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  • Re: What optional processes are running in background.

    From David Oseas@21:1/5 to micky on Sat Jun 7 11:49:40 2025
    On 6/7/2025 11:27 AM, micky wrote:


    Does Android have a weay to tell what optional, inessential, or
    occasional things are running in background?


    There are many system monitor apps that will show all running processes
    on Android.

    In recent Android versions, for these apps to fully work, you will need
    to initially connect your Android device to your PC then run ADB to
    enable the needed permissions.

    The app that I use is apparently no longer available from the Play
    Store. It is Simple System Monitor, v. 3.7.5, available here: https://apkpure.com/simple-system-monitor/com.dp.sysmonitor.app


    Regards,

    -David

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 7 14:27:06 2025
    Windows has Task Manager that shows what processes are running.

    Does Android have a weay to tell what optional, inessential, or
    occasional things are running in background?

    One might, in my case at hand, be interfering withe the phone, but even
    if not, I'm interested.

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to doseas{nospam}@usa.net on Mon Jun 9 00:47:57 2025
    In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 7 Jun 2025 11:49:40 -0700, David Oseas <doseas{nospam}@usa.net> wrote:

    On 6/7/2025 11:27 AM, micky wrote:


    Does Android have a weay to tell what optional, inessential, or
    occasional things are running in background?


    There are many system monitor apps that will show all running processes
    on Android.

    In recent Android versions, for these apps to fully work, you will need
    to initially connect your Android device to your PC then run ADB to
    enable the needed permissions.

    The app that I use is apparently no longer available from the Play
    Store. It is Simple System Monitor, v. 3.7.5, available here: >https://apkpure.com/simple-system-monitor/com.dp.sysmonitor.app


    Sounds good. I will look into it.

    Regards,

    -David

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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to micky on Mon Jun 9 13:23:05 2025
    On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:47:57 -0400, micky wrote :


    The app that I use is apparently no longer available from the Play
    Store. It is Simple System Monitor, v. 3.7.5, available here: >>https://apkpure.com/simple-system-monitor/com.dp.sysmonitor.app


    Sounds good. I will look into it.

    Since I always strive to add additional value, here's how I'd do it.

    Settings > Developer Options > Running Services > Background Processes
    This will show active background processes, their RAM usage,
    and it will allow you to stop background processes, if desired.

    In addition, Settings > Battery > Battery Usage will highlight the apps consuming power the most (if that happens to be the concern of the OP).

    REFERENCES: https://fossbytes.com/running-services-in-android-developer-options-how-to-check-apps-running-in-background/
    https://tms-outsource.com/blog/posts/how-to-check-apps-running-in-background-android/

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  • From David Oseas@21:1/5 to Marion on Mon Jun 9 13:45:50 2025
    On 6/9/2025 6:23 AM, Marion wrote:


    Since I always strive to add additional value, here's how I'd do it.

    Settings > Developer Options > Running Services > Background Processes
    This will show active background processes, their RAM usage,
    and it will allow you to stop background processes, if desired.


    A good start, but on my Galaxy S23, it is far from a complete picture of everything running in the background. Even when "Cached processes" is selected, it only shows about 25% of the processes revealed by Simple
    System Monitor.


    -David

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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to David Oseas on Mon Jun 9 23:22:11 2025
    On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 13:45:50 -0700, David Oseas wrote :


    Settings > Developer Options > Running Services > Background Processes
    This will show active background processes, their RAM usage,
    and it will allow you to stop background processes, if desired.


    A good start, but on my Galaxy S23, it is far from a complete picture of everything running in the background. Even when "Cached processes" is selected, it only shows about 25% of the processes revealed by Simple
    System Monitor.

    Good point. Thanks for adding additional value. You're correct.

    I just compared this output to that of bg processes & yes, it's different.
    adb shell top
    adb shell ps -A
    adb shell ps -e
    adb shell dumpsys activity services
    adb shell dumpsys meminfo

    For the most comprehensive list of all processes, 'adb shell ps -A' seems
    top be the best bet. If we want to understand what services those processes
    are running, 'adb shell dumpsys activity services' helps a lot. And for
    memory consumption, 'adb shell dumpsys meminfo' seems to be a key command.

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