Download and Update Lineage OS Xiaomi Mi 4 [Cancro]

LINEAGE OS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any obligation to have any Google application installed. Lineage OS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

Now Follow These Steps Before you Flashing Custom ROM:

Task 1: Install USB drivers for your device on your PC.

Task 2: Be sure to take backup your data including Contacts, SMS / MMS, APN & MMS Settings as well as photos and videos stored on your device’s internal or external storage.

Task 3: Make sure that your device is fully charged. Ideally, the battery level should be around 60-80%. The more the better.

Task 4: USB Debugging should be enabled on your device.

Important: Most of the custom ROM will not have GApps in them. So, you will have to download and install GApps manually.

Done with preliminary precautionary steps? So, here’s the guide:

TWRP recovery let’s you do a number of cool stuff but the whole point of having a custom recovery is to be able to flash unsigned .zip files. These .zip files could be anything from a custom kernel, boot, recovery, MODs or full custom ROMs.

How to Update Lineage OS Update Lineage OS Xiaomi Mi 4 Android 7.1.1 using TWRP Recovery

Download and transfer the Lineage os ROM and Gapps for lineage os you wish to flash to your Smartphone storage.

Boot your Smartphone into TWRP recovery.

Select “Wipe” from TWRP main menu and do a “Swipe to Factory Reset” on the bottom of the screen.
└ Note: This will factory reset your Smartphone. If your custom ROM doesn’t need a factory reset, then simply skip this step.

Go back to TWRP main menu, tap on “Install” and select the Lineage os ROM .zip file and gapps for lineage os that you transferred to your device in Step 1.

After selecting the .zip file, do “Swipe to Confirm Flash” on the bottom of the screen to begin the custom ROM installation procedure. This may take some of the time.