Sometimes, your smartphone decides to give you a scare and starts malfunctioning without warning. While a simple restart, entering recovery mode, or formatting the device often solves the problem, there are more complicated situations where a visit to a repair shop becomes unavoidable for a professional to fix it.
This is where the real headache comes in: our digital privacy. Handing your phone over to a stranger causes tremendous anxiety, since the device stores everything from intimate photos and contacts to bank details and private messages that we'd rather no one saw.
Repair Mode: Total protection for your privacy
To prevent unauthorized access, Xiaomi has implemented a brilliant tool called Repair Mode. If you navigate to the Settings menu and go to the "About phone" section, you'll find this option, which ensures your personal information remains safe while the device is in someone else's hands.
By activating this feature, the system performs a clever trick: it creates a virtual partition that simulates a factory reset. This allows the technician to access your apps and perform the necessary diagnostic tests , while your videos, calls, and messages remain encrypted and completely invisible.
It is essential to note that if you use the fingerprint sensor to unlock the device, you will need to reconfigure the biometric profile once you recover the phone, as this data is deleted to ensure the security process is effective.
Furthermore, the manufacturer strongly recommends making a backup beforehand. This is vital because if the repair involves replacing internal storage components , there is a real risk of losing important data during the process.
Master the aesthetics with custom themes
Beyond security, HyperOS offers a wide range of possibilities to customize your phone to look exactly how you want. You don't need to be a tech expert to personalize your device; simply take advantage of the Themes app that comes pre-installed on Redmi, POCO, and Xiaomi phones.
By accessing your user profile within this app, you can enter the customization area to change the control center colors , icon styles, or even system animations. It's a great way to give your phone a unique look and prevent it from looking like everyone else's.
Advanced multitasking with the sidebar
If you like to multitask, there's a very useful feature that often goes unnoticed: the sliding sidebar. It lets you launch apps in floating window mode to optimize your usage time and avoid constantly switching between them.
To get started, just follow these steps:
- Enter the menu Settings.
- Access the section Additional adjustments.
- Enter the section Floating windows.
- Tap on Sidebar and activate it.
Once it's up and running, you can press and hold the bar to position it on the left, right, top, or bottom, depending on your preference. Even better, you can press and hold an app to switch to split-screen mode, greatly improving your daily productivity.
Give your performance a boost with virtual RAM
If you notice your phone is running a bit slow or apps are closing unexpectedly, you can use a trick to improve performance and speed up app launch times . HyperOS allows you to convert a portion of your internal storage into additional RAM.
The procedure is quite simple: go to Settings, enter Additional Settings, and look for the Memory Extension (or Expand RAM) option. There you can choose how many gigabytes you want to add to the system's temporary RAM.
However, keep in mind that the more memory you allocate to this function, the less free space you will have to store your photos, videos, or large files in the internal memory, as the system reserves that portion of storage for performance.