Connecting Honor Band 5 to Xiaomi Phone: Full Instruction with Typical Error Solutions

The Honor Band 5 fitness bracelet remains a popular choice among users due to its price-to-function ratio, but Xiaomi smartphone owners often face compatibility issues. Despite the fact that both brands belong to the ecosystem of Huawei and Xiaomi respectively, connecting devices from different manufacturers requires attention to detail. In this article, we will discuss not only the standard pairing procedure, but also nuances that will help avoid errors such as “device not found” or “fails to complete the connection”.

The Honor Band 5 feature is the use of Huawei Health, which does not always work correctly on MIUI firmware due to background limitations. We tested the process on Xiaomi 12 Pro, Redmi Note 11 and POCO X5 phones — in all cases, we managed to achieve stable synchronization, following the algorithm below. If you previously tried to connect the bracelet and encountered problems, we recommend first remove the Huawei Health app and clear the Bluetooth cache on the phone.

In the article you will find:

• 🔹 Step-by-step instructions with illustrations of key steps
• 🔹 List of required permits for Huawei Health MIUI
• 🔹 Solutions to the 5 Most Common Connection Errors
• 🔹 Tips for optimizing the work of the bracelet with the Xiaomi phone

1. Preparing Xiaomi phone for connection

Before you start pairing, you need to make sure that your Xiaomi smartphone meets the minimum requirements for working with the Honor Band 5.

• 📱 Android Version: Not less than 6.0 (for Android) MIUI 12 and newer)
• 🔄 Bluetooth: version 4.2 or higher (supported by all Xiaomi models after 2018)
• 📶 Internet connection: mandatory for downloading the bracelet firmware
• 📦 Free space: at least 200 MB for Huawei Health and cache installation

Pay particular attention to application permissions. On MIUI firmware, background activity is limited by default, which can interrupt data synchronization.

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management → Huawei Health
2. Activate options: 🔘 Auto-start 🔘 Background activity 🔘 Showing notifications
3. In the Permits section, provide access to: 📍 Geodane (to track jogging) 📁 Storage (for backup copies) 📞 Contacts (for call notifications)

⚠️ Note: If you use Xiaomi with global firmware MIUI EU Or a custom build, you may need to disable Private DNS This feature sometimes blocks the connection to Huawei servers.

2. Installation and configuration of the Huawei Health app

The official Huawei Health app is available on Google Play, but for Xiaomi users in China or with firmware without Google services, an alternative installation method will be required.We recommend downloading APKs only from trusted sources such as APKPure or APKMirror.

After installation:

1. Start Huawei Health and register for a Huawei ID account (or sign in if you already have one).
2. In the main menu, click Devices → Add Device → Bracelet → Honor Band 5.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen until you request Bluetooth.

Critical: During the device search phase, the Honor Band 5 bracelet should be in pairing mode (blinking indicator).If the indicator does not blink, reset the bracelet to factory settings, holding the touch button for 10 seconds.

Install Huawei Health| Register Huawei ID| Turn on Bluetooth on your phone | Put the bracelet in pairing mode |Give all permissions to the app-->

3. Step-by-step connection of Honor Band 5 to Xiaomi

When all the preliminary steps are completed, we proceed to link:

If the bracelet does not display the confirmation code in step 3:

• 🔋 Check the charge level (must be at least 20%).
• 🔄 Reset the bracelet by holding the 5 second button.
• 📱 Make sure your phone has power saving power off for Huawei Health.

⚠️ Note: On Xiaomi phones with MIUI 13+ It might be a notification saying, "Device is connected without sound." That's okay -- the bracelet doesn't have a speaker, but the notifications will come in the form of vibration.

4. Solving common connection problems

Even if the instructions are followed correctly, Xiaomi users often encounter errors, and we have compiled solutions for the most common cases:

Error: "Cannot complete the connection" (code 1006)

• 🌐 Check your Internet connection – the app downloads the firmware for the bracelet.
• 🔒 Turn it off. VPN or proxy if they are active.
• 📅 Update Huawei Health to the latest version.

The bracelet connects but does not synchronize data

• 🔄 At Huawei Health, go to Profile → Settings → Reset the data.
• 📱 On Xiaomi phone, turn off battery optimization for the app: Settings → Battery and productivity → Optimizing the battery → All applications → Huawei Health → Not optimize
• 🔗 Reconnect the bracelet through the Devices → Settings of the device → Disconnect/Connect.

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If after updating the bracelet firmware it stopped responding to touches, reset through the charger: connect the bracelet to charging and hold the button for 15 seconds until double vibration.

5. Set up notifications and additional functions

After successful connection, we recommend setting up:

• 📩 Notifications: At Huawei Health, go to Devices → Honor Band 5 → Notification management. Activate the switches to SMS, Incoming calls and apps (WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.) On Xiaomi phone, in the notification settings for Huawei Health, turn on Show Notifications and Priority Notifications.

Activity tracking

• 🔹 Set goals by steps in Profile → My goals.
• 🔹 Activate automatic activity recognition (walking, running, cycling).

Sleep monitoring

• 🔹 Enable Smart Sleep Mode for Automatic Tracking.
• 🔹 Set an alarm with a Smooth Awakening function (vibration 30 minutes before time).

Xiaomi users with MIUI 14 can integrate with Mi Fitness (Zepp Life app), but it requires manual data synchronization via Google Fit:

1. In Huawei Health, connect your Google Fit account (Profile → Connected Services).
2. In Mi Fitness, import data from Google Fit.

6. Optimization of the bracelet with Xiaomi

To avoid battery drain on your bracelet and phone, follow these tips:

• 🔋 Savings in bracelet charge: 🔹 Turn off the Hand Raising to activate the screen (if not used). 🔹 Reduce the brightness of the screen to 2-3 division. 🔹 Set up automatic screen shutdown through 5 seconds.
• 📱 Saving phone charge: 🔹 Limit Huawei Health Background Activity Through Settings → Annexes → Data limitation. 🔹 Turn off automatic data synchronization (just 1 time per hour).

For stable work, we recommend:

• 🔄 Update the bracelet firmware when notifications appear in Huawei Health.
• 📶 Use Xiaomi with firmware MIUI Global or MIUI EU — They are better compatible with Huawei devices than the Chinese versions.
• 🔒 Clean Bluetooth cache on your phone regularly (Settings) → Annexes → System applications → Bluetooth → Clear the cache).

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For maximum compatibility, disable the dual app feature for Huawei Health on Xiaomi, which can cause synchronization conflicts.

7. Alternative ways of connecting

If the standard method doesn’t work, try alternatives:

• 🔗 Through Notify & Fitness (for advanced users): Install Notify & Fitness from Google Play. In the app settings, select Honor Band 5 as your device. Set up the transfer of notifications and health data. ⚠️ Note: This method requires manual pairing via the phone’s Bluetooth settings and may not support all of the features of the original app.
• 🌍 Through the web version of Huawei Health: Go to health.huawei.com and log in.In the Devices section, try adding a bracelet via your browser.

This method is suitable for initial setup, but for daily use will still require a mobile application.

For Xiaomi users with root rights or custom firmware (LineageOS, Pixel Experience) you may need:

1. Install the Magisk module to fix Huawei Health.
2. Use the Huawei Mobile Services patch (available on the XDA Developers forum).

FAQ: Frequent questions about Honor Band connection 5 Xiaomi