xiaomi phone

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1. As at 2021-08-29, there is no more waiting period or manual form to request for unlock approval from Xiaomi. Instead follow every step described in this video https://youtu.be/pByHHTvms4k

2. Clone and check out linux branch
   ```
   git clone https://github.com/francescotescari/XiaoMiToolV2.git && cd XiaoMiToolV2 && git checkout linux
   ```

3. Edit one Java source file exactly as described [Xiaomi procedure failed: [getServiceToken] Missing serviceToken cookie #23 (comment)](https://github.com/francescotescari/XiaoMiToolV2/issues/23#issuecomment-904082515)

4. Install openjdk-11, `sudo dnf install java-11-openjdk`

5. Install gradle by following just Step 2, https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/installation.html#step_2_unpack_the_distribution. I didn't bother to set up PATH, etc. described further on the page.

6. Set up Gradle wrapper. This step will inevitably overwrite a few Gradle-related files in the repo, i.e. gradlew, etc.
   ```
   # Step above got me gradle-7.2. Adjust this if you've got a newer release.
   /opt/gradle/gradle-7.2/bin/gradle wrapper
   ```

7. Build using the wrapper, `./gradlew build`. If this fails, you have probably messed up the Java source code edit.

8. Run application, `sudo ./gradlew run`

9. After clicking on the "unlock bootloader" button in the app, please be patient. My phone showed a static "MIUI" for over 3 minutes which kinda frightened me. But it eventually booted normally into a fresh install (like factory reset) and showed the "unlocked" status under Developer Options.