Hey guys, i had trouble unlocking my phone following different guides and now that i've done it, i thought i would share the steps i did so it may help other users.
Let's do this:
1. First turn off any VPN both on your pc and phone.
2. Download the mi unlock tool.
3. On your phone disconnect your main mi account. (we will create a new mi account that we gonna only use for the unlocking process)
4. On Pc create a new mi account with email only. (you won't use any phone number in the whole process.)
5. On Pc go to your email box and click on the link to activate your mi account.
6. On your phone add your new mi account account (it will ask you phone number just choose "other ways to sign in" and put your new mi account "email and pass")
7. On your phone go to Additional settings > developper options. and check the OEM unlocking.
8. On Pc go to i.mi.com they will ask you to upgrade your account. don't do it. instead click on the find device purple bouton. (it doesn't matter if it locate your phone or not).
9. On your pc let that window open and minimize it. Open Mi unlock tool.
10. Turn off your phone and boot on fast boot "volume down + turn on" connect your phone to your pc and press "Unlock".
Your phone should get unlocked instantly when reaching 100%. Press reboot phone.
PS: If you still having trouble you can create as many mi accounts as you want and try the different steps again.
Hi
Not working, created new account, added it to my new Redmi Note 5 for unlock, all step done, but had the 360 hours to wait message at the end.
Unlock process gets to 99% and then "Current account is not bound to this device" message. If I do that I have to enter my phone number.
Does it matter if I have a SIM inserted?
Ok, after chasing the magic unicorn and 8 accounts later I can say that I have my doubts that it is possible with any of these methods.
You really have to wait 15 days to unlock. This really lowers the value of this phone a lot.
PS.: You need the (official) Dev ROM (global/chinese doesn't matter I guess) so that you can maybe unlock it in 15 days. Otherwise you get the "Current account is not bound to this device" no matter what you do.
luminouche said:
Hi
Not working, created new account, added it to my new Redmi Note 5 for unlock, all step done, but had the 360 hours to wait message at the end.
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No it supposed to work instantly, make another mi account and try again.
NetDwarf said:
Ok, after chasing the magic unicorn and 8 accounts later I can say that I have my doubts that it is possible with any of these methods.
You really have to wait 15 days to unlock. This really lowers the value of this phone a lot.
PS.: You need the (official) Dev ROM (global/chinese doesn't matter I guess) so that you can maybe unlock it in 15 days. Otherwise you get the "Current account is not bound to this device" no matter what you do.
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I know the pain that's why i shared my experience. Lol
For your previous question it doesn't matter to have the sim card or not.
Other than that my friend got a new vince phone and unlocked it with those steps after 3 attempts with 3 different accounts. The third account made him meet the magic unicorn.
voila its working with first attempt,thanks
What was the message in the other two attempts? @amine4ever
AkashAlien said:
voila its working with first attempt,thanks
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Do you have some tip we can add to the steps?
NetDwarf said:
What was the message in the other two attempts? @amine4ever
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The error was that it has to wait some days before he can unlock it. And he bypassed it with new account.
Hmm, I always get the "Current account is not bound to this device" message if I dont bind it.
PS.: Is it possible that you need an old main/first account?
amine4ever said:
Do you have some tip we can add to the steps?
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no i just used my old account,it came up with error:wait 360 days,created a new acc,bind device, tried unlock,worked
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NetDwarf said:
Hmm, I always get the "Current account is not bound to this device" message if I dont bind it.
PS.: Is it possible that you need an old main/first account?
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try flashing developer rom ,
I already use the dev ROM otherwise I wouldn't even be able to bind the account.
I guess the problem is that you need an old account for this method.
PS.: Btw the method described here is without binding if I understand it correctly, but I tried it with and without.
NetDwarf said:
I already use the dev ROM otherwise I wouldn't even be able to bind the account.
I guess the problem is that you need an old account for this method.
PS.: Btw the method described here is without binding if I understand it correctly, but I tried it with and without.
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without binding it doesnt work, u need to bind it and locate device in mi site
Yeah ok, that is what I did because I had to. I just can't get over the 360h cap and it gets reset every time I change account.
How old is the first/main account you are using, @AkashAlien?
NetDwarf said:
Yeah ok, that is what I did because I had to. I just can't get over the 360h cap and it gets reset every time I change account.
How old is the first/main account you are using, @AkashAlien?
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having the same problem, if i try it with a secondary account it says not bound, tried everything in this post
Crom4rtie said:
having the same problem, if i try it with a secondary account it says not bound, tried everything in this post
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To get to the 360h wait you need to bind your account. If you get the 86006 error you probably need to use one of the dev ROMs (Global or Chinese).
NetDwarf said:
To get to the 360h wait you need to bind your account. If you get the 86006 error you probably need to use one of the dev ROMs (Global or Chinese).
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Thanks, i fixed it by using a older version of mi unlock and with a second account
Crom4rtie said:
Thanks, i fixed it by using a older version of mi unlock and with a second account
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Care to share your Mi Unlock app?
EDIT: IT WORKS!
I used the old version miflash_unlock-en-2.3.803.10 (link https://www.xiaomigeek.com/download-mi-flash-unlock-tool.html) instead of the latest 3.3.525.23.
Other than that, just follow the steps from OP.
No need binding.
Old ver of mi unlock doesn't check for binding (although it still asks to login - use the new account to login to mi unlock)
HRSE said:
Care to share your Mi Unlock app?
EDIT: IT WORKS!
I used the old version miflash_unlock-en-2.3.803.10 (link https://www.xiaomigeek.com/download-mi-flash-unlock-tool.html) instead of the latest 3.3.525.23.
Other than that, just follow the steps from OP.
No need binding.
Old ver of mi unlock doesn't check for binding (although it still asks to login - use the new account to login to mi unlock)
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i used the old version as well, it works guys, no need to wait 15 days, i tried with my old acc, got error:need to wait 360h, then created a new acc, binded it, unlock, done
It's been now 2 month I try to unlock my fu*** Redmi and I can't.
I create an account wait 360h, some days passed and Miflash says unlock in 220h, good but after that time no, impossible to unlock the phone.
Create another account wait 360h and I can't unlock, say this account can't be unlock or Chinese language or this phone are already unlock but not of course.
Try 3times another account do all good in rules, still this days 420h. And I can't unlock it. WHY!? WHY I CAN'T UNLOCK THIS PHONE.
Tell me please a solution even if I need to payed I don't care, I'm I point I'm made. I own a Xiaomi MI A1, seriously if I don't own this phone I would be in rage right now.
Why it doesn't work? Must I write to Xiaomi, look for payed unlock method. 4 account it's a joke....
HELP ME MY FRIEND PLZ
first of all if you have registered your account on phone and you use the same account for mi flash unlock it states wait 360h = 15 days.
just wait the 15 days and when you try again it will say please wait like 86h after the 15 days. reason you are getting 360 hours is because you are hammering xiaomi with your account and you get locked, meaning your phone imei number is locked and everytime you try with new account you are just making it worse for yourself.
so register your phone with the account you wish to use, go to developer settings on phone and register your same account for unlock.
start mi flash unlock, use same account and try to unlock, you will get please wait 360h message and simply wait 15 days untill your account has been unlocked.
you are spamming and hamering the servers with same phone and with different accounts meaning you are temporarily banned.
please help me to fix problem which is
Couldn't Unlock Please add your account in MIUI's setting Developers Options Mi unlock status
Do u git it a fix 4 this problem :crying:
mattafixx said:
please help me to fix problem which is
Couldn't Unlock Please add your account in MIUI's setting Developers Options Mi unlock status
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Your account may not have unlocking permission. I don't know recently created account have unlocking permission or not. Go to unlocking page to be sure.
kekesed97 said:
Your account may not have unlocking permission. I don't know recently created account have unlocking permission or not. Go to unlocking page to be sure.
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Exactly... been trying for hours to unlock Redmi Note 7 with a newly created Mi account... Thankfully I read this and remembered I had an old account from a year or so back and figured out the password for that account and logged into it on the phone also and BOOM, UNLOCKED instantly!
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I got the message when trying to unlock the device.
I restarted pressing the three buttons, and the device was already erased, and worked OK
Someone knows how to resume a phone from a locked google account, not my account.
Tried to reflash the firmware from Odin, but nothing, on setup screen the phone asked me for another account
Ask the person who the phone belongs to
I'm guess this phone was purchased used?
This is called FRP lock. No way around it. You need to get in touch with the owner of the google account and have them release it from their account or give you the password to their account.
There are ways to bypass FRP on this device.... Won't get much help here, but google may show you the way
I've permanently lost access to the email account with which I made the xiaomi account as I was trying to unlock the bootloader. I was logged on to that account with my phone. When I try to log into the account in a browser or the unlock tool, it asks me for the code sent to me trough mail, which I can not access. The same happens if I want to in or out of the xiaomi account on my phone.
So I can neither log in nor log out.
I need to permanently delete the link with that account without the need of my email address or root.
I've tried factory reset but the account link survives a wipe.
Does anyone have an idea?
I think it is absolutely bizar that my own bought and paid for phone is linked to a company in such a permanent way.
And what the f* is a "recovery phone"?
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I've permanently lost access to the email account with which I made the xiaomi account as I was trying to unlock the bootloader. I was logged on to that account with my phone. When I try to log into the account in a browser or the unlock tool, it asks me for the code sent to me trough mail, which I can not access. The same happens if I want to in or out of the xiaomi account on my phone.
So I can neither log in nor log out.
I need to permanently delete the link with that account without the need of my email address or root.
I've tried factory reset but the account link survives a wipe.
Does anyone have an idea?
I think it is absolutely bizar that my own bought and paid for phone is linked to a company in such a permanent way.
And what the f* is a "recovery phone"?
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You can log in to Mi Unlock with a phone number or flash code.
Most often is "possibly"
Delete the phone here:https://us.i.mi.com/ and on your phone.