Xiaomi Bootloader Unlocks

[GR63]

I picked up a Xiaomi phone and clearly was not aware of the "improvements" made with HyperOS that now mean unlocking the bootloader for custom Roms is next to impossible.

ANYONE here managed to unlock a recent Xiaomi phone via their "unlock lottery" at midnight Beijing time? I've been using a script but its almost impossible... (*well I think it probably IS but I stand to be corrected)

 

[GR63]

I guess nobody buys Xiaomi now?

 

[Orcvader]

People still do, but typically don't unlock the bootloader to flash custom ROMs. The best place to ask (at least few years back when I was more interested in custom ROMs/rooting) is the XDA forums.

I pretty much stopped since trying to keep SafetyNet (now called Play Integrity I believe) and Widevine L1 working for banking/streaming apps was a pain to keep up with.

 

[MartinPrince]

People still do, but typically don't unlock the bootloader to flash custom ROMs. The best place to ask (at least few years back when I was more interested in custom ROMs/rooting) is the XDA forums.

I pretty much stopped since trying to keep SafetyNet (now called Play Integrity I believe) and Widevine L1 working for banking/streaming apps was a pain to keep up with.

Yep, me too. Bootloader unlocking is something that I used to do automatically when getting a new phone but that has stopped for many a year now, probably the same length of time I stopped visiting XDA forums.

 

[uscool]

Don't really keep up with it since Xiaomi have pretty much stopped it or made it very difficult and even if you do you'll have to deal with the hassle that comes with Play Integrity

This used to be my goto when I bagged cheaper CN version and flash ROM from here which had fixes in place and good support

Unofficial Xiaomi European Community | MIUI ROM Since 2010

MIUI ROM Global Language creators since 2010 providing support for Xiaomi MIUI and Mi Home products

xiaomi.eu

OnePlus was my next goto but they also making it difficult now