The most popular sports bracelet of the moment is that of Xiaomi , there is no doubt. Just like the Mi Band 3 and the Mi Band 4 and 5 were a great sales success, the small device of the Chinese firm that currently reaches its sixth generation allows us to keep track of our sports activity, mobile alerts, and other tools like sleep monitoring for a very low price.
However, if you buy it, sooner or later you will have to face the dreaded problems when linking the Mi Band with the mobile , something essential for its use. Setting up the Xiaomi bracelet is a simple process, but in some situations it can give us problems that end up taking us longer than necessary. Not being able to synchronize the Xiaomi bracelet with Mi Fit , it is the most common.
The importance of Mi Fit
Before you start troubleshooting, it is important to know if the process is being done well.
To connect your Mi Smart Band to the phone , it is important to keep in mind that you need to have Bluetooth enabled on the mobile to exchange data wirelessly with the bracelet. Another essential requirement is to download the Mi Fit application from Google Play or the Apple App Store , depending on the device you have. Then follow these steps:
- Open the Mi Fit app.
- Log into your Mi Fit account. If you don’t have one, you can always create a new account in Mi Fit by tapping the Create an account now button in the app.
- Once this is done, you will see a screen that will ask you to select the device you want to pair. Select Band and bring the Xiaomi bracelet to your phone to pair it.
- The Xiaomi application will ask you to confirm the pairing request on the smartband. Press the “v” shaped icon on the bracelet to finish the process.
It is through this application, once it is synchronized with the Mi Band, that we will be able to manage which notifications we receive, control our sleep data, be able to find our device remotely and much more.
Of course, whenever you face problems with Mi Fit, you should look to see if there is an update pending to be installed on your mobile that eliminates these linkage failures.
Solution to the pairing problems of the Mi Band
The problem comes once we have the bracelet just started and the control application installed on the phone, and we see that it is impossible for us to pair the device with the mobile. If this is your case, then you should check out these solutions.
Problems logging into Mi Fit
The first thing we must do to link our new Mi Band with an Android or iOS phone , as well as when changing mobile phones, is to log into our account. In case you have used Mi Fit before, it will be advisable to use the same credentials, to have the devices already paired. In case we don’t have an account, the easiest thing to do is create it using the buttons below.
One of the most common problems is that our account linked to Xiaomi or Google itself does not finish connecting and keeps thinking all the time, to avoid this we will have to clear the cache and data of the application to start the process again . To do this, go to Settings> Applications> My Fit and within the Storage menu we will have the possibility to erase the cache and all the application data.
Mi Band permissions
When we start to synchronize the smartphone and the smartband we will have to allow the app access to the storage, as well as to the location. In case we do not do it, we will have to do it, we may suffer several problems with the operation of the bracelet.
To do this, we just have to go back to Settings> Applications> My Fit and from the permissions section grant them at least storage and location. Once this is done, we just have to try to pair the device again, to see if we can now do it.
Bluetooth problems
If we continue to have problems pairing the Mi Band with Mi Fit , it is likely the Bluetooth connection is the culprit.
The best we can do is tell our mobile phone to forget about the smartband within the Bluetooth connection options, so that when we link it again we have everything ready to work well. Here the problem is that when we want to connect the device to our mobile again and leave it semi-connected, but not linked, the mobile can recognize it, but the Mi Fit account does not or vice versa.
To avoid this, you must open the Settings> Bluetooth> Paired devices and click on the model of your bracelet to forget it and that the pairing problems are not repeated. It is also appropriate that you check if your mobile has problems with Bluetooth that, obviously, will affect more accessories apart from this one.
Reset the bracelet
If you have bought the bracelet second-hand or for some reason it has already been linked with another mobile before, it is best to return it to its initial state to start the process from scratch.
You can do it from the bracelet itself, entering the “More” menu, selecting “Settings” and clicking on the “Factory reset” option. Doing so will tell you that all the settings will be restored and you can reconfigure the bracelet as if it was fresh out of its box.
Reset everything from scratch
If at this point you still cannot find the source of the failure, you should not despair either. You can always start from scratch by reinstalling the app (removing it completely and re-downloading it from your application market, and then logging in with your credentials) and formatting the Mi Band.
Before formatting it, you must unlink it from the phone from the Bluetooth menu of the mobile settings and selecting, as we indicated a few lines earlier, the option to forget the Xiaomi bracelet .
Now is when we must leave the smartband as fresh out of the box as we have indicated a moment ago and wait for it to restart.
Now that the bracelet and the application have returned to their original state, synchronize the Mi Band with the Mi Fit again as indicated at the beginning of this article.