How to turn the screen on Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note series is deservedly considered one of the most popular devices on the market due to its excellent price-performance ratio. 8T well-equipped IPS-resolution-screen 1080×2340 It's a pixel that provides a bright and rich picture, but many owners are faced with a situation where the orientation of the image does not automatically change when you turn the gadget in your hands.

Most often, the problem is not a breakdown, but a software lock or incorrect settings of the MIUI system. Screen autoturn is a function that depends on the operation of the gyroscope and accelerometer, which respond to a change in the position of the device in space. If these sensors work correctly, and the image is “frozen”, then the software limiter is activated.

In this article, we will take a look at all the possible ways to control the orientation of the display on your device, how to quickly activate the desired function through the notification curtain, where to find hidden settings in the menu, and what to do if standard methods stop working, and we will look at both standard tools and advanced calibration methods.

Activation of the function through the notification curtain

The fastest and most obvious way to change the orientation of the image is to use the Quick Access Bar. In the MIUI Android operating system, this control is brought to the fore for user convenience. To use it, you need to unlock the phone and swipe from the top edge of the screen down.

In the icon menu that opens, you'll find a symbol that looks like a lock with a circular arrow around it, or just two arrows that form a circle, called Orientation or Autoturn. If the icon is blue, the function is active, and the screen will rotate as the case turns, and if the icon is gray or crossed out, the mode is blocked.

Sometimes the panel may be hidden in the second tab, in which case you need to swipe the icons from left to right or click on the edit button (usually a pencil or gear) to add the missing element to the main screen. After activation, try turning the phone horizontally to check the result.

It's important to understand that in some versions of the firmware, the logic of this switch is inverted. It can be called "Oriental Lock", and then its active state (blue) just prevents you from turning the screen.

⚠️ Warning: If you activated autorotating, but the screen still does not respond to turns, check if the phone is not enabled mode "One hand" or "Increases", which can force fix the orientation of the interface.

Configure through the system parameters menu

If the use of the notification curtain is inconvenient or limited for some reason, you can always refer to the basic settings of the smartphone.The path to the desired menu may vary slightly depending on the version of MIUI, but the overall logic remains the same for the entire Xiaomi ecosystem.

You have to open the Settings app and find the section that's associated with displaying information, and depending on the location of the system, it can be called Screen, Display, or Wallpaper and Personalization, and that's where the global settings of the matrix are.

Inside the section, look for "Scream Turn" or "Orientation." The switch next to it should be activated. There's also a frequent option available here called "Turn the screen upright." If you turn this on, even if you're in vertical mode, you can rotate the image 180 degrees, which is useful for example, when watching a video lying down.

To fine-tune the sensor response, you can use the engineering menu. Go to the About Phone section and click on the kernel version or build number several times to activate the advanced features. However, a standard settings menu is enough for a basic orientation setting.

Use of Orientation Management Applications

Xiaomi’s hardware can sometimes malfunction due to software conflicts or code errors in a particular version of Android, and in such cases, third-party apps from the Google Play store come to the rescue, taking control of the sensors.

One of the most popular solutions is Rotation Control, which allows you not only to turn on and off the autorotor, but also to force you to set the desired orientation for each application you run separately, especially for games that do not support horizontal mode, or for reading books in a non-standard position.

Once installed, the app will have a permanent widget or icon in the status bar, through which you can instantly switch modes: “Portrait Only”, “Landscape Only”, “Auto” or “Forced coup”, which gives the Redmi Note 8T user full control over the situation, ignoring system limitations.

Some utilities also offer a Smart Turn feature, using a front-facing camera to determine the position of the user's head.If the camera sees you flipped the phone but the screen didn't turn, the app will force you to change orientation even if the sensors are "silent."

Calibration of sensors and troubleshooting

If the software settings don’t help, perhaps the problem lies in the de-synchronization of the hardware sensors. The gyroscope and accelerometer in the Redmi Note 8T are tools that can get lost over time, especially after a drop or a sharp change in temperature.

To diagnose and correct the situation, there is a special CIT engineering menu. To get there, open the Phone app and enter the code ##6484##. The list of tests will open where you need to find the item "Gyroscope" or "Accelerometer." Follow the instructions on the screen for calibration: you usually need to put the phone on a flat surface and press the calibration button.

During calibration, the system reads the current position of the device and takes it as a zero-value benchmark, which helps eliminate cursor drift or misidentification of the side that the phone is lying on the table.

⚠️ Attention: Don't calibrate your sensors with your hands or on an uneven surface. Algorithms need a perfectly horizontal plane to work precisely, otherwise you'll only make things worse.

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If the problem persists after calibration, try to start the phone in safe mode. To do this, press the off button, and then hold your finger on the "off" button on the screen for a long time. If the turn is working in safe mode, then a third-party application is interfering.

Features of work in different applications

Users often forget that the ability to rotate the screen depends not only on the phone's settings, but also on the support for this feature in the app itself.Some programs, such as TikTok or Instagram (in the main feed), were originally designed only for vertical use and ignore the turn commands.

At the same time, video players, browsers and games must respond to the change in position of the gadget. If YouTube video does not flip, check the settings of the application itself: perhaps there is a tick "Turn device for full screen mode", which requires physical action, not automatic response.

Also, it is worth considering that on some Xiaomi models with a “bang” in the screen or a cutout for the camera, the rotation of the interface can be blocked by system restrictions to preserve the integrity of the status bar display. In such cases, the inclusion of “Full screen mode” in the display settings, where you can hide the cutout by software, helps.

For games, the situation is different: if the game does not support a wide format or a certain orientation, the image can be stretched or stay in the center with black fields. Here, the orientation switch is often only possible through the settings menu within the game itself, and not through the system.

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There is no one-size-fits-all solution. If the system autorotate is on but the screen is not rotating in a particular program, it is a software developer limitation, not a defect in your Redmi Note 8T.

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