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Prevent Task Failures Caused by System Permission Popups

Symptoms​

While a script is running, TikTok or Instagram may trigger Android system permission dialogs, such as:

  • Photos or media access
  • Location access
  • Contacts access

If a dialog appears during the task, the script may stop on that screen and fail.

Why doesn't TikMatrix handle these popups automatically?​

System permission dialogs are system-level components, not regular TikTok or Instagram pages. Different phone manufacturers heavily customize these system components, so the dialog layout, button text, and interaction flow can vary a lot from one device to another.

In addition, these dialogs appear at random times. Because the timing is not stable, it is difficult to handle them reliably inside a fixed script flow.

We recommend using Batch Control All Phones to open the Android settings page on all phones and grant all required permissions to TikTok or Instagram in advance.

Grant every permission the app may request, including photos or media, location, contacts, and any other permissions shown on your devices. This one-time setup greatly reduces task failures caused by unexpected permission popups.

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If you only use TikTok or only use Instagram, you only need to grant permissions for the app you actually use.

Video tutorial​

We recorded a short video tutorial that shows how to grant TikTok and Instagram permissions for every phone in a phone farm in about one minute:

Watch the video tutorial

Expected result​

After all required permissions are granted in advance, TikTok and Instagram are much less likely to interrupt script execution with system permission popups.