No I never did. I think the only way would be to flash a stock Chinese ROM and see if the phone "becomes" a new one with no details of the previous owner. As I have got Google Play and all the apps I need (Facebook, Twitter, eBay etc) there is no real need to unlock the bootloader at present. It...
I have tried to flash the official Xiaomi Global ROM for this model but with the locked bootloader it refused to do anything. The only way would be to flash a China ROM onto it and see if it will set up as a brand new phone without any previous Xiaomi account. Even after doing this and assuming...
I bought the phone from a private seller on eBay, who bought it new from wongamobile in Hong Kong. He used the phone for 2 weeks and then presumably could not get on with it and sold it. He told me that he did not know about unlocking the bootloader and never did try to do that. As you say I...
I have been running the Mi Unlock on a completely different PC than my main one, which I am on now. I just deleted the files in my AppData on this PC and will give it one more go. The previous owner has deleted the phone from his account as nothing shows up in it. Therefore the problem must be...
The screenshot is from the person that I bought the phone from on eBay, as of this morning. This proves it is no longer registered in his name or account. It shows up in my account. I am leaving it 24 hours and will try again tomorrow but am not holding out much hope. At least I have Google Play...
The saga continues. I contacted a seller on eBay in the UK who was selling an unlocked 11 Ultra with an xiaomi.eu ROM. He said that my seller did not sign out of his xiaomi account when he reset the phone. Consequently xiaomi still thinks my phone belongs to him. He has signed out of this phone...
My phone clearly confirms that it is linked to my Xiaomi account. Yet again I am told by mi flash unlock that it is not. Who is right or are they both as stupid as me for buying this phone in the first place?
There are many extremely clever people here on this website to be able to create custom...
I used an old SIM card connected to an Xiaomi account that I have had for several years. Went through all the motions of requesting unlock, left it 36 hours. I just started the process again and was told yet again to add my account. Catch 22 and the unlock process is a complete farce, I curse...
In my Xiaomi account on my PC when I go to Manage Devices there is nothing showing. Should I now turn on find my device on the phone and then go to unlock in developer options?
On the phone I signed out, and am now signing back in. I am asked in Xiaomi Cloud if I want Sync on, OK ys, and I have turned off Find device. And agreed to this.
I can't delete miflash unlock on my pc as it is not an installation, it merely runs when you click the icon. I have just signed out and back in on my phone and got it linked to the phone in the developer options. Tomorrow on another different PC I will try miflash unlock and see what happens...
I just hooked up the phone to miflash unlock, nearly 24 hours after starting the unlock process on the phone. It went through the motions of trying to unlock as before and then the same inane and load of bollocks message that I started this thread on, "Please add your account......". If it was...
I am so fed up to the back teeth with this caper that I bought a new SIM and inserted it and have set up yet another new Xiaomi account. Will leave it overnight and try again in the morning. The UK Xiaomi headquarters are up the road from me in Reading and I am tempted to drive up there and...
Curiosity killed the cat they say. Out of interest I connected the phone in Fastboot mode this Sunday afternoon and started mi flash unlock. After signing in with the same account that is on the phone it went through the motions of unlocking the phone. Rather than saying I had to wait 168 hours...