Mi Phone User Guide
Welcome Mi phone is powerful smart phone brand presented by Xiaomi Inc. Please visit www.mi.com to learn more features about Mi phone and purchase acces-
sories. To know more features about MIUI, please visit www.miui.com This user guide may differ from actual phone due to software update. Please refer to your actual phone accordingly. This revision is updated on 1st April, 2016 Xiaomi Inc.
1 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Overview Overview Applications Status Bar Icons Chapter 2: Get Started Important Information Battery and Charging USB Connectivity Headset Quick Guide Chapter 3: Basic Function Applications Gestures Notication Panel Text Input Chapter 4: Introduction of Detailed Functions Phone Take Photos and Videos Entertainment Browse the Web Multi-Tasks Add Widgets, Change the Wallpaper and Home Screen Thumbnail Changing Themes System Tools Other Utilisations Xiaomi Inc. 1 1 3 7 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 14 14 24 26 29 29 29 30 31 32
1 Chapter 1: Overview Overview Thank you for choosing Mi Phone! This user guide will help you with Mi Phone basics and advance functions. For more information, please visit our ofcial website: www.mi.com
*Picture shown above may differ from each model. Please refer to your actual phone accordingly. Xiaomi Inc. 1 Buttons Names Power Button Volume Buttons Functions Long press this button to turn the device on or off. Adjust the sound volume. Press this button when there is an incoming call to switch to silent mode. Menu Button + Volume Down Button Capture Screenshot. Installing the SIM or USIM card For phones with non-removable batteries:
1. Take the ejection pin out from print bundle 2. Insert the ejection pin into the hole on/beside the tray to loosen the tray and pull out the tray from the slot gently 3. Place the SIM or USIM card on the tray properly 4. Insert the tray back into the tray slot. For phones with removable batteries:
1. Remove the back cover and the battery 2. 3. Insert the SIM or USIM into the slot with metal contacts facing down Insert the battery and close the back cover. Xiaomi Inc.
2 Applications Phone Messaging Contacts Mail Music Camera Making phone calls or searching contacts with T9 keyboard. You can also check your call logs. Messaging lets you exchange text messages with other SMS and MMS devices using your cellular connection. You can manage your contacts saved in SIM/UIM, external memory and Mi account. Setup your mail account and access your mailbox with Mi phone. You will receive notication when new email received. Dirac HD sound brings a genuine improvement in audio performance, immersing your ears in a world of music. Take photos and record videos using various modes and settings. Xiaomi Inc. 3 The new Gallery with reorganized layout enables smooth browsing of images. Cloud albums will sync automatically, making it easy to create albums and manage photos. It brings you a smooth browsing and reading experience, and additionally offers comprehensive security protection. Personalise your MI Phone by choosing from hundreds of unique MI Themes. Choose your own style, change it to t your moods simply and quickly with just a few screen taps. File explorer lets you check storage usage and le browsing. You can also use WLAN to manage your phone storage remotely. The Security and Privacy functions allow you to set how youd like to lock and unlock your phone. The MIUI supports application encryption. Using MIUI virus scan and block-list features could prevent your phone from virus attacks, spam calls and junk SMS. Keep your updated to latest MIUI version. Customize your alarm clock setting and tag each of the alarm. 4 Gallery Browser Themes File Explorer Security Updater Clock Xiaomi Inc. You can take down notes and share via SMS, Bluetooth, mail and etc. Radio supports auto scan and lets you listen to local FM radio stations. Recorder lets you use Mi Phone as a portable recording device. Check out all the dates and public holidays. Calendar also supports lunar calendar. Find a direction, see your latitude and longitude, nd level, or match a slope. Manage all your download contents. Calculator provides simple and complex calculation function. 5 Notes Radio Recorder Calendar Compass Downloads Calculator Xiaomi Inc. Get the latest whether information online. Portable QR code, bar code scanner. Weather Scanner
* Application may different due to the region sold. Xiaomi Inc. 6 Status Bar Icons Notication bar will show below icons to indicate different status. Status Bar Icons Explnation Cell Signal No Signal Flight Mode Cellular Data Network Connected The more number of bars shown, the better cell signal reception your phone has. Cannot connect to telco service provider. Only emergency numbers are available. Airplane mode is onyou cant make phone calls, and other wireless functions may be disabled. Your Mi phone has been connected to cellular data network. 4G Network 4G/ LTE network connected. HSPA+ Network HSPA+ network connected. EDGE Network EDGE network connected. GPRS Network GPRS network connected. Wi-Fi Connection Your phone has been connected to Wi-Fi nearby. The more number of bars shown, the better Wi-Fi signal reception your phone has. Silent Mode Your phone has been set to silent mode. Vibration Mode Your phone has been set to vibration mode. GPS Service GPS and location service has been activated. Do Not Disturb Mode Do Not Disturb Mode An alarm is set Do Not Disturb is turned on. Bluetooth Bluetooth function has been enabled. Bluetooth Connection Bluetooth is on and paired with one or multiple devices. Xiaomi Inc. 7 Status Bar Icons Explnation Network Tethering Mode Network tethering mode is on and you can share your cellular data network with other devices. Earpiece An earpiece has been plugged into your phone. Speakerphone Mode OTG device connected Data Synchronisation Synchronisation Failure Use the speakerphone to listen a phone call. New device has been connected via OTG Synchronising your data. Your phone cannot synchronise data for some reason. More Notications There are multiple notications in your notication bar. Xiaomi Inc. 8 Chapter 2: Get Started Important Information To avoid injury, please read following critical information before using Mi phone. Please do not switch on your Mi phone in the place where wireless device is prohibited, for instance, plane, hospital and medical equipment with No Mobile Phone sign Please do not switch on your Mi phone where RF and cellular signal could possibly cause danger or interference, for instance, gas station, fuel, chemical solution and ex-
plosive article. Please use authentic Mi branded accessories and batteries. Do not use unauthorised accessories. Please keep your phone in dry condition Repair job should be operated by authorised professionals. For external plugged-in accessories, please read the user guide and handle with care. Battery and Charging The battery icon in the upper-right corner shows the battery level or charging status. To display the percentage of battery charge remaining, go to Settings > Additional settings >
Battery & performance > Battery indicator. When syncing or using Mi phone, it may take longer to charge the battery. USB Connectivity With the supplied USB cable, you can transfer data from other devices. You can choose the connection mode in the notication panel. Xiaomi Inc.
9 Headset Quick Guide PausePlay Next Song Previous Song Answer calls Finish calls Reject calls Press the button in the middle of the remote control Press the next button. Press the previous button. Press the middle button when someone dial in. Press the middle button during a call. Press and hold the middle button for 2 seconds.
* You can also customise the function of each button in the latest MIUI version. Xiaomi Inc.
10 Chapter 3: Basic Function Applications If you need to launch an APP, just tap the icon in the home screen. Return to home screenPress the home button. Switch to other home screensSwipe left/right on the screen, or tap the white dot. Switch to recent used APPs: Press the menu button. Gestures You can operate icon, button, menu, and input keypad via gesture function. Tapping: To open an APP, to select a menu item, to press an on-screen button, or to en-
ter a character using the keypad on the screen, tap it with your nger. Tapping and holding: Tap and hold an item or screen or more than 2 seconds to access available options. Swiping: Swipe to the left or right on the Home screen or Apps screen to view other pan-
els. Swipe upwards or downwards to scroll through a webpage or a list of items, such as contacts. Spreading and pinching: Spread two ngers apart on a webpage, map, or image to zoom in a part. Pinch to zoom out. Dragging: To move an item, tap and hold it and drag it to the target position. Xiaomi Inc.
11 Double-tapping: Double-tap on a webpage or image to zoom in. Double-tap again to return. Notication Panel When there are icons shown in the notication bar, please drag down from the notication bar to open the notication panel and check the details of the information. Text Input Virtual keypad is available for text input purpose. Below is an example showing how to use the input keypad. Detailed interface layout and operations depends on the keypad which you set by default. Opening the keypad 1. Type the input eld( such as typing a message) to open the keypad. There is cursor ashing in the input eld. 2. Type the letter on the keypad. Xiaomi Inc.
12 SwiftKey Google Keyboard Fleksy Google Pinyin Input
* You can change the keypad in the notication panel. When you want to change the keypad please pull down the notication panel to select which keypad you want to use. Xiaomi Inc. 13 Chapter 4: Introduction of Detailed Functions Phone Making A Call and Answering a Call Making A Call Using the dial key Dial the phone number: input the numbers directly, press the calling button to start calling. Type the symbol + : Tap and hold number key 0 for seconds. Type the pause symbol , : Tap and hold key * for seconds. Enter the voice mail box: Tap and hold number key 1 for seconds. Making A Fast Call via T9 Dial Key Search via T9 dial key support:
Search a contact via any letter of his / her English name;
Search a contact via any number of his / her phone numbers;
It will show the matched results with highlighted remark. You can make the call via typing the highlighted parts. Xiaomi Inc.
14 Calling via Recents Latest calls will be found in Recents. You can make the same call via typing his/her name or phone numbers in the call log. The arrow icon on the right is used to access the interface of detailed information. Missed calls will be remarked in red with calling times. It will show the attribution of strangers numbers. Calling via the Contacts If you want to call someone via Contacts please swipe to the left to access Contacts interface. You can choose the persons name and press to dial his/her numbers. Emergency call You can make emergency call without SIM card or register to local network under the sup-
port of the network operator. For example: Type 112, type the calling button to make a emergency call.
*You can access the calling interface via typing the icon of the emergency call when the screen is locked by password number or PIN number. Xiaomi Inc.
15 Operations During A Call Speaker Mode Use hands-free function to make a call. When blue-tooth is connected, Hands-free will be changed to Connect to the device which is used to switch the communication device dur-
ing a call. Keypad Open keypad to dial phone numbers. Mute Mute your line. Record You can save a talk on the phone by tapping Record button. Notes Tap Notes button to open the note and manually type text. The note will be saved auto-
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16 Draft Revision:20160407 Contacts Tap Contacts to open Contacts interface and view contacts information. Calling from The Third Party When you receive a third party call during an on-going call, your phone will beep and show detailed contact information of the third party caller to remind you to decide Answer or Ignore.
* Calling the third party or receiving a call from the third party is optional service. Please contact your network operator for more information. Hold When you want answer a call from the third party during on-going calling you can press hold to let current call wait. When you nish the call with the third party you can type Re-
sume call to retrieve the held call. Adding Call You can jump to Contacts interface to add the other contact when you are calling on the phone. When the other call is answered your on-going calling will be held. In this situation you can choose Switch or Merge call. When you choose Merge call your phone will be change to Conference call mode. Conference Call
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Making A Call During Calling Tap Add calls and call the other contact. Your rst call will be held. Tap Merge call . All the calls will be merged to the same line so that all the people on the call will hear each other. Repeat the second and third step to add more contacts. Answering A Call Answering Swipe upwards Answer button to answer a phone. Xiaomi Inc. 17 Rejecting Swipe upwards Reject button to reject a call. You can swipe upwards Message button to reject the call and send a message instead. Changing the Gesture of Answering A Phone Mute the ringtone of the calling: Press Power button or any Voice button, the ringtone will be mute, but you can still decide to answer the phone. Recognising Strangers Phone Numbers The phone numbers of the sellers will be recognised as the name of the seller. For exam-
ple: 10010 will be recognised as China Unicom automatically. Xiaomi Inc. 18 Sending An SMS Editing An SMS 1. Tap Compose button. 2. Add a recipient Directly type a contacts phone numbers; Type any letters or phone numbers of a contact, select the result from below speed search bar and press the icon Add contacts on the right to select which one you want from contacts list. If you choose contacts by mistake you can delete the wrong contacts by pressing the added contacts preview. 3.Tap Text message to type text. There is a remind of texts capacity above Send button (It will appear if there is enough space). When there is more than 1 message in the mailbox it will show current messages quantity. If you attach picture, video or PPT. the message will be switched to MMS directly. Besides that it can support attaching emoticon, contacts information, mass name, every-
day expressions. 4. Tap Send button. Reading An SMS When you receive a message there will be a remind with senders name, preview and re-
ceive time in the message list. You can read the completed message by typing the list. Af-
ter reading the message you can also reply it to the sender immediately. Xiaomi Inc.
19 Reading MMS When you receive MMS it will remind you to download the MMS via tapping Download button. If MMS has a image or video attachment: Read the attachment through the Gallery. If MMS has an audio attachment: It will be played through the systems media player Sending A Group SMS It will show the sending progress such as sending the message to which number contact If it failed to send a message to someone there will be a remind to ask the user to select retry or give up. When all messages are sent you can check every sent message by pressing message list of the group. Deleting An SMS Dialogue or A Message You can access edit mode by tap and hold a message in the message list or message dialogue for seconds. In this situation you can select the message which you want to re-
move. Manage Preview and Notications You can enable preview and light up the screen in the messages settings. If you enable the preview you can view it from locked screen, notications bar, pop-up windows when you receive a new message. If you enable light screen function the screen will be lighted automatically when you re-
ceive a new message so that you can read, reply, delete the message fast. Search An SMS You can click search bar to access search mode. You can search all messages text here. Adding A Message to Favorite Tap any message in the message list for seconds to nd More at the bottom of the menu. If you tap Starred it will add the message to favourites. The message in the favourite list will be remarked with a heart icon. If you tap the Starred icon again the message will be removed from favourite list. All the favourite messages will be listed in the favourite list. User can forward the message or cancel the starred icon of the message. Pin An SMS Dialog to The Top Tap and hold any dialog in your SMS list and tap the Pin button in the bottom. This SMS dialog will be pined to the top of the SMS dialog list. Xiaomi Inc.
20 Manage Contacts Importing Contacts MIUI offers 4 ways to mass import contacts or add single contact information. Sync with your Mi account By tapping it you can set the cloud-based account to synchronise the contacts data. Import contacts from a vCard le By tapping it you can search vCard les in the phone and select one or more vCard les to import. You can view details of the vCard by tapping arrow icon on the right. Import using Mi mover By using Mi mover you will get an instruction to guide you to import data from the other phone step by step. Create A New Contact By tapping it you can create a new contact manually. Xiaomi Inc.
21 Viewing Contacts Contacts list Contact list is set to simple mode by default. It can only show names of contact. If you want to show more information you can enable Display photos and info Tap alphabetical Index and choose a letter. If the letter is matched in the contacts names it will show the related contacts names. Contacts card You can do below when you view the contacts card: Make a call Send an SMS Set a birthday reminder of the contacts Send an e-mail if you already saved e-mail address of contacts Open the Browser to visit website Find the location of contact address and get driving path to reach there Add a note Set contacts by groups Set a ringtone Set contacts photo of calling Check all the calling logs with a contact Place on Home screen (Menu) Send contacts information (Menu) Favorite (Menu) When a contact have more than 1 phone numbers you can type one of them for seconds and press Set default. Searching Contacts You can nd the contacts by searching his/her name, any letter of his/her name, nick name or company name. Creating A New Contact Use dials to create new contacts:
Type numbers on the T9 dial key. If it is phone numbers of strangers you can press new contact or add to contacts. Add new contacts via call log:
Tap arrow icon behind strangers phone numbers to move to next interface, tap new con-
tact at the bottom and select New contact or Add to contacts. Add new contacts via message:
Tap New contact on the contacts list. Editing Contacts Choose any contact and tap Edit Edit the information of the contact and save the information. Xiaomi Inc.
22 Modifying the information of contacts Tap and hold a contact for seconds and tap edit to change the information. When every-
thing is ok tap ok to save it. Adding more information Tap and hold a contact for seconds and type edit to access contact cards interface. Tap Add another eld to choose more information to add. Deleting information of contacts Tap delete button on the right to remove information. Creating a group Tap My groups to create a contact group. Add new contact to the group Open the group and tap Add button to select contacts from the list. Removing contacts from a group Tap a contact which you want to remove for seconds. Tap delete from menu to remove the contact from the group. Removing contact will not delete the contact information from con-
tacts list. Adding a contact to the favourite list Open the contact card and tap Favourite button. Removing a contact from favourite list Open the contact card and tap Favourite to change it from Favourite to Unfavorite. Xiaomi Inc.
23 Take Photos and Videos Launch camera to take high quality photos, quick focal length adjustment supported while burst shooting, timer, special effect, panorama and other professional photo modes are supported as well. Switching recording mode through the action bar at the bottom of page to record videos, it supports recording of 1080p high quality videos. Taking Photos Focusing Users tap any position of framing area to trigger focus frame, the location of frame will be changed depends on the location being tapped by user, Focus frame has three statuses, which are focus preparation/ focus failed/ focus succeed, Focus failed and focus succeed are the consequences of auto-judgment by app when users press the shutter, Exposure can be adjusted rapidly by rotating focus frame horizontally after focus success. Flash Multiple taps on ash button to switch between three ash modes: auto/ turn on/ turn off. Xiaomi Inc.
24 Burst Shooting Users to long press the shutter to take photos continuously, the number of photos taken will be shown at the center of screen. Operation Panel Swipe left to enter lters interface, various lter effects are selectable, Swipe right to enter options interface, there are a variety of photo modes to choose and modifying camera settings. Under video recording mode, tap record button to start recording, tap again to stop. Tap camera button of operation bar at the bottom to return to camera mode, Video recording mode supports slow motion, quick motion and HDR. There is a video quality setting for video recording Its allowed to switch between 1080p/ 720p/ 480p. Xiaomi Inc.
25 Entertainment Listening to Music Music app supports playing local music. It supports to play music in different modes ac-
cording to song titles, singers, albums, and playlists. It also features a warm-hearted sleeping mode. My Music View/manage local song, categorised music within favourite list;
Sync music list to cloud by login Xiaomi account. Play music Interface of playing music. Display album cover/lyric of current playing song, swipe left to switch to lyric interface, swipe right to current play list page;
Tap song album cover to call out advance functions: controller of song playing order, Milian etc. Xiaomi Inc.
26 Viewing Images Viewing Mode You may view photos captured and photo album or le directory in internal storage by gallery. Wherein camera photos including photos taken by local device, gallery is a form of various photos of phone being organised based on certain organisation method. Viewing A Single Photo 1. Tap on the folder which wanted to browse, 2. Tap the photo to view among thumbnails, viewing a photo or video in full screen. Show or hide control bar Tap on centre area of photo or video to call out the control bar, tap again to hide. Bottom control bar including Send: user may select any kind of services that able to receive photo via pop-out system menu. Edit: crop and horizontal rotation supported. Delete: delete current photo. Xiaomi Inc.
27 More: map position, add to album, add to hidden album, set as wallpaper, set as contact photo, start swipe show. Upper control bar including Photo details: viewing photo detailed parameters. Control bar will be hidden automatically if not operating for 3 seconds. Partial zoom in or zoom out Spread two ngers apart or pinch to zoom in or zoom out, you may also double tap to zoom in, double tap again to zoom out. Viewing next or previous photo Swipe your nger to the left or right. Hide Pictures Folder If there is picture in a picture folder doesn't wants to be seen during browsing, you may long press the folder and select hide. To show hidden albums, get into settings-gallery-
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28 Browse the Web Browser supports double tap or spread/pinch two ngers to zoom webpage. Get into use-
ful websites rapidly via website navigation. Multiple windows supported, swipe from edge of the screen to switch between tabs. Smart full screen, best tted browsing area. Reading mode, eliminating all elements that might affect reading, restoring the most es-
sential reading appeal. Multi-Tasks Mi phones support running multi-tasks simultaneously, all you have to do is just tap menu button under unlock status and select the application you would like to switch. One tap removal button is helping you to close all ongoing applications instantly, in order to release memory space quickly. Add Widgets, Change the Wallpaper and Home Screen Thumbnail You may pinch or tap and hold menu button to get into edit mode to add widgets, select widgets;
Select move apps in the menu to move in bulk, delete application on desktop, it supports create new folder rapidly;
Select wallpaper in the menu to change lock screen and wallpaper;
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29 Pinch on desktop by using three ngers to get into thumbnail mode, able to add, delete and adjust screen sequence, setting a home screen is supported and able to jump into a screen immediately. Changing Themes Using themes application to change the theme of system global area, supports customise partially, including wallpaper, home screen, icons, lock screen, ringtone etc. Moreover, there are online resources of constantly updated themes so its much more easier to change a theme. Xiaomi Inc.
30 System Tools File Explorer Get to know the current usage of phone storage via le explorer, it supports quick viewing documents through category and managing documents based on routes. Furthermore, there is FTP function that enables remote manage phones document via WLAN from PC Security There is nothing to worry when using MIUI. Security is a part of the system, runs under system level, more secure and stable. Integrating rubbish cleaner, block list, virus scan, data usage monitor, battery utiliser, permission manager in one app, comprehensive pro-
tection of phone safety and privacy. Backup It supports backup of contacts, call logs, messages, system settings etc., partly or fully restored is selectable after backup done. Updater Keeping MIUI the latest version, restore to a nearest historical version is supported. Xiaomi Inc.
31 Other Utilisations Clock Clock is a great helper of reminding the time for you, it supports repetition reminder, cus-
tom tag. Weather Weather forecast of the next three days, real time display of weather condition, reminder of sudden weather, family weather, quick share of weather forecast to family is supported. Notes Notes helps you to take down text messages fast and sharing via email or other ap-
proaches, it supports synchronisation with Google task. Calendar Allow you to view date, festival and holidays. Flashlight Flashlight application can be used quickly by long pressing menu button after lighting up the screen, it can also be used via the notication bar after unlocked the screen. Radio Radio supports automatic search for radio stations, adding a radio station to favourite and loudspeaker. Recorder Recorder helps you to quick save voice notes, it may records uninterruptedly up to 7 days. Compass Compass helps you to nd direction rapidly. Xiaomi Inc.
32 Hotline service Please call customer service hotline as below if customer service is needed:
Singapore: +65 6761 6088 Malaysia: 1 800 281 182 / 015 4840 7777 India: 1800 103 6286 Indonesia: 0800 1 401558 Hong Kong: 3001 1888 Taiwan: 02 2192 1023 Online support Online chatting, get to know various customer service details in real time, please visit links as below for more tips of using Xiaomi. Singapore: http://www.mi.com/sg/service/online/
Malaysia: http://www.mi.com/my/service/online/
India: http://www.mi.com/in/service/online/
Indonesia: http://www.mi.com/id/service/online/
Philippines: http://www.mi.com/ph/service/online/
Hong Kong: http://www.mi.com/hk/service/online/
Taiwan: http://www.mi.com/tw/service/online/
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Singapore: www.mi.com/sg Malaysia: www.mi.com/my India: www.mi.com/in Indonesia: www.mi.com/id Philippines: www.mi.com/ph Hong Kong: www.mi.com/hk Taiwan: www.mi.com/tw Feel free to join the base camp of MIUI, your opinions help us shape the future of MIUI. en.miui.com Xiaomi Inc.
33 Mi Phone User Guide http://www.mi.com is the only ofcial website of Xiaomi Inc. mi.com domain is under the protection of PRC law. and MIUI etc. are trademarks of Xiaomi Inc. MIUI is the Mi smart phone built in operation system. All rights reserved by Xiaomi Inc. Xiaomi Inc.
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