# Won't autostart **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** android\ **Created:** [October 9, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412 "2021-10-09T23:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412/1 "2021-10-09T23:40:43Z")
Blokada 5 won’t autostart on my Redmi 9 phone 1. Where did you **download** Blokada from? The website 2. Which **device** do you use? Do you use a **custom ROM**? Do you know which **OS version** you are using? Xiaomi Redmi 9 4GB, Android 11 3. Please explain the issue **as detailed as possible**. Also include patterns you observed (like ‘it only happens on wifi’). The more information the better. The app won’t autostart when the phone’s battery saver option closes the app 4. Since when are you facing this issue? It started recently 5. Did you already try to solve the issue somehow? If so: please state what you did. I tried disabling the battery saving option and it works but the app then drains a lot od my battery ![IMG_20211010_013032](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/0/016df7383177b1c19fe01f986b282abb9d2b53a0.jpeg) ![Screenshot_2021-10-10-01-33-28-739_com.android.settings](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/0/00e0dfc7a35211b94fc2efbf1e009c86b844ba59.jpeg) ![Screenshot_2021-10-10-01-33-33-649_com.android.settings](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/c/c08b9449753896b0d1abfdf62dc54191183d74d4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412/2 "2021-10-10T21:02:05Z")
> [@Fannste94](#): > > The app won’t autostart when the phone’s battery saver option closes the app Hi, That’s not the point of the “autostart” option. The point of “autostart” is to start blokada once your device boots up. You’ll need to make sure that blokada isn’t getting killed instead. So please refer to the following guide: > [@What to do if Blokada 'stops' working](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169): > > These might be reasons Blokada stops unexpectedly: Did you activate Google Fi VPN? If so: For Blokada to work it has to be deactivated. It is only possible to acivate one VPN at a time (due to an Android limitation), so check whether another app tries to use the VPN api. enableing ‘block all connections without VPN’ in your system settings makes you unable to access the internet. See [this](https://community.blokada.org/t/why-does-blokada-stop-working-if-i-enable-block-connections-without-vpn/171) article, why that is the case. If Blokada gets killed check [this](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-stops-to-function-work-after-a-while/60) article and the one on [brandspecific info…](https://community.blokada.org/t/brand-specific-information/93?) ---
**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412/4 "2021-10-11T04:15:28Z")
Weird, don’t all apps start automatically when you restart the phone? The autostart option is disabled by default for all apps and I enabled it for Blokada and some other apps, and the Blokada VPN is the only one that i have. ![Screenshot_2021-10-11-06-02-43-492_com.miui.securitycenter](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/a/a91126e73022bf75a9735eac35ee9a709539587f.jpeg) ![Screenshot_2021-10-11-06-08-51-335_com.android.settings](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/3/397c7a3100940326500de0d8e6427f5b8d8308fe.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412/5 "2021-10-11T04:21:05Z")
I also have this option for each app ![Screenshot_2021-10-11-06-20-00-808_com.miui.powerkeeper](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/e/ec3073764f00f22638302388ce9f8c399d8a4e4d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412/6 "2021-10-11T05:38:06Z")
Disable that. ---
**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412/8 "2021-10-12T16:07:27Z")
I disabled the battery saving and locked the apps so they won’t close but they are still getting closed, maybe it’s a system bug ![Screenshot_2021-10-12-18-04-25-907_com.miui.powerkeeper](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/7/76f31c8bf7fa19d5c69144b91d214dd904e30fdc.jpeg) ![Screenshot_2021-10-12-18-04-48-886_com.miui.securitycenter](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/a/a4cc725a81cf190c43641144be40e7be3cc1fe23.jpeg) ![Screenshot_2021-10-12-18-04-15-859_com.miui.powerkeeper](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/6/6780fdfacf74fed848e751f0c7e50a89e5d726b3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/system/32/7003_2.png) [@system](https://community.blokada.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/wont-autostart/17412/9 "2021-10-19T16:08:04Z")
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