Mobile devices innovate more every day, offering us better and more useful functions. With the technological advances, other devices have come out, capable of linking to our mobile and that facilitate many more tasks, from activating WhatsApp notifications to creating an event reminder on my Xiaomi Mi Band.
Despite everything, we must take precautions and have our devices with all possible security systems to prevent them from entering and extracting personal information. For this, we can configure a password or lock pin on the screen of the Xiaomi Mi Band.
For this, it is important that you know how to activate the screen lock on your Xiaomi. If you own a Xiaomi Mi Band, you will learn how to activate its screen lock, so that all your devices are protected.
Likewise, it is also useful to know how to unlock it. This in the case that you buy a Xiaomi Mi Band from someone else and have the screen lock option activated.
How to activate the Xiaomi Mi Band screen lock
Before performing this procedure, it is important to pair your Xiaomi device with the Mi Band. Once this process is done, you will have to complete a series of very simple steps.
In addition to protecting your content, blocking the phone will prevent the screen from being activated by some friction or by water and any activity from starting without our noticing.
To activate the screen lock we will slide the screen of our band down until the More option comes out. We will press there and after that, we will have to go down to the settings option. We will have to press the second option called Screen lock and we will have to activate the function.
It is important to note that the lock is activated after one minute of inactivity. So if the screen is activated immediately after use, the device can be accessed normally, giving the impression that the lock does not work.
How to add a password to the Xiaomi Mi Band screen lock
If you want to strengthen the security of the device, it is recommended to add a code or password to the screen lock. This will be activated every time we remove the band from our wrist.
This process will be carried out from our mobile. The first thing to do is go to the Mi Fit application. There we must go to profile and select the option Our Band. If you don’t have the application yet, you can download Mi Fit in the Play Store.
We have to wait a short moment for it to synchronize and, after that, we will have to go down to the option called Laboratory. We select the option Bracelet lock and we will have to establish a pin with the 4 digits that they offer us and finally, we will save the changes.
After having performed this procedure, when we try to enter our band we will see that it will ask us for the pin that we have just placed instead of just sliding our finger on the screen.
How to disable the Xiaomi Mi Band screen lock
Like the previous procedure, this will be done directly from our Xiaomi mobile. We will have to enter the Mi Fit application and there select the profile option in the bottom bar.
Select your band to access its settings and locate the screen lock option, represented by a white padlock icon. There you will have to select the option called Go to Settings located at the bottom of the screen.
Then we will have to press the option Lock Screen and Keys. In the password section, we will have to select Smart Unlock. We will need to have the Bluetooth activated for the next step.
With Bluetooth activated we will have to select the option Add a Bluetooth device. The last step will be to add your watch to your mobile and deactivate the Smart Lock tab. After this point, your mobile will need to enter an unlocking method even though our bracelet is nearby.
Disable Xiaomi Mi Band screen lock password
If for some reason we want to remove the password from our band, we will have to carry out a procedure very similar to the previous one.
In Mi Fit we will have to access the profile of our band and we will have to look for the Laboratory option and in the bracelet lock section, we will have two options: Deactivate password and Change password.
We will press deactivate, then accept and that’s it, we will have removed the password.