My battery was down to 16% and I tried 3 cables in 3 ports and couldnt' >charge it, so somewhere, in the Settings I think, in the Display part
(on a Xiaomi) I tried to save what battry was left by changing iirc the >brightness setting, from automatic to something else. Now it goes dim >literally within 10 seconds and sometimes it goes black soon after that.
I'm constantly having to tap the screen to lighten it, and if I'm not
quick enough I have to press the Power button to wake up the screen.
I went back, I think to the right place, right aftr this started and
there were not as many options showing, several fewer, including this
one. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or how to reverse what
I did.
(This part I did get fixed. Also in Security / Battery / Current Mode,
I switched it from Balanced to Ultra Battery Saver. It didn't even show
more than 12 apps after that, but maybe by swiping, I got to it show
most of them (all of them I think but 5 or 6 were greyed out) Settings
didn't show at all, but there was an arrow or something in the upper
right by which I was able to end Ultra Battery Saver, after I had found
a cable that worked**. This is the only device I have with usb-C input >port, and I'm sure I used all 3 of those other cables to charge this at
one time or anytong, but they didn't work today And there was a fourth
one that only worked when I pressed in real hard. Very strange.
**Actually the cable that works has a Micro-B end and an adapter to
convert it to type-C. I have anoher C-C cable that would work from the >C-port of the newish laptop, but I havent' tried it yet. )
My battery was down to 16% and I tried 3 cables in 3 ports and couldnt' charge it, so somewhere, in the Settings I think, in the Display part
(on a Xiaomi) I tried to save what battry was left by changing iirc the brightness setting, from automatic to something else. Now it goes dim literally within 10 seconds and sometimes it goes black soon after that.
I'm constantly having to tap the screen to lighten it, and if I'm not
quick enough I have to press the Power button to wake up the screen.
I went back, I think to the right place, right aftr this started and
there were not as many options showing, several fewer, including this
one. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or how to reverse what
I did.
(This part I did get fixed. Also in Security / Battery / Current Mode,
I switched it from Balanced to Ultra Battery Saver. It didn't even show
more than 12 apps after that, but maybe by swiping, I got to it show
most of them (all of them I think but 5 or 6 were greyed out) Settings
didn't show at all, but there was an arrow or something in the upper
right by which I was able to end Ultra Battery Saver, after I had found
a cable that worked**. This is the only device I have with usb-C input port, and I'm sure I used all 3 of those other cables to charge this at
one time or anytong, but they didn't work today And there was a fourth
one that only worked when I pressed in real hard. Very strange.
**Actually the cable that works has a Micro-B end and an adapter to
convert it to type-C. I have anoher C-C cable that would work from the C-port of the newish laptop, but I havent' tried it yet. )
On Thu, 4/23/2026 1:21 AM, micky wrote:
My battery was down to 16% and I tried 3 cables in 3 ports and couldnt'
charge it, so somewhere, in the Settings I think, in the Display part
(on a Xiaomi) I tried to save what battry was left by changing iirc the
brightness setting, from automatic to something else. Now it goes dim
literally within 10 seconds and sometimes it goes black soon after that.
I'm constantly having to tap the screen to lighten it, and if I'm not
quick enough I have to press the Power button to wake up the screen.
I went back, I think to the right place, right aftr this started and
there were not as many options showing, several fewer, including this
one. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or how to reverse what
I did.
(This part I did get fixed. Also in Security / Battery / Current Mode,
I switched it from Balanced to Ultra Battery Saver. It didn't even show
more than 12 apps after that, but maybe by swiping, I got to it show
most of them (all of them I think but 5 or 6 were greyed out) Settings
didn't show at all, but there was an arrow or something in the upper
right by which I was able to end Ultra Battery Saver, after I had found
a cable that worked**. This is the only device I have with usb-C input
port, and I'm sure I used all 3 of those other cables to charge this at
one time or anytong, but they didn't work today And there was a fourth
one that only worked when I pressed in real hard. Very strange.
**Actually the cable that works has a Micro-B end and an adapter to
convert it to type-C. I have anoher C-C cable that would work from the
C-port of the newish laptop, but I havent' tried it yet. )
Xiaomi pocket mode
https://www.mi.com/global/support/article/KA-03639/
See also "Xiaomi pocket mode bug"
Paul
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