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suggestions to help you get started.

a. Change the display language

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Language & input > Language. 2. Select the language you want.

b. Add additional input languages

i. Google keyboard

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Language & input.

2. Tap next to Google keyboard > Input languages.

3. Slide the Use system language switch to the left to turn it off. With this feature being turned off, you can turn on as many languages as you want below it.

4. On the virtual keyboard, you can tap the key to switch between the languages.

ii. SwiftKey

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Language & input.

2. Tap next to SwiftKey > Languages 3. On the Languages screen, download and select the languages you want.

c. Turn on/off the keyboard clicks

The keyboard click sound on your Mi 3 is turned off by default. If you wish to turn it on, check

out this post for more info.

d. Change the ringtone

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Sound > Phone ringtone 2. Select a ringtone.

Related tutorial: How to set a song as your ringtone on Xiaomi Mi 3 ?

e. Change the notification tone

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Sound > Default notification . 2. Select a tone.

Note: On the same Sound screen, you can also personalize the Messaged received and delivered

tones.

Related tutorial: How to use a music file as notification sound on Mi 3 ?

f. Turn on/off the dial pad touch tones, touch sounds, screen lock sound and

haptic feedback

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Sound.

2. Scroll down to the System section. Here, you can toggle the features on/off.

g. Adjust the phone volumes

1. Press the physical volume key, located on the right side of the phone, up or down. When a volume icon appears on the screen, tap it to get the sliders for ringtone and media

volumes.

2. On your phone, tap Settings > General Settings > Sound > Volumes and drag the sliders to adjust the volume level for each sound.

h. Change the themes

Bored with the look and feel of your Mi 3 ? You can install a new theme for it.

How to change your Mi 3 phone theme ?

i. Change the wallpaper for home and lock screen

ust the

wallpapers. For example, the phone icons are changed as well to match the theme. If you only

want to change the wallpapers (and nothing else), follow these steps:

1. On your phone, tap the Menu button, then select Wallpaper. 2. Next, you can select either Home screen or Lock screen.

3. Next, you can find, download and apply the wallpaper you like. Note: All downloaded wallpapers are viewable on the Local tab.

j. Change the display font size

1. On your phone, tap Settings > Display > Font size

2. Select the size you want.

Related tutorial: How to change the font on Xiaomi Mi 3 ?

k. Change the screen timeout

You can set the length of inactivity time before turning off the device screen.

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Display > Sleep

l. Change the screen transition effects

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Display > Default launcher > System launcher > Screen transition effects

2. Select the effects you want.

m. Change the toggle layout style

1. On your phone, tap Settings > Notifications

2. At the Toggle Layout Style section, select either Bar or Page. The default setting is Page.

n. Customize the quick settings buttons on the Toggle screen

Check out this post for more info. on how to customize the quick settings buttons on the Toggle

screen.

o. Lock your device

You can secure your Mi 3 with 3 different screen lock securities : Pattern, PIN and Password

1. On your phone, tap Settings > General settings > Security > Screen security > Screen lock.

2. Now, you should see the screen that let you draw an unlock pattern. If yuse Pattern lock, tap Try other ways to unlock.

3. Here, you can choose either PIN or Password.

p. Customize the navigation buttons: Menu, Home, and Back

1. On your phone, tap Settings > Buttons

2. Here, you can customize the functions you want when long pressing the Menu, Home and Back buttons. You can also define the long press time in second.

q. Change the notification light

1. On your phone, tap Settings > Notification light . 2. Here, you can change the notification, call and message light colors.

r. Add and remove a home screen

To add and remove a home screen on your Mi 3:

1. To switch to Edit mode, you can place two fingers on any home screen and pinch them together.

2. To add a home screen, you can tap on the sign after the last or before the first home screen.

3. To remove a home screen, you can tap on an empty home screen. Note: Only an empty home screen can be deleted.

s. Change the answer call gesture

1. On your phone, tap Phone > Menu button > Settings > Call settings > Answer gesture. 2. Choose either Vertical swipe or Horizontal swipe (default).

t. Change the phone name

To learn about the 2 ways to change your Mi 3 phone name, read this how-to.

u. Change the dial pad tone

1. On your phone, tap Phone > Menu button > Settings > Dial pad touch tones > Tones 2. Select Piano keys

Note:

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The following are the screens you need to go through when you first turn on your new Xiaomi

Mi 3:

1. enter the PIN from the start. Enter the PIN, then hit OK .

2. Select a language, then tap Next.

3. On the Input method screen, pick one virtual keyboard, then hit Next. You can stick to

4. On the Wi-Fi screen, tap the Wi-Fi network ID you want to connect to, and then enter the password t Next to continue.

5. Next, you can sign in your existing Xiaomi account or create a new account. If you would

like to do this later, tap Skip this step. If you wish to create a new account, tap Create

an account, then follow the on screen instructions to get it done. The Xiaomi account is

needed to access Mi Cloud, download themes and etc.

6. On the Data usage monitor screen, enter your monthly data plan limit, and then tap Next. You can also choose not to do anything, by tapping Setup later.

7. If Setup later is selected in Step 6

leave it on for now. This option can be easily turned off later on the notification panel.

8. On the Add an account screen, tap the accounts that you would like to sign in, and then follow the on- -ins

completed, tap Next.

9. On the Other service screen, you can leave all the options at their default settings, and

tap Next.

10. Start using MIUI to start using your phone.

Note: The steps here were written for MIUI V5, based on Android 4.3 on a Mi

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MIUI updates introduce new features and fixes. The easiest way to update a Mi 3 is by doing it

wirelessly (or over the air)

By default, your Mi 3 will check for firmware (MIUI) connected

to Wi-

bar.

update manually by following the steps below :

1. Ensure your phone has Internet connection. 2. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Settings app. 3. Tap General settings > About phone. 4. Tap System update. 5. Your phone will check for an update now. If one, be listed on the screen. See the exa

mple below.

6. Next, you can tap the new update to read its description, then hit Update. 7. Next, you should see an Updater prompt to ask if you want to backup your phone before updati

ng. Tap Backup and follow the on screen instructions to save your data and settings.

8. After the backup finishes, get back to the Update highlights screen and tap Update again. 9. On the same Updater prompt, tap Start update.

10. When the update finishes, you should see the Update complete and Update finished icons on the notification bar.

Note:

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One way to personalize your Mi 3 phone is to change its theme. And you can switch between

themes as often as you like.

1. On your phone, find and launch the Themes app. 2. Find and tap the thumbnail of the theme that you like. 3. On the Theme details screen, tap Download. Tip: The downloaded themes will appear on the

Local tab.

4. When the download finishes, tap Apply to use this theme.

To switch between the downloaded themes :

1. On your phone, find and launch the Themes app. 2. Tap the Local tab. 3.

you want to apply

4. Tap Apply.

Note: To download themes, you need to sign in to your Xiaomi account.

Note:

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The Toggles screen which can be accessed by dragging the status bar down from the top, allows

you to turn on/off of certa

1. On your Mi 3 phone, swipe the notification panel open from the top. 2. Tap Toggles > More.

3. On the Manage toggles screen, tap and hold next to an item below the and drag it to the area above the bar. The 11 items above the are the buttons that will be shown on the Toggle screen.

4. You can also use the same method: Tap and hold x next to the item you want to move and drag to the position you want within the

Note: e steps and screenshots will be different.

This is an easy tutorial showing you how to capture a screenshot on a Xiaomi Mi 3.

i. Press the Power button and Volume down button

Press the Power button and Volume down button at the same time for about 1 or 2 second. The

sound.

The created image is saved as a .PNG file in the DCIM/Screenshots folder.

ii. Use the Screenshot shortcut

1. Slide the notification panel open from the top of the screen. 2. Tap Toggles > Screenshot

The created image is saved as a .PNG file in the DCIM/Screenshots folder.

While many Android phones need a 3rd party app to read QR codes, Mi 3 uses its own Camera

app to do so.

1. On your phone, find and launch the Camera app. 2. Aim the camera lens at a QR code. When it finishes scanning the code, a See details

button will appear on the screen

3. Next, you can tap the See details button to see the information extracted from the QR code.

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Your Mi 3 comes with the Mi-recovery that lets you do quite a few things such as resetting your

phone to factory settings and rebooting your phone using either the latest or original firmware.

To access Mi-Recovery on a Xiaomi Mi 3:

1. Power off your phone. 2. Press the Power and Volume Up buttons at the same time, and then release them when

you see the Mi logo.

3. Now, you should be in the Mi-Recovery mode with a menu to let you choose a language. In this mode, you can use the Volume +/- keys to select up/down and Power key to

confirm.

4. you execute all the functions

from here.

5.

There are a number of reasons why you might want to restore your Mi 3 phone to factory

settings. This guide provides 2 methods to reset your Mi 3 to its original condition.

i. Using Factory data reset option

1. On your Mi 3, tap Settings > General settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset. 2. Here, you can decide if you want to remove the downloaded apps and stored content.

3. Reset phone. 4. ted for confirmation, tap Erase.

ii. Using Mi-Recovery

to reset it to factory settings and erase all the data.

1. Power off your phone. 2. Press the Power and Volume Up buttons at the same time, and then release them when you see

the Mi logo.

3. In the Mi-Recovery mode, pick English. 4. On the main menu, select Wipe & Reset.

5. On the Wipe and Reset menu, select Wipe all Data.

6. t Yes to start erasing the settings and data on your phone.

Backing up your Mi 3 is important because it allows you to recover all of your personal data,

apps and settings, if you ever need to restore your phone.

Xiaomi makes it easy by featuring the built-in Backup

Backup app to do a backup and restore:

1. On your phone, find and launch the Backup app.

2. Select the items you want to backup. By default, all items are selected.

3. Tap Back up.

4. When the backup completes, tap Done.

The generated backup files/folders are saved in MIUI/Backup/AllBackup/ folder. If your phone is

connected to your PC, you can have them copied over to your computer.

ii To restore a backup

1. On your phone, find and launch the Backup app. 2. Tap the backup files that you want to restore.

3. Select the items you want to restore.

4. Tap Restore.

5. When the restore completes, tap Done.

What else can you do with the Backup app ?

1. You can tap the Lock button to encrypt your backup. But please note that, in order to encrypt the backups, you need to sign in with your Xiaomi account.

2. You can also automate the backups. On the Backup app, tap the Menu button > Automatic backup settings and slide the Automatic backup switch to the right. Here, you can customize a

few things: backup frequency, time and items.

Just like Redmi

the dark.

i. Turn on the flashlight from the lock screen.

1. ong tap the Home button to turn on the flashlight. 2. To turn it off, press the Power button.

ii.Turn on the flashlight from the home screen

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Torch app. Hint: By default, the Torch app is placed in the Tools folder.

How to place the Torch button on the notification panel ?

You can place the Torch button on the notification panel for quick and easy access to turn on/off

the flashlight from anywhere on your phone.

1. On your Mi 3 phone, swipe the notification panel open from the top. 2. Tap Toggles > More.

3. Tap and hold next to Torch and drag it to the area above the .

4. By doing so, the Torch button will appear on the Toggles panel. You can now tap it to toggle the

flashlight on/off.

How to make the flashlight brighter on your Mi 3 ?

Super-Bright

LED Flashlight app.

How about displaying your favorite photos while charging your Mi 3 phone ? Well, the

Screensaver fea

1. On your phone, find and launch the Settings app. 2. Tap Display > Screensaver. 3. Slide the Screensaver during sleep switch to the right. 4. Tap Picture source to choose a photo album from which the photos will be displayed. 5.

Only while charging option. Else the screen saver will run 5 seconds after the screen

Note: Running screensaver consumes

additional battery power.

6. Last but not least, tap Duration to select a duration for how long you want to run the slideshow.

Find Device function on Mi Cloud can locate, ring, lock

and wipe your phone.

Turn on Find Device

1. Sign in your Xiaomi account on your phone. 2. -Fi or mobile data on your phone. 3. Make sure the Find device option is enabled in the Mi Cloud settings on your phone.

Once you complete the above, log into https://i.mi.com, and click the link

to confirm the status of your phone is Online.

Next, you can go ahead to locate, ring, lock or wipe your phone.

i. Find Device

1. On the Mi Cloud main page, click Find Device. 2. 3. Optionally, you can click Baidu in the upper left corner for Baidu map.

ii. Ring your device remotely

1. On the Find Device page, click Alarm. 2. On the Play Alarm prompt, click the Play button. 3. The phone will play the default alarm sound at the highest volume until you manually disable it

on the phone.

iii. Lock you device remotely

1. On the Find Device page, click the Lock button. 2. Enter the 4-digit PIN that you want to lock your phone, then hit Lock. 3. On your phone, enter the 4-digit PIN you have set in Step 2 to unlock the phone. Upon

successfully unlocking, the screen lock security will be set to None.

iv. Factory reset your device remotely

1. On the Find Device page, click the Wipe button. 2. On the Erase data prompt, click Erase data. When prompted for confirmation, click Delete.

Note: This process will factory reset and erase data on your phone. Thus, your phone will lose contact with Mi Cloud.

When you flip through the home screens on your Mi 3, the apps in the bottom tray left unmoved.

The bottom tray is designed to let users access their favorite or frequent-used apps quickly.

By default, the bottom tray on your Mi 3 comes with only 4 apps (Phone, Contacts, Browser and

Messaging). But the good news is that you can add more.

The bottom tray can actually have a maximum of 5 apps. To add one more, you just need to drag

an app from the home screen to that area.

, then you can create a folder to group your most-used apps and put it in

the bottom tray. Now, that should be enough for you.

eally easy way to reset the

password.

i. Reset a PIN lock

If you forget the 4-digit PIN that is used to unlock your phone, you can tap the Forgot password

Account password.

Xiaomi Account password instead.

Upon successful authentication, the Screen security will set to None.

ii. Reset a Pattern/Password lock

After 5 wrong attempts, you should see the Forgot password button appears on the screen.

Tap the Forgot password

signed in on your phone to reset the Screen security to None.

Screen security

to None.

iii. Reset your Screen Lock (Pattern/Password/PIN) using Find Device

Cloud comes with a feature called Find Device, which lets you track and remotely

set a PIN to lock your lost phone. Hence, making use of this feature, you can reset your forgotten

PIN/Password/Pattern with a new PIN.

Read this article to learn a little more about Mi Cloud.

password.

i. Reset a PIN lock

If you forget the 4-digit PIN that is used to unlock your phone, you can tap the Forgot password

Account password.

Xiaomi Account password instead.

Upon successful authentication, the Screen security will set to None.

ii. Reset a Pattern/Password lock

After 5 wrong attempts, you should see the Forgot password button appears on the screen.

Tap the Forgot password

signed in on your phone to reset the Screen security to None.

signed in your Xiaomi account, to reset the Screen security

to None.

iii. Reset your Screen Lock (Pattern/Password/PIN) using Find Device

Find Device, which lets you track and remotely

set a PIN to lock your lost phone. Hence, making use of this feature, you can reset your forgotten

PIN/Password/Pattern with a new PIN.

Read this article to learn a little more about Mi Cloud.

You can easily force stop, uninstall an app or clear its data and cache from its App info screen.

Xiaomi Mi3:

i. Access App info via the Settings

1. On your Mi 3 phone, find and launch the Settings app. 2. Tap General settings > Apps 3. On the All tab, find and tap the app you want to access its App info screen.

ii. Access App info from the notification panel

1. When you receive a notification from an app, you can pull the notification panel open. 2. Long tap the notification, then hit App info.

iii. Access app infor using the Menu button.

1. On your Mi 3, long press the Menu button to open the list of recently-used applications.

2. Long tap an application to open up its App info screen.

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Bloatware (the additional apps that are added by the manufacturer

or carriers) on your Xiaomi phone without root access, you can disable some of them.

i. Disabling a pre-installed app

1. On your Xiaomi phone, find and tap the Settings app. 2. Tap Apps > All. 3. Find and tap the app you want to disable. 4. Tap the Disable button.

5. Now you should get a pop-up that says -in app, other apps may Just select OK.

Note :

1. 2. If you have quite a few unused apps to disable, try doing one app at a time. Once you have

disabled an app, check if your phone is still working as it should before you go ahead with the next app.

3. There are some apps that need you to uninstall the updates first, before allowing you to disable them.

ii. Enabling a disabled app

1. On your Xiaomi phone, find and tap the Settings app. 2. Tap Apps > All. 3. Scroll to the bottom of the list to see the disabled apps. 4. Tap the app you want to enable, and then hit the Enable button.

Whether you want to hide a file or folder, you can follow the steps below to do that :

Tip: In Android, any files and folders with names preceded by a period are hidden.

1. On your Xiaomi device, find and launch the Explorer app. 2. Find and long tap the folder/

pics folder as an example.

3. Tap More > Rename.

4. Enter a period before the folder name, then hit OK .

5.

Note:

1. By default, the hidden files or folders are not shown on the Explorer app. 2. Explorer app.

1. On your Xiaomi device, find and launch the Explorer app. 2. Tap the Menu button > Show hidden files. 3. 4. Tap More > Rename. 5. Remove a period before the folder name, then hit OK . 6.

CONTACTS AND

COMMUNICATIONS

To set up your Hotmail, Live, Outlook.com or MSN account on your Redmi/Mi 3, you can either

do it automatically or manually.

i. Setting up a Hotmail/Live/Outlook.com/MSN account automatically

1. On your phone, find and launch the Mail app. 2. currently set up on the Mail Add an account

screen. Else, tap the Menu button > Settings > Add account 3. On the Add an account screen, tap Exchange.

4. Next, you can fill in the information for the following fields: Email address, Password, Your name

(optional) and Account name (optional), then hit Next. Note: If your account has the two-step

here.

5.

email server settings for you.

6. Customize the frequency of automatic mail fetches, then hit Done to complete the setup.

ii Setting up a Hotmail/Live/Outlook.com/MSN account manually

1. On your phone, find and launch the Mail app. 2. Mail Add an account

screen. Else, tap the Menu button > Settings > Add account

3. On the Add an account screen, tap Other.

4. Enter the following fields: Email address, Password, Your name (Optional) and Account name

(optional), then tap Manual setup. Note: If your account has the two-step verification turned on,

password here.

5. Select Exchange.

6. On the Account setup screen, fill in the following fields, then tap Next.

1. Domain/Username: \xxx@hotmail.com (Enter your full email address) 2. Password: Leave it untouched. 3. Server: Use either m.hotmail.com or s.outlook.com 4. Use secure connection(SSL) : Enable 5. Port: 443

7. Customize the frequency of automatic mail fetches, then hit Done to complete the setup.

If neither of the above works for you (which is very unlikely)

can suggest is download the Outlook app. Use this as your last option.

To set a ringtone for a particular contact/contact group :

i. Assigning a ringtone for a contact

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Contacts app. 2. Find and tap the contact you want to assign a different ringtone.

3. Tap to select a new ringtone.

ii. Assigning a ringtone for a contact group

You can also assign a different ringtone to a contact group. When you do so, all the contacts in

this particular group will have their ringt

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Contacts app. 2. Find and tap My groups.

3. Find and tap the group you want to set a different ringtone.

4. Tap the Group ringtone icon to select a new ringtone.

With the built-in call recording feature, you can record calls manually and automatically.

i. Record a call manually

1. to bring up the call control panel.

2. Tap Record to start the call recording.

3. Tap the same button to stop the recording. 4. When it stops, you should see the Call recorded notification. Tap it to get to the Recordings

screen that lists all the recordings sorted from latest to earliest.

5. Tap a filename to play it.

ii. Record a call automatically

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Phone app. 2. Tap the Menu button > Settings > Record settings 3. Slide the Record automatically switch to the right.

4. Now, you can select to record calls for all numbers or specific numbers using the Custom list option.

These are the instructions on how to display, add, delete and export SIM card contacts on your

Mi 3 phone.

i. To display SIM card contacts on the contact list:

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Contacts app. 2. Tap the Menu button > Settings > Display preferences

3. Slide the Show SIM contacts switch to the right.

ii. To add a contact:

To add a contact to your SIM card, you must first do the steps in Section i:

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Contacts app. 2. Tap + New contact. 3. Select SIM card.

4. Fill in the name and phone number, then hit OK.

iii. To delete a contact on SIM card:

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Contacts app. 2. Tap the Menu button > Settings > Display preferences. 3. Slide the Show SIM contacts switch to the right. 4. Tap Configure contact lists, then select SIM card.

5. Get back to the contacts list. 6. Now, you should see all the contacts that are saved in the SIM card. 7. Long tap a contact, then hit Delete.

8. On the confirmation prompt, hit Delete again.

iv. To transfer contacts from SIM card to Google Contacts/Xiaomi Contacts:

1. On your Mi 3, find and launch the Contacts app. 2. Tap the Menu button > Import/export. 3. Tap Import from SIM card.

4. On the Create contact under account prompt, select the account you want the contacts to be

transferred/copied to.