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Bad quality soldering caused chips to partly detach from the main board, rendering the phone dead, or in mild cases only losing some functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complaints on POCO's official forum |url=https://c.po.co/global/topicdetail/10049}}</ref>  The issue requires board level repair, which in the best cases can restore the phone to working order for about 2 years, but in the worst case the phone only survives for about a day before not turning on again, and the outcome of the repair can't always be determined in advance, so the phone after the repair isn't reliable anymore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=iFixit thread on the issue |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/736918/Phone+is+dead,+it+doesn't+starts?utm_source=chatgpt.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum thread discussing the viability of reballing |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/experience-after-reballing.4569279}}</ref>
Bad quality soldering caused chips to partly detach from the main board, rendering the phone dead, or in mild cases only losing some functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complaints on POCO's official forum |url=https://c.po.co/global/topicdetail/10049}}</ref>  The issue requires board level repair, which in the best cases can restore the phone to working order for about 2 years, but in the worst case the phone only survives for about a day before not turning on again, and the outcome of the repair can't always be determined in advance, so the phone after the repair isn't reliable anymore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=iFixit thread on the issue |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/736918/Phone+is+dead,+it+doesn't+starts?utm_source=chatgpt.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum thread discussing the viability of reballing |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/experience-after-reballing.4569279}}</ref>


===MIUI 13 update causing phones to bootloop (''2022-07-25'')===
===MIUI 13 update causing phones to bootloop (X3 Pro) (''2022-07-25'')===
After the MIUI 13 update, phones were stuck in a bootloop. Customer support ignored customers who were out of the warranty period.  
After the MIUI 13 update, POCO X3 Pro phones were stuck in a bootloop. Customer support ignored customers who were out of the warranty period.