Redmi smartphone owners often face the desire to personalize their device by setting dynamic background images. However, over time, live wallpaper can become irritating, especially if they consume a significant amount of energy or simply no longer be relevant. On the Redmi 9 Pro model, which runs the MIUI shell, the deactivation process has its own nuances that are important to know for the correct operation of the system.
The main problem is that the standard settings menu doesn’t always allow you to instantly return to a static image if you have used a third-party theme or a specific widget. In this article, we will take a look at all possible scenarios in detail, from basic reset through settings to more complex manipulations with the themes of the design.
Before we get into the changes, it’s worth noting that turning off animated backgrounds often leads to a noticeable improvement in the device’s autonomy.The Redmi 9 Pro features a powerful processor, but constantly rendering graphics against the background puts additional strain on the GPU and processor, which ultimately affects battery life.
Basic method through screen settings
The easiest and most obvious way to return a static image is to use the standard settings menu, which works in most cases where the live wallpaper was installed by regular means without the use of third-party launchers, and you will need to go to the Settings section and find the item responsible for the appearance of the desktop.
After you enter the menu, you need to select the option "Wallpaper", where the system will offer several categories, including "Gallery", "Online wallpaper" and "Live wallpaper". If you have a dynamic screensaver activated, it will be marked with the appropriate icon or be in the active tab. To turn off, you just need to select any static picture from the proposed ones or download your photo from the gallery.
It's important to understand the difference between a lock screen and a desktop. Often users change the wallpaper on one screen, forgetting the other. In the selection menu, you'll see two buttons: "Apply" and "Settings." Make sure you change the image for the right screen, or apply a static photo to both sections at once to avoid confusion in the future.
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If after selecting a static photo, the animation still plays when unlocked, check whether the wallpaper carousel function is included in the lock screen settings.
Sometimes the system can cache a previous state and the changes don't take effect immediately, so try locking and unlocking the screen or restarting the device, which is standard MIUI procedure to help update the interface configuration files.
Management through the “Themes” app
Often users install live wallpaper not directly, but as part of a complex theme through the proprietary Theme application. In this case, simply changing the picture in the settings may not work, since the theme forcibly returns its parameters.
Open the Themes app on your Redmi 9 Pro and navigate to the user profile, which is usually indicated by the person icon in the lower right corner.This is the My Themes section. Find an active theme (it will be labeled "Used") and click on the delete button or select a standard Classic or Default theme.
Once you have a classic theme, all the dynamic elements, including the live wallpaper, have to disappear. If you want to keep the icons but remove the background animation, you can try editing the theme, but that requires more knowledge and rights. The easiest way is to move to a standard style that is guaranteed to contain no hidden animation scripts.
Why do topics reset settings?
Be careful when downloading themes from unverified sources.They may contain advertising modules or scripts that will constantly try to return live wallpaper even after manually turning them off. Using the official Xiaomi theme store minimizes risks, but even there there are heavy themes that burden the system.
Disconnection through battery and performance settings
In some versions of MIUI firmware, there is a feature that automatically turns on live wallpaper or carousel to save charge in certain modes, or vice versa, blocks them. Checking energy saving settings can help identify conflicting parameters. Go to Settings → Battery and performance.
If you want to turn off the live wallpaper to save charge, you should pay attention to the modes. If you have Power Saving mode on, the system can force the wallpaper to be turned off to save charge. However, if you want to turn it off manually, make sure that the advanced settings do not have ticks that allow background activity of graphic elements. For the Redmi 9 Pro, this is especially true because of the optimization for long-term operation.
There's also a hidden developer menu where you can limit background processes, and while this doesn't turn off wallpaper directly, it prevents it from hanging out or inappropriate behavior, you have to click on the build number several times in the About Phone section, and then you can find the Background Process Limit menu in the Developer menu.
| Parameter | Impact on live wallpaper | Recommended value |
|---|---|---|
| Window animation | Transition speed, but not content | 0.5x or 1x |
| Background processes | Limits the work of the wallpaper engine | No more than 4 processes |
| MIUI Optimization | Affects the work of themes and widgets | Included (by default) |
| Hardware acceleration | Using GPUs for rendering | Included. |
Don’t need to change the values in the developer menu if you’re not sure what you’re doing. Incorrectly setting the limits of background processes can cause apps to be unloaded from memory too aggressively, affecting instant messengers and notifications.
The problem with Carousel wallpaper
The Glance or Lock Screen Magazine feature is not exactly a live wallpaper in the classic sense, but a service that constantly changes images on the lock screen, sometimes with an animation of the appearance, which many users confuse with live wallpaper and try to disable through the standard menu, which does not always work.
To get rid of this, you need to go to Settings → Lock screen, and here you will find the option "Wallpaper Carousel" or "Glance for Mi." Inside this menu, you need to switch the switch to the "Off" position, which will instantly stop the change of pictures and return the static image that you installed earlier.
⚠️ Warning: After the wallpaper carousel is turned off, notifications from the news service will stop coming if they were tied to this module.
Often, this feature is activated automatically after a system update, so if you notice that the Redmi 9 Pro has changed pictures again, the first thing to do is check this section. In some regions, the service name may differ, for example, "Wallpaper Carousel" or "Wallpaper and personalization".
☑️ Checking the lock settings
Use of third-party launchers and applications
If you have installed live wallpaper through third-party apps from Google Play (like Video Live Wallpaper or similar), then standard MIUI settings may not see them as system wallpaper, in which case management is done through the source app itself.
Find the application list that you used to install the animation, and inside it should be a stop button, a wallpaper button, or the ability to select another video, and often these applications create a permanent service in memory that plays the video file against the background of the desktop.
If you can't find an app, you can use Settings → Apps → All apps. Sort the list by recent or find suspicious titles related to videos or wallpaper. When you log in to the app, click Stop or Delete, and that's guaranteed to remove the animation source.
Third-party launchers like Nova Launcher or Microsoft Launcher have their own wallpaper settings that overlap the system. If you use an alternative desktop, look for the design settings inside that launcher, usually under Desktop or Wallpaper and Style.
The impact of live wallpaper on the autonomy of the Redmi 9 Pro
The power consumption issue is critical for Redmi 9 Pro owners. Dynamic wallpaper requires constant operation of the GPU and processor, even when you are not interacting with the phone.This leads to faster battery discharge, especially if used. AMOLED-screen (although in this model) LCD, It is also important to consider).
LCD-The Redmi 9 Pro's array lights up the entire screen evenly, meaning that the black areas on the live wallpaper don't save energy, unlike the ones on the screen. AMOLED-So using a dark static image would be much more efficient for the battery than any video or animation.
⚠️ Attention: Continuous use of heavy live wallpaper can lead to heating of the case in the area of the camera and processor, which over time affects the degradation of the battery.
If you notice that the phone has become discharged faster after installing a new theme, try rolling back the changes: static high-resolution wallpaper consumes almost no resources after initial boot, which is the optimal choice for everyday use.
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Rejection of live wallpaper LCD-screens such as the Redmi 9 Pro, gives the most noticeable increase in battery life compared to the previous model. AMOLED-device.