MI band - How to use ?, How To do Connection, Application, registration, notification & use ful tips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Connection and bracelet search</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh408UYjaZlsx1q05uMRQY-FAkb2_AIPXtUuq3MRDfNFa44mFESjZ3i5FIyElUDgZa4Dv9cXmxq_idL3M7IEr9mNvE-6uyHv-hz7boKkU_1lChQYQAMN7SGpZ49SBkqDF6wk2VNqmDF3PY/s1600/mi+blud+pressure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh408UYjaZlsx1q05uMRQY-FAkb2_AIPXtUuq3MRDfNFa44mFESjZ3i5FIyElUDgZa4Dv9cXmxq_idL3M7IEr9mNvE-6uyHv-hz7boKkU_1lChQYQAMN7SGpZ49SBkqDF6wk2VNqmDF3PY/s1600/mi+blud+pressure.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><b>1. Can I sync bracelet with PC?</b><br />Yes you can. To do that you need VirtualBox, Android 4.4 x86 image and Bluetooth 4.0 adapter that will work.<br />100% working BT4.0 adapters on CSR8510 chipset:<br />- ORICO BTA-403<br />- Avantree BTDG-40-BLK<br />- CSR 4.0<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Doesn't work:</span><br />- ASUS USB-BT400<br />- Broadcom BCM20702<br /><br /><b>2. Can I use Mi Band while using BT handsfree/headset/smartwatch?</b><br />Yes. BT 4.0 is multithreaded protocol so it can work with few devices at same time. However there was cases when handsfree loses connection upon connecting Mi Band. It depends on your handsfree device.<br /><br /><b>3. Can I use 2 Mi Bands on same phone?</b><br />No you can't. Bracelet works only with 1 Mi Account. You need pair second bracelet with different Mi Account.<br /><br /><b>4. I can't connect Mi Band. What should I do?</b><br />- Try to sync while doing "watch" gesture to view bracelet training progress.<br />- Try to sync while charging bracelet.<br />- Try to install oldest possible Mi Band app.<br />- Try to move away from any possible BT device that can be in range.<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Application and Registration</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><b>1. What should I do if can't register account inside the app?</b><br />You can create account by visiting -> <a href="https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register" target="_blank">https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register</a><br />If you can't receive SMS, use email registration.<br />Xiaomi forum users already have Mi account.<br /><br /><b>2. Can I sync Mi Band statistic with Google Fit/S Health/MyFitnessPal etc?</b><br />No. Mi Band only works with Mi Fit (Mi Band) application.<br /><br /><b>3. Are there any records, goals in app?</b><br />Yes, you can set your goal for daily activity and beat it by doing new records. Also you can share them.<br /><br /><b>4. Why there is hand selection in Mi Band settings?</b><br />This option created for correctly working "Watch" gesture to look for your progress.<br /><br /><b>5. How to see my progress on bracelet?</b><br />Make gesture like you are watching time on your watch. Do it intensively and precisely so it could correctly recognize gesture.<br />Here is example video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OteHkcrH17c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OteHkcrH17c</a><br /><br /><b>6. I have "Neck" in hands menu selection. What's it for?</b><br />From what I see, there will be band straps for neck, to use it as necklace.<br /><br /><b>7. Application wakes up phone too much. What should I do?</b><br />To reduce waking attempts - install tweaked version without notifications, it have disabled Xiaomi Push service that usually wakes up phone.<br /><br /><b>8. Are there firmwares for bracelet?</b><br />Bracelet firmware updates within application updates. It's included in application and if there is new firmware, app will update it.<br />Make sure that bracelet charged by more than 5% and it's close to phone.<br /><br /><b>9. How to make my ID show nickname instead of numbers?</b><br />Log in to you Xiaomi account through website, click on Personal -> Change and fill in Name field.<br /><br /><b>10. Will my data lost if I'll delete application?</b><br />No. User data saves on Xiaomi servers, just before uninstalling app make sure to sync data.<br /><br /><b>11. Incorrect system time. How to fix?</b><br />Go to your phone time settings and change Time Zone to same one you have but with different city.<br />Example: GMT +2:00 Cairo to GMT +2:00 Helsinki, or GMT -6:00 Central America to GMT -6:00 Central Time. This is only if your Automatic time zone fail.<br /><br /><b>12. What does BLE Broadcast mean?</b><br />This is option for future Xiaomi Mi Scale product, which is basically a smart weight scale and in order to let it connect to your bracelet/app you need allow BLE connection.<br /><br /><b>13. Why Mi Fit app requires phone calling permission?</b><br />Don't worry. This is for HealthLink service, which mainly created for China. If you click to call, it will still ask for your permission. <br />Sleep well :)<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Notifications and Social Networks</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><b>1. Can bracelet vibrate on receiving SMS / msg from social networks?</b><br />Yes, but for this you need install Tweaked Notify application.<br /><br /><b>2. What's the duration incoming call vibration? What should I do if vibration happen to late?</b><br />Bracelet vibrates 10 times when you receive incoming call. It will stop vibrate once you pick up call.<br />If you get vibration too late, go to Mi Band settings and click on Incoming Call menu, then choose 3 seconds delay. This is lowest value.<br /><br /><b>3. So what about Social Networks? How to make magic happen?</b><br />You can get vibration from everywhere you want i.e Facebook, Twitter, Google+, SMS. Just install tweaked notify version and follow notification guide from tweaked app topic.<br /><br /><br /><b>4. Can I view other users statistic?</b><br />Yes, but you need install WeChat, which is Chinese social app.<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Sleep tracking and Alarm</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b>1. How bracelet tracks sleep?</b><br />Mi Band tracks your sleeping activity which depends on your body moving to determine the sleeping phase. Application contain sleep statistics, light/deep sleep and wake time.<br /><br /><br /><b>2. Can alarm work without phone?</b><br />Yes. You just need synchronize alarm settings like regular data sync. Bracelet have it's own physical memory to contain all needed settings.<br /><br /><b>3. In which phase alarm will wake me up?</b><br />Bracelet will wake you up in light sleep phase, which is N2 phase (Non-REM sleep). In other words, Mi Band will try to wake you up after deep sleep phase when you prepared to go into light sleep phase to make you feel fresh after waking up.<br /><br /><b>4. How exactly bracelet wakes you up?</b><br />If you set regular alarm: Alarm will work at set time. Vibration duration: 5 times.<br />If you set smart alarm: Alarm will work in some period of 30 minutes, it depends on sleeping phase. Vibration duration: 5 times each 10 minutes, repeats 6 times.<br />To cancel vibration just tap few times on bracelet.<br /><br /><b>5. Can I change duration/intense of alarm vibration?</b><br />No.<br /><br /><b>6. Can Mi Band track daily nap?</b><br />It can, but statistic supports only main night sleep. Alarm should work properly.<br /><br /><b>7. Can I look for previous sleep statistic?</b><br />You can only observe detailed statistic of current sleep. Application can only show you mediocre information about your previous sleep activity in text mode.<br /><br /><b>8. Can it track my sleep in plane/train/car?</b><br />No. Transport vibration will interfere collecting your body movement data.<br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Steps, running, exercises</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><b>1. How bracelet counts my steps?</b><br />Mi Band include three-axis accelerometer ADXL362, that basically reads all your movements. Depending on your height, approximate step length multiplies by step counts.<br />Result is pretty much accurate no matter if your hand is in pocket or not.<br /><br /><b>2. Bracelet does wrong step count!</b><br />Bracelet can add extra steps to your result depending whether you swing your hand or not. But this helps to calculate calories, which is important for daily statistics and your activity performance.<br />None of existing pedometers will show you 100% accurate result.<br /><br /><b>3. Can bracelet track bicycle movement?</b><br />At this moment - no. Fitness Center may get this feature soon.<br /><br /><b>4. Is there any inactivity notification?</b><br />No. But you can install/use extra alarms with Notify application and set vibration times.<br /><br /><b>5. Does it count steps while you driving?</b><br />Depends on road quality. Fitness Center may have driving feature soon.<br /><br /><b>6. Can bracelet count sit-ups/jumping rope exercises?</b><br />Yes. Fitness Center have Sit-up and Jumping rope exercises. Use Fitness Center in Mi Fit (Mi Band) application to track your training.<br /><br /><b>7. How Running Helper works?</b><br />Currently Running Helper works only in China due to limited maps support. So unless you are living in China I wouldn't even bother messing with Running Helper for now.<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_cFBMeqfA-OzVtbR1PJHl0lOHz5AY8UrHiLeKsdzd7hbSak58fFoopm7GqoYo6MqqQUm0Xpf33a_IbTfvP7GejfXjolVEfsAivtHyu4_dCrBMIzRQze6gvTSdE3V9_Pn6akfNWoKl3I/s1600/miband8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_cFBMeqfA-OzVtbR1PJHl0lOHz5AY8UrHiLeKsdzd7hbSak58fFoopm7GqoYo6MqqQUm0Xpf33a_IbTfvP7GejfXjolVEfsAivtHyu4_dCrBMIzRQze6gvTSdE3V9_Pn6akfNWoKl3I/s1600/miband8.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Useful tips</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />1. Charge your Mi Band from PC. Avoid using AC chargers.<br />2. While you are doing elliptical trainer, take off bracelet tracker and put it in your pocket or on your belt.<br />3. Bracelet designed for 24/7 body monitoring so do not take it off, unless you are doing shower/bath.<br />4. Do not discharge bracelet to 0%. Try to charge it when it goes to 5%.<br />5. If your bracelet "died" and can't sync/charge, try to put your bracelet tracker to refrigerator and keep it there for few days (But not in fridge, don't put it in negative zero place). Then try to charge it after warming it up.</span></div><br /></div>

MI band - How to use ?, How To do Connection, Application, registration, notification & use ful tips

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FAQ: all about Mi fit band

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_cFBMeqfA-OzVtbR1PJHl0lOHz5AY8UrHiLeKsdzd7hbSak58fFoopm7GqoYo6MqqQUm0Xpf33a_IbTfvP7GejfXjolVEfsAivtHyu4_dCrBMIzRQze6gvTSdE3V9_Pn6akfNWoKl3I/s1600/miband8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_cFBMeqfA-OzVtbR1PJHl0lOHz5AY8UrHiLeKsdzd7hbSak58fFoopm7GqoYo6MqqQUm0Xpf33a_IbTfvP7GejfXjolVEfsAivtHyu4_dCrBMIzRQze6gvTSdE3V9_Pn6akfNWoKl3I/s1600/miband8.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">General Information</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><b></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>1. What Mi Band can offer?</b><br />Bracelet can track your moves, walked distance and burned calories, sleep quality and have built-in smart alarm. Smart alarm can wake you up in light sleep phase (Non-REM/N2 phase).<br />It can also vibrate when you receive incoming call (By default it's 20 seconds, you should pick 3 seconds as lowest value), as well as unlocking your phone without password.<br />There is tweaked application that can vibrate when you receive SMS or social network message, you can see download link upper.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><b></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>2. Which devices support Mi Band?</b><br />Mi Band can be used with any phone/tablet running Android 4.3+ and Bluetooth 4.0. <br />100% supported SoC:<br />- MTK6589/M/T/W<br />- MTK6592/M/T/W<br />- MTK6595<br />- MTK6582/M<br />- Snapdragon 410<br />- Snapdragon 600<br />- Snapdragon 610<br />- Snapdragon 615<br />- Snapdragon 800<br />- Snapdragon 801<br />- Snapdragon 810</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />iOS application require iPhone 4S/5/5S/6/6+ with iOS: 7.1 / 8 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><b></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>3. How long bracelet can work from full charge?</b><br />Bracelet can hold its charge for 30-60 days! All depends on how you use it and which application you use. For example, notification version app can drain your battery faster.<br />With 1 alarm/day, mediocre calling vibration it can last for 30 days. Some cases were issued when users had faulty battery that lasts 2 days. If you occurred this issue - ask your seller to replace device.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><b></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>4. Does it have any water protection?</b><br />Yes, Mi Band have IP67 secure that should protect from dust and water. You can use it while taking shower/bath, but I strongly recommend not to use it in water. Some users had water inside capsule after taking shower and batch. So just take off Mi Band while you take shower, keep your body clean!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>5. Are there any other bracelet straps for Mi Band?</b><br />At this moment, there are different color rubber straps on sale, similar to one you have by default. There are 2 types of straps selling, official and fake, so take care choosing it. <br />Official one have "Designed by Xiaomi" text on strap and metal button. Xiaomi showed leather straps when presented Mi Band, but no one knows release date.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><b></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>6. Can Mi Band work without syncing for some time?</b><br />Yes, since bracelet have built-in memory it can work some time, approx 10 days. By this time bracelet will gather all statistics and then send it to phone, where it gonna be upload to Xiaomi servers.<br />I would recommend you to sync bracelet with Mi Fit app at least once a day.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>7. Does it have heartbeat monitor/NFC/GPS?</b><br />Nope.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><b></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>8. Can it work at cold winter times?</b><br />Yes. You will wear bracelet under cloth, so it will be in a warm place.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div></div>

FAQ: all about Mi fit band

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Mi band & Mi Tv Launch in India in Q3

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><aside class="mashsb-container"> </aside> <img alt="Mi Band" border="0" data-lazy-loaded="true" height="283" src="http://trak.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Mi-Band.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Mi Band" width="620" /><br /> Xiaomi has made slew of announcements for Indian customers in regards to <strong>availability of Mi Band and Mi TV in India</strong>. Along with it, they have also announced OS updates for Note 3G and Redmi 1S.<br /> <h3>Mi Band Launch</h3>Jaimani, part of Mi India product team, announced in a forum update that Mi Band will be available by late March or early April. According to the update, Mi India is currently testing Mi Band and plan to sell it in India as soon as they complete the update to MIUI 6 for their devices. As far as MIUI 6 OS updates go, they are currently in the process of rolling out Note 4G and Mi 3. Once these updates are over, they will be offering updates to Note 3G and Redmi 1S that will be over by March.<br /> If you are not aware Mi Band is essentially a wrist band that tracks various health related activities. It will monitor daily fitness levels by tracking your walking distance and other physical activities done through the day. It will also calculate and give out amount of calories burned on daily basis.<br /> The Mi Band connects to your smartphone app through Low energy Bluetooth and displays all your fitness data.<br /> While many other companies have launched similar devices, what differentiates Mi Band is it’s cost and long battery life. It is expected to cost less than Rs. 1000 in India and unlike other bands, it gives a humongous 30 day battery life.<br /> <h3>Mi TV Launch</h3>Mi TV is also scheduled to launch in India this year. However, unlike Mi Band, they have not announced the exact date. According to the update, Mi is still working on coming up with the Mi Box and Mi TV 2 as well as some newer versions of Mi TV which have not been announced yet.<br /> We think Mi TV should make it’s debut in India somewhere in May or June.<br /></div>

Mi band & Mi Tv Launch in India in Q3

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Mi Band will be launching in Singapore tomorrow, Dec 16.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIezv43maAsDQLcNhQLldygVxwMA0YOuvVRbvTDlHkUFehlz8U2sjFViAYReVdsec4kNULqAV5dy0CrBKC37WSy-POVMfw4cByXNK5brc_ajrMqAgKxO3acCQ6q0cf-wtNS-YqbZLqsD0/s1600/miband8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIezv43maAsDQLcNhQLldygVxwMA0YOuvVRbvTDlHkUFehlz8U2sjFViAYReVdsec4kNULqAV5dy0CrBKC37WSy-POVMfw4cByXNK5brc_ajrMqAgKxO3acCQ6q0cf-wtNS-YqbZLqsD0/s1600/miband8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Xiaomi's first wearable, the Mi Band, will be launching in Singapore tomorrow, Dec 16. The activity and sleep tracker will be available on Xiaomi's Singapore website for S$19.99. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Xiaomi's first wearable, the Mi Band, will be launching in Singapore tomorrow, Dec 16. The activity and sleep tracker will be available on Xiaomi's Singapore website for S$19.99. That will definitely put a dent into retailers bringing the product in from overseas and selling it for much more.<br /><br />On top of tracking steps, the Mi Band can monitor your activity while you jump rope or do sit ups, and it will also track your sleep pattern when you wear at night. The Mi Band also has an automatic unlock feature exclusive to Xiaomi Mi Phones, and has a battery that lasts an incredible 30 days on a single charge.<br /><br />The Mi Band is currently compatible with all Android OS devices. An official Chinese iOS app has also launched, however Xiaomi can't confirm at this time when or if an English version will be available.<br /><br />At its price point, the Mi Band might very well be the first activity tracker for many consumers. Click <a href="http://www.miuios.in/2014/12/xiaomi-mi-band-review.html">here </a>for the review of the Xiaomi Mi band.<br /><br /></span></div>

Mi Band will be launching in Singapore tomorrow, Dec 16.

Xiaomi's first wearable, the Mi Band, will be launching in Singapore tomorrow, Dec 16. The activity and sleep tracker will be available ...

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Xiaomi MI Band : Review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Inside this is the minimalistic box of the Mi Band. Nothing on the front of the box except the MI logo. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="405" id="aimg_Xa2AR" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024628awwppyn17yd1ltyd.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="720" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Some data on the back of the box. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="405" id="aimg_TcPLd" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024638ma6ova2q9k0g8qos.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="720" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">When you open the box, you are greeted by the small Mi Band right in the centre, its a cute looking band is what the feedback that I got from my wife and daughter. Which means, I have to agree too that the band is cute. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="360" id="aimg_zKGkp" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024541o9mmvchxvv9az99a.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="640" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Box contains the Mi receiver (the one in the silver), Mi Silicone bracelet, charging cable and the user manual. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="360" id="aimg_fk55P" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024509ox60n9g5xv0zz6eb.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="640" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">User manual is of not much use as its in chinese and I don't understand that. There is not even single instruction in English in the manual. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="405" id="aimg_Qz8i8" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024613ukva385r5854lrzk.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="720" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The main unit of the MI band has to be removed from the Mi silicone bracelet. Only after you have removed the main unit from the bracelet, you can charge the main unit. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="360" id="aimg_wUu5z" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024525dc9k95bc4t1tzt7i.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="640" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">To charge you get an usb cable. The initial charge in the MI Band that I got was around 66% but before using it, I charged the main unit till 100%. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="360" id="aimg_aXls3" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024517vrk9n9prkfvznfrd.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="640" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">While the tracker was charging, I installed the MI Band app. For this, go to the play store and download the MI Band application. The application seems to be in chinese language in the store, but don't worry it takes your phones local language settings and for me got installed in English.  </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_p47vx" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024456phbtiyrnn11w5ojz.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Post installation, it will ask you for permissions. Agree to those.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="1" id="aimg_CgeHR" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024556lo1dg7sln337xs4v.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">After agreeing to the alert, you can see this screen. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_DZ7OV" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024552ba8dffjoikrff61k.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We need to login using our MI username and password. After sign in to the MI account, we need to enable bluetooth as the phone needs to pair with the band. Allow the app to turn on the bluetooth. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_JOSS7" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024500hjrbi0r1r014r0hw.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">If the band is found by the app, the band's lights will start flashing. To pair the band with the phone, tap on the tracker for few times when the lights are flashing. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_Zh62T" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024600idckmz78811fdfku.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">First input to the app once its paired will be gender, then age, then height, then weight and then your daily goal.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_kcKgW" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024545avasvt4sp0nzdpvv.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Input your age</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_yMx48" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024452na9i2dku39ihooo1.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Select your height in cms.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_JWkcN" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024549qgukloynddiglmzk.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Then weight</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_cBdxd" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024617juccgc9nzneolnl2.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">select your daily step goals. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="" border="0" class="zoom" height="640" id="aimg_q99gz" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/album/201412/03/024604xx3xgdb5x5x5pp4y.png" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="360" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Click next and your app is now configured. The default app is not that versatile and hence I used the twekaed MI Band application with the notification services. You can also use the same app from the following link. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><a href="http://en.miui.com/thread-53761-1-1.html" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://en.miui.com/thread-53761-1-1.html</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The tweaked verison allows you to set up notifications for your installed application. This is a lot better feature and makes the MI band more useful and user friendly. I will talk about this later in the review. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Functions of MI Band: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Main function of the MI band is that of a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">fitness tracker</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">. </span></span><br /><ul style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Track your steps taken</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Distance Travelled</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories burned</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep tracker with deep sleep tracker.</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alarms</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Incoming call notification</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Special functions with Mi phones (Mi 3 and Mi 4) and not the redmi version.</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long battery life.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Improvements in the MI app after installing the tweaked version of the app. </span></span><br /><ul style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notifications for installed apps.</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fitness centre</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Review of the MI Band.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Lets talk about the functions of the Mi band and review them one by one. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">1) Track steps taken, distance travelled and Calories burned.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The main function of the MI band is to track the steps taken. MI band provides information of the steps taken, calories burned and the total distance travelled. This is very useful information. Mi band though does fail miserably on the actual steps taken. MI Band is worn in the hand and due to which it does capture ghost steps. What I meant by the ghost steps is that even though you are sitting on the chair, but with the movement of your hand, it could track that as a step taken. Frankly this was annoying for me. For e.g I use the google fit also to monitor the steps taken and the difference between the two is more than 25%, where google fit provides me with a lower step count. Hence for this particular reason, i say that there is an issue with the accuracy of data captured by MI Band.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Due to the above reasons, distance travelled and calories burned data would also not accurate.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">4/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">2) Sleep tracker</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The MI band tracks your sleeping pattern. It monitors how long you have slept and how long were you in a state of deep sleep. This is helpful as it lets you know the total hrs that you have slept and out of those hrs how many hrs you were in the state of deep sleep. Mi Band tracks your deep sleep based on the movement on the bed. If during your sleep, there is no movement, then that's considered as deep sleep. I liked this feature and is very accurate as far as the sleeping hours and state of sleep is concerned. But this will work only once in a day. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">By what I mean once in a day is, Once you get up and sync your Mi band with the app on the mobile, for any other session of sleep will not be caputred. I work night shifts and hence sleep during the day. I don't get to sleep 8 hrs at a stretch and hence break my sleep pattern in two different slots with in the day. The second sleeping hours or state of sleep is not captured. This is something that I did not like and we should be able to track any hours of sleep. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">4/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">3) Alarms</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The MI band provides you with an alarm reminder. Set up an alarm and when its time to wake up, the alarm will ensure that you are awake as it will vibrate on your wrist and this would certainly help you to awake. This functionality is only with the inbuilt alarm app and will not work with any thrid party applications. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">But I must say I will give this to the band as its surely will ensure that you are awaken by the alarm. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">7/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">4) Incoming call notification</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Mi Band provides you with the incoming call notification. This is particularly useful if you are in a crowded place and can't hear the phone ring, or you have by activated the silent mode onto your phone. The MI band will vibrate when there is an incoming call. You can set the time interval in seconds for the Mi band to vibrate after the call has hit your phone. I selected 3 seconds, hence any call that hits me, I get the call notification on my band (Vibrate). This is really cool and helpful feature when i am driving or in crowded place or in meetings. This helps me get discrete notifications. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">8/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">5) Battery Life</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">One of the most impressive aspect of the Mi Band. The MI band has huge battery life. Company claims that the MI band will last upto 30 days before it needs to be charged again. Comparing this to the competition, 2 days for the fitbit flex and 10 days for the jawbone, MI Band is untouchable as far as the battery life is concerned. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">10/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">6) Special funtion for Mi phones. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">If you own the flagship phones of Xiaomi then you can use the special functions of MI band. One of the function is screen unlock. When a locked MI phone is near the Mi Band (app installed and unlock permission provided from the settings) the phone will be unlocked automatically. This is really cool feature and I love it. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">7/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">7) New functions from the tweaked app</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Tweaked app has increased the usage of the Mi Band. Now we can get notifications from our favourite apps (vibration on your mi band for the selected apps.) I setup apps like whatsapp and QQ on the notifications and its really effective. Though I had to stop these very soon as otherwise the MI band would have been vibrating whole day on my hand. :)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I have enabled the notifications now for my gmail app, my runkeeper app and my messaging app. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">8/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">8) Fitness centre</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Under the menu, you have additional functionality for fitness centre. I am not sure if its the functionality of the MI Band app or the tweaked version as I did not keep the MI band app for long. The fitness centre provide you with the way to calculate your jumping rope or situps. This is a nice to have functionality as now you don't have to count your jumps while using the jumping rope as the app would count it for you. This is cool. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">7/10</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Final score for the Mi Band is 54 out of 80. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I forgot to mention one important aspect of the MI Band. Its certified with waterproof and this helps. One additional issue that I noticed with the Mi Band is that the indicator LED do not work as expected. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">On the MI Band you have three LED, which help in providing you with the quick snapshot of your goal achievement. On every 33% of the goal achieved, 1 LED light would light up and when the goal is met, all three LEDs should lit up. This is not working for me. Also the quick glance function where you look at the MI band like a wrist watch, it does not show us the progress. This is annoying. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Final Verdict</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">i would certainly recommend MI band to all as its the best VFM smart wearables in the market today. For a fraction of the cost of other fitness tracker, this is a great tool. Steps tracked info is not somthing that I can rely on completely and needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. This is where we need some improvements. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">MI Band is a novelty and for the price that it's available its VFM. This is the first attempt by Xiaomi in the smart wearables and is really nice for the first time. Though there are still lot of rough edges and those need to be sorted soon, specially if the main functionality of fitness tracking is not working as expected that's a major let down. With the new tweaked app with notification we do know now that the possibilities for enhancement is really there and Xiaomi should capitalize this asap. Also this VFM band should be launched soon in India so that Xiaomi has the first laucher benefit and many people would buy it for its low cost.  </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">One major reason to be proud of the Mi Band is the quality of material used. Even though the cost of the band is low, The band is great to look at and also the bracelet which is made of high quality silicone material is also really nice to feel. You will not get irritated while wearing for long hrs at a stretch. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">source:-<a href="http://en.miui.com/thread-66886-1-1.html">miui</a></span></span></div>

Xiaomi MI Band : Review

Inside this is the minimalistic box of the Mi Band. Nothing on the front of the box except the MI logo.  Some data on the back of the box.  ...

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Mi Band shipment hits 1 Million!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: small; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; word-wrap: break-word;">Xiaomi Mi Band, Xiaomi's first fitness tracking wrist band, has been announced in New Product Launch Event on Jul 22, 2014. It comes with the industry's most power-efficient Bluetooth chip and accelerometer, which enables it to be powered for 30 days on one charge. It sells at RMB 79 (Approx. $12). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Band reaches it's first milestone since it was introduced in July this year.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><ignore_js_op style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="224293" file="data/attachment/forum/201411/28/155625dhki972ej27g22zg.jpg.thumb.jpg" height="360" id="aimg_224293" initialized="true" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201411/28/155625dhki972ej27g22zg.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="word-wrap: break-word;" width="640" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201411/28/155625dhki972ej27g22zg.jpg" /></ignore_js_op><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><ignore_js_op style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="224296" file="data/attachment/forum/201411/28/155629v31mk116s10f21m3.jpg.thumb.jpg" height="301" id="aimg_224296" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201411/28/155629v31mk116s10f21m3.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="word-wrap: break-word;" width="640" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201411/28/155629v31mk116s10f21m3.jpg" /></ignore_js_op><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></span><br /><div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="left" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: red; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Band hits its 1 million shipment!! </span><span style="color: black; word-wrap: break-word;">More than </span><span style="color: red; word-wrap: break-word;">100,000 Mi Bands</span><span style="color: black; word-wrap: break-word;"> were sold out in a single day (highest record). </span><span style="color: red; word-wrap: break-word;">80 billion steps</span><span style="color: black; word-wrap: break-word;"> by users in total.</span><span style="color: red; word-wrap: break-word;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: black; word-wrap: break-word;">Let us all congratulate Xiaomi and Mi Band on reaching its first significant milestone!!  </span></span></span></span></div></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><div align="center" style="background-color: white; 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Mi Band shipment hits 1 Million!

Xiaomi Mi Band, Xiaomi's first fitness tracking wrist band, has been announced in New Product Launch Event on Jul 22, 2014. It comes wit...

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Unlocking Device - MiBand Vs Apple Touch ID

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="223707" file="data/attachment/forum/201411/27/094806lkkjthehvvfswtm0.jpg.thumb.jpg" height="499" id="aimg_223707" initialized="true" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201411/27/094806lkkjthehvvfswtm0.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="word-wrap: break-word;" width="640" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201411/27/094806lkkjthehvvfswtm0.jpg" /></span></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">Image courtest </span><a href="http://en.miui.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=428619715" style="color: #336699; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">@Atyant</a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">As many of you know, technology gets updated as we speak to bring better experience to the end users, Like faster and smoother and so on. While in the process of updation each brand finds a way to please its brand loyal customers. </span><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">In today's topic lets take a moment to to evaluate a simplistic thing like screen unlock would be a break through for ease of operations.</span><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: seagreen; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></span></span><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: seagreen; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi</span> <span style="color: red; word-wrap: break-word;">Band </span></span>a "<u style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: darkorange; word-wrap: break-word;">One Band to Rule Them All Mi Devices</span></u>" that includes <span style="word-wrap: break-word;">counting your steps</span>and <span style="word-wrap: break-word;">tracking your sleep patterns</span>, <span style="word-wrap: break-word;">functioning as an alarm clock</span>, and lasting 30 days on a full charge. Comes with a killer feature: <span style="word-wrap: break-word;">It's an identification band for smart devices</span>. <span style="word-wrap: break-word;">Just wearing your Mi Band is enough to unlock your device without keying in a code</span>.  It's something we'll also see when Google's Android L update arrives, allowing any smartphone and any Bluetooth LE device to do this. However, this functionality will be extended in time, so that the Mi Band could be used, say, to unlock your door when you come home, or switch on smart appliances and other gadgets.</span><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">On the other hand <span style="word-wrap: break-word;">Apple's Touch ID</span> protects your iPhone or iPad by allowing access only through your fingerprint. Touch ID requires you to register your fingerprint by pressing the Home button several times. Once the feature is activated, you then need to press the Home button anytime you wish to unlock your device. The feature can also come into play if you wish to buy something through the iTunes or App Store. But the the biggest hassle with Touch ID and the pass code is turning them on and off & wish Apple had a quicker and more accessible way of turning the security on and off. </span><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">Neither of them are bad with exemplary functions which out matches one another in all parameters. In the end it all boils down to individual choices of users like you and me.</span><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">Share your thoughts what makes you think is good or better option. Should MIUI 6 have this feature too?</span></span></div>

Unlocking Device - MiBand Vs Apple Touch ID

Image courtest  @Atyant As many of you know, technology gets updated as we speak to bring better experience to the end users, Like faster an...

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