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A fediverse post by Dataline (@[email protected]). It has an screenshot of a discord message saying “have you guys seen how people are unlocking xiaomi bootloaders now step 1: ask store to downgrade firmware step 2: before they relock the bootloader run away with your device.”. The screenshot has two imgur links showing this happening.
the links: https://imgur.com/P4n0pcI https://imgur.com/8UWg5hv
I had a similar experience. Bought it thinking it would be easy to unlock, then realized I needed to wait a month before I could even attempt it. Reallly wanted to send it back within the 2 week return policy, but I also wanted to see if I could do it, so I waited. Then finally the month was up and I got nothing but unexplained error messages. I wanted to chuck it off a high building and never see it again, I was so frustrated. The main problem is that there isn’t an official guide, so I was relying on forum posts with voodoo logic, stuff like “I requested the unlock three times at midnight and then it appeared” and “don’t try to unlock it before requesting the permission or the month resets”. Eventually I got it, but don’t ask me how I did it (random luck) and I don’t want to do it ever again. Fuck you, Xiaomi (but thanks for the cheap hardware which is now running crDroid :3)