When did the unlocking of the Xiaomi's bootloader change to needing to use the Unlock Tool and wait time ? I bought an MiA1 a few years ago and unlocked it using the ADB method , instant and simple . But i just switched to the Poco X3 NFC and now find i have to wait a week using this new method . My week ends tonight so hopefully i can unlock it then , but i am just curious as to when this all changed .
I also had a Mi A1 and I confirm that.
But the key, IMHO, is the Mi A1 wasn't equiped with MIUI ROM but with a Google Android One ROM and this is a huge difference !
It's been a long time since Xiaomi added wait time to unlock (can't remember though when it first occured). The strange thing is that it varies from model to another. Poco X3 is 168 hrs, others can be 360 hrs and sometimes it decreases from 720 to 360 has time passes...
There was a way to bypass using an old Mi Unlock software or an unofficial one but now it has been patched.
Waiting eagerly for my new Poco X3 to be unlocked (6 days to go)
I miss the Android One ROM and its monthly updates
Howell said:
I also had a Mi A1 and I confirm that.
But the key, IMHO, is the Mi A1 wasn't equiped with MIUI ROM but with a Google Android One ROM and this is a huge difference !
It's been a long time since Xiaomi added wait time to unlock (can't remember though when it first occured). The strange thing is that it varies from model to another. Poco X3 is 168 hrs, others can be 360 hrs and sometimes it decreases from 720 to 360 has time passes...
There was a way to bypass using an old Mi Unlock software or an unofficial one but now it has been patched.
Waiting eagerly for my new Poco X3 to be unlocked (6 days to go)
I miss the Android One ROM and its monthly updates
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To add: can also be 0 second unlock time
You're right
i got 14days unlock time
It's been a process and a half besides waiting the 7 days ( which was no great problem ) but once unlocked and rebooted i got a message saying that i had to login to my Mi account to proceed , but my problem was that i used Facebook to login to the account that was bound to the phone and as a result i had forgotten the password and thus i couldnt change the password once i accessed my account with FB. Took me some toing and froing to change the password but eventually i got it done . Now onto rooting
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So, I requested to unlock bootloader and the waiting time is 711 (?!?!) hours which is literally 1 month of waiting time. This time starts counting since I first attempted to unlock the bootloader or when I first created my MI account or something. Thanks in advance.
Yesterday I unlocked mine.
It did it straight away. No wait time.
I have had many Xiaomi phones in the past and my account has unlock approval from before, not sure if that makes a difference.
When you received SMS message from Xiaomi: 'You've been granted the permission to unlock your device...'
mine was 720 hours... i already had an unlock approval from my mi mix original.. i can't do mine until october.
miztahsparklez said:
mine was 720 hours... i already had an unlock approval from my mi mix original.. i can't do mine until october.
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same like me cant wait
Broken.exe said:
So, I requested to unlock bootloader and the waiting time is 711 (?!?!) hours which is literally 1 month of waiting time. This time starts counting since I first attempted to unlock the bootloader or when I first created my MI account or something. Thanks in advance.
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I bought my phone is May, and i had to wait 360 hr,2 weeks.
It seems Xiaomi is extending the unlock time...maybe due to bloatware from resellers...
I had 360hrs waiting time on my first MiMix2S.
I also had it on the second one with the same account and even had to use another PC to unlock it. Really not very user friendly behaviour of Xiaomi.
They also extended the waiting time from 360 to 720hrs. Ridiculous, but still better than Huawei. They won't ever let you unlock your bootloader on their new devices which I think is crazy and completely against the open source idea.
If you can`t wait, you can borrow someone`s account that donot need to wait hours and hours.
Only if someone is that kind.
remember donot sync others account
Hello everyone!
I have good news for you. After Huawei decided to stop providing the bootloader code, now we have another method to get it.
Unfortunately, it is a method that need to pay.
To the date I'm making this post, the cost is $30€.
Let me be clear:
I do not have a relationship with this people/team/person. I just want to share this method and prove that it works on the Mexican/Canadian model.
A good news, is that they accept PayPal.
If you want to try it, you have to do the following steps:
1.- Go to https://ministryofsolutions.com/huawei-bootloader-unlock-service-all-new-models-new-firmwares.
2. -Click: "Click here to order with PayPal".
3.- Now in your phone, go to the "phone" app and dial *#06#, you will see your IMEI and Serial Number.
3.5.- I suggest to copy those codes, and email you so you won´t have typing errors.
4.- Insert your IMEI and Serial Number into the webpage of ministry of solutions.
5. Make the payment with your paypal account.
6. After 24-48 hours, you will get the bootloader code in the email you used for paypal.
7. Be happy and unlock you bootloader.
I can ensure the web is working correctly. I unlocked mine a few moments ago, now I will rebrand
Thanks.
The guy can only sell 10 code per day, I need to wait tomorrow to order again..
maxfunky said:
The guy can only sell 10 code per day, I need to wait tomorrow to order again..
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I suspect this means that his solution is not exploit based, but revolves around either working for Huawei, or knowing someone who does and getting the codes via them.
Doesn't bode well.
Whoever they are , fair play to them. There's obviously a market for them and they deserve the money.
That said , president of HUAWEI probably want more money so he closed their page and assigned Mutahhar
So bootloader unlocked , what will you guys do now with it ?
Will you install LOS or ?
mrcaligula said:
So bootloader unlocked , what will you guys do now with it ?
Will you install LOS or ?
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I will give a chance to Huawei and Android Pie version they will make.
But I like LineageOS so much that I will install it in the future. I unlocked my bootloader (and have this fuc…. message each time I reboot the device) only to be able to install custom roms when I will like to do so.
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I will give a chance to Huawei and Android Pie version they will make.
But I like LineageOS so much that I will install it in the future. I unlocked my bootloader (and have this fuc…. message each time I reboot the device) only to be able to install custom roms when I will like to do so.
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I have run official LOS on at least a half dozen different phones and I have never run a single build that didn't have bugs. Ever. I don't understand all the love for an OS that receives reports of new bugs from users after every single update.
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I have run official LOS on at least a half dozen different phones and I have never run a single build that didn't have bugs. Ever. I don't understand all the love for an OS that receives reports of new bugs from users after every single update.
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I fully understand your point and I am sure you have your reasons.
But for my point of view, this is exactly how a community should work. People making development could not do everything good every time.
Even big corporation do mistake. For example, my wife had trouble with her iPhone 7 and 12.0 (unable to connect to 5Ghz Wifi). After 12.0.1 it is correct.
On my devices, only some applications were not working correctly. I was able to use my devices on a daily basis, without restriction (personal mail, corporate mail with Outlook, Maps/Waze, listening to music, some games,...). And for my personal experience, updates went smooth, only some (less than 2 per year) went wrong. But I could always flash back and wait for the correction to be applied by people in charge.
The only drawback for me was the battery, it was difficult to length 1 day.
But again, I fully understand and you have the right to not choose LineageOS and use something else.
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I fully understand your point and I am sure you have your reasons.
But for my point of view, this is exactly how a community should work. People making development could not do everything good every time.
Even big corporation do mistake. For example, my wife had trouble with her iPhone 7 and 12.0 (unable to connect to 5Ghz Wifi). After 12.0.1 it is correct.
On my devices, only some applications were not working correctly. I was able to use my devices on a daily basis, without restriction (personal mail, corporate mail with Outlook, Maps/Waze, listening to music, some games,...). And for my personal experience, updates went smooth, only some (less than 2 per year) went wrong. But I could always flash back and wait for the correction to be applied by people in charge.
The only drawback for me was the battery, it was difficult to length 1 day.
But again, I fully understand and you have the right to not choose LineageOS and use something else.
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I guess it has to do with how long I have been using custom ROMs. When I started using them years ago devs only worked on ROMs for devices they used themselves every day and the ROMs were not only stable enough to use as a daily driver but offered better performance and features than the stock ROM which is why people used them. Since the devs created ROMs for their own phones they were aware of bugs before posting builds. They didn't rely on users telling them what was wrong with every build after it was uploaded. When a custom ROM was labeled as stable it very rarely had any bugs.
Devs now routinely build or maintain ROMs for phones they don't use (or rarely use) so the ROMs always have bugs. I don't think custom ROMs are stable enough to use as daily drivers anymore but a lot of people seem to be fine with using custom ROMs that are slower and way more buggy than the stock ROM that comes on their phone. To each his own.
Why repost something a day later? https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p20-pro/how-to/bootloader-unlock-service-t3852447
Because I can.
try this... good service and low price, tested on mine p20 pro from mexico..... https://global-unlocking-solutions.miiduu.com/bootloader-unlock-codes-choose-model-below
is this the same as unlocking your sim? im on telcell and i got zero updates, so im guessing i need to unlock it from telcel? or can i just unlock the bootloader with the code? and also, what do you do with the code once you have it?
estanenmi said:
try this... good service and low price, tested on mine p20 pro from mexico..... https://global-unlocking-solutions.miiduu.com/bootloader-unlock-codes-choose-model-below
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did you do this to get it off telcel?
DomAlberts said:
did you do this to get it off telcel?
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yes for telcel
hey guys, i used funky Hauwei for rebranding from L04 to L29 international. and is working fine. im on l29(c636) but im working on erecovery now, im trying to get it to CLT-L29 9.0.0.108 but we will see. and i will let you know.
but the rebranding is a little tricky but works.
Okay update. Had to go back to L04 because when I went from 8 to pie while branded as L29. It wouldn't install due to compatibility issues. So had to rebrand back to L04. Recovery through funky Huawei. First 8 then 9 and worked perfectly. Only issues I have are with the telcel branding on start up. But all the bloatware I removed or disabled in CCleaner. So I don't have to look at the icons all the time. I'm currently running pie and it's awesome. Lots of cool new tweaks
Sent from my CLT-L04 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
I have a new Vivo Nex showing up tomorrow and can't wait to dive in, it is the global version so from what I have read should save me considerable time. I am coming from a Mi Mix 2 Chinese version which was a hassle to get it unlocked and then finally changed the rom, several times in fact. It has been a good phone for the last year but is starting to have some issues so it is time to change up again. I guess I am just wondering if there are any pitfalls I should avoid when setting it up. I purchased Nova Launcher Prime in 2015 and have used it on many phones so I plan on starting there but I also might look at the Pixel Launcher as well. Thanks for any replies.
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I have a new Vivo Nex showing up tomorrow and can't wait to dive in, it is the global version so from what I have read should save me considerable time. I am coming from a Mi Mix 2 Chinese version which was a hassle to get it unlocked and then finally changed the rom, several times in fact. It has been a good phone for the last year but is starting to have some issues so it is time to change up again. I guess I am just wondering if there are any pitfalls I should avoid when setting it up. I purchased Nova Launcher Prime in 2015 and have used it on many phones so I plan on starting there but I also might look at the Pixel Launcher as well. Thanks for any replies.
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I came from the Mix2 Chinese version too. I never changed the rom and it's still going strong with my son. As for the NexS there's really nothing to do except permissions etc. It's pretty straightforward especially if you're used to miui. I actually prefer Funtouch to miui in some ways.
I just got my Mi Mix 3 - China rom
I ordered it about 2 weeks ago and previously had a mi mix 2, once i ordered the mix 3 i decided to unlock my mi mix 2 to tryout some custom ROMs.
Now when i try to unlock my mi mix 3 it says i need to wait a minimum of 30 days. If i wait the 30 days will i still need to wait the 1 month wait time they seem to make mi mix 3 uses wait to unlock the BL? or will it just be 30 days.
If it is going to take 60 days is it possible to get around this somehow? my current Phone number is linked to the account but if it would be faster to remove that some how and link it to a new account to only get the 30 day wait time?
I was annoyed at the idea of waiting 30 days so 60 days is painful.
Thanks
(if this is in the wrong place please let me know)
Josephalvey said:
I just got my Mi Mix 3 - China rom
I ordered it about 2 weeks ago and previously had a mi mix 2, once i ordered the mix 3 i decided to unlock my mi mix 2 to tryout some custom ROMs.
Now when i try to unlock my mi mix 3 it says i need to wait a minimum of 30 days. If i wait the 30 days will i still need to wait the 1 month wait time they seem to make mi mix 3 uses wait to unlock the BL? or will it just be 30 days.
If it is going to take 60 days is it possible to get around this somehow? my current Phone number is linked to the account but if it would be faster to remove that some how and link it to a new account to only get the 30 day wait time?
I was annoyed at the idea of waiting 30 days so 60 days is painful.
Thanks
(if this is in the wrong place please let me know)
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It's only 72 hours wait time for unlock bootloader, probably 30 days cause Xiaomi will probably think you're up to something.
just set up a new account and do the process again
Mackay53 said:
It's only 72 hours wait time for unlock bootloader, probably 30 days cause Xiaomi will probably think you're up to something.
just set up a new account and do the process again
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72 was painful for my Mix 1 and Mix 3. I'd have returned the phone if I had to stay stock for 30 days.
Josephalvey said:
I just got my Mi Mix 3 - China rom
I ordered it about 2 weeks ago and previously had a mi mix 2, once i ordered the mix 3 i decided to unlock my mi mix 2 to tryout some custom ROMs.
Now when i try to unlock my mi mix 3 it says i need to wait a minimum of 30 days. If i wait the 30 days will i still need to wait the 1 month wait time they seem to make mi mix 3 uses wait to unlock the BL? or will it just be 30 days.
If it is going to take 60 days is it possible to get around this somehow? my current Phone number is linked to the account but if it would be faster to remove that some how and link it to a new account to only get the 30 day wait time?
I was annoyed at the idea of waiting 30 days so 60 days is painful.
Thanks
(if this is in the wrong place please let me know)
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Managed to get it working, I make a new account, then logged into the old account and changed the linked phone number to an old phone number (You can use a family members) then you need to remove the device from that account, this is all done via the mi cloud website and is quite explanatory.
then yo need to make a new account link your device (on the device under dev options) and then add your phone number to your new account via the mi cloud website.
If the website says your number had been used to recently u can use both variants of your global number ( so in the uk +44 followed by 11 numbers and +44 followed by 10 numbers both work)
try the unlock tool and it should work
I don't know if anyone else will have this problem so feel free to remove this if its not useful
Hello,
Is unlocking bootloader is essential for
1) custom kernel
2) custom recovery
3) custom ROMs ?
The reason I am asking is the ultimately stupid waiting period of 7 days to unlock a bootloader, while my device is plagued with a thoroughly random touch freeze problem that makes using it practically useless. I would like to know if I have to swap this device for another out of the blue or an optimized kernel/ROM will solve my problems however Xiaomi decided that waiting for a week first is a requirement above all.
Thanks in advance.
Yes
Pretended said:
Hello,
Is unlocking bootloader is essential for
1) custom kernel
2) custom recovery
3) custom ROMs ?
The reason I am asking is the ultimately stupid waiting period of 7 days to unlock a bootloader, while my device is plagued with a thoroughly random touch freeze problem that makes using it practically useless. I would like to know if I have to swap this device for another out of the blue or an optimized kernel/ROM will solve my problems however Xiaomi decided that waiting for a week first is a requirement above all.
Thanks in advance.
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If you have problems with stock device, I would recommend RMA instead of installing custom software. Chances are it won't improve anything.
"The reason I am asking is the ultimately stupid waiting period of 7 days to unlock a bootloader" ... Stupid period of 7 days? 7 days of waiting are great and senseful solution, have a look @huawei, they wont let you unlock bl even after 10 years ..... And Xiaomi is supported by several tools for working with unlocked bl...
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"The reason I am asking is the ultimately stupid waiting period of 7 days to unlock a bootloader" ... Stupid period of 7 days? 7 days of waiting are great and senseful solution, have a look @huawei, they wont let you unlock bl even after 10 years ..... And Xiaomi is supported by several tools for working with unlocked bl...
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Well, having used Samsung devices only prior to this, 7 days of waiting time is utterly frustrating. Didn't know about Huawei - makes me darn sure about not purchasing a Chinese brand again.
The platform I had bought my phone went out of business and apparently I got no electronic invoice to work with. So RMA'ing is effectively out of options. Thank you tho.
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7 days of waiting time is utterly frustrating
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Not just the waiting period, the whole process is frustrating. This short thread helped me with the issues I was having with their unlock tool.
Thank you too for the reply and the link but apparently 7 days of waiting time is a must. I am at that stage already and was looking for ways to circumvent it, if any.
Getting rid of this garbage called Poco and splashing my hard earned cash on Samsung - at least there is some hope at various ends.
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I am at that stage already and was looking for ways to circumvent it, if any.
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No way to circumvent it, boot is encrypted and can only be unlocked via the official tool. Just wait...