How to Prepare a Xiaomi Phone Before Selling

Two locks to clear before you reset

A Xiaomi, Redmi, or POCO phone can lock the next owner out after a reset through two separate systems:

• Mi Account & Find Device:Xiaomi's own anti-theft. If left signed in, the phone stays tied to your Xiaomi identity and can demand your Mi credentials.
• Google account (FRP): the same Factory Reset Protection used across Android. After a reset, the phone asks for the last Google account that was signed in.

Remove both BEFORE resetting and the phone sets up cleanly for the next owner. Do it in the order below.

Step 1: Back up what you want to keep

1. Mi Cloud: Settings → Mi Account → Mi Cloud → back up contacts, messages, and gallery.
2. Google backup: Settings → Google → Backup → back up now. Photos sync via Google Photos; contacts via your Google account.
3. Mi Mover:if you're switching to another phone, use the Mi Mover app to transfer everything directly.
4. Manual copy:plug into a computer, set USB to "Transfer files", and copy out anything important from internal storage.

Confirm the backup finished before moving on. Back up first, reset last.

Step 2: Turn off Find Device and remove your Mi Account

1. Open Settings
2. Tap your Mi Account at the top
3. Open Find Device and toggle it off
4. Go back, scroll to the bottom of the Mi Account page
5. Tap Sign out and confirm with your password

Turning off Find Device first ensures the Xiaomi anti-theft lock is cleared before you sign out.

Step 3: Remove your Google account

1. Open Settings
2. Tap Accounts & sync (or Passwords & accounts)
3. Tap your Google account
4. Tap Remove account and confirm
5. Repeat for any additional Google accounts

Step 4: Sign out of other services

Remove any payment cards from Mi Pay or Google Wallet, and unpair Xiaomi wearables (Mi Band, Watch) and Buds from the companion apps so you can re-pair them to your new phone without issues.

Step 5: Factory reset

1. Open Settings
2. Tap About phone → Factory reset (or Settings → Additional settings → Backup & reset)
3. Tap Erase all data
4. Enter your lock screen PIN/pattern and Mi Account password if prompted
5. Confirm to begin the wipe

The phone restarts and erases everything — usually 5–10 minutes. Don't turn it off mid-process. When it finishes, you'll reach the setup welcome screen.

Step 6: Verify the locks are cleared

After the reset, tap through setup to the Wi-Fi step and connect. If the phone moves straight to "set up as new" without demanding a Google or Mi Account, both locks are off and the phone is ready to sell. If it asks for a previous Google account, you missed Step 3 — sign in to clear it, sign out, and reset again.

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We buy Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO alongside all major brands. The key Android rule: no telco-locked Android phones. As long as your phone isn't carrier-locked and you've removed both your Mi and Google accounts, we can give you a fair quote. WhatsApp us your model, storage, condition, and battery details, and whether you have the box — we'll send back an estimated buyback quote. Most inspections take 15–30 minutes with instant payout via DuitNow or bank transfer.