How to access the secret settings of your Xiaomi mobile with this app

If you have a Xiaomi mobile you will surely be very happy with its performance and with how little it has cost you for what it does. Despite this, no mobile is perfect and even Xiaomi can fail. Before this happens, or with the problem latent, you should know that there is a secret menu on your Xiaomi that helps you see if everything on your phone is working as it should. If you use it, you will be able to get a lot of use out of it, because you will be able to see if something is not quite right when your phone is still under warranty and you can even check if what is wrong is actually a part of the phone's hardwareor a specific app.

The secret menu that Xiaomi mobile phones have is called CIT and this is used to check all the functions of the phone and in some models, to listen to the FM radio (if it is not activated by default). Accessing it is quite simple, below we explain how to do it and all the functions that it allows you to try. Of course, forget about changing system parameters or tricking the mobile, this menu is only used to check the phone and not to modify any setting. In other words, you won't be able to damage the phone if you access it, but you won't be able to modify its parameters to make it go faster or to take better photos.

How to access the CIT menu on a Xiaomi mobile?

This menu is actually a hidden menu so that technicians, or in the company itself, can check the vital functions of the phone.That is why it is a bit hidden but activating it is much easier than you are probably thinking, you just have to follow these steps:

• Enter the Settings of your Xiaomi mobile.
• Click on the “About phone” option.
• Once inside, click on the section that says "All specifications".
• Now, you are one step away from accessing the menu. Click on "Kernel version" 5 times and the mobile itself will show you the steps you need to access the CIT menu.

Every time you want to access the menu you will have to follow these steps, there is no other way to do it.

If you have done everything correctly, you are already in this menu and we are going to explain what you can do with it and everything you can check. There are quite a few things and some of them quite interesting.

What functions allows you to check the hidden CIT menu on your Xiaomi?

Among the functions that you can modify, there are about 30 (it will also depend on the mobile in question, as some have NFC, others do not, etc.):

1. Check phone version.
2. Check SIM card.
3. Check if the keyboard works.
4. Check if the vibrator works.
5. Check if the notification light works.
6. Check the touch panel.
7. Check display.
8. Check speaker for calls.
9. Check external speaker.
10. Check the microphone.
11. Check the noise canceling microphone.
12. Check the headphones.
13. Check WiFi.
14. View the WiFi address.
15. Check Bluetooth.
16. View the Bluetooth address.
17. Check accelerometer.
18. Check gyroscope.
19. Check compass.
20. Check pressure sensor.
21. Check proximity sensor.
22. Check light sensor.
23. Check magnetism sensor.
24. Check OTG port.
25. See if the mobile charges.
26. Check the rear camera.
27. Check secondary rear cameras.
28. Check the front camera.
29. Check the secondary front cameras.
30. Check NFC.
31. Check the fingerprint sensor.
32. Check GPS.
33. View the battery indicator.

As you can see, you can check each of the functions or sections of your Xiaomi mobile and know if they are working well. In each section you will find a tester and then, in the main menu, you will see if you have managed to pass all the tests or if, on the contrary, there are some functions of the phone that are generating errors. Who is going to avoid seeing the technician when something on their Xiaomi mobile fails to solve the problems with a software reset before going to the checkout? Well, surely you, thanks to this trick.