Poco X3 is no longer viable
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@wally I have read more carefully your first post and I think we are stuck in the same step.
At first I undertood you did not receive the SMS for linking the phone with the Xiaomi account. With all I have read lately I think I got the big picture.
I phoned Xiaomi support and I heard them typing looking for a generic and unrelated answer that I had already found by myself. Not a very high service standard.
For the SIM activation, MiAccount app sends a SMS. I checked with my carrier that esch try a SMS is sent (and of course, charged), alternatively, to a local mobile number and a local landline. I phoned these numbers and the former does not exist and the latter is disconnected or out of reach. I mailed Xiaomi asking about these numbers. I presume they will say that I must update MIUI, but I am reticent in case it makes more difficult to unlock the bootloader.
If they do not provide another way or phone number to send manually the SMS, I think I will have no other option than to update hoping that the correct phone numbers are also updated. -
Hi everybody.
I unblocked a couple weeks ago.
I receviced "SMS" via Whatapp. Waited 168 hours and unblocked. -
@aimar Excuse the slow reply.
I was trying to avoid updating too, as my device was already on the required Android version, but eventually when nothing else worked, I did upgrade. I still didn't get the SMS.@pleoni I forgot that Whatsapp was given as an option, but that does seem familiar now.. perhaps this could be a solution?
Not that I want to get Whatsapp, but maybe I coils start an account with a cheap, temporary phone number just for unlocking the phone.
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Hi, I started two days ago to unlock my poco x3 nfc
No problem for the firsts steps for me
I already had an account bcs my previois phone was a Xiaomi (used in france with classical android/miui, account region in France)
So I linked this account, and with the python "miunlock" package (on my personal Linux Mint computer), I passed all the first steps with no problem (I also have a french sim card with data, sms, mms, calls)
I'll give news next week after the regular 168h required on my phone -
Hi,
I am back again. I didn't want to bother you with my long posts until I made it. Still working on it, though.
@wally, as I said, my phone sent the SMS but get no response. I hadn't yet updated anything. I was chatting with the Xiaomi customer service and told me two things:- Clear data/caché from "Settings" --> "Apps" --> "Manage apps" --> "Xiaomi SIM Activaton Service".
- Change "Settings" --> "Additional settings" --> "Languages and input" to other language, in my case to "English (UK)".
You can try it. I don't know if both are necessary, but were simple to accomplish and so did I. Tried again, SMS sent and paid, and MIXiaomi account was linked to my phone number.
Next step, was linking the account to "Settings" --> "Additional settings" --> "Developer options" --> "MIUnlockStatus". For this to work I had to turned off the "Find Device" option: "Settings" --> "MIAccount" --> "Xiaomi Cloud" --> "Find Device" --> Off. And it did the trick.
This is all like a puzzle, a jigsaw, an escape room ...
Still no luck, though. The device is still "deactivated".
Again Xiaomi customer service said that this matters are part of the "Xiaomi Community" and that I should asked there. I found an interesting post, that maybe everybody is aware of, but me. I asked it here before, but it seems that, yes, the unlock request must be made within this app. I made a Google account
just to download the "Xiaomi Community" app. In the left lower icon, "ME, go to "Set up" and "Change region" to "Global". Go back to "ME" and "Unlock bootloader" will now be visible. Click on it and mine says "Account must be registered over 30 days".
I have mi fresh Xiaomi account, my fresh Google account and one week still to go ... -
30 days passed and the Xiaomi community app says: "Application quota limit reached, please try again after 05/30 (mm/dd) 00:00 (GMT+8)"
I though other people reported this message in MiUnlock app.
I guess I have to be granted through the Community app and then do the unlocking job connecting the phone to the PC's MiUnlock app.
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I have found that the community app request is only for devices running HyperOS, not MIUI. So, the quota limit is not applicable.
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@pleoni could you elaborate, please?
My device seems to be still deactivated.
An older version of MiUnlock software says that I should add my Xiaomi account to "Settings" → "MIUnlockStatus", but I already have done so and got a small pop up stating that I did it succesfully.
I am completely lost what to try next. -
@aimar
Perhaps the quota limit is the number of Xiaomi devices your Xiaomi account can unlock during a given time. -
@Vlad-Nirky No, the quota limit is the number of unlocking request per day that Xiaomi approves. I read somewhere that it was set to 2000 requests per day. It seems that millions of people are waiting till midnight in Beijing, because the limit is reached instantaneously.
However, according to what is written in the Xiaomi community app this procedure, and hence the limit, is for devices running HyperOS.
In my case I am running MIUI12.
EDIT: I read contradictory info about the number of devices one can unlock, but this is the first and only one I want to unlock. -
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