If you also echo the same thought process, then you now have the opportunity to break free from the shackles of the Xiaomi ecosystem. You could now welcome abode the Pixel Experience ROM onto your Xiaomi 12/Pro/12 X. As is evident from its name, it beholds a clean stock OS experience and gives you just the right amount of Pixel goodies [including the beloved Material You theming design]. So without further ado, let’s check out the steps to install this ROM onto your device right away.
How to Install Pixel Experience on Xiaomi 12/Pro/12X
The below instructions are listed under separate sections for ease of understanding. Make sure to follow the same sequence as mentioned. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
STEP 1: Install Android SDK
First and foremost, you will have to install the Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC. This is the official ADB and Fastboot binary provided by Google and is the only recommended one. So download it and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. Doing so will give you the platform-tools folder, which will be used throughout this guide to install the Pixel Experience onto your Xiaomi 12/Pro/12X.
STEP 2: Download Pixel Experience for Xiaomi 12/Pro/12X
You may now grab hold of the Pixel Experience GSI ROM for your device from below. You may find three different versions of the ROM- the normal arm64-ab, the arm64-ab-slim, and the arm64-ab-vndklite. It is recommended that you download the normal variant, i.e. arm64-ab.
Once you have downloaded the ROM, extract it to the platform-tools folder on your PC. Likewise, rename it to system, so that the complete name becomes system.img
STEP 3: Unlock Bootloader on Xiaomi 12/Pro/12X
Next up, you will have to unlock the bootloader on your device. Do keep in mind that this process will wipe off all the data and might nullify the device’s warranty as well. So if that’s all well and good, then refer to our comprehensive guide on How to Unlock the Bootloader on any Xiaomi Device.
STEP 4: Extract Boot, Vendor_Boot and Vbmeta
STEP 5: Boot Xiaomi 12/Pro/12X to Fastboot Mode
STEP 6: Change Slots and Boot to FastbootD Mode
We will now be setting Partition A as the active one and then flash the GSI file in that partition. [You could do so on Partition B as well, we have just selected Partition A for the sake of uniformity throughout the guide].
STEP 7: Install Pixel Experience on Xiaomi Mi 12/Pro/12X
That’s it. These were the steps to install the Pixel Experience ROM on Xiaomi 12/Pro/12X. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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