Reset settings on Xiaomi Mi Band 6: all the ways and nuances

Why would you want to reset the Mi Band 6?

The Xiaomi Mi Band 6 fitness bracelet is one of the most popular wearables due to its combination of functionality and affordable price. However, even such reliable equipment sometimes requires a complete reset, the reasons can be different from banal synchronization errors to serious software failures.

Most often, users are faced with the need to reset in the following situations:

• 🔄 The bracelet stopped syncing with the smartphone through the Mi Fitness app (formerly Mi Fit), despite multiple reconnections.
• 🐢 The device brakes strongly, does not respond to touches or accidentally reboots.
• 🔋 After updating the firmware, there were glitches: incorrect counting of steps, false notifications about the pulse or battery discharge.
• 🔒 You sell or transfer the bracelet to another person and want to delete all personal data (activity history, sleep data, linked accounts).

It is important to understand that factory resets are not a panacea. If the problem is related to a physical breakdown (for example, damage to the display or battery), software manipulation will not help.

Preparation for resetting: what to do in advance

Before you start resetting, follow a few mandatory steps to avoid losing important data and make it easier to reconfigure the bracelet.

Save your health data in the Mi Fitness cloud|Make sure the bracelet is at least 50 times charged%|Untie the device from the account in the application settings|Prepare a pin code from your Xiaomi account (may be needed to re-link)-->

So, if you don't keep your history of activity, sleep and exercise in the cloud, it's going to be lost forever after it's reset.

1. Open the Mi Fitness app on your smartphone.
2. Go to the Profile section → Mi Band 6 → Synchronize data.
3. Wait for the process to be completed (a notification of successful synchronization will appear on the screen).

If the bracelet is not synchronized, try the following:

• 📱 Reboot your smartphone and bracelet (to reboot the Mi Band 6, press the touch button for 10 seconds).
• 🔌 Turn off and turn on Bluetooth on your phone again.
• 🔄 Remove the bracelet from the device list in Bluetooth settings, then add it again via Mi Fitness.

⚠️ Note: If you are using Mi Band 6 with a Xiaomi account tied to China, you may have problems re-assigning in other countries after the reset, which may require you to change your account region or create a new one.

Method 1: Reset via Mi Fitness (recommended)

The easiest and safest method is to reset the settings directly through the official app, which is suitable if the bracelet still somehow responds to commands and connects to the smartphone.

Step instructions:

1. Open Mi Fitness and go to the Profile section → Mi Band 6.
2. Scroll down and select Disable Device (or Delete Device, depending on the version of the application).
3. Confirm action. The system will suggest that you save the data to the cloud -- if you want to save it, you can do it.
4. After disabling, go back to the main menu of the application and click Add Device.
5. Select Mi Band 6 from the list and follow the instructions on the screen to re-bind.

If the item Disable the device is missing, try an alternative path:

• Go to the bracelet settings → Additional → Reset settings.
• Confirm the action by clicking the tick.

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If the bracelet is not detected by the app after resetting, try reinstalling Mi Fitness. Sometimes the app cache interferes with the correct connection.

Method 2: Hardware reset through the button of the bracelet

If the bracelet doesn't respond to commands from the app or doesn't connect to the phone at all, you can do a hard reset with a hardware button, which works even in severe software failures.

Step-by-step:

1. Remove the bracelet from your hand and place it on a flat surface with the screen up.
2. Find a small physical button on the Mi Band 6 case (it is located below the touch area, closer to the charging connector).
3. Take a paper clip or other thin object and press the button for 15-20 seconds until the Mi logo appears on the screen.
4. Release the button. The bracelet will reset and return to factory settings.

If the screen is not switched on after reset:

• 🔋 Connect the bracelet to charge for 30 minutes – the battery may be completely drained.
• 🔌 Try another charger or cable (sometimes contact issues).
• 📱 Make sure your smartphone has Bluetooth enabled and Mi Fitness permissions enabled.

⚠️ Attention: Don't confuse the hardware button with the touch button! Pressing the screen won't cause a reset. The button is under the plastic panel and requires pressing with effort (but without fanaticism, so as not to damage the body).

Method 3: Reset via engineering menu (for advanced)

For power users, there is a hidden method of resetting through an engineering menu that can help if standard methods don’t work, but requires caution – wrong actions can permanently disable the bracelet.

Instructions:

1. Make sure the bracelet is at least 70% charged.
2. Go to the bracelet menu by swiping your finger up the screen.
3. Find the Settings icon (cog) and select it.
4. Scroll down to About Phone (or About Bracelet) and press it 5 times in a row quickly.
5. If you do everything right, the engineering menu with advanced settings will open.
6. Select Reset or Factory Reset and confirm the action.

Warnings:

• ⚠️ Do not change other options in the engineering menu unless you know their purpose.
• ⚠️ After resetting through the engineering menu, the bracelet may require re-firming.
• ⚠️ On some firmware versions, this method is disabled.

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Use the engineering menu only as a last resort, and 80 percent of the time, standard resets through an app or hardware button help.

What to do after resetting: resetting the bracelet

After a successful reset, the Mi Band 6 will return to the “out of the box” state, you will need to re-assign it to your account and adjust the basic parameters.

Step-by-step algorithm:

1. Open Mi Fitness and click Add Device.
2. Select Mi Band 6 from the list of supported devices.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen: confirm the pairing on the bracelet (touch the ticks on its screen).
4. Select the main settings: 🕒 Time zone (must coincide with the phone). 📏 Units of measurement (meters/feet, kg/pounds). 🔔 Notifications (enable call alerts, SMS messenger).

• 👤 Gender, age, weight and height (needed for accurate calorie counting).
• 🏃‍♂️ Step and activity targets.
• 💤 Sleep parameters (time of departure and awakening).

If the bracelet does not show notifications after the bracelet is tied:

• Check if permissions for Mi Fitness are included in your smartphone settings (Settings → Applications → Mi Fitness → Permissions).
• Make sure that notifications for specific applications (e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram) are included in the bracelet settings.
• Reboot your smartphone and bracelet.

Common mistakes and their solutions

Even if you follow instructions correctly, users sometimes run into problems, and let's look at the common mistakes and how to fix them.

If none of these methods worked, maybe the problem is the bracelet firmware, and you can try this:

• 🔄 Update the firmware through Mi Fitness (Device Profile section) → Update of the PO).
• 🖥️ Install firmware manually using PC and Mi Band Tools utility (requires technical skills).
• 📞 Contact Xiaomi with a description of the problem (attach screenshots of errors).

⚠️ Note: Do not use third-party firmware from unknown developers.This may result in a complete loss of functionality of the bracelet and cancellation of the warranty.

FAQ: Frequent questions about resetting Xiaomi Mi Band 6