Some users facing 2 month wait times before they can unlock the bootloader on their Xiaomi device
While unlocking the bootloader of a
Xiaomi phone running
MIUI is possible, it’s not as easy as it is on phones like the
Google Pixel 2 or
OnePlus 6. Excluding the
Android One smartphones (
Mi A2, Mi A2 Lite, Mi A1), you can’t unlock the bootloader of Xiaomi devices with the standard
fastboot commands out of the box. Instead, you need to use their Mi Unlock tool. To combat resellers that try to sell devices with modified software, Xiaomi added checks to the bootloader unlocking process which include a waiting time after the initial request is made. Initially, the waiting time was 3 days, but earlier this year the waiting time increased to 15 days. Now, some users are seeing waiting times as long as
2 months.
Several users on the
XDA forums,
on Reddit, and
on the MIUI forums report seeing messages telling them to wait 2 months after their initial bootloader unlock request. People could live with a 3 day or even a 15 day waiting time, but having to wait 2 months before you can tinker with your phone is off-putting. The long wait time is concerning considering that Poco
announced they would support the development community on the Poco F1.
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Ich würd ausrasten haha
