53 MIUI Tips and Tricks

Title: [Updated 5.3.27] 53 MIUI 6 Tips & Tutorials You Should Know Author: meredithhan Time: 2014-9-25 16:50Title: [Updated 5.3.27] 53 MIUI 6 Tips & Tutorials You Should KnowHi MIUIers, how are you enjoying MIUI 6 after over a month of its release? Some sayMIUI 6 features are pretty much the same with those in MIUI V5, but is that so? If youreally dig into it, I believe you will be constantly surprised by it. This thread is a collection ofMIUI 6 tips & tutorial shared by fellow MIUIers. If you know a trick or two that worthsharing, please let me know and I'll add it to the list.

Lock screen & Home screen1. In MIUI 6, you can turn on torch on lockscreen by long pressing the home button justlike in V5. But if you want it to stay, you'll need to press the Power button, otherwise thetorch will turn off after 2 seconds. This is to prevent misoperation.2. When on home screen if you swipe 3 fingers from any sides towards the center ofscreen you can set the screen you want to be your home screen.

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3. Pinch on any page of home screen using two fingers to enter home screen editingmode.


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Or Hold the menu button for 0.5 seconds


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4. In home screen editing mode, click the small edit button and it will take you to themestore to download customs clocks.


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5.To put two apps into a folder, just drag one app towards another, and a folder will be createdautomatically


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6. How to put several apps into a folderIn home screen editing mode, tap on move apps, then tap on all the apps that you want tomove, and they'll be added to the dock. Tap on the folder widge to add it to the homescreen.


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Swipe from left to right, or from right to left to put the apps together. Then drag them to put into thenewly created folder


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7. The apps on your screen are sometimes scattered, want to arrange themautomatically?? Enter home screen editing mode, and shake your phone, the apps will getautomatically arranged (Not in alphabetic order).


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8. Easier way to search for Contacts, apps installed etc. is just SWIPE UP and TYPEwhen in home screen


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9. When the lockscreen is activated simply slide left to quickly launch the camera


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10. On home screen, swipe left or right from the Home button will enable one-handed mode. Andyou can choose the screen size in one-handed mode settings


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11. In Recents page, drag the apps icons, and they will show in full page mode


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12. In the recent menu if you long press on the clear all button, it will take you to appssettings page (ALL, Downloaded, Running, Cached)


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Read more:Exploring MIUI 6 Home Screen and the Gestures by SunnykeerthiMIUI 6 One-handed Operation Mode by Bughinirari

Contacts & Calls & Messaging1. How to Let Your Contacts Display in WhatsApp (by Iyengar)Click on Security and then Permissions in Security App.


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Select Permissions to take you to next screen where you are prompted (Apps /Permissions) Select Permissions and then Contacts


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Scroll down to the list where it lists the app WhatsApp. Select WhatsApp and you will beprompted for further permission levels. Select Accept and this will turn Green as shown inthe next screenshot.


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Open WhatsApp and refresh your contact list and all the contacts part of WhatApp arelisted, all your contacts are now synced with WhatsApp.


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2. Small but Great Call Note Reminder Feature in MIUI (by The.Tycoon)Go to call log of that perticular number


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long press selected call and goto Add Call note


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Add reminder text then go to notes settings and set a reminder


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Now you have a reminder note under that call


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3. Every contact in your phone has a QR code card. It's much easier now to givesomeone's phone number to a third person


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4. In the call menu, press the call button to call the most recent number


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Read more:Scan QR code card to add new contactsQR Code Name Card for Every Contact

Multimedia:1. Double tap on any images in Gallery to view it in full screen mode2. Music Player: the background color adapts to the album coverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkmVQj3403g&feature=youtu.be3. Swipe down on camera to switch between back and front camera


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4. Hold camera button, and capture multiple pictures


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5. Gallery >tap Local images >hold tap on the album you want to hide >chooseoption Hidden album to hide an album


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6. By pulling down (green arrow) any images of the albums, eg. Screenshots (under Local/ Cloud content gallery) on the screen, its hidden Date, Name & Size will appear forsorting.

7. To go to audio settings while in music player,just tap the album art, then 5 icons willappear under the album art, Just press the icon at right end (3 dots) , and it will bring upanother menu with options of sending, Setting as ringtone,Audio settings & Sleep timer


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8. Did You Know that you can instantly adjust the Exposure Value of your clicks in theCamera app,simply by (1) FIRST, TAP TO FOCUS and while the green circle indicates thatthe focus is now locked (2)Drag the Circle (3)COUNTER-CLOCKWISE / TO LEFT or(4)CLOCKWISE / TO THE RIGHT to increase or decrease the Exposure Value in a jiffy?


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9. Floating capture button in MIUI 6 cameraLaunch Camera App, and wwipe up on the capture button. A white transparent button willappear.Drag it around according to your preference, and tap the button to Capture.


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Read more:Getting to Know Better About Galley App on MIUI 6 by veirkovSystem Tools and Operations:1. Getting to Know Better About Notification Shade (by veirkov)Notification page:1) The easy one, you can just press once on the notification and it will send us to therelated app :) (everyone knows that)2) We can discard the notification just swiping it to the right side of the screen, but...if wewant to discard it by swiping to the left, we have to swip a little to the right and then swip tothe left. The last one it's a little tricky but it's necessary because if you don't do in that wayyou will get to the toggles page.


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3) Another interesting thing that we can do with our notifications is to modify if we want to showthe related app in the notification shade and if we want to show it in the keyguard. To do so, youonly have to long press on the notification and then you will be prompted to change such options.4) we have the option to discard all notifications, just pressing on the "X" placed on the bottom.5)We can pinch with two fingers on some notifications to expand them for getting moreinformation, options like share...


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6) There's another option that we can do with our notification shade, you can go toSecurity->Options/Settings->and activate "Show in notification shade". By activating thisyou have now placed Security shortcuts directly to our notification Shade


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Toggles page:


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As you can see, that toogles page it's divided in three sections:1) Placed on the top of the screen we can access to the music app directly tapping on thatplace, and we have the possibility to pause, resume, play our music.2) In the middle we have access to the toogles, and we can enable or disable them, toview more toogles you have to scrool down. If you want to access more options of onetoogle, you can make a long press to go directly. (Nice Shortcut). :P3) And placed in the bottom of the screen you can go directly to the settings page.2. You can rearrange toggles positions in Settings - Notifications - Toggle position


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3. In Calendar, if you want to access an old agenda or forward to a future date, just pressthe three dot menu below and select "Jump to date" and scroll the menu for the particulardate.


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4. MIUI 6 Calendar has a new interface while viewing an agenda which offers much morechoices than on V5. Like what you usually see on Facebook when someone invites you toan event, you can set your attendance here too. Also, you can e-mail the guests andremind or inform them of the event.


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5. Learn All About the New Notes App in MIUI 6 (by Bughinirari)1) In order to keep it simplistic and minimalistic, the search bar is hidden by default, onlyaccessible when users slide their finger downwards. Through the search bar, users havequick and easy access to previous notes and their contents.


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2) In MIUI V5, we need to swipe our fingers across any sentences to cross it out. This canbe troublesome, especially when the sentence is rather long. In V6, check boxes can beadded. A simple tap is what's needed to mark a task as "Done".


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3) Fancy a different colour for your note? You can do it by accessing the three dot menu inthe top right conner. You can choose between five colours, which is the default grey,yellow, blue, green and red. You can pick any colour according to your current mood andyour liking.


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6. How to Use Password to Protect Individual Apps (by Iyengar)Go to the Phone Settings >> Security and tap on the "Privacy Protection". Note: If youhave selected "Make Passwords Visible" toggle to on, person sitting next to you perhapscan see the pattern you use to operate.


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Once you in the privacy protection page, click on the "Permission" toggle and it will promptyou to set the "pattern lock" to lock the apps.


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Once the unlock pattern is confirmed, go back to the Privacy Protection page and tap onthe "Lock apps" option and select the apps which you want to lock.


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7. Swipe left and you will get a level within the Compass app


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8. Share any website using QR code. Open defaualt web browser,type any web url on urlbar and select it,select QR code.you can even save this QR code to device.


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9. Delete, starred, mark unread and read your mail is easy as dragging it to the LEFT or tothe RIGHT


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10. In Weather,swipe down it will be update automatically


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11. In Settings - About phone, press Internal memory for several times (or enter*#*#4636#*#* in the dialpad) to enter phone info page. Press Kernel version for severaltimes to enter Hardware test mode


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12. How to remove the download limit when using dataFind Downloads app. Click on the three dots on the Up Right Side


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Choose Settings.In the Settings menu, you can change the Download limit, chooseunlimited


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13. Many people have trouble going into option menu of apps after migrating from Miui v5.Here's an easy solution.Go to Settings- Buttons-Recents - Choose Show menu.So whenever you want to go to option menu of apps like you used to in Miui V5, just holdthe menu button for 0.5 seconds and the option menu will open


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14. Whenever you have a message or a notification of any app it'll show it to you on theicon. You can access the notificaion by double clicking the icon of that app. It'll show thenotification in short in the 'Notification panel'. You can clear it by sliding it left or sliding alittle to left and then to the right.


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15. How to connect to a wifi even if you don't know the password? Provided thatsome other device is already connected to it.Go to the wifi setting of connected device and click on the little arrow on the left side.


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Clicking this arrow will take you to the following menu.


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Now click on share WLAN Network. which wil take you another window. Scam the QRcode with your another device. After authencating, your wifi will connect to desirednetwork.


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16. Schedule a power profile switch at inactive time to save battery. Security > Battery >Schedule profile switch


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17. In Settings - About phone tap cpu multiple times to create a bug report.


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18. Screenshot captured with hidden share icon

Read more:All The New Features and Tricks of Calender in MIUI 6 by BughinirariGetting to Know Better About Security App by veirkov


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Author: raunamaxtor Time: 2014-9-25 17:01Good sharing info ..Author: MI3Rocks Time: 2014-9-25 17:01In Camera If you swipe from top to bottom.....You can toggle between Front and Rear Camera..Author: luvxiaomi Time: 2014-9-25 17:03Very good compilation @Meredithhan. It will be helpful of many new users here. You are awesomeAuthor: flamingrush2 Time: 2014-9-25 17:03Excellent! Thanks for compiling the useful tips... Surely will help many!Author: vincent_khoo Time: 2014-9-25 17:04alot of good writting from beta team ;)Author: shalinpatel Time: 2014-9-25 17:05Great share. Thanks..Author: mynameisJASZ Time: 2014-9-25 17:06Nice! Thanks.Author: Isharr Time: 2014-9-25 17:07Great . Thanks :))Author: Omi007 Time: 2014-9-25 17:08Excellent....specially the whats app and notification tricks :)Author: bismania Time: 2014-9-25 17:09

thank for index,, very2 helpfully Author: Kellaw Time: 2014-9-25 17:09One word -> EXCELLENT!Author: Shuddhahnik Time: 2014-9-25 17:09

Thanks...nice tipsAuthor: Esperedion Time: 2014-9-25 17:10Thank you...Author: gourav92 Time: 2014-9-25 17:11thank :)Author: waleed65 Time: 2014-9-25 17:12Thanks for sharing tipsAuthor: Ryo_Hanzo_Devil Time: 2014-9-25 17:12Great share. Thanks..Author: AxeRunner Time: 2014-9-25 17:13


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excellent guide, thanks

CheersAuthor: Gmbobs Time: 2014-9-25 17:15very useful, thank youAuthor: Gmbobs Time: 2014-9-25 17:16keep up the good workAuthor: 12dyl1983 Time: 2014-9-25 17:16thanks for tips :)Author: BE_Ang Time: 2014-9-25 17:16Good tips for all, I believe....Author: ajayap.hk Time: 2014-9-25 17:17Exactly what was needed. Hats off to all contributors...:-)Author: Gmbobs Time: 2014-9-25 17:17

vincent_khoo replied at 2014-9-25 14:34alot of good writting from beta team ;)

thank you for the shareAuthor: Singh74698 Time: 2014-9-25 17:17Great share ,thanks .Author: Pregie Time: 2014-9-25 17:18Thanks for sharing.Author: Makurin Time: 2014-9-25 17:18Very informative. Will wait next feature reviews.Thanks.Author: Linkbustr Time: 2014-9-25 17:18

needed thanks....Author: romanptl Time: 2014-9-25 17:22Really Great job !!! Cheers.... Thank you for the information..Author: karthikb89 Time: 2014-9-25 17:25Great! thanksAuthor: nigelreloaded Time: 2014-9-25 17:26nice guide!Author: cky2848 Time: 2014-9-25 17:29Thanks for the tip. Really great guide.Author: magdag Time: 2014-9-25 17:31Great features


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Author: AvishekDutta Time: 2014-9-25 17:31Good guide. Thanks!Author: vikneshrajen Time: 2014-9-25 17:34Nice ThanksAuthor: SuzAnDroid Time: 2014-9-25 17:34Good share! Useful info.Author: Quan112 Time: 2014-9-25 17:37thank-brother i just got this new phone !!i set the Mi Account they ask for the bind phone (mobile number)for verification but i was rejected. and help?Author: gaksh Time: 2014-9-25 17:40Superb.Author: Chris-Cristi Time: 2014-9-25 17:43good compilationAuthor: manippl Time: 2014-9-25 17:53Thanks for whatsapp trick... Really Nice guideAuthor: TzYoong Time: 2014-9-25 18:02Thumbs up for all the great tips.Author: Paulo_Dias Time: 2014-9-25 18:04Thanks a toon!Author: ipmart Time: 2014-9-25 18:08Great! Many thanks!Author: Mahlaz Time: 2014-9-25 18:11good going bro's!Author: redmi1s Time: 2014-9-25 18:11nice trick and feature ~Author: Sunnykeerthi Time: 2014-9-25 18:12Thanks for maintaining all in a single place Author: lokgenie Time: 2014-9-25 18:14really superbAuthor: Roussinov Time: 2014-9-25 18:15Awesome job Meredith!Thank you!Author: belonggaskins Time: 2014-9-25 18:17great sharing

thanks for sharingAuthor: ockagus Time: 2014-9-25 18:20


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Great share tanks Author: Bornon17th Time: 2014-9-25 18:20Thanks.Author: Bughinirari Time: 2014-9-25 18:21Excellent threads from my fellow comrades! Now I know how good I can babble after I compare

the lengths of our threadsAuthor: VarunJos Time: 2014-9-25 18:23Useful information, Thanks a lot..Author: laxmikanthd Time: 2014-9-25 18:28excellent tutorial... even for advanced usersAuthor: karakatsan Time: 2014-9-25 18:32Nice review. Thank youAuthor: chandan.napster Time: 2014-9-25 18:32cool. nice info. definitely come handy for many of us. :)Author: paultherock Time: 2014-9-25 18:39Thank you!!!!Author: imshyuan Time: 2014-9-25 18:43Thank you for your detailed guide, it sure helps newbie like me! :)Author: kalips Time: 2014-9-25 18:46nice shareAuthor: chillzz81 Time: 2014-9-25 18:47Thank you!Author: jogold Time: 2014-9-25 18:48many thanksAuthor: mavoSK Time: 2014-9-25 18:50Perfect article, thank youAuthor: rane1810 Time: 2014-9-25 18:50GREAT !!Author: Iyengar Time: 2014-9-25 18:51@meredithhan : I am deeply deeply honored for to live to see that you have selected 2 of myarticles.

With loveAuthor: lcons71 Time: 2014-9-25 18:56Thank you!Author: Sumitbhutani Time: 2014-9-25 18:57


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I am having v5 right now but used v6 theme... the layout is premium and classy but i found the lockscreen no for notification to be outdated compared to Android and IOS.

Hopefully the notifications are more easily managed from lock-screen through v6 update.Author: droke93 Time: 2014-9-25 18:59Amazing !!!Author: Time: 2014-9-25 19:04goodAuthor: akshay999 Time: 2014-9-25 19:05Notification tricks helps .. Thanks :)Author: vinyx7 Time: 2014-9-25 19:12good tutorials !Author: maZPri Time: 2014-9-25 19:17awesome...great tutorial n sharing... Author: akshayAXE Time: 2014-9-25 19:18awesome all in one threadAuthor: a4apple Time: 2014-9-25 19:19Thanks for the tips!Author: Comwil Time: 2014-9-25 19:21It will be helpful of many new users here. You are great!Author: Brigs786 Time: 2014-9-25 19:22That's really useful.Author: Santhan Time: 2014-9-25 19:23Good write upAuthor: Extant Time: 2014-9-25 19:23If you swipe from top to bottom.....You can toggle between Front and Rear Camera..Author: nickarbine Time: 2014-9-25 19:23Awesome tutorialAuthor: marcus_keong Time: 2014-9-25 19:24Wow!! This make me so exciting!! I cant wait for MIUI 6 in my Redmi Note!! Author: SRMreddy Time: 2014-9-25 19:25Thank you very much for tips in advance.Look forward to MIUI 6 for my redmi 1s.Author: nutsrishi Time: 2014-9-25 19:26very nice tutorial...Author: nemogamo Time: 2014-9-25 19:28


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ya.. ya.. ya... still no MIUI 6 for redmi Author: chiewks Time: 2014-9-25 19:28Thanks for the tips!Author: chiewks Time: 2014-9-25 19:29Thanks for the tips!Author: fundj112 Time: 2014-9-25 19:29Good tuts :)Author: fundj112 Time: 2014-9-25 19:29Good tuts :)Author: Timi83 Time: 2014-9-25 19:30Great tips...Author: shhbz Time: 2014-9-25 19:35great tricksAuthor: poonia790 Time: 2014-9-25 19:38Great.... Thanks..Author: msprasha Time: 2014-9-25 19:42good one...Author: Nurves Time: 2014-9-25 19:42they are not exclusive to v6Author: Azanahorio Time: 2014-9-25 19:47Excellent info for future.

ThanksAuthor: taneu Time: 2014-9-25 19:50useful tipsAuthor: AMIT143 Time: 2014-9-25 19:52Awsm info thanks a lot! :)Author: vijayspy Time: 2014-9-25 19:53That was a very much needed "All in one" tutorial. Thank you ;0Author: sksrocks Time: 2014-9-25 19:53great infothanksAuthor: AlwayzHit Time: 2014-9-25 19:57Thanks for your efforts good to know information waiting for MIUI 6 for Redmi 1sAuthor: AdamSebesta Time: 2014-9-25 19:58Thanks :p #REDMIMIUI6Author: yitsushi Time: 2014-9-25 19:58


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Nice list :DAuthor: jyike Time: 2014-9-25 20:16Sweet share !

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