Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure: Difference between revisions
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**Limiting users to only one device bootloader unlock per year, down from three | **Limiting users to only one device bootloader unlock per year, down from three | ||
**Bootloaders need to be re-locked for MIUI users to update to HyperOS | **Bootloaders need to be re-locked for MIUI users to update to HyperOS | ||
**Only | **Only 2,000 devices per day can be unlocked across the world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-01 |title=New bootloader unlocking procedure on HyperOS |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/1ag4fsh/new_bootloader_unlocking_procedure_on_hyperos/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Reddit}}</ref> Many people are using bots to login at Chinese midnight, when slots are released, makes unlocking virtually impossible.<ref name=AQLR/> | ||
**If your device is brought in China and/or its sold region is China you will get the error 20045 as shown on [https://xdaforums.com/t/i-cannot-unlock-boot-loader-not-able-to-register-the-phone.4698691/ xdaformums]. This is unavoidable unless you have a Chinese Xiaomi account and you are in China.<ref>{{Cite web |first=电竞小先锋 |date=2025-02-10 |title=小米2025年BootLoader解锁新规解析及影响 |trans-title=Analysis and Impact of Xiaomi's New Regulations on Bootloader Unlocking in 2025 |url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1828801948887224251&wfr=spider&for=pc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018041935/https://mbd.baidu.com/newspage/data/landingsuper?id=1828801948887224251&wfr=&third=baijiahao&baijiahao_id=1828801948887224251&c_source=kunlun&c_score=0.999000&p_tk=1269dwqAVmK5CrvpJCXkYGqG2%2B1B0sdeDRr9JcT2M6c0UyLFCvR7WWj9XEspUVBan5qBVYBlOy3bEHOhV%2B2bkW2bD8h9NXpMH1T2P6abb07kGjFJLZAbNqnzoMRBkXzNTMDgfg%2ByOfqgm2s6qCe91s9qxg%3D%3D&p_timestamp=1760761044&p_sign=9b8bc844e1e6cec6f9db6815f6e618c5&p_signature=96f6c1e8f437370c45bb105be9a179d1&__pc2ps_ab=1269dwqAVmK5CrvpJCXkYGqG2%2B1B0sdeDRr9JcT2M6c0UyLFCvR7WWj9XEspUVBan5qBVYBlOy3bEHOhV%2B2bkW2bD8h9NXpMH1T2P6abb07kGjFJLZAbNqnzoMRBkXzNTMDgfg%2ByOfqgm2s6qCe91s9qxg%3D%3D%7C1760761044%7C96f6c1e8f437370c45bb105be9a179d1%7C9b8bc844e1e6cec6f9db6815f6e618c5 |archive-date=2025-10-18 |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=百度首页}}</ref>[[File:Xiaomi Error 20045.jpg|alt=Xiaomi bootloader unlock error 20045 (The place where the account is registered does not match the place where the phone is sold)|center|thumb|What the 20045 error (The place where the account is registered does not match the place where the phone is sold) looks like]] | **If your device is brought in China and/or its sold region is China you will get the error 20045 as shown on [https://xdaforums.com/t/i-cannot-unlock-boot-loader-not-able-to-register-the-phone.4698691/ xdaformums]. This is unavoidable unless you have a Chinese Xiaomi account and you are in China.<ref>{{Cite web |first=电竞小先锋 |date=2025-02-10 |title=小米2025年BootLoader解锁新规解析及影响 |trans-title=Analysis and Impact of Xiaomi's New Regulations on Bootloader Unlocking in 2025 |url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1828801948887224251&wfr=spider&for=pc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018041935/https://mbd.baidu.com/newspage/data/landingsuper?id=1828801948887224251&wfr=&third=baijiahao&baijiahao_id=1828801948887224251&c_source=kunlun&c_score=0.999000&p_tk=1269dwqAVmK5CrvpJCXkYGqG2%2B1B0sdeDRr9JcT2M6c0UyLFCvR7WWj9XEspUVBan5qBVYBlOy3bEHOhV%2B2bkW2bD8h9NXpMH1T2P6abb07kGjFJLZAbNqnzoMRBkXzNTMDgfg%2ByOfqgm2s6qCe91s9qxg%3D%3D&p_timestamp=1760761044&p_sign=9b8bc844e1e6cec6f9db6815f6e618c5&p_signature=96f6c1e8f437370c45bb105be9a179d1&__pc2ps_ab=1269dwqAVmK5CrvpJCXkYGqG2%2B1B0sdeDRr9JcT2M6c0UyLFCvR7WWj9XEspUVBan5qBVYBlOy3bEHOhV%2B2bkW2bD8h9NXpMH1T2P6abb07kGjFJLZAbNqnzoMRBkXzNTMDgfg%2ByOfqgm2s6qCe91s9qxg%3D%3D%7C1760761044%7C96f6c1e8f437370c45bb105be9a179d1%7C9b8bc844e1e6cec6f9db6815f6e618c5 |archive-date=2025-10-18 |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=百度首页}}</ref>[[File:Xiaomi Error 20045.jpg|alt=Xiaomi bootloader unlock error 20045 (The place where the account is registered does not match the place where the phone is sold)|center|thumb|What the 20045 error (The place where the account is registered does not match the place where the phone is sold) looks like]] | ||
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On some MediaTek-based devices, users with advanced technical skills can try unofficial means such as using [https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient mtkclient] to try and unlock the bootloader without going through the official Xiaomi procedure. This should be done at the users' own risk, as it voids the warranty, may brick the device and/or lock the device out from all official means of unlocking. | On some MediaTek-based devices, users with advanced technical skills can try unofficial means such as using [https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient mtkclient] to try and unlock the bootloader without going through the official Xiaomi procedure. This should be done at the users' own risk, as it voids the warranty, may brick the device and/or lock the device out from all official means of unlocking. | ||
As of 2025 there is still | As of 2025 there is still a way to get round the limited number of authorisations for the many Xiaomi devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, which was working with devices running HyperOS 3 in 2025.<ref name=AQLR>{{cite web | title=How to unlock bootloader on Xiaomi HyperOS(all devices,except CN)| website=XDA Forums| url=https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-xiaomi-hyperos-all-devices-except-cn.4654009/}} Discussion ongoing as of December 2025</ref> Other ways published in the past no longer worked. | ||
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