Guide · Motorola (near-stock Android), vivo & iQOO (Funtouch / OriginOS)
Mi Estela on Motorola, vivo & iQOO
Motorola is one of the friendliest when it comes to keeping apps alive—just set battery to "Unrestricted." vivo and iQOO have their own background power consumption screen.
What happens if you don't touch a thing
With battery set to "Optimized," Android may delay Mi Estela. On vivo, "background power consumption management" closes any app you haven't explicitly allowed.
Step by step
Taps, in order
- Motorola: battery set to "Unrestricted"Settings › Apps › Mi Estela › App battery usageChoose "Unrestricted." If you still notice delays, turn off "Adaptive Battery" under Settings › Battery.
- vivo & iQOO: background power consumptionSettings › Battery › Background power consumption management › Mi EstelaAllow high background power consumption (exact wording may vary).
- vivo & iQOO: autostartSettings › More settings › Apps › AutostartTurn on Mi Estela.
- Location: "Allow all the time"Settings › Apps › Mi Estela › Permissions › LocationSelect "Allow all the time" and turn on precise location.
Check that it works
Close Mi Estela completely, leave your phone with the screen off for ten minutes, and ask someone in your circle to check your card on the map: it should say "just now," not "10 minutes ago." If it doesn't, go back to the battery step—that's the one that fails most often.
Sources
Menu names change with every system update. When we couldn't confirm the exact name in English, we've marked it as approximate and linked the source.
Other brands
iOS 18 and iOS 26
iPhone
On iPhone everything lives in Settings and there are no manufacturer surprises. You just need to give Mi Estela the "Always" permission with precise location and leave background app refresh turned on.
See the steps →Android 13 to 16 (Pixel & stock Android)
Android & Google Pixel
Since Android 11, the prompt inside the app no longer offers "Allow all the time"—you have to set it manually in Settings. Mi Estela takes you to that screen, but the tap is yours.
See the steps →One UI 6, 7 & 8
Samsung (One UI)
Samsung puts apps to sleep if you haven't opened them in a few days—and a sleeping app can't share anything. A couple of taps in Battery settings and Mi Estela stays awake.
See the steps →
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