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You have seen the Super Icon look in screenshots. Big, chunky tiles on the home screen, no icon labels, a very specific MIUI 14 feel. You go looking for the setting and there is nothing. No toggle, no theme option, no hidden menu.

Here is why. Super Icons are not really a theme you can apply from the theme store. They are part of MIUI 14's home screen look, and MIUI does not hand you a switch for it. So you go around the problem rather than through it: you install a module that turns the feature on.

That means root. LSPosed is an Xposed-style framework, and it does not run without root. If you are not rooted yet, this is not the article you need first.

What you need

• MIUI on the phone as the base. This is a MIUI feature being switched on, not something you can bolt onto a stock Android build.
• Root with Magisk, installed and settled. Not freshly flashed and still shaky, actually working.
• The MIUI theme manager file and LSPosed, both from the links.
• Five minutes and a reboot or two.
• Nothing else. This does not wipe your data and it does not touch your bootloader.

That last line is the reassuring part. This is an app and a module. Your files, your apps and your setup stay exactly where they are.

Step 1 - get root working first

No root, no LSPosed, no Super Icon. Open Magisk and confirm it is actually granting root to apps, not just installed. If you are still at the point where the Magisk app shows something odd, sort that out before you continue.

This is also the step where you should be honest with yourself about the phone. If your device is not running MIUI, the feature you are switching on does not exist underneath, and nothing good will come of forcing it.

Step 2 - install the theme manager file

Install the MIUI theme manager file from the link. Treat it as a normal app install and let it finish completely before you move on.

Step 3 - install LSPosed and enable the module

Install LSPosed from its link. Open it, find the module in the list, and enable it. Scope matters here: make sure the module is scoped to the theme manager and the home screen side of things, not left with no scope at all. A module enabled with the wrong scope loads, does nothing, and leaves you convinced the whole method is broken.

Then reboot. The framework needs a fresh boot to pick up a newly enabled module.

Step 4 - apply the Super Icon style

Open the theme manager, find the Super Icon style, and apply it. If the icons do not change straight away, reboot once more. Sometimes the home screen holds onto the old icon layout until the next boot.

Once it takes, it sticks. You do not need to reapply it after every restart.

Where people get stuck

• No root. This is the big one. LSPosed will not run, and without it the module has nothing to hook into.
• Module enabled but not scoped. It shows as on, the phone behaves exactly the same, and you assume the method does not work. Check the scope before you give up.
• Not rebooting. Enabling a module and immediately checking the home screen is a waste of a minute. Reboot, then look.
• Installing something you cannot vouch for. Modules run inside your system. Stick to the linked files rather than whatever a thread suggests.

One honest note

The reboot dance is mildly annoying. Enable, reboot, apply, maybe reboot again. It is not a one-tap job, and the first time you do it the pauses feel longer than they are. Once it is set up, though, you forget about it. That is the trade: five fiddly minutes, then it is just how your phone looks.

If you are rooted on MIUI and you like the way this looks, it is worth the five minutes. If you are on a build that is not MIUI underneath, save your evening. And if you are not rooted at all, the free Rom Flasher tool on GitHub exists precisely for that part of the journey, and it is free.

Full description from the video

MIUI 14 Super Icon on any device — the LSPosed route to those big, tile style home screen icons, even when the phone isn't running MIUI 14 out of the box.

Here's the thing about Super Icons. They look like a theme, but they're really MIUI 14's home screen look, and the reason you can't find a toggle is that MIUI doesn't give you one. So you enable it the other way round: through a module. That means root first, because LSPosed is an Xposed style framework and it won't run without it. Once that's in place the rest is short.

📱 What You Need

• MIUI on the phone as the base
• Root with Magisk, set up and settled
• The MIUI theme manager file and LSPosed, both linked below
• Five minutes and a reboot or two

🛠️ The Process

1. Get root working first. No root, no LSPosed, no Super Icon.

• 2. Install the theme manager file from the link below.
• 3. Enable the module inside LSPosed and reboot.
• 4. Pick the Super Icon style and apply it, then reboot again if the icons don't show up right away.

❓ Quick Answers

• Is root really needed? Yes. LSPosed doesn't run without it.
• Will this wipe anything? No. It's a module and an app, nothing more.
• Can it break my phone? Only if you flash random files you don't trust. Stick to what's linked below.
• Does it survive a reboot? Yes, once the module is enabled it stays on.

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