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Oppo: Enable Screen Wake for Incoming Notifications

If your Oppo's display stays black when a new message or alert arrives, you have to unlock the phone just to see what happened. ColorOS controls this behavior through a dedicated notification setting that most people never notice. Once you find it, you can decide whether the screen should light up automatically or stay off to save battery.

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Turn Screen Wake for Notifications On or Off auf Oppo

By default, some Oppo phones running ColorOS keep the screen off even when a new notification arrives, so you only notice it after unlocking the device manually. This behavior is controlled by a single toggle inside the notification settings, separate from the always-on display and lock screen options.

When the toggle is enabled, the display briefly wakes up whenever a supported app sends a notification, showing the alert without requiring a button press. When it is disabled, notifications still arrive normally, but the screen stays black until you press the power button yourself.

To change this, open Settings ➔ tap on Notifications & status bar ➔ enable or disable Wake screen when a notification is received.

Turning this on is useful if you rely on glancing at your phone for time-sensitive alerts. Turning it off helps if the phone sits face-up often and repeated wake-ups are distracting or draining the battery faster than expected. This setting only affects the notification-triggered wake behavior; it does not change how the always-on display or lock screen notifications are shown.

Frequently asked questions

Waking the screen briefly for every notification uses a small amount of extra power. On phones that receive frequent notifications, disabling Wake screen when a notification is received under SettingsNotifications & status bar can measurably reduce screen-on time.