The MIUI 13 update has undoubtedly been quite controversial, mostly due to the fact that it has presented barely anything to global users other than new wallpapers. Still, a quicker-than-last-year rollout has helped compensate for that a bit, with Android 12 now reaching a few budget devices as well. But as Xiaomiui reports, the company may have got another screw-up in its hands.

Bricked devices as a result of new MIUI updates isn’t exactly something new for Xiaomi. Initial ‘stable beta’ Android 12 rollouts had late last year rendered some Mi 11 Ultra and Mi 11 units useless. As if that wasn’t enough, MIUI 13 now looks to be having a similar effect on not just the aforementioned devices but also the Mi 11 Lite 5G (via Notebookcheck).

So far, it appears that the issue is limited to pilot testers only. Xiaomi does notify beta testers of associated risks so it would be unfair to blow up at it. But Xiaomiui says that the Mi 11 Ultra had to actually be opened up for recovery from the bricked state, which is quite a mess.

Xiaomi is also yet to acknowledge the issue. In such a case, it is advisable for pilot testers to not flash the latest update on Mi 11 series devices and wait for the next one instead. Stable users are advised to not manually flash any experimental builds for the time being.

The technical cause is currently unknown but the problem does seem to strike upon installing the OTA through the Updater app.

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