GoKawiilPlease look through guide full from the top to the bottom before beginning to do anything.
Beware! This guide is intended for experienced users and not half-baked newbies.
Initially, I planned to stop updating Android at the end of 2026, following the [KeepAndroidOpen] initiative.
However, once I found out that Android 17 would be released for the Xiaomi 15 Ultra on August 27,
I immediately decided to freeze my installation on Android 16.
Stupid dumb asses > as if HyperOS 3 wasn’t already shitty enough.
In this comprehensive guide, we will maximize what this device can do without rooting.
We are locking the operating system to the final version of Android 16 and skipping Android 17 entirely.
Doin’ so because version 17 brings too many nasty things to the table, and we all want to avoid them.
More telemetry, more rights to them, less to user, more AI slop, more unswitchable services.
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