Global Stable version and weighs about 1.9GB. It’s bringing to the device, Always on Display, which the POCO F1 users are dying to get. Xiaomi Mi 8 got the Ambient Display because the screen is made of AMOLED while POCO F1 uses an LCD panel.
Unfortunately, the update didn’t bring Android 10 to the device, It only pushes the Android Security Patch to October, to improve the system security and stability. Nevertheless, the screen is wearing a new look with the removal of visual clutter and refining of colors. It also adds filters to the alarm sound, and now you’ll wake up to dynamic sounds of nature. Follow this link for the full changelog of MIUI 11.
Meanwhile, the update started arriving on November 2nd to those in the United States, and if you haven’t got it yet, there’s something you can do to speed up the process. Navigate to Settings, About phone, System Update, Update setting, and enable “receive update early option” Or use VPN and set your location to the US, then try to scan the MIUI 11.0.6.0 PEAMIXM, luckily it might be there.
But if those options will be stressful for you, maybe you can download the update and flash. To do this, you have to follow this link and download for MI 8 and MI 8 Pro, download here (Global stable). After completing the download, get the zip file to the root folder or create a folder and put it in there.
Now to flash the ROM, you need to enable Recovery. To do that, navigate to Settings, About Phone, System Update, and tap the MIUI 10 logo 8 times to activate recovery mode. On recovering now, go to System update and tap the three dots at the top right corner, click on Choose update package, select the ZIP file and hit OK.
At this stage, there’ll be a compatibility check for the MIUI 11.0.6.0 PEAMIXM with your device, and on completion, the ROM will flash. In-between, your device will reboot many times, keep calm, and try not to force reboot it because any attempt will lead to bricking of your smartphone.
