When you have purchased a smartphone like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9, the first thing we all do is customize it and change the default options to make it our own. That and install the applications that we will use most often. In the case at hand, Xiaomi phones use MIUI software, a custom Android, and some aesthetic improvements that will make you happy.
So if you want to personalize your Xiaomi , we propose a series of changes and options that you will find on your mobile phone with MIUI pre-installed. They are easy to touch up, and you will get a personalized smartphone in every way in return.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 – MIUI 12
Wallpapers and super backgrounds
One of the essential changes in any phone worth its salt is the background or wallpaper—both on the lock screen and the home screen. You can use an image or photographs of yourself, but Xiaomi offers you its selection and much more.
If you update your brand new Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 to MIUI 12 or higher, you will be able to use dynamic backgrounds. Or, as they call it themselves, awesome wallpapers. These super wallpapers are moving images that respond to what you do with your Xiaomi.
To change the background, you will need to go to the Settings section> Wallpaper. There you will find everything you can use as a background: the images of your phone, animated backgrounds, personal photos, and the Super wallpapers. By activating one of the available funds, your phone will never be the same again.
Another way to personalize your phone is by going to the online wallpapers. You will find this section within the fund’s section that we saw before. Categories organize them, and there are static or animated types.
Radical change with Xiaomi themes
If you prefer to change your Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 completely, the fastest and most efficient option is to apply themes. Xiaomi offers the Themes application precisely to facilitate the aesthetic customization of your phone. You can choose full themes or make more subtle changes related to backgrounds and icons.
From the Themes app itself, you will find a selection to download and install with a couple of movements of your finger. Then you can customize the changes, and it is even possible to apply icon themes separately.
Once the theme is completely downloaded, to apply only the icons, you will have to enter the Themes app, go to the icon of your profile, bottom right, then Icons, and, finally, click on the downloaded theme and finally,,, on Apply.
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The iOS Control Center
MIUI 12 incorporates improvements and aesthetic changes in the control center, the shortcut menu, buttons, and notifications that you will see when you slide down the status bar. This time, you can choose to keep the old version or switch to the new version, much like the iOS control center in iphones. Thus, your Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 will look like an iPhone, at least on the screen.
Switching between one or the other is very easy. From the Settings section, we go to Notifications and Control Center. There we click on Style of the Control Center. Choose one version or another. If you opt for the iphone style, in addition to the usual buttons, you can configure larger buttons for the most used shortcuts. For the rest, you can customize which elements to highlight by opening the control and—clicking on the Customize button.
Widgets and the home screen
If we talk about customizing UI, we cannot ignore the widgets, those elements that we can place on the home screen and that serve to display information about the applications we have installed. Instead of opening your sports or weather app, you will see the weather forecast or the result of a sporting event at a glance.
To see the widgets, press and hold the desktop. So you can move or remove applications, change the wallpaper, and open the list of available widgets: quick functions, weather forecast, schedules, calculator, and endless possibilities. The great thing about widgets is that they are pretty and useful.
app icons, and widgets once added to the main screen can, as I said before. To move them, press and hold on to the widget, and you can move it freely.
you are expanding the size of the icons, changing the number of icons per row or column, activating or deactivating animations, etc.
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A dark mode for everyone
If you prefer to use dark mode on your smartphone with MIUI 12, you can apply it to all installed applications. Even those that haven’t set a dark theme. This will save battery life and strain your eyes less in certain circumstances, such as at night.
You will find this option in Settings> Display> Dark mode. When you get tired, you can go back to day mode, which you will find in the same customization menu. What’s more, it is also possible to program that dark mode with the option of the same name in Settings> Display. Programming the dark mode will be activated at the hours and moments of the day, or night, that you decide.
And to activate dark mode for applications that do not integrate it, you must go to Settings> Display> Dark mode> Individual applications. You can activate or deactivate the dark mode in each application separately.
Custom fonts for MIUI
Backgrounds, icons, shortcuts, themes, and other UI elements… What should be changed ??
The letter fonts. Choosing another completely changes the appearance of the menus of your Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 and its operating system, MIUI. In this sense, Xiaomi makes it easy for you by offering you sources to download and install.
To find the fonts, you must go to Settings> Additional settings> Display> System font. The Themes app will open in a specific section for fonts. From there, you can download and install the font of your choice.
Recent apps always on top
With the Recent view you can see thumbnails of the applications that you have previously opened. A practical and fast way to access the apps you have open instead of going back to the app drawer.
