Hello i have an international version of Mi 8.
I waited the famous 720 hours (1 month) and when i tried a few times in the past the message was about how many hours were left (720, 584, 356, etc), a sort of countdown. Well, now the 720 hours are passed but i can't unlock the BL and the message is different and in chinese language: 手机使用未达到指定时间，无法解锁 that in english sound more or less like <The phone has not been used for the specified time and cannot be unlocked> What it means?? Why now, although 720 hours have passed, I can't unlock the bootloader?? Thank you for the help
Which computer processor do you have? It's prossible, that you will get problems with AMD Ryzen processors. I had problems too. After switching to a notebook with Intel processor it worked fine for me
baddevil2 said:
Which computer processor do you have? It's prossible, that you will get problems with AMD Ryzen processors. I had problems too. After switching to a notebook with Intel processor it worked fine for me
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I have an Intel Core I5
ricpicpr said:
Hello i have an international version of Mi 8.
I waited the famous 720 hours (1 month) and when i tried a few times in the past the message was about how many hours were left (720, 584, 356, etc), a sort of countdown. Well, now the 720 hours are passed but i can't unlock the BL and the message is different and in chinese language: 手机使用未达到指定时间，无法解锁 that in english sound more or less like <The phone has not been used for the specified time and cannot be unlocked> What it means?? Why now, although 720 hours have passed, I can't unlock the bootloader?? Thank you for the help
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Have you got any solution?? I am facing the same problem. Now what should I do? wait more?
Try to sign out of MI account in Settings and then sign in (the mi account in the root Setting, not that one under developer options) . I did it and it just worked, my bootloader is unlocked now
Got the same Chinese characters after waiting 360h... How did you solve that?
This is the error
ricpicpr said:
Try to sign out of MI account in Settings and then sign in (the mi account in the root Setting, not that one under developer options) . I did it and it just worked, my bootloader is unlocked now
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Just did that but did not work... How did you manage to unlock it?
littlejonny17 said:
Just did that but did not work... How did you manage to unlock it?
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Do you have a AMD Ryzen-based PC? I had problems with it, too. After switching to my Intel-based notebook, it worked
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Do you have a AMD Ryzen-based PC? I had problems with it, too. After switching to my Intel-based notebook, it worked
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No, I tried in 2 core i5 pcs
littlejonny17 said:
Just did that but did not work... How did you manage to unlock it?
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With the Xiaomi tool: miflash_unlock_en_3.3.827.31
ricpicpr said:
With the Xiaomi tool: miflash_unlock_en_3.3.827.31
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I bound my mi account to the phone and waited for 360h until yesterday. But still can't unlock the phone, it says that i didn't use the phone long enough...
I have global beta, not stable, can it be because of that?
littlejonny17 said:
I bound my mi account to the phone and waited for 360h until yesterday. But still can't unlock the phone, it says that i didn't use the phone long enough...
I have global beta, not stable, can it be because of that?
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No because i was already on beta global when i unlocked my bootloader. But i waited 720 hours, not 360
4th day after 360h and still can't unlock. It must be something else going on, my MI account has permissions. And the log from the unlock tool does not show any signs of malfunction.
Tried to log out and log to MI account on the phone. Tried 3 different windows 10 pc, tried old version of Mi unlock... I can't realy understand what could I be doing wrong.
Does the Waiting time resets every time I click to bind account, even if it is the same Mi account?
U have version Global or China?
littlejonny17 said:
Does the Waiting time resets every time I click to bind account, even if it is the same Mi account?
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The procedure was: sign out from MI account (from the root of settings, under the Account section) and then sign in. After this i went under Developer Options and added the phone in the Mi Unlock voice. Then i unlocked my bootloader without further problems. I don't know you can't
I cant because the tool says I did not used the phone enough time... But the problem is that no one knows how much time it is! If I must wait 720h it should display 720h in the first time, not 360h....
I have unlocked bootloader mi 8 before
But i used miflash and check clean all & lock
Now i can't unlock again
Unlock tool notification wail 360 hour
I bought mi 8 3 month ago
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I came to this forum to read the excellent "[All-In-One] Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 (chiron): Unlock Bootloader, Flash TWRP, Root, Flash ROM" thread.
I knew there was a method to unlock the bootloader and root the phone, which is why I was interested in the MM2. And Amazon currently has it for a great price ($424 US) so I was going to buy it today. Before I pushed the "Place your order" button, I came to the forums to do a little more research before I made the commitment.
I read the process more closely of how to unlock and root. It included the phrases
"You have to give a reason for requesting to unlock the bootloader."
"This permission process can last up to 10 days"
"In case you get the message that the unlocking can be done after 72h, then you have to wait for that time to pass."
Having to possibly wait almost two weeks before my phone could be rooted after having to write an excuse for wanting to unlock not only caused me to not consider buying this phone, but also to ignore Xiaomi's offerings altogether from now on.
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I came to this forum to read the excellent "[All-In-One] Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 (chiron): Unlock Bootloader, Flash TWRP, Root, Flash ROM" thread.
I knew there was a method to unlock the bootloader and root the phone, which is why I was interested in the MM2. And Amazon currently has it for a great price ($424 US) so I was going to buy it today. Before I pushed the "Place your order" button, I came to the forums to do a little more research before I made the commitment.
I read the process more closely of how to unlock and root. It included the phrases
"You have to give a reason for requesting to unlock the bootloader."
"This permission process can last up to 10 days"
"In case you get the message that the unlocking can be done after 72h, then you have to wait for that time to pass."
Having to possibly wait almost two weeks before my phone could be rooted after having to write an excuse for wanting to unlock not only caused me to not consider buying this phone, but also to ignore Xiaomi's offerings altogether from now on.
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Very good, thanks for letting us know
In my case i just wrote that i wanted to change my mix 2 ROM, and got the approval on the next day.
Well i did asked for permission, they approved it after 10mins. Via sms.
phoneturf said:
I came to this forum to read the excellent "[All-In-One] Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 (chiron): Unlock Bootloader, Flash TWRP, Root, Flash ROM" thread.
I read the process more closely of how to unlock and root. It included the phrases
"You have to give a reason for requesting to unlock the bootloader."
"This permission process can last up to 10 days"
"In case you get the message that the unlocking can be done after 72h, then you have to wait for that time to pass."
Having to possibly wait almost two weeks before my phone could be rooted after having to write an excuse for wanting to unlock not only caused me to not consider buying this phone, but also to ignore Xiaomi's offerings altogether from now on.
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Dear @phoneturf
Regarding "Wait for permission" in my "All-In-One" for Mi Mix 2: I have 5 different accounts approved by Xiaomi and the longest I had to wait was 1 day for the approval of each account. Most users are reporting the same, however very few users are reporting a waiting time of up to 10 days! But you can create an MI-Account and ask for approval before you order your phone. I assume you will receive your approval for unlocking the bootloader before you receive your device.
With the 72h waiting time to actually unclok bootloader, Xiaomi wanted to stop the resellers (such as Aliexpress, Gearbest, LightIntheBox, etc.) from unlocking the bootloader and installing their custom firmware which are buggy and contain a lot of bloatware.
I got the unlock code the same day but I still haven't been successful unlocking my bootloader. If you are unsuccessful you get a message saying you have to wait 3 days to try again. The Allow OEM Unlock tab in developer options won't stay on and keeps switching itself back to off. According to the Xiaomi support site you also need to use a VPN for a Chinese city on your phone when binding your account and also possibly on your computer when using the unlock tool--which I did not do. That's easier said than done if you don't want to spend money. The VPN service I subscribe to has no Chinese servers. Plex which is the service people usually recommend will not let you connect to a Chinese server on your phone unless you pay for VIP access--the Chinese servers are walled off from use in the free trial. Nordic VPN offers a 7 day free trial but most of their Chinese servers are walled off from the free trial as well. The two that were available were unable to connect after hours of trying. None of the free services that promise free VPN access to China were able to connect to servers. One of those didn't even allow you to choose a Chinese server unless you paid for the service even though the Play Store description said otherwise. For free the app would only autoconnect to whatever server it wanted. I'm going to do some more research but people sometimes spend weeks or even months trying to unlock the bootloader on Xiaomi phones after getting permission to do it. I don't know that I have that much persistence and patience.
jhs39 said:
I got the unlock code the same day but I still haven't been successful unlocking my bootloader.
The VPN service I subscribe to has no Chinese servers. Plex which is the service people usually recommend...
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Try FlyVPN works like a charm.
Or alternativelly (since unlocking bootloader will erase your data anyway) you can download the Dev Rom here:
http://en.miui.com/download-334.html
and install it via Updater, connect the Mi-Account to your device (in this case no need for VPN to cennect to chinese seevers) and unlock the bootloader. After this you can install all the roms you want as in my All-In-One explained.
senerex said:
Try FlyVPN works like a charm.
Or alternativelly (since unlocking bootloader will erase your data anyway) you can download the Dev Rom here:
http://en.miui.com/download-334.html
and install it via Updater, connect the Mi-Account to your device (in this case no need for VPN to cennect to chinese seevers) and unlock the bootloader. After this you can install all the roms you want as in my All-In-One explained.
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I will give that a try. Thanks. I hope downloader isn't the same Windows app I downloaded from Xiaomi. That app kept giving me an error that my device needed to be updated.
jhs39 said:
I will give that a try. Thanks. I hope downloader isn't the same Windows app I downloaded from Xiaomi. That app kept giving me an error that my device needed to be updated.
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Try first with FlyVPN to connect your Mi Account to your device. If that does not work then try System Updater to install the Dev Rom:
Settings/about phone/system update, then you see 3 points in the uper right corner, click them and then select "Choose Update Package", find the downloaded rom and click OK.
sansan.alyx said:
Well i did asked for permission, they approved it after 10mins. Via sms.
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I am glad to hear people reporting that it does not really take 10 days to get permission. This is excellent. Is there a standard response people give when asked why they want to unlock? Like, "I want to be able to backup the phone operating system?"
phoneturf said:
I am glad to hear people reporting that it does not really take 10 days to get permission. This is excellent. Is there a standard response people give when asked why they want to unlock? Like, "I want to be able to backup the phone operating system?"
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Why dont you try, lets say you want to experience full features of the phone, something like that. And be detailed. Be unique coz xiaomi also compares those reasons to others. If your just copying reasons probably it might take awhile.
Register account using cellphone number thats the fastest way i think.
Wow, I'm glad I read this before buying this phone. I don't want to go through the hassle of being for a bootloader unlock code.
awdrifter said:
Wow, I'm glad I read this before buying this phone. I don't want to go through the hassle of being for a bootloader unlock code.
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This thread is old. Now you don't have to apply unlock permission anymore, only have to wait XXhours(the exact waiting time will show up when you unlock). This is a security measurement, prevent lost/stolen phone being unlock.
aarwwefdds said:
This thread is old. Now you don't have to apply unlock permission anymore, only have to wait XXhours(the exact waiting time will show up when you unlock). This is a security measurement, prevent lost/stolen phone being unlock.
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Same... Mine was actually instant... No waiting required... Download app and unlocked. Never been through any unlock code business...
I even didnt wait. The pc app did all the stuff. I just insertet my mi account username and password, the app asked me to put the phone in fastboot and connect it to the pc. After a minute or two, the phone boot up with the writing "unlocked" beneath the mi logo
Never saw a more user friendlly method to unlock the bootloader
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I even didnt wait. The pc app did all the stuff. I just insertet my mi account username and password, the app asked me to put the phone in fastboot and connect it to the pc. After a minute or two, the phone boot up with the writing "unlocked" beneath the mi logo
Never saw a more user friendlly method to unlock the bootloader
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Agreed... Same experience as mine was quite pleased...
v1k1n9 said:
I even didnt wait. The pc app did all the stuff. I just insertet my mi account username and password, the app asked me to put the phone in fastboot and connect it to the pc. After a minute or two, the phone boot up with the writing "unlocked" beneath the mi logo
Never saw a more user friendlly method to unlock the bootloader
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How about open a cmd: fastboot oem unlock (hit the enter key) select unlock from phone using volume buttons and power, done, you're unlocked. To me that's much more friendly, faster and if you use Android then you already have adb and fastboot installed on whatever setup you use.
This unlock method has caused me to purchase windows again because I don't use it nor have it on my computers and the java made mi unlock tools no longer works so if you don't have Windows tough luck. It made me extremely pissed for like two hours then I bought windows again so I can unlock this bad boy. lol. Forcing users to use Windows really sucks and is crappy imo but I love my phone. They really need to make a universal tool if this is what they want to do. That way everyone's happy. Just my opinion..
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Hey everyone so i got this mi 8 in compensation for something i did fully know it was locked and i hoped i could somehow unlock it but this is worse than Icloud LMAO
So my question is after trying bunch of Indian videos on youtube nothing worked ofc,anybody has any advice or tip ?
I can provide things such as IMEI and the Lock Code that's it .
You can hire a service to unlock it for you. Just Google Xiaomi Mi8 unlock service.
I believe that they help you using teamviewer. I haven't personally used these services but have read that as long as the service provider has an EDL account that they can unlock it and get it backup and running.
Another option is to contact the person that sold you the device and have them give you their Mi Cloud credentials, then after you have removed the device from their account, you can create your own account and bind the device to your account.
Edit : I just read about a tool called Hydra : You can read more here: https://www.hydra-dongle.com/brands/xiaomi/mi-8-(dipper)/
Again, I have never used these services so buyer beware. Though I am sure it will be worth the gamble if you are only spending $30. If it works then come back and let the XDA community know.
Try online service it takes 1-3 days i did it so many times
if you wanna help let me know .
tsongming said:
You can hire a service to unlock it for you. Just Google Xiaomi Mi8 unlock service.
I believe that they help you using teamviewer. I haven't personally used these services but have read that as long as the service provider has an EDL account that they can unlock it and get it backup and running.
Another option is to contact the person that sold you the device and have them give you their Mi Cloud credentials, then after you have removed the device from their account, you can create your own account and bind the device to your account.
Edit : I just read about a tool called Hydra : You can read more here: https://www.hydra-dongle.com/brands/xiaomi/mi-8-(dipper)/
Again, I have never used these services so buyer beware. Though I am sure it will be worth the gamble if you are only spending $30. If it works then come back and let the XDA community know.
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I did try few non of them seem to finish the job. They start it takes a week no feedback so i just get my koney back through paypal....
caputcha said:
Try online service it takes 1-3 days i did it so many times
if you wanna help let me know .
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which service did you use ?
Dr.Dinel said:
which service did you use ?
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Online service
if imei clean and come from europe will take 1-3 days
Try using qpst flash tool and flash the stock ROM of your device to get it back fresh once again.
Manoj Ramesh said:
Try using qpst flash tool and flash the stock ROM of your device to get it back fresh once again.
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That doesn't resolve the issue, his phone is bound to the previous owners account. The issue is not booting the phone to system.
The only real solution is getting the account information from the previous owner.
kefi999 said:
Hey everyone so i got this mi 8 in compensation for something i did fully know it was locked and i hoped i could somehow unlock it but this is worse than Icloud LMAO
So my question is after trying bunch of Indian videos on youtube nothing worked ofc,anybody has any advice or tip ?
I can provide things such as IMEI and the Lock Code that's it .
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i found this https://www.unlock724.com/ and they have mi account remove for 25$
I don't know if it works but if you try it let us know
Dr.Dinel said:
i found this https://www.unlock724.com/ and they have mi account remove for 25$
I don't know if it works but if you try it let us know
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hi, did you manage to unlock your mi account? i am also in the same situation with a mi 9t
wummm said:
hi, did you manage to unlock your mi account? i am also in the same situation with a mi 9t
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I tried in another service
but after a week they refunded me cause they said the servers for this job was down
that happened on February
first I bought this to figure out my phone origin
https://allunlock.net/xiaomi-check-full-info/p6185950/
and after that they told me to use this
https://allunlock.net/unlock-service-xiaomi-mi-account-all-countries-100-success/p5864554/
but as you can see servers are still down
if I manage anything in the future I will post here, I suggest you do the same if you try any of this services
if your phone is bought from Europe or Russia (you need to check it with the first link) the servers are up as they say
https://allunlock.net/unlock-service-xiaomi-mi-account-remove-europe/p1739630/
https://allunlock.net/unlock-service-xiaomi-mi-account-remove-russia-uzbekistan-kazakhstan/p5935330/
caputcha said:
Try online service it takes 1-3 days i did it so many times
if you wanna help let me know .
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what is the link to the online service? do you have any idea?
try
unlocktvtstore on facebook to try. some MI remove services (paid service please) are availaible. let's try
caputcha said:
Try online service it takes 1-3 days i did it so many times
if you wanna help let me know .
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hi dude,can u help me,i need learn the way for this,step by step
pliz
There are video online that work without paying someone. Happened to my mom's phone where she didn't remember the password and touch didn't work. Reset the phone trough recovery and resolved the touch problem but was mi locked. Found the video online that through a security bug bypassed the setup and reset again the phone trough that and was ok after that.
kekkojoker90 said:
There are video online that work without paying someone. Happened to my mom's phone where she didn't remember the password and touch didn't work. Reset the phone trough recovery and resolved the touch problem but was mi locked. Found the video online that through a security bug bypassed the setup and reset again the phone trough that and was ok after that.
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Bypass=Free=Local (Not remove from server)
Remove=Paid=Server and free if you have mi account owner details
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Hey man, Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro (equuleus) locked with Mi account, dont't know the password neither have a SIM card associated with that Mi account.
Any way to bypass the activation when turn the phone on ?
Sorry for bad english ...
Once the app reaches 99% it fails and says "sorry, your mi id is not associated with a phone number"
I tried everything I found on google/reddit/xda from ensuring the device was added to the account via developer options, validating the sim, reading my phone via the website directly etc.
Nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?
ND1Razor said:
Once the app reaches 99% it fails and says "sorry, your mi id is not associated with a phone number"
I tried everything I found on google/reddit/xda from ensuring the device was added to the account via developer options, validating the sim, reading my phone via the website directly etc.
Nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?
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Login in browser in your MI account and add your number (same number) in the profile.
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ishaqtkr said:
Login in browser in your MI account and add your number (same number) in the profile.
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I have done this then attempted the unlock but it still gives me the same error.
ND1Razor said:
I have done this then attempted the unlock but it still gives me the same error.
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Log into the Mi Unlock Tool with your phone number as the user ID and your normal password
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Log into the Mi Unlock Tool with your phone number as the user ID and your normal password
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Doesn't work.
Same here, i got this message 2 days ago and now it still happens, i think it's server problem
I would freakin love a solution to this. I've tried every single solution I've seen over the web and nothing has worked so far.
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Doesn't work.
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Do you want to be more specific?
Anyway, I'll expand a little bit.
Start the process again.
Login to a Mi account on the phone.
Go to the Mi Unlock Status, in the developer options.
Turn off WiFi and and hit the button.
Now when using the Mi Unlock Tool, use the phone number of the SIM in the phone to login.
Did not make any changes to the Mi account and don't change the Mi account connected to the phone.
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Do you want to be more specific?
Anyway, I'll expand a little bit.
Start the process again.
Login to a Mi account on the phone.
Go to the Mi Unlock Status, in the developer options.
Turn off WiFi and and hit the button.
Now when using the Mi Unlock Tool, use the phone number of the SIM in the phone to login.
Did not make any changes to the Mi account and don't change the Mi account connected to the phone.
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I personally already tried this, and no bueno. Even tried using the MI username and such.
MGG5 said:
I personally already tried this, and no bueno. Even tried using the MI username and such.
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After hitting the button in the Mi Unlock Status screen, check the Mi ID of the account logged into the phone, you should be able to see this in the Mi account details settings.
Then enter this Mi account ID as the user ID in the Mi Unlock Tool, using your normal password. This, in theory, should work.
If it does and you get the 168 hours wait message do not, under any circumstance, make any changes to the Mi account, or change the Mi account logged in to the phone, or hit the button again in the Mi Unlock Status screen.
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After hitting the button in the Mi Unlock Status screen, check the Mi ID of the account logged into the phone, you should be able to see this in the Mi account details settings.
Then enter this Mi account ID as the user ID in the Mi Unlock Tool, using your normal password. This, in theory, should work.
If it does and you get the 168 hours wait message do not, under any circumstance, make any changes to the Mi account, or change the Mi account logged in to the phone, or hit the button again in the Mi Unlock Status screen.
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Yes I've also tried this too, and it still doesn't work. By default, the MI account ID = user ID.
Robbo.5000 said:
Do you want to be more specific?
Anyway, I'll expand a little bit.
Start the process again.
Login to a Mi account on the phone.
Go to the Mi Unlock Status, in the developer options.
Turn off WiFi and and hit the button.
Now when using the Mi Unlock Tool, use the phone number of the SIM in the phone to login.
Did not make any changes to the Mi account and don't change the Mi account connected to the phone.
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Sure, I will be more specific:
The device is Chinese K20 Pro Premium 12/512
The OS is up to date.
My phone number is associated and shown correctly both on the phone and on the web, and I get an 2FA texts correctly when trying to make changes to my account.
The SIM card is in, wlan is off and data is on.
Developer options "allow oem unlock" is on.
Account is bound in "Mi unlock status"
Mi unlock tool and drivers are up to date.
I connect my phone in fastboot.
device is verified, but unlock gives an error at 99% "Mi ID is not associated with a phone number"
Changing the phone number and changing it back doesn't help.
Signing in and out doesn't help.
Using "find my phone" doesn't help.
Using Mi ID/phone number/email to log in the unlock tool makes absolutely no difference.
Maybe Xiaomi's verification servers are DDOSed, otherwise no idea what I am doing wrong.
MGG5 said:
Yes I've also tried this too, and it still doesn't work. By default, the MI account ID = user ID.
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It does look like there is a problem with Xiaomi servers.
There's a few people now on these forums having issues and I've just had a look on the Mi Community forums seen people discuss it.
For a long time there's been a bug when starting the unlock process on the phone, when the Mi account currently logged into the phone doesn't have the phone number associated with it.
What should happen is that the phone number from the SIM should be added to the Mi account, but what happens is that a new Mi account is created with the phone number.
So logging in with your normal Mi account gives the error everyone is now seeing, in this case.
This is the reason why logging in to the Mi Unlock Tool using the phone number usually works, because you are actually logging into the new account that you are unaware was created. (It's easy to prove this is what has happened, because you can login into your existing Mi account, then log in using the phone number and you see this is then a different account, with a different Mi ID)
Seeing that many people are failing to unlock the phone and the normal solution is failing, then it does seem like a Xiaomi issue.
Robbo.5000 said:
It does look like there is a problem with Xiaomi servers.
There's a few people now on these forums having issues and I've just had a look on the Mi Community forums seen people discuss it.
For a long time there's been a bug when starting the unlock process on the phone, when the Mi account currently logged into the phone doesn't have the phone number associated with it.
What should happen is that the phone number from the SIM should be added to the Mi account, but what happens is that a new Mi account is created with the phone number.
So logging in with your normal Mi account gives the error everyone is now seeing, in this case.
This is the reason why logging in to the Mi Unlock Tool using the phone number usually works, because you are actually logging into the new account that you are unaware was created. (It's easy to prove this is what has happened, because you can login into your existing Mi account, then log in using the phone number and you see this is then a different account, with a different Mi ID)
Seeing that many people are failing to unlock the phone and the normal solution is failing, then it does seem like a Xiaomi issue.
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Yeap, it definitely looks like the problem is on Xiaomi, because I think I've pretty much tried almost everything by now.
With that said, I'm just going to try and try again every 24 hours or so, or wait for an actual working solution.
For everyone whos having this issue, could you please head over to settings>about phone>all specs>status and check if your phone number is listed or unknown.
ND1Razor said:
For everyone whos having this issue, could you please head over to settings>about phone>all specs>status and check if your phone number is listed or unknown.
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I'm facing the exact issue and it's listed as unknown, even though I manually typed in the number in the SIM settings page.
ND1Razor said:
For everyone whos having this issue, could you please head over to settings>about phone>all specs>status and check if your phone number is listed or unknown.
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My SIM 1 slot shows the number correctly (though without international prefix, just local format)
My SIM 2 slot is disabled for now because it's my high speed limitless 4G data SIM, it has no number, and the instructions for unlock specify explicitly that the unlock request in the status check should go through the mobile data of the SIM associated with your Mi account.
MGG5 said:
Yeap, it definitely looks like the problem is on Xiaomi, because I think I've pretty much tried almost everything by now.
With that said, I'm just going to try and try again every 24 hours or so, or wait for an actual working solution.
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So after a lot of frustration and numerous tries here is what worked for me, not sure if these matter or just a coincidence but.
1. Sign out from your device.
2. Using a PC browser, delete your xiaomi account (this is under "settings" in my info)
3. On your phone, create a new xiaomi account with your phone number, say yes to all prompts (Mi cloud, activate find my phone).
4. On your phone browser, go to account.xiaomi.com, enter the credentials, add your email.
5. Go to Mi unlock status in developer options and associate the number (allow OEM unlock should also be on).
6. Boot to fast boot.
7. In Mi unlock tool, paste your phone number, do not type it!
This seems to be important to me, because due to some bug, when I type my number there is no international prefix drop down menu, when I pasted the number (after typing it 100s of times today) this international prefix dial code suddenly appeared. Making me believe there was a mismatch in the number which caused the problem.
8. Connect phone and proceed to unlock. The timer is now 168 hours.
Hope it helps.
MajorBoobage said:
So after a lot of frustration and numerous tries here is what worked for me, not sure if these matter or just a coincidence but.
1. Sign out from your device.
2. Using a PC browser, delete your xiaomi account (this is under "settings" in my info)
3. On your phone, create a new xiaomi account with your phone number, say yes to all prompts (Mi cloud, activate find my phone).
4. On your phone browser, go to account.xiaomi.com, enter the credentials, add your email.
5. Go to Mi unlock status in developer options and associate the number (allow OEM unlock should also be on).
6. Boot to fast boot.
7. In Mi unlock tool, paste your phone number, do not type it!
This seems to be important to me, because due to some bug, when I type my number there is no international prefix drop down menu, when I pasted the number (after typing it 100s of times today) this international prefix dial code suddenly appeared. Making me believe there was a mismatch in the number which caused the problem.
8. Connect phone and proceed to unlock. The timer is now 168 hours.
Hope it helps.
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Too many Mi Accounts are associated with the phone number ********. Wait 6 months after deleting your Mi Account to add this phone number to another account.
Great.
Regardless, typing my number to log inot the tool appears to show the country code for me. Would logging in via email/account number not solve this issue too?
ND1Razor said:
Too many Mi Accounts are associated with the phone number ********. Wait 6 months after deleting your Mi Account to add this phone number to another account.
Great.
Regardless, typing my number to log inot the tool appears to show the country code for me. Would logging in via email/account number not solve this issue too?
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No idea, didn't work for me.
The country code was the thing for me.
I suggest you get a prepaid sim to use for a week, and start from scratch, you won't need this Mi account anyway after the unlock.
Hi all!
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader of my redmi k20 pro / mi 9T pro, I followed some different guides, but without any result.
Now I'm at a sticking point: when I try to add the account in the "Mi Unlock status" i get the message "can't add more account to this sim card".
anyone can help me to get through this problem?
Thanks a lot, this is a really helpfull forum!
Fiodorx said:
Hi all!
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader of my redmi k20 pro / mi 9T pro, I followed some different guides, but without any result.
Now I'm at a sticking point: when I try to add the account in the "Mi Unlock status" i get the message "can't add more account to this sim card".
anyone can help me to get through this problem?
Thanks a lot, this is a really helpfull forum!
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It sounds like you've got more than one Mi account and the phone number is registered to a different account than the account connected to the phone.
Try logging out of your Mi account on the phone, then log in again, but using the SIM phone number as the account ID.
If that works, then you will also need to log in to the Mi Unlock Tool using the phone number for the account ID.
Robbo.5000 said:
It sounds like you've got more than one Mi account and the phone number is registered to a different account than the account connected to the phone.
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yes, I've got two different accounts, but every time I sing in with a different one, I delete the previous account. but it seems that xiamoi as a "memory" of the number used. so, I can't sing in with no one of the other tow accounts beacuse I already deleted it. now I tried tu use and create an account with another sim: I need to wait 168 h, the same of some weeks ago, but the unlock went bad the last time. I'm on a stacking point.
Fiodorx said:
yes, I've got two different accounts, but every time I sing in with a different one, I delete the previous account. but it seems that xiamoi as a "memory" of the number used. so, I can't sing in with no one of the other tow accounts beacuse I already deleted it. now I tried tu use and create an account with another sim: I need to wait 168 h, the same of some weeks ago, but the unlock went bad the last time. I'm on a stacking point.
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y have same problem
Whats best practice to unlock a new RN10-Pro safely and maybe without 7d wait period if I have an existing mi account, that was used with the same simcard/number, to unlock a RN10 (w/o pro) phone about a year ago?
should or can I use the same account? why or why not?
do I end in trouble if I try to unlock it with a new account but the same simcard/phone number?
in this case, is it possible to skip the 7d wait time? or is it unavoidable when unlocking a new/different phone?
let me know what you did in similar cases! thanks in advance
You can use the same account every month for unlocking, so after a year there is no problem.
I have used several different sim cards with the same account for all new phones.
You only need a data simcard inserted with starting the procedure.
My number is always the same from another simcard in another phone without data.
You can't skip the 7 days
Elinx said:
You can use the same account every month for unlocking, so after a year there is no problem.
I have used several different sim cards with the same account for all new phones.
You only need a data simcard inserted with starting the procedure.
My number is always the same from another simcard in another phone without data.
You can't skip the 7 days
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I have to RMA my old device and won't get it back, do I have to delete this phone and phone-number in my mi-account before trying to add and unlock the new phone (with same sim/number)? or am I at risk for waiting longer than 7 days if I do anything like that on my account?
I was going to lock my old device again.. and then I could theoretically delete the phone and number in the account.
I just don't want to mess up something that could interfer with the unlock of the new phone.
i can instant ubl but only RN 10/pro 5G and Note 10T (all MTK Variant)
nuzzydev said:
i can instant ubl but only RN 10/pro 5G and Note 10T (all MTK Variant)
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How would you do that? I've never heard of anything safe and serious that could unlock a xiaomi without the wait period yet.
Zirila said:
... RMA my old device and won't get it back, do I have to delete this phone and phone-number in my mi-account ....
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If your simcard or number not change you only have to change the phone.
But even this, I think, the phone on your account has nothing to do with unlocking.
I have 4 Xiaomi phones in my account and only one number and had used another data sim with unlocking a new phone.
Before I start with unlocking I always look with "find my phone" if the phone is recognized as mine
Zirila said:
How would you do that? I've never heard of anything safe and serious that could unlock a xiaomi without the wait period yet.
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i have a tool, if u want unlock just pm me ill remotely ubl with ur pc
nuzzydev said:
i have a tool, if u want unlock just pm me ill remotely ubl with ur pc
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Only Mediathek means not for sweet and sweetin.......
nuzzydev said:
i have a tool, if u want unlock just pm me ill remotely ubl with ur pc
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yeah, well not really thanks
I mean, having a person you don't really know, controlling your pc (and phone) remotely, and letting them run executables of unknown source and behaviour, is totally the opposite of "safe and serious"
If I could learn, compile and execute it myself it might be an option.. but as it was already mentioned, it's not even a mediatek phone that we are talking about