How to permanently disable T9 on Xiaomi Redmi 10S: 5 proven ways

Auto-replacement of T9 text on Xiaomi smartphones is often a source of irritation: the system stubbornly corrects names, slang or professional terms to “right” words, and sometimes even substitutes for ridiculous options. owners of Redmi 10S face this problem especially acutely — the standard MIUI keyboard aggressively imposes autocorrection, even when it is absolutely unnecessary. But the good news is that you can disable the T9 in several ways — from basic settings to radical measures like changing the keyboard or reset.

In this article, we’ll break down all the current techniques for the Redmi 10S (including models with MIUI 12.5-14 firmware), explain why auto-replacement may come back after updates, and give you recommendations for alternative keyboards.

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1. Standard T9 shutdown in MIUI settings

The most obvious way is to use the built-in keyboard options. The Redmi 10S defaults to Xiaomi's keyboard (aka Mi Keyboard), where auto-replacement is customized for each language. Importantly, if you have multiple language layouts, you'll have to turn off T9 for each of them.

Instructions:

1. Open any field to enter text (such as Notes or Messages).
2. Touch the gear badge (⚙️) on the keyboard to open its settings.
3. Go to the Text Input section → Auto-replacement.
4. Turn off the sliders: 🔄 Auto-replacement (main mechanism) T9) 📝 Autocomplete (word hints) 🔤 Automatic spacer (if it interferes with the)

⚠️ Attention: After update MIUI To avoid this, fix the current settings through Settings. → Annexes → Application management → keyboard → Storage → Clear the cache (but not the data!).

2. disable Smart Entering and Keyboard Training

Even after you turn off auto-replacement, Xiaomi's keyboard can continue to learn from your mistakes and offer unwanted options, and this is due to the Smart Enter feature, which analyzes your writing style, to completely deactivate it:

Steps:

1. Go to Settings → Additional settings → Language and input → Xiaomi Keyboard.
2. Select Smart Entering and Disable: 🧠 Personalized offers 📊 Analysis of writing style 🔄 Synchronization of the dictionary (if not necessary)

Keyboard settings

Clearing personal data

Critical detail: If you use a Mi Account, personal dictionaries can sync between devices. To avoid this, turn off sync in Settings → Xiaomi Account → Mi Cloud → Sync → Keyboard.

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If after cleaning the data, the keyboard began to slow down, restart the phone - this will reset the background processes.

3. Resetting the keyboard to factory settings

If the T9 persists in coming back despite all the manipulations, a complete reset of the keyboard settings will help, which deletes all user dictionaries but saves system files, and is suitable for Redmi 10S on any version of MIUI.

How to do this:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find the Xiaomi Keyboard (or Mi Keyboard) and open the page.
3. Press Storage. → Clear all data.
4. Confirm the action and restart the phone.

⚠️ Note: After resetting, you will have to reconfigure:

• 🌐 Language layouts
• 🎨 Keyboard design theme
• ⚡ Gestures (for example, swipe to enter)

Remember or take a picture of your current settings before resetting!

4. Installation of an alternative keyboard (Gboard, SwiftKey, etc.)

If the built-in Xiaomi keyboard is not satisfied, the best solution is to switch to a third-party app. Redmi 10S works perfectly:

• 🔹 Gboard (from Google) – flexible auto-replacement settings, gesture support.
• 🔹 SwiftKey (from Microsoft) - smart predictions, but without intrusive correction.
• 🔹 Fleksy – Minimalist design, extended themes.
• 🔹 AnySoftKeyboard – Open Source, Full Control of the Software T9.

How to install and configure:

1. Download the keyboard from Google Play (such as Gboard).
2. Activate it in Settings → Language and input → Current keyboard.
3. In the settings of the new keyboard, turn off: Auto Replace → Text Prediction is turned off → Grammar correction is turned off →

⚠️ Note: Some keyboards (e.g. SwiftKey) enable cloud sync by default. Turn it off in the app settings if you don't want your texts analyzed on Microsoft servers.

5 Radical methods: disabling system services

If none of the above methods worked, there are still heavy options, requiring administrator or unlocked bootloader rights, so they are only suitable for power users. Redmi 10S based on MIUI allows you to disable system services responsible for auto-replacement, but this is fraught with unstable work.

Method 1: Disconnection through ADB

You will need a computer with ADB Tools installed:

1. Connect Redmi 10S to your PC and activate Debugging over USB (Settings → About Phone → MIUI Version – Press 7 times, then go back to Additional Settings → For Developers).
2. Enter in the command line: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.miservice This will disable some MIUI services, including auto-replacement.

Method 2: Removal of the system vocabulary (requires root)

With Root Explorer or TWRP, delete the files:

/system/usr/miui/dictionary/*


/data/data/com.android.inputmethod.latin/databases/*

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Frequent problems and their solutions

Even after the T9 is turned off, Redmi 10S users face unexpected challenges.

Problem 1: Auto Replacement returns after the MIUI update.

Solution: Before updating, back up your keyboard settings via Settings → Xiaomi Account → Mi Cloud → Backup. After the update, restore your settings from the cloud.

Problem 2: In some applications (such as WhatsApp), auto-replacement works despite being disabled.

Solution: This is due to the built-in messenger dictionaries. Turn off autocorrect directly in the app settings (e.g. WhatsApp → Chat → Auto Replace).

Problem 3: The keyboard is lagging after resetting the settings.

Solution: Clear the system launcher cache:

Settings → Applications → Application Management → Launcher → Clear cache

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If none of the methods worked, try resetting your phone to factory settings (but save the data first!).

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