How to turn off the night mode in the Xiaomi phone: the complete guide

Xiaomi’s modern smartphones come with a variety of visual protection features, including reading or night mode, which changes the color temperature of the screen to warmer, and reduces eye strain during the dark. However, for many users, the display’s constant yellow tint becomes a serious irritant, distorting colors when viewing photos or working with graphics.

The need to disable this feature can arise for various reasons, from banal discomfort to the requirements of professional activities, where accurate color reproduction is important. In the MIUI operating system and the new HyperOS, settings can be located in different places, and sometimes the function is activated automatically on a schedule, which confuses device owners.

In this article, we will take a look at all the ways to force the yellow filter to turn off, adjust the schedule and solve problems when the function turns on on its own, and learn how to manage screen settings through the standard menu, engineering menus and special commands to return natural colors to your display.

The basics of the blue light filter in MIUI

The feature, often referred to as the night mode, is officially called “Read Mode” or “Vision Protection” in Xiaomi terminology, and its main task is to programmatically cut off part of the blue spectrum emitted by the screen matrix. Blue light has high photon energy and can suppress the production of melatonin, a hormone responsible for regulating circadian rhythms and quality sleep.

When you activate this mode, MIUI software puts a filter on the image that shifts the color balance towards warm, yellowish-brown tones, which makes the picture less contrasting to the human eye in low light conditions, but in daytime or when working with multimedia, this effect is often undesirable. Understanding the principle of operation helps to understand why a simple decrease in brightness does not always replace the need to control the color profile.

It’s important to distinguish between software filter and hardware. Some of Xiaomi and Redmi’s flagship models use DC Dimming or TÜV Rheinland certification, which doesn’t change colors as aggressively. However, the classic read mode in question is a software add-on managed through Android system settings.

⚠️ Warning: Long-term use of reading mode at maximum intensity can cause you to become accustomed to a yellow hue.After it is turned off, white may appear unnaturally cold and sharp for several minutes until the eyes adapt.

The system offers flexible settings to adapt the filter to individual needs. The user can adjust the degree of "warmth" of the screen, choosing between the classic mode and the "Paper" mode, which adds texture. For complete comfort, it is important to know how to completely deactivate these effects if they interfere with the perception of the content.

Disconnection through standard screen settings

The easiest and safest way to remove yellow from the screen is to use the operating system’s regular settings menu, which works on the vast majority of Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO devices, regardless of the firmware version. The algorithm is intuitive, but requires careful attention when searching for the right item in a multi-level menu.

First, you need to unlock your smartphone and go to the main app menu. Find the Settings icon, which usually looks like a gear. In the list of options that opens, you should find the section responsible for the visual design and operation of the display. In different versions of the shell, it can be simply called "Screen" or "Screen and brightness".

Inside the screen and brightness section, you need to find Read Mode, and you click on it, you'll be taken to the filter control submenu, and this is the main switch that activates or deactivates the function, if the switch is blue or green, the mode is active, and you just tap the switch to turn it off, and then the colors on the display must instantly return to normal.

Often users forget about the second level of settings inside this menu. Even if the main switch is turned off, it's worth checking if you have an automatic switch on. There's a Schedule option in the Read Mode menu that can activate the filter at certain times of the day, ignoring your manual shutdown during the day.

Here are the basic steps to check:

• 📱 Open Settings and select Screen.
• 📖 Click on Reading Mode or Vision Protection.
• 🚫 Make sure the main switch is in the off position.
• ⏰ Check the Schedule tab and remove all active timers.

If the screen remains yellow after these steps, it may not be the standard read mode that is the problem, but third-party apps or special features, which would require a more in-depth system diagnosis.

Scheduling and automation

One of the most common reasons for "spontaneous" nighttime switching on is a customized schedule. MIUI It allows you to set time intervals during which the vision protection will be activated automatically, which is convenient for those who care about sleep hygiene, but can cause problems if the settings were set accidentally or forgotten.

The Read Mode menu has a Schedule-on option, which invites users to choose between sunset to sunrise or preset time, and the first option uses the device's geolocation to determine the time of sunrise and sunset in your region, and if you're in a different time zone or the system misidentifies the location, the mode may be activated at the wrong time.

The second option allows you to manually set the start and end hours of the filter, for example, many users set the interval from 22:00 to 07:00. If you want to completely get rid of the yellow shade, you need not only turn off the main switch, but also go to the schedule settings.

To fully control the situation, select the “Off” option in the schedule section, which ensures that the system does not try to “take care” of your eyes at the most inopportune time, for example, while watching a movie or processing photos, where color reproduction is important.

Use of engineering menus and codes

For advanced users who don't find a solution in the standard menu, you can access hidden settings through the engineering menu, which allows you to check if the vision protection mode is activated at a deeper level, or reset the display settings to factory settings. Be careful when using this method, since changing unknown parameters can affect the operation of the device.

To get into the engineering menu, open the Phone app and enter a special code. For most Xiaomi devices, it is ##6484##. Once you enter the last digit, the CIT menu (Customer Integration Test) will open. Here is a long list of tests for all components of the smartphone.

You'll need to find a point in the test list that's associated with the display, which can be called Display, Screen, or a number that matches the screen test version. Inside this section, you can often check the color calibration or reset the display settings. However, there may not be a direct command to turn off night mode, because it's a function of the software, not of the hardware.

A more effective code for resetting settings may be a command to reset or reset interface settings, but it requires caution. A safer option is to use the code to check the information about the light sensor, since the reading mode is often tied to its readings.

• 📞 Enter the code ##6484## in the call app.
• 🔍 Find the Display test or screen in the list.
• 🔄 Check for the Reset button or Calibration.
• ✅ Take the color display test (white field).

⚠️ Warning: Don't change the values in the engineering menu unless you're sure they're intended. Resetting the screen calibration can cause color displays to be incorrect or artifacts to be fixed by flashing.

If the engineering menu didn’t help, it’s worth considering conflicting with the installed reading apps, which have their own blue light filters overriding system settings.

Third-party applications and software conflicts

Often the problem is not the settings of the smartphone itself, but third-party applications installed by the user. Book readers, night-mode browsers, or specialized eye protection utilities (such as Twilight, Blue Light Filter) can intercept control of the screen. They create a semitransparent layer on top of the main image that simulates night mode.

To identify the culprit, look at a list of newly installed applications, if a problem occurs after installing a battery read or optimization program, try removing it or disabling the filter function in it, and check the system's Accessibility settings.

In Settings → Advanced Settings → Special Options (or Accessibility) look at which services are active. Some applications require access to these features to overlay a color filter. Disabling a suspicious service will instantly return normal colors.

Also worth paying attention to is the design theme: Some third-party themes downloaded from the MIUI theme store may have built-in color changes that users perceive as night mode, and switching to a standard theme "Classic" will help eliminate this factor.

If you use Do Not Disturb or Sleep mode, check their settings. In newer versions of Android and MIUI, these modes can automatically activate a dark theme and blue light filter as part of a bedtime prep scenario.

Problem Solving: The mode does not turn off

There are situations where the user has completed all the instructions, but the screen remains yellow, which may indicate a software failure, a "stick" setting, or damage to system files, in which case a more radical approach to solving the problem is required.

The first step is to take the simple but effective action of restarting the device. In the Android operating system, many processes can freeze in the background. Full reboot (Stop → Turn on) clears the RAM and restarts the system services responsible for the display.

If the reboot didn't work, try resetting special features. Go to Settings → Advanced Settings → Special features. There's often a reset option at the bottom of the screen or in the menu (three dots) that won't delete your personal data, but will return the availability settings to the original ones.

In extreme cases, if the problem persists, you can reset all the phone settings. It is important to understand that this step will delete all your data, so be sure to back up your contacts, photos and documents before starting the procedure. → The phone. → Resetting settings → Erase all data.

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Before you do a full reset, try loading your phone into Safe Mode, press the Turn Off button, and when the Turn Off icon appears, press and hold it, and if the yellowness is gone in Safe Mode, the third-party app is to blame.

It’s also worth checking for system updates. Sometimes color display bugs get fixed in security patches or newer versions of MIUI. Go to Settings → About phone and click on the system version to check for updates.

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