Xiaomi makes it harder to unlock your bootloader, stops Android updates if you do
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Xiaomi just launched its new “HyperOS” skin for Android devices, but in a bit of a twist of the knife...
  •  ReversalHatchery   ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English
    4•11 months ago

    I have never met a person that just rooted their phone without slapping a custom ROM on it.

    Now you have

    The initial motive for rooting is normally to install a custom ROM

    I think there are some misunderstandings.

    Root is not needed to flash a custom ROM. That does not (usually) happen from a running system, but through fastboot or the recovery, and those don’t ask for root permission, only an unlocked bootloader.