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**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 2,000 devices per day can be unlocked across the world.<ref>{{Cite web |author=bartoszsz7 |title=New bootloader unlocking procedure on HyperOS |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/1ag4fsh/new_bootloader_unlocking_procedure_on_hyperos/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=1 Feb 2024 |access-date=19 Dec 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220012722/https://old.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/1ag4fsh/new_bootloader_unlocking_procedure_on_hyperos/ <!-- Do NOT use new sub-domain. -Sojourna --> |archive-date=20 Dec 2025}}</ref> People are using bots to login at midnight (Chinese time), when the 2,000 slots are released — making unlocking practically impossible.<ref name="AQLR" /> | **Only 2,000 devices per day can be unlocked across the world.<ref>{{Cite web |author=bartoszsz7 |title=New bootloader unlocking procedure on HyperOS |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/1ag4fsh/new_bootloader_unlocking_procedure_on_hyperos/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=1 Feb 2024 |access-date=19 Dec 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220012722/https://old.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/1ag4fsh/new_bootloader_unlocking_procedure_on_hyperos/ <!-- Do NOT use new sub-domain. -Sojourna --> |archive-date=20 Dec 2025}}</ref> People are using bots to login at midnight (Chinese time), when the 2,000 slots are released — making unlocking practically impossible.<ref name="AQLR" /> | ||
**An attempt to unlock the bootloader of a device made for the China market will show as error 20045, as shown on [https://xdaforums.com/t/i-cannot-unlock-boot-loader-not-able-to-register-the-phone.4698691/ xdaforums]. This is unavoidable unless you have a Chinese Xiaomi account and you are in China.<ref>{{Cite web |author=电竞小先锋 |date=10 Feb 2025 |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=18 Oct 2025 |access-date=18 Oct 2025 |website=百度首页 |lang=zh | **An attempt to unlock the bootloader of a device made for the China market will show as error 20045, as shown on [https://xdaforums.com/t/i-cannot-unlock-boot-loader-not-able-to-register-the-phone.4698691/ xdaforums]. This is unavoidable unless you have a Chinese Xiaomi account and you are in China.<ref>{{Cite web |author=电竞小先锋 |date=10 Feb 2025 |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=18 Oct 2025 |access-date=18 Oct 2025 |website=百度首页 |lang=zh}}</ref>[[File:Xiaomi Error 20045.jpg|center|thumb|What the 20045 error looks like (account location not matching vendor location).]] | ||
===Ways around the limitations=== | ===Ways around the limitations=== | ||