Got my mom the base model redmi note 11 6gb +128gb with the voucher code for 661myr (free shipping)

OK la and nice that she can also enjoy high refresh rate screen now haha. As she only uses WhatsApp YouTube unifi TV, this phone is a massive upgrade from her Nokia 7 Plus thanks to the stereo speakers and larger AMOLED screen.

Plus the price makes it such that changing it again in two years even if the phone is working fine not a problem XD

My mom's redmi note 11 (2201117TG) is still stuck on android 11. Tried many ways to get it to Android 12 but failing....what did you guys do for those who didn't get the OTA?

i tried downloading version 13.0.4/5/6/7SGCXIM and tried to rename it to Update.zip and put to the downloaded_rom folder and reboot to recovery, i dont see the option to install Update.zip (only reboot, wipe and launch MiAssistant)

i tried to install recovery image through choose update package also cant (since i guess thats for OTA, but there isnt an OTA package for 13.0.16 to update to android 12 lol, in fact i cant find any OTA for 13.0.16 to go to a higher version.

Fastboot is horrible, gotta unlock bootloader which needs u to bind Mi account, but since this phone has no SIM, thats not possible.

Just wondering those of you who did it manually, what did you do? Also read that this is apaprently due to there not being an actual stable global version of android 12 yet for this phone?