How to change the sound of the keyboard on Xiaomi Redmi Note 9: Full instructions

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 9 series is well-deservedly popular for its excellent price-to-quality ratio, but standard interface settings don’t always meet the needs of every user. One of the things that you often want to personalize is the audio of printing on a virtual keyboard. Many owners find that a standard click seems too quiet, loud or just annoying, and there is a need to change or completely disable it.

The process of changing the audio signal on the Android shell MIUI can seem confusing due to the presence of many menu levels and the separation of settings between system parameters and a particular input application. It is important to understand that the management of the print sound depends on which keyboard is installed on your device by default — the standard Gboard from Google or, for example, SwiftKey from Microsoft. In this material, we will analyze the algorithms of actions for different scenarios so that you can customize the gadget exactly as convenient for you.

Before we make any changes, it’s worth noting that on some global versions of MIUI firmware, the ability to choose a keyboard tune may be limited or completely absent from the standard menu, due to licensing restrictions or regional features of the software, but even in such cases, there are proven workarounds to achieve the desired result without obtaining superuser rights or flashing the device.

Set up system sounds in MIUI

The first step in the process of personalizing audio is to check the general system settings of Xiaomi. This is where you set the basic volume level for all interface interactions, including typing. If the overall slider of the interface sounds is zero, then no individual keyboard settings will help — you just won’t hear the result of your actions, regardless of the melody you choose.

To access these options, you need to go to the main settings menu and find the section responsible for Sound and Vibration. Depending on the version of the Android operating system and the MIUI shell, the path may differ slightly, but the logic remains the same. Within this section, you should pay attention to the slider, which is often labeled "UIr interface sounds" or "System sounds." Its position directly affects the volume of clicks when printing.

⚠️ Warning: Make sure your smartphone is not in No Sound or Do Not Disturb mode, as these modes can forcefully block the playback of keyboard system sounds, ignoring volume settings.

After adjusting the general settings, it makes sense to restart the device so that the changes take effect correctly. Sometimes MIUI caches audio profiles, and the new volume or timbre may not apply instantly without restarting the system services, this is especially true if you have recently updated your firmware or installed new themes.

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Use a physical volume button while printing in any text field to quickly adjust the level of "UI Sounds" without logging into the settings menu.

Change the sound in the standard Gboard keyboard

The vast majority of Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 users use Gboard, a keyboard developed by Google, as their primary input tool, and it has flexible settings that allow them to change the volume and select a specific sound file from the list of available system tunes, but it is not always obvious to find these settings inside the app itself.

To get into the audio control menu, open any application that requires text input, such as Messages or Notes. When the keyboard appears, click on the gear icon located in the top toolbar. If there is no icon, press and hold the comma or emoji until the settings menu appears, then select Preferences or Settings, where the audio settings are hidden.

• 🔊 Find the “Sound on Press” switch and activate it if it is turned off.
• 🎵 Click on "Click Sound" to open the list of available system tunes.
• 📂 In the window that opens, select the System or Notification folder where short audio files are stored.
• ✅ Click on your favorite sound to listen to it and confirm the choice with the OK button".

Importantly, the list of available sounds in Gboard depends on the theme installed in the system. If you use a third-party theme from the MIUI Themes store, the set of sounds can be replaced with the author's, which comes with the theme, in which case you can return to the standard set of tunes only after changing the theme to the classic one.

Use of third-party keyboards for enhanced capabilities

If standard MIUI and Gboard tools don’t provide the desired functionality or sound, the best solution is to install a third-party application for text input. The Android application market offers many alternatives, such as SwiftKey, Yandex Keyboard or TouchPal, which often have their own sound libraries and more flexible equalizer settings.

Installing an alternative keyboard gives Redmi Note 9 users several key advantages: First, many of them allow you to download your own MP3 or WAV audio files for use as a click sound. Second, these applications often have a separate volume slider, independent of the system volume of the interface, allowing you to print quieter or louder regardless of other phone sounds.

The process of activating a new keyboard requires special permissions. Once you install the application from Google Play, you need to go to the language and input settings, select "Keyboard Management" and activate the switch opposite the new application. Then you need to select the option you just installed from the "Current Keyboard" menu, only then you can enter the settings of the new application and change the sound.

Replacement of system audio files through file manager

For advanced users who want to install a unique sound that is not on the system list, there is a method of direct file replacement, which requires a file manager with access to system folders or using ADB (Android Debug Bridge), but Xiaomi can often do with standard means with root rights or special permissions.

The essence of the method is to find the system file responsible for the standard click sound (usually called the click). Keypress_standard.ogg Or similarly, and replace it with your audio file with the same name, and before starting the operation, it is critical to back up the original file so that in case of an error or unsatisfactory result, everything can be returned back to you.

It is best to use short snippets no longer than 0.5 seconds in OGG or WAV format, as long or heavy files can cause delays in printing or interface lags. The file should be named exactly like the original system file you plan to replace.

⚠️ Note: Direct replacement of system files without superuser rights (Root) on modern versions of Android may not be possible due to security restrictions.

If you don't have root rights, use sound replacement apps that run in the background and intercept system requests to play back sound, swapping them for your files, which you can find in the app store on "Sound Changer" or "Notification Sounds Manager."

Resolving problems with lack of sound

The situation when after all the settings the sound never appeared, is quite common on Xiaomi devices. Often the reason lies not in the settings of the keyboard itself, but in the conflict of software components or the operation of the function "Sound Improvements". MIUI system has a built-in equalizer and various audio improvers that may not properly process short high-frequency signals characteristic of interface sounds.

The first thing to try is to clear the keyboard app cache. Go to Settings → Apps → All apps, find your keyboard (like Gboard), select Memory and click Clear Cache. Don't confuse it with Clear All, or you'll lose your dictionaries and your learning history.

Also worth checking is the special features settings. In some cases, disabled features such as TalkBack or Choice for Voice can intercept audio control or block standard audio streams, and disabling these features will temporarily help diagnose the problem.

• 🔍 Check if a Bluetooth headset is connected, which can output the sound of the keyboard until you notice it.
• 📉 Make sure that the Sound and Vibration settings include the "Vibration when dialing" option, sometimes this indirectly affects the activation of the sound engine.
• 🔄 Try switching the input language to English and back, it can restart the keyboard audio driver.

If the problem persists after all the manipulations, the system sound file itself may be damaged, in which case resetting the phone to factory settings will help, but this is an extreme measure, requiring prior storage of all important data.

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Most often, the lack of sound is due to the fact that the multimedia volume slider and the system sounds slider are separated into different menus, and the user adjusts the wrong parameter.

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