Xiaomi is now locking the bootloaders on Redmi Note 3, Mi 4c, and Mi Note Pro Comments

• Muthu
• PTi
• 18 Jan 2016

dev, 18 Jan 2016Given the abysmal custom rom selection for Xiaomi phones this is hardly an issue. IMHO you b... moreYou know what - Being able to install a custom ROM is an important flexibility for any device running Android OS. I agree to you that this might not matter to most of the people using Android devices, but still it is not a good practice preventing users from doing the same.

Coming to my own situation - i just hate the chinese OEMs mimic IOS in Android skins. I was thinking about buying Xiaomi Note 3 pro as my next device - with the hope that I don't need to put up with MIUI and use cyanogen custom ROM. Now, Xiaomi has made my decision easier. I will stick to Motorola branded phones (of course made by Lenovo) with near stock android.

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• mir
• t7I
• 18 Jan 2016

Since when did a chinese company even have respect for google's guidlines?

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• alexv
• 0mn
• 18 Jan 2016

well i'm a mi4c user and ain't too happy about it. an ota than may brick your device for good ? damn you xiaomi what are you thinking. safety for locking the bootloader is just an excuse. dirty little company.

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• LifesGood
• S4s
• 18 Jan 2016

i see Redmi Note 2 will sell more and more and Redmi Note 3 be a fail from Xiaomi! That's it.

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• nickarad
• 0Ur
• 18 Jan 2016

Company Xiaomi not proceed correct. Common sense would be leaving free not locking.
Hello Xiaomi, you started aberrations ?

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• Anonymous
• JA%
• 18 Jan 2016

AnonD-485837, 18 Jan 2016thank you for making my decision easy for me xiaomi. non of your products for me. oneplus 2 al... moreOPO 2 does have locked bootloader but it unlocks with a simple, painless oem unlock command.

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• dev
• p3G
• 18 Jan 2016

Given the abysmal custom rom selection for Xiaomi phones this is hardly an issue.
IMHO you buy a Xiaomi phone for MIUI and what MIUI offers. Using other roms kind of defeats that.

You don't see Apple users complaining because you can't install Android on iphones.

I get the whole "open source" crap about Android but we all know that's hardly the case.

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• Anonymous
• v{@
• 18 Jan 2016

why TF?

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• AnonD-485837
• d%f
• 18 Jan 2016

thank you for making my decision easy for me xiaomi. non of your products for me. oneplus 2 also has its bootloaders locked, no?

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