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Hello MIUIers, Today I will share the guides for,

How to Unbrick any Xiaomi Device with Locked Bootloader
How to get rid of Fake Global Rom/Custom MIUI Rom, Fake Unlock
How to Unlock Bootloader
How to Flash Fastboot ROM with an unlocked bootloader
How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Any Xioami device
How to Install Google Play in China MIUI ROM
Anti Roll Back Issue

✪ Requirements:
A Working Brain
Patience
A Working PC
USB Cable for Connecting Phone with PC
Internet Connection

✪Necessary Files:

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Part One - How to Unbrick any Xiaomi Device with Locked Bootloader

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At first download all the files mentioned up, Now remove your device's back shell and Find EDL MIUI General Te
Pins. It should be there somewhere upside battery. Check the picture so that you will understand
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what is EDL Pins.
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Now disconnect your battery from the motherboard.We don't need the battery connected in EDL
Mode. Then short that two EDL Pins with forceps and connect USB Cable with Phone at the same
time (make sure the cable is connected with pc and pc is turned on). Check the picture

Now open Device Manager and you'll see something like this

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Now open Mi Flash Tool and refresh it, you'll see your device

Now Download Fastboot ROM for your Device from here.

For Downloading Fastboot Rom you've to check these things that if your device is Global Variant
then you've to download Latest Global Beta Rom, if your device is Chinese Variant then you've to
download Latest China Beta ROM. If you flash Global Rom in Chinese variant it won't boot with a
locked bootloader (Read More). So make sure your device variant and then download ROM.

Now extract the Rom (check if the ROM file suffix is '.tgz'. If it is '.gz', please rename it to '.tgz').
Select the Rom Folder in Mi Flash Tool (Make sure there is no space in the rom address if there
rename all folders with an under space (_). The address should like
this,  C:\Users\Akib\Desktop\whyred_global_images_8.7.12_20180712.0000.00_8.1_global

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After doing this check the option 'clean all' at the bottom of the tool. Then Flash it. When it will
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successfully be flashed, connect your battery, cover the back shell and power on the device. It
should boot up. :)

Part Two - How to get rid of Fake Global Rom/Custom MIUI Rom, Fake Unlock

How to check if your device has fake global rom? Go to About Phone  Rom Version. If you see the
version is something like this xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx then your device has fake global rom. Official Rom
should like this xx.xx.xx.xx That means in official rom version there is only four sections of numbers
and three dots. Also, do a search in Google and check that the version is official or fake! In Fake
Rom you will not receive any OTA Updates. Or even you cannot unlock your bootloader, because
there is a fake unlock installed. To check to go to Developer Options of your device and see Mi
Unlock Status, it will see Unlocked, but if you check through fastboot command 'fastboot oem
device-info'. it will say locked.

So how to get rid of it? Do what is said in Part One carefully. Now you have an official rom
installed. You can receive OTA updates and also unlock your bootloader now!

Part Three - How to Unlock Bootloader

Wanna unlock bootloader? Do at your own risk

Important: The risks stated above do not fully cover changes which may be
brought about by Mi Unlock.We will keep improving Mi Unlock in order to
prevent the cases when unauthorised vendors unlock Mi devices to install third
party apps which worsen MIUI user experience and cannot to be deleted.
Locked devices also provide you with high-quality security features, such as
Find device, and other added-value services. We're sorry for any
inconveniences our policies may cause. Please think twice before unlocking if
you are not familiar with ROM flashing.

Risks of unlocking Mi Devices?

By unlocking the device you agree that this may bring changes to some parts of the system.
These changes may damage the device.
After the device is unlocked, it becomes less secure and more vulnerable to malware attacks,
which may lead to the disclosure and loss of your private data.
Some features which require high-security level (e.g., Find device, banking apps, added-value
services, etc.) will no longer be available.

Note: The unlocking process will erase all your data on the device. So don't forget to take
backup.
Now,
Go to Settings -- About Phone -- Tap on MIUI Version 5-7 times to enable the developer option).
Then, go to Settings -- Additional settings -- Developer option and bind your Mi account under
Mi Unlock Status.
Log into the Mi account which has acquired unlocking permission on your device
Go to Settings -- Mi Account -- Account security -- Devices -- Other devices and remove all
other devices associated with your Mi Account.
Go to Settings -- Additional settings -- Developer options -- Enable USB debugging and OEM
unlocking.
Also, Turn on Internet connection, Bind Your Mi Account. Go to Settings -- Additional settings --
Developer options -- Mi Unlock Status --Tap Add Account and Device.

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Now,
On-device go to bootloader mode (press the Power button and Volume - button at the same
time to enter bootloader mode).
Connect the phone with PC using USB Cable.
Open Mi Unlock Tool. Login into your account (the same account should be logged in on your
device)
It will say Device Connected. Tap Unlock.
If you see 360/720/1440 hours bind error, then you have to wait for 360/720/1440 hours and
then try again.

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Hola! Your Bootloader is unlocked!

Part Four - How to Flash Fastboot Rom with Unlocked bootloader

NOTE: You can use any (China/Global:Beta/Stable) Fastboot Rom when your
bootloader is unlocked.

Download Fastboot Rom from here

On device go to bootloader/fastboot mode (press the Power button and Volume - button at the
same time to enter bootloader mode).
Connect device with PC using USB Cable
Open Xiaomi Flash Tool, Extract downloaded Rom. Select Rom folder. Make sure there is no
space in the rom address if there rename all folders with an underspace (_). The address should
like this,  C:\Users\Akib\Desktop\whyred_global_images_8.7.12_20180712.0000.00_8.1_global
Refresh, You'll see your device. Select 'Clean all' at bottom then flash. If you select 'Clean all and
lock' then your bootloader will be locked again.

Part Five - How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Your Device

Download Latest TWRP Recovery for your device from here. Rename the img file to twrp.img
On device go to developer options and enable USB Debugging. Then go to bootloader/fastboot
mode (press the Power button and Volume - button at the same time to enter bootloader
mode).
Connect device with PC using USB Cable.
Open NoNameTool Folder (mentioned up)
Copy the twrp.img into that folder.
Now Press Shift and Right Click Open Command Prompt/ Powershell.
Enter following codes

fastboot devices

It will show that your device is connected.

Now Enter following codes

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fastboot boot recovery twrp.img

The device will boot into TWRP recovery.

If you want to Root your device. Download Latest Magisk from here.
Copy Magisk.zip into your phone.
Boot into TWRP Recovery. Go to Install and Flash Magisk.zip. Then Reboot!
Enjoy! Your Device is now rooted.

Part Six - How to install Google Play Store into China MIUI ROM

If you are on China Rom and Can't Find Google Play Store then don't Panic. Google is restricted in
China. So there is no Google services. But You can install it manually. (Internet Connection
Required, Around 100mb)

Simply download this

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. Install it. Open it. Tap on Chinese words at bottom. Now the download process will run. It will ask
for installing Google some apps. Allow them, Install them. After All Done, Reboot Your Device.
Enjoy Google Play Store in China Rom.

Part Seven - Anti-RollBack Issue

Don't afraid of Anti-RollBack issue. It is nothing but a simple issue. It means that, you cannot flash
older roms on your device.
Suppose, If you are on MIUI 8.7.6, if you flash 8.7.5 it will hard-brick but if you flash 8.7.7 it will flash
succesfully. So please make sure what rom version are you using and what version you are going
to install.

If you want to go to China Rom from Global Rom. Don't afraid, you can do it. Just Remember the
ROM VERSION MUST BE SAME or LATEST.If you are on Global beta 8.7.16 then Flash China beta
8.7.16 or latest.
Be aware! If your device got bricked for Anti-RollBack issue, We have no solution. Go to nearest Mi
Service Center!

By the way, You can do almost everything with Anti-RollBack.

You can flash TWRP again
You can Root Anti ROMs with Magisk or Disable Encryption
You can switch from CN builds to Global builds or vise versa
You can switch between all anti 4 builds just fine, like from 8.7.12 to 9.5.19.0 or anything with
anti 4
You can flash any AOSP/LOS based ROM
You can flash anti 4 fastboot ROMs

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