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Mi Account FAQs: How to Setup, About Mi ID and Password Reset

Tutorial source : http://c.mi.com/thread-233655-1-0.html

Hi Mi Fans! Mi account is a personal account by Xiaomi Inc. for users to access all kinds of products and services offered by Xiaomi like Mi Cloud, Mi Themes, Mi Store, F-codes, Mi Community, your device finder service, device lock, etc. Uses of Mi Account By registering to a  Mi account,you will be able to: Use MIUI cloud services, Mi Community and other core Mi products. Sync the photos, messages, contacts list, messages, call history, audio recordings, calendar, notes to Mi Cloud. Access the data you sync or locate your Mi device (if lost or misplaced) from any browser at i.mi.comanytime, anywhere. Find your lost device, delete phone data remotely. Access millions of themes from MIUI theme store for your Mi phone. Get all your previous phone data on a new phone within few minutes. Post your own threads, provide feedbacks, report bugs, suggest new features and participate in contests hosted on Mi Community. Purchase any product online from Mi store. How to create Mi account ? Creating a new Mi account is quite simple. Follow the below steps to do it. 1. Go to https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register 2. There you have two options to create an account. Either by e-mail id or by using your mobile phone number. Using Mobile: Give the mobile number and other details required (password, captcha code) and confirm. You will receive a OTP on the given mobile number. Provide the OTP and confirm your identity. Your account is created successfully ! Using E-mail: Give the email ID and confirm. Then you will receive a verification link on your email. Click on the link in the email to activate your account. Your account is created successfully ! Mi ID This is a unique number that is generated automatically at the time of registration. It cannot be changed. How to find out your Mi ID ? 1. By logging in to your Mi account through any browser. 2. From your phone settings Open Settings Select Mi Account Your Mi ID will be displayed below your name 3. From your Mi community profile Open Mi community app Select ‘Me’ option from the bottom corner Select ‘View and edit your profile' In the Profile tab,your Mi ID will be displayed What to do after setting up a Mi account? After successfully making an account,you can add details like your name, mobile number, recovery email, security questions, change Mi account password, etc. For this, go to Mi account and login with your Mi Account credentials and change the details listed according to your need.(While logging in using mobile number, make sure you enter the correct country code, for India it is +91) Make sure that you set a recovery email/phone number in your Mi account. This will help in future in case you forget your account details. 100 points in security check-up implies your account is secure. You can edit your personal information like name, birthdate and gender. Further you can also view the list of social accounts that are associated to your Mi account. If you want to remove such an account, just click on the Remove option. Under Products tab, all the Xiaomi products/services that can be logged in with your Mi account will be visible. What if you forget your Mi account password? There can be instances when you forget the password of your Mi account. But nothing to worry as there is a way to recover it. Xiaomi has provided a very user friendly environment for users to reset their lost passwords. 1. Go to https://account.xiaomi.com 2. Click on Forgot Password option 3. Now you will be asked to give either your email or mobile number that is linked with the account. 4. If you choose email,then you will receive a verification link on your email. Else you will receive an OTP on your phone if mobile number is chosen.(Input correct country code along with mobile number as the system will reject forgot password request if code is wrong). 5. Click on the link in email or provide OTP to confirm your identity. 6. You can easily reset the Mi account password now.