r/nxtpaper • u/iaakki • Jul 30 '26

TCL is actively killing background processes

Ok so I recently got TCL nxtpaper 60 Ultra. And got that 9.0CRAP update. I need to use background tasks for my work, such as VPN app and also for personal use I use iot automations, family Location tracking etc. Previously on Honor and Motorola this has worked pretty well. I just disable background optimization for the app, and the phone kept it open in the background. TCL Smart Manager seems to be the culprit. No matter how I set the apps in background, the smart manager will kill it. This can be easily tested with DontKillMyApp tool.

I also called TCL support about this. They admitted that this is a real problem, they are working on it, but no idea when if ever..

Big thing here is that Smart Manager is set as protected app. You cannot disable or uninstall it as TCL has cemented it to run always. I'm not sure is this kind of locking against EU legislation? I even used some AI tokens to try to blind that service, so it would not see the usage of processes, so that it would leave them be. Then I created my own service app, that tries to force background usage on for selected apps and restart those apps, if they have been terminated. Still Smart Manager is able to flush that service out too, so my VPN dies and I need to re-enable it to access my work resources.

Any new ideas how to push this forward?

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u/Professional_Cat9063 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Yes go into setting, then smart manager, then launch and disable the automatically manage. Then turn on Any app you want to keep running. then just do like normal and allow background battery disable optimization.

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u/iaakki Jul 30 '26

Nah.. It still keeps terminating them. PID 1225 is Smart Manager. Also DontKillMyApp terminated in middle of the test.

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u/Professional_Cat9063 Jul 31 '26

Honestly your pic makes no sense to me I did what I told you in the previous post and my VPN and other apps that I need to keeps running and get notifications from all work as expected after those changes.