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Hi,all and thanks to read this help request.
I bought a Xiaomi Mi Max 3Gb and 32Gb internal memory from Gearbest, after a few days the device arrived.
And when i turned it on,surprise surprise... the Mi Max arrived with a Miui Account in it.
I 'm able to see the pictures,calls,messages,and is miui account on the smartphone, i don't think that the phone was used,it doesn't any evidence of use,or any thing else.
It apears that they tested the device,and forget to log out and remove the Mi Max from that Account.
I tryed a factory reset,but it ask's me for a password that i don't have, of course.
I talked to Gearbest, that they are taking to long to decide what to do, but even if they say, that i have to sent it back the shipping cost will be high to sent it from Europe to China.
I haven't check yet if the bootloader is unlocked, by adb commands, but i wasn't able to enter in to recovery (pwr+up) it just shows a image of a phone asking to plug it to usb.
And (pwr+down) goes into Fastboot, i have been reading in xda foruns,miui,and in a Spanish fóruns about this and a solution to it.
I know that is difficult to erase the Account, is hard to remove the decide from the Account,and that even that one solution could be downgrade the miui version,enter with a new Account and after upgrade it to miui 8, i have to say that the Max is a Chinese version with multilanguage.
Other solution is if bootloader is unlocked, try to flash twrp, and place a CM13 rom and most probably will not have problem with the miui account.
But how to do it??
And can i in edl mode flash a developer rom even with the bootloader locked, and remove everything so the Chinese guy Account release the Max?
Can someone point me in the right Direction,and if possible to we're i can found a tutorial?
Thanks you
hey buddy u should post ur questions in the q&a forum
anyways
sued said:
Other solution is if bootloader is unlocked, try to flash twrp, and place a CM13 rom and most probably will not have problem with the miui account.
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for this no need to unlock ur bootloader,just follow the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max/how-to/guide-install-global-miui8-root-t3435594
carefully u will be free from the xiaomi acocount.this is the best option in my opinion
sued said:
can i in edl mode flash a developer rom even with the bootloader locked, and remove everything.
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yes u can flash a fastboot image thru edl in locked bootloader but ur device will still retain the account info even with the clear all option checked in the miflash tool,heres is the the guide if u still wanna try : xiaomitips(.)com/guide/how-to-flash-miui-fastboot-rom-on-mi-max-with-locked-bootloader/ just remove the brackets in the address
Hi,
I bought Xiaomi Mi 5s with Global Stable ROM 8.2.1.0, and today I entered the official MIUI website to see what's the latest version that is released, in here:
http://en.miui.com/download-314.html
For some reason at the same moment I thought that 8.0.3.0 is higher version than mine (I missed a zero), and I downloaded the ROM installation file to the phone, and installed it through the updater app.
After the install, the phone loaded and didn't recognize the SIM card anymore, also couldn't enter the Network settings, the phone app or the phone status, and from what I read on the internet it probably don't recognize my IMEI anymore...
It also doesn't let me install my previous version (8.2.1.0) because the updater says it's not verified.
I tried to flash again the same ROM that is installed now (8.0.3.0), but it didn't help.
Also tried to do factory reset but I can't because it doesn't recognize the device id...
Is there something I can do immediately to fix this without applying a request to Xiaomi to unlock the bootloader (which I really don't want to do), and also to be stuck without a phone again for a couple of days?
Updater says it's not verified when you install 8.2.1.0? Maybe you got a wrong phone version?
zew384 said:
Updater says it's not verified when you install 8.2.1.0? Maybe you got a wrong phone version?
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Nope, it's the right one: http://en.miui.com/thread-567657-1-1.html
From what I read over the internet they canceled this update because it has issues, battery drain mostly, but nothing official that I saw.
I'm not sure,but according to a tutorial I found, which is about down grade from miui 8 to 7. You need to have a factory reset to have imei back
By the way, Mi 5s always comes with Chinese ROM, so maybe you have recovery installed already, where u can flash without verify.
forgivemypoorEN said:
I'm not sure,but according to a tutorial I found, which is about down grade from miui 8 to 7. You need to have a factory reset to have imei back
By the way, Mi 5s always comes with Chinese ROM, so maybe you have recovery installed already, where u can flash without verify.
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No I don't have recovery, probably when it arrives to the stores here they flash official ROM and remove custom recovery (just guessing).
I see I can't avoid unlocking the device, although I don't want to. In my case I down graded from 8.2.1.0 to 8.0.3.0, but I hope that a factory reset will also help after I'll unlock the device.
forgivemypoorEN said:
I'm not sure,but according to a tutorial I found, which is about down grade from miui 8 to 7. You need to have a factory reset to have imei back
By the way, Mi 5s always comes with Chinese ROM, so maybe you have recovery installed already, where u can flash without verify.
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Wow, bull****, mine came with Global rom, and in xiaomi phones after ~2016 there is like ~1% chance that they will came with recovery and unlocked bootloader
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unlock bootloader (developer settings + miunlock tool) and then use miflash to reflash rom
ariel.levin said:
No I don't have recovery, probably when it arrives to the stores here they flash official ROM and remove custom recovery (just guessing).
I see I can't avoid unlocking the device, although I don't want to. In my case I down graded from 8.2.1.0 to 8.0.3.0, but I hope that a factory reset will also help after I'll unlock the device.
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I had exactly the same problem as you last month. All i can do is flashing my phone using deep flash cable. Factory reset does solve this problem, but in my case i cant. When hit reset on settings, i must input mi account password and it did nothing after that. I also cant unlock my phone because i forgot binding my device to mi account in developer settings when still in miui 8.2.1.0.
mezutelni said:
Wow, bull****, mine came with Global rom, and in xiaomi phones after ~2016 there is like ~1% chance that they will came with recovery and unlocked bootloader
to op:
unlock bootloader (developer settings + miunlock tool) and then use miflash to reflash rom
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Sorry, I didn't know they are selling Mi 5s global versions. I thought Mi 5s was only sold in China. I did google it online and it was not sold elsewhere and there was no global rom then.
Update for people who will encounter this issue and will read this:
What solved it in my case, was to send Xiaomi a request to unlock the device, they returned an answer pretty fast (2 hours later), maybe because I wrote them what happened in the request. I unlocked the device using Mi Unlock tool, downloaded a fastboot version of the global ROM I wanted (8.0.3.0) from the official MIUI website, and flashed it using Mi Flash tool, choosing the option "clean all, flash and unlock". After the flashing succeeded, the IMEI was restored and everything is ok, and also the bootloader is locked again like nothing happened.
pretty much what "mezutelni" said to do
Hi,
I purchased Mi Mix 2 from China and installed the global ROM.
All was good until it was time to reset and handover.
After reset, the phone boots to MIUI 9 screen and asks to choose language after which the region.
The only region available would be China. When selected, it just bootloops on and on and on.
Unfortunately the bootloader is locked.
Steps tried -
1. Wipe Data and Reboot
May I know if there is a way to fix it without getting the phone apart?
ashh108 said:
Hi,
I purchased Mi Mix 2 from China and installed the global ROM.
All was good until it was time to reset and handover.
After reset, the phone boots to MIUI 9 screen and asks to choose language after which the region.
The only region available would be China. When selected, it just bootloops on and on and on.
Unfortunately the bootloader is locked.
Steps tried -
1. Wipe Data and Reboot
May I know if there is a way to fix it without getting the phone apart?
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Go to MIUI forum for ur device download the mi flash tool and try to flash back to stock rom. They have all the instructions u need there. Good luck
Go to MIUI forum for ur device download the mi flash tool and try to flash back to st
letmeputdatipin said:
Go to MIUI forum for ur device download the mi flash tool and try to flash back to stock rom. They have all the instructions u need there. Good luck
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I checked all and unfortunately most mention the test point method which involves opening the ceramic back.
Is there any other way to fix without opening device?
ashh108 said:
I checked all and unfortunately most mention the test point method which involves opening the ceramic back.
Is there any other way to fix without opening device?
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U should not have to open the device to flash stock rom. All u need is a laptop.
letmeputdatipin said:
U should not have to open the device to flash stock rom. All u need is a laptop.
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Hi letmeputdatipin,
After a lot of trying, I am still not able to flash stock ROM since either the bootloader is locked or the Mix2 not coming up in the account.
May I know if there is a way to reset the mix2 with locked bootloader and phone not registered in Mi account?
Hello guys.
I recently bought this phone and wanted to use netflix, but didn't allow me because it outdated and said it was not compatible with my phone. So I did a bit of research and found a post in "mi community" that said it was because phone had bootloader unlocked. The phone was new and I didn't change anything of it, but I found the bootloader was unlocked.
Installed fastboot and adb drivers, locked bootloader and got myself into a... Brick?
-I can still load into fastboot.
-If I turn on the phone, It tries to load android but loads Mi-Recovery 3.0 instead. Recovery also says "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device"
I'm so lost from this point, I need to know if there is a way to flash any rom, and which one do I need.
Thanks in advice
stuck on recovery
Most likely a chinese phone that came with global rom. If it came with global rom try flashing chinese rom and then unlocking bootloader and reflash global. Do not lock bootloader after flashing global.
toxiccat said:
Most likely a chinese phone that came with global rom. If it came with global rom try flashing chinese rom and then unlocking bootloader and reflash global. Do not lock bootloader after flashing global.
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Thanks for your answer, that is exactly what I've.
The problem is I tried to flash a Chinese from but it always denie it. Tried to flash the last global rom and allows me to do it with the same program.
Not sure where I can get the official chinese rom or how to bypass the xiaomi protection.
Thanks for helping! Hope I can somehow do it
Locked bootloader
Try searching for tools below which might help.
Saki / XiaomiADBFastbootTools
XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.5.1-Win
I had hard bricked mine and had to take back off and use EDL to revive.
toxiccat said:
Try searching for tools below which might help.
Saki / XiaomiADBFastbootTools
XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.5.1-Win
I had hard bricked mine and had to take back off and use EDL to revive.
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I don't find the way to reboot (via software) to EDL from fastboot, is still possible to access it by opening the phone?
Locked bootloader
23javi23 said:
I don't find the way to reboot (via software) to EDL from fastboot, is still possible to access it by opening the phone?
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If you can flash global ROM. I think you just need to unlock bootloader and then flash China ROM once you have unlocked bootloader.
China ROM link below
https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/latest-official-miui-roms-for-xiaomi-mi-max-3/
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If you can flash global ROM. I think you just need to unlock bootloader and then flash China ROM once you have unlocked bootloader.
China ROM link below
https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/latest-official-miui-roms-for-xiaomi-mi-max-3/
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It lets me flash de global one, but when I try to do the same with chinese rom, it says the version is lower, so I can't "downgrade".
It's weird because according to version number, the global one was a few versions lower
Solved the issue
The same issue , i was also encountered , After Flashing with "Xiaomi_Mi_Max_3_V10.2.1.0.PEDMIXM_20190226.0000.00_Global_9.0" Mi Max 3 with the MiFlash20191206 tool , by default the tool used "Clear data and Lock".
The tool saying "Flashing" and my phone got rebooted and went to MI Recovery 3.0 and also i got the message as
"This MIUI version can't be installed on this device".
I am not clueless how to proceed. So downloaded the Chinese version and again i tried to flash with above tool. Now tool said that "Can't Erase Locked" phone.
So Now i connected to Miflash_unlock with fastboot and connected to mi account and again i unlocked the phone.
Now my phone automatically booted to the Global version.
So i hope the issue is selecting the option as "Clear data and lock" . We need to select only "Clear data" in the flash tool.
23javi23 said:
Hello guys.
I recently bought this phone and wanted to use netflix, but didn't allow me because it outdated and said it was not compatible with my phone. So I did a bit of research and found a post in "mi community" that said it was because phone had bootloader unlocked. The phone was new and I didn't change anything of it, but I found the bootloader was unlocked.
Installed fastboot and adb drivers, locked bootloader and got myself into a... Brick?
-I can still load into fastboot.
-If I turn on the phone, It tries to load android but loads Mi-Recovery 3.0 instead. Recovery also says "This MIUI version can't be installed on this device"
I'm so lost from this point, I need to know if there is a way to flash any rom, and which one do I need.
Thanks in advice
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Hi there,
I encountered the same issue. I tried to flash some CN Rom without enough research, without knowing that you can't just flash an Android 10 rom from 9 directly by recovery (even TWRP). So I ended up Fastboot or TWRP but never able to boot into system. Fortunately I didn't flash my Max3 by fastboot rushly, so my phone was still unlocked.
This is how I solved it:
1. Download an official CN ROM (the below I used is MIUI 11 with Android 9.9.x);
I can't post link here but search "miui通过线刷升级" - you shall see a miui.com link ending with shuaji-393.html. That's the page I download the Mi Max3 ROM from.
2. Use MiFlash to flash the official ROM with the flash option "clean all", NOT "clean All and lock";
3. The phone shall reboot into system, give it 5-10 minutes;
4. Flash the miui.eu ROM you like (DO make sure it is Android 9 tho) by recovery (tutorial given under every official xiaomi.eu ROM download).
Again it's easy to search
It took me less than an hour to do it (I don't have much experience with new XiaoMi phone). So don't worry about bricking your phone forever.
Hope it helps to destress
Hi guys. I need some help too because I'm not totally sure what I have to do here so if anyone can give me some tips I would appreciate it.
I just ordered the 128gb 6gb ram version of Mi Max 3 and it might come with the global rom and already unlocked. Should I use the Mi flash tool to install the file MIUI 11 V11.0.3.0.PEDCNXM android 9 fastboot file? then after that installs I should lock the bootloader and then unlock it again myself with my mi own account? I just want to make sure that this is the correct way to do it.
Also after it I unlock it should I flash the newest xiaomi.eu rom with android 10 or do i have to do something else first? Thank you
Hello,
I was running Arrow OS on my Poco F3 and needed to flash back to Stock Miui Global. while using MiFlash tool I didnt change the default selected “clean and lock” and it bricked my device. Currently it’s stuck on a black screen. It’s detected on MiFlash tool but it’s asking for EDL authorization. can someone assist please ?
Thanks
aravreddy2231 said:
Hello,
I was running Arrow OS on my Poco F3 and needed to flash back to Stock Miui Global. while using MiFlash tool I didnt change the default selected “clean and lock” and it bricked my device. Currently it’s stuck on a black screen. It’s detected on MiFlash tool but it’s asking for EDL authorization. can someone assist please ?
Thanks
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Sorry to say but thats a hard brick bro. Better take it to a miui service center.
Hold the volume down and power button for ~ 30 secs to see if you can get into fastboot mode.
Nexii801 said:
Hold the volume down and power button for ~ 30 secs to see if you can get into fastboot mode.
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Doesn’t work
MiFlash tool detects my device but it’s asking for EDL authentication.
ApexPrime said:
Sorry to say but thats a hard brick bro. Better take it to a miui service center.
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I’m in Canada and I purchased the device from Amazon Spain. We don’t have any service centers in Canada. What would u recommended?
What first rom version of ur phone.? global one.?
oezank said:
What first rom version of ur phone.? global one.?
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Yes
aravreddy2231 said:
Yes
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so weird, it must be no problem when u flash back to stock rom, same rom as the first..
and when u buy the phone, bootloader still locked right.?
It asks for an EDL Authorization so that you can flash with locked bootloader.
just a heads up, don't search online for edl authorization account paid service cause its mostly scam.
the nearest service centers would be in the USA, but email here first [email protected]
to ask for the process
Support - Contact us | Xiaomi Global
Contact us through Phone, Email and Online Chat to get Xiaomi support.
www.mi.com
The mistake I see is, you flashed the official global rom with "clean and lock" that means after flashing it factory resets the phone and locks the bootloader. This is a major mistake. Because flashing aren't always successful.
Don't worry Xiaomi is very lenient with it. And the problem occurred on their software.
Next time if you're using mi flash tool, only select "clean all"(sorry I don't have the lastest mi flash tool on me and these are just the old files of my Mi A1. But I do have Poco F3)
edit: after flashing with "clean all" option only, you'll have an unlocked bootloader, and wanted to re-lock the bootloader, you just need to enter "fastboot oem lock" in cmd(in the fastboot+adb file)
for me I never relock my bootloader even if I'm on stock rom, I won't risk the chance that it might brick during OTA and have to send it to service center. Too much of a hassle.
Same.
I've had Mi Pad 4 for 3 years now and can't even count how many times I flashed it with Xiaomi.EU, back to stock and then Pixel Experience.
Never a problem simply because I never tried or had a need to relock the bootloader.
I don't know why so many people have been posting bricked devices in this forum lately, do people not know how to read.
Sorry for being blunt, but on a device worth $500 Canadian I would think people would take proper precaution and read on procedure
details before flashing any rom custom or stock.
I really do not understand too much why these issues occurs.
When you exec flash_all script, the bootloader relock is executed the last instruction of the process, and only if all the images flash ends successfull
Ended up paying $30 for a EDL account and he fixed my device.
Maybe some interested on know where you have buy the EDL account
bartito said:
Maybe some interested on know where you have buy the EDL account
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I found a person on YouTube, joined his telegram group and he assisted me with screen share. He had EDL authorization.
Perfect
aravreddy2231 said:
Ended up paying $30 for a EDL account and he fixed my device.
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good to hear it
Same. Good to heart it, be more careful next time bro.
aravreddy2231 said:
I found a person on YouTube, joined his telegram group and he assisted me with screen share. He had EDL authorization.
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my phone is bricked please pass me the contact
Text this person on telegram messenger- @mi_auth_official