Many Xiaomi and Redmi smartphone users experience intrusive typing behavior when the device tries to guess the next word, a feature known as T9 or autocorrection that is often annoying, especially when entering specific terms or names. Instead of typing quickly, you have to constantly be distracted by fixing automatic replacements.
Fortunately, MIUI and HyperOS provide flexible tools to control this process. Not only can you turn off predictions completely, but you can fine-tune the keyboard behavior to your needs. In this article, we will discuss all the current methods that will help you regain comfort when communicating in instant messengers.
We will look at standard system settings, work with the Gboard keyboard, and also touch on cases when the function “sticks” due to software failures. Correct configuration of text input significantly increases the speed of work with the smartphone.
The main reasons for including autocorrection
Before you start to shut down, you need to understand what triggers the prompts, and in most cases, it's a prediction algorithm built into the system keyboard that analyzes how often you use words and what the context of your conversation is.
Sometimes users accidentally activate additional plugins or design themes that change standard input behavior, and third-party applications for translation or vocabulary expansion may also have an impact.
It is important to distinguish between two concepts: autocorrection (automatic word replacement) and prediction (word variants over the keyboard).
Disable T9 via standard Gboard settings
The most common way to control input is to use Google’s built-in Gboard keyboard, which is installed on most modern Redmi and Poco devices, and you need to first go to the settings menu of the keyboard app itself.
Open any application that requires text input, such as Messages or Notes. When the keyboard appears, find the gear icon in the top panel or press and hold the comma. From the menu that opens, select Settings.
☑️ Checking Gboard settings
Next, go to Setting up text, and you'll find all the parameters that affect how you type, and you'll find the Autocorrect switch and you'll put it in an inactive position, and you'll be prevented from changing the words you've written yourself.
You can also turn off the feature Show the hint bar, which removes the three-word line above the keyboard, making room for text to be displayed, and if you're only annoyed by certain types of prompts, look at adjacent menu items.
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If you use voice input frequently, don’t turn off the microphone on the keyboard, as it’s not associated with the T9 function and autocorrection.
Autocorrection control in the system keyboard Xiaomi
Some Xiaomi smartphones, especially Chinese firmware or older MIUI builds, can use their own keyboard, which is slightly different from Gboard, but the logic remains similar.
Go to the general settings of your smartphone through the gear icon on your desktop. Scroll down to the Additional or Advanced Settings section. Find Language and Enter.
In the menu that opens, select Keyboard Management or go straight to the active keyboard settings (usually signed as MIUI Keyboard or similar) and find the section responsible for Input or Input Settings.
⚠️ Note: In some versions of the firmware MIUI Keyboard settings can be hidden in the deep menu. If you didn't find them on the way up, try typing the word "keyboard" in a search by phone settings.
Uncheck the boxes for Autocorrection, AutoReplacement, and Text Prediction, and it is also recommended that you clear the dictionary if the keyboard starts offering incorrect words that you previously accidentally typed and confirmed.
Comparison of keyboard functions Xiaomi and Gboard
Understanding the differences between standard input tools helps you choose the most appropriate option, and here is a table comparing the control capabilities of T9 across environments.
| Function | Gboard (Google) | Keyboard Xiaomi (MIUI) | SwiftKey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disabling autocorrection | Complete. | Complete. | Complete. |
| Flexibility of settings | Tall. | Medium | Very high. |
| slang dictionary | Automatic. | Basic | Trained |
| Resource consumption | Optimal. | Minimum | Average. |
As you can see from the table, Gboard offers the most balanced feature set for most users.However, Xiaomi's system keyboard can run faster on budget models with little RAM.
If none of the standard options suit you, you can always install a third-party solution from Google Play, and popular alternatives like SwiftKey or Yandex Keyboard have their own, often more advanced, prediction algorithms.
Solving T9 sticking problems
Sometimes you turn off all settings, but the keyboard continues to behave strangely, suggesting words or correcting text, which may indicate a software failure or overflow of the app cache.
The first step in this situation should be to clean the keyboard data. Go to your smartphone Settings, select the App section and find your keyboard (like Gboard) in the list. Click on Memory.
What happens when you clean the keyboard data?
Press Clear and confirm action for all types of data (cache and application data). After that, restart your smartphone. This action often helps when interface glitches interfere with the application of new settings.
⚠️ Warning: Cleaning up your data will reset all your personalized dictionaries. If you've been typing on this device for years, the keyboard will "forget" your unique words and abbreviations.
Customization of personal dictionary and exceptions
Turning off T9 completely isn't always the best solution, and sometimes it's more convenient not to remove the function completely, but to teach it not to touch certain words, and that's true for programmers, gamers, or people with unique contact names.
There's a Personal Dictionary section in Gboard, and you can add words that the system should never fix, and you can add your last names, nicknames and professional terms.
There's also a "Disable Auto Replacement" feature for specific words, and when the keyboard insists on changing your word to another, often a cross or ban icon appears in the prompt bar, and clicking on it tells the system that autocorrection is not necessary in this context.
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Using a personal vocabulary is more effective than completely disabling T9, as it retains useful quick input features, but removes annoying errors in specific words.
Check keyboard usage statistics regularly, and some versions of the software allow you to see which words have been most frequently corrected, which helps you understand where the algorithm is working incorrectly.