How to remove the default mode on the Xiaomi Redmi phone: from factory settings to hidden MIUI chips

The default mode on Xiaomi Redmi smartphones is a set of factory settings that are activated after a device is reset, upgraded, or turned on for the first time. For many users, such settings seem uncomfortable, from redundant animations in MIUI to forced services like mSA (Mi Security App) or Mi Cloud. But not everyone knows that some of these “silences” can not just be turned off, but completely removed or replaced with alternative options.

In this article, we’ll break down the three default modes: from basic settings in the Xiaomi menu to deep changes through ADB and engineering menus. The focus will be on Redmi Note 10/11/12, Redmi 9/10 and later, but most of the ways work on older devices with MIUI 12-14. If you’re tired of intrusive notifications about “power saving mode” or automatically enabled Dark Mode, here’s the solution.

1. What are the default modes on Xiaomi Redmi

Before you turn something off, you need to understand what's working in the background. There are three types of "silence" in MIUI:

• 📱 System settings: screen brightness, theme, sound profiles. For example, after a reset, the phone always turns on Adaptive Brightness and Dark Theme on schedule.
• 🔄 Automatic services: Mi Cloud, Find Device, Autostart for applications, which are activated on the first run and can slow down the work.
• 🛠️ Hidden modes: engineering menu (#4636##), test profiles for diagnostics, factory tests (CIT). They are not usually visible in the interface, but they affect performance.

The most annoying users of “silence”: Reading mode (yellow filter), Smart recognition SIM-Cards (automatic switching between slots), battery optimization (limits background processes), while some features, such as the Game Turbo, can not be disabled by standard means – they will have to be cut through the system. ADB.

2. Method 1: Disconnect via standard MIUI settings

So, to start with, the simplest thing is what you can do without root rights and a computer, and most of the silences are hidden in the Settings menu → Additional or Special Features.

• 🌓 Dark theme on schedule: Settings → Screen. → Dark subject. → Turn off automatic switching.
• 🔋 Energy saving mode: Settings → Battery → Energy saving regime → Select “High-performance".
• 📵 Smart recognition SIM: Settings → SIM-maps and mobile networks → Recognition SIM-map → Turn it off.
• 🎵 Camera shutter sound: Settings → Sounds and vibrations → The sound of the camera shutter → Turn it off.

Pay special attention to Settings → Applications → Application Management → Autostart. You can turn off the automatic launch of unnecessary services (such as Mi Video or Mi Browser) that eat up the battery. But beware: disabling System UI or Android System can cause crashes!

Warning: Some settings (such as Developer Mode) may be activated again after the MIUI update is disabled. To avoid this, lock them in through ADB (more on this below).

Method 2: Reset to factory settings with data storage

If your phone is slowing down because of the accumulated silences, but you don’t want to lose files, use a soft reset, which only removes system settings, leaving photos, contacts and apps:

1. Open the Settings. → The phone.
2. Tap 7 times on the MIUI version to activate Developer Mode.
3. Back to Settings → Additionally. → For developers.
4. Find the Reset option (not to be confused with Reset and Reset!).
5. Select Reset system settings – this will only delete the settings, not the files.

Once rebooted, the phone will boot with clean settings, but all apps and data will remain in place, a method that is useful if you want to get rid of digital junk, but are not ready for a complete reset.

⚠️ Warning: Soft reset does not remove updates MIUI. If the problems started after the update, you will have to roll back to the previous version via Fastboot.

Method 3: Removing System Applications Through ADB

Some of the "silences" are embedded in the firmware and not disabled through the menu, such as Mi Browser, Mi Music or GetApps (Xiaomi app store), you will need a computer and an ADB tool (Android Debug Bridge) to remove them.

Instructions:

1. Install Platform Tools on your PC.
2. Turn on the phone debugging over USB (Settings → For developers).
3. Connect Redmi to your computer and type in the command line: Adb devices Make sure the device is defined.
4. To remove an unnecessary application, use the command: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.nename Replace com.xiaomi.nename with the application package (see table below).

⚠️ Warning: Removing system applications may disrupt the work MIUI. For example, without com.miui.securitycenter, your fingerprint and face unlock will stop working!

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Before removing apps through ADB, check their addiction! for example, com.xiaomi.mipicks (GetApps) is linked to the theme store - its removal can break the wallpaper change.

5. Hidden modes: engineering menu and test functions

Xiaomi Redmi has hidden menus that allow you to turn off factory restrictions, for example, you can remove the volume limit in headphones (European standards) or turn off the check. SIM-roaming-card.

How to open the engineering menu:

##4636##

Here you can:

• 📶 Testing the network (Information) → GSM Service).
• 🔊 Remove volume control (Hardware Testing) → Audio → Headset Mode).
• 📡 View the sensor data (Sensors).

For advanced users, the CIT (Factory Test Mode) menu is available, which is opened by the command:

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Here you can calibrate the screen, check the camera or reset the IMEI (caution!).

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The engineering menu allows you to bypass some of the limitations of MIUI, but the wrong actions can lead to loss of communication or camera failure.

6 How to get it all back if something goes wrong

If after manipulating the settings, the phone began to glittle, there are three ways to return to work:

1. Resetting settings (see Method 2).
2. Recovery via Recovery: Turn off your phone. Press Power + Volume Up before the Mi logo appears. Select Wipe & Reset → Reset Settings.

Fastboot flashing through Fastboot

fastboot flash all firmware.zip

Download the official firmware for your model on the Xiaomi Firmware website.

If after reset, the phone requires an old Mi Account, and you do not remember it, use the recovery service or contact support with a purchase check.

7. Frequent mistakes and how to avoid them

When working with Xiaomi Redmi settings, users often make the following mistakes:

• 🚫 Removal of systemic APK backup → leads to cyclical reset.
• 🔧 Change in parameters CIT knowledgelessly IMEI → loss.
• 🔄 Shutdown of all auto-starts → Some apps (like Google Play Services) will stop updating.
• 📱 Resetting via Recovery without detachment Mi Account → lock-in.

⚠️ Warning: If you plan to sell your phone, be sure to untie it from your Mi Account (Settings) → Xiaomi account → Exit) and make a full reset (Settings) → Recovery and discharge → Reset all settings otherwise the new owner will not be able to activate the device!

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