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Hello, I've just recieved a Xiaomi Mi8 phone but in this occasion it comes with unlocked bootloader by seller.
Some users say that in this case there's no way to lock BL, and in case of brick you won't be able to flash in EDL mode.
I'd like to know if there's a way to lock it and later unlock it with my own Xiaomi account ID, and leave phone like a brand new one from factory.
Thanks in advance.
juankar7 said:
Hello, I've just recieved a Xiaomi Mi8 phone but in this occasion it comes with unlocked bootloader by seller.
Some users say that in this case there's no way to lock BL, and in case of brick you won't be able to flash in EDL mode.
I'd like to know if there's a way to lock it and later unlock it with my own Xiaomi account ID, and leave phone like a brand new one from factory.
Thanks in advance.
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( miui 10 Global Rom )I've see an option to on developer setting/ bootloader unlock/lock option in there u can bound or link ur mi account whit device to proceed to unlock whit mi flasher which i press it and received an notification .....now i was running rooted magick maybe that trigger something..... neither have try to see if is linked
Ez, just flash the phone with China Stable or China Developer ROM via Miflash , choose Clean and Lock, done
Choose clean and lock with any China miui ROM. ONLY CHINA ROM. Upgrade to a higher version only (Don't go from miui 10 to miui 9). Beware of this and you will avoid bricking your mi 8
3597dxta said:
Ez, just flash the phone with China Stable or China Developer ROM via Miflash , choose Clean and Lock, done
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achickennugget said:
Choose clean and lock with any China miui ROM. ONLY CHINA ROM. Upgrade to a higher version only (Don't go from miui 10 to miui 9). Beware of this and you will avoid bricking your mi 8
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Did you actually tested that? Or just a theory (I know that it has sense but pretty risky to try)
Thanks !
Thanks but I'll try after someone else has done it with success. I hope it works, maybe that way my Xiaomi ID could be linked to the phone.
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punk84z said:
Did you actually tested that? Or just a theory (I know that it has sense but pretty risky to try)
Thanks !
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It is a fact. The bricking only arise due to Xiaomi's implementation of a new policy, whereby they prevent relocking of a China variant of their phone when the global rom is installed. Your Mi 8 will only brick if it is not the global version but you flash global miui and try to lock. With that said however, I am not liable if you bricked your phone and you should indeed proceed modifying your phone with caution. All the best and feel free to ask if you have any questions!
PS. Since android oreo, Google has also implemented another policy which prevents rollback to older android versions. However, due to Xiaomi's (lack of) implementation of this, you can brick your phone when you downgrade for Miui 10 to Miui 9 for example. So always keep this in mind as it is a thing to watch out for now.
Thanks for the explanation, maybe there's a new Xiaomi policy trying to avoid selling phones for China market to other countries, that should be with Global versions.
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achickennugget said:
It is a fact. The bricking only arise due to Xiaomi's implementation of a new policy, whereby they prevent relocking of a China variant of their phone when the global rom is installed. Your Mi 8 will only brick if it is not the global version but you flash global miui and try to lock. With that said however, I am not liable if you bricked your phone and you should indeed proceed modifying your phone with caution. All the best and feel free to ask if you have any questions!
PS. Since android oreo, Google has also implemented another policy which prevents rollback to older android versions. However, due to Xiaomi's (lack of) implementation of this, you can brick your phone when you downgrade for Miui 10 to Miui 9 for example. So always keep this in mind as it is a thing to watch out for now.
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Thanks !
Has anyone tried the procedure?
I want to know too. I think installing a Chinese version, you can block the bootloader. Then you unlock with your normal My Account, to avoid possible problems.
Some say that if you lock bootloader even with china ROM you'll get a brick. I'm not sure of that but I prefer to try when someone has done the procces with success.
One more problem are the 720h Xiaomi makes you wait for unlocking, sometimes more than 1000h. Very bad policy for old Mi Fans after years with Xiaomi devices.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77776635&postcount=9
read this. this guy did what he was supposed to do and ended up with a brick. dont relock your phone just because someone says so.
i am still looking for some one to explain why official way is better. the only case i found this to be true so far was if you manage to screw up and lock your chinese phone on global rom (or the other way around, same story). in that case, you are way better off because you can go to fastboot and unlock your phone, and after that it should boot. please share any info you have on this topic, but please also explain how and why. thanks
Thanks, then I'll keep it opened using Xiaomi.eu weekly ROM.
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juankar7 said:
Thanks, then I'll keep it opened using Xiaomi.eu weekly ROM.
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im not saying it would allways brick because i dont really know that. just that maybe dont do it if you dont really need it, things obviously can go wrong
Hey Folks,
I unlocked bootloader on my K20 pro CN.
I downloaded Indian fastboot 10.3.3.0
Ready to flash, just need to confirm one details.
I know I shouldn't clean and lock. But what do I select of the other two options? Clean all or save user data?
Anything else I should be careful about?
Thanks
Choose clean all since you are switching rom version, and don't forget to backup your personal data before flashing.
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Angelina7 said:
Hey Folks,
I unlocked bootloader on my K20 pro CN.
I downloaded Indian fastboot 10.3.3.0
Ready to flash, just need to confirm one details.
I know I shouldn't clean and lock. But what do I select of the other two options? Clean all or save user data?
Anything else I should be careful about?
Thanks
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Have you modded the updater script. It won't flash straight out of the box.
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Sukhi said:
Have you modded the updater script. It won't flash straight out of the box.
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No can you please elaborate or point me towards a proper guide?
Angelina7 said:
No can you please elaborate or point me towards a proper guide?
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My Bad ! It's other way around. Flashing CN ROM on Indian Device. Just use the Mi Flash and flash as usual.
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sator02 said:
Choose clean all since you are switching rom version, and don't forget to backup your personal data before flashing.
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Sukhi said:
My Bad ! It's other way around. Flashing CN ROM on Indian Device. Just use the Mi Flash and flash as usual.
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Thank you both. Flashed after your confirmation, all good
Just a quick check, will flashing to Indian rom still get ota ?
eijnaix said:
Just a quick check, will flashing to Indian rom still get ota ?
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Yes, you'll get OTA updates
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sator02 said:
Yes, you'll get OTA updates
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Thanks for the fast reply. Guess I'll give up nfc payment to flash the Indian rom . This Chinese rom has too much bloatware to deal with.....
With so many rom floating around , can I know where is the link to the official Indian rom that provide ota ?
And no locking of bootloader once flashed....right ??
eijnaix said:
Thanks for the fast reply. Guess I'll give up nfc payment to flash the Indian rom . This Chinese rom has too much bloatware to deal with.....
With so many rom floating around , can I know where is the link to the official Indian rom that provide ota ?
And no locking of bootloader once flashed....right ?[emoji2]
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Yes, you won't have NFC feature on India Rom. You Cannot lock your bootloader (choose clean all. Always check before clicking the flash button since clean all and lock is miflash default setting).
Here is the India Rom link:
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.3.3.0...FKINXM_20190711.0000.00_9.0_in_a1c0a15dec.tgz
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eijnaix said:
Thanks for the fast reply. Guess I'll give up nfc payment to flash the Indian rom . This Chinese rom has too much bloatware to deal with.....
With so many rom floating around , can I know where is the link to the official Indian rom that provide ota ?
And no locking of bootloader once flashed....right ?[emoji2]
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https://in.c.mi.com/thread-1916043-1-0.html
Yep ! Don't lock your bootloader. Pay attention while using Mi Flash.
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sator02 said:
Yes, you won't have NFC feature on India Rom. You Cannot lock your bootloader (choose clean all. Always check before clicking the flash button since clean all and lock is miflash default setting).
Here is the India Rom link:
https://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.3.3.0...FKINXM_20190711.0000.00_9.0_in_a1c0a15dec.tgz
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Many thanks
eijnaix said:
Thanks for the fast reply. Guess I'll give up nfc payment to flash the Indian rom . This Chinese rom has too much bloatware to deal with.....
With so many rom floating around , can I know where is the link to the official Indian rom that provide ota ?
And no locking of bootloader once flashed....right ?
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Do it! Absolutely worth it, after dealing with CN rom for few weeks I am absolutely loving Indian Global. Lets hope we will get another global rom with Mi 9t Pro release at 20th where nfc will work as well
The waiting time to unlock bootloader is finally over......now that it's unlock. After flashing twrp, doing that power and volume button ...it keep getting to mi recovery page -_- , what am i doing wrong here.
Problem resolved, first boot after flashing twrp will have to be directly into twrp. Miui UI recovery will overwrite it if you dont do that....and after that, i flashed Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_02.04.2019.
Now everything i do that up Power + volume button , it lead to twrp.
i have mi 9t pro with eea rom, can i flash to china rom k20 pro ?
*sorry for bad english
htlumi said:
i have mi 9t pro with eea rom, can i flash to china rom k20 pro ?
*sorry for bad english
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Yes you can, if you'll use fastboot ROM DO NOT clean all and lock. Only check CLEAN ALL.
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ok, thanks for helping me
htlumi said:
i have mi 9t pro with eea rom, can i flash to china rom k20 pro ?
*sorry for bad english
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Is Mi 9t pro ROM having random reboot issue?
ishaqtkr said:
Yes you can, if you'll use fastboot ROM DO NOT clean all and lock. Only check CLEAN ALL.
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can i flash via stock recovery without unlock bootloader?
Aimara said:
Is Mi 9t pro ROM having random reboot issue?
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hmm... no, i just want to change to china rom
htlumi said:
can i flash via stock recovery without unlock bootloader?
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I'm not sure, you should be in stock recovery if your bootloader is locked, but if you want stock recovery just flash full ROM
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ishaqtkr said:
I'm not sure, you should be in stock recovery if your bootloader is locked, but if you want stock recovery just flash full ROM
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hmm.. ok, thanks
i'll try it
htlumi said:
hmm.. ok, thanks
i'll try it
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Just remember to UNCHECK "clean all and lock" when using flashtool. Check on CLEAN ALL alone.
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ishaqtkr said:
Just remember to UNCHECK "clean all and lock" when using flashtool. Check on CLEAN ALL alone.
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ok, i'll remember that
htlumi said:
can i flash via stock recovery without unlock bootloader?
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No, you can not change to a different region with stock recovery. You need to unlock the bootloader and flash the Chinese fastboot ROM with the Mi Flash Tool.
Robbo.5000 said:
No, you can not change to a different region with stock recovery. You need to unlock the bootloader and flash the Chinese fastboot ROM with the Mi Flash Tool.
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hmm, thanks for suggestion, i'll unlock fisrt
any one successfully done this?
Hi Guys!
I already searched on this forum and couldn't reach a conclusion.
Never had a Xiaomi device berefore. I bought a Mi9 transparent edition from China, It will arrive next week, but I would like to know:
Can I flash global ROM? It has Chinese ROM.
Can I flash Mi9 standard AOSP based ROMs?
Thanks.
gu200123 said:
Hi Guys!
I already searched on this forum and couldn't reach a conclusion.
Never had a Xiaomi device berefore. I bought a Mi9 transparent edition from China, It will arrive next week, but I would like to know:
Can I flash global ROM? It has Chinese ROM.
Can I flash Mi9 standard AOSP based ROMs?
Thanks.
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Yes you can, since it is Chinese version it already has bootloader unlocked, so it's even easier to install whatever you want
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Don't lock bootloader with global ROM or you will hard brick your device.
Assalterente said:
Yes you can, since it is Chinese version it already has bootloader unlocked, so it's even easier to install whatever you want
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Ok, so can I really flash xiaomi.eu/ROS/Globe without any risk? I am afraid of bricking it, I don't think I have warranty support on my country since it is a chinese version phone and I saw that the it is almost unbrickable.
g_seva said:
Don't lock bootloader with global ROM or you will hard brick your device.
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Ok, thanks for the info! And can i re-lock using fastboot?
gu200123 said:
Ok, thanks for the info! And can i re-lock using fastboot?
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What connection fastboot have to global or CN ROM versions?
Hi all
I unlocked my boat loader can I lock again , if yes which rom I should install first
Thanks
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MsuatafaKhatab said:
Hi all
I unlocked my boat loader can I lock again , if yes which rom I should install first
Thanks
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You can only lock the bootloader with official MIUI that is the same region as was originally on the phone.
MsuatafaKhatab said:
Hi all
I unlocked my boat loader can I lock again , if yes which rom I should install first
Thanks
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CHINA model device; u can only lock bootloader on China ( CN ) official rom.
GLOBAL model device; u can lock bootloader on India, Russian, Global, Europe ( IN,RU,MI,EU ) official rom.
Just use mi flash. Keep the lock bootloader tick on.