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A problem with Unlocking a phone's bootloader

Hello everyone, I've recently tried to root my Redmi Note 9 (merlinnfc) The OEM in Dev options is turned on, and the only problem is, there's no way to fix the " FAILED (remote: 'Token verification failed') " error message.
I have everything i need, there's the magisk zip on the phone, and i have the TWRP image for it. ( un-official, there's not official TWRP image for 9+)
Yes, i do have platform-tools, and the vbmeta/vb images in case i accidentally brick my phone.
The only thing i need to do is unlock the boot loader.
Any way's to unlock it? PS: I've tried MiUnlock, my country's unssuported. (It dosen't work. No verification message, turns out my region isn't supported)
I don't trust any "One Click Root" apps, since they're either malware, or unsupported. And they might brick my phone anywyas.
Mi Version: 12..0.5 (Most Recent Security Patch, most likely not any firmware patches, so the fastboot method should work)\
Best Regards - FriendlyChemist

PS: I've tried MiUnlock, my country's unssuported.
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I don't understand what you mean by your region is unsupported, care to elaborate?
I recommend trying MI Unlock again, using the latest one might work.
See this post for details.
If it still doesn't work then follow this thread here as stated by the user:
Goodmorning, i succeeded to unlock (appearantly) with Mi Unlock Tool. Don't have to wait 3 days, because i have permission with my Mi account right away. This time.
But i overlooked the simple solution. I put the Mi Unlock Tool in a folder in C:
Before it was still in folder Download with a link to my dashboard. That did not work. In folder in C: it worked immediately.
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It should work fine if you have the credentials necessary or waiting for couple of days.
Lastly should anything go awry in the process or you're really desperate you can view this thread. The cable method works better than the test point method.
Hopefully i helped.

You can try to register on miui. Tell them you are developer. You need unlock code. It is not necessary that your country is not supported. You can get unlock code. Some Mi model are ready for unlock.

Is an unlocked encrypted phone actually secure ?

Hi,
While going around this forum, i saw a lot that people where claiming that an unlocked phone had it's data fully secure if it was encrypted. Is it actually the case ?
From what i understand, a phone isn't encrypted with your pin code / password. It first generates keys, encrypts the phone with them, and then cyphers these keys using your code. The keys are then stored in a special partition of the phone's memory.
(And thus, if the phone needs be wiped, either remotely or because of too many failed attempts, it just deletes this partition)
Normally, it would be impossible to brute force a lock screen, since the phone will prevent more than ~ 15 attempts. However, with an unlocked device, couldn't an attacker with sufficient knowledge of the hardware be able to use the ability to flash custom boot images / roms to access these keys, and brute force them, bypassing the lock screen ? A sufficiently powerful computer could be able to brute force a 4, 6 or even 10 digits AES key in hours, if not minutes.
So :
1) Is this correct, and how the android encryption works ?
2) if it is, is there any device specific protections to prevent that ?
3) is there any ways to counterbalance that threat with an unlocked device, other than setting a 10 characters password ?
Thank you.

Short answer:
If phone's bootloader is unlocked, someone could take your phone, flash a malicious ROM that contains keystroke loggers or something, and then return the phone to you and wait for you to type your PIN or decryption password. It'd be better to keep the bootloader locked whenever you don't actually need to flash things via Fastboot.

xXx yYy said:
It'd be better to keep the bootloader locked whenever you don't actually need to flash things via Fastboot.
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I guess this wanders into device specificness, but, at least for my device, pixel 6a, i read that you should never re-lock a bootloader without a completely stock firmware / boot image. So, how can you protect your bootloader while keeping your phone rooted ?

What has a device's bootloader to do with device's Android OS ? Nothing!

xXx yYy said:
What has a device's bootloader to do with device's Android OS ? Nothing!
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The lockability of the bootloader depends on the signing of the OS!?

you are right. do not lock bootloader on pixel devices. imagine device is fully stock and locked, now some OTA brick device and recovery mode not able to unbrick by sideloading full OTA image - this is nightmare. google's solution is to RMA device, they do not provide any flash tool other than fastboot or WebUSB flash tool (via adb lol)
on the other hand, encryption is secured against bruteforce by gatekeeper (in TEE). as long as your device is powered off your data remains encrypted, unless you decrypt with credentials (we won't talk about the .dismiss() bug on decrypted devices)

Question is it required miflash unlock and 1 week?

or there's a simpler and easier way via fastboot?

just to make it clear you have linked you xiaomi account and have waited 7 days right?

As far as I know, the only workaround is for mediatek SoC, I guess we will be waiting for the bootloader

I can confirm. you need:
- MI unlock
- Waiting for 168h
The procedure is always the same (developers settings, enable mi unlock in dev setting, connect with MI account,... )

do we loose any drm keys by unlocking the bootloader?

this is very weird .
i still can't unlock my device.
it gives error couldn't verify device.
do you have any suggestion? maybe factory reset and sign it up again? or maybe this guide?

google lock

Hello. I have a samsung galaxy j3 2016 device in my hand. Google play account forgotten.
I reset it with factory reset. Now the device does not turn on, because of the google account.
How can we open the device with custom rom or original rom?

Reset your Google account password on different phone or device like a computer.
If you also forgot the username for your Google account, go to https://accounts.google.com/signin/usernamerecovery?hl=en. Just like in resetting your Google password, you’ll need to enter the recovery email of your forgotten account.
Once you’ve done any of the two procedures above, try to do FRP unlock again using the new password.

If there’s no way to unlock FRP using the first method, then the best shot for you is to let someone flash the system software in order to bypass Google Account Verification FRP.

ForsaClean said:
Hello. I have a samsung galaxy j3 2016 device in my hand. Google play account forgotten.
I reset it with factory reset. Now the device does not turn on, because of the google account.
How can we open the device with custom rom or original rom?
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If ADB got sucessfully enabled on phone then you can bypass the FRP-lock via ADB:
GitHub - quitehacker/ADB-FRP-Bypass: How to Use ADB Commands to Bypass FRP
How to Use ADB Commands to Bypass FRP. Contribute to quitehacker/ADB-FRP-Bypass development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com

Motorola XT2211-2

I have my Motorola phone with FRP lock, It's a way to unlock it like a factory reset i have tried everything from youtube and the internet but the tools they have over the internet are outdated and i will need help to unlock my phone if someone knows please help.

Here you go:
GitHub - quitehacker/ADB-FRP-Bypass: How to Use ADB Commands to Bypass FRP
How to Use ADB Commands to Bypass FRP. Contribute to quitehacker/ADB-FRP-Bypass development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com