ColorOS & Realme UI — Android 6 to 16

OPPO & Realme Accessibility & Protect App Settings

Prevent ColorOS and Realme UI from stopping CellTracker (« GPS »)—enable Accessibility, background battery activity, unrestricted mobile data, and Phone Manager exceptions.

Step 1 — Accessibility

Enable or Re-Enable Accessibility on OPPO & Realme

Settings > System settings (or Additional settings) > Accessibility > Downloaded apps > GPS

On Android 13–16, unlock restricted settings first: Settings > Apps > App management > GPS > Three Dots (⋮) > Allow restricted settings.
Open Settings > System settings (on Android 10–12: Additional settings) > Accessibility.
Tap the Downloaded apps tab, select « GPS », and toggle it ON > Tap Allow.

ColorOS / Realme UI

Accessibility > Downloaded apps

GPS

On • Service running

GPS shortcut

Off • Hidden

1. Enable GPS Accessibility

Step 2 — Protect App

Essential OPPO / Realme Settings (Android 6 to 16)

ColorOS / Realme UI

GPS > Battery usage

Allow foreground activity

If shown on Android 13/14

Allow background activity

Keep running when locked

Allow auto launch

Restart after reboot

2. Allow Background Activity

ColorOS / Realme UI

GPS > Data usage

Disable mobile data

Must stay OFF

Disable Wi-Fi

Must stay OFF

Background data

Sync continuously

3. Allow Background Data

Phone Manager

Cleanup & Risk Allowlist

Viruses & risks

GPS added to allowlist

Allowed

App cleanup exceptions

Protected from cleanup

Added

4. Add GPS to Exceptions

OPPO / Realme Android 13, 14, 15 & 16

Settings > Apps > App management > « GPS » > Data usage > Turn OFF Disable mobile data and Disable Wi-Fi; turn ON Background data.
Settings > Apps > App management > « GPS » > Battery usage > Turn ON Allow background activity (and Allow foreground activity / Allow auto-launch if displayed).
Settings > Mobile network > Data usage > Under Network access, select « GPS » > Wi-Fi & mobile data, and turn OFF Data saving.
Open Phone Manager > Viruses & risks > Add « GPS » to allowlist; open Clean up storage > Menu > App cleanup exceptions > Add « GPS ».

OPPO / Realme Android 10, 11 & 12 (ColorOS 7 / 11 / 12)

Settings > App Management > App List > « GPS » > Turn ON Auto Startup, Run in Background (Power Saver), Background data, and Allow All Permissions.
Settings > Battery > Turn OFF Power Saving Mode, Smart Power Saver, and Sleep Standby Optimization; under Optimize battery use set « GPS » to Don't optimize.
Note on ColorOS 7 / Realme UI 1: During audio recording, Android may show a blinking status bar indicator; this is an OS-level privacy feature.

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