Even though there is updated / latest LineageOS for mido, I decided to go with Pixel Experience because I've never tried that ROM before. And since there is official support for mido, why not?
On XDA Developers, this is the official thread for Pixel Experience (Android 13) for mido: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-official-stable-13-mido-pixelexperience-aosp.4423487/
You can download the ROM here: https://get.pixelexperience.org/mido
Recommended custom recovery here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nranjan-17/files/RETROFIT%20OrangeFox/OrangeFox-R11.1-A12-RETROFIT-Unofficial-mido.zip/download
Install guide here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NRanjan-17/Pixel-Experience-Releases/main/RETROFIT_GUIDE.md
Pixel Experience website itself has a wiki and install notes for mido.
In any case, basic steps are below.
1) Flash RETROFIT recovery
- Reboot to your existing recovery (VolUp + Power)
- Wipe cache, data, system, vendor and Format Data
- Flash the RETROFIT Supported Recovery zip
- Reboot to Recovery (If flashing OrangeFox, it will be automatically rebooted to OrangeFox Recovery)
2) Wipe and format device
- After you flash and boot into the new OrangeFox recovery, format data and reboot to the recovery again.
- Now, wipe all the partitions (i.e. cache, metadata, data, internal storage). Wiping Internal might throw an error because of missing /data/media/ which is okay, reboot to recovery again.
- This format data and wiping of other partitions is required only once every clean flash.
- NB : encryption is now enabled by default and that is why a clean flash would cost you a data format.
3) Flash Pixel Experience ROM
- Flash the ROM
- Format data
- Reboot to system (it may show no os installed ignore it, if it doesn't boot then flash the ROM again and reboot to system)
As far as I can tell, that Xiaomi phone became a Pixel device, except for the Camera app.
With Google Photos, it detects the handset as a Pixel and allows unlimited photo/video uploads at original quality. Bonus!
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