Xiaomi has taken measures to prohibit the installation of the international version of the system on domestic version devices. After flashing, an error will be reported and the system cannot be entered.

According to the news released by KacperSkrzypek, a well-known official version tester of the Xiaomi.EU system, Xiaomi has now added a regional detection mechanism in the boot boot. This mechanism will identify the market version of the hardware. For example, Xiaomi sold in the Chinese mainland market will not be able to start normally after installing the international version of the system.

Tests show that this detection mechanism is a restriction added in the boot wizard. Therefore, after installing a non-National Bank version of the system, unsupported software (Unsupported software) will be displayed in the boot wizard after the system starts. The only option on this interface is to shut down.

The description added by Xiaomi on the boot wizard interface is:

This software version is not supported by your device. Using this version may pose security risks. Please contact your sales channel for details (This software version is not supported by your device.Usingitmayposesecurityrisks.Contactyoursalesagentfordetails.)

It is worth noting that because this restriction is placed in the boot wizard, users who have previously completed flashing will not be triggered after restarting and updating. However, once the user restores factory settings, the boot wizard will be re-enabled and the detection will also be triggered, making it impossible to enter the system.

However, the developers of Xiaomi.EU, the official version of the system, are also very fast. This restriction has been lifted in some way. Therefore, users of the official version of Xiaomi.EU do not need to worry about this restriction and can continue to flash and update the system.

It is currently known that Xiaomi has implemented this restriction on the Redmi Note13 series. It is estimated that other models will be synchronized in the future. By then, these devices may not be able to install and use versions from other regions normally.

Xiaomi is not the only manufacturer that currently restricts flashing of different market versions. OnePlus also had similar restrictions before. Users were unable to flash the international version of the system on the Chinese version of the device. This restriction has been going on for some time.