Allow or Restrict Background Activity of Apps
If messaging apps stop delivering notifications until you open them manually, or a music app cuts out a few minutes after you switch away, Realme UI is probably restricting that app's background activity. This battery-saving feature decides which apps stay active once you leave them, and by default many apps get shut down quickly. Turning background activity back on for individual apps fixes missed alerts without disabling battery optimization entirely.
Set Up Face Recognition for Screen, App Lock and Private Safe
If you only enabled Face unlock for the lock screen, apps like banking or gallery still ask for a PIN every time you open them. On Realme phones the same facial scan can also protect individual apps or the Private Safe, but each use case needs to be switched on separately.
Add Trusted Devices to Smart Lock
If your Realme phone locks again the moment you step away from your smartwatch, Smart Lock's trusted devices option is probably not set up yet. This feature keeps the lock screen skipped as long as a paired Bluetooth device, like a smartwatch, stays in range. It only works once the device has been paired over Bluetooth first, so a missing or failed pairing is usually the reason it does not trigger.
Set Monthly Data Warning
If your mobile data keeps running out before the billing cycle ends, a monthly data warning can help you catch it early. Realme only lets you configure one alert threshold, and it only fires once the mobile data limit itself is switched on. Without enabling the limit, the alert stays silent even if you enter a value for it.
Auto-Delete Original Screenshot After Editing
Editing a screenshot on your Realme phone often leaves the unedited original sitting in your gallery next to the edited copy, doubling up storage space you don't need. The Screenshot settings control whether that original file gets removed automatically once you save an edit. Without checking this option, screenshots pile up fast if you crop, annotate or mark up images regularly.
Mobile Data During Calls on Secondary SIM
On a Dual SIM Realme phone, a call on one line does not automatically mean you stay online. If your secondary SIM holds the data plan, internet access can drop the moment you pick up, cutting messaging apps and background syncs mid-call. This setting decides whether that secondary SIM keeps feeding data while the other line handles the voice call.
Switch Between Navigation Buttons and Gesture Controls
If the three-button navigation bar keeps taking up screen space on your Realme phone, or you switched to gesture controls and now miss having visible Back and Recent buttons, the setting that controls this sits in Navigation. Realme UI lets you swap between virtual buttons and swipe gestures at any time, and each mode changes how you go back, return home, and view recent apps.
Turn On Developer Options
Hidden tools like USB debugging, force GPU rendering, or extended app logging stay out of reach until Developer options shows up in your Realme Settings menu. On Realme phones running Realme UI, this menu is hidden by default and only appears after a specific tap sequence on the build number. Without it, app testing, ADB connections, and some sync-related tweaks stay locked away.
Enable or Disable On-body Detection
If your Realme phone keeps unlocking itself while it sits in your pocket or you are just holding it, Smart Lock's On-body detection is the reason. This feature relies on the motion sensor to keep the lock screen inactive whenever the phone is being carried, regardless of who is carrying it. That means it never checks your identity, so anyone who takes the phone from your hand gets in without a PIN or password.
Wake Google Assistant with the Power Button
Holding the Power button on your Realme phone should launch Google Assistant almost instantly, but if the shortcut stays off in the background, nothing happens no matter how long you press. Some users also worry that this gesture interferes with the regular power off menu. The two actions actually rely on different hold times, and mixing them up is usually what causes the confusion.
Turn On/Off Notification Badges
If an app icon keeps showing a dot or number even after you have read every message, or you would rather see no badge at all, the badge style is set per app on Realme phones. You can choose between a number, a dot, both, or nothing, but most people never touch this setting and end up stuck with whatever was set by default.
Show or Hide Notification Icons in the Status Bar
When app icons pile up in the status bar of your Realme phone, it gets hard to tell which app actually needs your attention. If you would rather see a simple number of unread notifications, or nothing at all, the notification display mode in Realme UI is set to the wrong option. Switching between icon, count, and hidden mode fixes both problems.
Auto-Disable Power Saving Mode
If Power saving mode switches off on its own once your Realme phone hits around 60% charge, a background battery rule is doing the work — not a bug. That behavior can throw off performance settings you rely on, especially if you charge in short bursts throughout the day.
Turn On/Off Emergency SOS Quick Access
Pressing the Power button five times by accident can trigger an emergency call you never meant to make. On Realme phones this happens because Emergency call quick access is turned on by default and dials a preset regional emergency number. If you keep hitting this shortcut without wanting to, the setting needs to be switched off - or checked if it silently stopped working when you actually need it.
Show or Hide the World Clock Widget on the Home Screen
Added cities in the World Clock app do not automatically show up on the Realme home screen. Without the matching widget switched on, the status bar still only shows your local time, even though several time zones are already saved. Once visible, the widget behaves like any other home screen element and can be moved or resized freely.
Turn Off App Lock
Once App lock is active on your Realme phone, every protected app asks for your privacy password before it opens, even for quick checks you no longer want locked. Removing the feature only works with the correct privacy password on hand. If you plan to reset or sell the phone, an active App lock can also get in the way unless you switch it off first.
Resetting a Realme Phone: Options Explained
A reset can fix a frozen phone, clear a stuck setting, or wipe your device before you sell it — but not every reset does the same thing. This overview explains the difference between restarting, resetting settings, and erasing all data, so you pick the right one for your situation.
Do Not Disturb Notification Exceptions
When Do Not Disturb is active on your Realme phone, alerts can vanish from the status bar, lock screen, and notification drawer without any warning. If you still want banners, badges, or lock screen previews for certain apps to get through, the Allowed notifications settings decide what stays visible. Getting this wrong means missing time-sensitive alerts or being interrupted anyway.
Set Up Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN)
If your Realme phone still connects to numbers you never approved, Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN) is likely still switched off. FDN limits outgoing calls, except emergency numbers, to a list you control, but the feature only activates after you enter your SIM PIN2. Without that PIN2 on hand, the option in your calling settings stays greyed out.
Change System Language
If your Realme phone is still running in the language it had right out of the box, switching it doesn't require a factory reset. The system language lives in a separate menu that many people never open, and picking the wrong entry can leave some apps only half-translated. This mainly affects phones where the setup wizard picked a region-based default instead of the language you actually wanted.
Set Up a Privacy Password
If App Lock or the Private Safe on your Realme phone suddenly asks for a password you never created, that is the privacy password, and it works independently from your screen lock. Both can use a PIN, pattern or password, which makes them easy to mix up. Until you set the privacy password up, you cannot lock individual apps or open the private storage area.
Sound & Notification Controls
Realme UI splits ringtone, media, alarm and notification sounds into separate controls, so a call can stay loud while music stays quiet. This hub explains how those volume sliders, notification channels and Focus modes work together, and where each setting actually changes phone behavior.
Add a Widget to the Home Screen
If your home screen only shows app icons, you keep opening apps just to check simple things like the weather, battery level or your next calendar entry. Realme UI hides the entire widget picker behind a long-press gesture that many people never discover on their own. Without adding a widget, that information stays one tap further away than it needs to be.
Mobile Data Warning and Limit
Mobile data warning and limit settings let your Realme phone track how much cellular data you use each billing cycle and alert you before you run out. You set a threshold, and the phone warns you as you approach it or cuts off data entirely once you hit your limit. This is especially useful if your plan has a hard data cap or you want to avoid unexpected charges from your carrier.