A process is a set of execution contexts and system resources associated with them. In Android, most applications run as their own processes.
Questions tagged [processes]
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Are there any downsides or risks to limiting background processes?
I enabled developer options on my Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos and then changed "Limit background process" option from Standard limit to No background process.
After that my phone is working fine, with no hanging problems or no slowness as before.
But…
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View running processes and CPU usage in Android 7 (Nougat)?
In previous versions of Android, when my phone battery was going down quickly I could open an app like OS Monitor, see what process is using a lot CPU (often it was Evernote or Maps.me), and then kill that process.
However, OS Monitor and similar…
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How does whatsapp stay in background without being closed?
Android usually kills background processes if they do not have a persistent notification. Why do apps like whatsapp and Facebook not get killed?
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Is there a way to white-list an app (web browser) so Froyo 2.2 memory manager does NOT kill it?
One of my biggest pet peeves with Android (due to heavy use of my Droid X for reading web pages) is the fact that it can kill ANY application it wishes when doing its automated memory management. Especially, the fact that it usually starts by…
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How can I prevent my Wi-Fi connection from glitching?
Occassionally my Wi-Fi goes into this weird state where the phone "thinks" I'm connected, but the connection simply doesn't work. Apps still seem to think I have connectivity, though they can't actually connect to anything, and the status bar still…
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Is there a way to list all Intents and all processes associated with them?
Is there a way to list all Intents and all processes associated with them?
Specifics: Droid X, 2.2 stock ROM, rooted.
I'm perfectly fine with any approach, as long as it gets a guaranteed complete list:
A script or a series of commands in Terminal…
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How do I smite this unknown vampire process that is sucking the blood out of my battery?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that I upgraded to 4.4 a couple of days ago. Since upgrading, my battery longevity has dropped a crazy amount. Just this morning, it took about four hours to go from full charge all the way down to about 25%, and that's…
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How to set CPU Affinity for android tasks
I have a dual core android device.
Is there any way to set CPU Affinity for android tasks ?
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How to identify the app/process which re-mounts partitions R/W, creates files and changes file permissions?
I have a rooted device, with superuser rights granted to a few apps I trust. I have often found my /system or /vendor partition mounted read/write, and some files chmoded to 0777. Similarly directories/files with random names are created/deleted…
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Disable autostart on boot and restrict background execution
Is there any way to disable autostart apps at boot time? I need to disable some of them (not all) like Facebook, etc to get quicker boot time. I'm asking how to do this on Android 9.0.
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How to view network traffic requested by a specific app?
There are lots of discussion on how to see which app is requesting network connection. I have tried the following apps:
tcapturepacket
wifi monitor
connection tracker
However, none of them was useful. For example, for a short period of time, I…
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What is a cached background process?
What is a cached background process and do they consume memory (RAM)?
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Root Terminal command to kill or stop a service?
The latest LiveView Application for my device keeps appearing on the status bar even if the LiveView device isn't connected. Since I can't find any means to disable this behavior, I want to create a fix for myself via Tasker. I made it so that the…
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Identify the source process and/or app from an output in the logcat
When I plug my phone into my computer, I can see the logcat output in Android Studio. I recently noticed that whenever I start entering a password in a field designated for passwords (the ones that display '*' for any character), the phone prints a…
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how to find application that is opening proccesses
When running ps as root within my device (HTC Desire HD)
I see the following line:
app_132 18584 13586 0 0 ffffffff 00000000 Z ratc
Repeating hundreds of times.
How can I tell which app is "app_132" ?
UPDATE:
O.k. I actually found out…
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