The Xiaomi Mi 6 smartphone was launched in April 2017. It is equipped with a 5.15-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels at a PPI of 428 pixels per inch. The Xiaomi Mi 6 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835, Octa-core (4×2.45 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo) CPU and Adreno 540 GPU coupled with 6GB of RAM. It comes with 64GB of internal storage that cannot be expanded. The Xiaomi Mi 6 packs a 12-megapixel primary camera on the rear and an 8-megapixel front camera for selfies. The Xiaomi Mi 6 runs MIUI 9 (latest) which is based on Android 7.0 Nougat. The device is upgraded to MIUI 10. The Xiaomi Mi 6 houses a 3350mAh non-removable battery.
About Orange Fox Recovery Project
The Orange Fox Recovery project is a Custom recovery which is based on TWRP recovery’s source code but with extra features. The Custom recovery is a very stable recovery and can be used on supported devices. The ROM supports both projects trebled ROMs and Non-trebled ROMs. The Recovery supports init.d functionality, Magisk, and SuperSU. The Recovery has it’s own theme engine which has some pre-built themes to apply. This is developed by individual developers of Xda. We will be sharing to the development page link in the bottom section of the page.
Features:
- Supports Treble and non-Treble ROMs * Up-to-date Oreo kernel, built from sources * Increased compatibility with TWRP * Updated with latest TWRP commits * Built-in support for installing init.d functionality * Built-in support for installing Magisk * Built-in support for installing SuperSU (v2.82-201705271822 – non-Treble ROMs only) * AromaFM * White Flashlight * Password, torch, led * Support for Miui and Custom ROMs * Better language support * Optimized versions of community scripts * Fox theme engine: – choice of theme (black, dark, etc) – choice of color scheme – choice of splash screen * Alternative lockscreen * Bug fixes
Pre-Requisites:
Download Orange Fox Recovery Here Download Xiaomi USB Drivers Download and Install ADB and fastboot drivers Your device should have unlocked bootloader You need to install TWRP Recovery on the Xiaomi Mi 6 device.
Guide To Install Treble Orange Fox Recovery Project on Mi 6
Make sure your device is rooted and have the latest TWRP recovery installed. First, download the files from the above link and extract them Now transfer the downloaded files to the internal storage of your device. Now reboot to the TWRP recovery Take a nandroid backup by selecting the option from the home screen and then your data and cache from the recovery menu. Guide: How To Create & Restore Nandroid Backup Now return to the main menu of TWRP and wipe cache, data, and system before flashing the recovery
In order to Wipe data: Go to Wipe —> Advanced Wipe and select Dalvik/ART cache, cache, System, Vendor, and Data and then swipe to wipe. (Don’t select the internal storage)
Now Return to the main menu of TWRP again and install the Orange Fox Recovery Go to Install -> Install Image -> select system.img
Last but not least, flash Magisk (optional) if you want to root (not recommended as all devices have different methods) Guide: How To Install Magisk On Android Pie To Gain Root
Official Xda Thread
