Mi Phone User Guide Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
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 accessories. 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 12th May, 2016 Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Overview 1 Overview 1 Applications 3 Status Bar Icons 7 Chapter 2: Get Started 9 Important Information 9 Battery and Charging 9 USB Connectivity 9 Headset Quick Guide Chapter 3: Basic Function 10 11 Applications 11 Gestures 11 Notification Panel 12 Text Input 12 Chapter 4: Introduction of Detailed Functions 14 Phone 14 Take Photos and Videos 24 Entertainment 26 Browse the Web 29 Multi-Tasks 29 Add Widgets, Change the Wallpaper and Home Scr
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 official website: www.mi.com *Picture shown above may differ from each model. Please refer to your actual phone accordingly. Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
Buttons Names Functions Power Button Long press this button to turn the device on or off. Volume Buttons 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.
Applications Making phone calls or searching contacts with T9 keyboard. You can also check your call logs. Phone Messaging lets you exchange text messages with other SMS and MMS devices using your cellular connection. Messaging You can manage your contacts saved in SIM/UIM, external memory and Mi account. Contacts Setup your mail account and access your mailbox with Mi phone. You will receive notification when new email received.
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. Gallery It brings you a smooth browsing and reading experience, and additionally offers comprehensive security protection. Browser Personalise your MI Phone by choosing from hundreds of unique MI Themes. Choose your own style, change it to fit your moods simply and quickly with just a few screen taps.
You can take down notes and share via SMS, Bluetooth, mail and etc. Notes Radio supports auto scan and lets you listen to local FM radio stations. Radio Recorder lets you use Mi Phone as a portable recording device. Recorder Check out all the dates and public holidays. Calendar also supports lunar calendar. Calendar Find a direction, see your latitude and longitude, nd level, or match a slope. Compass Manage all your download contents.
Get the latest whether information online. Weather Portable QR code, bar code scanner. Scanner * Application may different due to the region sold. Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
Status Bar Icons Notification bar will show below icons to indicate different status. Status Bar Icons Explnation Cell Signal The more number of bars shown, the better cell signal reception your phone has. No Signal Cannot connect to telco service provider. Only emergency numbers are available. Flight Mode Airplane mode is on—you can’t make phone calls, and other wireless functions may be disabled. Cellular Data Network Connected Your Mi phone has been connected to cellular data network.
Status Bar Icons Explnation Network Tethering Network tethering mode is on and you can share your Mode cellular data network with other devices. Earpiece An earpiece has been plugged into your phone. Speakerphone Mode Use the speakerphone to listen a phone call. OTG device connected New device has been connected via OTG Data Synchronisation Synchronising your data. Synchronisation Failure Your phone cannot synchronise data for some reason.
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 explosive article.
Headset Quick Guide Pause Play Press the button in the middle of the remote control. Next Song Press the next button. Previous Song Press the previous button. Answer calls Press the middle button when someone dial in. Finish calls Press the middle button during a call. Reject calls Press and hold the middle button for 2 seconds. * You can also customise the function of each button in the latest MIUI version. Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
Chapter 3: Basic Function Applications • • • • If you need to launch an APP, just tap the icon in the home screen. Return to home screen Press the home button. Switch to other home screens Swipe 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.
• Double-tapping: Double-tap on a webpage or image to zoom in. Double-tap again to return. Notification Panel When there are icons shown in the notification bar, please drag down from the notification bar to open the notification 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.
SwiftKey Google Keyboard Fleksy Google Pinyin Input * You can change the keypad in the notification panel. When you want to change the keypad please pull down the notification panel to select which keypad you want to use. Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
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.
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.
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 during 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 automatically. Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
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.
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.
Sending An SMS Editing An SMS 1. Tap “Compose” button. 2. Add a recipient Directly type a contact’s 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.
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 system’s 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.
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 file By tapping it you can search vCard files in the phone and select one or more vCard files to import. You can view details of the vCard by tapping arrow icon on the right.
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.
Modifying the information of contacts Tap and hold a contact for seconds and tap edit to change the information. When everything 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 field “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.
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.
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 “filters” interface, various filter 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.
Entertainment Listening to Music Music app supports playing local music. It supports to play music in different modes according 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.
Viewing Images Viewing Mode You may view photos captured and photo album or file 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.
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 fingers 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 finger to the left or right.
Browse the Web Browser supports double tap or spread/pinch two fingers to zoom webpage. Get into useful websites rapidly via website navigation. Multiple windows supported, swipe from edge of the screen to switch between tabs. Smart full screen, best fitted browsing area. Reading mode, eliminating all elements that might affect reading, restoring the most essential reading appeal.
Pinch on desktop by using three fingers 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 it’s much more easier to change a theme.
System Tools File Explorer Get to know the current usage of phone storage via file explorer, it supports quick viewing documents through category and managing documents based on routes. Furthermore, there is FTP function that enables remote manage phone’s 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.
Other Utilisations Clock Clock is a great helper of reminding the time for you, it supports repetition reminder, custom 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 approaches, it supports synchronisation with Google task.
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.
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