Other Vendors

Whatever device you are using, don’t blame the developers as the first thing when something goes wrong. First check your phone settings whether some background processing is not restricted on your device.

See below for general solutions that apply for various vendors.

General

Phone settings > Battery & power saving > Battery usage > Ignore optimizations > Turn on to ignore battery optimization for Pomodoro app.

Android 6+

Always check the following setting:

  • on older devices:

Phone settings > Battery & power saving > Battery usage > Ignore optimizations > Turn on to ignore battery optimization for Pomodoro app.

  • on newer devices:

Settings > Apps > Your app > Battery > Optimize battery usage > All (from the top) > Pomodoro app (toggle to disable).

Android 8+

Check if Phone settings > Apps & Notifications > Pomodoro app > Background restrictions or Background limits are not enabled for the app.

If all fails

If all fails you can turn doze mode completely off in Settings > Developer options. (If you don’t know how to enable developer options, a web search-engine should help.)