Block incoming connections

[cookieoreo18]

My friend recently gave me his old Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x that he hasn't been using for a long time. He didn't remember the password so i wiped its data using the recovery mode. But now, when the phone opens it says that i should activate my phone using a mi account. My friend doesn't remember the password of his mi account. I managed to crack and now i can login without any problem. But when i connect the phone to the internet, i get locked agan. Is there any program i can use to block incoming connections from the xiaomi servers?

 

[mikedt]

This is Xisomi's own implementation of factory reset protection, an anti-theft security feature. And as such I don't think there is any way of defeating it.

 

[SteliosLkop]

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This is Xisomi's own implementation of factory reset protection, an anti-theft security feature. And as such I don't think there is any way of defeating it.

I managed to defeat it. But it works only offline. The safty system works by communicating with xiaomi's servers

 

[MoodyBlues]

I managed to defeat it. But it works only offline. The safty system works by communicating with xiaomi's servers

Right--so you didn't really defeat it, assuming you want to do anything that involves an Internet connection. Like installing apps, doing banking, shopping, using e-mail...

 

[svim]

If you had been able to decrypt the encryption lock securing this phone, you would have complete access to using it again. But whatever.
Try flashing a stock ROM, flashing the existing Android install with a clean, new one 'might' work and allow you to re-use this phone:
https://blogthetech.com/flash-file-xiaomi-redmi-note-4x-firmware-download-stock-rom/

 

[steiny180]

Have a look at NoRoot Firewall...

 

[svim]

Something to keep in mind is all non-root firewall apps cannot function like a full-featured, conventional firewall utility, they don't have the functionality to block incoming and outgoing signals on a system-level basis. They can only block apps and their related background services, with full control over user-level processes but very limited control over system-level processes.

 

[SteliosLkop]

If you had been able to decrypt the encryption lock securing this phone, you would have complete access to using it again. But whatever.
Try flashing a stock ROM, flashing the existing Android install with a clean, new one 'might' work and allow you to re-use this phone:
https://blogthetech.com/flash-file-xiaomi-redmi-note-4x-firmware-download-stock-rom/

Thanks for the help!