Battery life is an important currency in the smartphone business. If you have to charge too often, buy somewhere else next time. Apparently many mobile phone manufacturers fear this – and resort to ruthless means.
Android offers many options for intervention and optimization when it comes to battery management. But isn’t there more to it? Yes, say many smartphone makers, taking the ax out of app processes running in the background. Unfortunately, all too often to the wrong ones, at least from the users’ point of view. So it may be that the phone saves energy through the optimization measures, perhaps setting new runtime records. But at the same time, the smartphone no longer signals when new messenger messages arrive. Or there is no notification from the email app when something has changed in the inbox. Driven insane Or the background process for the connected smartwatch has been shut down so that no new messages are signaled on the watch either. Or the fitness app doesn’t record any activity because it’s constantly being fouled by the manufacturer’s energy monitor. And and and. All in all, such unwanted smartphone behavior can drive users insane. After all, who wants to keep opening apps to get messages or to check if they’re doing their job? Of course nobody. Not even those Czech developers who have made it their task to do something against the manipulative energy-saving mania. Instructions provide a remedy. This is how the “Don’t kill my app!” page was created, on which the experts have compiled instructions for all possible smartphone manufacturers, according to which undesired smartphone behavior towards apps can be stopped in many cases. The information on the site is only available in English. But thanks to the many explanatory screenshots, most users should easily be able to get their renegade smartphone back on the path of the desired app functionality….
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