Restore Persistent Notifications

Quick Start

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Android 14/15

Device running Android 14 or 15

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USB Debugging

Enabled in Developer Options

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ADB Tools

Android Debug Bridge installed

Apply to All Third-Party Apps

macOS/Linux

adb shell 'for p in $(pm list packages --user 0 -3 | cut -d: -f2); do cmd appops set --user 0 --uid "$p" SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS allow; done'

Windows PowerShell

adb shell pm list packages --user 0 -3 | % {
  $pkg = ($_ -split ':')[1]
  if ($pkg) { adb shell "cmd appops set --user 0 --uid $pkg SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS allow" }
}

Apply to Single App

Command

adb shell cmd appops set --user 0 --uid com.example.app SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS allow

Replace com.example.app with the actual package name of your app.

Verify the Setting

Command

adb shell cmd appops get --user 0 --uid com.example.app | grep DISMISSIBLE

Should show: SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS: allow

Revert Changes

All Apps - macOS/Linux

adb shell 'for p in $(pm list packages --user 0 -3 | cut -d: -f2); do cmd appops set --user 0 --uid "$p" SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS default; done'

Single App

adb shell cmd appops set --user 0 --uid com.example.app SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS default

How It Works

1

Android 14 Change

Google made ongoing notifications dismissible by default to improve user experience.

2

Hidden App-Op

The system has a hidden permission that can exempt apps from this behavior.

3

ADB Command

We use ADB to grant this permission to apps that need persistent notifications.

4

Restored Behavior

Selected apps now have non-dismissible ongoing notifications again.

Important Notes

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User 0 Only

This works only for the main user (user 0). Work profiles or secondary users will throw a SecurityException.

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Ongoing Notifications

Only apps that actually post ongoing notifications will benefit from this change.

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Device Dependent

OEM modifications may affect behavior. Test on your specific device and ROM.

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Reinstall May Reset

Uninstalling and reinstalling an app may require re-applying the permission.