Permissions
myJikita asks for a small number of permissions and explains each one before the system dialog appears. This page says what each is for, what breaks without it, and how to fix it if you said no the first time.
If location is not set to Always / Allow all the time, your phone will stop sending positions as soon as the screen goes off and the app is in your pocket — which is the whole time you are walking. Everything will look fine on screen. Please check this one before your first real outing.
What each permission is for
| Permission | Why myJikita needs it | Without it |
|---|---|---|
| Location — always | Recording your position while the app is in your pocket and the screen is off. | Positions only while the app is open and in front of you. In practice, no tracking. |
| Notifications | Telling you that someone shared an outing, sent a message, raised an SOS, or that you have drifted off your route. Also the permanent notification that shows tracking is running. | You are not told anything. Someone else's SOS arrives silently. |
| Bluetooth | Finding, pairing with and talking to a Jikita tag, and hearing tags nearby. | Jikita tags do not work. Everything else is unaffected. |
| Battery optimisation exemption (Android) | Stopping the system from killing background tracking to save power. | Tracking stops after a while, unpredictably, with no warning. |
myJikita does not ask for your contacts, your photos, your microphone or your camera.
Android
Location
Android asks in two steps, and the second one is the one people miss.
- The app asks for location and you choose While using the app.
- Android then shows a second, separate screen offering Allow all the time. You must choose that one.
If you already granted "While using the app", Android will not ask again by itself. Fix it manually:
Settings → Apps → myJikita → Permissions → Location → Allow all the time
Also enable Use precise location. Approximate location is not good enough to find anyone.
File: img/myjikita/perm-01-android-location.png
Shows: Android's location permission screen for myJikita, with Allow all
the time and Use precise location selected.
Battery optimisation
This is the second most common reason tracking stops. Android aggressively suspends background apps, and several manufacturers are far more aggressive than stock Android.
Settings → Apps → myJikita → Battery → Unrestricted
Then check the manufacturer's own layer:
| Manufacturer | Where to look |
|---|---|
| Samsung | Settings → Battery → Background usage limits → remove myJikita from Sleeping apps and Deep sleeping apps |
| Xiaomi / Redmi / POCO | Security app → Permissions → Autostart → enable myJikita. Then Settings → Apps → myJikita → Battery saver → No restrictions |
| Huawei / Honor | Settings → Battery → App launch → myJikita → Manage manually, all three switches on |
| OPPO / realme / OnePlus | Settings → Battery → App battery management → myJikita → Allow background activity |
| Vivo | Settings → Battery → Background power consumption management → allow myJikita |
| Sony / Nokia / Motorola / Pixel | Stock behaviour — Unrestricted is enough |
Start an outing, lock the phone, put it in your pocket and walk for ten minutes. Then look at your track. If it stopped shortly after the screen did, one of the settings above is still wrong.
Notifications
Android 13 and later ask separately for notification permission. Allow it.
myJikita also shows a permanent notification while an outing is running. That is not optional: Android requires it in exchange for allowing background location, and it is honest about what the app is doing. You can make it quieter but not remove it while tracking.
Bluetooth
Needed only for Jikita tags. Android 12 and later ask for Nearby devices. myJikita declares that it does not use Bluetooth to derive your location — it has GPS for that.
Do not swipe the app away
Swiping myJikita out of the recent-apps list stops tracking, on every Android phone. That is Android behaving as designed, and no app can prevent it. Leave it in the background; it is the notification, not the app card, that tells you it is running.
iOS
Location
iOS also asks in two steps. The first grants "While Using the App"; iOS then offers Always later, usually after it notices the app wanting location in the background. Accept it when it appears, or set it yourself:
Settings → myJikita → Location → Always, with Precise Location on.
File: img/myjikita/perm-02-ios-location.png
Shows: iOS Settings → myJikita → Location, with Always and Precise
Location enabled.
Notifications
Settings → myJikita → Notifications → Allow Notifications
Leave Time Sensitive notifications enabled if iOS offers it, so an SOS is not held back by a Focus mode.
Bluetooth
Settings → myJikita → Bluetooth
Needed only for Jikita tags.
myJikita deliberately does not declare a background Bluetooth mode on iOS. Your own tag still works normally, and the app still passes on tags it hears — but only while the app is in the foreground. Nothing about your own tracking depends on this.
Low Power Mode and Background App Refresh
Leave Background App Refresh on for myJikita. iOS Low Power Mode restricts background work across the whole phone; if you are relying on tracking for a long day, a power bank is a better answer than Low Power Mode.
Checking it is actually working
The reliable check is the track, not the settings screen. Start an outing, lock the phone, walk for ten minutes, and look at what was recorded. If there is a gap that starts exactly when the screen went off, come back to this page.
Next: Your first outing