Radio continues to be an important element for many users, in the functions of their mobile. However, the forums are filled with users who have problems with the radio when it stops for no reason shortly after it is played. Let’s see why this problem occurs and how to avoid it android terminals.
Manufacturers, mostly in the upper and middle class, have chosen to eliminate the 3.5 mm headphone jack and FM radio antenna. This means that in order to listen to the radio, you depend on third-party applications that have the desired stations or download their own from each of them. But even when the radio is installed by default in the system, many users report that it stops for no reason.
Content [ hide ]
- The radio that stops itself: solutions to the problem
- Remove the battery saver modes
- Clear cache and data from radio
- Remove that saving
- Sleep function
- Background playing
- Energy consumption management enables
- Launch permissions to the app
- The Google app may be the culprit
The radio that stops itself: solutions to the problem
This error always has the same symptoms, because after a while the FM radio stops. The application can be closed completely or simply paused. Fortunately, we have a handful of solutions that work in most cases.
Remove the battery saver modes
This is one of the most common causes and the one that solves the problem in many cases. If we have activated the energy saving, it is possible that it prevents the running of certain applications in the background, including radio. In addition, and even if it does not turn off immediately when we turn off the screen, the function stops the radio from working. We can deactivate the saving, from the quick settings in the upper field, or by going to Settings / Battery / Battery saving.
Clear cache and data from radio
This option also works well. Some settings or a saturated cache may cause the radio to malfunction and turn itself off. Therefore we have to go to Settings / applications and look for the radio app. When you are done, we press “Storage” and choose to clear data and cache. Then we restart the mobile and test if the problem has disappeared.
Remove that saving
Many mobiles have a data storage mode. Therefore, it is likely if we are listening to the radio and we are not under a Wi-Fi network the playback stops if this mode is activated. We can review this point in Settings / Network and Internet / Data Saving. The idea is to deactivate this option if you find it enabled and try again to see if the radio stops working.
Sleep function
This is another aspect to consider, as it is the cause of the problem in the vast majority of cases. Radios usually have a timer or “sleep mode”, ie an automatic shut-off after a while. It is possible that without realizing it, it is activated , which causes the radio to turn off after a while. In Settings we can find this feature and disable it so that it does not happen again.
Background playing
Other applications can play audio or video in the background or even in PiP format. If so, the radio application stops. The solution is to close any interfering background apps, such as games and other audio or video services.
Energy consumption management enables
There is an option in Android called “Background Consumption of Energy Consumption”. This means that apps may or may not have permission to continue running with high energy consumption in the background. Since the radio is an object that can be held on constantly, the system will detect this high “milliamp” pull and stop the application.
We have to go to Settings / Battery / Management of energy consumption in the background and look for our radio application. Then we check the box to grant this permission to the radio and the problem would disappear.
Launch permissions to the app
The radio can also be turned off after the screen is locked , because you do not have automatic start permissions. This is necessary, because if the option is not activated, the radio will not start automatically when the system is restarted when the apps are removed in the background. To activate this box, we must go to Settings / Apps / Automatic start. We can also search for “Home” in the search box to access directly if the route is different.
The Google app may be the culprit
One discovered pattern related to this problem is that the FM radio stops when Google is activated or opened. When Google launches, it automatically launches the “recording function”. The FM radio detects that the Google recording feature has started and stops automatically. The solution is in a simple setting of the Google app, enters Settings / Applications / Google application / Permissions / Microphone and disables access to the microphone.