Xiaomi Not Covering the Earphone Area: How to Solve the Problem

Among all the errors that can appear on mobile phones, one of the most common has to do with the proximity sensor, a failure that has been dragging Xiaomi for several years in numerous devices, especially in several Redmi models. The failure is known by the message “do not cover the area of the headset” , which prevents us from using the mobile phone and presents us with several difficulties.

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What users usually do to try to solve this situation is to lock and unlock the mobile, although on other occasions they have been forced to restart it so that the failure does not repeat for a while, however there are permanent and easier methods. So that this error does not continue to coexist with us, we are going to give you the keys and we will also explain why this happens on your mobile.

Steps to remove the “do not cover the earpiece area” message

The quickest and immediate solution is in the MIUI options, a section that will avoid this problem and which is present from MIUI 9 onwards. The option that will save us from this problem is Xiaomi’s pocket mode , which is designed so that we do not accidentally interact with the screen, although sometimes it can cause us more problems than solutions. These are the steps we must follow to avoid it:

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  • We begin by entering the Settings of our mobile.
  • Then we go to the Lock screen option.
  • We go down and touch on the Pocket mode option to deactivate it.

Why is this happening?

Actually the problem has nothing to do with a mobile failure and for that reason it appears both in the Redmi Note 9, Redmi Note 8 and some more premium Xiaomi models. This is a problem related to the design of the device, which may be preceded by a screen protector that prevents the proximity sensor from working correctly and shows us this error on the screen.

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Those who try to fix it with a lock and unlock or with a reset are usually lucky because changing the position of the light on the protector can cause the sensor to not detect the protector, although it is pure chance. Another way to fix it would be to place a screen protector again, being more careful when placing it, trying not to get the sensor just in the cut where there is protector and not. In other cases, it is the covers that generate the problem, so we will have to check where the sensor is on our mobile to know the origin of the problem, which may be imperceptible to the naked eye.