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Unlocking XIAOMI bootloaders
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Important information! Read first.
The theme is common for ALL Xiaomi phone models that require unlocking the bootloader. Having come to this highly specialized branch, you already know why you need unlocking, have a mi account (or you can create it without problems), you can install the firmware and deal with the drivers for the phone (on the computer), you know how to use the command line.

If the search by topic and header did not give any results:
  • clearly and correctly indicate the model Xiaomi, because on different models different nuances
  • specify the firmware version, as well as localization (official, Miui Pro, multorom, etc.)
  • Questions regarding the firmware (as well as TWRP and root) are discussed in the topic of the firmware of your model.


Models with pre-installed MIUI are unlocked only with the MiFlashUnlock program. Models with a pre-installed android are unlocked only via the command line.

When using the utility of the second or third version (2.2.406.5 and later) you get the message"Binding time is too short, Less than XX hours"or"After XX hours of trying to unlock the device". This is not an error (72/720/1440 hours or less), it is now a standard counter and it can’t be bypassed or accelerated. Just wait. All phones are now unlocked only the second or third version of the utility.

From 13.11.2017 models Mi5x, Redmi Note 5A, Redmi 5a get the maximum counter in360hours From the end of December, Redmi 5 / 5plus, Mi Max were added. All subsequent models will also receive such a counter.

From 08/30/2018, the maximum unlock standby counter is set to 720/1440 hours (for fresh models and models that previously had a 360 hour counter). Older models and Pokofon have a maximum counter of 72 hours.

Users of Redmi 5+ (and similar bodies) that have a "Chinese" body with the Vietnamese installed need to install Chinese firmware through a TP (test point), and only after that unlock the bootloader. You can try to change the firmware by Instructions .

In this topic, it is forbidden to discuss issues related to the transfer of an account to unlock (demand, supply, etc.)! Especially since after linking a new account, you get a 72/720/1440 hour counter.

On which devices the bootloader is locked
List of devices with factory loader locking:
all models from November 2015 to the current moment. This refers to the release date of the model on the market, not the date of purchase (by you). Starting with the models Redmi 3, Redmi Note 3, Mi4s and further, more recent.

The list of devices that do not have factory lock, but can also be blocked:
As a result of random / forced firmware data devices on the official firmware, blocking the bootloader.
- Mi Note Pro
- Mi Pad 2
- Mi4c
Sellers, most often, patch the bootloader and install reassembled firmware (to be Russian), but there are devices that are officially unlocked (by the seller’s account).

Drivers and Utilities


Instructions and other useful information
Official boot loader unlocking is done only on official firmware with stock boot loader and recovery, no patched boot loaders and TWRP, no AOSP and their clones.

Starting with the 2018 models, there was a regional division of models at the loader level. "Chinese" phone versions may have a locked bootloader only with Chinese firmware on board. "Flip Flops" do not take into account. When unlocked bootloader can be any firmware. It is impossible to block the bootloader on the "Chinese" body when the global (Russian) firmware is installed.


Unlock mechanism



FAQ (question-answer)
- What is a bootloader and what is it for?
- The loader is responsible for starting the system, as well as for launching the recovery.

- What is the boot loader unlock for?
- To install custom recovery, which in turn allows you to quickly install and reinstall the system, install various patches, add-ons that improve the performance of the system, add new features, as well as to create and subsequently restore backups.

- Why did Xiaomi block it?
- This is a requirement of Google, as well as for the safety of your data in case of loss of the device.

- Does unlocking bootloader affect warranty?
- Not. More detailed answerhere. But there is a nuance. If you, for example, brought the phone firmware to the bootlap, then it is not covered by the warranty. Those. The warranty is only for hardware. The software part and everything connected with it falls out of warranty.

- howto blockloader back
Method 1. Method 2.

- How to check the status of the bootloader on your phone
Wayvia fastboot, the most reliable option.Check under Linux.

- what firmware you need to pre-install to unlock
WITHthe beginning of 2017 unlock successfully passes and on stable firmware.
Previously, it was necessary to install developer (weekly) firmware for unlock.
ForMi4c and Mi Note Pro , having an unlocked bootloader from the factory, you only need to sew the last ones (starting from April 2016) China Developer Version blocking the bootloader, and only after that unlock it.
Installing official firmware locked boot does not interfere!

- When unlocking occurs hard reset? (factory reset, or data reset)
no, unlike HTC, Motorola unlocking ... unlocking occurs without data loss. Starting with Mi6, Mi Note 3, Mi Mix 2, Mi Mix 2s and more recent models - a complete reset occurs. The program will necessarily show a warning if the data will be deleted.

- What does the "factory unlock" item in the menu for developers mean?
- Opens or closes access to the bootloader, an additional security measure. This is NOT an unlock.

- Is it possible to unlock a new (other) phone, if an unlock has already been made from the m-account?
- Can. The number of unlocks is unlimited. But each new phone will have its own time counter. AND
for 1 account ->1 phone per calendar month, i.e. From the 1st of each month you can unlock the next device.

- If you lock the bootloader, then when you re-unlock, wait for the counter again?
- The same phone on the same mi account, after the first unlock, you can unlock at least every 5 minutes. But after leaving the account and changing the firmware, most likely, there will be a counter again.

- When I launch Mi Unlock, I get the message "Not connected to Mi Phone"
- Not installed (or not those) drivers for fastboot (adb).

- When unblocking, I see a message that a part of the functions, including "Finger scanner", "Device search", will be unavailable.
A little misinterpretation (the fault of the translation from Chinese into English and beyond). Functionality will remain and will work. Its PROTECTIVE properties will become weaker, since There will be access to the system and the ability to disable this functionality.

- The bootloader unlocked, but when I try to enter the recovery, I also see the phone with the cable.
This is normal. The type of recovery does not change (there is a recovery with a closed external entrance). This does not interfere with flashing official firmware. Also, you can flash TWRP and use it. Instructions for flashing, TWRP and firmware are looking for in the theme of the firmware of your device.

- Can I get OTA updates after unlocking the bootloader?
- Unlocking the bootloader does not affect the mechanism of OTA updates. As it was with the locked, it will be the same with the unlocked.

- My phone does not load and I cannot unlock the bootloader.
- If you have a "brick", then you must first "pick up" the phone, and only after that unlock the bootloader. And not the other way around.

- I forgot to enter the pattern and can not log in.
- Unlocking the bootloader does not relate to a forgotten pattern key set on the phone’s entrance and to the activated “anti-theft”. First, deal with these problems, and then unlock the bootloader (if you still need to). And not the other way around.

- For how long is permission to unlock the bootloader?
- Permission to unlock the bootloader is given forever. You can use it at any time, not necessarily immediately. Autumn (2016) and February (2017) collapse of Xiaomi databases is a force majeure, not a real revocation of permissions.

- Is it possible to block the bootloader if I have localized firmware and TWRP?
- Locking the bootloader is possible only on the official firmware and native recovery (full flow).

- Is windows important when unlocking?
- Not important. You can unlock on both 32 and 64-bit system. Bitness is sometimes important when flashing.

- When you log into your account gives an error.
- You can try to enter in the login field not a phone number, but an account ID.

- Error "Network Error"
- The problem is in the xiaomi server, the Chinese wall (firewall). You can try to clean the cookies in the browser, use the anonymizer (VPN gateway), for example, some here used TunnelBear, but others can also. For some, this problem occurs on the provider Beeline and helps to enter through another provider.

- When you try to add your phone to the database (via the developer’s menu), we get an error10008
- The problem is in the router / provider / Chinese firewall. You can try to use VPN, for example,So, orSo, orSo.

- When I try to bind the phone through the Mi Unlock status menu (in the developer menu), an error pops up86006
- This sometimes happens on stable firmware. If nothing helps, then put the developer (through the system update).

- When I try to bind the phone through the Mi Unlock status menu (in the developer menu), an error pops up20091
- You can try to makeSoanda continuation. And furthervariation. ANDwarning.

- Problems with IP and exceeding the number of requests.
- Oneoption.Secondoption.Thirdoption.Fourthoption.Fifthoption.

- I bought a phone, and he ended up with an unlocked bootloader. How so?
- On phones coming from the factory with Chinese firmware, sellers patch the bootloader to install the global firmware.

- When I try to bind the phone in the developer menu, I get the message "connect to the network and try again."
- Sometimes it helps to disable the search location of the phone.

- Unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP, root. And now the phone shows that the bootloader is locked.
- If magisk is used as root, it hides the real state of the bootloader from the system.

- Constantly in the "press any key to shutdown" fastboot
- Most often, the problem is the unfriendly yusb-ports. Slow, "oak" yusb - the best option. Or look for another computer, or try yusb-hub, better yusb 2.0.

- When unlocking, the program shows an errorдЅїз”Ё жњЄ иѕѕе€° жЊ‡е®љ ж—¶й—ґ пјЊ ж— жі• и§Јй”Ѓ
- Try other versions of MiFlashUnlock

Unofficial ways to bypass the loader lock
Unofficial bypass of the locked bootloader is not an unlock. Upon subsequent installation of the official or unprepared firmware, you will receive a locked bootloader or bootlap.
Each phone model has its own peculiarities of the detour (if a detour is possible) and its own files necessary for the procedure, therefore it is not possible to use instructions from one model to another. All questions on the firmware ask in the firmware branch of your device. There you will find instructions for installing the firmware, and the necessary firmware.
If your phone model is not here, it means that it is not yet possible to bypass the locked bootloader unofficially.
Xiaomi MiPad 2 (latte)
Unlocking the bootloader Xiaomi MiPad 2. It works only on MiPad 2, since it runs on an intel processor.

Redmi Note 3 Pro (kenzo)

Mi4c (libra). Suitable for Mi Note Pro (leo), adjusted for the corresponding firmware
Rollbackon an unlocked bootloader. There are many similar, but many instructions in the network in which it is written that this is “unofficial unlocking”. This is from the ignorance of the authors.
Mi4c and Mi Note Pro, unlike other models, can have 3 bootloader states. More inFAQ.

Redmi 4 Pro (markw)

Redmi 4 Prime (MARKW)

Redmi Note 3 Pro SE (KATE)

Mi4s (aqua)

Redmi 3/3 Pro (ido)

Redmi 3S / 3X (land)

Mi Max (hydrogen)

Redmi Note 5A Lite

Redmi Note 5A Prime

Redmi 5 Plus (vince)



The approval procedure is now simplified. Fill out the application is not required. Immediately download the unlocker and proceed to unlock (the counter remains). COUNTER BYPASS NO!

From 08/30/2018, the maximum unlock standby counter is set to 720/1440 hours.

The curator of the topic is scsichnik

Post has been editedscsichnik - 12.06.19, 14:55



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Guys, ran into a problem. When applying, do not put a tick, which agrees with the conditions. How to be?



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Straniero @ 02.02.2016, 00:34*
Everyone is writing To install a localized version of the firmware?

I wrote just that, it was just not quite that simple in one sentence, and I lost it - I immediately broke it up (less than 10 minutes later). But, on the other hand, I had made several purchases from my e-account at their off-line store (for small things - mi band, headphones, 3 pieces of power bank, cables, etc., I bought the phone elsewhere) and , the name was indicated as it was necessary to verify the document upon receipt. Well, it was listed Chinese phone number. I do not know what this turned out to be decisive.

Post has been editedkerth - 01.02.16, 19:59



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translate who is the thread correctly the extreme version of the unlocker for descendants, and then threw screenshots, pogomonili and fled ..
Much can be done beautifully, for example, on the "Try it" button, (probably there is one more time ") to replace it with" Repeat ", etc.
and save the xml with the string to the next version, so as not to do everything from scratch .. add lines - finish translation, remove - bang too ..



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Guys, is there anyone from us who earned Diamond status on the forum and gave the nod to unlock?



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Guys, is there anyone from us who earned Diamond status on the forum and gave the nod to unlock?

While made a "golden", 8 day silence.



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I didn’t do anything .... No credits .... Akku year .... I didn’t receive SMS ....
I can unblock it, but on the multi-meme a known error of 50%.
So I sit with unbroken. :)



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* Straniero
I’ve almost made a diamond, I’ve left 50 posts tonight.
I sent an application for unlock somewhere 7-8 days ago, while silence



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Friends, I was given a go-ahead on January 13 for 7 days, the account is a typical two years old. But no matter what rum I tried and the unlock version I have an error all the time at 50 percent, the allegedly different account is listed in the device and program. Who was this and was able to decide, please write HP. Proxy and vpn tried, did not help. Versions of rum were developer Chinese offices.



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Friends, I was given a go-ahead on January 13 for 7 days, the account is a typical two years old. But whatever rum I tried and the unlock version I have all the time error at 50 percent

There was a similar situation. I did this: I installed the proxy of China, and until I installed the dev (weekly from xiaomi.eu) firmware, the same was on stable (MultiRom), saying that it could not pass the verification. Also, for any reason, I turned off the W10 antivirus and brandmauer

Post has been editedSIN_BAD - 01.02.16, 22:11



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* SIN_BAD,

Eh, I now have just 6.1.29 from xiaomi.eu, tomorrow I will try to do it again with a Chinese proxy. Here I would find out in which sections their tools are breaking down to check the account on the device in order to understand what the joint is. I do not think that the problem is in the network, in this case, since I was shooting packets between the program and the server, and from them it is clear that the connection works well.



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Apply for unlocking permissions

Cell phone number + 38050 ****** please enter the code you received

Sms stupidly does not go. For the same reason, I can not bind the phone to my account, although the phone itself shows a binding. The Chinese wrote, answered:
We have checked your issue already.
The verification code are sent from our server.
It may be due in your region.
Be sure to verify your account with your Mi ID and email instead of your phone number.
If you need your phone number, you can tell us how to use it.
However, it is possible to receive phone services.
And this suggests that even manual binding will not help me. Tried to regat another number starting at 066, the same rake. I even xs what else you can do.



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AndreyGel @ 02.02.2016, 08:29*
Hello!
I have not successfully updated and stayed with the brick.

Solution to your problemhereif we are talking about RN3



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* Straniero

Yes, they give excellent results without any statuses ... I just have a Senior Member account. Maybe everyone began to write the same type of reason, in due time, and that's the same type of failure for everyone?

Personally, I did not copy the reason for unlocking from the forums, but translated my google translate from English to Chinese. Approved pretty quickly.
He wrote the meaning too, but in a different way.



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* SIN_BAD,
Unfortunately, I have a note pro



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Do you think that using the same phone number when creating a new xiaomi account and where refusal is received will affect the decision on the new account?



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GRiiMM @ 02.02.2016, 08:45*
Do you think that using the same phone number when creating a new xiaomi account and where refusal is received will affect the decision on the new account?

Do not allow, write that the number is already linked to another account

Post has been editedStraniero - 02.02.16, 10:27



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AndreyGel @ 02.02.2016, 08:29*
did everything according to the instructions, but the check mark is not put

When applying, do not put a tick that I agree with the conditions

I have the same now. how to be?



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GRiiMM @ 02.02.2016, 15:32*
I have the same now. how to be?

Yesterday I applied and everything worked. Try to clean the cookies, or even better change the browser, or even try to log in from another device, such as a phone.

I have suspicions that they may refuse applicants who have a monotype phrase of the same type indicated in the "reason" field. Who is going to submit now, strike me at the PM and I will translate into normal Chinese, see if such an application passes.



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I decided to write instructions on how to quickly earn 40-50 credits per day on the forum, maybe someone will be useful.
1. Go toforumand select the Subforums tab.
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2. Choose any section of the forum.
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3. Set Filter to Polls.
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4. Open any topic and participate in the survey.
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For a survey, they give 2 credits, as soon as they stop giving loans (usually after 40-50), then you can not continue. To start giving loans again, you have to wait for some time, I don’t know for sure how long I’m filling up loans like this once a day.

Post has been editedClop1986 - 02.02.16, 10:52



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kerth @ 02.02.2016, 10:47*
clean the cookies, and even better change the browser

cleaning cookies does not help, but the entrance to chrome in incognito mode has helped. I did not need a translation into Chinese: I went to the English version of the site and wrote the reason in English. three sentences from myself.

Post has been editedGRiiMM - 02.02.16, 11:05


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