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Oh interesting. I was planning to get a Xiaomi as my next phone; I recently heard that they limited the number of unlocks to one per person per year. I got a O

Oh interesting. I was planning to get a Xiaomi as my next phone; I recently heard that they limited the number of unlocks to one per person per year. I got a OnePlus and a Pixel. Before that it was a ZTE, but they aren't unlock-friendly these days.

notpushkin 2y ago
> limited the number of unlocks to one per person per year I’m wondering how exactly they are gonna enforce that.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  you actually have to create a xiaomi account to be able to unlock a xiaomi phone with their crappy bootloader unlocking tool (only running on windows FWIW). This is just a terrible experience, avoid this brand like the plague.
  - notpushkin 2y ago
    Yeah, I went through it once. You also have to wait for 30 days IIRC. There are unofficial unlock tools on Linux / macOS, though: https://github.com/topminipie/awesome-xiaomi-bootloader-unlock https://github.com/topminipie/awesome-xiaomi-bootloader-unlo... The problem is, you can create as many Mi accounts as you want. They can make it slightly harder by verifying your phone number, but that’s also pretty easy to circumvent.
    - prmoustache 2y ago
      Thanks for the pointers, when I did it, all the linux tools I had found had been abandonned/were not working.
      - catlikesshrimp 2y ago
        Don't sweat it. The link for the official tool in the official xiaomi site directs to an old version that didn't work for my old phone. I found The latest version in xdaforums, and that worked, thankfully. The whole xiaomi experience is very unpolished. The siteS are a mess for this, the tool looks like a cooked homebrew, and their English doesn't look official.
climb_stealth 2y ago
I'd say stay away from it! From what I understand it mostly depends on what OS is running on the phone. Phones on their old Xiaomi OS can be unlocked reliably. You have to register an account, wait 30 days, and use the unlock app on a Windows computer. It's annoying but doable. But, the current Xiaomi HyperOS is where the insanity starts. It's pretty much impossible with arbitrary limits of global unlocks per day. The app constantly telling you to try again the next day and stupid stuff like that. I've had that phone sitting in a drawer for a month or so now. It's just not worth it. And I'm not going to put anything personal on their shipped OS. When system apps come with popup ads to install dodgy crypto apps I'm not going to trust it.

notpushkin 2y ago

> limited the number of unlocks to one per person per year I’m wondering how exactly they are gonna enforce that.

prmoustache 2y ago
you actually have to create a xiaomi account to be able to unlock a xiaomi phone with their crappy bootloader unlocking tool (only running on windows FWIW). This is just a terrible experience, avoid this brand like the plague.
- notpushkin 2y ago
  Yeah, I went through it once. You also have to wait for 30 days IIRC. There are unofficial unlock tools on Linux / macOS, though: https://github.com/topminipie/awesome-xiaomi-bootloader-unlock https://github.com/topminipie/awesome-xiaomi-bootloader-unlo... The problem is, you can create as many Mi accounts as you want. They can make it slightly harder by verifying your phone number, but that’s also pretty easy to circumvent.
  - prmoustache 2y ago
    Thanks for the pointers, when I did it, all the linux tools I had found had been abandonned/were not working.
    - catlikesshrimp 2y ago
      Don't sweat it. The link for the official tool in the official xiaomi site directs to an old version that didn't work for my old phone. I found The latest version in xdaforums, and that worked, thankfully. The whole xiaomi experience is very unpolished. The siteS are a mess for this, the tool looks like a cooked homebrew, and their English doesn't look official.

climb_stealth 2y ago

I'd say stay away from it! From what I understand it mostly depends on what OS is running on the phone. Phones on their old Xiaomi OS can be unlocked reliably. You have to register an account, wait 30 days, and use the unlock app on a Windows computer. It's annoying but doable. But, the current Xiaomi HyperOS is where the insanity starts. It's pretty much impossible with arbitrary limits of global unlocks per day. The app constantly telling you to try again the next day and stupid stuff like that. I've had that phone sitting in a drawer for a month or so now. It's just not worth it. And I'm not going to put anything personal on their shipped OS. When system apps come with popup ads to install dodgy crypto apps I'm not going to trust it.