How to disable the creation of a report on Xiaomi Redmi

Many owners of Redmi and POCO smartphones periodically face unexpected notifications or find files in the device’s memory that take up precious space. Often behind this is a system function responsible for collecting crash data and generating diagnostic reports. This is a built-in mechanism of MIUI and HyperOS, designed to help developers improve firmware stability, but for the average user it can be a source of irritation.

The constant operation of the background processes of collecting telemetry and logging events can not only consume battery power, but also fill the internal storage with garbage files. If you want to fully control your gadget and stop this automatic activity, you need to know where exactly the corresponding switches are hiding.

In this article, we will take a closer look at all the available methods to stop reporting, from standard developer settings to deeper system changes. We will look at the nuances of working with Android Debug Bridge and explain the risks of completely disabling system services.

Analysis of the reasons for error reports

Xiaomi's system is set up by default to actively monitor the state of the shell. When an application is closed in an emergency or the system process is faced with an unforeseen situation, the Crash Reporter mechanism automatically records the state of memory at that moment. This is necessary for engineers to debug, but the user rarely benefits.

In addition, there are background services that periodically send usage statistics to the company’s servers, which may include information about the frequency of use of certain functions, device model and operating system version, and although such information is anonymized, its constant transmission and generation of local copies of logs put a strain on resources.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling system loggers completely can make it difficult to diagnose real problems in the future. If your phone starts to behave unstable, the lack of error reports will deprive the service center of an important tool for analyzing breakdowns.

It's important to distinguish between application crash reports and system telemetry, the former popping up as dialog boxes suggesting that you send data to a developer, the latter working in secret, and to improve privacy and productivity, it makes sense to limit both types of activity.

Basic settings through the About Phone menu

The easiest and safest way to limit data collection is through the standard settings interface, which manufacturers often hide in subsections related to account or user experience improvement, and you don’t need root rights to do these things.

To start, you need to go to Settings and find About Phone, and that's where the switch for sending statistics is often located. In some versions of MIUI 13/14, this option is duplicated in the Advanced Settings menu.

Find a line that contains the phrase “Improving” or “Improving Program,” and clicking on it will take you to a menu where you can turn off participation in testing, which will stop sending anonymous data, but does not always stop local log creation.

• 📱 Open the main menu of device settings.
• 🔍 Go to the About Phone or Advanced Settings section».
• 🚫 Find the “Improving Program” item and turn off the slider.
• 💾 Save the changes and restart the device.

Once these steps are completed, the system will stop generating data packets for developers to send, but temporary files may remain in memory, which should be manually cleared through the standard Security tool.

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After sending error reports, temporary files are often left in the folder. MIUI/debug_log. Check this directory periodically through the file manager.

Using the Developer Mode for Debugging

Deeper control over logging processes is provided in the developer menu, which is a hidden section that allows you to manage debugging over USB and system logs, and activating this mode requires several sequential actions.

To unlock access, go to Settings → About Phone and find the MIUI Version (or OS Version) bar. You need to quickly click on this item 7-10 times in a row until you notice that you have become a developer.

Now in the settings menu will appear a new section “More» → «For developers. Here we're interested in the debugging block. Find the debugging by USB» And make sure it's turned off if you're not using it to connect to your computer, and there may be a logging option or similar option that you should deactivate.

Be careful when changing the settings in this menu. Inexperienced interference with the settings of ADB or system logs can lead to malfunction of individual functions of the smartphone.

Working with permissions and application access

Often reports are not generated by the system itself, but by specific applications that have too much access. In the Android ecosystem, every application requests permissions, and some of them may be redundant for their functionality.

Go to Settings → Apps → All Apps. Select a suspicious app or system service (like Google Play Services or System Interface) and click Permissions, where you can deny access to files, location or microphone, which will indirectly reduce the amount of information you collect.

Special attention should be paid to the application “Receiver of reports” or “Bug Report”. If you find such a component in the list of installed programs, try to clear its data or disable it if the system allows you to do so without losing stability.

⚠️ Disable system components such as the Security Center or «MIUI Daemon, which can cause the camera to fail, the flashlight or the inability to make calls.

Use AutoRun in the Security app. Turn off AutoRun for applications you rarely use, which will prevent them from being background active and, as a result, generating reports about their performance.

Advanced Methods: ADB and System Commands

For users who are not afraid of the command line, there is a most effective method of stopping unnecessary processes. Using the ADB tool (Android Debug Bridge) allows you to delete or freeze the system packets responsible for telemetry.

For this you will need a computer, USB-cable and installed driver ADB. Once you have your phone in debugging mode, you can send a command to disable a specific packet through the console, for example, a packet that handles error reports often has a name that contains the words bugreport or daemon.

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.bugreport

This command will force the report service to stop for the current user without physically removing it from the system. This is safe and reversible: to return the functionality, it is enough to replace the disable-user with enable.

There is also the option to disable statistics collection via hidden menus available through dialing. Enter ##7780## (not all models) to enter the reset menu. Be very careful: choosing the option "Wipe all data" will delete all your data completely, and we only need to reset the application settings if this option is available separately.

Cleaning up accumulated logs and cache

Even after you turn off new report generation, old files can remain in memory. They take up space and can slow down the file system. Regular cleaning is an important part of Xiaomi Redmi's maintenance.

Use the built-in Security app. Run a scan and select garbage cleanup. The system will find temporary files, remnants of deleted applications and possibly old logs. You can use the Recovery menu to clean up more deeply.

To log in to Recovery, turn off your phone and press the volume button along with the power button. From the menu that appears, select English/Chinese and find Wipe Data → Wipe Cache, which is safe and does not affect your personal photos or contacts.

• 🗑️ Go to the "Conductor" app».
• 📂 Find the folder. MIUI → debug_log.
• 🧹 Remove all the contents of this folder manually.
• 🔄 Restart the device to apply changes.

After cleaning, it is recommended to set intervals for automatic garbage collection, so that the system itself maintains order, this is especially true for models with a small amount of internal memory.

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Regular cleaning of folder debug_log And the cache of the applications returns to 500 MB of free space and can speed up the interface.

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