Double clock on the lock screen Xiaomi: causes and 5 working ways to eliminate

Xiaomi’s lock screen should display time clearly and accurately, once, in the center or in the top corner, but many users face an annoying problem: double watches appear on the lock, sometimes in different formats (digital + analog) or even with a time difference, which not only spoils the aesthetics, but also prevents you from quickly orientating.

Reasons for the Redmi clock duplication, POCO or Mi are hidden in the features of the shell MIUI, In this article, we will discuss all possible ways to fix the problem, from simple (reboot and reset widgets) to deep (clearing the cache of system services). MIUI (including MIUI 14 and HyperOS, but may differ for older firmware.

Why do you have a double watch on the lock screen of Xiaomi?

Time duplication is not a bug, but a consequence of multiple MIUI mechanisms working simultaneously.

• 🔄 Widget conflict: Two watch widgets are installed (e.g., standard widgets). + third-party from Google App or Mi Fit).
• ⚙️ Failure of the system application com.android.systemui, responsible for displaying the lock interface.
• 📱 Theme error MIUI: Some custom themes contain duplicate elements for the lock screen.
• ⏱️ Active features like “Second screen” (Always-on Display) or “Desk Clock” (Desk Clock).
• 🔄 Incompatibility after update: Often occurs after upgrading to a new version MIUI non-reset.

On some models (such as the Redmi Note 12 Pro+ or Xiaomi 13T), the problem may be due to hardware features – for example, if the phone has two time modules (the main one for Always-on Display), in which case the double watch only appears when AOD is turned on.

⚠️ Note: If the double watches appeared after installing custom firmware (for example, xiaomi.eu or Pixel Experience), the cause may be incorrect assembly.

Method 1: Reboot the phone and reset widgets

Start with the simplest thing: reboot the device, and 30 percent of the time, the double clock disappears after the system restarts, as the time-conflicted processes reset.

If the reboot didn’t help, reset the widgets:

1. Click the empty space on the home screen → select Widgets.
2. Find the Watch (or Weather and Clock) widget → drag it to the screen.
3. Hold the widget and drag it to the basket (or click Remove).
4. Reboot the phone.

After this action, MIUI will automatically restore the standard watch widget on the lock screen. If the problem persists, proceed to the next method.

Method 2: Turn off the second screen (Always-on Display)

Xiaomi’s Always-on Display (AOD) feature can duplicate clocks if it has a separate time display style activated in its settings.

1. Go to Settings → Screen → Always-on Display.
2. Turn off the Always-on Display slider.
3. Check the lock screen – if the double clock is gone, the problem was in the AOD.

If you want to leave AOD but remove duplication:

• 🎨 Select the style Only watches (without date and notifications).
• 🔄 Turn off Show when lifting (may conflict with the main lock screen).
• ⏱️ Set a timer to turn off AOD (for example, for 10 seconds).

⚠️ Note: Some models (e.g. Xiaomi 13 Ultra) feature AOD It's integrated into the firmware at the kernel level, and in that case, disabling it might require the rights of the superuser).

Method 3: Reset the lock screen settings

If the double watch comes after changing themes or installing new fonts, resetting the lock settings will help, a method that doesn't affect personal data, but will return the standard look of the screen.

Instructions:

1. Open Settings → Password and Security → Privacy.
2. Select the lock screen.
3. Click Reset (or Reset by default).
4. Confirm the action.

After discharge:

• 🔄 Reboot the phone.
• 🎨 If you used a custom theme, install it again (maybe the problem was in the corrupted theme file).
• ⚙️ Check if additional widgets (e.g. from Mi Fit or Google) have been activated).

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Before resetting, take a screenshot of the current lock screen settings (hold Power + Volume Down) to help restore personalization quickly.

Method 4: Cleaning the cache of system applications

Double clocks can appear due to a corrupted cache of system services responsible for displaying time. Clearing the cache does not delete data, but resets temporary files that could cause conflict.

How to clear the cache:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Press three points (⋮) → Show system-based.
3. Find and open: System interface (com.android.systemui) Watch (com.android.deskclock) Launcher (e.g. com.mi.android.launcher)

Warehouse → Clear the cache

Reboot the phone.

If the double clock disappeared after cleaning the cache, but returned after a while, the problem lies in one of the MIUI updates. In this case, a rollback to the previous version of the firmware or waiting for a patch from Xiaomi will help.

⚠️ Warning: Do not clear the data (clean all data) of system applications! this can cause the interface to crash and require the phone to be reset before factory settings.

Method 5: Remove conflicting applications

Some third-party apps (especially weather widgets or fitness trackers) can add their watches to the lock screen, creating a duplicate.

• 🌦️ Google App (weather widget with clock)
• 🏃 Mi Fit or Zepp Life (displays time in exercise mode)
• ⏰ Digital Clock Widget or Chronus (popular alternative watches)
• 📱 Lawnchair or Nova Launcher (can duplicate system widgets)

How to find and remove conflicting applications:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Sort the list by installation date (Recent).
3. Remove suspicious apps (especially those that have requested permission to display on top of other windows).
4. After removing, restart the phone.

If you don’t want to remove the app completely, try:

• 🔄 Disable its widgets on the main screen.
• ⚙️ Disable display over other windows (Settings) → Special facilities → Appendices on top of others).
• 📵 Limit background activity (Settings) → Battery → Optimizing the battery).

Additional methods for experienced users

If none of these things worked, the problem could be deeper, either in system files or firmware.

• 🔧 Related: Retreat of the update MIUI: If the double watch appeared after the update, go back to the previous firmware version via Settings. → The phone. → Updating the system → Three points. → Select a Service Package.
• 📲 Reset to factory settings: Extreme method, but effective 90% of the time. pre-backup through Settings → Additionally. → Backup and reset.
• 🔓 Root: For advanced users, you can manually remove the duplicate element from the file framework-res.apk (Requires Superuser Rights).

On HyperOS models (such as Xiaomi 14 or Redmi K70), disabling the MiuiOptimization feature via ADB can help:

adb shell settings put global miui_optimization_disabled 1

Once you have completed the command, restart the phone. This will turn off some MIUI optimizations that may be causing interface conflicts.

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If the double watches appeared after the upgrade to HyperOS, wait for a patch from Xiaomi – this is a famous mistake of new versions of the shell.

FAQ: Frequent questions about double watches on Xiaomi