Often different applications installed on smartphones use a lot of random access memory, which slows down the operation of the entire system without bringing any benefit. I don’t want to remove them completely, but I also don’t want to waste battery power. Then it becomes topical issue on how to disable applications on Xiaomi and google services, when they don't have a dedicated key to close. An example is the Viber messenger. Even when it is closed, it continues to work and update, checking for new messages. There are three methods to cope with this task.
Using settings
Disable unnecessary software on mobile phone Xiaomi series Mi, Redmi and others can be done through the settings. This is done for Android systems according to the following algorithm:
- Open the settings menu;
- Go to the “All applications” section;
- Click the name of the software that you want to disable;
- Click on the “Close” button, it is located in the lower area of the display;
- Confirm the actions taken by clicking “Ok”.
Ready. Now the program will not use space from RAM. To turn it on again, you need to perform the reverse manipulation or restart the smartphone. And if you need to prevent the software from starting and auto-updating after restarting the device, you need to make the slider next to the “Autorun” line inactive.
Via Google Play Market
Owners of Xiaomi mobile phones running on operating system MIUI cannot disable some programs using the above method. In such situations, you can try the method with Google Play Market. This is done according to the following scheme:
- Open Play Market, swipe from left to right;
- From the menu that opens, select “Help and feedback”;
- Click the “Delete or disable applications on Android” tab. If there is no item at the top, you should scroll down or click “All articles”;
- Next, click on “Click to go to application settings”;
- Then the user gets to the list of all installed programs on the device;
- Now you need to select the one that interferes with the operation of the device, click “Disable”.
In addition to the software that was installed by the user on the phone, you can also turn off some software from MIUI if it interferes with constant updates and notifications in the background.
It should be borne in mind that not all programs are disabled using this method, but you can get rid of many annoying ones.
Via More Shortcuts
As for system applications, most of them are on Xiaomi phones You can disable it with root rights. But getting them can be difficult, and the whole process takes a lot of time. In such situations, experienced users use special utility More Shortcuts. On this moment removed from Google Play, but you can find apk or use analogues. This method is effective even in the case of the MIUI 10 OS version on the Redmi Note 5 model, on which users often encounter the problem of being unable to remove certain software.
To be able to disable unnecessary system applications, you should adhere to the following algorithm of actions if you do not have root rights:
- Download the More Shortcuts utility to your device;
- Open it, select “Activity”;
- IN search bar enter “All applications”;
- Click on the last item “Settings$AllApplicationsActivity”;
- After these steps, a new shortcut should appear on the desktop;
Almost all Xiaomi smartphones have the proprietary MIUI shell installed on top of Android, which has a user-friendly interface. Its installation significantly expands the possible mobile device. However, the presence of advertising in MIUI irritates many users, preventing them from viewing content or using applications comfortably.
Instructions for disabling advertising in MIUI 10
Advertising videos and blocks enter the user’s smartphone not only when downloading and installing applications, since initially they are already in the shell itself. In this regard, you will need to clean up several programs and sections of the phone.
Ad blocking in Security
To do this, perform the following steps:
Disabling advertising in Xiaomi folders
Everything is simple here, since you need to perform all two steps:
- Any folder opens to choose from, and its name is highlighted;
- The activity in the sub-item about receiving recommendations is removed.
Cleaning Explorer
- Go to the utility and go to the settings menu by pressing the button with three stripes;
- Click on “Settings” to deactivate the “Receive recommendations” submenu.
Downloads and Music apps
- In open “Downloads” you should go to settings;
- Find “Receive recommendations” and move the slider to inactive state.
Alexander Grishin
On Xiaomi smartphones By default, recommendations are activated in pre-installed applications. They are the ones who ensure the appearance of built-in advertising during the operation of the smartphone. To get rid of it, we’ll tell you how to disable recommendations on Xiaomi Redmi 4x and other models of the line.
On old firmware
- go to the “Tools” folder;
- click on its name located at the top and rename it;
- Receive recommendations».
On new firmware
- enter the “Security” application;
- click on the gear icon in the upper right corner;
- deactivate the checkbox next to the inscription “ Receive recommendations».
- here click on the line “Cleaning”;
- uncheck the box next to " Receive recommendations» to inactive position;
- go to the desktop and open the “Explorer” application;
- press three horizontal lines in the upper left corner and go to “Settings”;
- open the "Information" page;
- deactivate the option " Receive recommendations" and go to the desktop;
- enter the “Music” application;
- open “Settings” and go to “Advanced settings”;
- deactivate " Receive recommendations"and return to the desktop;
- enter the "Downloads" application;
- open "Settings";
- move the checkbox next to " Receive recommendations» to the inactive position.
After this, advertising and recommendations in preinstalled programs will stop appearing. Also, to ensure that the system no longer reads your personal data by collecting information based on your interests, disable the MSA component in the advanced settings.
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