Although fewer and fewer mobiles have a native app, the truth is that this software is still an important element for many users within all the functions of their phone. However, the forums are full of users who have problems with the radio when it stops for no reason after a short time after playing. Therefore, we are going to see why this error occurs and how to avoid it on Android terminals.
As we anticipated, the manufacturers, for the most part in the high and medium range, have been choosing to eliminate the 3.5mm headphone jack and the FM antenna. This means that, in order to listen to the radio, you depend on third-party applications that have the desired stations, or download your own from each of them. However, even when it is installed by default on the system, there are still many users who report that it stops for no reason that they can see at first glance.
Why does it stop alone?
This error always has the same symptoms, since after a while, the radio turns off . The application can be completely closed or its playback can simply be paused without us touching any button on the smartphone. Luckily, we have a handful of solutions that work in the vast majority of cases, as we will see later. However, it will be essential that we carefully follow the steps that we will tell you, otherwise, you may inadvertently touch something wrong and not be able to solve it, on the contrary, you will only make it worse.
One of the main reasons that lead to the radio stopping working is due to the power consumption of the smartphone. If we do not have it configured in a certain way, the phone will take care of closing said app so that it cannot work in the background. Or, it will also depend on whether this tool needs constant internet access or not. But, in any of these cases, the solution will remain within our reach.
how can i fix it
After knowing the main reasons that can lead to it stopping by itself without us having touched a single button, it is time to take action so that it never stops again.
Turn off saving mode
This is one of the most common causes and the one that solves the problem in many cases. If we have energy saving activated, it is possible that it is preventing the execution of certain applications in the background, including this tool. Also, even if it doesn’t close immediately, when we turn off the screen, the function will make it stop working.
However, we do not find this barrier in all the software layers, since they do not offer us the possibility of editing precisely this feature of the battery saving mode. Although, in the worst case, we will have to disable saving directly from the quick settings on the top bar, or by going to Settings> Battery> Battery saving.
In others, we can edit the option so that it continues to work in the background even when this mode is enabled. To do this, we must go to Settings> Battery> Saving mode and give the radio app permission to continue working when we activate it on the smartphone.
Reset the app
This option also works well. Some setting or full cache may cause the radio to not work properly and turn off by itself or even close the app by itself.
Therefore, we will have to go to Settings> Applications and notifications> and look for the software in question. Once done, we touch on ‘Storage’ and click on the options to both clear data and the cache. Afterwards, it will also be a good idea to restart the mobile, and then check if the fault has disappeared from the terminal.
Remove data saver
Today all phones have a data saving mode. Therefore, if we are listening to the radio and we are not under a Wi-Fi network, it is likely that the playback will stop if this mode is activated. We can check this point in Settings> Networks and Internet> Data saving. The idea is to disable this option if you find it enabled, and try again to see if it no longer stops.
However, we can also choose to give you unlimited access from within this same section. Here, we will find the ‘Unrestricted data’ function in which we can add the apps that we want from the smartphone so that they do not have any type of restriction. Therefore, here we will have to include this application so that it does not stop anymore.
By sleep timer
This is another aspect that we must take into account, since it is the main cause of it stopping in a significant majority of cases. If you still didn’t know, there are many radio apps that usually have a timer or ‘sleep mode’, that is, an automatic shutdown after a while.
It is possible that without realizing it, it is activating by default , causing the radio to turn off after a while . Within the application’s own settings, we can find this option. So we will only have to deactivate it so that it does not happen again.
Plays in the background
Other tools may be playing audio or video in the background, or even in PiP (Picture-in-Picture) format. If so, the radio application will stop immediately . The solution in these situations is to close all the background apps that we have open on the phone, which can interfere, such as games, and other audio or video services. We just have to enter the recent tabs menu to carry out this action.
Manage energy consumption
There is an option in Android called ‘Background Power Consumption Management’. This means that apps may or may not have permission to continue running with high power consumption in the background. Since the radio is an item that can be kept on constantly, the system will detect this high ‘milliamp’ draw and stop the application on its own. And don’t think he’ll warn us, because he won’t.
To adjust it, we must go to Settings> Battery> Management of energy consumption in the background, and search for our application. Then we check the box to grant this permission to the app and the problem should disappear. Although, not all Android customization layers have this tool.
However, what we could find is that its function is optimized. In other words, the phone has included this app in this section so that consumption is not excessive. A tool quite similar to the previous option. To see if this is the case, we must go to Settings> Applications and notifications> enter the radio> Battery> Optimization and check that it is not optimized.
Check your startup permissions
It can also turn off after locking the screen , because it does not have autostart permissions. This is necessary because if the option is not enabled, the radio will not be able to start automatically on system reboot when background applications are killed. 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 path is different.
The Google app is to blame
A detected pattern related to this problem is that it stops when Google is activated or open. After Google starts, it is automatically interrupted by the ‘recording function’. That is, the FM radio detects that the Google recording function has started and automatically stops. The solution is in a simple setting of the Google app, going to Settings> Applications and notifications> Enter the Google software> Permissions> Microphone and disable access to the microphone.