Many Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco smartphone owners face a situation where waking up in the morning becomes stressful due to excessively loud sound or intrusive vibration. Standard settings for MIUI or the new HyperOS shell often offer limited functionality to fine-tune the tactile response of the alarm clock. Users are looking for a way to make the awakening softer, leaving only the melody, or vice versa – completely silent, relying only on vibration.
Compounding the problem, the Clock interface may vary depending on the firmware version and region. In some cases, the option to turn off vibration is hidden in the additional menus, and in others, it requires changing system settings. It is important to understand that completely disabling tactile response can lead to an alarm clock being missed if the phone is lying down screen or in your pocket.
In this article, we will discuss all the available ways to control the vibration of the standard alarm clock. We will look at the standard application settings, system limitations and ways to bypass locks for advanced users, learn how to customize profiles for different days of the week and understand why settings can sometimes be reset after rebooting the device.
Standard setting of the alarm clock in the app Watch
The basic tactile response management layer is directly in the Watch interface, which is the first step that every user needs to take: Open the app and select the specific alarm clock you want to edit, or create a new one. In the settings window that opens, look at the sound and vibration section.
Depending on the version of the MIUI shell, the interface may look different. Usually, next to the choice of melody, there is a switch or a separate menu item called Vibration. If you see a slider, just move it to an inactive position. However, often smartphone manufacturers combine sound and vibration into one profile, which requires a deeper dive into the settings.
It's worth noting that the standard app doesn't always allow you to completely remove the vibration for all alarms at once. You may need to adjust each alarm individually. This is especially true for those who use different tunes for workdays and weekends. Make sure you keep the changes before you leave the menu.
- 📱 Open the Watch app on the home screen or in the Tools folder».
- ⏰ Click on an existing alarm clock to edit or create a new one.
- 🔊 Find the item “Sound and vibration” or a similar speaker icon.
- ❌ Switch the Vibration switch to the off state if it is available separately.
☑️ Checking alarm clock settings
Features of the interface MIUI and HyperOS
MIUI and HyperOS shells have their own specifics in managing system notifications and alarms. In recent firmware versions, Xiaomi is striving to unify the interface, but the differences between the global and Chinese versions are still significant. Chinese firmware often features more detailed tactile response settings that are hidden in global versions.
Users may notice that even when the alarm settings are turned off, the phone continues to vibrate when the alarm goes off, due to the alarm system's priority over Do Not Disturb mode and other restrictions, and the system believes that the alarm should attract the user's attention in any way.
Switching region to phone settings can help in some cases, and changing region to India or China can open up additional options in system applications, but it can affect other services like Mi Browser or Mi Video. Be careful when experimenting with regional settings.
⚠️ Warning: Change of region may lead to additional advertising in system applications and changes in the list of pre-installed services.
Control through system sounds and tactile response
If the Clock app itself does not have an explicit vibration switch, the solution may be hidden in the general settings of the system. → Sound and vibration. Here you can find the parameters that govern the tactile response of the system as a whole.
In the Sound and Vibration section, look for the "Additional Sound Settings" or "Vibration" subsection, and there may be an "Alarm Vibration" option, and turning it off will affect all alarm clocks installed in the system, which is the most efficient way to manage globally.
It's also worth checking the Do Not Disturb settings, sometimes users confuse the vibrations for calls and messages with alarm settings, and make sure that the Do Not Disturb mode exceptions don't tick the forced vibration for alarm clocks.
| Parameter | Location. | Impact on alarm clocks |
|---|---|---|
| The vibe of the bell | Sound and vibration | It doesn't. |
| Notification vibration | Sound and vibration | It doesn't. |
| Vibration on touch | Sound and vibration | It doesn't. |
| The alarm clock vibration | Additional sound settings | Total shutdown |
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If you can't find a separate alarm clock, try temporarily switching your phone to No Sound mode and check if the vibration is still there, which will help you diagnose whether the problem is systemic or software.
Use of Do Not Disturb and Sleep modes
The Do Not Disturb and Sleep modes in Xiaomi smartphones have flexible settings that can help with vibration management. Although the alarm by default ignores these modes, the correct configuration can change its behavior.
Inside the Do Not Disturb settings, find the "Call Replay" or "Alarm clocks" section, where you can allow or deny sound and vibration. In some versions of the software, there is a bug or feature that allows you to completely silence the alarm through this menu, leaving only a visual alert on the screen.
Sleep Mode, which is often integrated into digital well-being, also has its own settings: it can simplify the interface and change notification behavior, check if you have this mode activated, and look at its settings, and it may be the one that dictates how you behave for tactile response.
- 🌙 Go to Settings. → Sound and vibration → Don't disturb.
- ⚙️ Click on “Schedule” or “Add Rules».
- 🔕 In the settings of the rule, find the item "Allow alarm clocks».
- 🚫 Try turning off vibration permission for alarm clocks in this menu.
⚠️ Warning: Changing your Do Not Disturb settings may cause you to miss an important morning call or alarm if the system interprets settings incorrectly.Always test new settings by setting your alarm to 1-2 moment.
Why does the alarm ignore the silence mode?
Third-party applications as an alternative
When Xiaomi’s regular tools don’t work, third-party apps from Google Play come to the rescue. There are many quality alarm clocks that take precedence over system settings and allow you to customize wake-up scenarios in detail. Popular options include Alarmy, Sleep Cycle, and AMdroid.
These applications often have a Math Alarm or Task Alert, where you have to solve a problem or shake your phone to turn off vibrations, or you can turn off vibrations completely, leaving only the incremental sound, or you can use only a vibration signal of a certain frequency.
When setting a third-party alarm clock, it is important to give it the necessary permissions, the MIUI and HyperOS system aggressively manage memory and can kill background processes, and to make the alarm work, you need to fix the application in memory and give permission to start auto-start.
Settings → Applications → Application Management → [Your Alarm] → Permissions → Auto Run (On)💡
Third-party apps give more freedom to set up, but require the right permission configuration in MIUI so the system doesn’t close them in the background.
Frequent problems and their solution
Even after completing all the settings, users may find the vibration returning, which may be caused by an update to the Watch app or the system firmware. After a major Android or MIUI update, the settings are often reset to factory values.
Another reason could be conflicting with the themes of the design. Some third-party themes downloaded from MIUI Themes store can change system sounds and vibration parameters, ignoring your settings. Try switching to a standard theme to rule this out.
If nothing works, you can use ADB debugging to change system configs, but it requires a computer and certain skills, a method that is not recommended for ordinary users, as an error can lead to unstable system operation.
- 🔄 Check if the update is available for the Clock app or system.
- 🎨 Temporarily change the theme to standard.
- 🗑️ Clear the Cache of the Clock App through the App Management Menu.
- 📱 Make sure that the phone has enough free memory for the correct operation of the system.