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Questions tagged [xiaomi]

For questions specific to Xiaomi Android devices, software problems and questions about its user interface known as MIUI.

Xiaomi Inc is a privately owned Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. 4th largest smartphone maker. Xiaomi designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, laptops and related consumer electronics.

Founded : 6 April 2010 Key people : Lei Jun (CEO) Lin Bin (President) Hugo Barra (Vice President)

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How to setup a Xiaomi Mi Band without an internet connection?

I have a phone with no internet connection and I want to pair it with a Xiaomi Mi Band. Is there any way to do that since the Xiaomi app asks for online registration? Or at least, can I use the internet just for the activation and then keep using it…
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How can MIUI read my previous MI Account ID and phone number on clean install?

I unlocked my bootloader, flashed some custom ROM and the ROM is working fine for several months. Today I decided to return to the stock MIUI global ROM. After finished flashing new images using fastboot, I'm quite surprised when the phone asked…
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Is there anyway to move apps and data from regular android phone to xiaomi?

Helium back up doesn't seem to work for xiaomi at all. Anyone ever did restore helium back up to xiaomi? What are the other alternatives? Google play restore doesn't seem to work either. Note: I do NOT need to back up the APK. What I mainly want is…
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Always allow install via USB on Xiaomi

So I'm trying to install my app on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8Pro but there is a pop-up window that appears at the end of the installation with "allow the access". Is there a way to set "always allow" for this device so I don't have to wait for this…
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What does "Global EU" mean in the context of smartphone versions?

While browsing smartphone offers, I encountered several offers like "Xiaomi Mi9 6/64GB Global EU". What does "Global EU" mean in this context?
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Can't view private files

Once I move a few photos to private (by using the built-in OS feature of performing the drag-down gesture in the built-in File Manager and accessing the private files), and I try opening them in the listing, I am just prompted again for a password…
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Main super user app not working on Redmi note 6 pro

I rooted my n6p (after unlock of bootloader) using TWRP and flashed Magisk which installed Magisk manager. Many root checkers showed my phone was positively rooted. After that I was using titanium backup as superuser app, it was working fine and…
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Redmi 2014818 says "unfortunately com.android.systemui has stopped"

I have Xiaomi HM2 LTE IN. Also called Redmi 2014818. Every time I try to open any MI app the phone says "unfortunately process com.android.systemui has stopped". Then when I tap "view summary" the lock screen appears. So it has made using the…
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Can I unlock bootloader for Mi phone?

I've been told that I need to ask permission from Xiaomi to unlock bootloader. Why and is there any other way? Btw, I'm currently using Redmi 5A.
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Xiaomi Mi 5C - Horrible Speed

I have a new Xiaomi Mi 5C ordered from AliExpress. When connected to the data network in Denmark, the internet is horribly sluggish. It seems to only be able to connect via Edge. Anybody knows a solution? Note 1: that the same sim card in another…
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Xiaomi. Unable to allow app run in background [solved]

I accidently disabled play market run in background. As result when display is turning off play market stop upgrade apps in background. I'm trying to enable again. But there no play market in list. Upd 1. Yes, it's Google play store. I has another…
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How to recover phone from lost mi account?

I got a xiaomi mi4i from my brother a while ago which was lying with him for quite a while. So, after I got it, I did a factory reset and tried logging into mi account only to realize that the device has been associated with another account. I asked…
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What's the difference between Mi and Mi Note model lines?

I assumed that the Mi Note was created to compete with the Samsung Note series. My primary use case is using a stylus and stylus related software. But I can't find any reference to a stylus for the Mi Note(or the Mi Note Pro) model lines. Is the…
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Does xiaomi red mi note 3 support kill switch?

Xiaomi uses android. I wonder what the operating system is. If it's based on lolypop, it should have kill switch right. Is it? I just want to make sure before buying xiaomi red mi note 3 This is what I found so far: Kill switch – Android 5.0…
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Flashing stock firmware deletes everything from / (root) directory?

Hello i have a Xiaomi Mi 8 and i was playing with adb shell servies commands and now it shows "android phone service stop working" and it keeps rebooting.My question is when i flashing stock firmware from xiaomi tool, deletes everything from /…
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