The illegal import of Xiaomi phones has been a problem the company has been battling since the very beginning. Even before they were officially available in Europe, blackmailers would buy their phones in China, dump some unreliable ROMs on them, and sell them in Europe. Xiaomi has already taken a few steps to stop this, and now they are tightening the measures and that is completely justified. Some users report that Xiaomi has locked their phones, and here’s why they do it and how to avoid it.



Xiaomi has so far allowed phones to be used in countries for which they were not intended. That is why the Indian versions of the Redmi Note 10 and Redmi Note 10 Pro phones are now circulating in the Balkans. However, Xiaomi does not want to export phones to certain countries, so it has blacklisted them. These are Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, and the Crimea.

As users there still wanted to buy Xiaomi phones, they used illegal importers and used them to get to the device. Users were very surprised when their phones stopped working and only displayed a ban message. The message reads, "Xiaomi's terms of business do not allow the sale of products in the territory where you tried to activate the device. Contact the sellers directly for more information. "

So a ton of phones remained locked in these states, and Xiaomi inserted the code deep into its MIUI system to notice this behavior (via location and ISP) and block usage. It is especially surprising that users who bought a Xiaomi, Poco, or Redmi phone in the forbidden countries and installed a Custom ROM on it, do not have these problems.


So Xiaomi is still struggling with the wave of illegal phone imports that is, unfortunately, happening in our country as well, and we would not be surprised if their illegally imported phones from India or China soon also get this message and disable their work. So if you happen to be on the Indian or Chinese version of the Xiaomi phone, study the world of Custom ROMs, or just be fair to the manufacturer and buy a phone that is meant for your market.