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[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
No sign of even the 1st November update in Greece. I am still on 9.6.15.0 odimife

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Aka the 2nd October update. How can I get pie faster without factory reset?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Reptant:
Same here on both my unlocked phone and a friend's locked one. Probably has something to do with them being in the safe side cause of some problems with sim cards [MENTION=246290]november[/MENTION] update.

Patience I guess
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
Most of the users here reported that it was fixed. I never had the bug to begin with. Try doing a factory reset.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] msrowley:
Also in Greece, haven't received any November update, still on October. I have two devices in my family, same applies to both. I filed a report yesterday through the feedback app, asking why we haven't even got any November update. I'll post if anything comes up. I thought it was a problem with my devices. Thanks for sharing!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Seannokirin:
It appears Greece just isn't getting updates recently. I was also on the Oct 5th update on my phone. We never received the November update and not pie either meanwhile neighbouring countries have got it.

I ended up going the factory reset method and set up the phone in nederland with tunnelbear in Netherlands as well and I got both, factory reset again and I set it up normally.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Is there a way to get the updates with this method while keeping my data intact ???( I mean no factory reset)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Seannokirin:
Not that I know of. I tried multiple types and with multiple different VPN apps to trick it and it wouldn't work. I tried India, Netherlands and nothing worked. Even tried a fake GPS app to spoof my location, still nothing. I just bit the bullet and did the factory reset.

Luckily our phones back up to Google photos so I didn't worry about the pictures so the only hassle was a couple of large games that had to be re-dowloaded. (Dragalia, Dokkan battle) It's a pain for sure but I had a day off work yesterday so I just did it and got it over with. Considering we never got the November update I don't really trust xiaomi to give it to us in a timely manner.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
I actually tried doing a factory reset without the sim card and connecting to Netherlands in TunnelBear and I got nothing. The thing is, the moment I connected to Wi-Fi it automatically checked for updates before I even got the chance to use TunnelBear.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Seannokirin:
When the initial set up starts, choose nederland for language, will change the phone language but it's easy enough to navigate if you know the menus, don't put wifi in the set up, skip every step. No Google account no location. Connect to your WiFi when you get control of the phone and download tunnelbear thru the apk.

This 100% worked for me.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
It's exactly what I did. And then when I connected to the NL server and went to the update menu it said that it already checked for updates the moment I got online.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] erickdeoliveiraleal:
Nederland language not needed. YOu choose any
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] drac0:
LOL guys you are SAVAGE! :D Just enjoy your remaining Oreo time and you'll get your Pie update anytime soon. But props to everyone doing their **** to get it even earlier :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] carloandreaguilar:
You're doing it wrong most likely. There's a step by step guide on XDA. You have to say no to everything when setting it up, disabe location and then disable GPS Before enabling wifi. And there's a specific VPN to use (included in the guide as an apk) and well it worked for me. I forced it's by connecting to Netherlands via VPN. Just follow the guide but don't turn off the VPN until after you install the update.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] sharingan:
not exactly some were normal recovery
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AEKostas:
Anyone having issues with "gps signal lost" on Google Maps since updating to pie?

Never had an issue before.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
I actually did all of it right. Even the first time. I managed to get the update after a second factory reset.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackMarine:
After Pie Update:

The battery life has improved actually. And the app/action recommendations work fine.

But there's one bug anyone noticed? When screen is in landscape mode, you can't access the settings menu from notifications panel as it goes under the screen and you can't scroll down either?

And the adaptive brightness seems to be broken. It just adjusts randomly, goes from 100% to 25% and again back to 100%

Also the photo quality of Snapchat photos has degragded. Even my Moto G4+ used to capture better snaps.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
Damn. I just noticed this. Once you've seen it you cannot unsee it.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] msrowley:
If there is any chance for these bugs to be fixed, it is to report them through feedback app with a proper log.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackMarine:
What I did is go to display settings and then decrease the display size.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] albinjorjj:
No
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] swann htoo aung:
I cant update in myanmar why

Explain me
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] saishibu38380:
The equalizer in music player (gaana) doesn't work after pie.

In oreo it was snapdragon Equalizer.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Can anyone try GeekBench and see if Multicore score has improved as such because Nokia 7 Plus with same SoC Scores about 800-900. Scores more in CPU
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] T4Ump:
Single, 1621 Multi 4395.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Even worse than Oreo...

Well doesn't matter does it
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
Here you go. I have the 4 GB + 64 GB variant.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Seems like Nokia still did a better job with implementing HMP ...

Still it's okay
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BintEd:
Trying to make a decision here about buying Mi A2...

Globally I really like this phone (currently I own A1 version), but that nasty WiFi disconnect problem is really setting me back.

Can you please report if the WiFi frequent disconnect is gone with Pie update?

Or maybe that's mainly an hardware problem (less/bad quality chip) and will never be fixable by any patch...

Thank you!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vjchipie:
News about upgrade to pie in others countries?

In Spain nothing of pie!!

How many days need Xiaomi to roll out to others countries?

Enviado desde mi Mi A2 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] salmonthefish:
Many, many days. Sea paciente. No entiendo por qué la gente quiere un build he escuchado que no es muy bueno. I don't want a half baked pie.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] muc360:
I think that pie update will be with us on the first half of 2019 with this pace.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vagsvag:
I don't know about pie but after v9.6.16 update if I remember well i didn't noticed any disconnection except 1 time when the router was in heavy use, torrents etc. Now if it is hw problem I don't know.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AcostaJA:
It's unfortunate, it seems now another "India Exclusive" Grace from Xiaomi.

C'mon Xiaomi there are more people in the world.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vbauer86:
I have Pie (Netherlands Version, I used VPN method) and I didn't notice any bugs so far.

I'm pretty satisfied with pie so far. A lot smoother and better scrolling performance overall. Animations looking pretty damn smooth.

My most hated bug (lag/freeze when opening links in chrome browser) is finally gone.

It feels now more like pixel phone but a lot cheaper. :cool:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] nbaptista:
And the 1401 Mhz bug, is fixed?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AB_02:
Grey/ black app screen in recents pane.

After Pie update, sometimes I notice a grey/ black screen instead of recent app screen when swiping up to open navigation pane. This is a rare occurrence though, and immediately disappers bringing the app screen where i left it.

Anybody else facing this?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vbauer86:
No CPU Max frequency bug
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
1401 Mhz bug was fixed on the first november update, on my side.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabskz:
I've just noticed little cpus minimal frequency is at 1401mhz, at v9.6.17 update. Turned off FP unlock, restarted and as for now it's ok.

No Pie update for Kazakhstan. May be in december or even next year.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MarcusMario0605:
Seems like global version of Mi A2 starts receiving Pie update. I'm from Hong Kong and my device received the Pie treatment.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
I'm not sure why, but in my notification shade the date and the network, battery and such icons are a bit missplaced and go to the very edge of the shade. There was a screenshot from someone that got the update the day it was released and it looked normal(compared to what it looks for me). I have already done one fabric reset after updating so I'm not sure what it is. Maybe I could go back to 9.6.17 and then wait for the Pie update to hit, but I don't even know if that's possible.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] duxxyuk:
Never had any wifi disconnect problem with my phone... Although going from an A1 to an A2 isn't that great a leap..

+Processor (qc660 for games essentially)

+Screen space (although the screen on the A1 is pretty good)

-sd card slot

-headphone socket

If I were you I'd hang on to your A1 unless you're a gamer

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If you're unlocked you can fastboot flash the old rom back. However I would recommend a clean wipe to avoid weird user app problems...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AcostaJA:
Nothing Here yet (latin america).
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
I have done another reset and the notification shade still seems to be bugged. Since I'll be using MiFlash, I guess I need to select the clean all option at the bottom?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] amitschu:
Nothing Here yet (Israel)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] pedro_dias:
Still waiting in Portugal as well... :(
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] afranioneto:
Still waiting here (Brazil)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Still waiting here too! (Greece)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] pero_ptica:
Still waiting (Hrvatska)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Mixz1890:
Seems like the EU still hasn't received it :/ Waiting here in LV for it
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] deluxe_harper:
Still waiting (Serbia).:)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] tireks:
Still waiting (Bosnia).
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Ahmedstarr93:
Still waiting (Iraq)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackMarine:
Has anyone tried the Xiaomi quick charge 3.0 charger for Mi A2? If so, what were the difference in speeds of standard charger and quick charger?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Wrong forum!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] nbaptista:
Still waiting ( Portugal)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] rezzo87:
Still waiting (Italy)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AcostaJA:
A bit faster than the Included 5V2A, I purchased a cheap one (as my phone come with EU charger, I'm in America), the included cable don't speed up chargue but using the cable included by Xiaomy with the phone it charges very quick, its a shame Xiaomi do not enable QC4 on the global model (its just software discabled).
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] crazy_k_p:
Is it just me or anyone else is also facing camera issues in manual mode? I'm not able to click any picture in the manual mode using low light lens. I'm on the latest pie update.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] salmonthefish:
there have been multiple pie updates? :eek:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Grca@:
Anyone tried changing region with a VPN and then checking for the update?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabskz:
Lol
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] muc360:
No, only "India Exclusive" version :)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
Not working!

Only possible method now is factory reset and boot without sim + vpn.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] iwi90:
Still waiting (România)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Still waiting (Pakistan)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] cezarvrabie:
In my experience it charges about 20% faster than the included 2A charger. It's not really worth buying one unless you can get it very cheap. I got one from blitzwolf for 6.5 dollars.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Daniesz:
Still waiting (Hungary)...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] nbaptista:
What's happening?Nobody is anymore receiving the Pie!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] salmonthefish:
If the updates stop its probably because it was the same as the beta build. From what I understand it was the same build number. Like i said before, better no pie than half baked pie. If they roll out an update I hope it's a good very stable build.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] lepi:
This worked for me

Credits goes to [MENTION=9520447]Matteo[/MENTION] and his original post

PS: if I shouldn't do it in this way mods please delete my post
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackMarine:
The official Xiaomi 3.0 charger is available for about $5 here in India.

But I've seen many Youtubers saying that it takes the same amount of time as the 2A charger. And even at it's peak, it only reaches about 10-12W.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
Please don't spam the forums. This thread is meant for discussion of bugs and new features. Don't keep commenting 'Still waiting (my country)'.

If you guys are so desperate for pie and can't wait for a couple days more, install pie yourself by flashing the fastboot rom or by following the vpn method.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
I have used the QC 3.0 charger and it just gives a little boost to the charging time. Saves you about 20 minutes while doing a full charge.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
I know this 'stable' build that I'm using is the same as the beta build, but still I use this device as my daily driver and I haven't faced a single problem yet. I did a factory reset after installing pie, and now everything works except latest Gcam versions (Pretty sad).
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kandarpjha:
Doesn't happen in my case. Have you changed dpi settings?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackMarine:
It happens when the display size is set to default. I guess yours is set to small?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
No I didn't. But after I set the display settings to small, I can see it again.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UPDATE BEFORE THEY GET PIE IN THEIR REGION : https://xdaforums.com/mi-a2/development/rom-mi-a2-android-9-ota-stable-t3869307
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Cizzle4:
No problem here with manual mode/low light lens (I'm on official stable Pie)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] anshmiester78900:
Which app are you using in the background? Is it to browse XDA Forum ?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] lamjanus:
Anyone else the problem that notification volume cannot be in/decreased? I can adjust sliders but there is no adjustment
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kishd:
I use this app to separate ring volume and notification volume.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiletrialware.volumebutler
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Darshan28:
Is copying text from recent apps working for anyone?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AcostaJA:
There are people still receiving the update, or effectively Pie rollout was suspended ?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
No,not suspended!

Still working on selected countries.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] nbaptista:
Waht countries? India, Netherlands and Belgium?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
Indeed.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AcostaJA:
And Hong Kong
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackMarine:
Not for me
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
I updated to Pie (again, because I though that I somehow screwed up the first time), but the date and the icons on the notification shade are still missplaced.

There is a screenshot at the end of the page 5 which shows how it is supposed to look like compared to what it looks for me.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vjchipie:
[emoji222] Xiaomi update process!! Lol

Enviado desde mi Mi A2 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AcaFaca13:
To me it looks like it's because of the default display settings that you have. In Display -> Advanced -> Display size you have set "Default". The screenshot from the end of the page 5 has set "Small". Try and see if it's that.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MarcusMario0605:
Setting the Display Size from Default to Small solved the problem for me.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] lepi:
MIne loks the same way, BTW how did you made your nav bar to look like proper pie? Mine is like Oreo lol
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Go to settings, system, gestures, swipe on home button. Enable that option
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
Changed to small but it's still the same. The only thing that changed is the size of the elements and letters.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackMarine:
After updating the app from play store, I can now see the Digital Well-being menu in settings.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
I restarted after changing display size to small and it's now just like in the screenshot from page 5, but still I wonder why isn't it like this on default too?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] facucast3:
Is it me or with the stock camera the textures are washed now like samung style?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Gengasi:
When is pie released in Norway?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] nbaptista:
We are all asking the same question for our countries...nobody knows!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kandarpjha:
Yes. I think it's official app of xda. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.labs.play
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Mixz1890:
Well...I forced the OTA - meh, no bug fixes whatsoever
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] anshmiester78900:
Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vgran:
Why xiaomi does not list the upgrading days by country?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] deckimbal:
Does anybody notice an upgrade of the stock camera app after updating to Android Pie?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Upgrade of what sort ?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] cleancut80:
xiaomitoday.com/android-pie-mi-a2/

Bummer...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Sucky1983:
That post is nothing but pure speculation pulled out of his ass. Nothing new so far

Gesendet von meinem Mi A2 mit Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] cleancut80:
Hope you're right...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Endeavour1934:
After using Pie for 4 days, here are my impressions:

- The device is now faster and more fluid. The RAM management is much better too.

- We can turn off the white LED for notifications. Sadly, there is no option to turn it off while charging.

- Auto Brightness is a mess. It keeps resetting to 20-33% (which is unusable on this device) all the time, even in direct sunlight. If I move my hand over the sensor on the top left, even for a fraction of a second, the brightness will reset to 20-33% and stay there. This is a big problem specially when using it in landscape. Even if I set 50% brightness for total darkness, the algorithm keeps ignoring it and goes to 20-33%.

- Battery seems worse. I was doing 6.5h/1day or 4.5h/2days with Oreo, now it only does 5h/1day.

- A few inconsistencies with the interface: As some people said before, the side margins on the status bar/notifications are inexistent in normal scale mode. Also, on small mode with 3 nav buttons the circle around the Home button is cut off.

- Google lens is now integrated in the camera. I'm not sure yet about camera processing. It does seem a little bit softer on the details, I should test it more.

- Proximity sensor seems to work better.

- Face unlock only works for a few minutes, after that it seems to be disabled (until you enter in the smart Lock menu, then it works again for a few minutes)

Not Xiaomi related, but Pie related: The new gesture based navigation with the pill sucks:

- Changing to the most recent app is faster with the old 3 button system. (double tap the multitask button)

- The side-sliding multitask gesture on the pill is bad: if you go back more than 2 apps you have to move your finger to the border, and then a few older apps will pop suddenly and you will probably miss the one you wanted when you release the finger. I always end up using the normal multitasking interface (swipe up on the pill or multitask button), which is better than the Oreo version, btw.

- Sliding upwards interferes with opening the app drawer, which now requieres two swipes.

- All the third party launchers that I've tried can't hide the back button on the main page.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] nbaptista:
Anybody out there is receiving the Pie in another countries?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] zeetroman:
No in Germany
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Sid.Boi:
Not in Pakistan yet..?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] zeus_89:
It's not available in Czech yet
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] paulozullu:
No update in Brazil
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MaKTaiL:
Xiaomi is basically trolling us at this point.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] anukster:
Is there a way to sideload the OTA update without unlocking the bootloader?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Cizzle4:
1- Remove the sim

2- Do a factory reset

3- When you start the configuration select language: Nederlands and skip all configuration, specially deselect location permissions.

4- Connect to a wifi network and download on apkmirror the app Tunnel Bear. Then connect to the server : Nederlands

5- Go to settings and update

6- After updating I will do another factory reset

and you can easily dont use adb/fastboot

or try this

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a2/development/rom-mi-a2-android-9-ota-stable-t3869307
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] marlontravagli:
IMHO Oreo still best than Pie for our device. Don't see any significant improvement on pie yet. My opinion...