Owning a modern Xiaomi smartphone involves constant contact with the touch screen, which is often accompanied by an intrusive tactile response. For many users of the Redmi Note 10 model, the constant vibration when printing messages or dialing becomes a source of irritation, especially in a quiet environment or at night. Standard system settings sometimes hide the desired switches, forcing the owner of the gadget to look for hidden menus.
Turning off tactile feedback is not just a matter of comfort, it's also a way to save battery power, even if it's a small one. In the MIUI operating system that you have installed on your device, the vibrations are scattered across different sections, which often causes confusion: some settings are responsible for system sounds, others are solely for the virtual keyboard, and others control the interface response.
In this article, we will take a look at all the possible ways to eliminate vibration on your device, we will look at standard methods through the settings menu, specific parameters for the Gboard and Sogou keyboard, and also discuss accessibility issues that can affect the operation of the tactile sensor. Following the instructions, you will be able to fully personalize your smartphone behavior.
Basic System Vibration Setup in MIUI
The first step to silence is through the standard operating system settings menu, and that's where the global switches that control the interface's tactile response are located. You need to open the Settings app and find the audio section, and depending on the firmware version, this item can be called "Sound and Vibration" or simply "Sound."
Inside this menu, you'll find a slider that adjusts the intensity of the vibration in Call mode. However, to turn off the response when you touch the screen, you need to find Vibration when you touch the screen. Activating or deactivating this parameter instantly changes the behavior of the system: the phone stops vibrating when you click on icons, switch toggles and type text in the system fields.
⚠️ Warning: Disabling Vibration-touch functionality in system settings can remove tactile response in all applications, including the standard number dialer, but does not always affect third-party keyboards.
If your goal is to remove only the jitter when printing, but leave the vibration of the call, be careful when using this method. In some MIUI builds for Redmi Note 10, this switch works comprehensively. So if the keyboard is still buzzing after the system vibration is turned off, go to the next sections of the instructions, where we will analyze the settings of specific input applications.
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The system touch vibration switch affects the MIUI shell interface, but may not affect the settings of third-party keyboards.
Vibration control in the standard Gboard keyboard
Most Xiaomi users default to a keyboard from Google, known as Gboard. This app has its own settings that are more important than the system. To get to the desired section, open any application that requires text input, such as Messages or Notes, and call the keyboard.
In the toolbar above the letters, find the gear icon or press and hold the comma to open the settings menu. In the list that opens, select Settings, then go to Preferences, and that's where the Vibration switch you're looking for is hidden.
- 📱 Open any field to enter text to make the keyboard appear.
- ⚙️ Click on the settings icon (cog) on the toolbar.
- 🔊 Go to the “Preferences” section and find the “Vibration when pressed” item».
- ❌ Move the slider to an inactive position for a complete shutdown.
Importantly, newer versions of Gboard have the ability to adjust the duration of the vibration, not just turn it on or off. If you want to keep the tactile response light, but make it less intrusive, use the Vibration Duration slider with a minimum value, which will keep the impression of the print, but will remove the long buzz.
Sogou keyboard settings for Xiaomi
Some regions and firmware versions on the Redmi Note 10 have a Sogou keyboard pre-installed, which differs from Gboard in the interface and settings. The principle of operation is similar: you need to get into the control menu of the keyboard itself, not the system as a whole. Open the Tools app on your desktop or call the keyboard in any input field.
In the Sogou keyboard menu, you'll find Settings (often indicated by the profile icon or gear icon) and then select Sound and Vibration or Input Settings, and you'll see a separate slider that controls the vibration of the keys, and moving it to the far left position will completely disable the tactile response.
| Parameter | Description | Recommended value |
|---|---|---|
| Key vibrations | Press strength response | 0% (Off) |
| Keyboard sound | Acoustic signal | If you wish, |
| Vibration on error | Responding to incorrect input | Off |
| Duration | Motor time. | Short. |
Users often confuse the sound and vibration settings in this menu. Make sure you change the tactile response setting, not the sound. After making changes, the keyboard may need to restart, which usually happens automatically when you exit the settings menu.
Why does the vibration return after the update?
Special Opportunities and Accessibility Mode
There is a scenario where the vibration on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 is forced to turn on through special features. This is true for users who accidentally activated modes to improve visibility or control. Check the Settings section → Additional settings → Special features.
Within this section, look at the Physical or Visibility Improvement tab, and you can have a touch Vibration switch that duplicates the system settings, and if it's on, you can't turn off the vibration in the main sound menu, and you can turn off this switch to remove the forced response.
⚠️ Warning: Enabling some accessibility features, such as TalkBack, makes phone control dependent on vibration and sound signals.
It is also worth checking the Control settings with one hand. In some versions of MIUI, activation of this mode is accompanied by enhanced tactile response to confirm the boundaries of the screen. If you are not using this mode, make sure that it is turned off in the Additional Settings menu.
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Use search in settings: Type the word “vibration” into the search bar at the top of the settings menu to instantly find all the related switches.
Additional parameters and hidden functions
For advanced users who want to gain full control, there are additional methods, such as changing the vibrator parameters on the engineering menu or through USB debugging, but this requires caution, and a safer way is using automation applications such as MacroDroid or Tasker.
With these programs, you can create a script that forcefully sets the vibration level to zero when you run certain applications, like messengers, which allows you to have a vibration response in the system, but you turn it off during the correspondence.
- 🤖 Install an application to automate tasks from Google Play.
Another aspect is Do Not Disturb mode, which is the settings in this mode on the Redmi Note 10, you can set the vibration behavior, and if you have a Do Not Disturb schedule activated, the phone can ignore your manual settings and behave according to a given profile, and see if it's not vibration-prohibiting or not vibration-prohibiting.
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Frequent problems and their solution
Sometimes users are faced with a situation where all settings are checked, but the phone continues to vibrate. This can be caused by a software failure in the service Input Method. In this case, it helps to clean the cache of the keyboard application. Go to Settings → Apps → All applications, find your keyboard and select Clear cache.
Another common cause is third-party themes conflict. Some themes downloaded from MIUI Themes may have their own tactile response scripts that overlap the system settings. If the problem occurs after a theme change, try going back to standard.
⚠️ Warning: If the vibration is accompanied by a strange buzzing in the dynamics or chaotic screen inclusions, this may indicate a hardware malfunction of the vibrator motor or plume.
In rare cases, a complete reset to factory settings helps, but this is an extreme measure. Before doing this, make sure to back up the data, most often the problem is solved by simply restarting the device after making all the configuration changes described above.