How to turn off the acceleration of games on Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro: 5 proven ways

Smartphone Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro is equipped with a powerful processor Snapdragon 732G, which automatically activates the acceleration mode of games to improve performance. However, this mode does not always work correctly: games can slow down, overheat or demonstrate unstable FPS. If you notice that after updating MIUI or installing a new game graphic artifacts began to appear more often, and the battery discharges 2 times faster – the problem most likely lies in forced acceleration.

In this article, we’ll look at all the ways you can disable the acceleration of games on the Redmi Note 10 Pro, including hidden MIUI settings, ADB commands, and third-party tools. You’ll learn how to regain control of performance without sacrificing device stability. Importantly, some methods require unlocking the bootloader or root rights — we’ll mark them separately and provide alternatives for users without technical skills.

Why Accelerating Games May Hurt, Not Help

The MIUI’s Game Turbo feature was designed to improve the gaming experience, but in practice it often backfires. Here are the key challenges faced by Redmi Note 10 Pro owners:

• 🔥 Overheating of the processor: forced increase of clock speed to 2.3 GHz (instead of the standard 1.8 GHz) leads to an increase in temperature to 50-55 GHz°C, even in simple games.
• 📉 Unstable. FPS: Instead of smooth 60 frames per second, there are jumps from 30 to 90 FPS, What's in the way of gameplay.
• 🔋 Accelerated battery life: battery life in games is reduced by 30-40% due to increased power consumption GPU Adreno 618.
• 🎮 Artifacts of graphics: In demanding games (such as Genshin Impact or Call of Duty Mobile) there are breaks in textures, flickers and lags.

Xiaomi doesn’t provide a direct way to turn off acceleration in settings, but there are workarounds. Next, we’ll look at them in terms of complexity, from simple to advanced.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling the acceleration of games can reduce performance in heavy projects by 10-15%. PUBG Mobile at maximum settings, test the changes gradually.

Method 1: Disable Game Turbo via MIUI settings

The safest method is to use built-in MIUI tools. It doesn’t require root or PC connection rights, but it doesn’t work on all firmware versions.

Instructions:

1. Open the Settings. → Special facilities.
2. Scroll down and select Game Mode (or Game Turbo depending on the MIUI version).
3. Turn off the game speed slider (could be called Performance Optimization).
4. Reboot your smartphone.

If there is no game mode option in Special Opportunities, try an alternative way:

• 📱 Go to Settings. → Battery and productivity → Performance mode.
• 🔄 Choose Balanced Mode instead of High Performance.
• 🔧 In some firmwares, you need to further disable Optimization for games in the Additional settings section.

This works on MIUI 12.5-14, but in recent updates Xiaomi may hide these options.

Method 2: Using ADB to disable acceleration

If standard settings don’t work, you can use Android Debug Bridge (ADB), a tool to manage your smartphone via PC, which does not require root rights, but requires USB debugging.

Step-by-step:

1. Download and install ADB Tools on your computer.
2. On your smartphone, activate Developer Mode (7 times click on the MIUI version in Settings → About Phone).
3. Enable USB debugging in Settings → Additional → For developers.
4. Connect the Redmi Note 10 Pro to your PC and confirm the debugging permission.
5. Open the command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS/Linux) in the folder with ADB and type:

adb shell settings put global game_boost_enable 0


adb shell settings put global force_game_mode 0

After you've done the commands, restart your phone. To check if the shutdown has worked, type in:

adb shell settings get global game_boost_enable

If the answer is 0, the acceleration is off.

⚠️ Note: On some firmware, Xiaomi is blocking changes through ADB. If the commands don’t work, try adding a flag. --user 0 Or use the method with Magisk (described below).

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If ADB does not recognize the device, install Xiaomi USB Drivers from the official website or through the Mi PC Suite.

Method 3: Disconnect via Magisk (root required)

For users with an unlocked bootloader and Magisk installed, the most flexible method is the use of the Disable MIUI Game Turbo module, which completely removes all components of game acceleration, including background services.

How to determine:

1. Download the Disable MIUI Game Turbo (check compatibility with your version of MIUI).
2. Open Magisk Manager and go to the Modules section.
3. Click Install from Storage and select the downloaded file.
4. Reboot the phone.

After installation of the module:

• 🛠️ All Game Turbo services will be deactivated.
• 📊 Performance will return to standard values (without forced overclocking).
• 🔄 You can manually adjust the clock speed through applications like Kernel Adiutor.

If you don’t have root rights but ADB didn’t help, try the following method using third-party utilities.

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Magisk is the only method that is guaranteed to disable the acceleration of games on all versions of MIUI, but requires unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom recavator.

Method 4: Third-party utilities for performance management

If previous methods have not worked, you can use applications that allow you to manually limit the performance of the processor.

• 📱 CPU Throttling Test: Tests and limits the clock speed of cores, and is suitable for temporary load reduction.
• 🔧 Kernel Adiutor (requires root) – advanced utility for fine tuning CPU/GPU, including shutting down turbo modes.
• 🎮 Game Optimizer is an alternative to the standard Game Turbo, but with manual settings FPS temperature.

Example of settings in the Throttling Test CPU:

1. Install the app from Google Play.
2. Run the performance test and wait until it is completed.
3. In Throttling, set a limit of 70-80% of the maximum frequency.
4. Save your profile and apply it before you start the game.

The downside of this is the temporary effect, and when you reset, you reset the settings, so you have to repeat the procedure every time.

Method 5: Manual configuration files (for advanced)

For users with root rights and experience with system files, there is a radical method of editing MIUI configuration files that speed up games, which is risky but gives you complete control.

What files should be changed:

• 📄 /system/vendor/build.prop — Add the line ro.game.boost.enable=0.
• 📄 /system/etc/perfd/default_values — substitute game_mode on 0.
• 📄 /data/data/com.miui.gameturbo/shared_prefs/com.miui.gameturbo_preferences.xml — Remove or edit the acceleration settings.

For editing:

1. Use Root Explorer or Mixplorer with superuser rights.
2. Make a backup copy of the original files!
3. After the changes, set the rights 644 (rw-r-----).
4. Reset the device.

⚠️ Warning: Incorrect editing of system files can lead to bootloop.If you are not sure about your actions, use other methods.

This is the case for MIUI 12-13, where game acceleration is hard to spell out in system configs, and newer versions of Xiaomi can use dynamic settings that are harder to track.

How to Check if Game Acceleration Is Really Shut Down

After applying one of the methods, it's important to make sure that the changes are in effect.

• 📊 Monitoring of clock frequency: use CPU Monitor AIDA64, to check that the processor does not accelerate above the standard 1.8-2.0 GHz in games.
• 🌡️ Temperature control: Launch the game and after 10 minutes check the temperature in Game Bench or Cool Tool.Normal values for Snapdragon 732G — 45°C.
• 🎮 Test FPS: Turn on the frame counter in the game settings or through GameTools. FPS (For example, fixed 60 frames) - a sign of disconnected acceleration.

If after turning off the acceleration of the game began to slow down, try:

• 🔄 Return the standard settings and test another game (possibly the lags are related to optimizing a particular titles).
• 📉 Reduce the graphical settings in the game (for example, switch from Ultra to High).
• 🔋 Check background processes through Settings → Annexes → Launched and closed unnecessary.

FAQ: Frequent questions about turning off game acceleration