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PLEASE HELP. whenever i try to unlock bootloader it always gets stuck at 99% showing 'current account is not bound this device'. i am unlocking using account which got unlock permission 3 months ago.
I am on global stable rom. I tried changing to dev rom through updater app but it shows 'cant verify update' or 'you are allowed to flash only latest developer rom'.
Please tell me exactly how do i unlock my bootloader.
Create a new account. Then apply for unlock. And add this new account to your device. You will be able to unlock after a days. Meanwhile keep trying to unlock. It takes 3-4 days before you can unlock.
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PLEASE HELP. whenever i try to unlock bootloader it always gets stuck at 99% showing 'current account is not bound this device'. i am unlocking using account which got unlock permission 3 months ago.
I am on global stable rom. I tried changing to dev rom through updater app but it shows 'cant verify update' or 'you are allowed to flash only latest developer rom'.
Please tell me exactly how do i unlock my bootloader.
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Please bind your account to the device in Mi unkock status at developer option
Just wait patiently, no need to create new account, I assume you have got your permission for unlocking? Then add that same account which you got permission from to your device and use your device normally, after 10- 15 days try unlocking again with latest mi unlock tool, it will unlock in one click, I have unlocked many devices with same account
Hey guys
this is my first time using MUIU
I brought a MI MAX 2 from a guy that i met during an event.
He told me that he doent remember the password and brought another phone
as i know about twrp and blabla
i brought it with a low price, but i'm able to bypass the mi account but since i get online it locks. (Now i'm thinking its stole)
i was able to go to dev options and enable OEM Unlock and USB DEBUG.
with this can i flash twrp? or something to get rid off the miui account?
The whole purpose of bootloader and the Mi Account is to keep your phone safe. So, without Mi Account, you can't unlock the bootloader and vice versa. EDIT: Also, he doesn't remember the password is completely stupid, becuase when you create a Mi account you need a mobile phone number and E-mail, so you can approve your account, and also in case of somehow magicaly loosing the password, you can recover it by using the data you provide while creating an account.
but since i have OEM UNLOCK option means that my bootloader is unlocked?
LuanTeles said:
but since i have OEM UNLOCK option means that my bootloader is unlocked?
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to be sure if the phone is unlocked, check the phone while it is rebooting. if you see the word "unlocked" at the center/bottom part of the phone, then you're in luck, but otherwise, then no go for twrp.
LuanTeles said:
but since i have OEM UNLOCK option means that my bootloader is unlocked?
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No, it doesn't. As already a member wrote to you, you would have "Unlocked" word, under the logo when you turn on your phone. IF that is a case, than your phone is unlocked already, if there is nothing, then sorry.
You can bypass account using MiracleBox, you can watch it on youtube.
Hi guys. I would like to know a thing:
I have bought a Mi 8 already unlocked from a shop. If I want to relock the bootloader again and bound my account to it, for future unlocks in case of wrong flash with Mi Flash (default flash mode is: "clean all and relock", that I can also omit to see for error), can I flash China without incurring in a brick? Because the phone will be delivered to me with Global Rom (that I know generate a brick with relocked bootloader).
Thanks to who will answer me.
I have the same question... It's possible change the account used for the bootloader unlock?
BigBrunoRamos said:
I have the same question... It's possible change the account used for the bootloader unlock?
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Without any other method to do this, we can only relock bootloader and follow the common way to unlock it with own account.
Orlaf said:
Without any other method to do this, we can only relock bootloader and follow the common way to unlock it with own account.
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I purchased a Xiaomi mi 8 with unlocked bootloader without notice from the reseller. The outcome when I updated with miflash was a bricked phone. When I tried to use miunlock I saw a message that my phone is not bound to this account.
ekc_1971 said:
I purchased a Xiaomi mi 8 with unlocked bootloader without notice from the reseller. The outcome when I updated with miflash was a bricked phone. When I tried to use miunlock I saw a message that my phone is not bound to this account.
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Mhh... Seems you have used the third option of Mi Flash (clean all and relock).
Have you tried to relock bootloader with China ROM or Global ROM?
Orlaf said:
Mhh... Seems you have used the third option of Mi Flash (clean all and relock).
Have you tried to relock bootloader with China ROM or Global ROM?
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Nothing seems to work. I can change Roms using adb sideload but the problem is that always is a bootloop.
ekc_1971 said:
Nothing seems to work. I can change Roms using adb sideload but the problem is that always is a bootloop.
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I haven't understand well.
In pratice you have bricked device, but you can reflash something using adb sideload? ?
Give me details. ?
Orlaf said:
I haven't understand well.
In pratice you have bricked device, but you can reflash something using adb sideload? ?
Give me details.
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I am using xiaomiadb.exe . You boot in recovery mode and then you drag and drop the rom over xiaomiadb. Pc suit sees the version. I have managed this way to change many roms, but the main problem is the boot loop.
ekc_1971 said:
I am using xiaomiadb.exe . You boot in recovery mode and then you drag and drop the rom over xiaomiadb. Pc suit sees the version. I have managed this way to change many roms, but the main problem is the boot loop.
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Have you tried to flash a China ROM?
Orlaf said:
Have you tried to flash a China ROM?
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Yes, I have tried everything I could think of. I am afraid that the only solution is to use Mi unlock, but I can't to that because the reseller send me the phone with unlocked bootloader. The program checks at the begging if I have permissions, then checks if the phone is a Mi 8, it passes that test too, but the message I get then is that this phone is not bound to this account.
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BigBrunoRamos said:
I have the same question... It's possible change the account used for the bootloader unlock?
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I have asked Xiaomi Global service about that. They don't offer support. They don't recognize the Chinese e-shops as authorized resellers. And I suppose that a phone can't be bound to two accounts. The only thing I can say for sure is that the global version has a red label on the box and the manual is in English. Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nx-jjTVh_8&t=107s
ekc_1971 said:
Yes, I have tried everything I could think of. I am afraid that the only solution is to use Mi unlock, but I can't to that because the reseller send me the phone with unlocked bootloader. The program checks at the begging if I have permissions, then checks if the phone is a Mi 8, it passes that test too, but the message I get then is that this phone is not bound to this account.
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I have asked Xiaomi Global service about that. They don't offer support. They don't recognize the Chinese e-shops as authorized resellers. And I suppose that a phone can't be bound to two accounts. The only thing I can say for sure is that the global version has a red label on the box and the manual is in English. Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nx-jjTVh_8&t=107s
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So it can't be possible to flash anything (also China, that was the born ROM of this phone) with option "Clean all and relock" of Mi Flash, without incurring in a bootloop?
The fact is that you can bound the phone to every account, if you can boot it with locked bootloader.
But if this can't be done, developer options menu will show you that bootloader is already unlocked, without possibility of bound your own account.
Oh wait, you can't use mi flash because your account it's not authorized for EDL.
Now I have understand because you can't relock bootloader. ?
Orlaf said:
Oh wait, you can't use mi flash because your account it's not authorized for EDL.
Now I have understand because you can't relock bootloader.
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When miunlock starts it checks if I have permission for EDL. It passes the test. But then it says that my phone is not bound to my account. The bootloader was unlocked so I suppose someone has bound my phone with his account.
ekc_1971 said:
When miunlock starts it checks if I have permission for EDL. It passes the test. But then it says that my phone is not bound to my account. The bootloader was unlocked so I suppose someone has bound my phone with his account.
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Ok, so you can't use Mi Flash.
Now it's all clear.
Thanks for your explanation. ?
I'm having an idea ... My device is about to arrive. It will be a Chinese variant with bootloader unlocked by the store for installation of a global ROM. So if I flashed a Chinese ROM again, I could re-block the bootloader, correct? So I will boot the phone with the blocked bootloader in the Chinese ROM and I can associate my account and unlock the bootloader again, only this time with my own account. Would it work?
Sorry for my english, I'm using the Google Tradutor.
BigBrunoRamos said:
I'm having an idea ... My device is about to arrive. It will be a Chinese variant with bootloader unlocked by the store for installation of a global ROM. So if I flashed a Chinese ROM again, I could re-block the bootloader, correct? So I will boot the phone with the blocked bootloader in the Chinese ROM and I can associate my account and unlock the bootloader again, only this time with my own account. Would it work?
Sorry for my english, I'm using the Google Tradutor.
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The problem is that you need to bound your account to your Mi 8, otherwise you can't use Mi Flash to relock your phone.
And you also can't lock it by fastboot, because this operation delete recovery and system partitions, generating a total brick.
Unfortunately my current Mi Max 2 was one of these unlucky phones, and I have learn lesson myself.
The best thing that you can do is:
Use last version of Mi PC Suite 3 to flash global and twrp to flash custom, and if you need to return on global from twrp, just flash original Xiaomi recovery and reuse Mi PC Suite 3.
Orlaf said:
Ok, so you can't use Mi Flash.
Now it's all clear.
Thanks for your explanation.
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Υοu're welcome. It's my first ever Xiaomi but I think that for a while because it's a new phone of the market we must leave it untouched for a while. I mean rooting, custom roms, e.t.c.
ekc_1971 said:
Υοu're welcome. It's my first ever Xiaomi but I think that for a while because it's a new phone of the market we must leave it untouched for a while. I mean rooting, custom roms, e.t.c.
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Xiaomi has arrived to Europe, but Chinese version still continue to be less expensive (and interesting), but unfortunately not excluded from this type of inconveniences.
I'm thinking about buying a Xiaomi Mi 8 today, but I'm really struggling to find out how to unlock the bootloader so I can flash TWRP etc.
Can somebody point me in the right direction please?
I'm relatively experienced and was running lineageos on my old One Plus One.
Thanks
Candiety said:
I'm thinking about buying a Xiaomi Mi 8 today, but I'm really struggling to find out how to unlock the bootloader so I can flash TWRP etc.
Can somebody point me in the right direction please?
I'm relatively experienced and was running lineageos on my old One Plus One.
Thanks
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1. Developer options -> enable oem unlocking and usb debugging -> mi unlock status then tap add account and device(you need mobile data for this)
2. Apply for unlocking here and follow the steps written there. Your mi account when logging in for unlocking should be the same mi account on your mi 8.
Note: when you try to unlock for the first time you will get an error. This is because you need to wait for 7(or is it 15?) days before you can proceed on unlocking your device. So, be sure to apply for unlocking as soon as you get your device.
P.S. welcome to the mi 8 community!
xCalibur15 said:
1. Developer options -> enable oem unlocking and usb debugging -> mi unlock status then tap add account and device(you need mobile data for this)
2. Apply for unlocking here and follow the steps written there. Your mi account when logging in for unlocking should be the same mi account on your mi 8.
Note: when you try to unlock for the first time you will get an error. This is because you need to wait for 7(or is it 15?) days before you can proceed on unlocking your device. So, be sure to apply for unlocking as soon as you get your device.
P.S. welcome to the mi 8 community!
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Yes, unfortunately it is 15 days
Make sure to go ahead and complete the steps. Because if you wait a month or 6 months, you still have to wait 15 days before they will allow the unlock. Highly annoying!
Make sure about the version you buy. The are China version and international version. There were sellers selling Chinese version with global ROM installed, this means the bootloader is already unlocked but you could have serious problems if you relocked it. So if you're not Chinese make sure to buy a global version with locked bootloader.
I have one K20 PRO, when i turn on show "the system has been destroyed", this message show after flashed one global rom with box "flash all and lock" checked.
The bootloader is locked, and i tried flash stock rom on EDL Mode with MI Flash but i dont have one authorized account.
Help me please.
edl
I guess you should try unlocking the Bootloader again...It takes couple of days though. With the Corona virus being a thing in China it might take you a century to get a response, that is, if you ever receive one.
Lucaslmr33 said:
I have one K20 PRO, when i turn on show "the system has been destroyed", this message show after flashed one global rom with box "flash all and lock" checked.
The bootloader is locked, and i tried flash stock rom with MI Flash but i dont have one authorized account.
Help me please.
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If the phone is bound to your own Mi account and you had already unlocked the bootloader yourself before, then you should be able to unlock the bootloader again, then flash an official ROM WITHOUT locking the bootloader.
If you bought the phone with the bootloader unlocked and you've never bound it to your own Mi account, then EDL flashing with an authorised account is the only way. The problem lately is that people are now finding it hard to find someone with an authorised account to do the EDL flash. If you live somewhere near an authorised Xiaomi service centre, then you could plead with them to flash it.
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If the phone is bound to your own Mi account and you had already unlocked the bootloader yourself before, then you should be able to unlock the bootloader again, then flash an official ROM WITHOUT locking the bootloader.
If you bought the phone with the bootloader unlocked and you've never bound it to your own Mi account, then EDL flashing with an authorised account is the only way. The problem lately is that people are now finding it hard to find someone with an authorised account to do the EDL flash. If you live somewhere near an authorised Xiaomi service centre, then you could plead with them to flash it.
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I received with the bootloader already unlocked, but without MI Account vinculated, and i have vinculated my MI Account in the first day of use, but when I try to unlock bootloader it says that the account is not linked on the phone
Lucaslmr33 said:
I received with the bootloader already unlocked, but without MI Account vinculated, and i have vinculated my MI Account in the first day of use, but when I try to unlock bootloader it says that the account is not linked on the phone
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If you login to your Mi account on a PC, is the phone listed in your devices?
Robbo.5000 said:
If you login to your Mi account on a PC, is the phone listed in your devices?
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Yes, the print show this
Lucaslmr33 said:
Yes, the print show this
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Have you added your phone number to the Mi account and verified it?
Lucaslmr33 said:
Yes, the print show this
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if u didnt bind your account for bootloader unlock in developer options u can forget about unlock bootloader. U have only mi account on your phone but u didnt bind device with your account for unlock, so only solution is to find someone to flash in edl for u.
if you relocked your bootloader, can't you just reunlock it?? what mi unlock tool says?
Dadovvv said:
if u didnt bind your account for bootloader unlock in developer options u can forget about unlock bootloader. U have only mi account on your phone but u didnt bind device with your account for unlock, so only solution is to find someone to flash in edl for u.
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I can't turn on the smartphone to check this
Robbo.5000 said:
Have you added your phone number to the Mi account and verified it?
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Yes, i have added the phone number and verified
costorektypico said:
if you relocked your bootloader, can't you just reunlock it?? what mi unlock tool says?
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"Current account is not bound to this device"
Lucaslmr33 said:
I can't turn on the smartphone to check this
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i know u can't see now but u need to do that step if want to unlock bootloader otherwise only options is edl. so don't expect miracle, search someone with edl authorized account, disassembly back cover of phone, do test point and flash over edl.
Or simply go to service centar. no other options left.
Lucaslmr33 said:
"Current account is not bound to this device"
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Well, you f*cked up. Why did you even bother to play with it in first place? Was this worth it?
Dadovvv said:
i know u can't see now but u need to do that step if want to unlock bootloader otherwise only options is edl. so don't expect miracle, search someone with edl authorized account, disassembly back cover of phone, do test point and flash over edl.
Or simply go to service centar. no other options left.
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I've been looking for someone with an authorized account for days, i live in Brazil