Please HELP to unlock BootLoader - nothing works, looking for unofficial method

[RDMaiu]

Hello there,

I've searched through all the googles and i can't seem to be able to unlock my mi 5S

Bought a half dead phone, glitchy screen and bad battery. Purchased new parts and had them installed.

Phone came with unlocked BL and lineage OS, but i f-ed it up by flashing a miui rom that locked the BL.
Then I found out the phone was actually bound to an existing MI account, so I cannot unlock it with the official tool.

Phone is in edl mode, i tried searching for an unlocked emmc_appsboot.mbn but no luck.

Can anyone please advise how to unofficialy unlock the bootloader?

I'm about to sell it for parts as I've been trying to fix it for the past week ... :crying:

 

[patoberli]

Not sure if there is a way, because that way could also be used for a stolen device...
My suggestion is that you contact your seller and ask him for his Xiaomi account or that he deletes the phone from his account.
Weird thing though, the phone does not get locked if you just flash an official ROM. You specifically have to choose "flash + lock" in the official flashing application to have it locked again.

 

[RDMaiu]

Not sure if there is a way, because that way could also be used for a stolen device...
My suggestion is that you contact your seller and ask him for his Xiaomi account or that he deletes the phone from his account.
Weird thing though, the phone does not get locked if you just flash an official ROM. You specifically have to choose "flash + lock" in the official flashing application to have it locked again.

I've been emailing with xiaomi support, gave them all the details. Maybe I can convince them to remove the account.

Before flashing i was checking online on how to do it with miflash tool but i missed the radio buttons and default was clean and lock ..

 

[RDMaiu]

After a few documents submitted through [email protected] they have removed the unknown mi account.

To conclude, I have not found any way of unlocking the bootloader except for the official way.

Also, be careful when flashing with miflash, don't lock your phone by mistake.

 

[patoberli]

Ah great that it worked!