PSA: Poco is NOT unbrickable due to EDL mode being protected

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Ghoul159

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Sep 30, 2018 at 9:39 AM
CosmicDan said:
Who said it's unbrickable? It's not. This thread is saying it's NOT unbrickable, because we're locked out of EDL mode.

ARB is a completely different thing. But Xiaomi phones with ARB also have locked EDL mode. So far only Mi A1 (and I think the A2's) are the only Xiaomi devices without EDL protection. It's there to block cross-flashing from reseller's, because it doesn't require unlocked bootloader to access EDL mode at all.

Read that recent XDA article about it, it covers all this stuff (I wouldn't be surprised if this thread was one of the inspirations for that article).
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Someone took your post to reddit and asking Poco to disable edl checks. :D:D

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/9k43uz/poco_f1_is_not_unbrickable_due_to_edl_mode_being/

Hope this makes them look into this and make poco true developer friendly.
 
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Oct 5, 2018 at 3:01 AM
CosmicDan said:
Who said it's unbrickable? It's not. This thread is saying it's NOT unbrickable, because we're locked out of EDL mode.

ARB is a completely different thing. But Xiaomi phones with ARB also have locked EDL mode. So far only Mi A1 (and I think the A2's) are the only Xiaomi devices without EDL protection. It's there to block cross-flashing from reseller's, because it doesn't require unlocked bootloader to access EDL mode at all.

Read that recent XDA article about it, it covers all this stuff (I wouldn't be surprised if this thread was one of the inspirations for that article).
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im sorry but i mean is that how come poco is not unbrickable.
 
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Russel Got stucked

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hello guys i am probably stucked between these 3 phones, HONOR 8X, MOTO ONE POWER & POCO F1. but as i see all these Forums ,talking about the unlocking codes which might be hard to find these days ,so i am quite confused which one should i buy? probably the most important thing for me right now is to UNLOCK BOOTLOADER ,ROOT and have some fun. Please suggest!!
 
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Russel Got stucked said:
hello guys i am probably stucked between these 3 phones, HONOR 8X, MOTO ONE POWER & POCO F1. but as i see all these Forums ,talking about the unlocking codes which might be hard to find these days ,so i am quite confused which one should i buy? probably the most important thing for me right now is to UNLOCK BOOTLOADER ,ROOT and have some fun. Please suggest!!
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Go with poco f1. As it is quite developer friendly. And unlocking bootloader just takes 3 days after u bind ur account..
 
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Nov 3, 2018 at 7:54 AM
Russel Got stucked said:
hello guys i am probably stucked between these 3 phones, HONOR 8X, MOTO ONE POWER & POCO F1. but as i see all these Forums ,talking about the unlocking codes which might be hard to find these days ,so i am quite confused which one should i buy? probably the most important thing for me right now is to UNLOCK BOOTLOADER ,ROOT and have some fun. Please suggest!!
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Forget honor and huwaei devices if u want to unlock bootloader.
 
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CosmicDan said:
Before I got started on hacking the Poco (e.g. custom splash graphics, maybe repartition for dualboot, who knows what else) I wanted to port-over my Low-level Backup/Restore kit from Mi A1.

To my disappointment I have discovered that the EDL mode on the Poco is protected by some proprietary Xiaomi authorization.

This is the same problem encountered as those many who have bricked over anti-rollback protection in other devices - they cannot get authorization.

So, in summary - EDL flashing is not possible as Xiaomi have locked it to authorized machines only. Avoid messing around with non-standard-Android partitions at all costs.
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I'm greatly srewed becuse of this and I cant afford send half as much as phones cost for MOBO replacement. any solution for this any bypass method for this?

any help greatly appreciated

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CosmicDan said:
Before I got started on hacking the Poco (e.g. custom splash graphics, maybe repartition for dualboot, who knows what else) I wanted to port-over my Low-level Backup/Restore kit from Mi A1.

To my disappointment I have discovered that the EDL mode on the Poco is protected by some proprietary Xiaomi authorization.

This is the same problem encountered as those many who have bricked over anti-rollback protection in other devices - they cannot get authorization.

So, in summary - EDL flashing is not possible as Xiaomi have locked it to authorized machines only. Avoid messing around with non-standard-Android partitions at all costs.
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I'm greatly srewed becuse of this and I cant afford send half as much as phones cost for MOBO replacement. any solution for this any bypass method for this?

any help is greatly appreciated
 
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