How to Increase Xiaomi Speed: A Complete Guide to Acceleration

Owners of Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco smartphones often face a situation where after a year of active use, the device begins to work slower. The interface of MIUI or the new HyperOS shell can slow down, applications open longer, and games begin to “freeze.” It is a natural process of accumulation of system debris, memory fragmentation and software obsolescence, but it can be significantly slowed down or even reversed.

There are many proven methods that can bring the gadget back to its original speed without going to the service center or buying a new device. From the simple cleaning of the cache to the deep settings of the developer, each step can contribute to the overall performance of the system.

In this article, we will discuss the most effective and safe optimization methods that are suitable for both budget models and flagship devices. You will learn how to properly manage the resources of the processor and RAM, so that your smartphone again enjoys the smoothness of animations and instant response to touch.

Cleaning up system debris and memory management

The first and most obvious step is to free up internal storage. When disk space runs out, data write and read speeds drop, which directly affects the performance of the entire system. Xiaomi's built-in Security app is good at basic cleaning, but for deep cleaning, it's better to use specialized tools or a manual method.

You need to remove the cache of heavy applications like social media and instant messengers, which tend to grow to gigabytes, and check the Downloads folder, which often accumulates APK installation files and forgotten documents, and releasing at least 15-20% of total memory does wonders with speed.

Special attention should be paid to the function of expanding memory, if it is available on your model. Virtual memory takes part of the permanent storage for the needs of RAM, which can help with multitasking, but sometimes creates an extra load on the drive.

• 🗑️ Remove unused apps through the settings menu, not just from the desktop.
• 📸 Move photos and videos to cloud storage or to your computer to make room.
• 🔄 Clean up your browser and Google system services regularly.
• 📂 Check the folder. Android/data Residual files of remote games.

⚠️ Warning: Don't use third-party accelerators from Play Market that promise miraculous productivity gains, often consuming resources and displaying intrusive advertising, slowing down the work. MIUI harder.

Optimization of visual effects and animations

Xiaomi's modern shells look beautiful thanks to a lot of transition animations, but they often create the illusion of lags on medium-iron devices. Disabling or accelerating these effects is one of the most powerful ways to make the interface "volatile." It will not add physical megahertz to the processor, but the visual response will be instantaneous.

To access these settings, you'll need to activate the developer mode, which is a hidden menu designed for engineers, but safe for ordinary users to use, unless you change the unknown settings, and you'll need to click on the build number several times in the About Phone section, and then a new item will appear in the Additionals menu.

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Before changing the developer settings, write down the initial values of the parameters so that, if necessary, everything can be returned as it was.

Inside the developer menu, we're interested in the Drawing section, where there are three key parameters that affect how quickly the interface is rendered, and rescaling animations allows you to reduce or eliminate window transition times.

• 🎨 Windows animation: changes the speed of opening and closing applications.
• 🔄 Transition animation: affects the speed of switching between desktops.
• ⏳ Duration of animation: a common timer for all visual effects of the system.

The recommended value is 0.5x for all three, which is the middle ground where the interface is clear but works twice as fast, and setting the value "Without animation" will make the work dry and sharp, which can be uncomfortable for perception.

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Reducing the animation to 0.5x is the safest and most visible way to speed up the visual perception of the smartphone without risk to the system.

Managing Autoboot and Background Processes

Many Android apps tend to run with the system and stay active in the background, which leads to RAM being clogged with unnecessary processes, and the processor constantly switches between tasks, consuming battery power and causing heat. Autoboot control is a critical step in optimization.

MIUI and HyperOS have an inbuilt autorun control mechanism, which manually disables applications that don’t require instant notifications (like games, stores, rarely used utilities), and only allows instant messengers and important services to run this privilege.

Settings → Applications → Permissions → Autorun

You should also use the Advanced Cleanup feature in the security application, which allows you to close background processes that were not closed by the system, and regularly performing this procedure helps maintain stability throughout the day.

Remember to freeze apps, if it's available in your firmware version, and it lets you shut down the app completely when you're not using it, defrosting it only when you start it, which dramatically reduces the load on the system.

Display settings and refresh rates

Picture quality and smoothness of movement directly depend on the settings of the screen. Modern Xiaomi smartphones are equipped with matrices with a refresh rate of 90, 120 or even 144 Hz. High hertz makes the picture smooth, but requires more GPU resources and energy.

If your goal is maximum gaming performance or battery savings, it makes sense to reduce the refresh rate to 60Hz. This is especially true for mid- and low-end models, where the CPU may not be able to render high framerate in heavy interfaces.

Also, it is worth turning off the "Extended Black" function or dynamic wallpaper if used. AMOLED-screens not only saves the battery, but also reduces the heating of the matrix, which indirectly affects the processor trottling.

⚠️ Warning: Reducing the screen refresh rate to 60Hz will make animations less fluid visually, but it's a real way to lift the screen FPS play-play.

Special features and game modes

There are special features on Android that can help or hurt performance, such as TalkBack services enabled or changing the font size can cause the interface to be redrawn, creating a load.

It is critical for gamers to use Game Turbo properly, which redistributes system resources to prioritize the game they are running, clears memory, blocks notifications, and prevents them from switching to other applications when they are accidentally touched.

Also, in the battery settings for each application, you can select the mode of operation. For heavy programs, it is recommended to select the "No Limits" mode so that the system does not "strangle" the background processes necessary for proper operation (for example, loading levels in an online game).

• 🎮 Add Game Turbo to Prioritize Your Job.
• 🔋 Select Performance mode in the battery settings before start-up.
• 🚫 Turn off Full Screen Notifications for background apps.
• ⚙️ Check the list of special features for the presence of unnecessary services.

Deep cleaning and resetting settings

If software methods fail to produce the desired result, the radical but most effective way is to completely reset to factory settings, which removes all the accumulated debris, conflicting files and erroneous database settings over the years.

Before performing this operation, be sure to back up all important data to the Mi Cloud cloud or computer, as the internal memory will be completely cleared.

The procedure is performed through the settings menu in About Phone → Reset. Select "Erase all data" and will take 5 to 15 minutes depending on the storage capacity and the speed of the drive.

⚠️ Warning: Do not restore all applications from the backup at once after reset, install them gradually, observing the behavior of the system, so as not to return the source of the problems with the data.

An alternative to a full reset could be to upgrade to the latest available version of HyperOS or MIUI. Often in new firmware versions, developers optimize the code and fix errors that cause memory leaks.

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