2024 New Solutions to How to Unlock Mi Phone

Phone lock is a way to protect the data and information of the user stored. All the information stored in a locked phone is way much safer than a phone that’s accessible by anyone. But sometimes these screen locks can create troubles if the user forgets them. In this blog, we are going to help users on how to unlock Mi phones.

When Do You Need to Unlock Xiaomi Phone

Many situations might force a Xiaomi phone user to unlock their device such as:

• You may have locked your phone after entering the wrong password five times.
• The Mi phone unlock feature isn’t working due to a broken or shattered screen.
• Purchased a used Xiaomi phone that has a screen lock.
• Your new pattern is too complex to remember.
• The device is locked after resetting the phone.
• You may forget the signed-in Google account after hard resetting your phone.

These are the common reasons whenever a user wants to perform a Mi phone unlocking process.

Method 1. Official Way to Unlock Mi Phone without Losing Data

Forget your screen lock and worry about how to unlock your Mi phone? Is there any way to unlock Mi phone without losing data? Of course there is.

Mi phones can be unlocked if you have a Mi account created already. Mi account allows a user to remove the screen lock of many Xiaomi phone models.

1. A warning message will appear on your screen when you have entered the wrong password five times.
2. Tap on “Forget password” option appears on the bottom corner.
3. Now enter your Mi account’s details, such as username and password, to reset your password for Mi phone lock.
4. If you have also forgotten the Mi account password, then you will have to reset it as well. You can easily reset your Mi account password by visiting the Xiaomi Cloud website and tapping the “Forgot password” option and entering a new password by following the instructions.
5. You can recover your account by entering your “Mi Account ID” and unlock your Mi phone from there.

Method 2. How to Unlock Mi Phone by Mi PC Suite

If you have a Xiaomi account, in addition to Method 1, higher Android OS versions can be unlocked using the official Mi PC Suite. Let’s get into more details on how to unlock Mi phone with PC.

1. Download and install the Mi PC Suite on your computer.
2. Turn off your Mi device, hold and press the Volume Up key and Power button together until the Mi logo appears on your phone screen.
3. Choose the language by using the Power button and selecting “Recovery”.
4. Now connect your Mi phone to your computer using a USB cable. The ROM version will be shown once the computer detects it.
5. On the interface of the Mi PC Suite, choose “Update”.
6. Start the wiping process by clicking on the “Wipe” button and choosing the ROM version that was detected in step 4 by your computer.
7. Now tap on the “Update” button, and this will start installing the ROM on your Mi phone.
8. Once the installation process is complete, your phone will be unlocked.

But this method is not a perfect solution for unlocking Mi phones as many Mi phone models can’t be detected by the Mi PC Suite. This method also has a drawback: erasing all the data on your phone.

Method 3. How to Unlock Mi Phone without Mi Account Password

The above methods will only be useful if you already have a Mi account, but there’s no relief without a Mi account. So, how does a user unlock a Mi phone if they haven’t created a Mi account? Well, we will make use of a third-party tool that will help us to address this issue. iToolab UnlockGo (Android) is a well-known name in unlocking smartphone screen locks and it’s specially designed for such scenarios.

Let’s dive into the step-by-step details of how it works:

Step 1. Download and Install UnlockGo (Android)

The process begins by downloading the setup of UnlockGo for Android and installing it. After that launch the tool.

Step 2. Connect Mi Phone

Click on “Remove Screen Locks”-“Unlock Screen Lock” on the interface. Now connect your Mi phone to your computer using a USB cable and click on the “Start” button on the next screen to begin the process.

Step 3. Confirm Brand of Your Device

In this window, you have to choose the brand of your phone. If the brand chosen isn’t correct, correct it yourself and click “Unlock”.

Step 4. Enter Your Device into Recovery Mode

In this step, you have to put your Mi phone into Recovery mode with Volume up and Power key. For this, you can follow the on-screen introduction to get your device into Recovery mode.

Step 5. Start Unlocking Mi Phone

On entering in Recovery mode, follow the guidelines that are visible on the UnlockGo tool.

When the unlocking process is completed you need to reboot your Mi phone. Later, you are able to set a new screen lock.

Method 4. How to Unlock Mi Phone with Hard Reset

If you want to unlock Mi phone without a computer, then this method can help you but you have to sacrifice all the data stored on your phone. Because this method works on hard reset and that works by removing all the data and settings. Let’s know how it works.

1. Turn off your Mi device and now press the Volume up key and Power button simultaneously until you see the logo of Mi appearing on the screen.
2. Your device will reboot into Recovery mode and you have to tap on “Wipe Data”. You can navigate using the Volume key and use the Power button to enter.
3. Choose “Wipe Data” and confirm it.
4. Once the process is finished, you can choose “Reboot” to restart your phone. Now you can choose a new screen lock for your Mi phone.

Conclusion

In this blog, we have shown you four methods to unlock Mi phone. All these methods work but one of the reliable and efficient methods is using the UnlockGo Android tool as this doesn’t require any tech knowledge and can be used by anyone.