Unlock bootloader on Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Special Edition

How to officially unlock Redmi Note 3 Special Edition?

Basically, this tutorial will also work for all other Xiaomi phone models. So you can use it to officially unlock other devices. The phones which doesn’t have “OEM Unlock” option, simply skip this step. You will also required to request an official unlock permission from MIUI before continuing to the steps below. This was tested on Develop ROM 6.10.13 and 6.11.3.

1. Go to Settings > Additional > Developer Options > Enable OEM Unlock
2. Now back to Settings > Additional > Developer Options > Mi Unlock Status > In the bottom select “Add device and account”. The phone and Mi Account will automatically sync.
3. After successful unlock you can remove your Mi account (optionally).

Another method of unlocking bootloader on Redmi Note 3 Pro SE

1. First, don’t forget to make all required backups of your device.
2. Remove or disable all security pins from your device (fingerprint lock, pin-code, graphic key etc…)
3. Make factory reset on your device.
4. Open MiFlash tool and flash this ROM (don’t forget to select “clean all” option). Here’s a tutorial on how you can flash Redmi Note 3 Pro SE with MiFlash.
5. Go to Settings > About phone > tap a few times on “MIUI version” to enable developer options.
6. Go to Settings > Additional > Developer Options and and enable “OEM Unlock” and “USB debug”.
7. Grab your phone and sign into your Xiaomi account.
8. Now on your PC go to Xiaomi website and also sign into the same Mi account.
9. Press “Find device” (it could be not found, but press the button anyways.)
10. Download MiUnlock, install and enter your Mi account credentials.
11. Reboot into fastboot mode (turn off your phone > press “Volume Down” and “Power” button at the same time and hold until fastboot logo appears on the screen).
12. Next connect your phone to PC and press “Unlock” button in MiUnlock.
13. That’s pretty much it! You’ve successfully unlocked the bootloader on your Redmi Note 3 Pro Special Edition phone.

How to fix bootloop and unlock bootloader on 6.7.14 Developer ROM

Here’s a method that might help you to restore bootlooped and finally unlock bootloader on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Special Edition. In case you’ve installed a MIUI Dev ROM 6.7.14 to unlock the bootloader, but instead got a bootloop on your Redmi Note 3 SE, try following the tutorial below:

1. First, don’t forget to make all required backups of your device.
2. Remove or disable all security pins from your device (fingerprint lock, pin-code, graphic key etc…)
3. Make factory reset on your device.
4. Open MiFlash tool and flash this ROM (don’t forget to select “clean all” option). Here’s a tutorial on how you can flash Redmi Note 3 Pro SE with MiFlash.
   1. Download and unpack to C:\ drive: Boot and recovery.zip
   2. Install MiFlashSetup.msi
   3. Boot your device in fastboot mode.
   4. Open “fastboot_edl” folder and run edl.cmd, you device will reboot in EDL mode.
   5. In MiFlash locate the “Firmware” folder, press “save user data” and flash your phone!
   6. That’s it! Now your phone is alive again and you can flash any other ROM version.
   7. This archive Boot and recovery.zip flashes the patched unofficial unlocked bootloader as well as TWRP Recovery. This is also the most fastest way to install custom ROM on your phone. In case TWRP asks for a password, this is absolutely normal. That means the you’ve encrypted data partition. You’ll need to make a full wipe or manually format /data partition. Pay attention that after /data partition format all apps and settings will be deleted.
5. After you’ve flashed your Redmi Note 3 Pro SE device, boot in recovery and make factory reset.
6. Reboot into system.
7. Sync to Mi Account and turn off your device.
8. Extract “dummy”, “emmc_appsboot”, “recovery” & “prog_emmc_firehose_8976_ddr” files from 6.7.14 ROM, move them to “boot and recovery” folder and flash your phone once again with MiFlash tool.
9. Boot into fastboot and unlock your device with MiUnlock tool.
10. After you’ve successfully unlocked your phone, you can easily install the latest official Global ROM on your phone.

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Complete Guide on how to flash Custom ROM on Xiaomi Redmi 3S

Before flashing any custom ROM on your device you must unlock bootloader on your device. Here’s a tutorial on how to unlock bootloader on Redmi 3S with official MIUI permission.

Unlock Bootloader on Redmi 3S / 3X with MiUnlock

To unlock your Xiaomi device you’ll need to have Mi-Account with approved unlock permission!

1. Sign in into your Mi account on your phone. Go to “Settings” > “Mi Account”.
2. Boot your device in fastboot mode; Turn off your device and press “Power” button with “Volume Down” at the same time. After short vibration signal release the power button and wait for fastboot logo to appear.
3. Next connect your device to PC.
4. Download and start Mi Unlock tool. Click “Agree” button in Mi Unlock.
5. Sign in into the same Mi Account as you have previously used on your device.
6. Then press the “Unlock” button.
7. If you see “Unlocked successfully” message, that means you’ve successfully unlocked bootloader. Now press “Reboot phone” and wait until your device is rebooted.

How to check bootloader lock status on Redmi 3S / 3X

1. Download Platform-tools (adb / fastboot) and unpack the files into C:\adb or similar folder.
2. Boot your device in fastboot mode; Turn off your device and press “Power” button with “Volume Down” at the same time. After short vibration signal release the power button and wait for fastboot logo to appear.
3. Go to the folder with adb / fastboot tool. Hold shift and click right mouse button in the empty space then select “Open command window here”.
4. In the opened window type these commands:

   Fastboot devices
   Fastboot oem device-info

5. “Device unlocked: true” – bootloader is unlocked; “Device unlocked: false” – bootloader is locked.

How to flash TWRP Custom Recovery on Redmi 3S

Here’s a very simple way to install fully working TWRP Custom Recovery on your Xiaomi Redmi 3S phone.

1. Download Platform-tools (adb / fastboot) and unpack the files into C:\adb or similar folder.
2. Download TWRP Custom Recovery and unpack in to the C:\adb folder. The same folder with ADB / fastboot tools.
3. Boot your device in fastboot mode; Turn off your device and press “Power” button with “Volume Down” at the same time. After short vibration signal release the power button and wait for fastboot logo to appear.
4. Connect your device to PC or laptop. In C:\adb folder find and open flash_twrp.bat file. Wait until TWRP starts.
5. Disconnect your device from PC.

How to flash custom ROM and root Redmi 3S

It’s recommended to copy downloaded custom ROM .zip file to the MicroSD and not in phone internal memory. Allow to modify system partition on the TWRP first run.

1. In TWRP: Select “Wipe” > “Advanced Wipe” and select everything except MicroSD and OTG.
2. “Reboot” > “Recovery”;
   • If your device stuck on Mi logo press and hold “Power” and both volume buttons at the same time. After vibration signal release the power button and wait for TWRP mode to start.
3. In TWRP select preferable language and time zone.
4. Download custom ROM for Redmi 3S.
   • It’s recommended to check MD5 before flashing downloaded ROM.
5. Connect your Redmi 3S device to PC or laptop and copy custom ROM .zip archive and SuperSU Stable (enables root) to MicroSD card. Disconnect your device from PC.
6. “Reboot” > “Recovery”;
   • If your device stuck on Mi logo press and hold “Power” and both volume buttons at the same time. After vibration signal release the power button and wait for TWRP mode to start.
7. Now in the main TWRP menu press “Install” and select ROM .zip file and add SuperSU in order in case you want to root your Redmi 3S device. Activate reboot after install. Wait until installation process is completed.
8. Congratulations! You’ve flashed custom ROM with root enabled.

How to update custom ROM on Redmi 3S

Allow to modify system partition in TWRP custom recovery.

1. Boot into TWRP custom recovery.
2. Wipe required partitions. If you’re updating the same ROM, you can only wipe “Cache”. If you’re flashing custom ROM from another developer than you should wipe each partition except MicroSD and OTG.
3. Download custom ROM you want to flash or update.
4. Connect your Redmi 3S device to PC or laptop and copy custom ROM .zip archive and SuperSU Stable (copy SuperSU if you want to root your device) to MicroSD card. Disconnect your device from PC.
5. “Reboot” > “Recovery”;
6. Now in the main TWRP menu press “Install” and select ROM .zip file and SuperSU. Activate reboot after install. Wait until installation process is completed.

Download links:

MiUnlock: miflash_unlock-en-2.2.406.5.zip (22.6 Mb)

ADB Platform Tools: tools_r25.0.4-windows.zip (1.0 Mb)

TWRP Custom Recovery: TWRP_land.zip (17.4 Mb)

SuperSU: Download from official website

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