Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use

Re:Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use by IIAOPSW on Thursday April 30, 2020 @07:07PM (#23037318)

I have lineage on my xiaomi.

The bootloader is locked by default but if you ask for it to be unlocked they will do it. The process is intentionally manual to prevent hacking, but ultimately smooth.

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Re:Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use by Arkanosis on Thursday April 30, 2020 @07:31PM (#23037507)

Things might have changed since last year, but it hasn't been smooth at all for me.

Not only you need a Windows computer to unlock, but then it takes literally months to proceed and if you happen to do something that you're not told you should not do (like logging out or re-trying to unlock), the counter is reset and you have to wait even more. Plus the unlocking program on Windows randomly doesn't work and error messages are not helpful at all.

My Xiaomi is an impressive, nice and powerful phone that hasn't cost much. But it was so much pain to root that I won't probably ever buy a phone from them in the future.

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Re:Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use by floatboth on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:52AM (#23040824)

On the Android One models, the unlock is just via settings + fastboot, like on Nexuses/Pixels

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