How to improve the performance and performance of Xiaomi smartphone

Owning a Xiaomi device often starts with the euphoria of features for a reasonable amount of money, but over time, the user may face interface slowdowns or quick discharge. This does not mean that the gadget has exhausted its resource; most often the problem lies in the software features of the MIUI or HyperOS shell, which require fine-tuning to specific use cases. Competent optimization can work wonders, returning the device to its former sharpness of response.

Many owners are unaware of how many hidden features and engineering menus are available to them by default. The Chinese giant’s systems have enormous customization potential, often hidden behind layers of marketing add-ons. In this article, we’ll explore how to turn your phone into a powerful tool without resorting to complex rooting.

Before we go to radical measures like flashing, we should try software acceleration methods, which are safe, reversible, and give you a noticeable increase in performance in everyday tasks. Let's dive into settings that will change your perception of how the device works.

Optimization of the interface and animations of the system

The first thing that catches your eye when using a smartphone is the smoothness of the transitions between the screens. The standard animation settings in MIUI often make them tight, which visually slows down the device even if the processor copes with tasks instantly, and speeding up these processes creates the illusion of increased hardware power.

To start, you need to activate the developer menu. Go to Settings → About Phone and quickly click on the MIUI or HyperOS version seven times. Once you have become a developer, you can go to hidden options. Find the Additional Settings → For developers.

Within this menu, you're interested in three parameters: "Window animation scale," "Scale of transition animation," and "Duration duration of animator." They're set to 1.0x or 0.5x by default. Change them to 0.5x or even 0.3x if the system allows. This will make the interface response lightning fast.

• 🚀 Windows scale: reduces the opening time of applications.
• ⚡ Scope of transitions: accelerates the folding and unfolding of windows.
• ⏱️ Animator Duration: Reduces the waiting time when loading elements.

⚠️ Warning: Do not set the animations to 0 (disabled) This may cause some interface elements to be displayed incorrectly and lists to scroll back, as the system will stop rendering intermediate transition frames.

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If the interface becomes too sharp after the animations are reduced, return the value to 0.5x – this is the middle ground between speed and visual smoothness.

Also worth paying attention to the refresh rate of the screen if your smartphone supports high hertz (90 Hz, 120 Hz or 144 Hz). In standard Auto mode, the system often saves charge by resetting the frequency to 60 Hz in static menus. Forced setting the maximum frequency at Settings → Update frequency → Update frequency will ensure a stable smooth picture in any situation.

Managing Autoboot and Background Processes

One of the main reasons for the “eating” of RAM and battery power is background applications. In the ecosystem of Android and MIUI, many programs tend to run with the system and hang in memory, waiting for their time, this not only slows down work, but also creates a constant load on the processor.

To take control of the situation, go to the Applications → Settings → Application Management. Here you will need to manually go through the list of installed programs. Pay special attention to social networks, stores and games that you rarely use. For any unnecessary in the background of the application, you need to turn off the Auto Start option.

There is also a more aggressive method of managing memory through the engineering menu, such as entering the code ##6485## in the ringer. Although this is primarily a diagnostic menu, it allows you to see battery status and running processes, but using the built-in limiter will be more effective.

It's important not to overdo the cleaning. Google Play Services or Xiaomi shell components can't be touched, it's going to lead to unstable work. Focus on third-party software.

Once you have set up the boot, it is recommended to perform a “cold” reboot of the device, which will allow the system to redistribute resources again, already taking into account the new limitations for background processes.

Configuring energy saving and battery

Autonomy is a key parameter of any smartphone, and in Xiaomi devices, it is a complex algorithm that sometimes works too aggressively, closing down the right applications, or, conversely, skipping over the “glutty” processes.

In the Safety → Battery menu, you can select a performance profile. For everyday use, the optimal mode is Balanced. Performance mode keeps the processor at high frequencies constantly, which leads to overheating and degradation of the battery without the real need for normal tasks.

The Memory Extension feature, which takes some of the internal flash memory and uses it as virtual RAM, can even slow down the system on UFS 3.1 and higher fast drives because of the lower speed of virtual memory compared to physical RAM.

• 🔋 Energy saving mode: limits background synchronization.
• ⚙️ Memory Optimization: It’s Better to Turn Off Expansion If You Have 8GB RAM more.
• ❄️ Temperature control: Do not overheat above 40 degrees when charging.

It's also worth checking which apps consume the most power, and it often turns out that some forgotten service or game keeps the screen or GPS active, and checking the statistics in the Battery section regularly helps identify these parasites.

⚠️ Warning: Do not use third-party Task Killers apps from the Play Market. They disrupt the Android scheduler by forcing the system to constantly reopen closed applications, which only increases the charge consumption.

To extend the life of a lithium-ion battery, try not to drain the phone to zero and not to keep it 100% constantly. The optimal range for a long battery life is from 20% to 80%. In new versions of HyperOS, a charge limiting function to 80% has been introduced, which is highly recommended to activate.

Cleaning the storage and working with the cache

A full storage is the right way to get your smartphone brakes. When the internal storage space runs out, the system has no place to create temporary files and.swap partitions, which critically slows down the recording and reading of data. Keeping 15-20% of free space is the law for fast work.

Standard Security Application → Cleaning does a good job of removing junk files, but it often skips the cache of heavy apps like Telegram, TikTok or YouTube.These programs can accumulate gigabytes of temporary data. → Annexes → All applications → [Select an application] → Memory. → Clear the cache.

Don't confuse cache cleaning with data cleaning. Cache is temporary files, it's safe to delete them. Data is your logins, correspondence and settings within the application, deleting them will reset the application to the "just installed" state.

To analyze what exactly takes up space, use the built-in storage analyzer, which will show you which folders have grown the most, and users often forget about downloaded files from messengers or offline maps, which take up tens of gigabytes.

Regular gallery audits are also needed: High-resolution photos and 4K video eat up space quickly, use cloud services or transfer media files to your computer, freeing up internal memory for the system to work.

Elimination of advertising in MIUI/HyperOS

One reason users are looking for ways to improve their smartphone is the intrusive advertising in system applications, which, fortunately, in modern versions of shells, can be almost completely turned off without using third-party software, simply by switching a few switches.

The main switch is in the MSA (MIUI System Ads) settings. Go to Settings → Passwords and Security → Access to personal data. Find the "msa" list and turn off the slider. The system will ask three times and wait 10 seconds before turning off — you need to be patient and wait for the end of the timer.

Next, go through the built-in apps. In the Explorer app, go to the settings and turn off "Receive recommendations." In the Music and Video app, similarly, look for "Show ads" or "Recommendations" in the settings and deactivate them.

• 🚫 Service MSA: main source of advertising banners.
• 📂 Explorer: Disables advertising in the Files section».
• 🎵 Music/Video: Removes banners in media players.
• 📱 Theme: Disables advertising in the theme store.

Also remember to disable personalized ads in Google settings. Go to Settings → Google → Advertising and click “Request Deletion of Ad ID” or “Disable Personalization”.

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Completely shutting down advertising takes about 5-7 minutes, but significantly increases the comfort of use and visually “unloads” the interface of the smartphone.

After performing all the manipulations, the interface will become cleaner, and the system will stop spending resources on loading advertising modules, which will also have a positive effect on the speed of work and traffic consumption.

Resetting settings and updating firmware

If software optimization has not produced the desired results, it is possible that errors or conflicts have accumulated in the system after many updates, in which case the effective solution is to reset to factory settings or cleanly reinstall the firmware.

Before resetting, make sure to create a full backup of your data. Use the built-in Security application → Backup or sync with Mi Cloud/Google Drive. Remember that after the reset, all data will be deleted irrevocably.

Reset is done via the Settings menu → About Phone → Settings reset → Erase all data. After this procedure, the phone will return to the “out of the box” state. For the first 10-15 minutes, it will run slowly while indexing files and updating applications, but then should earn much faster.

The alternative is to upgrade the system. Even if you have the latest version, sometimes it helps to re-install the same firmware package through the update menu, which allows you to replace corrupted system files without losing user data. Select Settings → About Phone → MIUI version, click on three dots and select “Download again”.

⚠️ Warning: When performing a reset or flashing, make sure that the battery is at least 60%. interruption of the process of writing system files due to discharge may lead to the inability to boot the device (bootloop).

Regular maintenance, auto-boot control, and timely software updates will keep your Xiaomi fast and responsive throughout its life.