How to change the background on the phone Xiaomi Redmi

Personalizing the interface is the first step that makes a new smartphone truly yours. Owners of Xiaomi and Redmi devices often face the desire to immediately replace the standard image with something brighter or more personal. The MIUI shell or its modern version of HyperOS provides many tools for fine-tuning the visual style, but not all options are obvious at first glance.

The process of changing wallpaper can vary depending on the version of the Android operating system and the specific model of your gadget. Standard methods allow you to quickly select a picture from the built-in gallery, but installing your own photo from the device memory will require knowing several nuances of the menu. The wrong choice of image source often leads to the fact that the photo is stretched or cropped incorrectly.

In this article, we will discuss in detail all the available ways to change the background of the desktop and lock screen, you will learn how to avoid common errors in scaling images and where to find quality wallpaper optimized for your screen resolution.

Standard methods of changing wallpaper through settings

The easiest and most obvious way to change the visual design is to use the built-in system settings menu, which requires unlocking the device and finding the Settings icon on the desktop, which usually looks like a gear, and in the settings list that opens, you should scroll down to the Wallpaper section, where the system will offer several categories of images.

Clicking on the desired section, you will see an image preview and an application button. The system will suggest setting the background only on the lock screen, only on the desktop or on both screens at the same time. It is important to note that the standard Xiaomi gallery often offers static and live wallpaper that can consume additional battery power, so be careful when choosing animated options.

If you want to install an image from your phone's memory through this path, the bottom of the wallpaper selection screen is usually a Local or Plus button, and clicking on it opens the file manager to select any saved photo, but this method does not always make it convenient to crop the image before installation, which is its main disadvantage compared to other methods.

Installation of the background through the Gallery application

The most flexible and commonly used method is to install wallpaper directly from the Gallery app, which gives you complete control over framing and zooming, which is critical for high-resolution photos: Open the photo in the gallery, click the three dots in the upper right corner or the More button to call the context menu.

In the action list that appears, you need to select Set as wallpaper, and the system automatically goes to preview mode, where you can move the image with your finger and select the area that will be displayed on the screen, especially for vertical photos, which, when installed on the desktop, can be cropped with application icons.

Once the image position is adjusted, the system will request confirmation of the action. You can choose where the background will be displayed: on the lock screen, on the desktop or both. that when choosing the Desktop option, the system can offer a depth effect, where time and date are partially overlapped by objects in the photo, creating a three-dimensional effect.

⚠️ Note: When installing very heavy images (over 20 MB), the system can automatically compress the file to optimize interface performance.

Using the Application Topics to Find New Products

The Themes app is a powerful tool that is often ignored by users who prefer only their photos, but this is where professionally made wallpapers are perfectly suited to the resolution of Redmi and POCO screens.

Here, content is categorized into popular, new, game mode, and even color-selected categories, and many of the images are part of dynamic packages that can vary depending on the time of day or the user's actions, and the app often hosts contests where exclusive, high-quality backgrounds can be downloaded.

Downloading wallpapers through the Themes app requires an active Internet connection, since the content is stored on Xiaomi cloud servers. Once downloaded, the image is automatically stored in the device’s local memory, and it can be used even without access to the network. This is a great way to find inspiration if your personal gallery does not have the right options.

Set up live wallpaper and video backgrounds

Modern. AMOLED-Xiaomi smartphone screens are ideal for displaying live wallpaper, which are short video loops. To activate them, you need to go to Settings → Wallpaper and select category Live. These wallpapers respond to touch or tilt of the device by adding dynamics to the interface.

But video backgrounds have their own technicalities: First of all, they are high battery consumption, because the CPU and the GPU must constantly decode the video stream; secondly, on older models with little RAM, this can cause micro-twitching of the interface when unlocked.

For users who want to use their video as a background, there is a separate feature in the Themes app or through third-party launchers. It is worth remembering that the video is usually limited to 15 seconds, after which it is repeated cyclically. Video wallpaper does not work in energy saving mode, and the system automatically replaces them with a static frame.

Solving scaling and quality problems

A common problem for users is that they're stretched or blurred after installation, and that's because the proportions of the photo are not matched to the physical resolution of the screen matrix, for example, if you're trying to put a horizontal photo on a vertical screen, the system will either trim the edges or stretch the image, distorting the objects.

To avoid loss of quality, use images with a resolution equal to or greater than your screen resolution. For most modern Redmi models, this is a minimum of 2400×1080 pixels. If the photo is less resolution, the stretching effect will be "ladder" or noise, especially noticeable in bright monochromatic areas.

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Use photo editing apps to pre-cut the image to screen proportions (usually 20:9 or 19.5:9) before installation, which will give a more predictable result than the built-in system cropper.

Also consider the location of the interface elements. App icons, time widgets and notifications often overlap the bottom and top of the screen. When framing photos, try to leave the center of the image as informative as possible, and make the edges less saturated or blurred so that the text is easy to read.

⚠️ Warning: Avoid using fine detail wallpapers at the top of the screen (status bar) where signal and battery icons are displayed. White icons may become unreadable in a motley background, which will reduce the ergonomics of using the device.

Features of working with Always on Display

Owners of smartphones with AMOLED-The matrices can configure the display of wallpaper in Always On Display mode. In this mode, only individual pixels are lit against a black background, displaying the time, date or simplified version of your wallpaper. → Wallpaper. → Always On Display.

The system allows you to choose a display style: classic digital, analog or personalized, where part of your main photo is displayed in black and white or color against the background, which creates a beautiful depth effect when you turn on the screen, the full color picture smoothly transitions to a simplified version.

Newer versions of HyperOS have a smart feature that turns off AOD when the phone is in your pocket or bag, using a proximity sensor to save power.

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For maximum charge savings in Always On Display mode, use black and white wallpaper and turn off background display, leaving only the time and date.

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