Many Xiaomi and Redmi smartphone owners are faced with the desire to personalize the look and feel of their device, and one of the most noticeable interface elements is the charge indicator.The standard white or green strip often seems boring, especially if you are used to bright themes. Unfortunately, there is no direct feature in the standard settings of the MIUI shell or the new HyperOS that allows you to simply choose a color from the palette for the system indicator.
But that doesn't mean that visualization can't be changed. There are several proven ways that range from using built-in theme features to installing customized applications. It's important to understand that deep customization of system elements requires caution to avoid disrupting the stability of the Android operating system.
In this article, we will take a look at all the available methods, assess their risks and help you choose the best option for your model, you will learn which tools really work in 2026, and which methods are outdated myths.
Standard features of the MIUI and HyperOS interface
Before you go with third-party software, you should take a closer look at what the manufacturer offers. Xiaomi is implementing personalization elements through its ecosystem of themes, but the approach is specific. The color of the indicator is often tied not to a single parameter, but to the global style of the system or a specific theme of design.
Recent firmware versions have introduced a Color Scheme feature that automatically selects interface colors, including notification elements, based on the dominant colors of your wallpaper.This can indirectly affect how battery status is displayed in some menus, although the classic bar in the notification curtain may remain unchanged.
⚠️ Warning: Changing system themes can cause icons to be displayed incorrectly in third-party apps. Always check the theme preview before fully activating.
To access the basic style settings, you need to go to Settings → Wallpaper and personalization. Here you can try changing the theme to one where the status bar design suggests a different color of elements. However, it is worth noting that the system indicator often remains a priority and overlaps the style of the theme.
Using the Themes app to change style
The safest and most legal way to change the look of charging is to use the official theme store.The GetThemes catalog has thousands of design options, many of which modify system icons and status bars.
When searching for a topic, look for screenshots in the description. Authors often show what the lock screen and notification curtain look like. You want themes marked "Custom Status Bar" or "Battery Style." Once you install such a theme, the indicator color can change to black, gold or any other color the designer envisages.
The installation process is as follows:
- 🎨 Open the “Themes” app on the main screen.
- 🔍 Search for “Battery” or “Status bar».
- 📥 Select your favorite theme and click “Download».
- ✅ Apply the theme and restart the device for correct display.
Note that not all themes work equally well at different screen resolutions. If you notice artifacts of the image after applying the theme or the percentage numbers are missing, it is better to remove the topic. In some cases, using the theme only for System and Status Bar components helps, if the theme store allows you to choose components.
Why do some topics not change color?
Third-party applications for battery customization
If standard methods don’t meet your needs, Google Play Store apps come to the rescue, and programs like Battery Bar, Custom Battery Bar, or Super Status Bar let you create your own widget strip over the system indicator.
These apps don't change the system file, they create an overlay layer that visually replaces the standard bar, so you can choose any color from the RGB palette, adjust the gradient, transparency, and even animation when charging, and that gives you maximum creative freedom.
But it has its own technicalities: Because it's a third-party application, it requires constant permissions to display over other windows and access battery data, which can lead to increased charge consumption, as the processor will more often poll the battery's sensors to update the color in real time.
| Annex | Type of change | Impact on the battery | Difficulty setting up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaomi themes | Systemic | Minimum | Low. |
| Battery Bar | Overlay (layer) | Average. | Medium |
| Substratum (Root) | Deep systemic | Absent. | Tall. |
| AccuBattery | Monitoring | Low. | Low. |
When using these utilities, it is important to configure exceptions to the Battery and Performance menu. Find the installed app in the list and select No Limits mode, which will prevent the system from forcing it to stop the process, which often happens with background services on MIUI.
☑️ Setting up a battery application
Advanced Methods: Root Rights and Modules
For users who are not afraid of complex manipulations and want to gain full control of the device, there is a method using Root rights. Having superuser rights allows you to modify the system files responsible for the interface graphics, including framework-res.apk.
The most popular tool here is the LSPosed framework (a substitute for Xposed) in conjunction with modules like GravityBox or specialized tweakers for MIUI. These modules can be embedded in the system code and change the parameters of the status bar on the fly, without the need to redraw the graphics with heavy overlays.
⚠️ Warning: Getting Root rights automatically voids the manufacturer's warranty obligations. Unskillful actions can turn a smartphone into a brick».
If you do, the first step is to unlock the bootloader through the official Mi Unlock utility, and then install the custom recap (TWRP) that Magisk runs through to get the Root, and then install the system UI modifier.
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Root rights are the best, but they carry high risks of loss of warranty and system stability.
Configure the LED indicator (LED)
And we also have a color notification indicator that's located next to the camera or in the speaker, and on older Xiaomi models, it was a full-fledged display. RGB-LED, which was flexible to adjust, is often replaced by a glowing logo or screen in new models Always On Display.
If your device has an LED, you can control its color when charging through the Settings menu → Additional Features → Light indicator. Here presets are available for Charging, Low Charge and Full Charging events.
To fine-tune things like flashing purple at 50 percent charge, you'll need applications like Light Manager or NotifyBuddy, which allow you to create complex scenarios:
- 🟣 Change of color depending on percentage of charge.
- ⚡ Pulsation or static glow.
- 🔔 Different colors for different notifications during charging.
It is worth remembering that on AMOLED-In screens with Always On Display, the LED is often switched off software to save energy. In such cases, the charging color is displayed directly on the screen turned off as an animation.
Frequent problems and their solution
In customization, users often encounter common mistakes, such as missing a percentage of charge after installing a theme, or a new battery strip may overlap the clock, which is solved by returning to the standard System component in the theme menu.
Another common problem is de-synchronization of color. The app shows one color and the system indicator stays green. This means that the overlay did not start. Check the energy saving settings and make sure that the application was not killed by the memory cleanup system.
There may also be a bug where the charger flashes or the color changes with a delay, which may indicate a conflict between the display drivers and third-party software, in which case it is better to abandon heavy visual modifications in favor of standard themes.