Installing OpenWrt on the Xiaomi 4A, 4C, 3Gv2, 4Q, miWifi 3C and debrick method New 2022

Links:
Virtual box:
OpenWrt invasion:
OpenWRT firmware:
Firmware for your device can be found using the OpenWrt firmware selector (new):
CyberDuck:
Debrick tools:

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Chapters:
00:00 Into
02:30 Prerequisites
03:39 Install
19:25 Debrick
25:30 Outro

[jlxip]

Thank you so much! It's been extremely easy thanks to your video, keep it up!

[PointFullOn]

Bro, I can't describe how awesome I feel after watching your tutorial. This router gave me so much headache and consumed so much of my time. It was well worth throwing it away and buying a new one. But I'm one of those people who want to try everything they can before they do so. And man, your instructions were spot on you helped me do exactly that - fix something that others would've given up on within the first 5 minutes. THANK YOU from the bottom of my soul.

[OsXHAvY]

I just came back to your original video and am so glad that you posted this update...i brought my xiaomi r4ag all the way back to new york from istanbul JUST to try your instructions and now months later (and I think maybe three years after I bought it) and im finally getting to it because my grandmother needs a router so she doesnt have to keep funding those criminal ISPs with her extra $5/month haha
thanks a

[paulnyabuto]

Followed your guidelines, device flashed orange forever, realized I had bricked it, realized my model was not English but Intl 😢, debricked the device using your video and after trying again it worked🎉 thanks a lot👌

[internetgezinticisi]

yours is the most descriptive guide i have seen, thank you for the content you have made and i wish you success

[it-expat-china]

Worked like a charm. I used Ubuntu desktop directly so I didn't need the VirtualBox part. Also, I used ftp command from Ubuntu bash shell to copy the bin file from local to the 4C router. The rest is exactly the same. Many many thanks to Hoddy!

[DjIngiFHM]

Thank you very much from Germany/Bavaria! - It works fine for my Xiaomi 4A Gigabit Router! After a Update over App my Router was offline before.

[dr_one]

Xiaomi 4A 100m worked perfectly! Great thank you.

[danh.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH ❤️.
Finally made it (after 3 months and so many useless tutorials on YouTube) through your video . Many thanks for your time making a great tutorial ❤️

[Sk]

Thank you so much for this great explanation, I didn't run into any issues except for running the openwrt commands, which I had to run through python venv, otherwise everything else went perfectly thanks to your amazing in depth easy to follow guide.

[yurigum]

Thanks, debricking Chinese 4A GIG was success to me, but I have to make additional reboot: After transferring the firmware with a tool the 1st LED start blinking blue colour constantly, but the router didn't reacted on connections. I've to reboot the router and that helped.

[RyanDimakuta-hb]

thanks bro! successful on my 3rd attempt. the trick was to total reset the router before following this guide.

[MegaJoniee]

many thanks, your method has work, finaly one person that he knows how to make tutorial

[alexcool]

Thanks for the detailed tutorial!

However, I've faced some issues. First, I coudn't get a root access it might be due to firmware version. Secondly, I couldn't get recovery mode -( I thought what if change stock firmware via recovery mode to another version which is ok for openwrt but when I press reset button firmware is writing to memory and led is starting to blink without any thinking. After reboot I still get a stock firmware. No change!
I've tried all of the firmwares and tools (tinypxe and miwifi repair tool) process finishes too fast.
My router MI 4A gigabit (chinese)
Thank you

[DatsWhatSheSaid]

Best video on the topic and trust me, I have seen over 30 of them before finally attempting this. There were some issues with the latest version of VirtualBox unfortunately, but nothing too complicated to handle.

By the way, I (And probably many others as well) would REALLY appreciate it if you made a video about the ideal settings we should select on OpenWRT to get the maximum out of the Mi router 4A; like more range (if possible).

Keep up the good work.

[newmfat]

This guide was a life saver! Thanks a billion!

[ParthKarnawat]

Thanks for such a good video, made installing openwrt on this router a piece of cake!

[Botisabaixux]

Thank you very much for this vídeo... O seen a lot off videos and consult a lot of sites about this theme and never was able to concludes openwrt installation in my 4c. Finally, with your help, I easly install it. Thank you for your great job

[willfiguex]

Hello!
24:00 If my Router Mi 4a 100M Chinese blinks a yellow light and DoReadFile appears, but is stuck on that, what could it be?

[daanwolthuis]

when I get to the step at 11:00 I get an error message that it is an externally managed environment and it doesn't install.. It gives me three possible solutions, but I am not at home in linux, so don't know how to continue. The 3 options are for: installing a python package system wide, or a non debian package or a non debian application. Can somebody advise?