Hello,
is there someone who managed to officially unlock his or hers "kate" device with Marshmallow. I was using LineageOS with official BL unlock, but done on LP, and after 03/05 LOS update, my phone stopped booting LineageOS. I tried installing the latest firmware and the phone's bootloader relocked. Since then I've been trying every possible version of MIUI with the hope that I'll be able to associate my device with my account and officially unlock, but no luck so far. That happened a month ago.
Is there some way to unlock the device officially and if so, how? I even put chinese dev rom from kenzo, just replaced the NON-HLOS from a kate so I have a working modem and WiFi. No luck too.
I'm willing to unofficially unlock, as long as I know that I can use the latest LineageOS.
Any help is welcome. Thanks.
I have never had any luck with the official unlock on my Kate.
In case you haven't seen it try this guide to unofficially "unlock" https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/kate-guide-install-lineage-os-locked-t3546154
All you have to do is replace recovery.img in a MIUI Fastboot IMG with TWRP and flash through MiFlash.
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The official bootloader unlock guide here http://en.miui.com/thread-202290-1-1.html states that "If you're using Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm version or Mi 5, you can unlock on MIUI Global Stable ROM"
1- Did anybody succeed in doing so?
2- After unlocking the official way, can I still flash the latest global stable? (assuming that point 1 is not possible and I have to flash the china dev) I read warnings everywhere not to do so to avoid boot loop, is this warning valid even when unblocked through the official way?
3- If I flash the latest global, will my bootloader get locked again?
I would like to unlock my bootloader to prepare for CM13 and in the meantime I want to keep running the global stable ROM.
Many thanks
samitro said:
The official bootloader unlock guide here http://en.miui.com/thread-202290-1-1.html states that "If you're using Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm version or Mi 5, you can unlock on MIUI Global Stable ROM"
1- Did anybody succeed in doing so?
2- After unlocking the official way, can I still flash the latest global stable? (assuming that point 1 is not possible and I have to flash the china dev) I read warnings everywhere not to do so to avoid boot loop, is this warning valid even when unblocked through the official way?
3- If I flash the latest global, will my bootloader get locked again?
I would like to unlock my bootloader to prepare for CM13 and in the meantime I want to keep running the global stable ROM.
Many thanks
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I'm on Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm.
1 - For me, it only worked with the Global Dev ROM. You can switch from Global Stable without erasing any data though. I had the usual "never works on the first try"-stuff though, so I tried a lot of things and I can't say if being on Global Stable was one of the main issues.
2 - I read similar things, but also that you can OTA update without any problems when you are officially unlocked. I think the posts warning of bootloops concern the unofficial unlock only and it will happen if you forget to delete emmc_appsboot.mbn before flashing an official ROM.
3 - Shouldn't happen. Haven't tried it yet, but what would be the point of Xiaomi locking the bootloader again, just because you changed ROM versions.
So, #2 and #3 is guess work on my site. Hope someone else can chime in and give definitive answers. As of #1, hope it helps to know that Global Dev works fine. Or was there any reason you wanted to stay on Global Stable?
I got my kenzo yesterday and was surprised because it's already unlocked. My problem now is how to flash TWRP, since there is 2 methods which involves a bootloader unlocked via the official/unofficial method. I don't want to install official MIUI because it will re-lock the BL, plus what I want is a AOSP/CM based custom ROM. Please help!
**I got this Note 3 from an online retailer. They said their supplier is the one who unlocked the device. The retailer doesn't know if it is unlocked officially or by the unofficial method.
Hi,
I brought redmi 3 from someone this evening and im having trouble already at unlocking bootloader. First of all here is my device information:
Model number: Redmi 3
Android version: 5.1.1 LMY47V
Android security patch level: 2016-04-01
Miui version: MIUI Global 7.3 | Stable 7.3.2.0.0(LHPCNDD)
Baseband version: M8936FAAAANUZM-1.41886.1_V011
Kernel version: 3.10.49-perf-g6241083
I notice one thing after enable developer option and tick enable oem unlock i dont get option for unlock status. So i try to flash global developer rom with miflash (fastboot) but it give me an error. I try update rom from updater app but no success either. Please tell me how to do this. Or do i have to wait for a sms conformation from xiaomi? Sorry for my bad english.
If you want to unlock bootloader officially, you need to be on official rom, either dev rom or stable rom. Your current rom aren't official, its a fake vendor rom. You need to flash official rom from edl mode using miflash before attempting unlocking bootloader the official way.
But if you want to unlock the bootloader unofficially, just flash a modified bootloader from here in edl mode using miflash. No need to be on official rom, no need to request for unlock permission, no need to wait for sms confirmation.
Depends on you which route you want to take.
nulldash said:
If you want to unlock bootloader officially, you need to be on official rom, either dev rom or stable rom. Your current rom aren't official, its a fake vendor rom. You need to flash official rom from edl mode using miflash before attempting unlocking bootloader the official way.
But if you want to unlock the bootloader unofficially, just flash a modified bootloader from here in edl mode using miflash. No need to be on official rom, no need to request for unlock permission, no need to wait for sms confirmation.
Depends on you which route you want to take.
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Successfully flash twrp into my device with root method. I worked. Thank you very much. This step is easy and save me alot of time. Thanks again. Now i can flash rr 5.8.1
Hello everyone..
I recently got my Redmi Note 4 SD, its the 4/64GB variant and the device is classy I must say. However, since the last update, my device is having RAM issues and above all, heating issues. What I'm trying to know is can I flash the outdated version via fastboot method without unlocking the bootloader?
I am on the 8.1.15.0 version (Indian Variant) and I have the 8.1.10.0 version, I just want to rollback to it.
I hope there must be a way to flash stock ROMs without unlocking the bootloader. And also, if I unlock the bootloader and flash the stock ROM, will the bootloader get locked again or would stay unlocked?
A step by step guide would be highly appreciated.
ThankYou
Isn't there anyone who can help me out with this?
You need to unlock bootloader to downgrade or flash fastboot ROMs. You cannot downgrade from Updater app
Hello!
I recently bought the 8" M5 without realising the hoops I'd have to jump through to unlock the bootloader.
After getting lucky and being able to downgrade to FW163 I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and I've been running a treble rom. Yesterday I wanted to try out an OpenKirin rom, so I flashed the stock EMUI 8 firmware in order to then flash the OpenKirin rom.
After flashing stock I realised my bootloader was relocked - not a big issue as I still had the unlock code and I was still on FW163.
My question is - if I upgrade to EMUI 9 ota will this relock my bootloader the same as manually flashing 163 did, and if so, will I still be able to unlock on higher FW versions since I already have the unlock code? As far as I'm aware the issue we were faced with was actually obtaining the unlock code after official support ended, so in theory now that I have the code I should be able to unlock on any firmware, right?
Thanks!
jrush4 said:
Hello!
I recently bought the 8" M5 without realising the hoops I'd have to jump through to unlock the bootloader.
After getting lucky and being able to downgrade to FW163 I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and I've been running a treble rom. Yesterday I wanted to try out an OpenKirin rom, so I flashed the stock EMUI 8 firmware in order to then flash the OpenKirin rom.
After flashing stock I realised my bootloader was relocked - not a big issue as I still had the unlock code and I was still on FW163.
My question is - if I upgrade to EMUI 9 ota will this relock my bootloader the same as manually flashing 163 did, and if so, will I still be able to unlock on higher FW versions since I already have the unlock code? As far as I'm aware the issue we were faced with was actually obtaining the unlock code after official support ended, so in theory now that I have the code I should be able to unlock on any firmware, right?
Thanks!
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Theoritically said, yes, because the xloader have those kind of hexes that stay the same even after updating the firmware and the xloader and as additional info, I'm now on Omnirom for EMUI 9 vendor from Openkirin team and I can download the EMUI from eRecovery without getting my bootloader locked