Showing posts with label tech tip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tech tip. Show all posts

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Redmi 1S - Calibration of your phone sensors

While I was playing GT Racing 2 on my Redmi 1S, I noticed the car was swerving slowly to the left even when I hold it straight. So I decided to re-calibrate the accelerometer and gyro sensors.

Goto your dialpad and type *#*#6484#*#*

You can also type *#*#64663#*#*  to access Engineering mode.

As you can see the menu is still in Mandrin (Chinese). Scroll down to 29 and 31 to calibrate sensors.


*Update: Good news, Prince.Paul.K on the MIUI forums has done a translation to English on this. You'll need to download the apk prepared by him and push it to the system/apps folder. Follow this link.

Monday, August 25, 2014

Redmi 1S - Sensitive buttons and reboots

Grabbing and holding the Redmi 1S can be tricky and to a point, annoying due to it's sensitive volume and power buttons. And especially when taking in and out of a pocket or bag. I have experienced multiple phone reboots and power off from accidental touches. Some users also accidently went into 'Fastboot' mode. There are two solutions to this problem.

Protective cover

First solution, buy a protective/flip cover that will prevent accidental button touches. Best to just head over to a mobile phone accessories shop to try on a cover before you buy. The Xiaomi soft silicone case(TPU) does not work.

Button settings

Second solution is to disable your power button when lockscreen is activated and enable 'Prevent Pocket Dials' option. These settings are available in the Redmi Note as well. Here's how.

First setting : Goto > Settings

Under 'Device' section, goto > Buttons

Enable 'Disable Power button menu'. The switch will turn orange when the option is enabled. Let's now proceed to the next setting.

Second setting : Goto > Settings > Display

Enable 'Prevent Pocket Dials' option. The switch will turn orange when activated.


Hopefully that will solve the mysterious reboots and fastboot mode problem for you.







Thursday, August 14, 2014

Redmi 1S - Getting delayed Whatsapp messages

Not getting Whatsapp messages almost instantly? Or phone will only get notification 15 minutes later? Whatsapp push notification not working? The problem that is causing this is most likely a cleaner app that is installed on your phone. Any cleaner that have the ability to clear Whatsapp from memory. In this case, it's MIUI's built-in cleaner app.

Solution? Open Whatsapp and go back to homescreen. Access the 'recent apps tray' by pressing the 'Options' capacitive touch button for a second or more. Now, there should be a little red lock sign near the top of Whatsapp icon. If there is no lock sign on the Whatsapp icon, simply swipe the icon down and it will be locked in memory. Enjoy your almost instant Whatsapp messages.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Redmi 1S - Google apps that keeps reinstalling

Having Google apps that keep coming back to haunt you even after uninstalling them? Getting that optimizing apps appearing on every restart? I had that problem when I got the version 29 onwards with my Redmi 1S. My solution is easy without getting your hands dirty with installing 3rd party Recovery softwares. Here's how.

First, open up Google Play store and find the Google apps that you want to uninstall. Make sure you update all the Google apps. After that, reboot the phone.

Now, uninstall all Google apps through Google Play store (goto 'My apps') that you don't need. Reboot your phone and voila! No more creepy apps.

Steps summarized:

1. Find and update all Google apps.
2. Reboot phone.
3. Uninstall all Google apps(via Google Play store) you don't need.
4. Reboot phone.

*It's also important to take note that I have disabled 'Automatic restore' under Settings>Backup & reset>Automatic restore 'turned off'.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

DIY Repair clicking-problem on a Logitech M185

One morning when I was clicking happily away, my Logitech M185 mouse decided not to follow my gentle taps. I had to press hard to make a left-click. So I thought maybe I could fix that left-clicking problem since I have done it before a long time ago.

Opening up the case

Opening the Logitech M185 is really easy. First, open the battery cover at the back of the mouse. Take the battery out to reveal the screw at the bottom. Then unscrew it, lift up the cover slightly and slide the cover towards you ( mouse on upright position ).

repair m185

repair m185


Click mechanism

When you open up the case, there will be two black rectangle boxes on the PCB which are the click mechanisms. My easy solution? Stick a tape or two on the protruding plastic ( where it meets the problematic click mechanism ) at the bottom of the mouse cover. Make sure you use a tape with good adhesive. Cut the tape to match the flat square surface on the plastic. In my case, I pasted two layers of tape.

repair m185


After you're done, close the case by sliding the cover in the brackets and tighten the screw.

repair m185

It's still clicking like new for over 3 weeks now, so it's not too bad for such a simple DIY.

If mouse-clicks is still not satisfactory, then you will have to open up the click mechanism box to repair. You can go to this link for further instructions ( goto Step 5 and onwards ).