Lollipop and Marshmallow: What the heck is wrong with my Xiaomi Mi 4?

The Xiaomi Mi 4 was launched back in 2014 running Android 4.4.3 (KitKat) out-of-the-box. My unit arrived in November 2015 running Android 4.4.4. If we go by Xiaomi’s announcements, the Mi 4 received Android 5.1.1-based MIUI 7 update in October 2015 and some users are reporting getting Marshmallow already.

Here is the issue: my unit is yet to so much as get 5.1.1 Lollipop, not even to mention 6.0 Marshmallow. I have my device set to check automatically. I also do a manual check at least once a week. Nada. Zilch. Mba. The thing no gree see update. I am beginning to suspect that something is wrong with my Xiaomi Mi 4. Any other users out there? What have your experiences been?

PS1: I have been told again and again that Xiaomi devices have their updates tied to an active Mi account. My device has been logged in to a Mi user account for weeks – and still no software updates.

PS2: No; I don’t want to do a manual download and installation of the update.

Mister Mobility

Founder of MobilityArena. Yomi’s journey in mobile started in 2001. Besides obsessing over mobile phones, he also started creating WAP sites (early mobile-friendly websites created with WML). He began writing about phones in 2004 and has been at it since then. He has owned over 200 devices, from Symbian, Palm, PocketPC/Windows Mobile, BlackBerry/BB10, webOS, Windows Phone, Firefox, Ubuntu Touch, to Android, iOS, and KaiOS operating systems.