Hello to all,
I have an issue regarding unlocking a bootloader process of a phone I bought for a family member.
I have set the account on the new phone.
I allowed SMS syncing and allowed to find the phone.
Phone number is assigned to the account and SMS is activated on it.
Developer options is enabled on the phone and both 'OEM unlock' and 'USB debugging' is enabled in it.
When I try to unlock the phone using the mi_unlock tool, I need to connect to the account. When doing so, I get into a process in which I need to verify my account with SMS. I check that the phone number mentioned on this process is correct (and indeed, it is the correct phone number), and when I press the 'send' button, nothing happens. The SMS doesn't arrive to the phone.
I already tried the following:
1. switch sim-tray
2. using either the old phone and the new phone of my family member.
3. rebooting the phone after each change I made.
Nothing helped. SMS just don't arrive. And this is even harder when I have only 3 tries each day.
I have read on the web that people claim that they can receive SMS verification code via email and from looking at Xiaomi's help I see that a Whatsapp is also an option, but for some reason none of those options were available for me. I only get the option for SMS verification.
The thing that was more surprising for me, was that I took another phone from another family member, just to try receiving an SMS verification code for his account. I applied the exact same steps on his phone, and at the first try to get this SMS verification code, it simply arrived with no issue. So, my understanding is (if I did the exact same steps on both phones/accounts), that I'm probably not missing anything with my steps on the original account. Both phones, by the way, are using the exact same phone-provider, and actually sharing the same account at this phone-provider.
One thing that was bothering me (but I don't think it is related to the issue, as I managed receiving the SMS for the other account) is that I am using mi_unlock version 6.5.224.28, and it tells me that there's a newer version each time I open the app (7.6.727.43), but when I try to download it - it get into a page saying "Access to ultimateota.d.miui.com was denied".
Another thing probably worth mentioning, is that while seeking for a solution to my problem I saw here that there's a new method/process to get the phone unlocked for users outside Mainland China. I haven't got into the details of it and I understand I'll need to apply a request through that process before they will allow this phone to be unlocked, but my problem is prior this phase. I can't get to the phase in which I actually request to unlock the phone. The verification code blocks me from even starting the process of the unlock.
Any help with this issue would be much appreciated
I have an issue regarding unlocking a bootloader process of a phone I bought for a family member.
I have set the account on the new phone.
I allowed SMS syncing and allowed to find the phone.
Phone number is assigned to the account and SMS is activated on it.
Developer options is enabled on the phone and both 'OEM unlock' and 'USB debugging' is enabled in it.
When I try to unlock the phone using the mi_unlock tool, I need to connect to the account. When doing so, I get into a process in which I need to verify my account with SMS. I check that the phone number mentioned on this process is correct (and indeed, it is the correct phone number), and when I press the 'send' button, nothing happens. The SMS doesn't arrive to the phone.
I already tried the following:
1. switch sim-tray
2. using either the old phone and the new phone of my family member.
3. rebooting the phone after each change I made.
Nothing helped. SMS just don't arrive. And this is even harder when I have only 3 tries each day.
I have read on the web that people claim that they can receive SMS verification code via email and from looking at Xiaomi's help I see that a Whatsapp is also an option, but for some reason none of those options were available for me. I only get the option for SMS verification.
The thing that was more surprising for me, was that I took another phone from another family member, just to try receiving an SMS verification code for his account. I applied the exact same steps on his phone, and at the first try to get this SMS verification code, it simply arrived with no issue. So, my understanding is (if I did the exact same steps on both phones/accounts), that I'm probably not missing anything with my steps on the original account. Both phones, by the way, are using the exact same phone-provider, and actually sharing the same account at this phone-provider.
One thing that was bothering me (but I don't think it is related to the issue, as I managed receiving the SMS for the other account) is that I am using mi_unlock version 6.5.224.28, and it tells me that there's a newer version each time I open the app (7.6.727.43), but when I try to download it - it get into a page saying "Access to ultimateota.d.miui.com was denied".
Another thing probably worth mentioning, is that while seeking for a solution to my problem I saw here that there's a new method/process to get the phone unlocked for users outside Mainland China. I haven't got into the details of it and I understand I'll need to apply a request through that process before they will allow this phone to be unlocked, but my problem is prior this phase. I can't get to the phase in which I actually request to unlock the phone. The verification code blocks me from even starting the process of the unlock.
Any help with this issue would be much appreciated