Parental control on Huawei and Honor: what to set up
Huawei (EMUI) and Honor (Magic UI) phones decide by themselves which apps may run in the background and close the rest — and a closed app can't start itself again. For parental control that means a break doesn't start, a limit doesn't kick in and the location stops updating. Here is what to set up once.
The main thing: "App launch" set to manual
KidPair recognises that the child's phone is a Huawei or Honor and shows this maker's special settings under the main permission list, with an "Open" button. More
- "App launch": find KidPair, turn off "Manage automatically" and in the window that opens turn on all three switches: "Auto-launch", "Secondary launch" and "Run in background". It's usually "Settings" → "Battery" → "App launch".
- Lock KidPair in recent apps. Open the list of open apps and pull KidPair's card down — a padlock appears. Then "Clear all" won't close it.
- If the battery settings have "Power saving mode" or "Ultra power saving", don't use them on the child's phone: they close background apps.
Steps for any Android phone
- Accessibility → "KidPair: breaks and schedules" — without this service breaks and limits don't work. How
- Background work — "Unrestricted". Do it before "Uninstall protection": after that Android won't let you change the mode. More
- KidPair shows everything in order on the "Still to allow" screen. Permissions
If the Huawei has no Google Play
Many Huawei models released after 2019 have no Google Play. KidPair itself doesn't use Google services, but it can't be installed from Google Play on such a phone. Write to our support and we'll tell you how to put KidPair on your phone. Newer Honor models (from 2021) have Google Play again.
How to tell everything works
On the adult's Home screen the child's card says "Everything works". If the phone stops reporting or protection is turned off, KidPair says so plainly.
To be honest: no Android app can promise it can never be switched off. But with these settings Huawei and Honor stop closing KidPair by themselves, and if something changes, you'll know right away.