How to turn on a small letter on a Xiaomi smartphone: 5 working ways

You try to type on Xiaomi, but instead of lowercase letters, you keep printing capital letters? Or the keyboard stubbornly ignores register switching? This problem is familiar to many owners of smartphones with MIUI firmware - especially after updates or resets. 80% of cases are to blame for problems in the system keyboard, conflicting settings or a bug in the latest version of Gboard/SwiftKey.

In this article, we will discuss 5 proven ways to return lowercase letters to Xiaomi – from basic settings to radical solutions such as changing the keyboard or resetting the system. You will learn why the keyboard can stick in Caps Lock mode, how to turn off register auto-replacement and what to do if the problem only occurs in specific applications (for example, WhatsApp or Telegram). MIUI 12-14 and models from Redmi Note 10 to Xiaomi 13 Ultra.

If the small letters don't work in just one application (like a game or messenger), the problem is more with it than with your phone. Start by reinstalling the software. If lowercase characters are missing everywhere, read on.

1. Check the basic keyboard settings

The first thing to do is make sure the keyboard is not locked in capital mode. In MIUI, this can happen due to accidental pressing or a glitch in the settings.

Open any field to enter text (such as notes or a message) and pay attention to the keyboard bar:

• 🔹 Up arrow button (↑) — If it's illuminated, it means Caps Lock is on. Press it once to turn it off.
• 🔹 The cog or three dot icon, tap it to open additional keyboard settings. Look for Registry or Auto-Capital».
• 🔹 Language bar – if you have several layouts (for example, Russian) + English, try switching between them with a double tap on the space.

If the Caps Lock button is not active, but lowercase letters are not printed anyway, move to the next step. Importantly, on some Xiaomi models (e.g., the POCO F3), the register bug is associated with the swipe gesture up the Shift key - try swiping down to return the small letters.

2. Reset keyboard settings to factory

If the basic manipulations didn't work, reset the keyboard settings, which will delete the user's dictionaries, but return the factory register settings.

Instructions for Gboard (the most popular keyboard on Xiaomi):

1. Open Settings → System and device → Language and input.
2. Slip on the "Virtual Keyboard" → "Gboard".
3. Select Settings Reset (may be called “Clear Settings” or “Restore by Default”).
4. Confirm the action and restart the phone.

For the MIUI system keyboard:

1. Go to Settings → Additional → Language and input.
2. Select “Xiaomi Keyboard” → “Reset”.
3. After reset, check the lowercase letters in any text field.

Save important texts from the clipboard

Remember frequently used words (they will be deleted)

Check if the Internet is on (required for synchronization of dictionaries)

Reboot your phone after resetting-->

If the reset didn’t help, the problem may be deeper, such as system application conflict or MIUI file corruption.

3. Disabling autocapital letters and autocorrection

Sometimes the keyboard automatically replaces lowercase letters with capital letters due to aggressive autocorrection settings, especially after MIUI updates, when user preferences are reset.

How to turn off autoreplacement register:

• 📱 For Gboard: Open Settings → System system → Language and input → Gboard. Go to Text Correction. Turn off the options: Auto-capitalization, Auto-correction, Double-Pushing a Point Space (may conflict with the register)
• 📱 For the keyboard. MIUI: Go to Settings. → Additionally. → Language and input → Xiaomi keyboard. Select "Text settings» → «Auto-replacement. Turn off "Automatic capital letters" and "Register correction».

Once you disable these options, try re-entering the text. If the problem persists, it may be the keyboard cache or system bug that is to blame.

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If autocap letters are only needed at the beginning of sentences, turn on the option “Sentence capitalization” in the Gboard settings. This will save lowercase characters in other cases.

4. Cleaning the cache and keyboard data

A clogged cache or corrupted keyboard application data can cause a malfunction of the register, and cleaning will help restore functionality without removing the keyboard itself.

How to clear the cache for Gboard:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find the “Gboard” in the list and tap it.
3. Select "Storage» → «Clear the cache».
4. If it doesn’t work, click Clear Data (this will delete all custom dictionaries!).

For the MIUI system keyboard:

1. Open Settings → Applications → All applications.
2. Find the Xiaomi Keyboard (could be called the MIUI Keyboard).
3. Tap “Clear the cache”, then “Clear the data”.
4. Reboot the phone.

⚠️ Warning: Cleaning the keyboard data will reset all the words and settings you have added. After the procedure, you may need to re-configure the language and layout.

If the lowercase letters work after cleaning the cache, but after a while the problem returned, this is a sign of a system bug, in which case only an update to the MIUI or a change of the keyboard will help.

5. Installation of an alternative keyboard

If the system keyboard Xiaomi or Gboard stubbornly does not want to type small letters, try installing a third-party solution. MIUI:

How to install and configure an alternative keyboard:

1. Download the app from Google Play.
2. Open Settings → System → Language and input → Virtual keyboard.
3. Activate the new keyboard in the list.
4. Return to any text field, tap the keyboard icon on the notification panel and select the installed alternative.

If even after changing the keyboard lowercase letters do not work, the problem lies at the system level - perhaps the firmware is damaged or MIUI services conflict.

6 Radical measures: resetting phone settings

If none of these things work, the last option is hard reset, which will delete all the data from the phone, but it will return the factory settings to MIUI, including the keyboard.

How to reset Xiaomi to factory settings:

1. Back up important data (photos, contacts, messages) through Settings → About Phone → Backup.
2. Open Settings → About the phone → Reset settings.
3. Select “Erase all data”.
4. Enter your password (if required) and confirm the reset.
5. After the reboot, set the phone up as new and check the keyboard.

⚠️ Warning: Reset will delete all apps, accounts and files! If the phone is tied to a Mi Account account, after the reset, you will need to enter a username and password to unlock (protection against theft).

If lowercase letters do not work after reset, this may indicate a hardware problem (for example, a malfunction of the screen sensor in the keyboard area) or firmware damage.

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Before resetting, try updating MIUI to the latest version – often bugs with the keyboard are fixed in new builds.

Frequent questions about the keyboard on Xiaomi