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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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 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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android - difference between running process and cached background process
In my running processes,
camera has 1 process and 0 services running. I don't have it open in the foreground so why wouldn't this be a cached background process? How can there be a live process if the app isn't in the foreground?
Could someone clear…
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How to prevent apps and processes from launching in background and slowing my device
I recently installed GravityBox on my S3 mini. In one setting, I could change the physical button actions, so I decided that a Double Tap on Back would close the current app. It works fine. But it doesn't close it like when I do it manually - that…
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Services without a process
In the Settings > Apps screen, under "Running", a few apps are listed as having as active (i.e. a service is running) despite having zero running processes and taking no memory.
Why are they in this state? Are they waiting for some kind of event?
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The ps command shows many repeating processes named "app_process". Why?
as of today my phone (Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.1.1) slows down a lot. I noticed following:
root@android:/ # ps | grep -c app_process
136
root@android:/ #
and here is few details:
root@android:/ # ps | grep…
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Is there a good index of pre-installed apps? If so, where is it?
I have had a few errors on my phone that generate error messages that name the app that failed – but the error message dialog box names the failed app by process name, not by the app's common name.
To clarify with an example, I asked "Unfortunately,…
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Skylnmobi : Virus? Backdoor ? What is it?
OS : Android 4.4.2
This process like thing (Skylnmobi) opens in background whenever any app is opened.
Even if I kill the process through app manager it still runs in background.
It also uses data when connected to internet (known by analysing data…
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Is it worth uninstalling apps with background processes?
I visited Apps -> Running and uninstalled the apps there that I don't use. I then installed OS Monitor and realised that a huge amount of apps run in the background with 0% CPU Usage (I have 36 processes). Many of them I don't actually use very…
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Runaway process named "data5"
I have an issue on an Android TV device from Amlogic. As you can see below there are three important processes: .amlogic.dvb.service and com.amlogic.dvb. These processes are related to the UI of the TV player and the controller of the TV…
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what apps are running?
A few months back I started developing an app that read incoming sms messages and saved them in a db.
A few days ago I went to revisit the app and had a quick look in the db where I discovered the app was still recording my texts!?!
I can't find any…
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Problem with Android process manager
When I lock my screen, or when I minimize an application such as Youtube, it has been stay on pause state, but when I minimize an application on Win or Linux, it continue to process,
How can I continue a process with halt/pause?
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