Do NOT put your Redmi Note 3 in child mode for now, here’s why


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Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 3 is quite a killer piece of kit for the money, but then the software it runs, MIUI can be a little tricky… especially when a new iteration is in its early phase.

In the case of the Redmi Note 3, there’s quite a serious bug that exists.

TL;DR: Do not put your Redmi Note 3 in Child Mode for now.

The bug means that once you enter Child Mode in the Redmi Note 3, you’ll be stuck right there… and in case you’ve blocked the settings app as well, it’s going to be really tough for you to exit Child Mode and get access to the rest of the phone.

FYI, Child Mode blocks all apps except the ones you explicitly allow to run.

I found myself in the tricky situation last night, when I thought one way out would be to simply enter recovery by turning off the phone and then holding Vol Up + Power. But voila, there’s no access to recovery on the Redmi Note 3 by default.

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I then had to tinker around with the phone for quite a while before somehow managing to enter the settings app and turning off Child Mode.

Redmi Note 3: Stuck in Child Mode, How To Fix

If you haven’t changed your default browser (I had changed it to Chrome, unfortunately), there’s a rather simple solution. Check out the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNLkNwF88SE

Basically what you need to do when you’re stuck in Child Mode is somehow get access to the settings app. I managed to do so by getting into contacts, yellow pages, settings… it might (and will) differ from case to case.

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Also see: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Review

Here’s hoping that Xiaomi fix the MIUI 7 bug asap. Meanwhile, you can get yourself a Redmi Note 3 (3GB) from Geekbuying.

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40 Comments

  1. Chris Turner
    December 23, 2015

    This sounds like one of my experiences with an early miui on elephone p7000. It has different battery saver modes as miui does, and I clicked into marathon mode. And the screen disappeared! Lowest level of brightness turned screen off lol. Took ages but got it back.

  2. Tremaine Underwood
    December 23, 2015

    Hell that’s in depth testing, child mode? 😉

  3. MaxPower
    December 23, 2015

    what surprised me the most is that there’s no access to recovery by default.
    Is that real or it”s because the reseller messed up flashing a rom?

    • December 23, 2015

      That’s what I’m trying to find out right now. It seems as though it’s meant to be that way… but i’ll wait till I find enough evidence.

      • MaxPower
        December 23, 2015

        keep us posted.
        it would be very odd if they won’t let us access to recovery by default.

        • December 23, 2015

          Like Chris said, the Redmi Note 3 requires boatloader unlocking before you can access the recovery. Not cool, in my opinion.

          • MaxPower
            December 23, 2015

            not cool at all.
            excuse my french but i actually call it a BS.

    • December 23, 2015

      You need to unlock the Bootloader to access.

      • MaxPower
        December 23, 2015

        no kidding

    • balcobomber25
      December 23, 2015

      Yea something doesn’t seem right there. I have used a lot of Xiaomi’s and never have not been able to access recovery when needed. Unless they changed something with MIUI 7.

      • December 23, 2015

        Yep, that’s how it is on the RN3 at least.

        • balcobomber25
          December 23, 2015

          Interesting. Keep us updated!

      • Bogdan Botezatu
        December 24, 2015

        It comes with an locked bootloader too.
        Gone are the days when you could just flash any ROM on an Xiaomi phone.
        I don’t know if this has anything to do with the fingerprint sensor and security reasons or this is going to be the new move over at Xiaomi.

  4. Chico Migraña
    December 23, 2015

    But there’s always a recovery stock on Xiaomi phones, and sucks, every time I flash a rom put cwm recovery on it so I can do more than “update a zip”

  5. Chris Turner
    December 23, 2015

    This sounds like one of my experiences with an early miui on elephone p7000. It has different battery saver modes as miui does, and I clicked into marathon mode. And the screen disappeared! Lowest level of brightness turned screen off lol. Took ages but got it back.

  6. Tremaine Underwood
    December 23, 2015

    Hell that’s in depth testing, child mode? 😉

    • Yash Garg
      December 23, 2015

      Well 🙂

  7. MaxPower
    December 23, 2015

    what surprised me the most is that there’s no access to recovery by default.
    Is that real or it”s because the reseller messed up flashing a rom?

    • Yash Garg
      December 23, 2015

      That’s what I’m trying to find out right now. It seems as though it’s meant to be that way… but i’ll wait till I find enough evidence.

    • MaxPower
      December 23, 2015

      keep us posted.
      it would be very odd if they won’t let us access to recovery by default.

    • Christopher Straßer
      December 23, 2015

      You need to unlock the Bootloader to access.

    • balcobomber25
      December 23, 2015

      Yea something doesn’t seem right there. I have used a lot of Xiaomi’s and never have not been able to access recovery when needed. Unless they changed something with MIUI 7.

    • MaxPower
      December 23, 2015

      no kidding

    • Yash Garg
      December 23, 2015

      Like Chris said, the Redmi Note 3 requires boatloader unlocking before you can access the recovery. Not cool, in my opinion.

    • Yash Garg
      December 23, 2015

      Yep, that’s how it is on the RN3 at least.

    • MaxPower
      December 23, 2015

      not cool at all.
      excuse my french but i actually call it a BS.

    • balcobomber25
      December 23, 2015

      Interesting. Keep us updated!

    • Bogdan Botezatu
      December 24, 2015

      It comes with an locked bootloader too.
      Gone are the days when you could just flash any ROM on an Xiaomi phone.
      I don’t know if this has anything to do with the fingerprint sensor and security reasons or this is going to be the new move for Xiaomi.

  8. Ricardo A.
    December 23, 2015

    But there’s always a recovery stock on Xiaomi phones, and sucks, every time I flash a rom put cwm recovery on it so I can do more than “update a zip”

  9. zdanee
    December 25, 2015

    Can’t you just pull down the notification shade, long press a switch and enter the settings from there?

  10. zdanee
    December 25, 2015

    Can’t you just pull down the notification shade, long press a switch and enter the settings from there?

  11. mahdaen
    March 11, 2016

    Hi all, I just posted another way to Youtube. Hope it can help. Thanks!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R0bGJoAb3o

  12. Nanang Mahdaen El Agung
    March 11, 2016

    Hi all, I just posted another way to Youtube. Hope it can help. Thanks!

  13. Darkknight
    March 30, 2016

    The problem is even if you go to Settings the Child mode on RedMi would still ask you for a password which it won’t accept.. What worked for me Restore Factor settings..

    Settings > Additional Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset > Reset Phone.

    Please Note: All your Data might get erased but it would resolved the child mode issue.

  14. Darkknight
    March 30, 2016

    The problem is even if you go to Settings the Child mode on RedMi would still ask you for a password which it won’t accept.. What worked for me Restore Factor settings..

    Settings > Additional Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset > Reset Phone.

    Please Note: All your Data might get erased but it would resolved the child mode issue.

  15. Devesh Saini
    June 4, 2017

    There’s no way on the internet as generic as mine.

    Hey guys, I am Devesh. I can help you exit the “Child Lock” without
    losing any data only if you are willing to pay a little money via
    bitcoin/paypal/upi/paytm and know this about your phone:-

    1) Main Lock Pattern/Password/Pin(Required) – If you know the main
    pattern or password or pin which is used to unlock the phone then only I
    can help you otherwise, don’t contact me as I won’t be able to help you
    in any way. sorry.

    I am a professional in this. So don’t worry about reliability. Pay if you think I can do.

    For this contact me via Whatsapp/Call -> +918949841784

    I know Hindi/English both.

  16. Devesh Saini
    June 4, 2017

    There’s no way on the internet as generic as mine.

    Hey guys, I am Devesh. I can help you exit the “Child Lock” without
    losing any data only if you are willing to pay a little money via
    bitcoin/paypal/upi/paytm and know this about your phone:-

    1) Main Lock Pattern/Password/Pin(Required) – If you know the main
    pattern or password or pin which is used to unlock the phone then only I
    can help you otherwise, don’t contact me as I won’t be able to help you
    in any way. sorry.

    I am a professional in this. So don’t worry about reliability. Pay if you think I can do.

    For this contact me via Whatsapp/Call -> +918949841784

    I know Hindi/English both.

  17. Ole karbolo
    January 19, 2018

    its simple,call from another phone but dnt pick the call, there is that option of texting back if you can’t take the call, choose that option of write message back, from there you can now access messages, write google store link ( https://store.google.com)from the other phone .open store download ‘settings shortcut” open there you save your ass. child mode off!!

  18. Ole karbolo
    January 19, 2018

    its simple,call from another phone but dnt pick the call, there is that option of texting back if you can’t take the call, choose that option of write message back, from there you can now access messages, write google store link ( https://store.google.com)from the other phone .open store download ‘settings shortcut” open there you save your ass. child mode off!!