one sec – Android Setup
Granting Permissions
Two permissions are required to set up one sec for Android: App Usage Permission and App Overlay Permission. After these permissions are granted, you can continue to select the apps you’d like to use with one sec.
Additional Energy-Saving-Permissions for Xiaomi, Huawei and Samsung Phones
Running one sec in the background doesn’t impact your battery life noticeably. However, in recent years, more and more smartphone manufacturers implement additional battery-saving techniques that terminate background-apps in general. When one sec gets removed from the background, of course, it won’t work anymore.
Depending on your your smartphone manufacturer and your Android version, different steps are required to ensure that everything works as expected. I’ve compiled a list with the most popular phones. Please get in touch if you find a better / easier way or if your smartphone is missing from the list.
Xiaomi
Go to your phone’s Settings → Apps → one sec → Battery Saver → Select “No Restrictions”.
Samsung
Galaxy S22
Go to your phone’s Settings → Battery and device care → Battery → Background usage limits → never sleeping apps → add one sec to the list.
Older Samsung Phones
Open your phone’s Settings and go to
→ Apps
→ one sec
→ Battery
Make sure “Allow background activity” is enabled.
Then, go to “Optimize battery usage”
→ select to show “All” in the dropdown at the very top
→ search for one sec and make sure that the toggle is disabled.
Huawei
Huawei EMUI 12
Go to your phone’s Settings → Battery → App launch → search for one sec and turn off “Manage all automatically” → Make sure to ENABLE! all toggles.
On top of that, on some Huawei models you have to go to your phone’s Settings → All → Startup manager → enable for one sec.
Huawei EMUI 11
Go to your phone’s Settings → Battery → App launch → Turn off “Manage all automatically”
→ one sec → Make sure to ENABLE! all toggles.
On top of that, on some Huawei models you have to go to your phone’s Settings → All → Startup manager → enable for one sec.
