This is my first attempt at installing a custom ROM on a device and I’m honestly quite excited and scared at the same time. I decided to go with /e/ for privacy, and I ordered a Xiaomi Mi 3 since it’s a very affordable phone these days, so I wouldn’t feel too bad if I accidentally brick the phone.
Anyways, I have a question that I thought of asking here.
On a video I saw about installing Lineage OS on the Mi 3, the video says that I wouldn’t need to request for unlocking if my device is the Mi 3. I just wanted to know how true that is? Does that mean that Mi 3’s these days are all unlocked and I wouldn’t have to bother with requesting for permission from Xiaomi?
None sure what you plan to do with it, but that’s quite old and low specs
It could suit a kind of dummy phone with very limited usage though.
Regardless of the phone model, if you re not very confident in flashing it, dont rush it and spend some time looking through various howtos for the specific model
edit :
this howto mentions the need to unlock the bootloader, i dont know if this is accurate or just a generic doc
Yes, you have to unlock the bootloader. That’s a must have for installing any custom rom.
The normal time for unlocking a Mi device is in the moment 720 hours. But with xiaomi tool v2 you can do it in 10 minutes.
@harvey186 are you sure XiaoMiTool can perform the first unlock within minutes ?
As stated on product page : Can I unlock the bootloader without waiting with this tool?
No, official unlock procedure cannot be bypassed, this tool just replicate what the official tool does. So, the same rules apply: you have to bind your account to the device and wait for 15 days
After reading that I went back to the original Xiaomi unlock, maybe I should have tried it anyway ?
), boot your phone to fastboot, and issue this command on you PC :