Xiaomi MI 4i User manual

miui 6
user manual for
xiaomi mi 4i

turn navigation
lights on/off
By default, the navigation buttons (Menu, Home and
Back) will be illuminated when you tap any one of them.
However, if you’re in an environment or a situation
where this light isn’t wanted, you can turn it off.
- On your device, find and launch the Settings app.
- Tap Additional settings > Buttons
- Slide the Button light switch to the left to turn it off.
- Alternatively, if you don’t wish to turn the light
completely off, you can tap Button light settings to adjust
the light duration.

use xiaomi phone
with one hand
The next time you find it frustrating to handle your
device with one hand, you can quickly switch to
one-handed mode.
i. To enable and customize one-handed operations
- From your Xiaomi phone’s Settings, tap Additional
settings > One-handed mode
- Swipe the One-handed mode switch to the right, and
then tap the screen size that you prefer.

answering calls
auto/manual
i. To answer a call manually
- To answer an incoming call, swipe miui6 answer call
icon up.
ii. To answer a call automatically
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Call Settings > Auto-answer.
- Slide the Auto-answer switch to the right.
- You can now tap Delay auto-answer to select the num-
ber of seconds to delay before picking up.
- You can also select a specific condition in which the
phone will answer calls automatically.

sending group
message
You can send a message to two or more people at a
time. Here’s how:
- In your Messaging app, tap New message to compose
a new message.
- Enter several recipient numbers in the box that says To,
or tap contact icon to choose the contacts and groups.
- If you tap contact icon, you can select multiple contacts
in the contact list or groups in the group list.
- Tap the box that says Text message, and then enter
your message.
- Tap > to send.

forwarding
a message
- Open the Messaging app.
- Tap the conversation containing the message you want
to forward.
- Long tap the message you want to forward.
- Tap Forward.

deleting
a message
- Open the Messaging app.
- Tap the conversation containing the message you want
to delete.
- Tap and hold the message you want to delete, and
then tap Delete.
To delete entire conversation:
- Open the Messaging app.
- Long tap the conversation you want to delete, and
then tap Delete.

taking
a photo
- Open the Camera app.
- Tap the image on the camera preview screen where
the camera should focus. When the object is in focus, the
focus frame turns green.
- Tap photo shutter button to take a photo or video
shutter button to take a video.
Tip: To change the focus while taking a video, tap where
you want to focus.

self-timer
in camera
In MIUI 6, the Camera app now has the 3-sec self-timer
feature for the front camera. Here’s how to use it:
- On your device, find and launch the Camera app.
- Tap miui6 switch camera to switch to the front camera.
- Slide right to see the Countdown option. Tap it to turn
on the 3-sec timer.
- When you tap the capture button, the timer will starts
to count down from 3 to 0. When the count down ends,
the camera will take a photo.

changing
themes
If you don’t like the look of the icons, wallpaper, lock
screen and other visual elements on your device, a new
theme can give your device a whole new interface.
To change a theme on your device running MIUI 6
- On your device, find and launch the Themes app.
- Find and tap the theme you want.
- On the Themes details screen, tap Download and then
follow by Apply.

connecting
to wi-fi
Connecting to a password protected Wi-Fi network
- On your device, find and launch the Settings app.
- Tap WLAN.
- Slide WLAN switch to the right.
- Tap the Wi-Fi network ID you wish to connect.
- Enter the password, then tap Connect.
- If the password is correct, you’ll see the “Connected”
status below the network ID.
- To view detailed information about the connected Wi-
Fi network, simply right arrow icon next to the Wi-Fi ID.