How To Customize MIUI Like a PRO!

Despite many user complaints, we still can't use third party launchers and gestures on phones running MIUI. And so, for those of us who love using gestures and customization, we still have to rely on using some nifty tricks to customize the stock MIUI launcher.
Here are all the tricks I use!
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Time-stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - Basic Settings + Layout
02:18 - The Wallpaper(s)
03:15 - The Icons
07:18 - The Widget
10:51 - Final Thoughts

[@Jotaro_kun4k20]

Miui should bring an update to support navigation gesture with launchers

[@taka5239]

There is a workaround, with second space

[@Jotaro_kun4k20]

@@taka5239 when it will roll out

[@taka5239]

@@Jotaro_kun4k20 NOt really oficial, and you will need FNG, then create a second space apply gestures, and in the main space the navbar vanish, but you really need FNG for control it, right now i am using nova launcher thanks to this

[@Getty765]

​@@taka5239wait how can u get the xaomi gesture in nova launchers . Can u explain it?

[@taka5239]

@@Getty765 my coment dont load

[@ClovarChillin]

Step 1: actually get a phone that can handle this oblivion

[@rachinter]

Its absurd that a channel with such good production quality doesn't have enough subscribers.

[@thakurpankaj151]

I'm so happy that you've released this video, I just got a miui device the poco f4 a few weeks ago and at first I used three button navigation with nova launcher then used some third party app to mimic the gestures but it's just not as fluid so now seeing this is a lifesaver because at one point I was thinking of rooting my phone.

[@book2538]

after using many phone brands from apple, samsung, xiaomi, vivo, huawei and oneplus. I realized that the simpler the interface, the smoother and more efficient it is. so I always customize the interface for the phone as simple as possible

[@Sidonio5]

deliver power to costumize its great, a brand costumize for you isnt.

[@prithivihimself]

bro you never dissappoint

[@prawinsama]

I've been using Xiaomi MIUI for a few years and I switched to Moto just yesterday and I gotta say I sort of miss MIUI 😂 Of course out of the box it can be a bit annoying but the more you personalise it and take out all the draw backs it has got, like bloatwares and sorts. It really shines. But yeah, its not for everyone.

[@SoulAL13]

Same lmao but now i'm getting back to miui because of the new phone it's still hard to adapt.

[@Janee8336]

Same , i all time miui user , from Redmi note 8 > Xiaomi mi10T > mi 11 , now considering upgrade to xiaomi 13 😂 i really uncomfortable using other os , idk why , 😊miui is perfect for me

[@shaunsircar2367]

Hey Sam you can use FNG for gestures with third party launchers. Just create a swipe up gesture to launch the specific launcher and you’ll be good to go.

[@veen_666]

FNG usually isnt as smooth as navigation gestures tho

[@shaunsircar2367]

Yeh that's true. There's slight jitter at times. But it's get the job done.

[@Desmond_The_King]

trust me miui is super ugly... uglier than ios

[@xykwv]

como lo tengo que configurar?

[@SohamBhattacharya]

Blank icon is no longer supported in the current Android version. Also why is my drawer turning to custom icons I don't want to affect them.

[@mikeduplessis8796]

Lemme school you a bit about customizing Miui Sammy. You don't need any of that stuff. All you need is Smart Launcher 6 and Setedit. Setedit only needs one adb command (it's easy as pie), you then tap on global system, scroll down to FORCE_FSG_NAVBAR, and set the value to 1. And that's it, You don't need any of the needlessly complicated stuff you did in this video. I then use Full Screen Gestures which gives you 10 Gestures on the bottom and sides of the screen. I've been using these 3 apps for years now and they work like a bomb😉

[@TechKaran]

MIUI literally remind me of iOS after seeing this sort of Complicated Modification

[@InfiniteDark33]

Its basically the biggest pain ever

[@NotActuallyFrench]

Am i the only one that thinks 1:02 is prettier?

[@ajayjosemedia]

Thanks Sam! 🙌🏽 Can't wait for more miui content

[@Thousifb123]

Long waited video wonderfully explained ❤

[@SpaceWithSam]

Banger of a video as always Sam!

[@dan31ud]

Hey Sam. Don't have battery drain using Kwgt app? I don't use it for this anymore. Do you recommend custom rom for xiaomi 13? Excellent Work.

[@goceb0154]

Does somebody know another app to replace de Blank icon app, it seems that does not work with the new update

[@Yuan-ken-B-Dandoy]

God damn bro your camera is so quality

[@DwightHalpert]

actually, you can USE 3RD PARTY LAUNCHERS. but you have to TURN ON THE 3 BUTTON NAVIGATION FIRST. after that, HEAD ON TO SETTINGS THEN APPS, FIND THE "SYSTEM LAUNCHER" APP AND THEN "CLEAR DEFAULTS". when you press the HOME BUTTON, installed 3rd part launchers will APPEAR and choose one of them as your DEFAULT HOME APP.

[@HarryyZ]

Best tutorial on yt for customizing Xiaomi! Thanks buddy.

[@dadbodgaming9810]

Thanks a lot for this Sam! Very helpful!

[@frostymuhaimin]

Great appbar requires mooooneeey

[@saffakanera]

All hail China, unironically love Xiaomi, make all sorts of genuinely good stuff for great prices.

[@realaaravkhurana]

How did you remove the arrow icon of app drawer menu on homescreen

[@keerthan7558]

I installed nova launcher on my mi9t pro after 6 months of use since i got fed up of the ugly poco launcher , i uninstalled it using ADB and then i saw that gestures work with nova launcher !

[@yeswanthreddy3079]

Could you explain the process and after getting updates it goes or it remains same

[@keerthan7558]

@@yeswanthreddy3079 well k20 pro doesn't receive any updates anymore even when it did nothing affected it. There's a beebom guide on their site on how to uninstall apps using ADB refer that. And the app u need to uninstall is Poco launcher. Follow all the steps in order and it takes only 2-5mins

[@kartikeyrajput3910]

I did everything correct but my weather widget showing 0 and question mark.😢

[@DisTardRe]

Why does it say blank icons/widgets is too old

[@Dawn2dask.]

Yet cant remove the search bar from home screen

[@BogdanBanilievici]

Nice customization like always! Bro, can you do a video with emui customization, that OS is so bad at this.

[@guiaparponsian4891]

Knowing it's MIUI, you need to make the third-party apps set to auto start, else it will just kill those apps after a long time, or they won't start after a reboot.

[@thakurpankaj151]

I don't know about killing because I've been using this for a few days now and I used to use kwgt for months and months and it didn't do anything.

[@larosafrbe4050]

What to do if an app's version is older than my device's? Is there alternative apps?

[@ayaatmehraj]

Your videos are always great❤

[@akhiltiwari6644]

Bhai miui ki theams me "home screen effects" Opstion ka use kya hai ??

[@IngNomo]

Alternative for blank icon??

[@nikhilsinha5864]

Is there any status bar customization app which has search panel in the status bar to quickly launch any apps it would be great can you contact developers to bring this feature in status bar like miui app developer should include search bar in status bar itself

[@Alexander0189]

very nice mate!

[@arhamazharraiyan7147]

just when I needed it!

[@infamousX]

Thank you Sam! ❤️

[@Mix-vo3ie]

Great video as always! I just bought my poco f5 and one of the first things I did was download nova prime. I was so excited to use it, however the gesture navigation doesn't support the 3rd party launcher as you stated in this video, and it's a shame. Since I came from realme, i did purchase nova prime only because it can hide the status bar. I definitely love the look of it hidden, and also because I noticed that there's an amoled burn-in visible on the status bar area on my previous phone, so I definitely want to prevent that. I hope you can suggest some great apps, or ways of hiding the status bar. Cheers🎉

[@thakurpankaj151]

You'll need to root or use adb to hide the status bar.

[@Mix-vo3ie]

@@thakurpankaj151 oh really, thank you. I have a bit of an idea with root, but I might as well research on that ADB. Thank you!

[@mikeduplessis8796]

​​​@@Mix-vo3ieYou don't need root at all. All you need is Smart Launcher 6, Setedit, and Full Screen Gestures. Smart launcher will hide the status bar AND the nav buttons but it only hides the buttons on the home screen. To hide them system wide, you use Setedit. It needs one adb permission, it's so easy to do, and Full Screen Gestures gives you 10 Gestures and it's very smooth.

[@Mix-vo3ie]

@@mikeduplessis8796 wow. Might as well try that. Thanks.

[@Thespotiguy]

Such a lifesaver ❤

[@k1rit053]

Heyyy thanks man. This does work well. ❤️

[@JK-rk5gl]

can u do for realme also

[@omarashraf27]

Man, I've been looking for a way to make kwgt widgets adapt to dark mode for ages I could never found that info, don't know why. Thanks

[@waaagh9730]

The best way to customise MIUI: Unlock bootloader>>Install custom recovery>>Flash custom ROM>>Enjoy😎

[@techtimei6091]

شكرا جزيلا لك من مصر Thk from EGYPT 👌🎉♥

[@ketansingh_]

Hy Sam i love the u find way to coustmise miui thanks just one thing if you can pls available the 2 wallpaper free that aru u using in this video or one😅

[@abderrahmanelbakkali190]

What phone is that?

[@Gojocurse_x]

He never disappoint us with his knowledge ❤

[@ayyjayy2583]

w pfp cant wait for shibuya

[@unexon]

I have Redmi Note 8T with MIUI 12.5 and I'm using KLWP. I made interactive wallpaper inspired by Windows 11 with taskbar with weather, time, date and start menu button; 2-page start menu with apps; action center with music player and toggles when I finally buy Tasker; and support of lite/dark theme

[@outcastriley]

hey man i have the same device , could you show me how you did it?

[@ChrisCJayJones]

0:06 I had to listen to this like 5 times to hear what he really said 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@saswatachakraborty]

What is so hard to understand at 0:06?

[@user-ts5go1eo7t]

Can you make one on new oxygen os

[@JawadAhmed-nk2xz]

blank icon pack is not available on MIUI14, now another issue, or need an alternative

[@enjoyigorofficial]

Miui best of the best OS ! )

[@user-rt3cv7ok9f]

Hello how to download app bar??in Google play store you have to pay for it ..where I can download for free??thank you..

[@INFINITEVOID7099]

Anyone got free apk for app bar

[@ELOGs1]

Me a Long Time I have been waiting for this video So excited to watch it

[@thakurpankaj151]

I have one problem with the darkinator app and that is that the wallpaper doesn't apply to the lockscreen for some reason even though i have selected both screens when applying the wallpaper. Please help with this Edit: I rebooted my phone and it got applyed but I don't know if I'll have to reboot it every time I want to change wallpapers.

[@kailashchandra3339]

Bro can you help me find two apps - 1. A app that let me copy text directly from the screen just by pressing it and not just like take screenshot and copy. Even on restricted content 2. A all type link bypasser, there are many link shortners with ads, so i want a link bypasser

[@alvinbiscarra4374]

Drops icon app and blank icon can no longer be used because it's not from playstore

[@yadnyeshdahale5195]

Thanks man

[@jancael291]

Can you do customization guide for Funtouch OS next?

[@blessyo4]

is there a system wide option to change icon packs for miui?

[@gamehub9876]

Iphone fanboys will never understand 😂

[@SpeedRacer2]

How do i customize my notification settings like stock Android phone. Im using a POCO F3 gt(redmi k40 gaming edition) but i can't even add separate notification sound for apps. If i try to change the sound it changes for all apps. Can anyone help me?

[@thelittlegreenbird]

Hey man, it would be a great relief if you could find an app that can take screenshots by scrolling 3 fingers like some MIUI

[@frosty1714]

how he has blue fonts !

[@pavantarak8412]

Please make this type of customization for FunTouch OS 13 (Iqoo 9 SE)

[@onepiecebarca]

is there a way to disable the gestures bar on nova launcher?

[@tanviras3167]

Please make a particular video for miui To look like pixel.without custom Rome. Please

[@dawrrrr]

Is there a way to change the icons in the app drawer

[@ramm6429]

how to hide swipe logo on home screen?

[@villangaming3786]

Phone launched with android 13 will get hyper OS ????

[@k4ts0u]

Can you disable text on home screen icons but keep it on app drawer?

[@plushycatt]

Can you make one for the "MIUI for POCO" version of MIUI?

[@thakurpankaj151]

Aren't they basically the same?

[@saswatachakraborty]

@@thakurpankaj151 Yes they are the same. Only the launcher is different so are the icons. Poco icons are ugly and have no icon animation.

[@alejandroangel5468]

Hey Sam, can u custom Pixel Launcher without root? as vanila as possible

[@TherealDEXIL]

How to set timer theme? Like change the theme with time?

[@Mpunkt1]

Does anyone know if i there is a way that i can put my KWGT widget on the bottom of the screen above the white line ?

[@MaxxGrey-yr9kb]

Can you change the color of Notification Bar in MIUI

[@nothingever4917]

How do i change the vertical distance between apps?

[@Coollegend_]

When I download the drops icon pack it says license error

[@eezed]

Do certain devices running MIUI not allow third-party launchers? I have a non-rooted default ROM Poco X3 Pro running MIUI 14, Android 13 and third-party launchers work perfectly fine, except for gestures.

[@unexon]

All allow third-party launchers, just gestures don't work

[@taka5239]

@@unexon Gestures only work if you use FNG and set gestures in the second space

[@unexon]

@@taka5239 It's stupid, so I'm using default launcher and KLWP

[@taka5239]

@@unexon The default launcher is the worst in android, is laggy and slow as fuck

[@unexon]

@@taka5239 Yeah, but don't have a choice. At least now I know to never buy any phone related to Xiaomi and MIUI

[@weebstuff7974]

Any alternative to blank icon app?

[@VXIIL]

What about hyoeros

[@definitelynotsham]

what phone did u use in this video?

[@mangkolss]

How to buy your wallpaper pack here in ph? Can i pay using gcash?

[@nightmaregaming838]

BRO MY PHONE GOT A VIRUS AND NOW IT'S TURNING OFF EVERY TIME AND NOT TURNING ON WITHOUT CHARGING EVEN WITH 100%, WHAT DO U HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT?? U HAVE MADE ME DOWNLOAD A VIRUS, FIX IT!!!!!!

[@guidezz758]

😂

[@guidezz758]

Just delete what u installed or done

[@RETROSPECT602]

Where did u get your wallpaper

[@jackie2835]

Hey can u review the redmi note 12 pro? Thxx

[@Tsubyez]

Thanks m8 !

[@log0n649]

not the payd app being the entire motor

[@uberbrainbox]

You can almost have a Nova Launcher experience using Microsoft Launcher. Albeit without the gestures.

[@vanspyral]

How do u remove folders on xiaomi 11s ??

[@athithyanataraj4466]

Please make an video on funtouch OS also

[@darkopasalic4135]

PLEASE EXPLAIN ME WHY EUROPE GLOBAL ROM MIUI 14.0.22 DONT HAVE NO WDGETS ONLY FEW BASIC SHAMLES FOR THAT MONEY AND DISCRIMINATED

[@sk.ananth124]

Pls Not only Home Screen Setup Full Mobile Setup Video pls

[@ahmadrifandy9506]

I can't open link wallpaper

[@cabi94andre]

does this work on also on poco ?

[@amcd_x7089]

where to get app bar?

[@shashankkumar2594]

what keyboard are you using?

[@darkopasalic4135]

HEY BRO I BOUGHT 13 PRO AND IM CRYING SO BAD PHONE HOW ANDROID COULD BE WITHOUT A WIDGETS HOW TO UNLOCK APP VAULT TO PUT WIDGETS ON HOME SCREEN HAVE SOME IDEA FOR THAT MONEY I BETTER USE TO BOUGHT 14 PRO MAX AND I ENJOY