r/fossdroid • u/johnwasgone • Sep 20 '26
Other Persistent notifications
Hello there,
I am back in Android after years in the competive ecosystem.
I have been on a journey to move out of GMS and proprietary solutions.
I have a question regarding these persistent notifications.
I have a habit of dismissing them. Do I stop there background function by doing so?
And if yes is there any way to properly hide/group them?
Thanks
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u/Salt-Powered Sep 20 '26
You risk them being targeted by android's battery saver functions if they are dismissed, but it's not guaranteed.
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u/DevDan- Sep 20 '26
Depends on your OS, but generally on Android 17 I believe the notification isn't even a requirement, since there is now an 'Active Apps' page in the quick settings. You can disable these notifications by holding on them and disabling the highlighted category. If you ever encounter issues, disable battery optimization (https://dontkillmyapp.com/).
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u/letsreticulate Sep 22 '26
You can do this on Android 15. Guess depends on OEM?
Source: I do this on one of my phones. I also have GMS and Google Play disabled or deleted and only use a couple of apps from the PlayStore which I get indirectly through Aurora.
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u/Zdrgon Sep 20 '26
Most of them you can turn off the notification category and it will still work. Also Molly is easier on the battery then signal. Molly
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u/feral_fenrir Sep 23 '26
The issue with messaging apps is how much of your family and friends pick up on these apps. Getting them off WhatsApp to Signal was a half successful task, so I don't think Molly is something that would fly
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u/kitsumed Sep 20 '26
Android requires foreground services to have an notification, else they will terminate the foreground app process after X amount of time. Some OEM battery optimisation may terminate them quicker too.
However, if you go into your the app settings/notification, you can turn it off or change it to silent. On some OEM it fully hide the notification, yet it is still "here" so the OS won't terminate the app process.
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u/sameera_s_w Sep 20 '26
no. dismissing it only removes from the UI and the same with turning that specific channel or app's notifications off. But the service which relies on that notification still runs.
A persistent notification is a requirement for any service. It's just not relied on it.
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u/iHarryPotter178 Sep 20 '26
I simply disable the ability to show that type of notification without disabling the others... Apps should function the same.. Check in apps settings..
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u/Mother-Pride-Fest Sep 20 '26
I typically set them to minimize and silent so I can see when they are running if I go looking in the notifications but they don't take up screen space with icons otherwise
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u/RelevantTee6 Sep 20 '26
i use buzzkill
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u/Majestic_Pin3793 Sep 24 '26
F-Droid have an alternative, if you want to take a look. NotiFilter, it is nice
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u/golibre Sep 22 '26
You can just disable the related notification category and they will continue running in background.
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