We know rooting allows us to access almost everything and tweaks into some useful features. And you can also do some customizations like substratum themes, debug, and test custom ROMs. For accessing these, you need to root your Mi A2/A2 Lite. Both phones have got the Android Pie update, which was running earlier on Android Oreo. This rooting method works on both Android versions of Mi A2 (Lite). Official TWRP Recovery is already available for Mi A2/A2 Lite, Download from here. It’s easy for you if you know how to install TWRP Recovery. Don’t worry I will also provide a guide to Install TWRP recovery.
How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Mi A2 & A2 Lite
As you know that rooting is not easy since the Google released security patches in early 2017. And the seamless rooting method is used after that, which is flashing SuperSU Zip or Magisk Zip. But Magisk is one of the easiest and modern way to root new Android smartphones. And to flash Magisk, first, you need to install TWRP recovery on Mi A2 or Mi A2 Lite. You can also use any other recovery, if available, as the official TWRP for Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite is available so, I prefer TWRP recovery. Before we head to root Mi A2 & A2 Lite you have to first look at its requirements.
Prerequisite
Download
To Install TWRP Recovery and Root Mi A2/A2 Lite you need to first download some files. The links are given below of files used in this tutorial. So Now that you have downloaded the files you are now ready to root Mi A2 (Lite).
Install TWRP Recovery on Mi A2 and A2 Lite
For this section, you need all the TWRP related files from the download section. Put the TWRP image files on your pc. Let’s begin with installing TWRP recovery. Installing method is same for both the device Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite. Both devices come with A/B partition so first, we need to boot into TWRP using image file and then we have to flash Zip file. If you have updated your device to Android Pie then you have to also flash encryption disabler file from TWRP recovery. But if your phone is running on Android Oreo then you don’t need to flash Encryption disabler.
How to Disable Encryption (Android Pie)
If you have to transfer files or access file in recovery mode, then you won’t be able to do it. So first you have to enable MTP option to get access. This is a one time process and you can access the storage after this. Once this process is completed now you can move to the next process.
Root Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite
After installing TWRP on Mi A2/A2 Lite you can easily root your phone. Just go on with few steps to flash Magisk Zip and then your device will be rooted. Follow the step by step guide below. So this was a quick guide on how to root Mi A2/A2 Lite. I hope you have successfully rooted your device. So that you can enjoy features like installing Mods, Modules, Custom ROMs etc. Related Guides:
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