How to Include Applications on Xiaomi: The Complete Guide

Users of Xiaomi and Redmi smartphones often face a paradoxical situation: after installing important software, it stops working in the background or does not start at all. This is not a defect of the device, but a feature of the aggressive MIUI energy saving system and its new version of HyperOS. The operating system seeks to maximize battery life, ruthlessly “killing” processes that, in its opinion, are not necessary right now.

However, for instant messengers, navigators or activity trackers, this “care” becomes a problem. You need to manually specify which programs should work all the time. In this guide, we will discuss all the ways to enable applications on Xiaomi, from basic settings to hidden engineering menus.

Understanding the principles of Xiaomi Task Manager will allow you to forget about missed notifications and getting stuck cards. We will consider not only standard methods, but also nuances that are often missed even by experienced owners of Chinese gadgets.

Basic Auto Start Upset through Security Center

The first step to making any software work smoothly is to check the standard security center. Unlike pure Android, the MIUI shell has its own level of control, and it has a primary filter that blocks many processes by default to save CPU resources.

To access these settings, look for the Security (green shield) icon on your desktop. Inside the interface, you need to find the AutoRun section, and this is where you create a list of programs that are allowed to run with the operating system.

• 📱 Open the Security app on the home screen.
• 🚀 Select the AutoStart menu item at the bottom of the screen.
• ✅ Activate switches in front of the programs you need.
• 🔒 The system can request confirmation of rights - agree with the actions.

It's important to understand that turning on auto-start is only half the battle, and even if an application is running, the system can shut it down after some downtime, so it's effective in conjunction with other settings, which we'll talk about later.

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Don’t turn on auto-start for all applications at once, as this will result in a fast battery drain and slowdown of the interface.

Battery setting: ban on limiting background activity

The most critical setting that affects software is power management. If you don't want your alarm clock or smartwatch alarm to stop ringing at the right time, you need to change the battery strategy for a particular application.

Go to the main menu settings and find the App section. Next, select All Apps and find the program you want in the list. Inside the app menu, we are interested in Saving Battery. The default is "No Limits" but the system can change it to "Background Limit" or "Strict Limitation".

Select the No Limits option. This action removes all bans on background activity, allowing the application to use the network and processor even when the screen is off.

⚠️ Warning: Setting “No Limits” mode for games or heavy video editors can cause the device’s housing to heat up if they remain running in the background.

Once this parameter is changed, the system will no longer consider the application to be “parasitic” and will not force the application to end, especially for Telegram, WhatsApp and email clients.

Fixing applications in RAM

The RAM in Xiaomi smartphones is often overflowing, and the cleaning algorithms begin to work aggressively.To protect an important application from unloading, it can be “locked” in the list of running tasks.

Open the menu of running apps (swipe from the bottom up and hold or button "Menu"). Find the card of the desired application and hold it with your finger for a second. You will see an additional menu with icons. Press the icon of the Lock.

Now, even if you click the "Clear Memory" button (cross or broomstick), this application will remain on the list of running and will not be unloaded from RAM. This guarantees an instant start of the program the next time you call.

• 🔓 Unlock the screen and swipe to open the task menu.
• 🔍 Find an application card that you need to save.
• 🔒 Clicking on the lock icon to fix the state.
• 🧹 Verification: Memory cleaning should not affect the fixed element.

This method is ideal for navigators (Yandex.Navigator, 2GIS) and voice recorders, when you need to quickly switch between tasks without losing data.

Special opportunities and access rights

Some programs require enhanced rights to function properly, such as launchers, clickers, screen recording or gesture control applications, and Android and MIUI require explicit user permission to do so.

In the Special Features section (often in Settings → Advanced Settings → Special Features), you can activate services that allow applications to “over” other windows or control the interface.

It often requires unblocking MIUI Optimization for some system utilities to work, although this is rarely done for the average user. Also check the Permissions Manager section, where you can manually enable access to the microphone, camera and geolocation.

Without these rights, many modern applications will simply refuse to perform their functions or will work with errors.

Solving Notifications and Push Services Problems

A common problem with Xiaomi owners is the lack of notifications, which is because China, which was originally designed for MIUI, does not use Google Play services, instead running its own push service, Mi Push.

Global ROMs are adapted, but sometimes require manual activation. Go to your Mi Account settings and make sure the notification service is enabled. Also check if the app on the Restricted list is worth the notification settings.

If notifications don't come, try clearing the cache of the Google Play Services and Google Play Store app, sometimes helping to reconnect to a Wi-Fi network or switch to mobile internet to restart push channels.

⚠️ WARNING: If you have installed custom firmware or made a global update on the Chinese version, the pushi may not work without installing special patches or Google Framework.

For critical messages, always check to see if the "Do Not Disturb" or "Will Be Quiet" mode is on in the notification curtain.

Hidden features via engineering menu and ADB

For advanced users, there is a way to enable hidden features and diagnose startup problems through an engineering menu, a powerful tool that requires caution.

Open the standard "caller" and enter the code ##6484## (to log into the CIT test menu) or use commands via your computer. Deep customization often requires a PC connection and the use of the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) utility.

With ADB, you can disable system restrictions for specific packages, for example, the command to add an application to a white sheet to ignore battery optimization looks complicated but effective.

adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +com.example.app

Where com.example.app is the name of the package of the desired application, this method allows you to force the application to be included in the exclusion lists of the system, ignoring the standard interface settings.

Using the command line gives you complete control, but a syntax error can cause the system to run unstablely.

Optimizing memory and cleaning the cache

Sometimes the application does not turn on or crashes immediately after launch due to overcrowded cache or lack of free memory.

Use the built-in Security → Cleanup app. Don’t be afraid to delete the cache, it’s not your personal data, but temporary files that speed up downloads, but can get corrupted over time.

Also in Advanced Settings → Memory, you can enable Expansion Memory if your smartphone supports this technology, which uses a portion of the permanent storage for RAM, which will help keep more applications open.

• 🗑️ Clean the cache regularly through a regular cleaner.
• 📦 Remove unused applications that take up space.
• 🔄 Reboot your smartphone at least once a week to reset processes.
• 📉 Keep an eye on the internal storage (free to use) >15%).

If after all the manipulations the application still does not work, try to remove its updates or perform a full reset to factory settings (pre-made a backup).

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The comprehensive approach (launch + battery + memory lock) solves 99% of the problems with the work of applications on Xiaomi.

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