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Hello,
I bought a 64gb version throw gearbest and they installed a vendors version 7.3.14.0.0 not oficial rom. With defeats the purpose of the bootloader being locked.
I want to install the original miui 8 china or miui 8 from xiaomi.eu.
If I unlock my bootloader by submitting the request to xiaomi what I lose? What are the disavantages?
Does the fingerprint reader works on a bootloader unlocked phone with official miui 8 china?
Does it work with xiaomi.eu rom?
What are the features that cease to work with an unlocked bootloader with these two roms?
If I install xiaomi.eu rom without unlock the bootloader using Doom Slayer method I must not update by OTA or I will brick it, right?
And oficial miui 8 can I update by OTA?
Sorry for these questions but is my first xiaomi with locked bootloader and don't want to screw up by not knowing the consequences of each method?
Thanks in advance
filtragem said:
Hello,
I bought a 64gb version throw gearbest and they installed a vendors version 7.3.14.0.0 not oficial rom. With defeats the purpose of the bootloader being locked.
I want to install the original miui 8 china or miui 8 from xiaomi.eu.
If I unlock my bootloader by submitting the request to xiaomi what I lose? What are the disavantages?
Does the fingerprint reader works on a bootloader unlocked phone with official miui 8 china?
Does it work with xiaomi.eu rom?
What are the features that cease to work with an unlocked bootloader with these two roms?
If I install xiaomi.eu rom without unlock the bootloader using Doom Slayer method I must not update by OTA or I will brick it, right?
And oficial miui 8 can I update by OTA?
Sorry for these questions but is my first xiaomi with locked bootloader and don't want to screw up by not knowing the consequences of each method?
Thanks in advance
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The fingerprint will work. But Find phone will not work and it will not be secure. But your phone will be less secure like if gets stolen anybody can flash firmware and you will be loser. With find my phone nobody could even flash firmware . I have got permission within 2 days for unlocking but i have not done but i have flashed chinese firmware by using miflash. the link is here http://en.miui.com/thread-326039-1-1.html. it is very safe that way.
seking said:
The fingerprint will work. But Find phone will not work and it will not be secure. But your phone will be less secure like if gets stolen anybody can flash firmware and you will be loser. With find my phone nobody could even flash firmware . I have got permission within 2 days for unlocking but i have not done but i have flashed chinese firmware by using miflash. the link is here http://en.miui.com/thread-326039-1-1.html. it is very safe that way.
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Security is not about flashing, is about protecting your data. Encryption makes phone more secure, not locked bootloader. We have ways to flash whatever we want with locked bootloader... how about that? Do you still fil secure?
Thank you both,
@seking for what I could understand this is the xiaomi.eu rom with even more stuff, right?
Do you have the helium version?
For that rom you just need the miflash to flash the rom via fastboot, right?
This is different from the Doom Slayer method because with it we fastboot the TWRP recovery and then use it to flash the xiaomi rom.
@nijel8, that is my question also the locked bootloader doesn't add security, gearbest flashed a custom rom even with it locked, so the security reason isn't a valid one.
Partition encrypting is only available when the bootloader is locked? If so that is one feature that is gone with unlocking.
If one unlock the bootloader can later lock it again?
With the bootloader locked we can't use miflash tool to flash fastboot rom, right? Only using EDL, and even then from what I could understand the system and data partition need to be formatted and that removes the encryption...
I just want to get rid of a rom that I don't know what is it and install a oficial rom or a rom from good sources like xiaomi.eu
After replace my rom can I update it by OTA or after I must update only by fastboot ot TWRP?
Thanks again
Bootloader status has nothing to do with encryption. Encryption always is a user option in any ROM... Not sure about MIUI though b/c they enforce encryption on both system and userdata partitions in ramdisk fstab so no user choice as far as I know. And yes... You can always lock bootloader back but will loose your data in process.
Not going to answer the second set of questions (see my signature ) not b/c I don't know but b/c never done it myself so yeah...
mi max is comparatively new phone. there are notnmany roms. development still new. therefore be careful of what you flash. for hardbrick solving we have to open the back cover which is risky. i have taken the safe mthod of not unlocking it. i flashed the rom on the locked rom with miflash via EDL. one can always flash the official rom through twrp and you will be safe.
Thanks a lot you two.
Trying to get the most information before doing something wrong.
Don't worry... Mi Max poves to be die hard phone...
hi guys my mi max helium 128gb 4gb ram locked with mi account, all internet users have same problem , like forgot password or smtg.. my situation is I forgot password, email in account insnt written i cant change it , tel,number most important thing but I changed my carrier thAT number now dont exist. Do you know any solution how to bypass it?
eligutisv said:
hi guys my mi max helium 128gb 4gb ram locked with mi account, all internet users have same problem , like forgot password or smtg.. my situation is I forgot password, email in account insnt written i cant change it , tel,number most important thing but I changed my carrier thAT number now dont exist. Do you know any solution how to bypass it?
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No way to bypass. It's a good security for your data in case your phone gets stolen. The only way is for you reset your mi password via your PC at https://i.mi.com/#homenew
or just full flash a rom clean via miflash. You will lose the content of the phone of course.
and I don't recommend people to share a method to bypass security if they are any due to security reason.
i tried to flash rom with mi flash but it wont help anyway. from miui 7 installed to miui 8 and just turn it on i get message that is associated with existing account and asking for password, **** i paid for it 300 dollars after one month i can only throw it in trash box..also i was tried to send photos( proofs that its my phone it isnt stolen or something) to xiaomi suport but they wont help.S o sad.
eligutisv said:
i tried to flash rom with mi flash but it wont help anyway. from miui 7 installed to miui 8 and just turn it on i get message that is associated with existing account and asking for password, **** i paid for it 300 dollars after one month i can only throw it in trash box..also i was tried to send photos( proofs that its my phone it isnt stolen or something) to xiaomi suport but they wont help.S o sad.
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Have you tried retrieving your password from the Mi acc website? Which method did you use to flash? Use this method http://en.miui.com/thread-364323-1-1.html
It should work tho even with a locked bootloader. It worked on mine when I screw up my device.
You can download the FASTBOOT rom for Helium here to flash.
http://en.miui.com/thread-402363-1-1.html
i cant change it cause email for pasword recovery isnt typed, only one way to change password is receive message to tel.number witch didnt exist any more..i will try this method.
also u gave me fastboot rom for mi max prime,its same like main mi max 128gb?
eligutisv said:
also u gave me fastboot rom for mi max prime,its same like main mi max 128gb?
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128GB is for the prime model only also known as Helium.
flash wont help it showing same, i wzs tried jus now flash via fastboot .
eligutisv said:
flash won't help it showing same, i was tried jus now flash via fastboot .
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It should tho if you flash clean all and lock. It'll be just like out of the box. If it's not possible still since you somehow do not remember the email, just flash to CM13 ROM via TWRP once you have flashed TWRP via mi flash and use non-MIUI ROMs.
flash any stock rom doesnt work...u need a rom with oem unlock..or just stick a usb to ur phone after flash and try access developer options..cant say more..
Hi,
I bought Xiaomi Mi 5s with Global Stable ROM 8.2.1.0, and today I entered the official MIUI website to see what's the latest version that is released, in here:
http://en.miui.com/download-314.html
For some reason at the same moment I thought that 8.0.3.0 is higher version than mine (I missed a zero), and I downloaded the ROM installation file to the phone, and installed it through the updater app.
After the install, the phone loaded and didn't recognize the SIM card anymore, also couldn't enter the Network settings, the phone app or the phone status, and from what I read on the internet it probably don't recognize my IMEI anymore...
It also doesn't let me install my previous version (8.2.1.0) because the updater says it's not verified.
I tried to flash again the same ROM that is installed now (8.0.3.0), but it didn't help.
Also tried to do factory reset but I can't because it doesn't recognize the device id...
Is there something I can do immediately to fix this without applying a request to Xiaomi to unlock the bootloader (which I really don't want to do), and also to be stuck without a phone again for a couple of days?
Updater says it's not verified when you install 8.2.1.0? Maybe you got a wrong phone version?
zew384 said:
Updater says it's not verified when you install 8.2.1.0? Maybe you got a wrong phone version?
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Nope, it's the right one: http://en.miui.com/thread-567657-1-1.html
From what I read over the internet they canceled this update because it has issues, battery drain mostly, but nothing official that I saw.
I'm not sure,but according to a tutorial I found, which is about down grade from miui 8 to 7. You need to have a factory reset to have imei back
By the way, Mi 5s always comes with Chinese ROM, so maybe you have recovery installed already, where u can flash without verify.
forgivemypoorEN said:
I'm not sure,but according to a tutorial I found, which is about down grade from miui 8 to 7. You need to have a factory reset to have imei back
By the way, Mi 5s always comes with Chinese ROM, so maybe you have recovery installed already, where u can flash without verify.
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No I don't have recovery, probably when it arrives to the stores here they flash official ROM and remove custom recovery (just guessing).
I see I can't avoid unlocking the device, although I don't want to. In my case I down graded from 8.2.1.0 to 8.0.3.0, but I hope that a factory reset will also help after I'll unlock the device.
forgivemypoorEN said:
I'm not sure,but according to a tutorial I found, which is about down grade from miui 8 to 7. You need to have a factory reset to have imei back
By the way, Mi 5s always comes with Chinese ROM, so maybe you have recovery installed already, where u can flash without verify.
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Wow, bull****, mine came with Global rom, and in xiaomi phones after ~2016 there is like ~1% chance that they will came with recovery and unlocked bootloader
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unlock bootloader (developer settings + miunlock tool) and then use miflash to reflash rom
ariel.levin said:
No I don't have recovery, probably when it arrives to the stores here they flash official ROM and remove custom recovery (just guessing).
I see I can't avoid unlocking the device, although I don't want to. In my case I down graded from 8.2.1.0 to 8.0.3.0, but I hope that a factory reset will also help after I'll unlock the device.
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I had exactly the same problem as you last month. All i can do is flashing my phone using deep flash cable. Factory reset does solve this problem, but in my case i cant. When hit reset on settings, i must input mi account password and it did nothing after that. I also cant unlock my phone because i forgot binding my device to mi account in developer settings when still in miui 8.2.1.0.
mezutelni said:
Wow, bull****, mine came with Global rom, and in xiaomi phones after ~2016 there is like ~1% chance that they will came with recovery and unlocked bootloader
to op:
unlock bootloader (developer settings + miunlock tool) and then use miflash to reflash rom
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Sorry, I didn't know they are selling Mi 5s global versions. I thought Mi 5s was only sold in China. I did google it online and it was not sold elsewhere and there was no global rom then.
Update for people who will encounter this issue and will read this:
What solved it in my case, was to send Xiaomi a request to unlock the device, they returned an answer pretty fast (2 hours later), maybe because I wrote them what happened in the request. I unlocked the device using Mi Unlock tool, downloaded a fastboot version of the global ROM I wanted (8.0.3.0) from the official MIUI website, and flashed it using Mi Flash tool, choosing the option "clean all, flash and unlock". After the flashing succeeded, the IMEI was restored and everything is ok, and also the bootloader is locked again like nothing happened.
pretty much what "mezutelni" said to do
So I came back to the stock MIUI after several months due to lack of camera performance on custom ROMs. And way back the time, I've decided to DELETE my Mi Account considering that I am never going back to MIUI again. But boy oh boy, here we are.
I've flashed the stock firmware provided (links later), and I was surprised when I found out that this device was locked to an account. I've never had that problem when I switched to MIUI from LOS for about 10 days. Now that the account is now officially deleted, I have no way to activate my device even though I know my password. I've already done the following things:
1. Flashed stock ROM with different MIUI versions, and MIUI 7 and 8 are the only ROMs where activation appears
2. I've flashed the stock Philippine ROM (MIUI V5) and there are no problems with using it (I am currently using the phone for this thread)
3. I've signed-up for Mi Unlock but it was too late to know that all it does is to unlock the bootloader. AND MY BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED SINCE THE BEGINNING SO IT'S USELESS NOW.
4. <code>fastboot OEM lock</code> doesn't work when I try to relock the bootloader hoping that the Mi Unlock might do something extraordinary.
5. Enabled "Find My Device" on MIUI V5, hoping that the server would overwrite the existing data that's registered on my phone's serial and IMEI.
I only think of two reasons why my phone got locked:
1. The first fastboot ROM that I flashed has a locked bootloader even though it was a Global ROM
2. Still linked to my deleted account
What can I do? (except install another custom software)
Did you try flashing rom with mi flash?
I assume you have knowledge of using mi flash tool, rom images and fastboot.
Download rom images from mi website and flash with mi flash,
You might have 2-3 options at the bottom of the mi flash while you have selected the images in mi flash, 1- keep userdata and 2- wipe everything and 3rd one I don't remember.
I've don't this with my mi 4i and when I started device, it didn't ask for mi account.
Simply don't insert any SIM card and don't connect to WiFi.
I hope it might help.
Hi everyone, I forgot my mi account details and had to bypass my phone after it locked, had to downgrade to MIUI 12.0.3 and I unlocked the bootloader before, it's still unlocked.
Can I install a custom ROM without issues now?
oladokun1996 said:
Hi everyone, I forgot my mi account details and had to bypass my phone after it locked, had to downgrade to MIUI 12.0.3 and I unlocked the bootloader before, it's still unlocked.
Can I install a custom ROM without issues now?
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So you want Miui or custom rom?
1/Miui:
-Chose line 2 and connect wifi then back chose line 1 to use password
-If you forget password, use forget and take new password by phone number or email idk.
2/Custom ROM:
-You can flash one with no issues if you do right.
Thank you so much, Its the custom ROM that I want to install. Lineage OS to be precise
Hi guys, I gave my engineer my Redmi note 8 pro to upgrade for me and after the upgrade, the phone locked mi account, I didn't have the log in details... He bypassed the mi account and said I shouldn't update, if I do, the mi account will lock again
The bootloader is unlocked, can I install Lineage os custom ROM without having account issues?
oladokun1996 said:
Hi guys, I gave my engineer my Redmi note 8 pro to upgrade for me and after the upgrade, the phone locked mi account, I didn't have the log in details... He bypassed the mi account and said I shouldn't update, if I do, the mi account will lock again
The bootloader is unlocked, can I install Lineage os custom ROM without having account issues?
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That lock only show up if you use Miui. Other custom roms that will not show up. Many device had that lock and they start to use custom roms.
Thank you