Smartphones & Tablets | May 8, 2024
If the “Pocket Mode” on your Xiaomi mobile is giving you more headaches than solutions, you can easily disable it with a few simple steps.
And don’t worry, it’s not an irreversible action. So, if you want to give it another try in the future, you can reactivate the Pocket Mode on your mobile at any time.
You might have Pocket Mode enabled on your Xiaomi mobile without even realizing it.
What is Pocket Mode? It is a feature that uses the proximity sensor to prevent the mobile screen from turning on due to accidental touches. For example, when you have the mobile in your purse, backpack, or pocket, and friction causes the screen to activate and options to be pressed unintentionally.
While having a lock screen configured can prevent these frictions from accidentally deleting files or performing significant actions, Pocket Mode is much more effective.
However, various problems with this feature have been reported on different forums. For example, some users had the recurring issue of the message “do not cover the earpiece area” appearing for no reason when “Pocket Mode” was enabled.
This wasn’t a widespread problem, and it’s likely that such issues have been resolved with a MIUI update. However, if you are experiencing this problem or a similar one and prefer to disable Pocket Mode as a temporary solution until the fault on your Xiaomi mobile is corrected.
Where is Pocket Mode on Xiaomi, and how do you disable it? Just follow these steps:
All that remains is for you to disable it so that it no longer functions on your mobile. Of course, you can reactivate this feature at any time by following the steps we mentioned earlier.
In the meantime, to avoid complications with accidental touches when you store your mobile in your pocket or leave it in a backpack, you can review the lock screen settings.
For example, make sure you do not have any shortcuts to important functions that activate automatically from the lock screen. This way, even if the screen is activated by friction, no significant action will be performed accidentally.
