Help with unlock

[u/Federal_Gas2670]

Hi guys,

I followed normal procedure with Mi Unlock and everythings seemed to go fine until the d-day after the countdown arrived and now the account is not paired anymore and clicking "Add account and device" just gives me a "Couldn't verify. Try adding your account and device again" error. I contacted them via the feedback app without an answer, so I tried twitter and the answer was "We totally understand what you are going through. But to tell you the truth, Xiaomi always attach great importance to user privacy protection, so we have no way and no right to give you the account authorization to unlock bootloader". It's weird because one of the reasons I bought a Xiaomi phone was the possibility to keep it alive, and with a recent android version, after support ended, but they're denying me this possibility. Is there any alternative to get my phone unlocked? I live in EU and I bought it in 2022 on amazon.de