How to turn on the application in the background Xiaomi

Xiaomi smartphone owners often face intrusive MIUI optimization or the new HyperOS. An aggressive energy-saving algorithm forcibly ends the processes that users expect to see active. This leads to messengers stop sending notifications, the navigator resets the route when the screen is turned off, and music is interrupted at the most inopportune moment.

The system is designed to maximize battery life, sometimes at the expense of functionality. However, the background work of applications is necessary to fully use the device in everyday life. Fortunately, the shell provides flexible tools for manually controlling these processes.

In this article, we'll take a look at all the customization methods available, learn how to configure autostarts correctly, disable battery constraints, and use memory retention, and help your favorite programs run smoothly, even if you haven't opened them in a long time.

Why the system closes applications automatically

The main cause of the problem is the built-in memory cleanup mechanism, and when you fold a program, it doesn't disappear completely, but instead goes into a standby state, and if the system decides that a resource-intensive process consumes too much power or takes up space in RAM, it will force it to shut down.

This is especially true on low-level models. Xiaomi’s algorithms aim to free up resources for an ongoing task while ignoring the needs of background services. Without proper setup, even important services like email or smart home can become unsynchronized.

The user must tell the system which processes are the priority, and the default default settings are for maximum charge savings, not multitasking, and understanding this logic allows you to effectively manage the device.

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For mission-critical applications, such as alarms or health trackers, it is recommended to use all three levels of setup: auto start, no battery limitations, and memory fixation.

Set up an auto start of applications

The first step to stable operation is to allow automatic start-up, without this permission, the program will not be able to start its services immediately after turning on the phone or after restarting, which is a basic level of control over the behavior of the software.

To access the settings, look for the Safety app with the green shield icon on your desktop. Select the Permissions option on the menu, then go to Autorun, and the full list of installed programs is displayed here.

Find the application you want in the list and put the switch in the active position, which usually turns blue or green, and then the system will start the process itself when the device starts or when certain events occur.

It is worth noting that turning on autostart for dozens of programs can negatively affect the speed of the interface, optimization in this case requires common sense: leave autostart only for messengers, alarm clocks and activity trackers.

Turning off battery savings for specific programs

The most important step is to remove the power consumption restrictions, and even if a car start is allowed, an aggressive energy saving mode can kill the process after a few minutes of downtime, and you need to put the application into unlimited mode.

Go to the basic smartphone settings and select the Application section. Find the desired program (for example, Telegram or Yandex.Navigator) in the list and click on the Battery Savings item. By default, the value "Saving Charge" is there.

Change the setting to No Limits. This action tells the system not to apply sleep and memory clearing algorithms to the process, and the application can use the network connection and the processor even when the screen is off.

Some versions of the shell may have different paths. Alternative way: open Settings, go to Battery and Performance (or just Battery). Click on the gear icon in the corner, select Application Charge Savings, and find the software you want in the list.

Fixing the application in memory

There is another layer of protection that works visually and mechanically: pinning (or blocking) an application in the recent task menu prevents it from being deleted when you clear the memory with the Close All button.

Open the menu of running apps by swiping from the bottom up and holding your finger (or pressing the navigation button), find the window of the desired program, pinch it with your finger and wait for additional icons to appear or pull the window down (depending on the version of MIUI).

Click on the lock icon. Now, next to the program window, a closed lock symbol will appear, which is a signal to the system that this process is protected from forced closure by the user or automatic cleaning scripts.

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Memory retention is a temporary measure that is reset after a full smartphone reboot. For constant operation, an integrated approach is required through battery settings.

It's important to understand that this method doesn't provide an absolute guarantee in the face of a severe memory shortage, that if a system needs a resource to run a heavy application or game, it can ignore the lock, but in normal circumstances, it's an effective way to keep the program state.

Comparison of work optimization methods

To better understand the effectiveness of different methods, it is worth looking at them in comparison, each level of customization solves a specific problem, and only a combination of them gives a complete result.

Below is a table showing the differences between the approaches to managing background processes on Xiaomi devices.

As you can see from the table, the most important factor is the removal of battery constraints, which is the parameter that most often blocks services, and optimization should be comprehensive.

Additional settings and access rights

Sometimes standard measures are not enough, and there are additional parameters hidden in the back of the system that can influence the behavior of programs, such as rights to display over other windows and access data in the background.

From the App menu, select the program you want and go to Other Permits. Make sure that the options for background start and display notifications are activated. Navigators and trackers often require location permission to “Always” rather than just “When in use.”

Also, check the notification settings. Go to Notifications inside the app card and make sure that the notification category is active. The system prioritizes processes related to important notifications, less likely to send them to sleep.

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If the application crashes anyway, try to delete it and reinstall it, and sometimes a damaged cache or version conflict causes the system to fail.

Solving Frequent Background Work Problems

Even after you have done all the settings, there can be situations where the app is not stable, which can be due to bugs in the program itself or conflicts in Android versions.

Try clearing the app's cache through the settings menu. Accumulated temporary files can cause errors in the background services. If that doesn't work, check for updates for the program itself in the Google Play or GetApps store.

In extreme cases, resetting the application to factory settings helps, and this will return all resolutions and energy saving parameters to their original state, after which you will need to re-go through the setup procedure described above.

Remember that modern versions of HyperOS have even more stringent memory protection algorithms. If you use the latest model, be prepared for the system to regularly offer to optimize the operation of background programs.

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