Xiaomi’s current Redmi Note series smartphones are equipped with powerful gyroscopes that automatically detect the device’s position in space, which immediately results in most images being in the correct orientation. However, the technology is not always perfect: sometimes the system fails, and the horizontal landscape is vertical, and the portrait photo is upside down, a common problem that can occur when shooting and transferring files from other devices.
Fortunately, the MIUI operating system that runs Redmi smartphones offers built-in and efficient editing tools. You don't have to download heavy third-party apps to fix one unfortunate shot. The gallery's built-in editor allows you to perform basic and advanced operations with image geometry in seconds. In this article, we'll take a look at all the possible orientation corrections.
Users often face a situation where when viewing a photo on a phone screen, it looks normal, but after sending it to the messenger or to the computer, it turns again. This is due to the metadata of the file, which can be ignored by some programs. EXIF-And the way that we can change the information and how to change it correctly is to avoid these kinds of incidents in the future, and we're going to look not only at the quick turn, but also at the ways that we can consolidate the results.
Use of the built-in editor in the MIUI Gallery
The easiest and fastest way to change the orientation of an image is to use the standard Gallery app. The MIUI shell offers a fairly functional editor that hides powerful tools. First, open the photo and pay attention to the bottom control panel, where you will find the Change button or the pencil icon that triggers the editing mode.
When you go into editing mode, look for the "Tear" tab or the icon that looks like a square with arrows. This is where the tools are located. When you press the rotation button, you'll turn the image 90 degrees clockwise. If you want to rotate a photo counterclockwise, just press the button three times. This action instantly changes the visual display and updates the file metadata.
- 🔄 Press the Turn button to change orientation 90 degrees to the right.
- 📐 Use the “Cadration” tool to simultaneously turn and trim the extra edges.
- 💾 Remember to click Save to apply changes to the original or create a copy.
⚠️ Note: If you save the changes, the system may suggest you create a copy of the file, leaving the original unchanged. This is a useful feature if you are not sure about the result, but it takes up additional space in the device's memory.
Importantly, the MIUI editor allows you to apply batch changes if you select multiple photos at once. Select the desired pictures with a long tap, click "Change" and apply a turn. All selected files will be treated the same. This saves you a lot of time if you download a whole folder of inverted images from your computer or old phone.
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Always check the result of the save by opening a photo in another application, such as in the Explorer or sending it to yourself in Telegram, which ensures that the metadata is updated correctly.
Adjusting the autoturn of the screen and sensors
Sometimes the problem isn't with the file itself, but with the screen orientation lock. Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphones have a "Spin" feature that may not work correctly or be disabled. Check the notification curtain: swipe from top to bottom to open the control center. Make sure the "Spin" button is active. If the lock icon is on, the screen will be locked in the current position, which may interfere with the correct display when shooting.
In some cases, the proximity sensor or accelerometer can stick in software. If you notice that the phone interface does not respond to the device's rotation, try calibrating. To do this, you can run a sensor test on the engineering menu or through special utilities. However, most often, a simple reboot of the device that resets temporary errors in the operation of the gyroscope helps.
| Symptoms. | Possible cause | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| The screen doesn't turn. | Orientation lock is on | Turn off the lock in the notification curtain |
| Photo flipped in gallery | Infidels EXIF-data | Use the editor to save |
| Camera interface static | Sensor failure | Reboot your smartphone or calibrate |
It’s also worth checking the settings of a particular camera app. In some third-party launchers or shooting modes (like Documents or Text), automatic rotation can be forced off for ease of use. Return to the standard Photo or Video mode and check if the problem has gone away. If the sensor is physically damaged (after a fall), software techniques may not help and you will need to contact the service.
Package processing and work with albums
When it comes to a lot of photos, manually editing each frame becomes a tedious activity. Redmi Note owners can take advantage of batch processing features. Open the album, click "Select" and tick all images that need correction. After that, basic operations, including rotation, are often available on the action menu.
However, a standard Xiaomi gallery may have restrictions on rotating too many files at once (usually more than 50), in which case it is better to break the task into several stages. Create a temporary album, move the problematic photos there and process them in groups of 20-30 pieces, this will prevent the process from hanging and data loss.
- 📂 Select the group photo with a long press and swipe of the finger.
- ✂️ Choose an editing tool and apply a turn to all highlighted.
- ✅ Wait for the saving process to end before closing the application.
There is a nuance when working with RAW-It takes more time and processor resources to process these files, and if the phone starts to heat up or work slowly, pause. Also remember that when batch-saving copies, the free space in memory can run out faster than you expect.
⚠️ Note: When mass processing, make sure you have enough free memory.Creating copies of original files can fill up storage quickly, especially if it is a high-resolution video or snapshot.
☑️ Checklist before batch processing
Third-party editing applications
If the built-in tools are not enough or they work incorrectly, applications from Google Play come to the rescue. The store offers hundreds of editors, but for the task of turning photos on Xiaomi, it is better to choose light and proven tools. Google Photos, Adobe Lightroom and specialized utilities like Photo & Picture Resizer are popular.
Google Photos is often pre-installed on smartphones or easily integrated, and its interface is intuitive: open a photo, click Change, select Crop, and use the Turn icon. The main advantage of cloud services is that changes can be synchronized across all your devices, which means that the photo you fix on your phone will automatically become correct on your tablet or computer.
For more complex tasks, such as correcting the horizon (when the photo is not just turned over, but piled to the side), advanced editors will be suitable. After such changes are applied, the file is completely rewritten, which guarantees the reset of old, erroneous orientation data, which is especially true for files obtained from messengers, which are often ignored. EXIF-tagging.
Why do third-party apps sometimes work better?
Problem. EXIF-data and metadata
A digital photo is not just a picture, but a file that contains hidden information about the date, time, camera model and, importantly for us, orientation. This information is stored in the EXIF block. When you take a picture, the camera records the orientation code (for example, "turn 90 degrees"). The gallery reads this code and shows the photo correctly, and a simple file viewer can ignore it and show a "raw" image.
To “sew up” the turn forever and make the photo independent of the reader EXIF-tags, we need to do a resave. MIUI Or any other application, when you save a new file, you write the already rotated matrix of pixels, and the orientation tag is reset to "0 degrees." That's why after editing the photo looks the same in all programs.
There are special apps for viewing and editing EXIF-data, such as EXIF Editor: They allow you to change the orientation tag without losing image quality, because there is no recoding of the image. However, it is easier and more reliable for the average user to simply rotate and save the photo again through a standard gallery, even if this theoretically leads to micro-quality loss during compression. JPEG.
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Resaving an image through any editor is the most reliable way to “reset” orientation tags and make the photo universal for any device.
Frequent questions and problem-solving
Despite the simplicity of the procedure, users often face repetitive difficulties, such as the photo may return to its original inverted state after synchronization with the cloud or transfer over Bluetooth, which suggests that the original file was not changed, but only the local one (preview) was corrected.
Another problem is blur after a turn, which can happen if you rotate an image that's already compressed many times or use aggressive zoom algorithms, try to rotate only once and save the result immediately, and also watch the format: going from JPG to PNG and back can affect the quality and size of the file.
- 📱 Photo flips back: check your cloud service sync settings.
- 🌫 Previous article“Soap”: Avoid multiple resaving of compressed images.
- 📂 File won’t open after editing: file header may be damaged, try recovering from backup.
In conclusion, managing the orientation of photos on the Xiaomi Redmi Note is a full-time task 99% of the time. Understanding the principles of gallery and metadata will allow you to quickly get the album in order. If the problem is systemic and affects all new shots, it is worth thinking about resetting the camera settings or updating the firmware to the current version.