Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air

[Hapower640]

Any progress? I am extremely interested in hearing if this can work out. I will buy this laptop if it can be hackintoshed effectively.

Still no progress for now. It's working pretty good but I still have a hard time trying to patch files for battery and making power management work.

I'll be able to test hdmi output later today though so I'll update my post with what's working or not.

 

[raultaboraz]

Wow! I am really interested too. Please keep us updated, there are a lot of people interested

 

[emela]

Have you tried to install macOS 10.12 Sierra ?

 

[manudroid19]

Wow thanks, didn't know that. I'll try it later and report results.

It works like that in the majority of laptops...

Aaaaaand, it booted to the installer. Didn't try an install yet though.

EDIT: install worked flawlessly, it boots fine too.

What works:
-Boot (obviously, no need for verbose)
-Intel HD graphics
-Graphical glitches (fixed by going in system parameters > screen, and switching color profile to sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
-Keyboard
-Trackpad (multitouch works too, but right side of the keyboard acts as right click, need to find a way to disable this)
-USB ports
-Audio (fixed with VoodooHDA.kext) (volume keys work too)
-NVMe internal SSD (fixed with patch-nvme)
-Battery/battery status (fixed with ACPIBatteryManager.kext) (still looks to have bad battery life even with Nvidia GPU deactivated)
-Nvidia GPU (successfully disabled with ssdt/dsdt edition) (can't make it work as it is Optimus)
-Backlight (ssdt edit + IntelBacklight.kext) (still need to edit keyboard layout so that brightness keys will work)

What doesn't work/untested:
-Wifi (need to install another wifi card)
-Bluetooth (same as wifi)
-Webcam (untested)
-Shutdown (it shuts the screen down but computer is still on)
-USB to Ethernet adapter (untested, I don't have an adapter)
-HDMI out (untested - probably fixed with VoodooHDA.kext too, will test later)

just awesome... I can't wait to test it by myself...

Don't worry, I plan on uploading it later and make a full tutorial about this. I won't upload it until most things are fixed though.

Also looking for help for a few things:
-Need help activating battery status in ssdt files instead of using ACPIBatteryManager.kext
-Need someone to confirm I used proper method to deactivate Nvidia GPU (does Nvidia not showing in about this Mac > System profiler implies it is properly turned off?)
-Need someone to help me fix shutdown bug and implement power management (even with Nvidia disabled and not showing in system profiler, I still get about 3 hours of battery life, don't know why)

When all this is fixed, I'll upload everything that is needed. Don't want to release something that is too buggy.

I could help you with all of this but I just have clover misconfigured and can't boot into the installer. Please upload your CLOVER folder, yes, we know it's buggy, but by getting there I could help you furthermore.
Put a red sign that it's not fully working and upload it please...

EDIT: I found this:
http://bbs.pcbeta.com/viewthread-1708645-1-1.html
but I don't understand chinese so useless...

 

[Hapower640]

EDIT: I found this:
http://bbs.pcbeta.com/viewthread-1708645-1-1.html
but I don't understand chinese so useless...

It's for the 12,5" variant so it's probably useless for us anyway.

Also, as requested, I attached my Clover folder, feel free to use it to install OSX on yours. You'll probably have to remove HackrNVMeFamily-10_11_6.kext from the kext/other folder if you're not installing 10.11.6 though.

 

[ajdemoed]

Thanks a lot Hapower640! I Have installed El capitan on my mi air 13 with success! Thanks to your clover folder. I dont Have wifi either. I also Have to keep the usb Drive in the computer to boot...

Is there a way to make it duo boot with Windows 10?

I Will keep track of your progress and Let me know if I can do something. Maybe test something on my laptop.

 

[monster1024]

Does anybody have working solution for touchpad in Xiaomi Air 12? I have tried VoodooI2C with DSDT patches (win8/10, INT3442\INT2443), but it still panics on boot and said "cant load i2c setting from ACPI".

 

[carlitoo]

thanks a lot Hapower640
i can't login appstore
any solution?

 

[cultureclash]

I'm waiting for a final solution for the 13" version as well Hope for the best! I really appreciate all the hard work from the community! Thx!

 

[carlitoo]

i could boot up with sierra
but couldnt detect ssd