Many Android communities are divided into two categories, one being OEM ROM users and the other is AOSP fans. MIUI to AOSP conversion is often sekt out as MIUI is often missed when switched to AOSP but difficult to use without the flexibility of AOSP. In this content, we will help you turn MIUI to AOSP step by step together.
MIUI to AOSP Material You Conversion
As much as you install Material You themes and want to be done with the AOSP look, it never seems real and satisfying enough. MIUI system needs more than just a theme to look like AOSP and we’re here to help you get the MIUI to AOSP conversion you’re looking for.
Lawnchair as the AOSP launcher
As most of you may know, Lawnchair is one of the closest launchers to AOSP look out there with most amount of customizations and a lot of features. It has recently been updated to 12 version to be compatible this new Android version. It supports Android 12 recents menu, launcher search, Material You or custom icons and many other Android 12 specific traits. One of the most important steps towards the MIUI to AOSP conversion goes through the launcher. You can acquire this launcher via their Github repository.
After downloading Lawnchair, go into Play Store and also install Nova launcher. MIUI does not allow choosing third party launchers as default home and this restriction can by bypassed through Nova launcher’s settings. Go into Nova launcher, save whatever settings appear in front of you until you reach home screen, open Nova Settings and at the top, you will see a warning saying Not set as default. Click on it and select Lawnchair on the selection menu. You can uninstall Nova launcher after that.
QuickSwitch Module for the Gestures
Simply installing the launcher will not be enough as MIUI has strict restrictions for third party launchers, disabling fullscreen navigation gestures. Even using QuickSwitch module alone is not quite enough, which is why we will break this into 2 steps. First, download the QuickSwitch.apk from their official repositories and install it. Launch the QuickSwitch app, tap on Lawnchair and OK. After applying the changes, your system will reboot itself.
You now have Lawnchair set as default and working with AOSP recents. However, MIUI will still not allow you to enable navigation gestures. To get past that, you need to install Termux from Play Store and type in:
su settings put global force_fsg_nav_bar 1
After this, your navigation gestures should be enabled. Unfortunately, back gestures do not work on this method. You need to install Fluid Navigation Gestures or some similar app that will let you use back gestures only.
Material You Icons
Lawnchair has a built-in icon support for Material You theming. You need to get and install the extension from their repositories in order to be able to enable it. After the installation, go into Lawnchair settings > General and enable Themed Icons option.
If this is not the MIUI to AOSP look you are going for, there are still many Material You icon packs in Play Store to explore that will give you much closer experience to the original. Here is one example with Dynamic light A12 icon pack icon pack:
Widgets
Lawnchair comes with an Android 12 style widget picker and lets you use any widget that you have in your system. Since MIUI comes with its own apps rather than stock AOSP apps, you do not have Android 12 widgets in the system however Google apps are available in Play Store and simply installing those apps, you can get access to those widgets.
Theme
MIUI Theme Store is one of the best and most popular Android app stores in the world. It offers a wide range of themes for personalizing your device’s interface, as well as other apps that can help you change your device’s looks and functionality. When it comes to MIUI to AOSP conversion, there are a lot of Material You themes out there that you can use, however, you will love the one of our picking, especially if you want to have a really similar control center to the one Android 12 has.
Project WHITE 13 theme is developed by AMJAD ALI, only 10.41 mb and compatible with MIUI 13, 12.5 and 12. You can install the theme from official store or download and import the theme file from here.
Verdict
MIUI to AOSP conversion is quite easy when you know the steps. The only possible struggle here is the navigation gestures as MIUI does not allow third-party launchers. However, using this guide, you can also bypass that issue with the only exception of back gesture not working. After following all the steps in this article, you should be good to go on MIUI to AOSP conversion.
If you want to have Monet theming as well, check out our Get Monet theming on MIUI! content.
