One of the advantages and possibilities that the Mi Band offers us is to be aware at all times of the notifications that reach our mobile, which can be customized to choose which ones we do and which we do not want to receive. However, there are several users who through Xiaomi forums or on social networks have mentioned that their Mi Band bracelet vibrates without notifications and therefore generating confusion.
Some will sound like this case since it is not something new and we have also seen it on mobile phones. However, those who encounter it may also be right, since there are two types of situations that lead us to this. In the first place because we are not really receiving the notification but the vibration and in the second case, it is a syndrome that affects the repeated use of this vibration.
Phantom vibration syndrome in the bracelet
The stimulus that users receive when the bracelet vibrates to alert us to a new notification is associated with the area of the wrist where the bracelet vibrates and therefore the slightest touch can cause our brain to understand it as a slight vibration. This is the most repeated reason to run into this problem that supposedly the Mi Band vibrates but we do not have notifications , so in reality we are receiving no notification or alert and it will be the fruit of our imagination.
To try to prevent this from happening to us, we can change the wrist strap from time to time with the option we have in My Fit, modify the vibration or even disconnect from it. When we take off the Mi Band to charge it, it is a good time to leave it more hours away from us and thus disconnect, as has been recommended in many cases to do with smartphones and social networks.
Repeat notifications are the problem
Another problem that may be causing the annoying ghost notifications on the Mi Band has to do with a problem that has occurred in some versions of the software on the Mi Band 5. We have personally detected how the bracelet vibrates again after hours If we have any pending notification on the mobile , we do not know if it was intentional by Xiaomi or due to an error.
In any case, we recommend updating Mi Fit to the latest version from Google Play and in the same way access the app to check new updates on the bracelet that could avoid this small inconvenience. Although do not forget that if this is not your case because there is no pending notification on the mobile, it could be a sensation of its own as we have seen before.