Mi Account
Mi Account is a profile linked to a smartphone in the Xiaomi operating system, the registration of which the phone requests the very first time it is turned on. You must have this account when using any Xiaomi phone.
Mi account performs a lot of different functions on Xiaomi, most of which users for some reason do not know about:
- Gives initial access to the phone;
- Synchronizes various Xiaomi brand accessories with the appropriate applications on the phone (for example, Mi Band with Mi Fit, access to information with Xiaomi Mi Smart Scale, etc.);
- Allows you to change the design of desktops and application menus on your phone (replacing themes);
- Gives access to resetting settings (since resetting settings is the complete or partial removal of information and files from the phone, Xiaomi must make sure that it is really you who is doing this);
- Receiving new versions of phone firmware, replacing them or notification of their arrival;
- Operation of various services from the Xiaomi brand;
- If you lose your gadget, by logging into your mi account, you can control the phone from your computer;
- The main function is access to Mi Cloud or to all phone information (contacts, media, SMS, notes, documents, other information linked to the smartphone), as well as the ability to track the SIM card inserted into the device in case it is lost.
From the above, we can conclude that having a mi account and its active use is necessary and may one day save your phone.
Creating and using a mi account is free.
How to create mi account
As mentioned earlier, registering a mi account occurs immediately when you turn on the phone after purchasing it. But you can also create a Xiaomi account a second time on the same device, from a computer and from a phone of a different brand through the official website - account.xiaomi.com/pass/register.
How to create a second mi account on an already used device:
- Go to "Settings";
- Find the “Mi Accounts” tab;
- There you will need to log out of your current account, after which you will be taken to the official website;
- On the site, following the usual steps, you can create a second account.
What information is collected by us and how do we use it?
1.1 Personal information that we collect and use with your authorization
The purpose of collecting personal information is to provide you with products and/or services and to ensure that we comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other regulatory requirements. You have the right to choose whether or not to provide the information we have requested, but in most cases, if you do not provide your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our services or respond to your queries. The related features include:
1.1.1 Basic functions
(1) Creating accounts and signing in
If you are a user from the Chinese Mainland, we will automatically obtain your mobile phone number and fill in it for you at the time of account creation and sign-in to avoid your manual input. For that, we need to obtain your IMSI of SIM card, ICCID or Line1Number.
(2) Complete account information
While using different services provided by Xiaomi, you may obtain better services and experience by completing basic information including profile photo, nickname, gender, country or region and encryption settings. If you don't provide such information, you may also get access to basic functions of the Mi Account.
1.1.2 Functions necessary for guaranteeing account creation and sign-in security
With the view of enhancing system safety at the time of your use of our products and/or services, better preventing phishing website fraud and protecting account safety, we will verify your identity by SMS messages and the second verification (if necessary). In that light, we will need to collect your SMS and the second verification code.
Besides, we will collect your account creation/sign-in time, device related information (eg device IMEI/OAID (on Android Q), device model and the version of operating system), device sensor information (eg angular velocity and accelerated velocity of mobile phone) as well as network information (eg the generally used IP address of sign-in) so as to judge whether current account creation and sign-in environment is safe or not.
1.3 Collection of the personal information from third-party sources
When permitted by law, we will collect information about you from third-party sources. For example, you authorize the pairing of a third-party account with Mi Account, and sign in the former to use Xiaomi's services or authorize the import of your profile photo, nickname and other information on the third-party platform; for the purpose of risk control, we will learn about whether your current account creation/sign-in environment is safe via a third party (such as the risk grade library of mobile phone numbers).
1.4 Non-personally identifiable information
We may also collect other types of information which are not directly or indirectly linked to an individual (ie the information other than the personal information), for example, statistical data generated during your use of any specific service, and the sign-in/exit records, interaction records and error records during your use of services of Mi Account. The purpose of such collection is to improve the services we provide to you. The type and amount of information collected depends on how you use our products and/or services. We aggregate such information. Such aggregated data is not personal information as it cannot be used to identify you. However, if we combine non-personal information with personal information, such information will be treated as personal information.
Mi account: forgot password - how to reset
The best option to recover your account password is to recreate it in memory. Remember the day you registered in the Xiaomi system, and what code you could set at that time. Also try entering all the passwords that you use on other sites or social networks. networks.
If all attempts are in vain, consider several methods of password recovery.
Mi: password reset if there is linked information:
- When prompted to log into your mi account, click on “Forgot password”/“Forgot password”;
- You will be taken to the Xiaomi website in the “Reset password” section;
mi account forgot password
- Enter the linked phone number or email and click “Next”, you will be asked to confirm sending the code to your phone or email;
- Enter the received code in the field and click “Submit”;
- Next, you will be asked to enter a new password twice, observing all the requirements (number of characters, etc.), which now should definitely be written down somewhere so that the situation does not repeat itself;
- Ready!
Mi: password reset if there is no linked data:
1. In this case, you will have to write in those. Xiaomi support (and in English), postal addresses:
2. Explain your problem and indicate that you have lost access to all information associated with your mi account;
3. Please note that you may be required to provide various data related to your phone: imei code (International Mobile Equipment Identity), purchase receipt, proof of ownership of the SIM card inserted into the device, and even a photo of the phone box;
mi account forgot password
4. Unfortunately, communication with those. the service may take some time, up to several weeks, so be prepared to keep all passwords more securely in the future.
If you don't have access
It is much more difficult to unlink your Mi account from your smartphone if you do not have any data from the account, because you need to remember the ID and password, but due to unknown circumstances you do not have this data. Then one of two things will help: firmware or a full reset of the gadget to factory settings. In any case, all data on your internal storage will be deleted along with contacts, messages, passwords, photos and other data. Naturally, this is a radical method, but humanity, alas, has not come up with another.
It is advisable to reset a gadget or Hard Reset not from the settings, but using the stock or custom Recovery menu or recovery environment. This is a more reliable method, because if you perform a similar procedure from the settings menu, your account may not be affected, which is not what we need. After a complete reset, you get not only a clean MIUI system, but also the absence of any linked Mi account. Please note that unbinding will also not happen instantly, but over several days or within a day.
...but you can try this too
Reflashing the device works in the same way as the above method. During this procedure, the built-in flash drive is completely formatted along with all data and the Xiaomi account is unlinked. It is advisable to resort to this method only when the smartphone has other problems other than simply unlinking the account. The firmware is flashed using the Mi Flash program or special tools for Fastboot (an unlocked bootloader is required). There is no need to dwell on this in detail, as there are other instructions on the topic of flashing firmware for Xiaomi smartphones.
The above methods are not the last, since there is an even more “radical” way - try writing to Xiaomi technical support. Please note that it will not take a day to solve such a problem, but weeks may pass until those. support will make sure of your benevolent actions and check whether you are a scammer. To do this, you may be asked to take a photo of the device box, the stickers on it, take a photo of the receipt or order in an online store, etc.
How to unlink mi account from phone
Xiaomi system accounts are very carefully linked to phones, so the process of unlinking can be difficult, and in some cases even impossible.
This procedure is also divided into 2 ways: if there is linked information, and if there is none.
How to unlink an account if you have access to it:
1. Visit “Settings”, “Mi Account” tab;
2. Click “Sign out”;
mi account forgot password
3. If you continue to use the phone, create another account.
How to unlink an account if you don’t have access to it:
1. To do this, you will need to reset the settings (also two methods), which, unfortunately, does not guarantee that you will not be prompted again to log into your account or reflash your smartphone;
2. Open "Settings";
3. Go to the “Advanced” tab and scroll to the very bottom;
mi account forgot password
4. Click "Backup and reset" and scroll to the bottom of the page again;
mi account forgot password
5. Go to “Reset settings” and click the corresponding button there, be sure to;
mi account forgot password
6. If the phone does not ask you to log in to your account, you are in luck - a reset will occur and the phone will reboot. If requested, try to reset via recovery by turning off the phone and calling up a special menu.
Another way to fix all problems with your account is to reflash the phone, but even in this situation, the phone may ask for an account password in the future.
And finally, if none of the above helped you, contact technical support. support or service center - they will tell you exactly what to do.
FAQ
What to do if nothing helps and all the proposed recommendations did not work?
It's worth turning to China again. I offer several email addresses:
as well as online chat: https://xiaomi-blr-prod...mKNYBMGU4qz8UQyGUhAN01.
Where you can directly contact your Chinese brothers and complain about your grief.
A hard reset will not help, tested on devices with the latest firmware. Mentions from the network on this matter are outdated and do not work.
For successful firmware, you need to disable driver digital signature verification. Disabling is carried out differently for different versions of Windows.
Download device drivers only from trusted sources!
And one last thing. For those who are desperate, there is a solution from a person who went through all the stages of unlocking, gave his phone to a service center and received it back with the same problem. Here is his method.
Mi account blocking is easy to get, but getting rid of it is quite difficult. Don’t let your phone go to extremes, store the necessary data in a safe place, use a password manager. And then this article is not for you.
Since the introduction of Mi accounts, using Xiaomi smartphones has become more convenient and safer, but access to the device can be lost. Through id mi com, the password is reset using the phone or email used during registration, but if they are not there, then it will be more difficult to return the device to working condition.
How to delete mi account
It happens that you are selling a phone, want to switch to another account, etc., and you need to delete your current account.
Before deleting your mi account, unlink it from all Xiaomi devices to which it was linked - all phones, Mi Band bracelets, tablets, etc. Otherwise, you will not be able to use these devices later.
After you have made sure that you have signed out of your Xiaomi account from all devices, there is only a small matter left to do:
- Go to account.xiaomi.com/pass/del;
- On the website, click “Delete account”;
- Confirm deletion;
Ready!
