How to Fix the Facial Recognition of the Xiaomi Mi 9

mi-9-facial-recognitionThe Xiaomi Mi 9 introduced the fingerprint reader on the screen, although for many saurios, the quickest is facial recognition, especially in this smartphone that has a pop-up camera and we can use it instantly. The problem arises when it does not recognize us and we have to make use of other methods that take us longer.

After having gone through several updates and a long time of use, the problem of facial recognition of our Xiaomi Mi 9 can come from several factors that we will try to solve step by step until we find the one that is causing the errors.

Common problems with facial recognition

Before we start to get complicated, we must know that facial recognition is a method that is based entirely on the front camera and an artificial intelligence that recognizes our data. In the event that our phone has suffered a blow to this camera or does not work as it should, it cannot recognize us and therefore will not be unlocked. In turn we have to find ourselves in a situation of optimal light to detect our features, it is very common that at night facial recognition has serious problems to function.

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As with the rear cameras, the front camera can also get dirty and this dirt does not allow you to see clearly and clearly our face to unlock. This can also be attached to a screen protector that is not properly placed or causes lens flare, making it almost impossible to use the front camera for our facial recognition.

Add facial data again

Although it may seem complicated, it is likely that we have changed and the image we generate from our face is now different. This may be due to the beard, glasses or a different haircut . Recognition is able to detect all these changes and think that we are another person. To solve it we will only have to go to the settings and regenerate our facial scanner.

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We will find this section in «Settings> Lock screen and password> Add facial data» we scan our face again in an environment with good lighting and proceed to confirm it to start enjoying it. We do not have to forget to have this option activated , since sometimes although we have added our face, it is not activated by default.

Change the region of your Xiaomi Mi 9

Depending on where we bought our smartphone, it may come with a different ROM from the global one . By configuring it and choosing a region other than China or India, we are being limited in several aspects, not only in facial recognition. To solve it and without affecting the language we will only have to change the region and then adjust the time manually.

We go to Settings> Additional Settings> Region and select India . Now we re-enter our facial data and check if the problem came from this configuration.

Reset factory data

Before taking the final step and deleting all the data from the smartphone, we will have to check if there is any update available , since this bug may have been resolved with an update that we have not applied. If in spite of this everything remains the same, we will have to save all our data on the computer and proceed to perform a hard reset of the device.

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To restore the factory data of the Xiaomi Mi 9 completely, we have to turn off the phone and press the power button while increasing the volume until we see the Xiaomi logo on the screen. Then with the volume buttons we move in the options until we get on Clean Data / Wipe Data and enter with the power button. Now we do the same on Restart and then Reboot System Now , we can only wait and reconfigure neutral Xiaomi Mi 9 waiting for the problem to be resolved.