Many people, tired of waiting for the global version of the Mi Band 8 CN to be released, paid extra money to purchase the version for the Chinese market even though it had limitations in language. However, they were still hopeful that it would be internationalized automatically.
Convert Mi Band 8 CN to Global firmware.
Although the hardware of these two products is identical, this update is taking a while to arrive (assuming that it does arrive), so the developer m0tral has released an unofficial modified version of the application that connects to MiFitness, causing Chinese Xiaomi Band 8 (CN) owners to update to version 2.2.12 Global, which includes all languages, which is an unofficial modified version of the application that connects to Mi Fitness.
Time needed: 40 minutes
Several steps need to be completed for the Mi Band 8 CN to be converted to the Global version 2.2.12
Download Mi Fitness Mod 3.18.0i m0tral v131u.apk
When you have uninstalled Mi Fitness that you had previously.
- Download and install Mi Fitness Mod 3.18.0i m0tral v131u.apk and launch it as usual by selecting the country CHINA in the selection bar.
Locate the MAC address of the Mi Band 8
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One difference between this version and the previous versions is that m0tral requires your Mi Band 8 to be enabled to download the firmware.
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To do this, you must first locate your Mi Band 8’s MAC address by going to Device – Device information in the Mi Fitness app.
Access the m0tral Telegram group.
- You only have to access his Telegram group, which is divided into sections. You first need to access the “# Discussion” section, where you must request permission to write.
- This will be done by pressing the button that says “Press HERE to enter.”
Enable the MAC address of your Mi Band 8
- Subsequently, go to the “Mi Band 8 Update Request” section and write the MAC address obtained in the previous step in your preferred format.
- Once you do this, you will receive an email confirming that your device has been activated with a message like “Got it. D0:62:2C:CF: E3:56 activated.”.
Update the Mi Band 8 CN to Global firmware.
- It is now necessary for us to go back to the Mi Fitness app, which will indicate an available update with a 0 like the photo shows.
- The update can also be found by going to Device – Update. Start the process, which takes approximately 30 minutes to download and 5 minutes to apply.
Reset and change the region
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The Mi Band 8 can then be reset directly from the bracelet (Settings – System – Reset) once the update is complete.
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Finally, you can pair your Mi Band 8 Global again by changing the region in the app (Profile – Settings – Region).
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If you wish, you can return to the official version of the PlayStore if you wish to stop using the Mod version 3.18.0i m0tral v131u.