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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 point 1 year ago* (5 children)

What if I am american, but travel to both countries? I am thinking xiaomi w/ custom ROM?

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[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you still unlock the bootloader on Xiaomis? It was always a pain, but I've read they have completely locked them down now?

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

From what I hear you can either 1. Register with Xiaomi and try to unlock it once a month. 2. Slip a service center worker with special access like 100RMB or buy a pre-unlocked one on taobao. 3. Ask said worker to downgrade firmware, then, before they relock it, snatch phone and run out of the store.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago