Xiaomi devices are well-known for the awesome custom ROM support, thanks to the developer community. Unlocked bootloader is required to flash custom ROM on devices, and whether a user should unlock the bootloader of devices or not seems a never-ending debate. Resellers on global shopping portal used to take advantage of bootloader unlocking policies of some OEMs to install bloatware and modify software before shipping devices. As a resolution, Xiaomi introduced a wait time of 72 hours (3 days) to unlock the bootloader, which was recently increased to 360 hours (15 days). Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 recently, which went on sale for the first time on 29th August in the country resulting in a turnover of above 200 crores. Similar to other Xiaomi devices, POCO F1 also got the attention of developer community and custom recoveries and modules such as TWRP and Magisk were available within couple of days of the first sale but users were waiting for 15 days to get over so that they could unlock the bootloader of their devices. Some users took the issue to Mi Community and Twitter, and product head Jai Mani responded to the users saying that the company has updated ...
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
POCO F1: Now you can unlock bootloader within 3 days, Asphalt 9 issue fixed, low audio issue fix coming in next OTA update
Xiaomi devices are well-known for the awesome custom ROM support, thanks to the developer community. Unlocked bootloader is required to flash custom ROM on devices, and whether a user should unlock the bootloader of devices or not seems a never-ending debate. Resellers on global shopping portal used to take advantage of bootloader unlocking policies of some OEMs to install bloatware and modify software before shipping devices. As a resolution, Xiaomi introduced a wait time of 72 hours (3 days) to unlock the bootloader, which was recently increased to 360 hours (15 days). Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 recently, which went on sale for the first time on 29th August in the country resulting in a turnover of above 200 crores. Similar to other Xiaomi devices, POCO F1 also got the attention of developer community and custom recoveries and modules such as TWRP and Magisk were available within couple of days of the first sale but users were waiting for 15 days to get over so that they could unlock the bootloader of their devices. Some users took the issue to Mi Community and Twitter, and product head Jai Mani responded to the users saying that the company has updated ...
