
Choose the ‘android_winusb’ file and click on ‘Open’. Select the ‘win 10’ or ‘xp-win7-win8’ folder, as per the installed Windows OS version on your PC. Navigate to the folder where you have extracted USB Drivers.zip. Next, select the ‘Show All Devices’ option and click ‘Next’.
Select ‘Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer’. In the next popup that appears, select ‘Browse my computer for driver software’. Right-click on it and select the ‘Update Driver’ option. Your Xiaomi/Redmi device would be mentioned either as an ‘Android Device’, ‘Unknown Device’ or ‘Other Device’ with a yellow exclamation mark. Under Device Manager, tap on ‘Other Devices’. On your PC, go to the ‘Control Panel’ and launch the ‘Device Manager’. Type in the following code in the PowerShell window to boot your Xiaomi/Redmi device into Fastboot Mode:. Now while holding the ‘SHIFT’ key, right-click on an empty area. Navigate to the folder where you have installed ADB and Fastboot binaries (e.g. Plugin the device to the PC via USB cable. Extract the downloaded file on your PC using an archive tool like WinRAR or 7Zip. Download the Xiaomi USB driver package for your device. Also enable USB debugging on the device, under ‘Developer Options’. Before you begin, make sure set up the Android SDK Tools on your PC.
If the automatic installation fails for some reason, you could manually install Xiaomi USB Drivers on your Windows PC as well. Xiaomi Mi Note 10/Note 10 Pro/Note 10 Lite Xiaomi Mi 10/Mi 10 Pro/Mi 10 Ultra/Mi 10 Lite/Mi 10 Youth Further, it will also potentially fix any driver-related issues/errors you might be facing. In such cases, manually installing the latest Xiaomi USB drivers on your PC will ensure compatibility with the latest smartphones. Even if it does work, chances are that your computer might install an outdated USB driver that may not be compatible with the latest Xiaomi smartphones.
However, this doesn’t always work, especially on PCs running older Windows versions. Generally, your Windows computer (with the latest Windows OS version) would automatically recognize your Xiaomi device and install the required USB drivers for it. You will need these USB drivers for transferring files to/from your phone over MTP, for flashing the stock firmware using Mi Flash Tool, and also for establishing an ADB or Fastboot connection for flashing a custom recovery, rooting, debugging apps/ROMs, etc. Xiaomi USB drivers are a set of Windows programs that enable your computer to properly detect and communicate with your Xiaomi smartphone over a USB connection.