A recently rolled out update for the Xiaomi Mi 10 has been causing issues in the smartphone. Multiple users reported on their Mi 10 units not booting up after the latest developer ROM update, 20.3.4; and now, the Chinese tech giant has responded to the problem as well.

Earlier today (5th March 2020), Xiaomi‘s official Weibo account, a Chinese microblogging website, issued a statement acknowledging the faulty update and stopping the further rollout of the same. According to a few people on Weibo, the Mi 10 cannot use a card after updating the beta firmware. Even after holding down the power button, certain handsets did not boot up.

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The official statement read, “After receiving some user feedback that the Xiaomi Mi 10 has a black screen when upgrading to the internal test development version 20.3.4 and cannot boot normally, we stopped pushing the new version immediately. We are currently investigating the reasons. If there are new developments in the future, we will update this post in a timely manner. We hope everyone will continue to pay attention to the inconvenience caused to you. Please forgive me! thanks for your support.”

So, as of right now, Xiaomi is investigating this issue and the reason for the failure of the boot sequence. The company has promised an update soon, although an exact date/timing has yet to be divulged. It is unknown how they would fix the issue affecting devices that have already faced the issue and are not booting, but we will have to wait for future official statements. So stay tuned

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Xiaomi‘s custom MIUI ROM has an update cycle different from Android’s and the company is always working to push out updates bringing new features, irrespective of the Android version. With a limited number of models, the MIUI team has been able to deliver but the task becomes extremely complicated when the number of Xiaomi phones becomes many. Xiaomi’s product cycle changed with the launch of the independent Redmi series. The new series now releases affordable products irrespective of the Mi series and recently, it even released a flagship model.EDITOR’S PICK: Xiaomi Mi Band 4 likely to use Huami’s RISC-V based Huangshan No.1 Chip

Usually, the development of a new MIUI version go from closed beta to open beta and then the stable version makes it out to users. During the beta program, feedback from users plays an important role in the entire development. Xiaomi is now trying to streamline the development cycle by focusing on beta ROMs for only new smartphones. Also, the company plans to take off budget phones out of the beta program, it hinted recently.

The company said in a statement that the new development pattern will take effect from July 5 and will now be limiting MIUI betas to smartphones which are less than a year old. Smartphones that turn a year old will automatically be withdrawn from beta testing and will thereupon only receive updates to the stable version of MIUI. This decision will not impact the development of stable versions of MIUI for Xiaomi and Redmi devices.

Apart from this, Xiaomi has also decided upon suspending MIUI betas for entry-level Redmi smartphones. The company did not reveal the models that will be affected by the development but we expect the recently launched Redmi 7 and 7A to be part of it since they are budget models. Despite this change of pattern, the Chinese tech giant is offering an assurance that the stable updates for the entry-level smartphones will not be affected. Although this new policy is for the MIUI beta program for the MIUI China ROM, we expect the same policy to apply to the global ROM as well.

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