In this article: How to disable battery optimization to fix Autofill in Chrome
1. General info
Autofill in Chrome might not work if your phone has aggressive battery optimization. The phone kills SafeInCloud app after a period of time, which disables Autofill in Chrome. You should add SafeInCloud app as an exception for such optimization.
See below how to do this on several flavors of Android OS.
Additional advice and instructions for devices that are not listed can be found here: https://dontkillmyapp.com/
2. Pure Android
(ex. Google Pixel)
1) From a Home screen, swipe up or down to access the apps screen, then navigate to Settings > Apps.
2) Choose SafeInCloud
3) Tap Permissions.
4) Turn off Pause app activity if unused.
5) Go back to App info and choose App battery usage.
6) Select Unrestricted.
7) Go to Settings -> Battery and tap Battery Saver.
8) Turn off Use Adaptive Battery.
3. Samsung
1) Open Apps from phone settings.
2) Choose SafeInCloud from the list.
3) Tap Battery.
4) Choose Unrestricted.
5) Open Battery and device care from phone settings.
6) Tap Battery.
7) Tap Power Saving.
8) Disable Power Saving and then choose Adaptive power saving.
9) Turn Adaptive power saving off.
10) Go back to Battery and choose Backgroung usage limits.
11) Turn off Put unused apps to sleep.
12) Go back to Battery and choose More battery settings.
13) Disable Adaptive battery. If Adaptive battery is absent in this section, to find it use Search across the settings.
14) Disable Remove permissions if app is unused in App info.
15) In Special Access choose Alarms and reminders.
16) Give permission to SafeInCloud.
4. Xiaomi
1) Open Settings-> Apps. Choose SafeInCloud from the list. Activate Autostart option and go to Other permissions
2) Activate options as shown in the picture below (Some options might be missing for SafeInCloud).
3) Go back to App Info and select Battery Saver. Select "No restrictions".
5. Huawei/Honor
1) Open Phone settings > Battery > App launch (This feature may or may not be available for all devices or labeled differently)
2) Turn off Manage all automatically
3) Make sure to enable all toggles
6. OnePlus
1) Turn off System Settings > Apps > Gear Icon > Special Access > Battery Optimization
2) Turn off System settings > Battery > Battery optimization, switch to ‘All apps’ in the top right menu > SafeInCloud > Don’t optimize
3) App Auto-Launch (on some OnePlus phones) essentially prevents apps from working in the background. Please disable it for SafeInCloud
4) Disable Deep optimization: System settings > Battery > Battery optimization > (three dots) > Advanced optimization
5) Activate Normal clear option in Recent app management
7. Meizu
1) Device Settings > Advanced Settings > Battery manager > Power plan set to Performance
2) Device Settings > Advanced Settings > Battery Manager > Protected apps – check SafeInCloud as Protected
3) Enable Device Settings > Apps > SafeInCloud > Battery > Power-intensive prompt and Keep running after screen off
8. OPPO
1) Pin SafeInCloud to the recent apps screen
2) Enable SafeInCloud in the app list inside the security app’s “startup manager” and “floating app list”
3) Turn off battery optimizations
4) Give the service a persistent notification to remain in the foreground
5) Open App management
6) Toggle to allow SafeInCloud.
7) App info -> Battery usage
8) Choose Run in background.