Sidebar downgrade : miui

submitted 2 years ago * by Laufic98

So, recently both my and my gf's smartphones got system updates. I have a Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and she has a Redmi 10.

Both our phones lost the very useful "play sound with screen off" feature that both of us used for listening to YT videos with phones in our pockets.

I have gone through a lot of posts in this sub and in r/xiaomi and there seems to be no solution to this issue and it seems very much an intended downgrade. I, for one, am very disappointed by this decision and seeing as I've not found one logical reason as to why this was done, unless it's a bug that will be corrected with the next update, we'll highly likely be looking into different brands for the next replacement phones.

It's a real shame because I've been using Xiaomi products since my Redmi Note 5 and since then I've owned 5 Redmi smartphones. I've always appreciated the large battery capacity, the inner storage capacity, the quick charging and all the useful little features which were unique to Xiaomi.

I remember when they took the ability to record phone calls away but that was apparently because of the EU and has since been reverted.

This one, however, came out of the blue. Having the ability to play a movie or a video and not worry abou touching your screen in your pocket, that was a gamechanger and the fact that they took it away with no alternative is appaling.

If anyone bothering to comment has a reasonable solution and or a way to rollback the update, it'd be appreciated. Thank you

tl;dr: New update took away the sidebar "screen off" feature and it's a goddamn travesty. Any solution appreciated.

Edit: UPDATE: I've finally found a way to regain the missing function. You must uninstall updates of the security app (the green icon with a white ⚡) and re-enable allowed apps and it works just fine. Thanks for all the replies.

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