[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] arvindsagar702:
Hello folks, this is my first ever post on XDA forums and I want to share how i bricked my Kenzo and the errors that i came across before unofficially unlocking my device. And also the solutions :p .

So firstly, some info

1. Kenzo doesnt have a recovery from the start.

2. As I read, Kenzo requires you to be on developer version of rom for unlocking bootloader the official way.

3. Xiaomi Servers are really bad, so say you want to unlock your device and you got your permission granted then its not clear when xiaomi will update that into their servers. I kept getting the 86012 error which as per forums is due to Xiaomi not updating the device info in their servers.

4. The unofficial way is much faster and imo better as it doesnt require you to wait like 10 days or so to get your permission granted with the only demerit that it would go away the moment you install a new MIUI rom. But you can reunlock it using the same method so no worries.

Oh and btw, do the disable driver signature enforcement for your windows before doing anything . https://www.howtogeek.com/167723/ho...8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/

Also, make sure your battery is >80% . Ik its quite common to do this but in my case my battery was 50% and after flashing multiple times it was 0% and i got the red led so i thought i was booting into edl mode but after putting it to charge i realized that it was the low battery indication :p .

Now , guides and fixes.

1. So to unlock the device officially you need to headover to the site mentioned in your miui, and to get to that firstly enable developer options then go to developer options>mi unlock state and in the bottom is the link and follow the steps. I suggest waiting 24 hrs after getting the permission granted (which usually takes 5 mins) and then trying to add acc using the button in mi unlock state.

2. If you get the 86012 error, you are in the same boat as most of the people so the only way to officially unlock the device now is to wait 2-30 days.

3. If you get the couldnt connect to network error, download the developer version of your rom and follow instructions to install it. And then try.

4. Now, if you got your permission granted and the add acc thing worked then Congrats :cowboy: . Now if you download the Miunlock app and get the "Account doesnt exist" or "Network Error" error then switch the internet connection, in my case ,if i used vodafone mobile data hotspot then i got the error but with airtel no error. And after getting this Miunlock completed successfully your bootloader is unlocked.

5. Now the unofficial way, simple thing . Follow this https://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/guide-rn3-pro-se-t3565172 .

6. There are 2 types of edl mode on kenzo, first is when you get 900E in device manager, second is when you get 9008 in device manager on your pc. For any flash to work, you need to get 9008 .

7. Now most likely you might run into "Object instance " error or something like that or even "max buffer size 250k" using Miflash app to install a fastboot rom on kenzo. The fix is to firstly install the 2014 version of miflash app and then after running it on your pc and finding your device using it install latest version and run that. The preferred location to install the app is in C:\ instead of C:\Program Files. Also I used the 2016 version downloaded from a website rather than the latest official one .

8. Your device may get bricked and might only boot to edl mode and the 900E mode at that. To get into 9008 mode, either use edl cable or do the test point method .

9. For custom roms you dont need a modified boot.img which I was unable to retrieve for myself anyway. You can create them too.

Thats all i can gather for now, I will add more issues if i discover more and I hope that I get help from the mods and admins on the forums regarding putting reserved messages and all so that everyone who has a fix and reports here can benefit everyone else :)

I didnt include much links cause there are quite a few of these guides and I only wanted this to be a support thread and not a full guide .