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Hi guys.
Ive got mi mix2s with latest xiaomi.eu and cant pay by my phone (cant even configure my card in google pay as it says my phone cant be used for payments due to firmware modification etc.
Just to explain I have a clean installation of xiaomi.eu rom developer (always the latest)
My wife with her xiaomi mi mix 2 doesnt have that problem (also with the latest xiaomi.eu for her model).
What should i check/do to pay bu my phone? Thanks

Google has new bootloader unlock detection that seems to be affecting people almost at random. Currently there is no fix or workaround, so if it's important to you then flash back to official stock rom and lock bootloader again.
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energy_drink said:
Hi guys.
Ive got mi mix2s with latest xiaomi.eu and cant pay by my phone (cant even configure my card in google pay as it says my phone cant be used for payments due to firmware modification etc.
Just to explain I have a clean installation of xiaomi.eu rom developer (always the latest)
My wife with her xiaomi mi mix 2 doesnt have that problem (also with the latest xiaomi.eu for her model).
What should i check/do to pay bu my phone? Thanks
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Install magisk

install magisk and what ?

Debloat vs. Remove MIUI?

Hey all,
I am almost done with my waiting time for unlocking the bootloader. I am not sure if I should be flashing Xiaomi.eu or not. My aim from this is that I want to remove everything from MIUI that track and harvest data. I do not care if I continue to have MIUI or move to any other ROM.
Anyway, I noticed that my Mi 10 Ultra keeps running the following apps:
- Analytics.
- GetApps.
- Mi Browser.
- AI Call Assistant (what is that? Why do I need a call assitant?)
- NetworkLocation (What is that? Is it collecting any data?)
I have already stopped all the permission and uninstalled all the updates of those apps from the settings. They still manage to download themselves on my stock ROM and continue to function!
Anyway, I did not find any ROM to install other than Xiaomi.eu to be honest. But, it still has Analytics. But, they gave it a different name. The only good thing is that they claim that they have removed all bloats and they decreased the data collection to its minimum.
Moving on, I have tried ([ADB DEBLOAT] MIUI 12.0.8 List). I did not filter ones I want to remove. I just removed everything mentioned. My phone showed a loading screen which says Just a Sec. I waited for a while and then restarted the phone because, it did not move anywhere from there. So, I have decided to restart and... My phone was locked. It was locked for a day and then I was able to unlock it after I did a hard reset.
I do not want to go through that again. So, I am waiting for my bootloader to unlock before doing anything to my device.
So, here are my questions:
1- Is there no Custom Rom that is compatible with Mi 10 Ultra other than Xiaomi.eu? What are my options here?
2- If I installed Xiaomi.eu. What are things that I should be removing? And do I have to sign in to Mi account again after unlocking the bootloader?
Thanks in advance,

caiclo said:
Hey all,
I am almost done with my waiting time for unlocking the bootloader. I am not sure if I should be flashing Xiaomi.eu or not. My aim from this is that I want to remove everything from MIUI that track and harvest data. I do not care if I continue to have MIUI or move to any other ROM.
Anyway, I noticed that my Mi 10 Ultra keeps running the following apps:
- Analytics.
- GetApps.
- Mi Browser.
- AI Call Assistant (what is that? Why do I need a call assitant?)
- NetworkLocation (What is that? Is it collecting any data?)
I have already stopped all the permission and uninstalled all the updates of those apps from the settings. They still manage to download themselves on my stock ROM and continue to function!
Anyway, I did not find any ROM to install other than Xiaomi.eu to be honest. But, it still has Analytics. But, they gave it a different name. The only good thing is that they claim that they have removed all bloats and they decreased the data collection to its minimum.
Moving on, I have tried ([ADB DEBLOAT] MIUI 12.0.8 List). I did not filter ones I want to remove. I just removed everything mentioned. My phone showed a loading screen which says Just a Sec. I waited for a while and then restarted the phone because, it did not move anywhere from there. So, I have decided to restart and... My phone was locked. It was locked for a day and then I was able to unlock it after I did a hard reset.
I do not want to go through that again. So, I am waiting for my bootloader to unlock before doing anything to my device.
So, here are my questions:
1- Is there no Custom Rom that is compatible with Mi 10 Ultra other than Xiaomi.eu? What are my options here?
2- If I installed Xiaomi.eu. What are things that I should be removing? And do I have to sign in to Mi account again after unlocking the bootloader?
Thanks in advance,
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I think currently there are no custom ROM for Mi 10 Ultra yet, only official china rom and EU rom atm.
I am running the 20.9.24 weekly EU rom currently, the rom removed almost all china exclusive app (mi wallet and etc). You probably do not need to remove anything. Yes, you need to login to MI account again.

PaboJack said:
I think currently there are no custom ROM for Mi 10 Ultra yet, only official china rom and EU rom atm.
I am running the 20.9.24 weekly EU rom currently, the rom removed almost all china exclusive app (mi wallet and etc). You probably do not need to remove anything. Yes, you need to login to MI account again.
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Thank you. But, what if I did not login to Mi Account again?

caiclo said:
Thank you. But, what if I did not login to Mi Account again?
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It'll be fine. You can choose NOT to login to Mi Account after installing EU ROM.

Any recommendations on what to do next please?

Hi all,
I have a Poco X3 NFC on 12.0.8 (MIUI Global) purchased in the UK.
Android version 10
What I have currently done today:
Unlocked the bootloader
Installed TWRP
What I should do next:
?????
I have a few questions below please:
Am I now allowed to log out of my mi account and take the sim out (the phone will stay unlocked?)
Can I use the same sim to do the same unlock bootloader process on another Xiaomi device now that my Poco X3 has been unlocked if I use a new Mi account?
Should I root the phone? If so how do I do this please?
How can I get the system launcher (on other Xiaomi phones such as Redmi Notes 9 Pro, Mi 10T lite 5G, etc) as I am not a fan of the default Poco launcher as I do not like how you swipe up and it shows all the apps (unless there is a way to change that function to something else?)
If I install a custom rom such as Arrow OS can I revert back to the default rom/Android version easily aka in the rom we initially get when we purchased the phone if something goes wrong?
If I install a custom rom do I have to backup everything up (how can I do this) before moving to another rom? I am just worried about having to re-install all my apps that I have downloaded from the Playstore or other sideloaded apps.
Which rom is best for you guys or do you prefer the default for now?
Really not sure what to do with the phone atm it's literally just sitting here after being unlocked and TWRP installed.
Thank you

I don't have this phone but the sim has nothing to do with unlocking the bootloader. You don't even need a sim card to unlock a bootloader.
I was under the impression that TWRP required a rooted phone so I'm not sure how you got it installed.
There are several 3rd party launcher's, Nova and lawnchair come to mind.

It asked me to use my mobile data to unlock the bootloader so a sim is needed. TWRP is installed on the device and my device is not rooted. Think I may get the phone rooted now.

jinz24 said:
What I should do next:
?????
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Back to your original intention, what do you want to achieve to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP?
jinz24 said:
Am I now allowed to log out of my mi account and take the sim out (the phone will stay unlocked?)
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Yes, you are allowed to do so. And your phone will stay unlocked.
jinz24 said:
Can I use the same sim to do the same unlock bootloader process on another Xiaomi device now that my Poco X3 has been unlocked if I use a new Mi account?
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Yes, you can. I use the same simcard to unlock all of my Mi Phone.
jinz24 said:
Should I root the phone? If so how do I do this please?
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If you're just use your phone as basic daily phone. NO need to root.
If you want to play further with Android, YES, you should root it. The best option for me is to use Magisk.
jinz24 said:
How can I get the system launcher (on other Xiaomi phones such as Redmi Notes 9 Pro, Mi 10T lite 5G, etc) as I am not a fan of the default Poco launcher as I do not like how you swipe up and it shows all the apps (unless there is a way to change that function to something else?)
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To install launcher, just search on google play, you could install it directly as another app.
I bet you're willing to keep all the apps in homescreen instead of using android drawer. IF so, yes, please install another launcher.
But if you just want to put all the shortcut of your apps to homescreen, you could enable ‘Add installed apps to the Home screen automatically’ in launcher setting.
jinz24 said:
If I install a custom rom such as Arrow OS can I revert back to the default rom/Android version easily aka in the rom we initially get when we purchased the phone if something goes wrong?
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What are you referring with easily? It's not easy to install a custom rom, as well as install the stock rom. But it's possible, just google it.
jinz24 said:
If I install a custom rom do I have to backup everything up (how can I do this) before moving to another rom? I am just worried about having to re-install all my apps that I have downloaded from the Playstore or other sideloaded apps.
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You could use google cloud backup to backup installed app from playstore.
For sideloaded apps, you could use 3rd party app (I use Titanium Backup) to backup the app and even the data. But, the chance to restore the app between OS (MIUI to custom rom) is low. And restore the data is lower, even more you can crash that particular app by doing so (just delete the data if you face it).
jinz24 said:
Which rom is best for you guys or do you prefer the default for now?
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Subjective for each person. I can't refer anything for it.
jinz24 said:
Really not sure what to do with the phone atm it's literally just sitting here after being unlocked and TWRP installed.
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Many suggestion above, happy playing with the phone. And don't regret when face any failure Google will help you!

What I should do next:
?????
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Install my script to get full read write access to your phone

Any way to fake a locked bootloader?

I have a (non-essential) app that I can not make to work on my new phone with the following error message:
Integrity check failed
Modifications on your phone have been detected. The app can not be used due to security reasons.
Details: The device is checked for signs of root access, respectively if the bootloader is unlocked. For these checks only local elements are used, no data is submitted to external services.
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This is on a POCO X3 NFC with unlocked bootloader, custom ROM (ArrowOS 11) with microG (instead of Google Play Services) and stable Magisk (v22.0) with MagiskHide applied to that app. I have also already tried to freeze Magisk with AirFrozen, which is a trick that works on a problematic banking app, but that did not change anything.
The strange thing is, that the same app (and same app version) does not show that error on a OnePlus 6 with unlocked bootloader, custom ROM (LineageOS 16 for microG) and Magisk with MagiskHide applied to that app.
I have no idea what the difference may be any and how this is possible.
Any ideas?

https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix check and download from release section if you want

etahamad said:
https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix check and download from release section if you want
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If you are replying to me, it's definitely not a SafetyNet issue, because my devices haven't passed SafetyNet since it stopped working with microG about a year (?) ago.

Question Problems with NFC/GooglePay because of Global ROM

Hi guys, so I bought my first Realme phone a couple of months ago and I noticed that the Google Pay app wasn't working. I checked the ali store where i bought it and surely it said "Global rom: This is the version with global firmware installed, with many languages, including portuguese language, spanish language, google store is normal, but please note that google pay payment does not work properly". For any reason, this ROM wont let me have Google Pay, so I wanted to know if any of you knows how to enable the Google Pay app? or should I install another ROM? Has any of you had a similar problem? Thanks

Perhaps shift from global to Europe firmware?

Im from South America, so I dont know if the European firmware would work. I'm having a little bit of trouble finding out how RUI 3.0 - Firmware - ROM work. Also, do you know how to do the shift from Global to European? Or at least a tutorial? Ive seen the site https://realmefirmware.com/realme-gt-neo2-5g-firmware/ which has the global firmware released today but I dont know if it's just installing the firmware and problem solved.

Bootloader unlocked = no google pay, it will only work with the original firmware channel, don't try locking your bootloader if you are not 100% sure of it, this will cause your phone to bootloop and you will end up with a bricked device that only realme support would be able to solve, the best solution would be to spoof your device fingerprint to pass the SafetyNet and everything will work just fine, you can contact me for help if you want.

Yes Im going to need a little bit of help with that, thanks

hen1_98 said:
Bootloader unlocked = no google pay, it will only work with the original firmware channel, don't try locking your bootloader if you are not 100% sure of it, this will cause your phone to bootloop and you will end up with a bricked device that only realme support would be able to solve, the best solution would be to spoof your device fingerprint to pass the SafetyNet and everything will work just fine, you can contact me for help if you want.
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Hello hen1_98, so may I know how to spoof the fingerprint to pass SafetyNet?

drwpls said:
Hello hen1_98, so may I know how to spoof the fingerprint to pass SafetyNet?
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With Magisk installed you can use the Universal SafetyNetFix by kdrag0n, easy fix

hello, I also flashed the phone, changed the region, rooted it (now it does not work). And closed the bootloader. works on the old bank, but the new (other) does not want to.

hen1_98 said:
With Magisk installed you can use the Universal SafetyNetFix by kdrag0n, easy fix
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i did install it, but CTS profile still not pass.
I figure out that I need a valid fingerprint which associate to the device (The one which registered to google) to make CTS check pass.
So, I need the fingerprint when the device is in stock rom and haven't rooted.