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Bootloader Unlock and Root for Xiaomi devices (HyperOS / HyperOS 2.0 / HyperOS 3.0) (Non-Mainland China Devices)
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Hide Root / Play Integrity / Spoof Bootloader Status as Locked (Key Attestation) for most Android devices

Bootloader Unlock

Warning

  • BACK UP ANY DATA YOU MAY HAVE ON YOUR PHONE
  • ALL OF YOUR DATA WILL BE WIPED

Requirements

  • Your Xiaomi account must be over 30 days old
  • Enable Find device in Xiaomi Cloud in Settings (might not be necessary, but enable for certainty)

Step 1: Enable OEM Unlocking

  • In Settings, press About phone and tap OS version 5 times to unlock Developer Options
  • In Developer Options, enable OEM Unlocking

Step 2: Reinstall Xiaomi Community

  • Uninstall Xiaomi Community and reboot
  • Install the latest version of Xiaomi Community on the Play Store

Step 3: Account Region

  • Sign in with your Xiaomi account in Xiaomi Community
  • In the Me tab, find Set up and press it
  • Press Change region and choose Global

Step 4: Apply for unlocking

  • Press "Apply for unlocking" at exactly 12:00 AM GMT+8 (pressing it too late will cause the "application quota limit reached" error. Use this website to check the time)
  • "Account Error" might show up. If that happens, retry after 10 days
  • Tip: If it keeps failing, try another method using this Python automation script

Step 5: Bootloader Unlock Preparation

  • Logout of your Xiaomi account in Settings
  • Reboot
  • Login again with your Xiaomi account in Settings

Step 6: Add account to Mi Unlock

  • Turn off Wi-Fi and make sure a working mobile data connection is available
  • In Developer Options, find Mi Unlock status and press it
  • Press Add account and device

Step 7: Mi Unlock tool

  • Download the latest version of it from here

Step 8: Sign in to your Xiaomi account

  • After download, extract and navigate to its folder
  • Open miflash_unlock.exe, you will be prompted to sign in
  • After signing in, agree to the disclaimer

Step 9: ADB and Fastboot

  • Enter this site and select the one for Windows
  • After download, extract and navigate to its folder
  • Click on the address bar of the folder and replace everything with cmd
  • Press enter and a CMD window should pop up

Step 10: USB Debugging

  • In Developer Options, enable USB Debugging

Step 11: Bootloader Unlock

  • Plug in your phone and press allow computer when prompted on the phone
  • In the CMD window opened in Step 9, type adb.exe reboot fastboot and press enter
  • Your phone should reboot and display FASTBOOT
  • In the Mi Unlock app, it should display phone connected
  • Press unlock and then press unlock anyway
  • It might say couldn't unlock; wait for the amount of time displayed (during this time, DO NOT log out of your Xiaomi account on the phone or in Xiaomi Community)
  • When enough time has passed, repeat this Step and your phone should be unlocked

Root

Disclaimer: init_boot is for newer devices. Older devices do not have init_boot, so only use boot on those

Tip: Disable auto-update in the Settings to prevent losing root

KernelSU (recommended — install to check if your phone is supported) (Android 12+)

Step 1: Obtain ROM Files

  1. Navigate to About phone on your device
  2. Download the firmware (Fastboot ROM) from miuirom.org that matches your device and OS version

Step 2: Extract Firmware

  • After download, extract and navigate to its folder

Step 3: Locate the images Folder

  • Find the images folder and enter it

Step 4: Backup init_boot.img

  1. In the folder, copy init_boot.img to the platform-tools folder in Step 9 of unlocking the bootloader
  2. Rename the copied file to init_boot_stock.img (DO NOT DELETE IN CASE OF A BRICK)

Step 5: Transfer to Phone

  • Transfer the init_boot_stock.img file to your phone

Step 6: Install KernelSU

Step 7: Check KernelSU compatibility

  1. Open KernelSU
  2. If the app shows Not installed, then your device is officially supported by KernelSU
    If the app shows Unsupported, it means that you should compile the kernel yourself, KernelSU won't and never provide files for you to flash

Step 8: Patch the init_boot_stock.img

  1. Open KernelSU
  2. Click on Not installed - Tap to install -> Select a file.
  3. Choose init_boot_stock.img
  4. Click on Next and choose the option with This device KMI
  5. Press Confirm
  6. The patched file should be something like kernelsu_patched_20260605_045957.img in the Download folder of your phone

Step 9: Transfer Patched File to PC

  • Move the patched file (kernelsu_patched_20260605_045957.img) to platform-tools

Step 10: Reboot to Fastboot

  1. Plug in your phone
  2. Navigate to platform-tools, click on the address bar of the folder and replace everything with cmd
  3. Press enter and a CMD window should pop up
  4. Run the following command in CMD: 
    adb.exe reboot fastboot

Step 11: Flash Patched init_boot

  1. In the same CMD window, execute the following commands using it as an example:

    fastboot.exe flash init_boot_a kernelsu_patched_20260605_045957.img
fastboot.exe flash init_boot_b kernelsu_patched_20260605_045957.img
fastboot.exe reboot

  2. Your device should reboot into the system and be rooted

Magisk Alpha

Step 1: Obtain ROM Files

  1. Navigate to About phone on your device
  2. Download the firmware (Fastboot ROM) from miuirom.org that matches your device and OS version

Step 2: Extract Firmware

  • After download, extract and navigate to its folder

Step 3: Locate the images Folder

  • Find the images folder and enter it

Step 4: Backup init_boot.img

  1. In the folder, copy init_boot.img to the platform-tools folder in Step 9 of unlocking the bootloader.
  2. Rename the copied file to init_boot_stock.img (DO NOT DELETE IN CASE OF A BRICK)

Step 5: Transfer to Phone

  • Transfer the init_boot_stock.img file to your phone

Step 6: Install Magisk Alpha

  • Download and install the latest version of Magisk Alpha from their Telegram Channel

Step 7: Patch the init_boot_stock.img

  1. Open Magisk Alpha
  2. Tap Install -> Select and Patch a File
  3. Choose init_boot_stock.img
  4. The patched file should be something like magisk_patched-XXXXX_xxxxx.img in the Download folder of your phone

Step 8: Transfer Patched File to PC

  • Move the patched file (magisk_patched-XXXXX_xxxxx.img) to platform-tools

Step 9: Reboot to Fastboot

  1. Plug in your phone
  2. Navigate to platform-tools, click on the address bar of the folder and replace everything with cmd
  3. Press enter and a CMD window should pop up
  4. Run the following command in CMD 
    adb.exe reboot fastboot

Step 10: Flash Patched init_boot

  1. In the same CMD window, execute the following commands

    fastboot.exe flash init_boot_a magisk_patched-28001_xxxxx.img (e.g., fastboot.exe flash init_boot_a magisk_patched-28001_p5r8c.img)
fastboot.exe flash init_boot_b magisk_patched-28001_xxxxx.img (e.g., fastboot.exe flash init_boot_b magisk_patched-28001_p5r8c.img)
fastboot.exe reboot

    Only for OLD DEVICES without init_boot (DO NOT FOLLOW IF YOUR DEVICE HAVE init_boot)

    fastboot.exe flash boot_a magisk_patched-28001_xxxxx.img (e.g., fastboot.exe flash boot_a magisk_patched-28001_p5r8c.img)
fastboot.exe flash boot_b magisk_patched-28001_xxxxx.img (e.g., fastboot.exe flash boot_b magisk_patched-28001_p5r8c.img)
fastboot.exe reboot

    Only for OLD DEVICES without init_boot, if there's an error, try running this command (DO NOT FOLLOW IF YOUR DEVICE HAVE init_boot)

    fastboot.exe --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (vbmeta.img is from the firmware you downloaded)

  2. Your device should reboot into the system and be rooted

Hide Root / Play Integrity Fix / Spoof Bootloader Status as Locked (Key Attestation)

Requirements

KernelSU

Step 1: Install Required Magisk / KernelSU Modules

Install the latest release version of the following modules in this order:

Step 2: Reboot

Magisk Alpha

Step 1: Install Required Magisk Modules

Install the release version of the following modules in this order:

Step 2: Reboot

Hide Root (should be compatible with most Android devices like Xiaomi, Samsung, etc.)

KernelSU

Step 1: Install KsuWebUI

Step 2: Set up KernelSU

  1. Open KernelSU
  2. Go to Settings → Turn off Kernel unmount

Step 3: Configure Zygisk Next

  1. Open KsuWebUI
  2. Click on the Zygisk Next module
  3. Set Denylist Policy to Unmount Only
  4. Turn on Use anonymous memory

Step 4: Install Hide My Applist

Step 5: Configure "Manage templates"

  1. Open HMA-OSS
  2. Go to Manage templates
  3. Create a blacklist template
  4. Name it anything
  5. Edit list of 0 apps invisible, add:
    • HMA-OSS
    • KernelSU
    • All LSPosed modules installed
  6. If new LSPosed modules are installed later, update this template again

Step 6: Configure "Manage apps"

  1. Open HMA-OSS
  2. Go to Manage apps
  3. Select the app(s) detecting root
  4. Turn on Enable hide
  5. Press Template config
  6. Make sure Work mode is Blacklist
  7. Press Using 0 templates and select your blacklist template
  8. Confirm
Magisk Alpha

Step 1: Install KsuWebUI

Step 2: Hide Magisk App

  1. Open Magisk Alpha
  2. Go to Settings → Hide Magisk App (you can name it anything, e.g., Settings)
  3. Disable Zygisk
  4. Turn Enforce Denylist OFF

Step 3: Configure DenyList

  1. Navigate to Configure DenyList
  2. Select the app(s) you want to hide root from (tap app first, then checkbox)

Step 4: Configure Zygisk Next

  1. Open KsuWebUI
  2. Click on Zygisk Next module
  3. Set Denylist Policy to Enforced
  4. Turn on Use anonymous memory

Step 5: Install Hide My Applist

Step 6: Configure "Manage templates"

  1. Open HMA-OSS
  2. Go to Manage templates
  3. Create a blacklist template
  4. Name it anything
  5. Edit list of 0 apps invisible, add:
    • HMA-OSS
    • Settings (hidden Magisk app or renamed one)
    • All LSPosed modules installed
  6. If new modules are installed later, update this template again

Step 7: Configure "Manage apps"

  1. Open HMA-OSS
  2. Go to Manage apps
  3. Select the app(s) detecting root
  4. Turn on Enable hide
  5. Press Template config
  6. Make sure Work mode is Blacklist
  7. Press Using 0 templates and select your blacklist template
  8. Confirm

Step 8: Make sure Shamiko is toggled ON

Play Integrity Fix

Step 1: Configure PlayIntegrityFix

  1. Open the KsuWebUI app.
  2. Click on the Play Integrity Fix [INJECT] module.
  3. Make sure Spoof Build and Spoof Build (Play Store) is enabled
  4. Click on Fetch and choose GitHub to get the latest one

Step 2: Check the Integrity

  • Use this app to check it

Note: If you suddenly fail to pass Play Integrity, do Step 1 again

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Some old custom ROMS spoof old fingerprints (PIF's) by default, you'd need to disable that functionality if your ROM has it built in, I can't help much for this part

Spoof Bootloader Status as Locked (Key Attestation)

Step 1: Keybox Automation

  1. Open KsuWebUI
  2. Click on the TEESimulator-RS module
  3. Click on the 3 dots on the top right corner
  4. Press Keybox Automation
  5. You can set Fetch Interval to your liking or just leave it as it is
  6. Find Manual Actions and click on Fetch Key

Step 2: Select your app(s)

Search for the app(s) you want to spoof bootloader status as locked, then click on the checkbox for it

Tested / Working on the following devices (I'd appreciate it if you could report your device back to me in Issues if it works)

  • Xiaomi 14T (HyperOS)
  • Xiaomi Redmi K60 Ultra 5G (HyperOS/HyperOS 2.0)
  • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra (HyperOS)
  • Xiaomi 12 (Lineage OS 22.2)
  • Xiaomi 13 Ultra (HyperOS 2.0)
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G (HyperOS 2.0)
  • Poco F8 Pro (HyperOS 3.0)

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Guide on Bootloader Unlock and Root for Xiaomi devices (HyperOS / HyperOS 2.0 / HyperOS 3.0) (Non-Mainland China Devices) | Hide Root / Play Integrity / Spoof Bootloader Status as Locked (Key Attestation) for most Android devices [2026]

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