Additional Android Background Settings

Please make sure that, especially on Android 13, you have the latest OS software patch installed. This updated fixed an issue for me, where the intervention was seemingly frozen for the first half of the animation: TQ1A

Running Zario in the background doesn’t impact your battery life noticeably. However, in recent years, more and more Android smartphone manufacturers implemented alleged battery-saving techniques that terminate background-apps in general. When Zario gets removed from the background, of course, it won’t work anymore.

Depending on your your smartphone manufacturer and your Android version, additional steps might be required to ensure that Zario can work as expected. I’ve compiled a list below with the most popular phones. Please get in touch if you find a better / easier way or if your smartphone is missing from the list, or if you find that an instruction is incomplete or inconclusive.

Samsung

Android 9 & 10 (S9, S10, …)

Open your phone’s Settings and go to → Apps → Zario → Battery

Make sure “Allow background activity” is enabled.

Then, go to “Optimise battery usage” → select to show “All” in the dropdown at the very top → search for Zario and make sure that the toggle is disabled.

Next, open Settings → Device Care → Battery → Power mode and select High Performance (or Optimised Performance).

Android 11, 12, 13 (S20, S21, S22, …)

Go to your phone’s Settings → Battery and device care → Battery → Background usage limits → Never sleeping apps → add Zario to the list.

Go to Settings → Battery → Battery optimization → All apps → Zario → Don’t optimize.
Go to Settings → Apps, tap the menu icon (top right) and go to Special
Go to Settings → Device Care → Battery → Power mode and select High Performance (or Optimised Performance).
Disable Put unused apps to sleep and Auto-disable unused apps.

Huawei

Huawei EMUI 12

Go to your phone’s Settings → Battery → App launch → search for Zario and turn off “Manage all automatically” → Make sure to ENABLE all toggles.

On top of that, on some Huawei models you have to go to your phone’s Settings → All → Startup manager → enable for Zario.

Huawei EMUI 11

Go to your phone’s Settings → Battery → App launch → Turn off “Manage all automatically”→ Zario → Make sure to ENABLE all toggles.

On top of that, on some Huawei models you have to go to your phone’s Settings → All → Startup manager → enable for Zario.

Oppo

Open your phone’s Settings → App Management → Zario → Enable Allow Auto Startup.

‍Tap Power Saver and select Allow Background Running.

On Oppo devices that have a Security Center, open the Security Center app and go to Privacy Permissions → Startup manager → Allow Zario.

On some Oppo devices you will need to go to Settings → Battery → Others → Zario and uncheck all settings there.

On some other devices, you will need to go to Settings → Battery and storage → Battery manager and turn off Smart power saving.

Tap Power consumption details → Optimize for excessive power consumption and uncheck Zario.

Xiaomi

General setup

1. Go to your phone’s Settings → Apps → Zario → Battery Saver → Select “No Restrictions”.
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2. Settings → Apps → Zario → Autostart needs to be turned on

MIUI 11, 12, 13

First, you’ll have to enable the developer mode on your phone.

Open settings on your phone, and select About phone.

Then, tap 10 times on the version number.

‍Developer mode will be enabled.

Go back to Android Settings and open Apps.

Select Manage Apps.

Search for Zario

Select Other Permissions

Activate the checkbox Display pop up window while running in the background.
That’s it. Zario should now work on your phone!

OnePlus

1. Turn off System Settings → Apps → Zario → Gear Icon → Special Access → Battery Optimization
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2. Turn off System settings → Battery → Battery optimization, switch to ‘All apps’ in top right menu → Zario → Don’t optimize

3. App Auto-Launch (on some OnePlus phones) essentially prevents apps from working in the background. Please disable it for Zario

1. Go to your phone’s Settings → Apps → Zario → Battery Saver → Select “No Restrictions”.
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2. Settings → Apps → Zario → Autostart needs to be turned on

Older OnePlus Devices

Turn off System settings → Battery → Battery optimization → (three dots) → Enhanced optimization

OnePlus 6 and newer

System settings → Battery → Battery optimization → (three dots) → Advanced optimization → Deep optimization or Adaptive Battery:This is the main app killer. Disable it, so Zario can run in the background.

OxygenOS 13 (Android 13)

Settings → Battery → More settings → App battery management → Zario.

Then enable "Allow background activity" and "Allow auto-launch" toggles there.
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Compatability issues

If your device is not in the list and Zario does not work, please let us know. A great overview on additional phone settings is available on https://dontkillmyapp.com. If you figure something out for your phone, please let us know and I‘ll update this web page.