Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco smartphone owners often face the challenge of making the most of their device, especially in demanding games or when working with heavy applications. Standard power saving settings can limit CPU frequencies, leading to micro-freezes or input delays. The MIUI shell and the new HyperOS have powerful tools to switch the smartphone to maximum return mode.
Activating hidden or advanced performance settings requires an understanding of how the resource management system works.The Game Turbo is not just an overlay for games, but a deep system mechanism for redistributing power. In this article, we will discuss all the activation methods, from the standard menu to the use of the menu. ADB-commands to unlock hidden functions.
Keep in mind that running at the limit of your ability affects your temperature and battery wear, but for short-term sessions in competitive shooters or video rendering, this is the only right solution.
Activate Game Turbo through the Security App
The most affordable and secure way to improve gaming performance is to use the built-in Game Turbo tool, pre-installed on all modern devices of the brand and integrated into the system application Security, which not only blocks notifications, but also speeds up the processor when you run selected applications.
To get started, you need to open the Security app, which is usually in the Tools folder on the home screen. At the bottom of the interface, you'll find the Game Turbo icon. If you don't see it right away, click on the three dots in the upper right corner and select Add Games to scan the memory and add shortcuts to the control panel.
When you add games, you'll activate a special overlay when you start them, swiping from the top left or right corner of the screen (depending on the settings), you'll be taken to the menu where you can select a performance profile, and you'll find Balanced, Standard and Performance modes.
- 🚀 Balanced: Keeps battery power slightly limited by frequency CPU.
- ⚡ Standard: optimal ratio between smoothness and energy consumption.
- 🔥 Productive: overclocks the processor and GPU to maximum values, disabling background restrictions.
⚠️ Warning: The Game Turbo's Performance Mode can cause significant body heat, and it's not recommended to use it when charging unless you have active cooling.
Inside the Game Turbo menu, you can also use Network Acceleration, which prioritizes game traffic over other processes, which is especially useful for unstable Wi-Fi connections, and remember to clean the cache periodically through the same app to keep the system responsive.
Set up the battery mode for maximum speed
One of the main reasons for the decline in FPS in games is the aggressive MIUI energy saving policy. The system can artificially lower the clock speed of the processor if it believes that the task does not require full power.
Go to Settings → Battery. At the top of the screen, you'll see the current mode of operation. The default is often "Balanced" or "Energy Saving." You need to switch to Performance mode. In some firmware versions, this mode is hidden and only activated when you connect the charger or through hidden menus.
When high performance mode is activated, the system stops strangling background processes and allows applications to consume more power, visually this can be accompanied by a change in interface animation and faster menu operation, but battery life in this mode is reduced by 20-30%.
It's important to understand the difference between software constraint and physical trolling. Even in maximum performance mode, if the CPU temperature reaches a critical threshold (usually 45-50 degrees body), the system will force the frequency reset to protect the components. This is normal behavior that cannot be completely circumvented by software.
- 🔋 Savings: Limits background activity and screen brightness.
- ⚖️ Balanced: Smart allocation of resources depending on use case.
- 🏎️ Productivity: Removes the Limits from CPU and GPU, Increases the responsiveness of the touchscreen.
Hidden Developer Settings and Animations
To fine-tune the response, you can use the developer menu, which hides the parameters that affect visual smoothness and process priorities. Although this doesn't add hertz per second, subjectively, the interface starts to work much faster.
To get to this menu, you need to quickly click on the build number in the About Phone section 7 times. After the "You became a developer" notification appears, a new option will appear in the settings menu Additional (or immediately in the main menu).
You'll need animation scale options. Find the items "Window animation," "Jump animation," and "Animation duration." Change their values from standard 1x to 0.5x or completely disable (No animation) to remove visual delays when switching between applications.
Path to settings:
Settings → About Phone → (7 times tap on "Version MIUI") → Additional settings → For developers → AnimationAlso on the developer menu is the 4x MSAA option, which improves graphics in games using OpenGL ES 2.0, making the image clearer, but this feature significantly increases the load on the GPU and battery consumption, so it is only worth turning it on powerful flagships.
⚠️ Note: Do not disable the option "Enable the magazine" or "Debug by" USB", If you don't know what they're responsible for, it can lead to system instability or PC connectivity issues.
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Reducing the animation to 0.5x creates the illusion of a two-fold acceleration of the smartphone, even if the hardware power has not changed.
Using ADB to activate hidden modes
For advanced users who want to access hidden features that are not displayed in the interface, there is a method using ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which allows you to activate hidden performance profiles or change temperature limits, although the latter require root rights.
You will need a computer to work, USB-cable and installed drivers ADB. The phone should be on "Debugging by" USB" You connect your smartphone to your PC, open the command line and enter the necessary commands to change the system flags.
One useful command is to activate hidden game mode or change process priorities, for example, you can force high performance mode on a particular application, even if it is not added to the Game Turbo.
adb shell settings put global game_mode 1There are also commands to reset thermal profiles, but using them is dangerous. Instead, it is better to use commands to clean the Dalvik cache or force the system services to restart, which sometimes helps to remove accumulated lags without completely restarting the device.
Risks of using ADB
Comparison of processor modes
To better understand which mode to choose in a particular situation, it is worth considering their impact on the basic parameters of the device. The difference between modes lies not only in the clock speed, but also in the algorithms for controlling voltage and heat sink.
The table below shows a comparison of the main characteristics of different modes of operation of the system based on HyperOS and MIUI.
| Parameter | Saving energy | Balanced | Productive |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU frequency | Up to 60 percent of max. | Dynamic. | 100% (maximum) |
| Screen brightness | Limited. | Automobile | Maximum |
| Background processes | Frozen. | Active. | Priority |
| Heating the hull | Minimum | Moderate. | High-pitched |
As you can see from the table, energy saving mode sacrifices user experience for the sake of working time. Balanced mode is the best choice for everyday use, surfing and watching videos. Performance mode is a highly specialized tool for gamers and professionals.
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For everyday tasks (social networks, messengers) the "Production" mode will not give a noticeable increase in speed, but will quickly land the battery.
Optimization of memory and background processes
High performance is impossible without enough free RAM. MIUI has a feature called "Memory Extension" that takes some of the internal storage under virtual RAM. Enabling this feature can help if you have little physical memory (less than 6 GB).
However, internal flash memory is slower than RAM, so for maximum performance in heavy games, it is sometimes more effective to turn off the expansion of memory so that the system does not try to use a slow partition.
Also worth paying attention to is the "Memory Cleanup" feature, which in some models, you can automatically clear the memory when you start games, make sure it's activated, which frees up resources for the current running application.
- 🧹 Autoclean: Closes background apps before launching the game.
- 💾 Virtual RAM: Helps keep more apps open, but doesn’t speed them up.
- ⚙️ Process Priority: Game Turbo can prioritize a specific game.
Regularly restarting your smartphone (at least once a week) also helps to reset accumulated system errors and memory fragmentation, which has a positive effect on the overall responsiveness of the interface.