Xiaomi Out and Out: Complete Guide

When your beloved Xiaomi suddenly goes out and stops responding to any action, it always comes as a surprise. The user presses the power button, but the response is only dead silence and a black screen. This can happen at any time: during a call, in a game or while the device is just in your pocket.

The reasons why Xiaomi has gone out of screen can range from a trivial battery drain to a major hardware failure of the motherboard. Often the phone just hangs out in a power out cycle and requires a forced intervention to get out of this state. It is important to consistently check all possible options before carrying the gadget to the service center.

In this article, we will discuss all the effective ways to resuscitate a smartphone, how to make the correct diagnosis, which buttons to press in various combinations and when to sound the alarm. If the screen has gone out after a fall or moisture, the probability of hardware damage is more than 80%, so be careful with further manipulation.

Primary Diagnosis and Nutrition Testing

The first thing to do when Xiaomi's screen is gone is to eliminate power problems. Often, the charge controller will block the current from flowing because of a power surge or a deep discharge. Visually, the phone may look whole, but inside, the battery is protected.

Carefully inspect the charging connector. If there is dust or pile in the USB Type-C port, the contact may not close. Carefully, using a wooden toothpick or plastic spatula, clean the socket. Do not use metal objects to avoid closing contacts.

Try using a different cable and power adapter. It is advisable that the charger be original or certified with Quick Charge technology. Leave the phone on charge for at least 30-40 minutes, even if the indicator does not light up immediately. Sometimes it takes time to "rock" the battery.

• 🔌 Try charging the device from another power source (PowerBank, computer, other socket).
• 🔦 Look at the screen under bright light: maybe the backlight burned, but the image is there (check the flashlight).
• 🌡️ Check the body temperature: if the phone overheats, let it cool to room temperature.

⚠️ Warning: If the phone gets too hot before the screen goes out, don't plug it into charging immediately.Let the device cool completely, or else it could blister or catch fire.

If you don't react after a long time charging and replacing the cable, move on to more radical methods. It's important to understand that the deep discharge of a lithium-polymer battery is a common reason why Redmi or POCO don't turn on.

Reset buttons (Hard Reset buttons)

When Xiaomi's screen is out and shuts down, most often the system freezes at the core level, and in this case, a forced reboot helps, which breaks the power cycle and starts the bootloader again, a method that is data-safe and requires no special skills.

The standard procedure for most Xiaomi models is to hold the power button for a long time.However, depending on the MIUI version and model, combinations with volume buttons may be required.

There are several combinations that are worth trying if the standard one doesn't work, and some models only respond to three buttons being pressed simultaneously, although this is rare, and the key is to hold the buttons for at least 15-20 seconds.

• 🔘 Press the Power button 20 seconds before the logo appears.
• 🔉 Hold Down and Power Volume for 15 seconds at the same time.
• 📉 Press Up Volume and Power if previous methods didn't help.

If the phone vibrates but the screen is still black, it may be the display module or the plume that's the problem, so try to light the screen with a flashlight at an angle, and if you see a dim image of the interface, the backlight of the matrix is burned.

Enter Recovery and Fastboot Mode

If a normal reboot doesn't work, you need to check if the hardware is responding to bootloader commands. Recovery and Fastboot modes allow you to diagnose the system state without bypassing the main Android interface. This is a key step in the verification process.

To enter Recovery mode on a phone that is turned off, press the Volume Up and Power button. Hold them until the menu appears with an orange or black background. If the menu appears, then the processor and memory are alive, the problem is in the software or display.

Fastboot mode is called by the combination of Loud Down + Power. The screen should appear a bunny fixing an android, or the inscription Fastboot. If this mode starts, but regular Android - no, probably damaged system files.

The table below shows the main loading modes and their purpose:

If the phone is not in any mode and continues to show a black screen, the probability of hardware failure increases, but one specific method for discharging static voltage is worth trying.

Checking for hardware malfunctions

When software methods are exhausted, you have to consider physical reasons: if Xiaomi fell, got wet or was severely compressed, the display plume could have moved away, and there may be problems with the power controller.

Try the light pressure method. Carefully, without fanaticism, press your fingers on the top of the screen (where the plume is) and at the same time try to turn on the phone, and if the screen blinks or an image appears, then the contact of the plume has gone.

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If you suspect a plume is going away, do not shake the phone sharply, it is better to put it on a flat surface and slightly press on the upper edge of the case.

Another common cause is the failure of the charge controller, and if the phone is not responding to the connection to the PC (the computer does not sound the device is connected), it is likely a problem in the power supply chain.

• 💧 Check the humidity indicator (if any) or look for traces of oxidation in the connector.
• 🔊 Connect headphones: if there is sound, but the screen is black – the display burned.
• 📳 Feel the vibration when you call: the presence of vibration when black screen is a good sign.

⚠️ Warning: Do not disassemble the phone yourself if it is warranty-free.Flagging the seals will result in the denial of free repairs.

It's also worth considering the possibility of the matrix itself failing, because impacts often lead to internal cracks that are not visible from the outside, but block the image, in which case only replacing the display module will help.

Using PC and debugging over USB

If the screen is not working, but the phone is showing signs of life (vibration, sound), you can try to control it through a computer. This requires the previously enabled option "Debug over USB", but there are ways without it.

Connect your phone to your PC and listen to the system sound of the device's connection. If your computer reacts, try emulator software or control tools like Mi PC Suite or Scrcpy, which will allow you to see the screen of your phone on a monitor.

adb devices

Type this command in the command line (pre-installing ADB drivers). If the device appears in the list, you can try sending a command to reboot:

adb reboot

This method is difficult for beginners because it requires drivers, but it often helps wake up a phone that is getting stuck during the boot phase, and if the computer can’t see the device at all, the problem lies deeper in the USB controller or the motherboard.

When it is necessary to contact the service

There are a number of symptoms in which self-repairing is useless and even dangerous. If Xiaomi's screen is out and doesn't turn on after contact with water, it counts for minutes. Corrosion quickly destroys contacts.

Also, the reason for visiting the service is the bloating of the battery, if the back cover of the phone has moved away or you see a deformation of the case, immediately stop trying to charge, using such a device can lead to a fire.

Complex software failures, such as a “bootloop” where the phone is endlessly rebooted or hangs on the logo, often require flashing through EDL Mode.

To sum up, if your Xiaomi is no longer on, you should start with simple steps: long-term charging and button combinations. Only when you make sure that they are useless, you should think about complex repairs.

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90% of black screen cases are solved by holding the power button or volume button combinations for a long period of 20+ seconds.