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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    hello! I have done nothing with the phone since my last post on 13th Nov 2018, has anything changed in this case regarding unlocking of the MI8? Has Xiaomi made it already possible or is there any other new solution appeared in the last 3 months? my MI8 is bricked like before with locked status...
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    OK but if I want to lock the bootloader I will again fall into Recovery Menu bootloop with Global ROM, so what to change more to have the phone in the Global Version status ? I need locked bootloader because of my banking app...
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    last Q from me - how to make my MI8 chinese version be the same as MI8 Global Version? What do I need to change? Bootloader change&lock + ROM change? Anything else? And is it possible?
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    yeah I am now searching for the way how to unlock it cause I locked it using fastboot :/
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    So for every change of ROM (I mean not an update) I need an unlocked bootloader?
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    yeah I really wasn't thinking that something like locking bootloader will leave the phone in a bricked status... I just don't follow everything around the phone business as detailed because there's so much info about it that I simply can't catch all the stuff, I just fall into problems now so I...
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    thanks alvin! perfect & simple explanation! I have one more question - with my locked bootloader I am NOT able to flash any ROM now? If I would flash Chinese ROM with locked bootloader would it work?
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    thanks, I'll try to contact them, it seem they can somehow unlock the bootloader with a hacked MIFlash Unlock... But what's next on my mind, why do the chinese sellers sell us this china version phones with Global ROM when you actually can NEVER achieve the same status of the phone as if it...
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    YES it came unlocked from the seller and I just locked it with using fastboot. So now the phone is locked and I can't get it unlocked using MIFlash unlock because it is not paired with my MI account. That means I am done right? I can't do anything just find someone with EDL account as you...
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    This chinese version is a piece of s***t I wasn't even able to use my bank app because of the unlocked bootloader, that's why I locked it back but was not aware it will cause the phone to stop working... So now the only option for the phone to work again is to install it back with the chinese...
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    Xiaomi Mi 8 Official Global ROM vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Global Version/Edition

    hello! I have a question: I have received a MI8 (chinese version) but with changed ROM (with Google Play etc...) but I have locked the bootloader using ADB and since then I can't get the phone working it's booting only into MI-Recovery saying: This MIUI version can't be installed on this...