How to turn off the auto-shut screen on Xiaomi: all working ways

Your Xiaomi screen goes out too quickly, interrupting reading, watching videos or working with the navigator? The problem of auto-turning the display is familiar to many smartphone users on MIUI — even at maximum timeout settings in the menu, the system can force the screen to lock after 30 seconds-2 minutes. In this article, we will analyze all possible ways, including standard and hidden functions, as well as solutions for advanced users.

The reasons for prematurely shutting down the screen are not just energy saving settings, but the culprits can be aggressive MIUI algorithms that optimize battery consumption, or even manufacturer restrictions for certain models (such as the POCO F3 or Redmi Note 10 Pro), but the good news is that almost all of these limitations can be circumvented, from simple tricks to deep customization through ADB.

It's important to understand that completely turning off the screen timeout can have a negative impact on battery life, but in some scenarios, such as using the phone as a device. GPS-It's justified to use a navigator in a car or during a long reading. Next, we'll look at the methods from the safest to the most radical.

1. MIUI Standard settings: Maximum timeout

The first thing to check is the basic settings on Xiaomi’s menu, and even if you’ve already changed those settings, they’re sometimes reset after you upgrade MIUI or reset to factory settings.

Go to: Settings → Display → Sleeping Mode

You can choose between 15 seconds and 30 minutes (up to 10 minutes on some models) and choose the maximum value. If the option is Never missing, that's normal for most Xiaomi devices, and you'll have to use alternative methods.

Pay attention to additional parameters:

• 🔄 Adaptive brightness: Turn it off if the screen goes out when you adjust automatically.
• 📱 Reading mode: In some firmware, it resets a timeout of up to 30 seconds.
• 🔋 Super energy saving: When activated, it forcibly reduces the time to lock.

If the screen goes out after 1-2 minutes after the change, the problem goes deeper, and you may have activated hidden MIUI limitations on your device, which will be discussed later.

2. Disconnection of energy-saving functions

MIUI aggressively optimizes battery consumption, sometimes at the expense of convenience, so that the screen does not go out accidentally, you need to turn off all functions that affect its operation:

Check First: Settings → Battery and Performance → Battery Mode

Choose Performance (if available) or Balanced. Power Saving or Super Energy Saving mode compulsively reduces screen timeout.

Next, turn off optimization for specific applications:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Select the app that should keep the screen on (like Google Maps or YouTube).
3. Press Battery Limitations → No restrictions.
4. Activate Auto Start and Block in the background (if any).

On models with MIUI 13+, you may need to further disable Deep Optimization in the Special Resolutions section for critical applications, which force programs to “sleep” even when they are active on the screen.

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If after disabling the optimization screen still goes out, try adding the application to the "Battery Exclusions" through the battery settings.

3.Use of the Developer Mode

Xiaomi’s hidden settings allow you to increase screen timeouts beyond the standard limits, and you need to activate the developer mode:

Instructions for inclusion:

1. Go to Settings. → The phone.
2. Click on the MIUI version 7 times in a row until you become a developer!
3. Go back to the main settings menu and open a new section for developers.

Now find the option: Turn off the screen when inactivity (or Sleep timeout on English firmware).

Here you can have values up to 30 minutes or Never (depending on the model). For example, on the POCO F3 with MIUI 14, the maximum value is 10 minutes, and on the Redmi Note 11 Pro+, 30 minutes.

If you don’t have an option, try to find: Stay awake while charging.

This feature keeps the screen on while the device is connected to the network, useful for using the phone as a media player or navigator in the car.

4.Apps for forced screen retention

If the system settings don't work, third-party utilities will come to the rescue, and they work on two principles:

1. Activity simulation: Send signals to the system that the user is interacting with the screen.
2. Sleep Lock: Use the Android API to force the display to hold.

Top.-3 tested applications:

• 📱 Keep Screen On (simple, no ads, works through a notification).
• 🔄 Caffeine (activated via notification panel, supports application exceptions).
• ⚡ Stay Alive! (advanced settings including lock control when charging).

Instructions for setting up Stay Alive! (the most functional solution):

1. Install the app from Google Play.
2. Open it and provide all the permissions you have requested (including Special Access in Android settings).
3. In Screen, activate the following options: Keep screen on while charging Keep screen on when selected apps are open.

Stay Alive!

⚠️ Note: Some applications (such as Keep Screen On) may conflict with MIUI If you start flashing or locking your screen spontaneously after you install it, delete the utility and try another one.

5. ADB-commands to completely shut down timeout

For users who are ready for technical manipulation, there is a radical method - changing system parameters through ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which will allow you to set unlimited screen life, but requires a connection to a computer.

Step-by-step:

1. Download and install Platform Tools (the official tool from Google).
2. Activate Debugging by USB in the developer settings on your phone.
3. Connect Xiaomi to your PC and type in the command line: Adb devices Make sure the device is defined.
4. Use the command to turn off timeout: adb shell settings put global stay_on_while_plugged_in 3 where 3 It means "always on (both on the battery and when charging)".
5. To apply the changes, restart your phone: adb reboot

If the team doesn’t work, try an alternative:

adb shell settings put system screen_off_timeout 2147483647

Here, 2147483647 is the maximum timeout value in milliseconds (≈24 days).

⚠️ Note: Some Xiaomi models (e.g. Redmi Note 8 Pro) may not work with these commands due to manufacturer restrictions.

To return the standard settings, do:

adb shell settings delete global stay_on_while_plugged_in


adb shell settings put system screen_off_timeout 30000

(where 30,000 to 30 seconds).

Install Platform Tools on PC| Enable USB debugging on Xiaomi| Connect your phone with the original cable | Check device detection by adb devices | Make a backup of the data-->

Alternative methods and workarounds

If none of these methods worked, consider the following non-standard solutions:

Method 1: Using Live Wallpaper with animation

Some live wallpapers (like KLWP) constantly update the screen to simulate user activity, install animated wallpaper and check if the display has stopped turning off.

Method 2: Connecting the mouse over OTG

When connected USB-Mouse or keyboard via adapter OTG system MIUI It can be considered that the device is actively used, and not lock the screen, suitable for prolonged work with documents or watching movies.

Method 3: Castom firmware

XDA Developers forums have modified versions of MIUI (e.g. Xiaomi.eu or Pixel Experience) where the screen timeout restrictions are removed. Note that installing custom firmware voids the warranty and requires unlocking the bootloader.

Comparison of methods for effectiveness:

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For most users, the best solution is a combination of the developer mode (maximum timeout) + the Stay Alive! application for critical scenarios.

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