In this guide, we will show you the steps to flash the Pixel Experience ROM onto your Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60. The newest addition to the Poco family follows the footsteps of its predecessors by offering a power-packed specs sheet but at a price that wouldn’t burn a hole in your pockets. Along the same lines, it has also followed in the same footsteps when it comes to custom development too as both these devices have already been blessed with a plethora of custom ROMs.
But this then leads to a problem of plenty among the device owners as to which ROM they should ultimately settle for. Well, if you are looking for a clean stock OS with just a few Pixel goodies with a fast, snappy, and optimized OS, then your best bet is to welcome abode the Pixel Experience ROM on your Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. So without further ado, let’s get started.
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How to Flash Pixel Experience on Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60
The process will wipe off all the data on your device, so take a complete device backup beforehand. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
STEP 1: Install Android SDK
First and foremost, you will have to install the Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC. This is the official ADB and Fastboot binary provided by Google and is the only recommended one. So download it and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. Doing so will give you the platform-tools folder, which will be used throughout this guide to install Pixel Experience on Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60.
STEP 2: Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking
Next up, you will also have to enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking on your device. The former will make your device recognizable by the PC in ADB mode. This will then allow you to boot your device to Fastboot Mode. On the other hand, OEM Unlocking is required to carry out the bootloader unlocking.
So head over to Settings > About Phone > Tap on Build Number 7 times > Go back to Settings > System > Advanced > Developer Options > Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking.
STEP 3: Unlock Bootloader on Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60
Next up, you will also have to unlock the device’s bootloader. Do keep in mind that doing so will wipe off all the data from your device and could nullify its warranty as well. So if that’s all well and good, then please refer to our detailed guide on How to Unlock Bootloader on any Xiaomi Device.
STEP 4: Download Pixel Experience for Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60
- You may now grab hold of the ROM for your device from the below link.
Pixel Experience: DOWNLOAD LINK
- Once downloaded, transfer it to the platform-tools folder on your PC.
STEP 6: Install TWRP Recovery on Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60
You’ll now have to install the TWRP Recovery to flash the Pixel Experience ROM on Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60. For that, you could refer to our guide on: Install TWRP Recovery on Poco F5/Pro/Redmi Note 12 Turbo/K60.
STEP 7: Boot Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60 to TWRP
- First off, connect your device to the PC via a USB cable. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled.
- Then head over to the platform-tools folder, type in CMD in the address bar, and hit Enter. This will launch the Command Prompt.
- Type in the following command in the CMD window to boot your device to Fastboot Mode
adb reboot recovery
STEP 7: Flash Latest Firmware
- You’ll also have to flash the latest firmware on your device.
- So download it from here and flash the ZIP via TWRP.
- Once flashed, go to Reboot and select Recovery.
- Your device will reboot to TWRP and you may then move ahead to the next step.
STEP 8: Install Pixel Experience on Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60
- Head over to Wipe > Format Data > type in yes > hit the blue checkmark.
- Again go to Wipe > Advanced Wipe > select Cache, Dalvik, Data > wipe them.
- Now transfer the ROM file onto your device from your PC.
- Then go to Install, select the rom.zip, and do a right swipe to flash it.
- Once flashed, go to Reboot and select System. Your device will boot to the newly flashed OS!
That’s it. These were the steps to flash the Pixel Experience ROM onto your Poco F5 Pro/Redmi K60. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
