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Posted: **16 Jul 2018 15:47**

Hi, I'm using android 8 on a huawei phone and vlc 3.0.1.1

when I was using older versions of android when I'm listenign music and the screen becomes to black or screensaver appears the music still work, but now music stop, any clue?

regards

Posted: **16 Jul 2018 15:51**

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=145236

Posted: **16 Jul 2018 17:36**

thanks, I download VLC from the market and allow me to do, no advices or similar ......

Posted: **17 Jul 2018 10:36**

VLC is blocked in background by Huawei.
It's a battery optimization setting.

And please complain to Huawei.

Posted: **17 Jul 2018 16:39**

Food for thought:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei ... t-t3796257

https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei ... n-t3796584

https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8 ... s-t3324396

https://forum.xda-developers.com/nova-p ... d-t3597657

https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9 ... r-t3728298

https://phandroid.com/2017/02/02/huawei ... rst-thing/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/483 ... -is-locked

Complain to Huawei indeed.

Posted: **17 Jul 2018 20:53**

understand
thank you

Posted: **25 Jul 2018 13:42**

Also, please note you can always download the apk from the ftp.

Posted: **27 Jul 2018 17:21**

You can manually bypass this blocking anyway: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... ei#p473094

Posted: **26 Mar 2020 16:28**

Please help with Huawei y5 lite

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