cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/34344203
So for months now I am owning an POCO F7 Ultra24122RKC7G usually the first thing i do is rooting the shit out of it, but since the last time i rooted a phone is a very long time ago (my previous was the poco f3 which died because of a spicy Pillow in the end) I just learned after I got this one that Xiaomi changed the process to a fuckin raffle of some sort… (See this dam screenshot)
So I forgot about it till today, where google just suddenly started its gemini shit and reminded me “you still got bloatware here!”
So my question is: is there any way To unlock it without this fucked up waiting times which never seems to work even if I got only Exactly at that given time Xiaomi tells us?
i’m saddened to learn that it’s gotten harder.
to unlock my xiaomi, i have to request it with a phone number attached to the phone; but i can’t get a phone number to attach to the phone because carriers in the united states have blacklisted it last year, so they keep kicking it off the network.
Geez this sucks…
I told myself that thr next phone I buy will either be a fairphone or a dumbphonr… I dont need an expensive phone but unfortunately I need android apps for banking :/
i made it a point to only use credit unions and even then, only credit unions that let me bank using firefox only.
unfortunately rooting nowadays is harder and xiaomi intentionally give cocoldown for unlock so no way around except waiting for it.
The Problem is not the cooldown. I can live with that.
What annoys me is that i have to apply to get some kind of rights to even get to the point where I have to wait for the cool down and it seems to be impossible to get those damn permission :(
THIS is what kept me from buying another after my 13 Ultra. Sad, I REALLY liked that phone with xiaomi.eu ROM on it.