GPS tracking: ascent issue - Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers

Hello
I noted an issue in the way the Note 5 GPS gets the altitude data.
I tracked the same Hiking with endomondo on my Iphone SE and my Note. While the distance made is similar on both, the elevation is totally different.
Iphone SE: +230/-210 m
Note 5: +1102/-1096 m
As you can see there is a factor x5 between both devices for the same tracking. I know that ascent can be approximate but here the difference is really too much.
Do you get the same erroneous data?
I tried several times, and always the same result. For some hikings I even knew more or less the expected total elevation, and iPhoneSE was really close to it while the Note 5 was way out of range...
Cheers

This is a budget friendly Chinese phone.. don't expect it's GPS to be equal to Iphone

Geekn0ob said:
This is a budget friendly Chinese phone.. don't expect it's GPS to be equal to Iphone
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But you shouldn't have such a bad GPS.
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PHDB said:
Hello
I noted an issue in the way the Note 5 GPS gets the altitude data.
I tracked the same Hiking with endomondo on my Iphone SE and my Note. While the distance made is similar on both, the elevation is totally different.
Iphone SE: +230/-210 m
Note 5: +1102/-1096 m
As you can see there is a factor x5 between both devices for the same tracking. I know that ascent can be approximate but here the difference is really too much.
Do you get the same erroneous data?
I tried several times, and always the same result. For some hikings I even knew more or less the expected total elevation, and iPhoneSE was really close to it while the Note 5 was way out of range...
Cheers
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I've had this problem like Strava at miui. In AOSP roms all measurements are normal, I believe that miuides turn gps on or decrease accuracy when locking the screen. Download the GPS Status and Toolbox app and give it permissions to start automatically and put in the multitasking lock. Leave this app running along with the measurement app you use and test, give me the results.

NaassomDourado said:
give it permissions to start automatically and put in the multitasking lock. Leave this app running along with the measurement app you use and test, give me the results.
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Sorry what do you mean by start automatically and multitask lock? Can't find that in the settings of the app

PHDB said:
Sorry what do you mean by start automatically and multitask lock? Can't find that in the settings of the app
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I can't post screenshot because i am not on miui. Basically open the app, go to Homescreen, go to recents > select the app and Lock. Go to security app, search the option do automaticaly start apps.

NaassomDourado said:
I can't post screenshot because i am not on miui. Basically open the app, go to Homescreen, go to recents > select the app and Lock. Go to security app, search the option do automaticaly start apps.
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Ok thanks, I did not know this multitask lock feature actually.
Looks like there is not auto-start on Miui though. But I guess that as soon as it is started and locked in parallel of my tracking app (Endomondo) it will be ok, right?
I will test and let you know

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Samrt phone smarter??? For free!

Just saw this on Gizmodo, it's called Profile Valet. Basically you can set up your system to change based on location or time. Need your ringer off at work, set the time for vibrate only. Want your wifi to come on automatically when you get home, set it for that location. It does more (Dispaly, Sound, Wifi, and Bluetooth. Location, Time or manual. Check it out here...http://gizmodo.com/5728106/app-of-the-day-profile-valet-for-android . I just installed it and will report back. Oh and it's free.
this was one of the main features on the g1, now having a mental block on the name of the app way back then.
It was locale it use to be free also but now they charge 9.99
rsfaze said:
this was one of the main features on the g1, now having a mental block on the name of the app way back then.
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jersey_609 said:
It was locale it use to be free also but now they charge 9.99
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Doesn't Tasker do the same thing only better? It's a little more complex, but once you figure it out it can do some crazy stuff. I personally don't use any of those features much anymore. Never really seemed to help me 100% of the time. I do miss the old G1 free Android Market launch titles. It was so fun to watch the platform grow.
I haven't used any other app like this nor do I really have a need but I have seen some on here asking for something like this. I tried it out and the UI is real simple and straightforward, couple of clicks and you have different profiles set up and hey it's free which is always good. Strike that! Almost always good.
jdanisevich said:
Doesn't Tasker do the same thing only better? It's a little more complex, but once you figure it out it can do some crazy stuff. .
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Yeah tasker does the same there's even a tread on here to share your tasker set up but thats a paid app also . I miss my g1 also got it when it first launched my things change
the interval on the gps check for location profiles seems to be very long. i left a given location to have my wifi on and it stayed on about a hour and a half after i left that place. maybe i have to set something up to turn off wifi once i leave the place?

google maps using a lot of my battery

This is the second day in a row google maps is the top app user of battery (behind screen of course).... the kicker is I have never even opened the app! Overall the battery life is still very good, but I don't get why maps is using my battery if I never use the app... I did open it up to see if I could force it to close, but I didn't see anything. Anyone else have this issue? I have the phone on wifi most of the day if that matters.
I noticed that too. Be sure you're signed out of the latitude layer. Also consider disabling geo tagging in the camera app settings...
Holy cow, there are a bunch of settings to turn off in maps. Who knew? Been noticing maps using battery also, but it didn't occur to me to go into its menu and look around.
i was curious about that.. the only thing i could think of was its the gps from the weather widget and it was labeled as maps instead of gps
tmuka said:
I noticed that too. Be sure you're signed out of the latitude layer. Also consider disabling geo tagging in the camera app settings...
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that might be it, I signed out of lattitude and fixed the setting so it so it didn't update my location. Thanks for the tip, hope that fixes it
You should be able to report the app from the battery usage screen. Tap Google maps and report should be on the top right.
I do that whenever one of my app is misbehaving. It will help the devs fix the bug.
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Mine was super dead and wouldn't even turn on when Received mine, I let it charge all night and unplugged it this morning and am down to 64% after 3 hours and 30 minutes of heavy use. I notice that it also was at 92% when I unplugged it so far better than the 3d but we shall see after a weeks worth of use or so.
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You should be able to report the app from the battery usage screen. Tap Google maps and report should be on the top right.
I do that whenever one of my app is misbehaving. It will help the devs fix the bug.
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I just did this, for a while I had location detection off.... but I like to be able to google search a business or place and have it show me the nearest locations of that business.... and that doesn't work if you turn off location detection... not to mention the weather lock screen doesn't work.... so right now my only solution is to leave the location detection on and live with maps eating my batter in the background.... I'm waiting a few more months to let the various dev created roms mature a bit before I try something other than stock sense
This happened to me several days in a row I don't use latitude and I reported it...I'm confused to be honest.
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I am having the same issue and I am curious if you fixed it. I have Sony Xperia Twith ICS but I guess this is not related to the mobile. What settings are needed to stop this high battery consumption?
Thanks,
Mugur
http://mugur-ionescu/tag/xperia
If you use ROM toolbox, you can go to auto-starts and disable all the receivers for Google maps (or most of them, you choose which specific receivers). I think there are like 16 different receivers.
hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
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If you use ROM toolbox, you can go to auto-starts and disable all the receivers for Google maps (or most of them, you choose which specific receivers). I think there are like 16 different receivers.
hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
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+1...I have every start up event disabled for Maps in autostarts (available in play store) and it doesn't start unless I launch it myself. You could freeze it with titanium backup also, but then you'll need to defrost whenever you wanna use it which can be annoying.
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I just did this, for a while I had location detection off.... but I like to be able to google search a business or place and have it show me the nearest locations of that business.... and that doesn't work if you turn off location detection... not to mention the weather lock screen doesn't work.... so right now my only solution is to leave the location detection on and live with maps eating my batter in the background.... I'm waiting a few more months to let the various dev created roms mature a bit before I try something other than stock sense
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Viper 4g 2.0.2 is very mature and stable. And its a sense ROM. It was my 1dt custom ROM very easy until I went to CMX and pa which I use daily!
Is that a hemi? No silly its Paranoid Android!
EVO 4G LTE S-OFF;-]

Unable to set data usage cycle date

Hi guys,
I'd like to get some help from you about the following issue. Because of different reasons I had to make a factory reset on my Honor 5X phone. After the successful operation, I can't set the turning/starting date of the data usage cycle, because i can't find the option in Data Traffic Management. Previously (when the device was running on Android 5 with emui 3) there was an input field to change the date, but now i can only set the "total monthly data available", but the date field is missing. Can you tell me where or how can i set this date?
Actual build number is KIW-L21C432B340, android 6.0.1, emui 4.0
Thank you in advance!
P.S. The remaining and used amount of data info is also missing from above the chart...
Any idea? ...
Nucleo72 said:
Any idea? ...
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your right they removed the option in MM
all you can do is find another app to monitor your usage or hope for an update
Nucleo72 said:
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There are plenty of apps in the Play Store as an alternative. Search for them.
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clsA said:
your right they removed the option in MM
all you can do is find another app to monitor your usage or hope for an update
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Thanks clsA, it was my suspicion as well. It's quite infuriating, they removed such a useful option. And do they really call it development?? I don't want to be a troll, cause anyway i prefer marshmallow to lollipop, but it is ridiculous. Installing a new app just because the option was removed from the os? It's wasting the resources...
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Thanks clsA, it was my suspicion as well. It's quite infuriating, they removed such a useful option. And do they really call it development?? I don't want to be a troll, cause anyway i prefer marshmallow to lollipop, but it is ridiculous. Installing a new app just because the option was removed from the os? It's wasting the resources...
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Actually it´s hidden. You need a program to enable system shortcuts. I just dont remember its name...
zinko_pt how do you mean "system shortcut"? Will I be able to reach a hidden option with any kind of application?
Nucleo72 said:
zinko_pt how do you mean "system shortcut"? Will I be able to reach a hidden option with any kind of application?
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I guess he's saying that the data usage is hidden in Settings activities. You can try Activity Launcher app.
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OK, my problem wasn't that i can't find the deeply buried data usage in settings, but the ability of setting the first day of the cycle is missing. Otherwise everybody can easily make shortcut for data usage by phone manager.
Nucleo72 said:
OK, my problem wasn't that i can't find the deeply buried data usage in settings, but the ability of setting the first day of the cycle is missing. Otherwise everybody can easily make shortcut for data usage by phone manager.
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Thats not what he meant....
He meant although the option you're looking for isn't available in the settings , it is still embedded in the core android platform... You just have to dig through the activity laujcher to find it...
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Thats not what he meant....
He meant although the option you're looking for isn't available in the settings , it is still embedded in the core android platform... You just have to dig through the activity laujcher to find it...
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Yes that's what I meant.
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adriansticoid, Faheemarif252 It sounds a good idea. I might try Activity Launcher and post back the result. Thank you for everbody!
adriansticoid, Faheemarif252 It sounds a good idea, i might try Activity Launcher and post back the result.
Thank You for everybody!
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adriansticoid, Faheemarif252 It sounds a good idea, i might try Activity Launcher and post back the result.
Thank You for everybody!
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Goodluck. :highfive:
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I can confirm the data usage cycle date can be adjusted by Activity Launcher.
Thank you again for everybody who helped me!
Nucleo72 said:
I can confirm the data usage cycle date can be adjusted by Activity Launcher.
Thank you again for everybody who helped me!
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You are welcome.
Nucleo72 said:
I can confirm the data usage cycle date can be adjusted by Activity Launcher.
Thank you again for everybody who helped me!
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Hello Nucleo, how are you?
I'm actually facing the same thing, I can't get real info about the android-cycle dates, can you please give me a hint for me to look up on the Activity Launcher?
Thanks you very much!
Hi Yazmeq,
First of all You should install Activity Launcher from Play Store. After launching the app, tap on "Recent Activities" (in the header) and choose All activities. Wait a bit while the app loads some data and scroll down on the appeared list to Settings and tap on it. Search for Data usage and "click" on the cycle date above the chart to change it. Set the new turning date and it's all. Now You can quit the app, the new data usage cycle has been set. You might uninstall the app if you wouldn't like to have it since you're short of storage space.
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Hi Yazmeq,
First of all You should install Activity Launcher from Play Store. After launching the app, tap on "Recent Activities" (in the header) and choose All activities. Wait a bit while the app loads some data and scroll down on the appeared list to Settings and tap on it. Search for Data usage and "click" on the cycle date above the chart to change it. Set the new turning date and it's all. Now You can quit the app, the new data usage cycle has been set. You might uninstall the app if you wouldn't like to have it since you're short of storage space.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation!! this issue was driving my crazy!!
Will this work for the Honor 6X running EMUI 5 / Nougat? I tried, but unless I'm doing something wrong, I can't seem to find the data reset date setting.

Google Maps location "My Timeline" data all messed up

Google Maps has location tracking data under "My Timeline." Historically it has been super accurate, showing the roads I used even when driving long distances. I also always use Google Maps. Ever since I switched to the Mate 10 Pro, this data has been straight lines across 20-40 miles of distance and highly inaccurate arrival times. I thought it was just Google, but I switched back to an Essential Phone and it became perfectly accurate again. I'm back to the Mate 10 Pro and I hope it'll work now, but I'm not holding my breath.
I often use the departure and arrival times in My Timeline for work data, so I'd love if it worked. Any thoughts?
Haloruler64 said:
Google Maps has location tracking data under "My Timeline." Historically it has been super accurate, showing the roads I used even when driving long distances. I also always use Google Maps. Ever since I switched to the Mate 10 Pro, this data has been straight lines across 20-40 miles of distance and highly inaccurate arrival times. I thought it was just Google, but I switched back to an Essential Phone and it became perfectly accurate again. I'm back to the Mate 10 Pro and I hope it'll work now, but I'm not holding my breath.
I often use the departure and arrival times in My Timeline for work data, so I'd love if it worked. Any thoughts?
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Did you try to accurate your GPS with any GPS app on the store??
I have same experience. I believe it's to do with Huawei battery saver. Pls let me know if you find a solution
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Did you try to accurate your GPS with any GPS app on the store??
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I have not, but I use Google Maps extensively and never had even the smallest problem with accuracy. Always follows the road accurately and instantly recognizes turns (unlike the built in GPS in my Lexus sometimes). The "My Timeline" data is often just a straight line between my house and my destination, even if it's across a bridge.
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I have same experience. I believe it's to do with Huawei battery saver. Pls let me know if you find a solution
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That's unfortunate. Will do.
Same here, whatever i tried didn't solve it (even clean cache and data).... Even tried disabling battery optimization settings on Maps and Google Services... Nothing. I also have indications that is has something to do with multiple google accounts (i find some locations being reported in some of my other accounts). Are you on a single account? But yes, same problems, straight lines, lost stops, no routes, getting stuck in one location for hours etc...
im only on one account. is there a bigger huawei users forum than this one and the huawei subreddit?
i feel like theres so many questions with no answers and nothing being done about it
biggest forum is here dude !
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Same here, whatever i tried didn't solve it (even clean cache and data).... Even tried disabling battery optimization settings on Maps and Google Services... Nothing. I also have indications that is has something to do with multiple google accounts (i find some locations being reported in some of my other accounts). Are you on a single account? But yes, same problems, straight lines, lost stops, no routes, getting stuck in one location for hours etc...
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Keep battery optimization managed by Huawei in all applications
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Keep battery optimization managed by Huawei in all applications
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What for? Any particular reason? I have put everything to manual in Launch settings, and also almost every program to Ignore Battery Optimization. Battery is working perfectly, SOT time is still amazing, and i believe programs are working fine (except Maps and Garmin Connect)... If your reasons are RAM, then i believe RAM exists to use it, not having it free all the time...
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Keep battery optimization managed by Huawei in all applications
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So, Settings>Battery>Launch>Maps then select Manage automatically?
people having same issue with other huawei phones for 1 year
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/help/timeline-google-maps-properly-t3458526/page2
doesnt give much hope
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What for? Any particular reason? I have put everything to manual in Launch settings, and also almost every program to Ignore Battery Optimization. Battery is working perfectly, SOT time is still amazing, and i believe programs are working fine (except Maps and Garmin Connect)... If your reasons are RAM, then i believe RAM exists to use it, not having it free all the time...
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Because manual battery optimization is buggy right now.
Settings>Battery>Launch>Manage automatically all apps
In other thread here in XDA I've user said that putting chrome to be managed automatically did the trick.
You can try both ways and comment here the results...
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Because manual battery optimization is buggy right now.
Settings>Battery>Launch>Manage automatically all apps
In other thread here in XDA I've user said that putting chrome to be managed automatically did the trick.
You can try both ways and comment here the results...
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I had everything automatic the first week and Maps History started having those problems from day 1... So, automatic doesn't do the trick for sure. Same goes for Garmin Connect...
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biggest forum is here dude !
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sorry to be offtopic. do you know of an official huawei forum where we can officially report these bugs? thanks
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sorry to be offtopic. do you know of an official huawei forum where we can officially report these bugs? thanks
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You can report bugs by phonecall to huawei or on twitter or go on hicare app on your phone.
Don't know an official forum...
https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...itachse-zeigt-nur-sporadisch-orte.842496.html
potential solution
I checked TimeLine today and since 27/01/2018, journeys are recorded with the correct level of detail again! Google Maps app last updated 04/01/2018 and I'm still on C432. No idea what changed to start TimeLine working again properly but obviously I'm really happy. Can anyone else report that journeys are being correctly recorded again?
Nope no change.
I've got the same issue. I tried all of the tips and tricks I found online to no avail. Mine just says No Visited Places. ONce is awhile it does show a place. It pisses me off tremendously. Google Timeline is a great tool to remember where you've been
If you can't remember where you've been then you have bigger problems than Google Maps not working properly!
Personally, I try to turn everything OFF that records location(s).
jaseman said:
If you can't remember where you've been then you have bigger problems than Google Maps not working properly!
Personally, I try to turn everything OFF that records location(s).
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Just because it isn't useful for you doesn't mean it isn't useful for anyone else. I use it for work. Exact driving distances and times at clients house are very important.

is it Huawei or Android problem ? (Delay/Missing) notification

i just moved from Sony to Huawei last week . i got Mate 10 pro
device is nice and battery is great and fast and everything was perfect with me from the first look.
then by installing my daily use apps i noticed some problems are showing and not only me as i sow some users here are complaining it .
it is killing all apps and get no advantage of any app i want it to push a notification and reminder for me .
actually any app i use for reminders and notification are not working perfectly
for example i have tried 3 apps for prayer reminders and non of them worked for a complete day , it works once and the next it gets another delay , and last it gets missed .
also i have a call recorder which is working perfectly on my Xperia Z3 but here it is not recording every single call .
also i have app called BlipBlip for hourly peeping ... same issue .
any to-do app , caller identifier (truecaller,numberbook ....)
i tried to make the Ignore battery optimization
i changed the settings in Launch battery
still no luck
any permanent solution please ?
anyone please
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anyone please
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Probably a doze problem. I heard that is an oreo problem. I have the same issue with my op5. Probably they will fix it with updates.
Tiago A said:
Probably a doze problem. I heard that is an oreo problem. I have the same issue with my op5. Probably they will fix it with updates.
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i hope they do as soon as possible , otherwise the phone is useless like this .
is there a way to contact them ?
AbuJ3fr said:
i hope they do as soon as possible , otherwise the phone is useless like this .
is there a way to contact them ?
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Check their website. But, imo, waste of time.
AbuJ3fr said:
i just moved from Sony to Huawei last week . i got Mate 10 pro
device is nice and battery is great and fast and everything was perfect with me from the first look.
then by installing my daily use apps i noticed some problems are showing and not only me as i sow some users here are complaining it .
it is killing all apps and get no advantage of any app i want it to push a notification and reminder for me .
actually any app i use for reminders and notification are not working perfectly
for example i have tried 3 apps for prayer reminders and non of them worked for a complete day , it works once and the next it gets another delay , and last it gets missed .
also i have a call recorder which is working perfectly on my Xperia Z3 but here it is not recording every single call .
also i have app called BlipBlip for hourly peeping ... same issue .
any to-do app , caller identifier (truecaller,numberbook ....)
i tried to make the Ignore battery optimization
i changed the settings in Launch battery
still no luck
any permanent solution please ?
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If you enable Power saving mode then your device automatically kills background applications.
Try by disable power saving mode.
In settings, You will also manage that which apps show notifications and which are not.
All customization of notifications are avaliable in setting e.g. Notification on lock screen, notification on status bar, status bar icon. Hope it helps. Hit Thankx
Hamidmirza said:
If you enable Power saving mode then your device automatically kills background applications.
Try by disable power saving mode.
In settings, You will also manage that which apps show notifications and which are not.
All customization of notifications are avaliable in setting e.g. Notification on lock screen, notification on status bar, status bar icon. Hope it helps. Hit Thankx
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of course i am not using the power save mode ,
i put the app in the "Ignore battery optimization" list .
i put the app in the manual option in "Launch" and allowed everything to run in background .
i enabled the app in the n"Notification Management" section
what else i can do to prevent the device from killing the app ?
still i have this problem from time to time .
note : yesterday the app worked perfectly and i have got all notification and i thought i have solved the problem finally ,
but today it comes back again and start worry again .
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of course i am not using the power save mode ,
i put the app in the "Ignore battery optimization" list .
i put the app in the manual option in "Launch" and allowed everything to run in background .
i enabled the app in the n"Notification Management" section
what else i can do to prevent the device from killing the app ?
still i have this problem from time to time .
note : yesterday the app worked perfectly and i have got all notification and i thought i have solved the problem finally ,
but today it comes back again and start worry again .
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Have you tried by factory data reset?
I mean hard reset through stock recovery.
Be sure to remove your id otherwise you device stick in FRP lock.
Happens for me still with Disa (my facebook and sms messaging app).
It's really ****ty.
This is a hard one for sure! Is it Android or is it Huawei? I think it's a combination of both! We all shouted praise when we first heard of Doze...but now we curse the day we heard of it! LOL
On most of my phones I have had issues with Gmail notifications not coming in as quickly as I thought they should, and I still experience slight delays on my Mate 10 (non-pro) version. However, it seems that after I open Gmail for the first time in the day and get my first notification then it works OK for the rest of the day. My texts, using Textra, always come in right away and I have both apps set up the same way on the phone pertaining to battery, background, and notifications. So Gmail is the harder one to get working as it should. But is it Doze, or is it Huawei and EMUI? Personally, I think it should be left up to one or the other but NOT both! And whichever one implements a battery saving feature should provide CLEAR and CONCISE instructions on making it work the way we want it to. Huawei has implemented several convoluted methods to the way battery saving and notifications work and they are not mutually exclusive...in other words, they can conflict with each other...that is bad enough. But when you layer this ON TOP of Android's Doze (which has no apparent way to configure it) this just leads to a mess in trying to figure out what is causing the delays! So then, I feel that Android to needs to take control of this issue and force all OEM's to follow a standard for battery control so that it is the same across the board no matter what phone we are using.
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This is a hard one for sure! Is it Android or is it Huawei? I think it's a combination of both! We all shouted praise when we first heard of Doze...but now we curse the day we heard of it! LOL
On most of my phones I have had issues with Gmail notifications not coming in as quickly as I thought they should, and I still experience slight delays on my Mate 10 (non-pro) version. However, it seems that after I open Gmail for the first time in the day and get my first notification then it works OK for the rest of the day. My texts, using Textra, always come in right away and I have both apps set up the same way on the phone pertaining to battery, background, and notifications. So Gmail is the harder one to get working as it should. But is it Doze, or is it Huawei and EMUI? Personally, I think it should be left up to one or the other but NOT both! And whichever one implements a battery saving feature should provide CLEAR and CONCISE instructions on making it work the way we want it to. Huawei has implemented several convoluted methods to the way battery saving and notifications work and they are not mutually exclusive...in other words, they can conflict with each other...that is bad enough. But when you layer this ON TOP of Android's Doze (which has no apparent way to configure it) this just leads to a mess in trying to figure out what is causing the delays! So then, I feel that Android to needs to take control of this issue and force all OEM's to follow a standard for battery control so that it is the same across the board no matter what phone we are using.
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This is not an Android doze problem. Its Huawei battery management process killing all running apps. I had a sony xz premium running Oreo and not a single problem. Now I'm using Pixel 2 XL and not a signle problem. Its definitely Huawei that restricts notifications due to battery management. This is what stopped me getting the Mate 10 pro. Awesome phone but with notifications not coming through makes the phone useless
I also had the XZ Premium and I agree that it did not have this issue. But my Mate 10 (non-pro) really does not have it that bad. I really do not even notice it. I do shut off my phone every night. I have said in many different forums that I feel that a daily restart of all cell phones is good for keeping things running smoothly. Takes a minute of your time while brushing your teeth in the morning. Maybe this will help someone with more serious issues??
cmon people ...it's not that hard
...go to settings - battery - launch -
from there you can disable or enable specific battery management for each app to be able to launch, be launched by other apps and run in background
they are set to to be managed automatically by default, any app you are having issues being killed just open the launch settings and set them manually.
I set this up when i got the phone and i never have any issues with missing any notifications that i want to see plus my battery lasts for 2-3 days.
tmzbeme said:
cmon people ...it's not that hard
...go to settings - battery - launch -
from there you can disable or enable specific battery management for each app to be able to launch, be launched by other apps and run in background
they are set to to be managed automatically by default, any app you are having issues being killed just open the launch settings and set them manually.
I set this up when i got the phone and i never have any issues with missing any notifications that i want to see plus my battery lasts for 2-3 days.
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serusly ?
do you really think we will post and we all agree on an issue with out trying all ways to solve it first ?
if you read my post will see that i already mentioned i have done something and didnt resolve the problem :
of course i am not using the power save mode ,
i put the app in the "Ignore battery optimization" list .
i put the app in the manual option in "Launch" and allowed everything to run in background .
i enabled the app in the n"Notification Management" section
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tmzbeme said:
cmon people ...it's not that hard
...go to settings - battery - launch -
from there you can disable or enable specific battery management for each app to be able to launch, be launched by other apps and run in background.
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The problem with your reasoning is that Gmail is not listed there! This is the only one that seems to delay for me, but as I mentioned it is not that bad. Then again, I am not waiting for, or getting, anything in my personal email that needs super immediate attention. But there may be someone who needs their Gmail to notify them as soon as they receive an email. Thus the complaint!
Welcome the sh*ty world of Huawei
AbuJ3fr said:
i just moved from Sony to Huawei last week . i got Mate 10 pro
device is nice and battery is great and fast and everything was perfect with me from the first look.
then by installing my daily use apps i noticed some problems are showing and not only me as i sow some users here are complaining it .
it is killing all apps and get no advantage of any app i want it to push a notification and reminder for me .
actually any app i use for reminders and notification are not working perfectly
for example i have tried 3 apps for prayer reminders and non of them worked for a complete day , it works once and the next it gets another delay , and last it gets missed .
any permanent solution please ?
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I'm not surprised with Huawei and notifications problems.... This 2 goes together.
First with Mate 8 the first 4 months, then with Mate 9 the first 2 months and now with Mate 10 pro as you mentioned
To be honest I have Mate 10 (no pro) and from the first day I didn't have any problem with "stock mail app, Facebook, Facebook messanger, Viber, Twitter, Instagram, whatsup, weather widget"
But please try this one.... It was the solution I follow with Chinese version of Mate 9 : Open every app that you want instant notification and "locked" it to recent apps and keep it there.... If you have already try this then there isn't much more to do so think of a hard reset or change device.... As for Android 8 I have a s9+ together with Mate 10 and both are manage notifications perfectly....
tsiglas said:
I'm not surprised with Huawei and notifications problems.... This 2 goes together.
First with Mate 8 the first 4 months, then with Mate 9 the first 2 months and now with Mate 10 pro as you mentioned
To be honest I have Mate 10 (no pro) and from the first day I didn't have any problem with "stock mail app, Facebook, Facebook messanger, Viber, Twitter, Instagram, whatsup, weather widget"
But please try this one.... It was the solution I follow with Chinese version of Mate 9 : Open every app that you want instant notification and "locked" it to recent apps and keep it there.... If you have already try this then there isn't much more to do so think of a hard reset or change device.... As for Android 8 I have a s9+ together with Mate 10 and both are manage notifications perfectly....
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That is an interesting proposition! I have never used that particular lock before...in fact I can honestly say that at first I didn't know what you were talking about. I guess I never paid any attention to the little lock on those previously opened apps. Not sure if it will work yet or not but I did mention that after I opened Gmail the first time it appeared as if the notifications came in properly. So if this works then I should not have to open Gmail first thing in the morning to get the notifications flowing! Thank you so much for this suggestion! :good:

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