Restricted Settings missing

RobW

I'm running Android 16, build 2025080600. I'm trying to get to the restricted settings but don't see them anywhere. My understanding is it's supposed to be on the "app info" screen, there's supposed to be a hamburger (3 dots) button, but I do not have that on any app. Did they remove that on Android 16?

Watermelon

RobW I just recently read an article about this. I don't remember exactly what it said and it might be wrong, but I think it said you have to try to enable the disabled permission (which should fail, of course) and only then the drop-down menu you mentioned would appear, letting you remove the restriction. Does this help??

I actually wondered about the same thing long ago but I haven't really needed to do it so far. But I'd like to know if it works

Bimmy

RobW

With "Restricted Settings" you mean the configuration of battery restrictions? (I am asking because there is also the aspect of Data usage restrictions. Until further notice, I assume we are dealing with battery settings, in the following answer.)

Note: Thanks to Android there is (at least) 2 interfaces to somehow configure app battery use. One is complete, the other isn't :-/ :

"App info method" (working): As RobW and nologo already mentioned. Reachable via [Home Screen or App Overview] > [long pressing specific App Icon] > App info > App battery usage
"Battery settings method" (incomplete): Reachable via Settings > Battery > App battery usage > [clicking on specific app name] . This menu looks somewhat similar to above method 1, but only shows the "Allow background usage" toggle, but does not allow the differentiation between Optimizedvs Unrestrictedmode!

Confusingly. I'd expect that the second menu showed the same options as the first.

Memories and speculation:
IIRC, there had been upstream changes with which google allegedly aimed at making it more difficutlt to set apps battery usage entirely unrestricted.
--> Upstream changes which GOS project later (partially?) reverted, because GOS users reportedly needed to reconfigure such options more than anticipated (or wanted) by AOSP development. Maybe the inconsistence is a remainder of the prior upstream changes vs. later GOS changes?

Anyway, if this is about battery restricted or unrestricted settings, use method 1, until s.o. points out a better way.

nologo

If you choose 'Permissions' on the App Info screen, then you should see three dots in the upper right corner of the screen. Is this the menu you're looking for?