Hi everyone, I am a few hours away from unlocking my bootloader but I am considering changing phone with a new note 5 because this one has a yellowish colour on the bottom of the screen (is this a thing? has anyone had the same problem?) If I change it and bind the new one to the same account, do I have to wait 360 more hours or will I be able to unlock the new one in the already given time? obviously I won't unlock this one
Yes you would have to wait again since it's a new phone.
oh, I thought the authorization was linked to the account, not the phone.. This really is bad news ?
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Alright guys, after a little help.
I have a dev account which has a limit ( i think of 3 ? )
I have one phone, my colleague another so we have a spare. A friend of mine is on NODO and wants his live tiles fixed so i could technically unlock it, do the reg update and all would be good , except that wastes our last dev unlock which we wanted to keep spare in case one of our phones becomes faulty.
Is that how it works ? or can I unlock his device and then relock it when done, giving me back the extra device ?
thanks
pezley said:
Alright guys, after a little help.
I have a dev account which has a limit ( i think of 3 ? )
I have one phone, my colleague another so we have a spare. A friend of mine is on NODO and wants his live tiles fixed so i could technically unlock it, do the reg update and all would be good , except that wastes our last dev unlock which we wanted to keep spare in case one of our phones becomes faulty.
Is that how it works ? or can I unlock his device and then relock it when done, giving me back the extra device ?
thanks
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If you login to your developer account and look at the device registration it should show you a list of phones and next to the phone there is an option to remove, that should work.
Just a quick question.....
Does unlocking the Bootloader in te HTC One X remove any data from the home? I.e. does it wipe the device?
Thanks.
PS. I am planning in purchasing a One X because my iPhone is driving me mad.
Yup, the Phone Storage will be wiped!
Oh noes! I guess I'll just unlock it right out of the box then..
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Oh noes! I guess I'll just unlock it right out of the box then..
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You should just play around and test the phone before unlocking it. It will make warranty claims significantly easier if you've not unlocked or altered it at all. There have been quite a lot of reports about flaws in hardware and software in certain One Xs.
Most details should be synced to your Google account or whatever anyway so getting it going again after the unlock wipes data is easy.
My current mi account reseted so I need to wait 312 hours yet. My mother has an old mi account (made it 3 or 4 years ago) but she never tried to unlock her phone.
Can I use it to unlock my phone after unbind my current account or it has a 360 hours waiting time too?
Sigray said:
My current mi account reseted so I need to wait 312 hours yet. My mother has an old mi account (made it 3 or 4 years ago) but she never tried to unlock her phone.
Can I use it to unlock my phone after unbind my current account or it has a 360 hours waiting time too?
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No way around it, wait.
Incogn said:
No way around it, wait.
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Maybe the old account's counter is finished ?
Sigray said:
Maybe the old account's counter is finished ?
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What counter? You said it yourself, she never even tried to unlock, so there never was a counter to begin with. These threads come up every day, just read the forum, there is no way around it, xiaomi fixed it. If you dont believe, then just go and try, you will see for yourself.
if your old mi account is unlock before sure can unlock on the spot with other phone, i have try before is work
Not working anymore. I have three accounts that unlocked miui devices before and they can't unlock new devices now. It says to wait for 15 days.
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Not working anymore. I have three accounts that unlocked miui devices before and they can't unlock new devices now. It says to wait for 15 days.
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Sh*t
I tried to bind my account with a new RN5 PRO device with an old account which has already bound and waited the 360 hours and unlocked successfuly, but When I tried to unlock with the new one, just asked me to wait 360 hours.
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I tried to bind my account with a new RN5 PRO device with an old account which has already bound and waited the 360 hours and unlocked successfuly, but When I tried to unlock with the new one, just asked me to wait 360 hours.
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Sometimes hard to understand your post ?
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Sometimes hard to understand your post
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I tried to bind my account with a new RN5 PRO device with an old account which has already bound and waited the 360 hours and unlocked successfully with my Redmi 5 plus, but When I tried to unlock with the new device that got this morning (Redmi note 5 PRO), just asked me to wait 360 hours. Whatever If you have an old account with an unlocked device before or a new one, Xiaomi is going to ask you to wait for 360 hours.
My 2 latest phones unlocked right away without wait time. My account status on en.miui.com is Senior Member, don't know if it has anything to do with it.
Hello all
Can anyone tell me why Xiaomi keep moving the 'time period' for unlocking the BOOTLOADER on the Mi Max 3 ?
Initially I was told onscreen (PC Mi software) to try again in 360 hours. So I waited for the 360 hours and now it is saying onscreen, unable to unlock , try again in another 4 days time......
The phone is VERIFIED onscreen , my Mi Account is well established and verified.
Has anyone else experienced this ?
Will the BOOTLOADER ever unlock ?
I am becoming less interested in the Xiaomi brand as every day goes by. At least with a Samsung product there is no waiting nor external company control.
I am curious to know if Xiaomi are collecting personal data or info when you connect your device to their PC software to unlock the device.
Seems like Xiaomi like to control what the end user can and can't do with their products.
Thanks for reading :good:
tsam19 said:
Hello all
Can anyone tell me why Xiaomi keep moving the 'time period' for unlocking the BOOTLOADER on the Mi Max 3 ?
Initially I was told onscreen (PC Mi software) to try again in 360 hours. So I waited for the 360 hours and now it is saying onscreen, unable to unlock , try again in another 4 days time......
The phone is VERIFIED onscreen , my Mi Account is well established and verified.
Has anyone else experienced this ?
Will the BOOTLOADER ever unlock ?
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I've just read this message in a different thread here that seems related to your problem. How much have you been using the device while waiting for it go get unlocked?
RE Zacki06
Thanks for the link. As for using the phone i.e making calls or texting. I haven't really used it that way. I've installed a few apps on it. Surfed the web occasionally.
I don't want to use or customise it because when the bootloader gets unlocked it wipes the device like in a fresh format.
It seems like yet another bizzare, controlling twist from the Xiaomi manufacturers if they demand the user to use the device. Before allowing the bootloader to be unlocked.
It also seems suspiscious that Xiaomi are keeping tabs on the owner i.e knowing if they are using the device or not. Personally I don't like being spied on when I invest in buying a product.
I am swaying more and more to stay with a Samsung product if Xiaomi keep dangling a carrot then pulling it away at the last minute.
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RE Zacki06
Thanks for the link. As for using the phone i.e making calls or texting. I haven't really used it that way. I've installed a few apps on it. Surfed the web occasionally.
I don't want to use or customise it because when the bootloader gets unlocked it wipes the device like in a fresh format.
It seems like yet another bizzare, controlling twist from the Xiaomi manufacturers if they demand the user to use the device. Before allowing the bootloader to be unlocked.
It also seems suspiscious that Xiaomi are keeping tabs on the owner i.e knowing if they are using the device or not. Personally I don't like being spied on when I invest in buying a product.
I am swaying more and more to stay with a Samsung product if Xiaomi keep dangling a carrot then pulling it away at the last minute.
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So as mentioned here this might have to do with the fact that xiaomi wants to prevent chinese vendors to sell their stuff elswere.
But of course I agree that this level of "spying" is absolutely not ok and actually reminds me a bit of windows 10...^^
Thank goodness I'll be switching to the xiaomi.eu rom after unlocking, so this stuff is just for a while.
I mean, it does make some sense from their point of view as a company, but it's still annoying for the average customer.
Chinese vendors or any other seller, will sell any products where ever they can to make money, so it's naive of any big company like Samsung or Xiaomi to think they can sell their products to a selective audience. And prohibit the sales to an unwanted group or country.
Places like eBay are littered with these devices with cheap shipping worldwide.
From a buyers point of view who has trusted and bought a product doesn't expect to be spied upon or had barriers put in place to stop customising a device. It's similar to Apple and they way they control the end user on what they can and can't do with their products.
Tech companies aren't doing themselves any favours by behaving the way they do. It forces customers to look for a better product elsewhere.
Where is the Xiaomi.EU rom found ?
Personally for me if the device cannot be unlocked then I will be getting rid of it asap.
Regards :good:
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Chinese vendors or any other seller, will sell any products where ever they can to make money, so it's naive of any big company like Samsung or Xiaomi to think they can sell their products to a selective audience. And prohibit the sales to an unwanted group or country.
Regards :good:
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The point is to miminise the risk for the seller to unlock and flash own shady firmwares on the phone before selling.
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Where is the Xiaomi.EU rom found ?
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You can find the stable version of the rom here: Link
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Personally for me if the device cannot be unlocked then I will be getting rid of it asap.
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Well I'm quite certain that it can be unlocked but it's rather surprising to me that it is so difficult But yeah, if I can't unlock mine (that hasn't even been shipped since I ordered it almost a week ago ) then I'll probably also have to think what to do with it.
Zacki06 , yes others have unlocked their Xiaomi bootloader. However the process is not as straight forward as rooting or unlocking a Samsung bootloader.
If your not aware you have to register for an Mi account, verify it. Use that login to be able to use the unlocking PC software and at the same time register and verify your Mi account / phone number on the Xiaomi device you have bought . Boot into fastboot mode and connect to the Mi servers who verify your device and that is when the time duration kicks in. Either 360 hours or 720 hours message will appear.
As in my experience I am having to use the device for yet another 4 days before I may or may not be allowed to have the bootloader to be unlocked.
All I want to do is root the device. No bootloader unlock, no root!
dannejanne , As for sellers selling Xiaomi devices with flakey firmware already on them, that is quite widespread on eBay and similar for sales places. And if these sellers have registered that particular handset with their details registered to that device for them to have had the bootloader unlocked. Then you or anyone who has bought that device. The new owner will / could have problems when trying to use that device or register it. There are lots of instances when the Xiaomi device can become Mi cloud blocked ( just like Apple icloud) . :good:
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Zacki06 , yes others have unlocked their Xiaomi bootloader. However the process is not as straight forward as rooting or unlocking a Samsung bootloader.
If your not aware you have to register for an Mi account, verify it. Use that login to be able to use the unlocking PC software and at the same time register and verify your Mi account / phone number on the Xiaomi device you have bought . Boot into fastboot mode and connect to the Mi servers who verify your device and that is when the time duration kicks in. Either 360 hours or 720 hours message will appear.
As in my experience I am having to use the device for yet another 4 days before I may or may not be allowed to have the bootloader to be unlocked.
All I want to do is root the device. No bootloader unlock, no root!
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I am fully aware of the process, I asked a ton of questions before buying this phone because I was not sure at first if it was worth the wait. Turns out I still didn't learn everything but I still bought it because it is an amazing phone (screen size, battery, etc.). And I'm not new to android It has just been a while since I flashed a custom rom on a decvice, my Honor 5x is running stock at the moment so I was not familiar with all the recent changes that have happened.
I still hope you will try and keep the phone. And as a personal note, I never had a good hand with samsung phones (no problem with tablets). I can't stand AMOLED screens and my experiance shows, that they also don't like me. So all my phones except for the only samsung phone I had for only a week until it broke had an LCD or another kind of screen, but never an amoled
Cheers
A good result at last
After more messages of wait, wait, wait.
Today, finally, at last the job is done !! :good:
I don't know what information Xiaomi have extracted from my handset in order for their servers to allow 'unlock'.
But for anyone else in the same 'waiting position', there is light at the end of the tunnel! :victory:
tsam19 said:
After more messages of wait, wait, wait.
Today, finally, at last the job is done !! :good:
I don't know what information Xiaomi have extracted from my handset in order for their servers to allow 'unlock'.
But for anyone else in the same 'waiting position', there is light at the end of the tunnel! :victory:
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Good news, congratulations
So I received my replacement on Google pixel 3 XL from Verizon just the other day. I was working on it tonight and I went in there to unlock developer options and while I was in there I noticed that the OEM unlocked was not greyed out I hit the check mark in it lit up. Does this mean I can unlock the bootloader and now root my phone tell me this is not a dream... How is this even possible ? I was in the middle of updating it to Android 12 when I saw this of course I stopped the update in case that puts a stop to the OEM unlock... See attached picture.
I just realized that I haven't put my SIM card in it yet and it didn't come with one in it either. Could that have something to do with it.. If memory serves something to do with a SIM card was the workaround on the pixel 1 to get the bootloader unlocked..
Hey if I just discovered the workaround do I get the bounty for root ? What's it up to on the pixel 3 ?
I haven't had Root since my Nexus 6. I don't even know where to begin can someone point me in the right direction do we still have trwp. Is that still the way to go ? It's like I'll have to go all the way back to the beginning again I said I haven't had Roots since my Nexus 6 and Marshmello. Is Viper still around ? I'm not going to let myself get excited though I know there's going to be a catch there's always a catch right ? Someone tell me how to find out if this is real or not please I beg of you..
Chirp chirp chirp ?? I understand why no one's answering me ? Is this a subject that's been discussed or no one believes me or am I just stupid ?
It's been eight months, but did you ever unlock the device?
I hate to beat a dead horse but I'm about to try. I figure o e night this week I will give it a go and yes I can still toggle the oem unlock switch in developer options.. I can't be the only one this has happened to... I'm gonna wish myself luck here. ummmm LUCK !!!