If you are a Xiaomi owner, you know that MIUI is releasing a developers version of its rom every week. Here you will be able to download directly all official MIUI 8 Fastboot (.tgz) and Recovery ROM (.zip) Global Developer build version 6.8.18 for all Mi and Redmi phones. Global version of the rom is announced to come out later this month. As in every new release, several bug issues have been fixed. Enhancements and optimizations have also been implemented like the ones available in Gallery app. New features have also been added in Permission Manager, Clock app, and Calculator app. On top of that, the brand new MIUI Forum app is also added within this release. You can see the full changelog for all devices.
Changelog
Contacts Optimization - Opening contacts in Messaging (08-15) Home screen Fix - FC issues in hidden notes (08-15) Gallery Optimization - A pop-up about downloading the original photo when setting the wallpaper (08-16) Optimization - Photo editor performance (08-16) Permissions Manager New - Added permissions for Lock screen and background notifications (08-15) Clock / Calculator New - C button clears current calculation, AC clears all history (08-17) New - Automatic font size adjustments for the numbers you enter (08-17) New - Long press the numbers to convert them to the Chinese financial characters (08-17) MIUI Forum New - Brand new MIUI Global Forum app (08-19)
DOWNLOAD
Don’t forget that the .zip files are Recovery ROM and the .tgz files are Fastboot ROM. All links below are official direct links to each MIUI ROM file. You can either copy paste it to your browser or into your favorite download manager.
Mi 2 / Mi 2S Fastboot896M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/aries_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_5.0_global_67092c4fd0.tgz Recovery 665M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_MI2Global_6.8.18_0b502156ea_5.0.zip Mi 3 / Mi 4 Fastboot 1062M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/cancro_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_6.0_global_240fabe8bc.tgz Recovery 782M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_MI3WMI4WGlobal_6.8.18_a8c7408005_6.0.zip Mi Note Recovery 938M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_MINoteGlobal_6.8.18_a0447455b0_6.0.zip Fastboot 1219M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/virgo_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_6.0_global_1f3d330d73.tgz Mi 4i Fastboot 1192M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/ferrari_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_5.0_global_f2b7fa427c.tgz Recovery 978M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_MI4iGlobal_6.8.18_db2674b1fd_5.0.zip Mi 5 Fastboot 1594M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/gemini_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_6.0_global_e3996a764f.tgz Recovery 1416M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_MI5Global_6.8.18_4a1d3f0dfc_6.0.zip Mi Max 32GB Fastboot 1516M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/hydrogen_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_6.0_global_e445dc8201.tgz Recovery 1370M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_MIMAXGlobal_6.8.18_c0eedc6215_6.0.zip Redmi 1S Fastboot 932M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/armani_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_4.4_global_b0ac2cb854.tgz Recovery 746M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HM1SWCGlobal_6.8.18_0c802a5bc2_4.4.zip Redmi 2 Prime Recovery 793M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HM2XWCProGlobal_6.8.18_f610cbeefc_5.1.zip Fastboot 1105M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/wt88047_pro_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_5.1_global_b9951b6005.tgz Redmi 2 Recovery 756M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HM2XWCGlobal_6.8.18_785a1d30f4_4.4.zip Fastboot 1065M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/wt88047_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_4.4_global_d47718f1af.tgz Redmi 3 / Redmi 3 Pro Fastboot 1116M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/ido_xhdpi_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_5.1_global_c1882483fe.tgz Recovery 966M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HM3Global_6.8.18_b71a3e4a7e_5.1.zip Redmi 3S Fastboot 1749M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/land_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_6.0_global_6b18085a6a.tgz Recovery 1428M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HM3SGlobal_6.8.18_39691b0190_6.0.zip Redmi Note 4G Fastboot 941M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/dior_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_4.4_global_d24e4b1375.tgz Recovery 755M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HMNoteLTEGlobal_6.8.18_0e53400560_4.4.zip Redmi Note Prime Fastboot 1093M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/gucci_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_4.4_global_59bc52b710.tgz Recovery 812M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HMNote1SGlobal_6.8.18_a8dd929c72_4.4.zip Redmi Note 2 Fastboot 1330M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/hermes_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_5.0_global_493ad4b87c.tgz Recovery 1101M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HMNote2Global_6.8.18_ce507d6940_5.0.zip Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm Fastboot 1505M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/kenzo_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_5.1_global_99c49f07f7.tgz Recovery 1238M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HMNote3ProGlobal_6.8.18_d0da79d09e_5.1.zip Redmi Note 3 Special Edition Fastboot 1647M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/kate_global_images_6.8.18_20160805.0000.29_6.0_global_0b96fcbbd5.tgz Recovery1350M http://bigota.d.miui.com/6.8.18/miui_HMNote3ProtwGlobal_6.8.18_09882c79df_6.0.zip
If you don’t know how to do it, you can follow this guide from the Official Xiaomi Forum.