A little over a month ago, a rumor started circulating stating that unlocking the bootloader in HyperOS would mean: some additional risks Regarding what we have already experienced in MIUI, this is something Xiaomi has confirmed via its official forum.

In this case, the brand says that one of the biggest goals of this new operating system is to to provide the user with the highest possible securityTherefore, when it comes to protecting this purpose, it is very important to put tougher restrictions on such unlocking operations.

Some basic rules that all users must follow

One important thing you need to know about this news is that Xiaomi stated What users can do based on the status of their bootloader because as you know, most of them had kept it unlocked for a long time because they were using versions of MIUI compatible with it.

The first case is precisely those users who have already unlocked the bootloader and are going to update to HyperOS. What Xiaomi tells us is that in case you want to keep it unlocked, New HyperOS updates will no longer be received. Therefore, to continue receiving updates, you will need to contact the after-sales service and they will guide us on what we need to do to benefit from this update.

Sample survey to fill out

Another situation is that our bootloader is not unlocked and we want to update to HyperOS. Frankly, we won’t need to do anything about it or These measures taken by the brand will not affect us either.We will be able to update without any problems and continue to receive updates completely normally.

Finally, if you have recently updated to HyperOS and want to unlock this item, you should know that the measures are quite strict. Very soon a section will be activated on the official Xiaomi forum that will request this unlocking, but Users are required to write a detailed explanation with reasons. which makes you want to unlock the bootloader.

Next we will need to: Fill out a form where you must score over 90 points and after completing this process the brand will evaluate whether it allows us to unlock the bootloader. As you can see, the process is quite arduous and we are never sure that everything will go well.

Therefore, it seems that the brand is determined to put as many obstacles as possible into a process that until recently was quite easy to carry out. Obviously You want to put security above all elseand this is the most effective mechanism that Xiaomi has found to be able to do this in the new operating system.

Source | Xiaomi Community

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