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How to prevent screen lock when making or answering a call on Xiaomi phone running MIUI V5 ?

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If you’re wondering why you keep getting lock out when you’re making or answering a call on your Xiaomi phone, that’s because you have the Proximity Sensor feature disabled.

Without Proximity Sensor (enabled), your phone will go to sleep and lock itself as per your settings in the following fields.

  • Settings app > General settings > Display > Sleep
  • Settings app > General settings > Security > Screen security > Automatically lock

Contrarily, with Proximity Sensor, your phone display will turn off as soon as it detects you are talking on the phone near your ear. When you finish, it will automatically turn on the display without locking your screen.

To enable Proximity Sensor, follow these steps:

  1. On your Xiaomi phone, find and launch the Phone app.
  2. Tap the Menu button > Settings.
  3. Tap Call Settings.
  4. Tap Incoming call settings.
  5. Slide the Proximity sensor switch to the right.
    xiaomi proximity sensor

Note: The steps here were written for a Xiaomi device running MIUI V5. If you’re having a different version of MIUI, there’s a possibility that the steps and screenshots will be different.

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  1. I do not know this device BUT, in case this device is an Android device, for all or most Android devices, you can use Version 2.0 or higher of the application called Proximity Sensor and Screen by Steven Stanley Bayes. Make sure you look for Version 2.0 or higher of Proximity Sensor and Screen by Steven Stanley Bayes.

    Does not require neither root access nor any third party frames nor products.

    Here is more information how to download and install the application :

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stevenstanleybayes.proximitysensor&hl=en

    OR

    Go to Google Play Store with your device. Click ” APPS “. Click the magnifying glass of

    the search. Type exactly, character by character, :

    ***************************************************************
    Proximity Sensor and Screen by Steven Stanley Bayes
    ***************************************************************

    PLEASE, NOTE : MUST BE TYPED EXACTLY AS SHOWN, EXACTLY AT THE ” APPS ” TAB OF GOOGLE

    PLAY STORE, BECAUSE THE SEARCH ENGINE OF GOOGLE PLAY STORE IS VERY SENSITIVE.

    Click on the displayed app with the same name and author to download and install. The

    application is also available in many other app stores and online which may or may not

    show after a general purpose search with google.com and a web browser but some forums

    where the links are posted may show.

    READ THE INFORMATION INSIDE THE APPLICATION FIRST.

  2. Hi,
    I bought MI3 and facing a problem.the keypad is gettting locked when we make a call or after we recieve the call. please sugest where to find the call setting option as we are not able to find it on my phone.
    Thanks