Since when do they have those rules? A year ago I unlocked my Xiaomi phone. Outside China. Did not have a Chinese phone number. It took less than an hour.
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Moonrise2473@feddit.it 5 weeks agoIn this specific case can do it but the bootloader unlock request must come from a Chinese ip address, from a verified Chinese number (get otp code via SMS) and wait like one month
BB84@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 5 weeks ago
But it’s global version or China version?
China version ROM is like this since the mi 6, the excuse was “limiting grey market sales”
Also the ROM now uses a different signature so from mi 5 onwards, flashing global ROM on china version, doesn’t allow to lock the bootloader again (you can send the command to lock it, but then you get a softbrick)
MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Different for chinese and non Chinese markets I guess
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 5 weeks ago
And I bet this process is going to add you to some list of people to keep an eye on.