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Changing the PIN of the SIM card is something that in most Android terminals does not take us more than a minute. This is not the case with Xiaomi phones. This is the case of models such as the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, Note 5, the Mi 8 or the Mi 8 Lite; terminals that, in short, share a common factor: MIUI 10. For some strange reason, the Chinese company has decided to keep this option hidden from most mortals whose domain of the system is basic. That is why today we will teach you to change the SIM PIN code on a Xiaomi mobile regardless of the MIUI version that it integrates.
So you can change the PIN code on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5, Redmi 5, Redmi 6, Mi5…
To change the PIN of a Xiaomi mobile, the first thing we will have to do is go to the Settings application. Once inside it, the section that interests us is the Additional Settings. We can find them in the System and device section.
Next, we will click on the Privacy section and a series of options similar to those that we can see below this paragraph will appear (they may vary depending on the version of MIUI):
Among all the available options, the one that interests us is the one that has the name of our operator within the SIM Lock subsection.
Finally we will give you Change SIM card PIN. We can also choose to deactivate the SIM lock in the homonymous option so that the device stops requiring the key with each restart. Of course, we will have to enter the current PIN code to make this change if we want it to be done correctly.
The last step to change the PIN code of a Xiaomi mobile will be to enter the old PIN code and then enter the new PIN code. As at the start of the system, we have a series of limited attempts, so if we do not remember the PIN code, it is best that we have the operator's card with the PUK code at hand to make the change completely. If we do not have this information, then we will have to resort to our operator's customer service to request the necessary information.
Once we have changed the PIN, the changes will be applied automatically to the SIM card. We can restart the system to check it or insert the card in question in another mobile, whether or not it is Xiaomi.
