hey guys im new at this and i just have a quick question, with the release of the oficial captivate froyo update fron att i want to know if once i update the phone is it going to have the sim lock and if i can unlock it thanks guys
Well from what ive learend is that there are a lot of root problems and usually it does, it might not, i dont know much on unlocking
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Mezz915 said:
hey guys im new at this...
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You're right, you are new at this.
EVOIXGSR said:
You're right, you are new at this.
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come on, that's not helpful. Everybody has to start somewhere
ok thanks guys
as i know, upgrading your rom will not put your unlocked phone locked again...
Welcome everyone!
This thread has been created for extreme newbies/noobs and for their benefit. Not only noobs, but everyone is free to post questions and also give answers to those questions. Any type of question is allowed as long as it is related about the device. No off-topic discussions are allowed!Hit Thanks if I Helped You!!! :good:
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So, the first dumb question, where is the earpiece of the phone?
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PoseidonKing said:
So, the first dumb question, where is the earpiece of the phone?
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Hi.
The earpiece is behind the screen. In fact is a piezoelectric "speaker" that makes the whole screen vibrate.
Whe you put the phone in contact with your ear, you can hear everything clearly enough.
Quality-wise is not the best sounding earpiece I've ever had, but certainly not worst. So not bad solution at all.
My personal observation is the developer ROM has considerably diminished "speaker" quality over the Chinese stable. I found this from talking on the stable ROM, maybe an hour or so on multiple domestic calls (USA). I flashed the developer ROM (because, apparently I get board easily), but after a couple of calls, about 10% of that I had planed, my ears were absolutely drained from the experience and I was continually repeating myself because my caller had difficulty comprehending my words, even though they were of the everyday variety. Upon returning to the stale ROM, all was good with hearing and speaking, including several calls to the some of the same people I had conversations with on each iteration. (stable/developer/stable).
I don't have "permission" to root yet, so haven't tried the eu ROM.
This, just in case someone would like to know some of the hidden differences in the ROMs.
RedCriwx said:
Hi.
The earpiece is behind the screen. In fact is a piezoelectric "speaker" that makes the whole screen vibrate.
Whe you put the phone in contact with your ear, you can hear everything clearly enough.
Quality-wise is not the best sounding earpiece I've ever had, but certainly not worst. So not bad solution at all.
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Oh, that's gr8! Didn't know that at all!
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PoseidonKing
audscott said:
My personal observation is the developer ROM has considerably diminished "speaker" quality over the Chinese stable. I found this from talking on the stable ROM, maybe an hour or so on multiple domestic calls (USA). I flashed the developer ROM (because, apparently I get board easily), but after a couple of calls, about 10% of that I had planed, my ears were absolutely drained from the experience and I was continually repeating myself because my caller had difficulty comprehending my words, even though they were of the everyday variety. Upon returning to the stale ROM, all was good with hearing and speaking, including several calls to the some of the same people I had conversations with on each iteration. (stable/developer/stable).
I don't have "permission" to root yet, so haven't tried the eu ROM.
This, just in case someone would like to know some of the hidden differences in the ROMs.
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Okay, thanks...(I guess).
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PoseidonKing
I got the bootloader unlock sms . I would like to ask if it expires after a certain amount of time if not used?
Does an unlocked bootloader means no OTA updates for untouched CN stable/dev ROM devices?
N3M3SYS said:
I got the bootloader unlock sms . I would like to ask if it expires after a certain amount of time if not used?
Does an unlocked bootloader means no OTA updates for untouched CN stable/dev ROM devices?
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Yes, the unlock permission expires after a month. You can always revert back to stable MiUi whether your BL is locked or unlocked. You just gotta flash the global stable update.
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PoseidonKing said:
Yes, the unlock permission expires after a month. You can always revert back to stable MiUi whether your BL is locked or unlocked. You just gotta flash the global stable update.
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Thanks for the reply! I have another one.
My unlocked device will be bound to my MIUI account somehow? If I choose to revert back to CN official stable, will my BL be locked again, and unrooted with OTA updates possible?
Thanks in advance.
N3M3SYS said:
Thanks for the reply! I have another one.
My unlocked device will be bound to my MIUI account somehow? If I choose to revert back to CN official stable, will my BL be locked again, and unrooted with OTA updates possible?
Thanks in advance.
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Welcome always! Also, if you revert to global stable, your unlocked state will be maintained along with the granted root access. Because the bootloader and root access are core files or what you'd call as components of the phone's firmware. So, flashing MiUi won't affect the firmware files. To be honest, I've never tried it so you might be doing this at your own risk, but I had a Redmi 2 and I did exactly what I told you to do. It worked perfectly for me as the redmi 2 had an unlocked BL out of the box. But this whole 'Unlock the bootloader' thingy started from the Redmi Note 3. So just be careful while doing this.
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PoseidonKing said:
Welcome always! Also, if you revert to global stable, your unlocked state will be maintained along with the granted root access. Because the bootloader and root access are core files or what you'd call as components of the phone's firmware. So, flashing MiUi won't affect the firmware files. To be honest, I've never tried it so you might be doing this at your own risk, but I had a Redmi 2 and I did exactly what I told you to do. It worked perfectly for me as the redmi 2 had an unlocked BL out of the box. But this whole 'Unlock the bootloader' thingy started from the Redmi Note 3. So just be careful while doing this.
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PoseidonKing
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Yes, I'll be very cautious , thus the questions. Any info on the OTA updates? I assume they won't be possible for a rooted device, after flashing the CN official stable, right?
Thanks again.
N3M3SYS said:
Yes, I'll be very cautious , thus the questions. Any info on the OTA updates? I assume they won't be possible for a rooted device, after flashing the CN official stable, right?
Thanks again.
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Yeah, right. I don't have any idea about the OTA updates but I recently looked on Mi forums and saw a thread claiming a stable nougat update that'll roll over soon through the OTA. Also, Mi5, Mi Max are on the way to development of Nougat updates.
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PoseidonKing
PoseidonKing said:
Yes, the unlock permission expires after a month. You can always revert back to stable MiUi whether your BL is locked or unlocked. You just gotta flash the global stable update.
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PoseidonKing
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I think this is not quite right, as I read the Unlock thread on the MIUI site, you can only unlock one device per month. I didn't see anything that leads me to believe the permission itself expires. As a matter of fact @underlines shared that he obtained unlock permission a few years ago for another Xiaomi phone and that he was able to unlock other phones without needing to request permission again.
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J
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Aeskulapio said:
I think this is not quite right, as I read the Unlock thread on the MIUI site, you can only unlock one device per month. I didn't see anything that leads me to believe the permission itself expires. As a matter of fact @underlines shared that he obtained unlock permission a few years ago for another Xiaomi phone and that he was able to unlock other phones without needing to request permission again.
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J
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Wow! Didn't know that, sorry for wrong info.
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PoseidonKing
I just got the phone, this is the first non Galaxy Note and non carrier locked phone I've purchased. I'm wondering a few things.
Will I get updates?
How do I check what Rom I'm on?
What are the differences between the Roms and which one should I be on in America?
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Yes, I'll be very cautious , thus the questions. Any info on the OTA updates? I assume they won't be possible for a rooted device, after flashing the CN official stable, right?
Thanks again.
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Hi there!
I previously told you that OTA's won't tamper with the firmware files, but while I was browsing out on some Mi forums, it seems that the explanation I gave is wrong ( for the locked devices). The OTA's try to relock the bootloader and may hardbrick the device. So, please be careful while doing anything because the Mi Mix doesn't come at a small price and plus it is a limited edition concept device.
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PoseidonKing said:
Wow! Didn't know that, sorry for wrong info.
Thanks,
PoseidonKing
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No worries brother. Our community is all about helping each other out
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J
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Aeskulapio said:
No worries brother. Our community is all about helping each other out
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J
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Yep! Thanks!
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PoseidonKing
Is there any chance of getting Cyanogenmod, AOSP, or any other Android variant in the future? Or is there something that prevents this, and keeps it locked into MIUI?
Hello, I wan't to flash my phone. But I don't know how to determine for which market my device was. Can I flash eu rom for if I suddenly have china version, or it may bring to a bootloop?
Hi
The Official Rom Global :
http://en.miui.com/download-326.html#481
Enjoy !!!
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The Official Rom Global :
http://en.miui.com/download-326.html#481
Enjoy !!!
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I am waiting for Global Dev. More one or two weeks perharps.
Does it pass safetynet?
bloosteak said:
Does it pass safetynet?
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If you didn't unlock the bootloader,then it could.
Using it right now, found a bug in Google Photos backup settings (can't turn on backup, but backup works)
Antutu is lower than China Rom but still great.
As I had to unlock bootloader to install rom, safetynet doesn't pass
I just received mine from post mail, first thing I did was updating. Everything successful so far.
Can we lock bootloader after flashing this? For Safetynet, etc?
Hi friends, i just bought Mi 6...this is my first Xiaomi and im on China rom. If i instal Global rom ( for instalation i must unlock bootloader ) does i will recive OTA update of Global rom ?
This is just beautiful and fastest phone ever !!!
Greetings
mimahitna said:
Hi friends, i just bought Mi 6...this is my first Xiaomi and im on China rom. If i instal Global rom ( for instalation i must unlock bootloader ) does i will recive OTA update of Global rom ?
This is just beautiful and fastest phone ever !!!
Greetings
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Yes,you will get OTA of Global MIUI.
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Can we lock bootloader after flashing this? For Safetynet, etc?
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If you want to relock the bootloader with fastboot command, make sure you have the stock recovery before you relock the bootloader. Or you can use the flash_all_lock.bat if you use Mi Flash program.
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If you want to relock the bootloader with fastboot command, make sure you have the stock recovery before you relock the bootloader. Or you can use the flash_all_lock.bat if you use Mi Flash program.
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Thanks! This helps! I will make sure I have the stock recovery before locking the bootloader again.
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Yes,you will get OTA of Global MIUI.
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Thanks man. If i flash Global developer rom on unlocked botlooader, does i recive OTA of developer roms ? I know if i flash Xiaomi EU roms, OTA is not possile.
Greetings.
mimahitna said:
Thanks man. If i flash Global developer rom on unlocked botlooader, does i recive OTA of developer roms ? I know if i flash Xiaomi EU roms, OTA is not possile.
Greetings.
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Yes,you can get OTA.
I will get my MI6 in the next few days. Are the bluetooth problems gone with this ROM? I use bluetooth every day in my car and not having a good bluetooth connection would be a real dealbreaker.
Ultraschorsch said:
I will get my MI6 in the next few days. Are the bluetooth problems gone with this ROM? I use bluetooth every day in my car and not having a good bluetooth connection would be a real dealbreaker.
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I'm using the Bluetooth Earphones,I don't find any problems.
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I'm using the Bluetooth Earphones,I don't find any problems.
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Great, thanks for your reply!
Ultraschorsch said:
I will get my MI6 in the next few days. Are the bluetooth problems gone with this ROM? I use bluetooth every day in my car and not having a good bluetooth connection would be a real dealbreaker.
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I'm using Bluetooth JBL Headset and Mi Band 2 connected to my phone via Bluetooth, no problem/issues at all
need 8.2.0.2 global rom
I haven't bought my Mi6 yet but I'm already grateful to you guys.
myu471 said:
need 8.2.0.2 global rom
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You can download it from the official page
http://en.miui.com/download-326.html#481
Hi guys
Just got the phone back after send it for repair in China
The phone come with locked bootloader and Chinese rom
what is the process of unlocking the bootloader again?
Do I need to use that same unlock tool and wait for another 360 hours ?
Thanks in advance
For now there is no other solution!
Just wait 2 weeks
Ouch that's hard! I feel with you if you need to wait again.
Did you try to unlock?
I was able to unlock immediately with an old version of mi unlocker. No waiting time
https://mega.nz/#!TvIHlSoL!8yGUiaBD2aK6fsUHmu76NyVNPL27ePSw6Va2H6ks2K0
ratze_x said:
I was able to unlock immediately with an old version of mi unlocker. No waiting time
https://mega.nz/#!TvIHlSoL!8yGUiaBD2aK6fsUHmu76NyVNPL27ePSw6Va2H6ks2K0
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hi my friend,
is this real ?
wow friend you are my best friend i unlock my phone now
thanks thanks
ratze_x said:
I was able to unlock immediately with an old version of mi unlocker. No waiting time
https://mega.nz/#!TvIHlSoL!8yGUiaBD2aK6fsUHmu76NyVNPL27ePSw6Va2H6ks2K0
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hi bro , do you have a link for mi 8
sefai77 said:
hi bro , do you have a link for mi 8
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Above is the oldest version i got. If there was a version before mi8 came out it might help.
Maybe archive.org can help, i didnt try that.
Hi,
Just got my k20 pro, Chinese rom MIUI 10.3.16. I'm not a great fan of MIUI and wanted to unlock the bootloader of my device to install a custom rom. I knew there was a timer of around a week, but mine is 888 hours! Is this normal and is it possible to skip the timer?
Thanks in advance
Rikkertbiemans said:
Hi,
Just got my k20 pro, Chinese rom MIUI 10.3.16. I'm not a great fan of MIUI and wanted to unlock the bootloader of my device to install a custom rom. I knew there was a timer of around a week, but mine is 888 hours! Is this normal and is it possible to skip the timer?
Thanks in advance
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can you try a older version of miflash unlock it works for me
Thanks for your answer, Wich version did you use
That is definitely not normal, I got the usual 7 days wait.
Rikkertbiemans said:
Thanks for your answer, Wich version did you use
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like 2.2 version just try sign in in you account and try
Rikkertbiemans said:
Thanks for your answer, Wich version did you use
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Here is the download link for miflash 2.2.406.5: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195901972