Xiaomi seems to be playing the same game as OnePlus: launching phones with high-end specs yet managing to keep the cost at a minimum. And to great effect. Perhaps because they are catering to a market that has remained largely overlooked as top specs have always meant shelling out more.

One such Xiaomi phone is the Xiaomi Mi 4 announced in September and will be fetching at $205 at its most basic. This one runs on the company’s MIUI V5 custom ROM which can be used on a slew of other Android devices, not just those from Xiaomi.

For anyone looking to get a Mi 4 or anyone else with a phone running the MIUI V5 (pronounced Me-You-I), knowing how to disable predictive text will come in handy. Here is how you should go about it:

• Find and open the Settings
• Open General settings then navigate to Language & input.
• Tap on the arrow-like button () next to the keyboard you are using.
• If you are using Google keyboard, select Show correction suggestions then proceed to tap Always hide.

• If you’re using Chinese Pinyin keyboard, go to Input and uncheck Auto completion.
• The shortcoming for anyone using the SwiftKey keyboard is that there is no option to disable predictive text (unless that changes in upcoming versions).