Table of contents:
- How to install Android 10 on the Xiaomi Mi A2 if the update has not arrived
- What's new in Android 10 for the Xiaomi Mi A2
After several months of - long - wait, the Xiaomi Mi A2 is being officially updated to Android 10 via OTA. As is usual, the release of the update has been carried out in a staggered manner in order not to saturate the company's servers. For this same reason, the arrival of the update via OTA is being delayed more than normal, even more than the brand's phones with MIUI 11. The good news is that we can use a simple trick to force the Android 10 update on the Xiaomi Mi A2 without root.
How to install Android 10 on the Xiaomi Mi A2 if the update has not arrived
As we mentioned at the beginning of the post, the Android 10 OTA for Xiaomi's Mi A2 is available in a few countries. At the moment, India, France, Portugal and Italy are four of the countries that have updated in the first round of updates. Starting from this base, the key to receiving the update on our phone is precisely to simulate our location within each of these countries.
Before proceeding, an essential requirement for the phone to detect the update to Android is based on removing the SIM card from the corresponding tray. Later we will have to resort to a VPN application.
These types of updates allow us to simulate a network point anywhere in the world without the need to remain physically connected. We leave you below with several free applications.
- VPN for India: IndiaVPN
- VPN for Italy: Italy VPN Master
- VPN for France: France VPN
Once we have downloaded the relevant application on our phone, just click on the Connect button to connect to the country of origin. Then we will go to the System Updates section within the settings application to check that there are updates. Otherwise, we will have to resort to the following application or a general VPN that allows us to connect to a larger number of countries.
When the phone detects the update, we will only have to download and install it following the usual process. Finally we will introduce the SIM card to network the device.
What's new in Android 10 for the Xiaomi Mi A2
There are not many news that Android 10 brings to the Xiaomi Mi A2. Let's see some of the most significant announced by Xiaomi.
- Native dark mode
- Completely redesigned system gestures.
- Permit management improvement. Now the phone notifies when an application is using the camera, location or microphone.
- Some conceptual menus have been redesigned, such as the Settings application or the notification curtain.
- Google security patch update to December 2019.
- Parental Control and Digital Wellbeing included.
- Smart multitasking to prioritize the applications we use the most.
- Smart responses to answer notifications with personalized messages.
But not all that glitters is gold. Some users report failures in the phone launcher when navigating between applications. Other options like VoWiFi calls have disappeared. We do not know if it is an error or Xiaomi has decided to eliminate them completely.
We can also find some problems that affect notifications and their permissions, as is the case with WhatsApp.
