Get root permissions on Xiaomi & Redmi phones

Rooting Android can help you get the root user or superuser permissions so you have the power to do anything you like on the phone. For example, you will be able to uninstall applications forced on us by the phone makers. There different ways and tools to root Android mobile phones. You may need to use different rooting tools or methods for different Android phones. Unlike rooting other mobile phones that sounds like a lot of scary work, Xiaomi or Redmi phones rooting can be done with less effort. Xiaomi releases the Developer ROM for all kinds of Xiaomi and Redmi phones, you can simply flash the Developer ROM to your phone to get root privileges on Xiaomi or Redmi phones.

Before you root a mobile phone, you should also know it could bring you potential risks. You are responsible for the security and integrity of the Android operating system after rooting.Your device may not be held covered under the warranty for all claims resulting from the unlocking or rooting of the Android.

How to get root permission on Xiaomi & Redmi phones?

You can firstly visit Xiaomi official website to find your phone model and the full Developer ROM pack, then download it to your mobile phone or computer.

After that you can flash the ROM to your Xiaomi phone or Redmi phone from the system update in MIUI, or from the Recovery update or Fastboot update. This is the easiest way to Flash Xiaomi phone or install ROM to Xiaomi mobile.

Note that you will need to wipe all data in Recovery mode if you want to update to a discontinuous ROM version, or downgrade to an older ROM version using MIUI full ROM pack. Thus we highly recommend to back up any personal important data first.

How to grant certain apps the root permissions on Xiaomi & Redmi phones?

Now you are using the Developer ROM on your Xiaomi or Redmi phone. If certain apps require root users privileges or rights on the phone and you trust these apps, you can grant the root or superuser permissions to them.To do that, run the Security app, which is pre-installed on all Xiaomi and Redmi phones. Then choose Permissions >> Allow root access. You can also access it from Settings >> Permissions>> Allow root access.

You will then see a warning alert like below.

Allowing root access is extremely risky and may expose your device and personal data to attacks from malicious apps. You agree that you are solely responsible for any damage to your device or loss of data that may result from allowing root access.

Tap on “I understand the risk of root access” option, then tap on the Root access button to start adding root permissions to third party apps installed on your Xiaomi or Redmi phone. During the process of granting apps root access on Xiaomi phone, you may get the warning about 5 times, so you have to tap on the Next button for five times before the root access can be applied to the selected app on Xiaomi phone.