How to speed up Xiaomi Redmi Note 10: a complete guide to optimizing your smartphone

Is your Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 slowing down after a year of use? Apps open long, animations twitch and battery goes down in half a day? The problem isn't the "weak hardware" - even with a Snapdragon 678 processor, this smartphone is capable of showing excellent performance. MIUI, background resource consumption and suboptimal default settings.

In this article, only proven methods of acceleration without root rights and the risk of “bricking” We will learn how to clear the cache without losing data, disable unnecessary Xiaomi services, configure autoboot and even increase the speed of the process. FPS All instructions are relevant to the games. MIUI 14/15 They work on Redmi Note models. 10/10S/10 Pro/10T.

Spoiler: 80 percent of problems are solved software--without breaking a phone or buying a new battery, so let's start with the simplest and get to the advanced tricks.

1.Diagnosis: Why the Redmi Note 10 is slowing down

Before you optimize, you need to understand the source of the lags. Redmi Note 10 has 3 typical "diseases":

• 🔋 Overheating and trottling – Snapdragon 678 processor reduces the frequency to 1.7 GHz (instead of 2.2 GHz) when the temperature exceeds 42 GHz°C. This is evident in games and video recordings. 4K.
• 🧹 Trash memory — MIUI Creates up to 5 GB of cache per month (including duplicate photos in the photo) MIUI Gallery and Logistics of System Applications).
• 👻 Background processes – by default, there are 15 hangings in the autoload+ Xiaomi apps (including Mi Video, Mi Music, GetApps) that eat up 300-500MB of RAM.

How to check your case:

1. Open the Settings. → The phone. → Version. MIUI and tap 5 times on the kernel - the developer mode will turn on.
2. Back to Settings → Additionally. → For developers and find CPU statistics.
3. Run a heavy app (like Genshin Impact) and watch the download schedule CPU. If the frequency falls below 1.8 GHz during loading, overheating is to blame.

If the statistics show that com.miui.home (launcher) or com.android.systemui (system interface) consume >20% CPU — In this case, the resetting of cache or flashing will help (about this in sections 4 and 7).

⚠️ Note: Don’t confuse trottling with a bug MIUI 14.0.4, where FPS In games, they were artificially limited to 30 frames. If you have this version, upgrade to 14.0.6.+ through settings → Updating the system.

System cleanup: remove garbage without dumping

MIUI It's known for hiding cache and unnecessary files from the user, even after manually cleaning through Settings. → The storage remains gigabytes of "invisible" garbage. Here's how to remove it completely:

Clearing the cache of all applications

Standard method through settings → Apps only remove the cache of the selected application to clear everything at once:

1. Go to Settings → Storage → Cleaning.
2. Slip on the Deep Clean (bottom of the screen).
3. Select Cash and Unnecessary Files, then click Clear (remove 1-3 GB).

2.2 Removal of duplicate photos and videos

MIUI Gallery automatically creates copies of photos when editing, and also saves thumbnails for previews:

• 📁 Open the gallery. → Albums. → Duplicates (if no section, update the gallery in Google Play).
• 🔍 Use the Files by Google app (download to Play Market): it finds duplicates even in hidden.thumbnails folders.
• 🗑️ Manually check the folders: /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/.thumbnails /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Screenshots/ There are often gigabytes of unnecessary files.

Clearing of logs and dumps

MIUI maintains detailed logs of system errors that take up to 1 GB. ADB (rootless):

1. Connect your phone to your PC and enable USB Debugging in the developer settings.
2. Open the command line on PC and type in: adb shell pm clear com.miui.analytics adb shell rm -rf /data/log/*

Remove the cache through "Deep Cleaning"|Check the folder.thumbnails|Find duplicates in Google Files|Clear the logs through ADB|Reboot the phone-->

After cleaning, restart your phone, it will reset temporary kernel files (tmpfs). If there is 3-5 GB more free memory, but the lags remain, move to the next section.

3. Optimization of autoboot and background processes

By default. MIUI Allows automatic start of 20+ It's eating up 1 GB of RAM and 15 percent of battery life per day:

3.1. Autoboot shutdown

Go to Settings. → Annexes → Application management → Autoboot. Here you'll see 3 categories:

• 🔄 Allowed: Apps that run when you turn on your phone. Turn off everything except messengers and system services (Google Play Services, Phone).
• ⏳ Detained apps are apps that start 3-5 minutes after they turn on. Here you can turn off Mi Video, Mi Music, GetApps.
• 🚫 Prohibited apps are already disabled. Add Clean Master (if installed), Mi Credit, Mi Pay.

Restriction of background activity

Even after you turn off the autoboot, some apps continue to work in the background to block them completely:

1. Go to Settings → Battery and Performance → Battery Management.
2. Select an app (like Facebook) and set to Limit Background Activity.
3. For system applications (e.g. MiuiDaemon) use ADB: adb shell cmd appops set com.xiaomi.midrop FOREGROUND_SERVICE ignore adb shell cmd appops set com.miui.analytics RUN_IN_BACKGROUND ignore

Optimization MIUI Optimization

V MIUI There's a hidden feature called Smart Optimization that kills background processes more aggressive than standard mode:

1. Enable the Developer Mode (as in Section 1).
2. Go to For Developers → MIUI Optimization and turn it off.
3. Reboot your phone. Now background processes will be killed less often and multitasking will improve.

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If after the shutdown MIUI Optimization phone has become warmer, return the setting back and instead limit background activity for individual applications (section 3.2).

After these manipulations, check the free memory in Settings → RAM, if it's gone up to 2.5–3 GB (from) 4/6 GB in your model – you are on the right track.

4. Customize animations and interface for smoothness

MIUI It uses heavy animations that are downloaded by default. GPU And we're going to do this, and we're going to do this, and we're going to do this, and we're going to turn them off or accelerate them:

4.1. Disable animations through the developer settings

Go to Settings. → Additionally. → For developers, find three parameters:

• Window animation scale → install the animation disabled or 0.5x.
• Transition animation scale → 0.5x.
• Scale of duration of animation → 0.5x.

These settings will remove delays when opening applications and switching between them.

4.2 Switching to light launcher

Standard launcher MIUI (com.miui.home consumes up to 300MB of RAM, which can be replaced with lightweight alternatives:

To install an alternative launcher:

1. Download it from Google Play.
2. Click Home and select the new launcher as the main one.
3. In the launcher settings, turn off animations and unnecessary widgets.

Activation of performance mode

V MIUI There's a hidden Performance Mode that prioritizes resources for an active application:

1. Go to Settings → Battery and Performance → Modes.
2. Select Performance (if not, update). MIUI up to 14.0.6+).
3. Turn on the option to improve performance when playing.

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Disabling animations and changing the launcher give the greatest increase in smoothness of the interface – up to 30% on tests on the Redmi Note 10.

5. Optimization for Games: Upgrading FPS And we clean the lags.

If your Redmi Note 10 is slowing down PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty or Genshin Impact, the problem is not only the hardware. MIUI Artificially restricts performance in games to reduce heat. Here's how to get around these limits:

5.1.Game Turbo Enablement

Game Turbo is Xiaomi's proprietary technology that optimizes resources for games.

1. Open Settings → Special features → Game Turbo
2. Add the game to the list (for example, PUBG Mobile).
3. In the game settings, turn on: 🎮 Performance mode 📶 Network priority (if you play on mobile data) 🔇 Disable notifications

5.2 Acceleration GPU through the developer's settings

By default. GPU The Adreno 612 in the Snapdragon 678 runs at 80 percent power:

1. Go to Settings. → For developers.
2. Find Forced Use GPU-rendering and turn on.
3. Turn on Debugging. GPU-rendering and select On screen as bars (this will show where rendering delays occur).

5.3. background restriction in games

MIUI By default, it allows games to run in the background that eats resources:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Select a game (such as Free Fire) and turn off Allow Background Activity.
3. Enable Blocking in the background.

Disconnection of unnecessary sensors

MIUI He's constantly questioning the sensors (gyroscope, compass, proximity sensor), even when they're not needed, to turn them off:

1. Go to Settings. → Special facilities → Sensors.
2. Turn off the autoturn (if not used).
3. Turn off the Wake Up and Double Touch to Wake Up (they drain the battery by 5–7% per day).

Optimization of synchronization

By default. MIUI It synchronizes data with Xiaomi servers every 15 minutes, eats up traffic and charge, and adjusts synchronization:

1. Go to Settings. → Accounts and synchronization → Xiaomi Cloud.
2. Turn off sync for unnecessary data (e.g. Notes, Calendar).
3. Set the sync interval 1 time per day or Wi-Fi only.

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If your phone runs 10-15% at night, check apps with permissions Ignore battery optimization in Settings → Battery → Battery optimization: Messengers (Telegram, WhatsApp) or fitness trackers are most often to blame.

Calibration of the battery

If the phone suddenly turns off with 20 to 30 percent charge, the battery controller may have been calibrated to reset it.

1. Charge your phone to 100% and don’t turn off charging for another 1 hour.
2. Turn off charging and use your phone until it is fully discharged (0%).
3. Connect the charging and charge up to 100% without interruptions.
4. Repeat the cycle 2-3 times.

⚠️ Warning: If the phone is still 30-40% off after calibration, the battery wear problem. Check its condition through the AccuBattery app (from Google Play). If the capacity has fallen below 70% of its face value (3300 mAh for the Redmi Note 10), the battery needs to be replaced.

7 Advanced methods: firmware and core

If all of these things don't work, there are radical measures, like flashing or replacing the core, which take longer, but they do better.

Update to the latest version MIUI

Old versions. MIUI (below 14.0.6) there are memory management and trottling bugs:

1. Go to Settings. → Updating the system.
2. If there are no updates, download the latest firmware for your model from en.miui.com.
3. Install the update through Settings → Updating the system → Threefold → Select a firmware file.

Installation of the custom core

Standard core in MIUI Optimized for battery savings, not performance. Alternative cores (e.g. Perseus or FrancoKernel) can increase the power of the core. FPS 15-20% for installation:

• 🔓 You need an unlocked bootloader and root rights (instructions for unlocking: miui.su).
• 📥 Download the kernel for Redmi Note 10 (model mojito/sunny) forum XDA Developers.
• ⚙️ Set it through TWRP Recovery or Kernel Flasher.

Reset to factory settings

If the phone brakes even after all the manipulations, the last chance is hard reset, which will delete all the data, but return the phone to a "clean" state.

1. Create a backup through Settings → Additional → Backup and Reset.
2. Go to Settings → About the phone → Reset settings.
3. Choose to erase all data and confirm.

After discharge:

• 🚫 Do not restore data from backup MIUI — It can contain garbage.
• ☁️ Recover only contacts and photos through Google Account.
• ⚡ Turn off autoboot and background activity immediately (Section 3).

8 Hardware methods: if nothing helps

If the software methods didn't work, the problem could be the hardware.

Replacement of thermopaste

Over time, the heat paste between the processor and the radiator dries up, leading to overheating and trottling.

• The phone heats up to 45-50°C at minimum load.
• The processor operates at a frequency below 1.5 GHz even after restarting.
• Games are laid 5-10 minutes after launch.

Solution: Take the phone apart and replace the thermopaste with the Arctic MX-4 Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. The cost of repair in the service center is 800-1500 rubles.

Replacement of the battery

If the phone:

• It is discharged in 2-3 hours with normal use.
• It is turned off at 20-30% charge.
• Heated when you charge.

Check the battery's worn out and check it in AccuBattery.

• 🔋 Battery health below 70% – need replacement.
• 📉 Actual capacity below 2,500mAh (for Redmi Note 10 with 5000mAh battery) – critical wear and tear.

The cost of the original battery is 1200-1800 rubles. Do not buy cheap analogues: they may swell or not hold the charge.

Checking flash memory

If the phone is stuck on the logo, it doesn't turn on, or the apps crash, it can degrade the flash memory. A1 SD Bench:

• 📉 Reading speed below 150 MB/s – memory is worn out.
• ❌ Mistakes in the test - you need to replace the motherboard.

⚠️ Warning: If after replacing the battery or thermal paste, the phone becomes worse (for example, does not turn on or overheats), immediately contact the service center).

FAQ: Frequent questions about Redmi Note acceleration 10