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REQUIRED LINKS AND FILES FOR THIS Mi Note 3 LINEAGEOS 14.1 Nougat CUSTOM ROM INSTALLATION:

TWRP download for Mi Note 3 (jason)

– Here is theTWRP update guide for the Mi Note 3. This TWRP recovery guide requires an unlocked bootloader on the Mi Note 3.

ROM Download link of Lineage OS 14.1 for Mi Note 3

Nougat GApps Download Link for this ROM

Root binary is NOT inbuilt in Lineage OS ROM, so you may need a separate SuperSu package or LineageOS su binary to install to gain ROOT access. Here is Lineage OS Rooting guide

If there is no in-built ROOT or it does not work for some reason then you can try SuperSU rooting guide to enable ROOT access.

HOW TO INSTALL/DOWNLOAD/FLASH/UPDATE THE Mi Note 3 TO THE LINEAGE OS 14.1 BASED ANDROID NOUGAT ROM:

Follow this if you are flashing LineageOS 14.1 on the Mi Note 3 (jason) for the first time, or coming from another ROM:

Points to NOTE:

– Try to avoid restoring apps backup using Titanium Backup. It may break things up.

– Don’t restore system data using Titanium Backup! It will definitely break the current installation.

– It is also discouraged to Restoring Apps + Data using Titanium Backup.

Download and Copy the GApps and the Mi Note 3 LineageOS 14.1 ROM ZIP to your phone.

Boot into Recovery.

Make sure to have a Custom recovery like CWM or TWRP or any other custom recovery. If not then download the recovery for Mi Note 3 from above link and follow the Custom Recovery Installation Guide (it’s a generic guide which will work for TWRP as well as CWM recovery or any other recovery)

Wipe data factory reset, Cache partition, Dalvik Cache and Format the System partition.

– Here is a guide explaining how to wipe data using TWRP recovery.

This will delete all your data on your phone. You may consider complete backup of your phone data or take a NANDROID backup of the current ROM

– How to backup all data on your Android Device

– how to take NANDROID backup using TWRP recovery

First flash the Mi Note 3 Lineage OS 14.1 ROM ZIP from device. Then flash the GApps zip from your device memory.

– Here is a post explaining how to install Lineage OS

Then reboot into recovery (don’t skip this) and flash the Gapps for LineageOS 14.1 package.

– Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.

Reboot and Enjoy Android Nougat with LineageOS 14.1 ROM on Mi Note 3.

Upgrading from earlier version of Lineage OS 14.1 for Mi Note 3:

Copy the latest Mi Note 3 Lineage 14.1 ROM ZIP file to your phone.

Boot into Recovery.

Flash the LineageOS ROM ZIP from your phone.

– Here is a post explaining how to install LineageOS

Then flash the LineageOS 14.1 Nougat GApps package.

– Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.

Reboot and Enjoy

Complete the initial setup and enjoy Android Nougat 7.1 with Lineage OS on the Mi Note 3. After the installing LineageOS 14.1 for Mi Note 3, you may want to enable ROOT access on your phone and here is how you can do that:

How to Enable ROOT on LineageOS 14.1.

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