Android Lollipop for Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G thanks to CM12

If you are wanting to prove that such runs Android Lollipop on your Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G, the model with a single SIM and with a Snapdragon 400 processor, I advise you not to miss this post as I am going to show you the correct process to follow to update to Android Lollipop on the Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G thanks to this sensational port of CM12 that I have been able to find in the official XDA forum.

In principle, I have to warn you that for the moment in this port of CM12 for the RedMi Note 4G, the only thing that doesn't quite work is the camera, both the front and the rear. Although on the contrary, everything else works perfectly, even the battery that gives a performance practically the same as in the original Xiaomi Roms. So if you don't mind losing the functionality of your Xiaomi camera and you want to prove that such a pure Android Lollipop wheel in this sensational terminal, which is worth mentioning and recommending, I advise you to keep reading this post where I explain you in detail the correct way to update your Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G to Lollipop.

Necessary requirements

• Having a Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G, the model with Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor solely and exclusively. If you are a user of the 3G model with Mediatek processor, you may already be turning around since this post is not for you because you would brick the device.
• Have the terminal Rooted and in possession of the recovery TWRP.
• Having an backup all your favorite apps since in the process we are going to erase all the content of the terminal.
• USB debugging enabled.
• Fully charged battery.

Files needed to update the Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G to Android Lollipop

The files needed to update your Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G to Android Lollipop Through this port of CM12, they are limited to two simple files in zip format that we must download from the following links:

• Rom CM12 Android Lollipop for Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G. Password to access Baidu download 5sqs
• Google Gapps for Android Lollipop.

Once we have the two files downloaded lwe will copy you without decompressing directly to the internal memory of the Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G that we want to update to Android Lollipop. Then we will only have to restart in Recovery Mode and follow the steps that I detail below.

How to update Xiaomi RedMi Note 4G to Android Lollipop using CM12

• select Wipe and we mark the boxes of date, cache, system y dalvik cache and we move the lower bar to execute the selected actions.
• Let's go to option install and select the zip of the Android Lollipop CM12 Rom downloaded in the previous step.
• We move the lower bar again to execute the action and that the Rom installs correctly.
• Again we go to the option install, we select this time the Google Gapps zip for Android Lollipop and we move the bar again to execute the requested action.
• Reboot system now.

This first boot is quite slow, so we wait patiently for it to start Android Lollipop thanks to CM12. Once started, the first thing we have to do is enter the Android settings and in the Language and keyboard option select the language that interests us, and that is by default the Chinese language is the default.

With this you will already be enjoying the experience of Pure Android Lollipop on the Xiamo RedMi Note 4G that the truth works perfectly except this detail of the camera that we hope will solve it soon.