How to put notifications on Xiaomi: the complete guide

Owners of Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco smartphones often face aggressive optimization of MIUI or the new HyperOS, which blocks incoming messages to save battery power, leading to important emails from colleagues or notifications from messengers arriving late or not at all. Understanding how to properly put notifications on the shaomi is critical for comfortable use of the device.

The Chinese-made Android shell system has its own background process features. Standard settings are often insufficient for applications such as Telegram, WhatsApp or email clients to work smoothly. You will need to perform a set of actions that include not only turning sliders on the menu, but also fixing applications in memory, as well as setting up auto-start.

In this guide, we’ll take a look at all the details of your system configuration to make sure your phone stops being silent at the right time, and we’ll look at both basic switches and hidden engineering menus that allow you to fine-tune notification behavior for each specific application separately.

Basic activation of notifications in system settings

The first step should always be to check the basic settings of the system, often users accidentally disable notification sharing or block them for specific programs during the initial setup of the phone, and first go to the main settings menu of your device.

Find a section called Notifications and Status bar. In newer firmware versions, this item may be located inside the App menu or be entered into a separate Notification subsection, and it displays a general list of all programs that have permission to send messages.

In the list that opens, find the app you want, like Viber or Instagram, and make sure the master switch is activated, but just turning it on isn't enough: click on the app name to reveal the detailed settings menu.

• 🔔 Banners: Allow pop-ups to appear on top of other apps.
• 🔒 Lock screen: displaying text messages without unlocking the smartphone.
• 🔊 Sound and vibration: confirmation of the arrival of the message by audio signal.
• 📢 Important Notifications: Priority Display that Ignores the "Do Not Disturb" Regime".

⚠️ Note: If you have turned on Do Not Disturb mode (moon in curtain), the usual notifications may not sound or light up the screen.

Other notifications are a special focus, and in some versions of Android, this type of notification is responsible for background synchronization and system alerts, which do not require immediate attention, but are important for the service.

Set up auto-start and work in the background

The most common reason why notifications don’t come to shiaomi is when the app is unloaded from RAM. The aggressive energy-saving MIUI Optimization mode kills processes that aren’t on the screen, considering them unnecessary energy consumers.

To fix this, go to Settings → Apps → All apps. Find a problem program (like Gmail) on the list. You need to activate the AutoRun switch. This will allow the system to run the application immediately after the phone is turned on.

Then go to Save the battery inside the settings of the same application. Select No Limits. This is a critical step that prevents the system from choking the background process even when the battery is low.

When you change the settings, you have to force the application to start, open it, and then fold it, and it will signal to the system that the process is active and doesn't need to be completed, and in some cases, you need to restart the device to apply the changes.

Managing Notifications Through the Security Menu

Xiaomi smartphones have a separate system component, the Security app, which manages resolutions at a deep level, often ignoring standard Android settings. If previous steps have not worked, check the settings here.

Open the Security app (green icon with shield). At the bottom of the screen or menu, select the Permissions option. Here you are interested in the AutoRun and Other Permits section.

In the Other Permissions section, make sure your messenger ticks against the "Display on top of other apps" and "Notifications" boxes. Without these permissions, the system can block pop-ups.

Also in the Security app, check the Memory Cleanup section, sometimes there is a tick "Clear Memory When Locking the Screen." If it is active, turn it off, as this causes you to lose connection to the notification servers when the screen goes out.

Specifics of setting up popular messengers

Each application has its own features of interaction with the system, for example, Telegram and WhatsApp use different push notification mechanisms. For Telegram, it is critical not to limit background data transfer.

Inside Telegram itself, go to Settings → Notifications and sounds. Make sure the sliders are active. Then check the settings of specific chats: sometimes users accidentally turn off the sound for individual dialogues, thinking that the phone is the problem.

WhatsApp is similar, but it often gets the call notification settings confused. Go to Settings → Notifications and check if the incoming calls are sounded on. It’s also worth checking the system permissions: access to the microphone and contacts should be allowed at all times.

• 📱 Telegram: Check proxy settings if used; they can block the connection.
• 💬 WhatsApp: Requires constant sync, it’s important to turn off traffic savings.
• 📧 Gmail: Use high priority for important contacts.
• 📷 Instagram: Often requires separate permission to show on top of other calling apps.

⚠️ Note: If you use corporate mail or specific email CRM-systems, their applications may require permanent work permits in the background, which are reset after the system update.

Remember that some messengers have their own sleep modes, for example, Viber has a Do Not Disturb feature inside the app itself, which works regardless of the phone's settings. Check the internal settings of each messenger installed.

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If notifications only come when the app is open, then the background sync is completely blocked by the antivirus or memory cleanup system. First of all, change the energy saving settings.

Advanced settings: engineering menu and debugging

For advanced users who don't have standard methods, there's an option to customize through an engineering menu, a powerful tool to manage network settings and process priorities.

To enter the engineering menu, open the Phone app and dial the code ##4636##. If the code doesn't work, your firmware version may block that access and you'll need to install a dedicated dealer app.

From the menu, select Phone Information. Here you can try to switch your preferred network type (e.g., from LTE to 3G and back), which sometimes helps shake up the connection with the Google Play Services servers responsible for delivering notifications.

adb shell pm grant com.android.phone android.permission.READ_LOGS

This command (executed via computer and ADB) may be required for diagnosis if notifications are missing after a firmware update, however, for the average user, it is enough to check whether debugging mode over USB is turned on unnecessarily, as this sometimes changes the behavior of the notification system.

Solution: Why aren't the notifications coming anyway?

If you’ve gone through all the settings, but the problem persists, you should pay attention to third-party factors, often the culprits are installed memory cleaners or third-party antiviruses (Avast, Kaspersky, CleanMaster), which take precedence over MIUI system settings.

Try removing third-party apps for optimization. Xiaomi's built-in tools are enough. Also check if you have a modified theme. Some custom themes may not display or block system notification dialogs correctly.

In a pinch, reset your network settings. Go to Settings → Connection & Sharing → Reset Wi-Fi, mobile networks and Bluetooth. This won’t delete your data, but will return network settings to factory values, which often solves the problem of losing data packets.

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The main reason for the notification problems on Xiaomi is the conflict between the energy saving of the system and the background operation of the application. The solution always lies in the conjunction: Autorun + No battery limitations.