Alerts on a sleeping and locked device

I have been testing sending remote alerts to (Android) devices. It kinda works, but I have a feeling that it has a problem that might make this feature useless. On both devices that I tested I have a 9-pin pattern lock, in every case the device was at sleep when I sent the alert to it. The alert did not sound, until I woke it up.

Is this expected?

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Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/97898/alerts-on-a-sleeping-and-locked-device

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agozob

Hi there @moniuch,

It sounds like the OS is putting the app to sleep (either because of battery optimizations, doze mode or a similar mechanism). In this case there is unfortunately nothing we can do about this problem.

What you can do is to try and reduce the chances of Android putting the app to sleep by toggling some device settings. You can search for "dontkillmyapp", it's a website showing instructions on how to do this depending on your device manufacturer. This might come in handy for other apps too!

Hope this helps :)

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