Rekall Incorporated to [email protected]English • edit-218 hours agoXiaomi will reportedly end its global bootloader unlock programwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down11cross-posted to: hardware
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•edit-217 hours agoThe official process was a pain anyway, as it required sending personal identification data to China. Anyone that wants a custom ROM on their phone should be looking elsewhere, although I don’t know of any brand that makes that process easy anymore
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•15 hours agoPixel devices are trivially easy to unlock
minus-squareRekall IncorporatedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•17 hours agoAgreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
minus-squareWait A MinutelinkfedilinkEnglish1•16 hours agoSo far I couldn’t unlock the bootloader because whenever I add a number it tells me to try again tomorrow
The official process was a pain anyway, as it required sending personal identification data to China. Anyone that wants a custom ROM on their phone should be looking elsewhere, although I don’t know of any brand that makes that process easy anymore
Pixel devices are trivially easy to unlock
Well, Pixel still unlocks freely.
Assuming you dont get the phone through your carrier
Pixel or OnePlus
Agreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
So far I couldn’t unlock the bootloader because whenever I add a number it tells me to try again tomorrow