I'm a new owner of RN3 Snapdragon (2GB RAM, 16GB ROM). My version is
Android: 6.0.1 MMB29M
Security patch level: 2016-11-01
MIUI version: MIUI Global 8.1 | Stable 8.1.1.0(MHOMIDI)
I hate advertisement so I rooted my old mi4i (Malaysia set) to install Adaway.
Read the first page about flashing etc but I still have questions
1) I don't have to unlock bootloader on mi4i to root, is it compulsory to unlock bootloader before I can root RN3?
2) The tutorial was released for MIUI 7.xxx, is it still applicable for my version?
Also has questions about mi4i, appreciate it of you guys can guide me as well.
After i rooted mi4i, my version remained MIUI 6.6.5.0(LXIMICF) Stable and never update OTA. I checked that the latest available update is MIUI V8.1.5.0 LXIMIDI | Stable | 970M
3) Is it the right way to update manually? Will my rooted miui bricked if I follow step 3a to 3d?
3a) download the zip file
Recovery: 969M
b6d019203d24d4dfd7e62a827c0f8c78
http://bigota.d.miui.com/V8.1.5.0.LXIMIDI/...019203d_5.0.zip 3b) save zip file into phone
3c) run Updater and 'choose update package'
3d) reboot device to update
Thanks