53
installing LineageOS is easy, actually (blorpblorp.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

i wrote it in a comment threat on this post. i repost it this way, welp

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 5 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Xiaomi smartphones are cheap, but the waiting period is horrible (two weeks now), saying this from my Xiaomi Redmi Note 9s on LineageOS with microg. (I'm actually on my computer right now)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 10 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Were you able to unlock It? It seems it's getting more and more complicated (I own a Xiaomi phone, too, a Poco F6)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Yeah, it needs an xiaomi account with unlocking privileges (I have one from 2018, so this step was already done) and a Windows partition with the xiaomi bootloader unlocker (the official one, updated to the last version), then putting a SIM card into the phone, putting the same account on the phone, going to the bootloader unlocker, checking all the boxes and then just waiting for the time it says on the unlocker to unlock the phone, with the SIM card and not changing the account on the phone.

    I just added a Windows 10 IoT LTSC partition to do that :/, then deleted it afterwards.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Did you have to try many times before getting it done? I always kept being replied I have to try again because the credits for that day had ended :(

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

    Credits? I didn't need any credits, I used this, from the official website. I just checked on the fastboot screen (using this program) once in a while for getting the time to unlock the bootloader.

    Can you explain a little more?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

    Sorry I meant quota. Here's a link explaining it better: https://xdaforums.com/t/unlocking-bootloader-poco-f6-pro.4675388/

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    On your xiaomi account? I never saw that quota thing, is this for the account to have unlocking privileges?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Uhm, nope, as for what I understood, as of now, Xiaomi only lets an exact amount of users unlocking their phones, per day, and this quota resets each day. Anyways, next days I'm going to try again, hopefully I will succeed. Out of curiosity, when did you last unclock your bootloader? :)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    No if you care about custom ROM you should avoid xiaomi phones like a plague, unlocking bootloader should be as simple as enable USB debugging and OEM unlock with adb flashing unlock command not with their bullshit unlocking request and dogshit "Community app"

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent