Recently got the captivate and am a newbie to the Android OS.
Got a question about background apps.
If an app is in the background, is it still capable of sending/receiving data on it's own?
For instance some apps have the ad supported, does that mean even in background , it will continue to pull in ads from 3G?
Or if google map is in background and I am still driving, will it continue to pull in maps as I drive?
Appreciate any info on this.
regards,
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Hello!
On my DHD I got some Apps that keeps running in the background:
Settings -> Applications -> Running Services:
- Music: DownloadManager$ & JumperService (from Honeycomb Music Player)
and in Advanced Task Killer:
- Stocks & Music
My question: Is there a way to stop the above apps (but also any other app) from starting automatically in the background and keep them closed?
From what I understand and forgive me if you are already aware of this but what your speaking about are actually services and not running programs/apps. Services are running to assist the app or program to open much faster than if not. They dont take nearly as much drain on the system as your may think and these phones were made to handle the multi tasking. I think we all get caught up in keeping our phones clean of nonsense and useless (at the time) running programs but in actuality they are there to help us. I suggest you uninstall ATK and give yourself some ease of mind and let the services run when they want lol....thats what I am starting to do.
In windows one can disable useless running services. Is there a way to do the same in Android? Seems that would save some resources - such as battery. I searched, but could find no real info...
Thanks!
Yes and no. In Android only one foreground app can run at a time, but there are background services too. They are usually important system services, but apps can add them too (they're needed to receive push notifications for example).
Go to Settings > Apps, swipe right to "Running". Then you can toggle between "Cached background processes" and "Running services". Killing a cached process (a previously active foreground app) doesn't really make a difference since it wasn't running anyway. Killing a service sometimes has an effect, but usually the service restarts automatically.
To permanently shut down a service, use the app Greenify. It "hibernates" apps with background services but still lets you run the app when you need it. Keep in mind that you lose the functionality of that service (e.g. if you hibernate Facebook, you won't receive notifications when you receive Facebook messages).
But honestly, unless you installed some badly coded apps that use too many services, you probably don't need to.
Thank you very much for the reply and info. I installed the app "Greenify" - and it is great the way it's set up. Like you said, if not all - most apps will start-up if stopped running in the background when not using, and *that*, IMO, is a great way to stop wasting the poor battery performance (mainly because of age) of the TF101 (tablet only).
Many thanks! :good:
Cal
Long story short, I installed Net Monitor (from Play store) to check data usage on my Moto E4 Plus (Verizon), though the question below is probably not limited to this particular device.
I was surprised to see some of the apps that were sending data somewhere even when they are disabled. For example,
1, Gboard (by Google), this app has been disabled in Settings since the beginning. Why is it still sending data? Worst nightmare is an app collecting keyboard entry log and upload it to where??? Why???
2, Some Apps, such as below, I have disabled their background data usage, but they still show up in Net Monitor.
Astro File Manager (an old version that I love to use),
ML Manager,
Photos (by Google)
Youtube
I am sure I did not use these apps during the time that Net Monitor was running as I was testing the whole concept of Net Monitor.
I can understand some communication apps such as Gmail that uses data because I did not block their background data usage.
Some of the apps in the screenshot are presumably system apps though I am a bit suspicious. Knowing recent cases with One Plus and Blu, and Elliot Anderson:
https://www.androidpit.com/elliot-fs0c131y-alderson-interview
I just wish some experts can help explain or provide some insights, thank you in advance,
BTW, can someone recommend clean Open Source apps that do not abuse permissions and do not send data secretly behind the users? I got a few, but need more. My app sources:
https://www.secuso.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/en/secuso/research/results/privacy-friendly-apps/
https://simplemobiletools.github.io/
https://guardianproject.info/apps/
Hi all,
There is a question i am looking the correct answer for but i simply can not find it:
How Facebook and many other android app keeps running in the background so reliably when the official developers quide does not seem to offer running a background service for longer periods.
Are these apps registering for push notifications and that's what keeps them alive?
Thanks for any ideas.
Hello. I'm looking for a phone or ROM allowing apps to be running in background.
I was told that the pixel phones or AOSP ROM does not usually kill apps.
Is this true or if not, is there any phone allowing apps to be run in background?
Specifically looking to run tasker or unattended remote APP(teamviewer,anydesk,controlwise.. etc or any recommendations are welcome)
Thank you.
cc2918 said:
Hello. I'm looking for a phone or ROM allowing apps to be running in background.
I was told that the pixel phones or AOSP ROM does not usually kill apps.
Is this true or if not, is there any phone allowing apps to be run in background?
Specifically looking to run tasker or unattended remote APP(teamviewer,anydesk,controlwise.. etc or any recommendations are welcome)
Thank you.
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I do suppose that apps can run automatically at the background. However, if you are running out of RAM, the apps may be open but you have to restart app.