What is Essential Foucs and how do I turn it off? #478
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I have a pixel and randomly I will see under modes that something called essential focus gets enabled and my notifications don't come through. I don't know what setting has enabled it or even that if I have enabled anything like this. I tried searching in the app to no avail. I looked through the source code and saw it mentioned once, but I am still confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong or maybe I am being stupid, I don't know. |
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I think you might have created a custom mode. Check if you have a device effect automation created and try removing it or disabling it. That should disable it. Or, If you use that feature (to grayscale the screen or so) also add an exit automation with this toggle turned off to turn off the mode. It's how Android modes work as we can keep the mode enabled while no features of the mode active. 
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Ok, yeh that seems to be the issue. I had a mode that turns of aod at night and turns it back on, and I left it enabled in the out action. Is there a way that when the device effects enables at least it is set so that all the notifications go through. |
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I think you can by going into Modes settings and into this specific mode, set "Allow all notifications" to enabled 
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Oh yeh, that does work. I enabled it and thought that the system won't remember it for next time, but seems like it does. |
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Also for some reason now it auto turn on for me after boot but I had this issue with Tasker as well which makes me think it might be an Android bug. |
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I think you might have created a custom mode. Check if you have a device effect automation created and try removing it or disabling it. That should disable it. Or,
If you use that feature (to grayscale the screen or so) also add an exit automation with this toggle turned off to turn off the mode. It's how Android modes work as we can keep the mode enabled while no features of the mode active.