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Critical first-run education

Background survival

Before you trust VoiceVault with an important recording, understand that Recents can kill recording on some phones — and that Clear all is not the same as swiping away only VoiceVault. Onboarding teaches this; it does not require a live lab.

Onboarding Mic. Management VoiceVault overview

Learn the app

Recording Mic. Management Background survival Vault Settings & Pro
VoiceVault app icon

Why this is so important

People treat Recents like a light switch. For VoiceVault that assumption is dangerous: some devices keep the recorder alive after removing the UI; others kill the background task and the current recording stops with little warning.

Worse: on some manufacturers, Clear all keeps recording while swiping only VoiceVault kills it. Treating those gestures as the same “test” gives a false sense of safety.

What VoiceVault already does

  • Foreground service + persistent notification while recording.
  • Microphone, notifications, and background / battery prompts in onboarding.
  • Recorder process is not told to stop merely because the UI task was removed — but the OS can still kill it.

Those steps help. They are not a guarantee. Separately, learn mic interruption — another app stealing the mic stops the current recording even when the service survived Recents.

In-app education (no required lab)

  1. Why it matters
  2. Permissions help — not a guarantee (OEM / gesture differences)
  3. Safe default + optional verify later

Then choose:

  • Continue — keep VoiceVault open for important recordings (recommended default)
  • I verified: keeps VoiceVault alive (optional; single-app swipe only)
  • I verified: kills background recording (optional)

After you confirm keeps-alive or kills, ☰ → Background survival: … shows a short status summary. Use ☰ → Update/Re-test background survival anytime to change the selection. Before you confirm, that menu item reads Background survival training. The home recorder stays clear of reminder banners.

VoiceVault background survival status dialog
Background survival

Optional verify (single-app swipe only)

Only if you choose to — after training, from the home recorder:

  1. Start a short test recording; confirm the notification.
  2. In Recents, swipe away only the VoiceVault card. Do not use Clear all for this confirmation. Do not use Home alone.
  3. Wait 15–30 seconds; check the shade / reopen VoiceVault.
  4. Update the verdict from ☰ → Background survival training (or Update/Re-test background survival after you have confirmed once).

What to do with each result

Safe default (not confirmed)

  • Keep VoiceVault open for important recordings.
  • Verify later only if you want; no homework required.

Keeps alive (single-app swipe verified)

  • You can leave the UI; trust the notification; reopen for progress.
  • Still watch for microphone loss.

Device kills (single-app swipe)

  • Leave VoiceVault open for important recordings.
  • Check battery unrestricted / OEM autostart; retest after OS updates.

Support

If you document a quirk (especially Clear all vs single swipe), email support@abuckor2apps.com with phone model and Android version.

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