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Background protection

This step is equally mandatory. If NotiVault stays battery-optimized, Android may let it capture today and quietly stop it later — especially after a reboot or an OS update.

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What you are trying to set

  • Battery mode: Unrestricted, No restrictions, or Don't optimize — not Optimized or Restricted.
  • Battery optimization: NotiVault excluded (sometimes under Battery → Battery optimization → All apps).
  • Background activity: Allowed, if your phone shows that toggle.
  • Auto-start / Startup: On, on OEMs that include a startup manager (common on some Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Lenovo builds).

Common label swaps by brand

  • Stock Android / Pixel: Apps → NotiVault → Battery → Unrestricted.
  • Samsung: Apps → NotiVault → Battery → Unrestricted; check Sleeping apps and Auto optimize lists so NotiVault is not limited.
  • Xiaomi / Redmi / POCO: Apps → Manage apps → NotiVault → Battery saver → No restrictions; also check Autostart.
  • Lenovo Tab (example below): App info → Battery → Unrestricted.
  • TCL and similar: App info → Battery → Unrestricted or Don't optimize.

If a menu name differs, pause and match the intent from the in-app checklist — do not skip the step because the wording changed.

NotiVault Step 2 background protection checklist
8 · Step 2 in NotiVault
Android App info for NotiVault
9 · App info
NotiVault battery usage set to Unrestricted
10 · Unrestricted
Confirm Step 2 background settings in NotiVault
11 · Confirm in app

After onboarding

When both steps are complete, NotiVault runs a short 13-tip tour, then opens your timeline. Open the app once so it can pick up notices already in your shade — not only brand-new ones. Replay the tour anytime from Settings → Tutorial.

NotiVault tips tour step 1 Active First
12 · Tips tour begins

Tips tour at a glance

  1. Active First
  2. Three Views (Active, Dismissed, Total)
  3. Dismissed View
  4. Total View
  5. Grouped Timeline
  6. Expand Older Notices
  7. Top Sources
  8. Zoom by App
  9. Filters
  10. Notice Detail
  11. NotiVault Pro
  12. Settings That Matter
  13. Use It Naturally

Using NotiVault day to day

  1. Use Active for live shade notices, Dismissed for cleared copies, Total for full history.
  2. Tap a notice for detail; expand groups with the in-timeline expander.
  3. Try Top Sources and Zoom by App when one app dominates.
  4. Set filters, theme, and retention in Settings — Trial vs Pro limits apply to phrases and vault backup.

If capture stops later

  • Re-check notification access — Android updates sometimes revoke it. See Onboarding 1.
  • Re-walk Step 2 — battery limits often return after OS upgrades or “optimize battery” prompts.
  • Confirm you tapped I CHANGED THESE SETTINGS; opening App info alone is not enough.

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