How to Improve Screenshots on Xiaomi: A Complete Guide with Proven Methods

Screenshots on Xiaomi smartphones are sometimes blurry, artifact-rich or low-resolution — especially if you’re trying to capture a dynamic video, dark interface, or small-text page. The problem isn’t always with the device: system settings, MIUI limitations, or even a banal ignorance of hidden features. In this article, we’ll look at 10 proven ways to improve screenshot quality, from standard tools to advanced tricks for Redmi Note 12, POCO F5, Mi 13, and more.

It's important to understand that screenshot quality depends on three key factors: screen resolution, capture method (software or hardware) and post-processing. For example, a screenshot with a resolution of 1080×2400 when compressed to 720p will lose details. We'll show you how to circumvent these limitations, including little-known chips like adb commands to disable compression or use Google Assistant to capture without loss.

If you share screenshots regularly on messengers, social networks, or use them for work, this guide will save you hours of editing, start with basic settings and gradually move on to advanced techniques.

1. Check the screen resolution before capture

The MIUI system defaults to screenshots of the current display, but if you have power saving or reduced resolution activated (e.g. HD+ instead of FHD+), the quality will drop.

• 📱 Open the Settings. → Display. → Screen resolution.
• 🔍 Select the maximum value available (usually 2400×1080 or 3200×1440 flagship).
• 🔄 Restart your phone – sometimes changes don’t apply immediately.

In the models with AMOLED-screens (e.g. Xiaomi 14 or X-rays) POCO X6 Pro) check if Dark Theme is on with contrast, it can distort the colors in screenshots. Turn it off in Settings. → Display. → Dark mode.

⚠️ Note: On some devices (e.g. Redmi) 10C) When the resolution is lowered, screenshots are automatically saved in.jpg instead of.png, which adds compression artifacts. Always use native resolution!

2.Use alternative capture methods

Standard combination Volume down + Nutrition doesn't always work better. Here are 3 alternative ways that often work better:

• 🤖 Google Assistant: Activate with your voice ("OK, Google, take a screenshot") – this method bypasses compression MIUI and retains the image in its original quality.
• 🖱️ Three-finger gesture: Include in Settings → Additionally. → Gestures → Triple-touch screenshots, sometimes with fewer artifacts.
• 🔧 Notification Panel: Add the Screenshot button to Quick Settings (swipe down) → ⚙️ → tile-edit).

For models with MIUI 14+, a scrolling screenshot (long screen) is available: after a standard capture, tap on the thumbnail in the lower right corner and select Scrolling. This is useful for saving web pages or chats, but remember: the longer the screen, the stronger the compression can occur.

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If the screenshot turns out to be dark, before capturing, increase the brightness of the screen to a maximum - the MIUI system records the current backlight settings.

3. disable screenshot compression via ADB

By default, MIUI compresses screenshots to 80-90% quality, even if you save them to.png. To disable this restriction, you will need ADB (Android Debug Bridge).

1. Activate Developer Mode: Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (tap 7 times).
2. Enable USB debugging in Settings → Additional → For developers.
3. Connect your phone to your PC and execute the command: adb shell settings put global screenshot_compress_ratio 100

After that, the screenshots will be saved without loss. To return the standard settings, use:

adb shell settings delete global screenshot_compress_ratio

⚠️ Note: On some firmware (for example, MIUI Global for Redmi Note 11, this command may not work due to manufacturer limitations. In this case, try the scrcpy method (section 5).

4. Set up the save format: PNG vs JPG

By default, MIUI saves screenshots to.png (without loss), but some apps (like instant messengers) automatically convert them to.jpg when they are sent.

• 📁 Check the folder. Pictures/Screenshots — If the files are in.jpg, the system is compressing.
• 🛠️ Use screenshot apps (Section 6) that allow you to choose the format.
• 🔄 To convert to.png without loss, use Lightroom or Snapseed.

Critical: On devices with MIUI 13 and below, screenshots taken through Google Assistant are always saved to.png with maximum quality – even if the system settings indicate.jpg.

Make sure that the Screenshots folder has files in.png| Check the compression settings via ADB| Use Google Assistant to capture without loss | Turn off automatic optimization in the gallery-->

5. Advanced method: Screenshots via scrcpy

Scrcpy allows you to take screenshots from your PC in the original resolution, bypassing the limitations of MIUI. This is true for Xiaomi owners with custom firmware or stripped down versions of MIUI (for example, for the European market).

Instructions:

1. Download scrcpy from GitHub and install it.
2. Connect your phone via USB (with debugging enabled).
3. Run the command to capture: scrcpy --bit-rate 50M --no-display --record=screen.mp4 Then extract the frame from the video using FFmpeg: ffmpeg -i screen.mp4 -ss 00:00:01 -frames:v 1 screenshot.png

The advantage of the method: you get a screenshot in resolution 1:1 flattened MIUI. The disadvantage is that you need a PC. 120 Hz screen (e.g. Hz screen, POCO F5 Pro) add the flag --max-fps 60, avoid artifacts.

6. Third-party screenshot applications

If system methods don't work, try specialized utilities. The best options for Xiaomi are:

• 📸 Screenshot Touch: Allows you to choose the format (.png/.jpg), quality (1–100%) Even take screenshots with a delay (useful for the menu).
• 🎨 Screen Master: Supports scrolling screenshots and editing (trimming, blurring, text).
• 🔍 Super Screenshot: Saves to.png with manual configuration DPI (up to 600 for clarity of text).

For models with MIUI 14+, look for Screenshot Pro – the app uses the Android 13 API to capture without compression. However, on Redmi with 4 GB of RAM, there may be lag when processing large screenshots (for example, 3000×1440).

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Apps from Google Play often bypass MIUI restrictions but require screen access permission (Settings → Special Features).

7.Optimizing screenshots after capture

Even the perfect screenshot can be improved. Here are 3 post-processing tools:

• 🖼️ Adobe Lightroom (Mobile): Increase sharpness (+20-30), reduce noise and adjust the white balance if the screenshot turns yellowish.
• 🔍 Snapseed: Use the Details tool to work out fine text or Selective Correction to brighten dark areas.
• 📏 PhotoRoom: Useful for cropping screenshots for stories (resolution) 1080×1920) or removal of background elements.

If the screenshot is intended for printing, export it to.tiff via Lightroom – this format retains maximum quality. For the web,.png-8 (in Photoshop Express) is enough.

⚠️ Warning: Avoid excessive sharpness in editors, which creates noise on monochromatic areas (e.g. white chat backgrounds: +15–25.

8. Frequent mistakes and how to avoid them

Even experienced users make mistakes when they take screenshots. TOP-5 problems and solutions:

• 📉 Blurrency: Occurs when you capture during animation (e.g., scrolling through a list).Solution: Wait for the screen to stop completely.
• 🌑 Dark screenshots: Turn on Adaptive Brightness in the display settings or increase the backlight manually before capture.
• 🔳 Cut edges: On some models (such as the Xiaomi Civi 3), system screenshots crop 1-2 pixels around the edges.
• 🎭 Distorted colors: Turn off the live wallpaper or dark mode – they affect color reproduction.
• 📎 Incorrect aspect ratio: Check if Full Screen Display is activated in Settings → Display.

If screenshots are needed for official purposes (e.g., payment confirmation), always do a duplicate capture through another method (e.g. Google Assistant + scrcpy) – this insures against loss of quality.

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On devices with AMOLED-screens (e.g. Xiaomi) 13T) Screenshots can be green when they're low in brightness. Solution: Increase the backlight to 70 percent before you capture them.

FAQ: Answers to Frequent Questions