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[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Nebrassy:
stock + patched boot from 9.6.15

https://drive.google.com/open?id=13b9VRyzkjD4EJrNRSkhht7UavvGzjhGz

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I literally just checked there and you didn't have them up yet :D
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
They are now ;)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Darshan28:
Ok, for me it just reverts back to system default... Don't know then what this update was for, maybe preparation for Pie?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] DeathHacker:
How did you get it working? (I assume you mean with a GSI?)

I have a Goodix sensor and AEX still won't recognize it.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] carloandreaguilar:
He's talking about the cpu frequency bug
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] engineer000:
do we have the complete fastboot rom for the latest ota? thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Benjamin_L:
https://en.miui.com/download-353.html nope. They even dont update kernel sources like they are legally obliged to.. https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/commits/jasmine-o-oss
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] engineer000:
Thanks. I managed to install now the latest OTA. even I flashed the images, the data needs to be formatted also and that allowed me to install the ota. thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] fejkone:
fastboot firmware image for Android 8.1.0_V9.6.15.0.ODIMIFE

Hi there,

I've updated an easy package to upgrade to last firmware 8.1.0_V9.6.15.0.ODIMIFE via fastboot. It's based on last 14 version and author is Igor Alekseev

As I'm new here please ping me on priv - I'll share the link. or if someone want please share the link here.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] tsulolxd:
After install this, can I update via OTA on my smartphone? Or I have to update every month with this method?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] T4Ump:
Please can you give me link for 9.6.14.0 beta? boot.img i not work when i use stock boot 9.6.14.0, thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MrPhilo:
Can someone guide me how to return to stock with the recent update? I read the OP post and confused on how to unpack the bin file. I'm assuming we need Linux to do that?

Is there anyway to flash the October update?

I have searched around but there's no solid instruction on how to do it.

Much appreciated if someone can guide me.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
The worse, sources are required to match with prebuilt kernel, and it isn't the case.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
Dunno how the system detects its tampering state, but if you do everything like the updater/fastboot image would, you should get OTAs without any problems.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Benjamin_L:
That's what I meant.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] riirezende:
How to exctrat this?

I Try a tool mentioned here. And Gives me a System in EXT4 format
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] carloandreaguilar:
NEW thread for 1401 bug specifically. Moderators have already assigned a dev to it. They are asking for people to upload bug reports. Please comment (so they know it's happening to a lot of people) and if u can, capture a bug report, it's easy, no computer required.

Link:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/118276433
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
But it's not Google at fault. They just ship gapps and *host* OTAs, while the whole software is built by Meme. What do you expect from them?

Although I may be wrong and they are willing to push on meme for shipping poop AO experience, but I doubt it...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BuTaJIu4eK:
V9.6.14.0.ODIMIFE

Fastboot link:

http://bigota.d.miui.com/V9.6.14.0....0.ODIMIFE_20181010.0000.00_8.1_94929604f8.tgz
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Stylogey:
Can you upload V9.6.15.0.ODIMIFE to your git? I dont wanna unpack it by myself
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
Me too. But what you need from that build?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Stylogey:
All Changes from OTA 9.6.13 to 9.6.15 and some props. But i did it by myself so i dont need it anymore.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Erik101101:
My Mi A2 got accidentally wiped...so when i tried to flash the odimife 9.6.15 after flashing the boot.img my phone started so i didn't flash any other files

But after that will i get any OTA updates?

Can someone tell me?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
All partitions need to match.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Erik101101:
Do i need to flash the whole rom?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
Yup
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
To clarify, .16 update is just November patch, no Pie.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] sinantuysuz:
Released?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ramir0:
android one they said.. u'll have fast updates to lastest versions they said...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] dback31:
Should've informed yourself before buying the device, then you would know about xiaomis android one update politics and wouldn't make such useless posts.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] behzad.bz:
Can u please explain me about Xiaomi's android one policies? I just want to know about that
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] laviniu_c:
same baseband as .15?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] juninhoak:
how did u know that?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vagsvag:
Released new update?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Benjamin_L:
by installing it maybe?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] lept_2014:
It's a beta.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] laviniu_c:
because ODIMIFE (the O in there in xiaomi versions is Oreo) :(
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] laviniu_c:
maybe ask on the miui forum
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] behzad.bz:
They never answer anything in their forum even in India or EU forum. At least about Mi A2
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
Internal testing, yeah, long ago, even for A1. But not any kind of beta yet. If there'll be one, it'll be posted here. Anyway, some questions are uhhhhhhh. Often just reading what I wrote is enough.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
No .. 1.172780.3.174030.1 for .16
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] laviniu_c:
that's good, means they fixed something related to the firmware
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Benjamin_L:
Changed, fixing bugs is another story ;)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] bartoloandre98:
People from A1 warned us that Xiaomi updates and support for android one is pretty much non existing, we didn't listen to them and this is our punishment
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] laviniu_c:
i don't think the a1 support was that bad... it got monthly security patches and the only big issue was the oreo release...

the a2 looks ok to me too, just oct was delayed due to holidays. sept was released in time, nov beta already out...

no pie yet but i'd rather have a better update later then a rushed one that crashes my phone now
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Benjamin_L:
I also think people here are complaining a bit too much. Monthly security updates in time is something most oems still fail to deliver. So far Xiaomi is handling this fine in my opinion. Bugs could be fixed faster but we don't know the internal processes and how long they take.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] zenjedi:
Is it a good idea to flash the latest beta?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
No idea if it is a good idea as it is more personal preference. For me, it always fun to try something new.

In term of performance, the latest beta is as great as previous official release.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
But you know, with Xiaomi, a rushed and late update at the same time is a doable task.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Lione2:
I flashed to latest november beta, will i get stable november if there are changes between them ?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
As long as the system integrity is intact, you will. But changes are unlikely.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] antharys96:
Guys, are there any fixes regarding the proximity sensor in this new version?

Mine keeps stopping or lagging to react, both in calls and listening to whatsapp audio messages...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] marlontravagli:
"Stable" November update is out now.

Size: 90,3MB
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Anish3757:
Stable november patch out and sadly doesn't solves slow memory issue .
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
Exact same build, btw.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] juninhoak:
Updated here and nothing change
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Sohailsamdani:
9.6.16 changelog Plz..?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] juninhoak:
November security patch, just this change
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] minnuss:
If update is only about 100Mb, it is probably only security patch from Google, with no changes in system for our Mi A2.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] buckflitz:
ive installed the latest ota of november. Sadly enough, my phone wont reboot. It reboots, but then forces me to wipe data. Anyone having this problem too?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] najx:
changes in baseband version number, but dont see any improvments
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Sohailsamdani:
can you please tell me what it means baseband version and if there is any changes as you said, what type of changes it should be?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] crazykas:
Did you find any solution?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
Do you still need these stock & patched boot.img ?

I can upload them if needed.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] crazykas:
Thanks man but since no one replied to that i did some stupid thing and now im stuck on bootloop forever (tried to flash this [RECOVERY][TWRP]Unofficial TWRP Recovery for Mi A2) + Magisk.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] emperor8696:
Yes, I would really appreciate it if you can upload the file.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
Sure ... use it on your own risk.

This is taken from V9.6.10.0.ODIMIFE OTA so only those running V9.6.10.0.ODIMIFE can use it.

Both stock boot.img & patched_boot.img can be found here :

https://sourceforge.net/projects/others/files/MiA2/

I tried on my device, can get root access and all apps require root functioning as they should. But .. maybe I don't know how .. Magisk Hide & Modules are not working .. so I'm back on non-rooted stock for now until I find how to make Magisk Hide & Modules working when rooting with patched boot method.

Edit : https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77277008&postcount=29
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Cagixxx:
Thank you. I'll test that and confirm.

There is some way that we/I can have a TWRP flashable stock ROM?

EDIT: It can't start anyway! Maybe I can only resolve that with a TWRP flashed ROM. And we don't have nothing yet in forum! There is some way that we/I can have a TWRP flashable stock ROM?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
Try reflash stock rom - http://en.miui.com/getrom.php?r=353&m=yes&app=false

It's a fastboot rom
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Try to look at this, might help you

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a2/develop...ial-twrp-recovery-mi-a2-t3825146/post77274269
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
That's older version, won't work on V9.6.10.0.ODIMIFE

I tried to flash only on boot_a, magisk is not install error.

Tried only on boot_b, same problem as flashed to both boot_a & boot_b, root is working but modules & magisk hide are not. There are error on busybox & .core/mirror in magisk log. Hidelist is not written when an app is selected for magisk hide.

Edit : success :D

Need to open magisk manager and select install - direct install .. let magisk manager to install magisk.zip, reboot ... now all root, magisk hide, modules are working.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Cagixxx:
Tried to flash lastest ROM via Mi Flash but it give me the same error. "Flash devcfg_a error" !!

I think the only solution is using a TWRP flashable ROM.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] secosan:
So we have the boot patched for V9.6.10.0.ODIMIFE?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77275242&postcount=25
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Cagixxx:
Hi,

I can't put the phone booting again! phone starts but doesn't exit booting process.

I can enter TWRP without problem but I can't flash last stock rom via fastboot/mi flash because it give error all the time.

Do you found any solution to this or you are waiting too?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] emperor8696:
Wait, so do I need to flash the patched_boot.img file first or should I just go straight to installing magisk manager, then direct install magisk.zip without flashing the new boot.img?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
Fastboot flash patched boot.img first.

Or

Install magisk manager then boot to bootloader/fastboot

Fastboot flash patched boot.img to both a & b

After reboot, open magisk manager, select install then install again then select direct install

Once completed, reboot

Done
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Ivan93tm:
Can someone provide a tool working on windows to repack and unpack system.img ? i want to modify de default prop file inside boot img and system img and then flash it
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] doragasu:
Thanks for the effort to patch the bootloader!

I have installed it and it is working, but to make fastboot work, I had to unlock the bootloader (in developer settings allow unlocking bootloader, then on fastboot, fastboot oem unlock). So now it is working, but when I switch on the phone, an ugly message telling stuff like "your phone is not secure, you will die soon, etc..." shows for several seconds.

If I try to lock the phone (fastboot oem lock), on boot the phone says it is corrupt and refuses to boot.

Is there a way to avoid this ugly boot message while having magisk installed? Did I do anything wrong?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Ivan93tm:
No, there is no way to avoid unlocked phone message, it's a security message and you can not avoid it, only few smartphone can but our no for the moment and i think it will never be possible in my opinion...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] minnuss:
As long as you can go to fastboot you are saved ;)

So, go to fastboot and then try to flash stock boot.img only, try if that starts your phone, if not, then, download whole STOCK ROM, unpack from .zip IMAGES folder, and then flash every .img file one by one to your phone.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77302899&postcount=4
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AhanafTanvir:
Can i flash stock rom through mi flash tool?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] najx:
baseband version is firmware or drivers version of all radio devices in phone as voice, data modem, wifi,bluetooth, gps, etc. chnges in this version should be improve functions of radio devices. you can find baseband version on phone info screen.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] jayubc:
november patch is out

november patch is out
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Nebrassy:
9.6.16 patched boot + stock boot

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=285010
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] GirlKillu:
#metoo .. :( "Can't load android system. Your data may be corrupt ... "

Any fixes or maybe the full singed zip we can flash in recovery/adb ? i normally have enabled dev mode and usb-debugging. Everything still stock and locked (rom/bootloader)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] buckflitz:
I figured out that It has something to do with the sim card. When i remove my sim, It wont happen. How about you?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kishd:
Deleted
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] GirlKillu:
Idd, without the SIM it boots. When i insert the SIM again, the screen starts flashing, and reboots (and bootloops)..

How can we downgrade to v15? When i sideload i get "downgrade not allowed".

And when i want to sideload the v16 i get "error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 1)"
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] noobington:
OTA zip format, help needed!

I don't know what to do with, V9.6.15.0.ODIMIFE, ota zip format.

I've previously used tgz formats with fastboot, but there is no example/instructions on this thread for how to use zip format.

Could somebody post instructions or a video link?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] noobington:
I tried extracting payload.bin with payload_dumper, but it produced massive img files (system 3GB, vendor 2GB).

But lucky, there is a fastboot V9.6.15.0.ODIMIFE.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Rafaelboxer:
Stable or beta?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] buckflitz:
Weird. I contacted the store where i bought my phone. They are going tot try to make IT work again. Xiaomi made thuis happen , the new baseband dont work with several sims
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AoD7:
I haven't got the November update yet anyone knows why? My OTA says there are no updates and I have October security still...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] GirlKillu:
I don't think the store can do anything, unless also downgrade to previous version.

I created a BUG report, please all confirm this so they start the rollback

https://en.miui.com/thread-4444344-1-1.html
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] minnuss:
Serbia here, november update, using two sims, one from domestic mobile provider MTS and other one is Telenor, both 4G network.

I would suggest you to try to replace a sim card from your provider, maybe that would help, until there is a proper update fix from xiaomi.

Also, I would try to change Preferred network type in phone settings, when sim is out...and then try to put the sim in...try 3G.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] GirlKillu:
I ordered a new sim for this phone 2 weeks back, if i order a new one, it will be the same i think..

I'll try to change the preferred network when i get home (its my wife's phone, not mine). If anybody else can confirm already if the network change could work, thx in advance
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
Flashed the November update, Orange Sim,no problem at all.

Must be only some providers!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] GirlKillu:
I asked my wife, but since there is no SIM inserted, she can't change the preferred network type? (its grayed out)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Nebrassy:
Stable
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Oodles47:
I did a factory reset and changed region/language to English (US). Inserted my SIM card and everything seems to be working. For now... I can't tell if it will keep on working though...

I think it's a regional issue. Most people affected seem to be from The Netherlands or Belgium.

If you don't wanna do a factory reset, perhaps remove the SIM card and change region/language?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] buckflitz:
I have send my phone back to the store where it came from. Dont want to have something damages inside my phone hardware wise. I iam concerned that a patch can take quite some time, because of the fact that xiaomi is not developing software really fast, compared to other android one brands. I am from the Netherlands. On a local dutch forum i have seen a couple of others having the same problem. I think it has something to do with the updated baseband. I hope ill get a new mi A2, i had this one since a week. Last week upgraded mi mi a1 to the new mi a2. Directly problems
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kradNZ:
Those sizes sound correct. I've gone through the exercise and they flash fine.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] noobington:
Ah, you are correct, kradNZ.

Previous versions were much smaller, so this one looked suspicious to me.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
9.6.16.2 is probably a hotfix for SIM card issues, I guess.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AlvaroBenitez99:
I flash it but now my wifi not connect. the botton pushed for two seconds and disable again. how to fix that?? pls help
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
Are you talking about 9.6.16.2 ? I installed it, no problem with wifi.

Check your kernel version same as in below screenshot. If not reflash boot.img only to both a/b.

It seems baseband is changed and for this beta 9.6.16.2, about phone is moved to top in Settings.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AlvaroBenitez99:
so that another person does not suffer

if they only want to update and because they have rooted they can not, they should write all the lines left by the author in fastboot, an exception of the vendor, system, and boot.

Then in twrp press "Install-> Install img", select vendor.img and install it in the "vendor img" partition, select "sistema.img" and flash it in the "img system" partition, finally the boot file.

Otherwise it will NOT START, or I will do it with problems. now i can update to november patch, however, the device don't boot.

Put the instructions to solve this problem below in the post.

regards
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
I have no idea what you're talking about, hardly for me to understand. I don't use TWRP for flashing anything .. only sometime use it to browse data/system to fix something. AFAIK using TWRP or any other direct tool to install boot.img, wifi won't work. Manually fastboot flash boot_a boot.img and/or fastboot flash boot_b boot.img then wifi will work.

I don't think this is correct thread to ask about TWRP flashing or fixing your problem due to root, magisk and TWRP installed.

Maybe someone else can guide you.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Rafaelboxer:
I'm in 9.6.15.0, flashed the boot.img but I'm somehow unable to get OTA, anyone else with this problem?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] SpectraFun:
How unpacking payload.bin? There is no tool in Post 1 and Winrar can not unpacking.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vagsvag:
Here also
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
Google the first sentence of your post.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Espmic86:
how to upack payload.bin
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] atomic69996:
use payload_dumper
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
Eh, link them the exact noob friendly guide, so I'll put it in the post :>
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] lept_2014:
Easy!

Download and extract 'payload_dumper.zip' into a folder.

Extract 'payload.bin' from OTA-Full, into the same folder.

Install Python3:

With linux...

sudo apt-get install python3

With Windows...

download & install the latest version of Python.

Install requirements inside Python:

pip3 install protobuf
pip3 install six

Execute this command:

With Linux...

python3 payload_dumper.py payload.bin

With Windows...

py payload_dumper.py payload.bin

That's all!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] j1505243:
If they were smart enough for Linux, they'd Google the instructions xD Find some for Windows and then I'll pin it.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] lept_2014:
But it's almost the same!

I've extended the steps with two for Windows. ;)