One of the wonderful things about owning the Xiaomi Mi Band is discovering new features and benefits. Thanks to its excellent interface, we can enjoy different settings that, beyond being useful, provide us with a series of amenities to continue using their products.
In this post, we will teach you to configure a special code or PIN, so that you can safely lock your Mi Band and protect it from strangers accessing its content.
Although many do not know it, it is important that the safety of these devices is emphasized. This, since regardless of whether they only reflect your sports or weather data, in these tools you can also have access to your WhatsApp and with it to your private messages, and if that were not enough, it gives you the possibility of taking photos remotely thanks to its functionalities.
This happens in the same way with all those devices that have some kind of synchronization with the Xiaomi Mi Band.
How to configure the PIN of your device
To start you must choose and enter a 4-digit code, with which you can correctly lock the bracelet. In order to access this configuration, you must start by opening the ” My Fit ” application. Once you are inside, you must enter the settings of the bracelet and locate yourself on your profile.
You can see this section reflected in the lower right section of the application and you can easily identify it. Once you are within the options that the settings section offers you at the end of the list, you can locate the ” Laboratory ” menu.
It is right in that section, where you will find all those tools that Xiaomi tests and where you can also proceed to configure the PIN of your band.
When you start the configuration, you must enter a special 4-digit code and which, in addition, should be easy to remember. When you have done it, all you have to do is save said configuration and that way this configuration will be reflected on the bracelet.
When you reactivate your Band, either by sliding up or down, the screen will ask us to enter the PIN that we have chosen previously. However, the time and the step counter, parents continue to consult without the need to unlock the device, since they will appear permanently on the block screen of the same.
How to unlock the Smartphone if the Mi Band is near
This is one of the most useful functionalities that the bracelet can offer, which allows you to keep your band and your phone synchronized and therefore, when both are together, your Smartphone will not need to be unlocked. In this way, you are guaranteed quick and simple access to the device. To be able to carry this out, you just have to follow the following steps:
- Start by accessing the settings of your Mi Band by following the same steps that we have indicated a little above.
- Once inside, you just have to click on the Lock Screen section.
- Once inside, you just have to enter the button that you will find at the bottom of the screen and enter the assistant where it is indicated that said bracelet is the one you trust. With this step, it is necessary that you make an additional link, in order to give certain permissions to your device.
- Once you have finished everything with the Xiaomi Mi Band, you must click on the section that is called Smart Lock, there you can check that said bracelet is included in the “Trusted devices” section.
If this is so, you can now start to use the automatic unlocking of all your devices as long as it is close to your Smartphone. It should be noted that thanks to this bracelet you can also find your mobile in the event that it has been lost.