Modern Android smartphones have an integrated energy saving system, which allows you to drastically reduce the consumption of CPU and RAM when the phone screen is off and to close (if necessary) apps that consume too much memory or too much processor, so as to increase battery runtimes. These systems have allowed all smartphones to exceed abundantly the half day of autonomy in practically any scenario, but has brought some problems with the notifications of the messaging apps or while listening to streaming music, since this type of app they must remain in memory to do their job better. Just to solve this problem, in this guide we will show you how to avoid the automatic closure of the apps on Android by acting on the energy saving system installed on your smartphone, setting exceptions for the apps that we believe should remain without limits in memory (even when we forcefully close all apps).
Always keep apps open
The energy saving system changes from manufacturer to manufacturer, but the steps to follow are practically the same that we will illustrate below. For this guide we have examined the energy saving system of a Xiaomi smartphone, but we can also replicate the steps on a Samsung, Huawei or any other manufacturer.How to set up energy saving
To set the energy saving on our Android smartphone, open the Settings app, go to the Battery and performance menu (we can also find Energy saving, Battery or similar) and select the item Choose applications or Energy saving app .
We will have access to all the apps installed on our phone; to remove them from energy saving, we tap on one of them, then select the item No restrictions (or similar). From now on, the app will no longer be limited or closed by Android, unless we manually remove it from the apps that we no longer want to keep in memory.
On smartphones with Android 6.0 or higher we can set the energy saving regardless of the manufacturer of the phone, going to the path Settings -> Apps and notifications -> Special access to apps -> Battery optimization, by tapping at the top on Without optimization and setting All apps .
We will have access to all the apps present in the system where energy saving has been applied; in order to remove one of the apps and always leave it in memory, we tap on it and make sure to set the check mark on the item Do not optimize . This feature is called Doze and is included in Android (so it's not specific to a single manufacturer), as described in our guide on Android Battery Optimization on each smartphone .
How to adjust the automatic opening of the app
Another energy saving system provides for the limitation of the apps that can start automatically with the smartphone at startup or after a certain amount of time; this feature is useful with apps like games, video players or the like, but it could bring more of a problem with messaging app notifications.To overcome this problem, simply open the Settings app, open the Permissions menu and then select Autostart .
Another list of apps installed on the system will open; to allow automatic startup, simply tap on the button next to the apps we often use (for example WhatsApp and Telegram), so that they can always start each time the phone is started and restart by themselves in case of accidental closure.
How to prevent automatic app closure
If, on the other hand, the problem is the automatic closing of the apps (integrated on many Chinese smartphones), we can prevent some apps from being closed by opening the list of recent apps (by keeping the Home button pressed or swiping from the lower edge to the center, finally keeping pressed), holding down on the screen of the app to be locked and finally press the padlock symbol or the Lock button.
The app will remain in memory from now on, even when the system cleans the active apps or when we voluntarily close all the apps to save memory. We can always close it manually in case we need to restart it for a problem: just open the list of active apps, select the blocked one and swipe left or right.
Other useful tips
The tips we have shown you so far can be applied quickly by opening the list of active apps, selecting the app to be adjusted and pressing the gear button or the App settings item.
In the screen with the summary of data and permissions of the app, we can adjust the automatic start by pressing the button of the same name and adjust the energy saving setting using the item Energy saving -> No restrictions . In this way we will not have to turn among a thousand menus to avoid the automatic closure of the apps on Android, but we will be able to act quickly as soon as we install the new app that can bypass the battery saving system. The same summary screen of the apps can be opened from the Settings -> Manage App path, by tapping on the app we intend to adjust.
Conclusions
If we had a problem with the notifications of some messaging app or while listening to streaming music from Spotify or similar apps, the problem is almost certainly the "aggressive" energy saving, which can automatically close the apps that consume the most energy without our consent. By applying the suggestions in this guide, we will be able to keep the most important apps in memory, so as to fix problems with notifications and active multimedia apps with the screen off. Obviously we do not insert too many apps among those able to bypass the energy saving system, otherwise the autonomy of the device will be affected.We are looking for other apps to manage energy savings "> Android apps that save battery we can find valid substitutes for the tools seen in this guide, so as to bring energy savings even to devices without the dedicated menu.
If the battery of our phone does not last long enough even with the energy saving mode active, we advise you to follow the suggestions proposed in our two guides on how to extend the Android battery life to the maximum and how to increase the battery life on mobile phones and smartphones .
