Are there any apps that can monitor the activities of other apps? I mean their network activity, storage i/o, sensor usage... equivalent to things like diskmon, tcpview, procexp on Windows.
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Most existing applications shows the total used (in/out).
I'd like to show the use by each application.
I want to find the application that consumes more bandwidth from my internet.
I dont know of any application that also tracks the ammount of usage apps use, but 3G watchdog and netcounter are very good apps for tracking internet useage.
Hey guys, just looking to see if an app exists.
I use SuperBox to 'clear/free' my memory. I like to keep it at around 230MBs free at all times or so. My question is this: is there an app that exists that does this same thing, in a one-click widget form? Someting I can set as a 1x1 icon on one of my screens to just tap and it will clear the memory? That would be quite convenient, as right now I need to open up SuperBox, navigate to the Memory pane, then click 'Clear Memory'.
Thanks for the suggestions!
es taskmanager.
By default it will clear all apps in the list except a few which are hidden.
You can unhide apps/services by accessing the options menu.
You can also set a kill list only, so when you tap the widget it will only kill apps in your kill list.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.taskmanager&feature=search_result
Clearing memory doesn't really help your phone to much, it's just gonna restore in a second.
You can create shortcuts to your memory clearing App
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task killers as you all should know are not healthy for android phones. linux pools memory. it manages it on its own.
Here's a good article on this: Android Task Killers Explained: What They Do and Why You Shouldn’t Use Them
In Android, processes and Applications are two different things. An app can stay "running" in the background without any processes eating up your phone's resources. Android keeps the app in its memory so it launches more quickly and returns to its prior state. When your phone runs out of memory, Android will automatically start killing tasks on its own, starting with ones that you haven't used in awhile.
The problem is that Android uses RAM differently than, say, Windows. On Android, having your RAM nearly full is a good thing. It means that when you relaunch an app you've previously opened, the app launches quickly and returns to its previous state. So while Android actually uses RAM efficiently, most users see that their RAM is full and assume that's what's slowing down their phone. In reality, your CPU—which is only used by apps that are actually active—is almost always the bottleneck.
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Thus, killing all but the essential apps (or telling Android to kill apps more aggressively with the "autokill" feature) is generally unnecessary. Furthermore, it's actually possible that this will worsen your phone's performance and battery life. Whether you're manually killing apps all the time or telling the task killer to aggressively remove apps from your memory, you're actually using CPU cycles when you otherwise wouldn't—killing apps that aren't doing anything in the first place.
In fact, some of the processes related to those apps will actually start right back up, further draining your CPU. If they don't, killing those processes can cause other sorts of problems—alarms don't go off, you don't receive text messages, or other related apps may force close without warning. All in all, you're usually better off letting your phone work as intended—especially if you're more of a casual user. In these instances, a task killer causes more problems than it solves.
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Task killers are useless on anything newer then android 2.1. All they'll do is break some apps. I haven't used these on my phones and don't have issues. If your phone is slow its due to a rogue app.
Edit: somehow missed Norflynns post. That link sums it up perfectly.
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^^^ What they said
It's ok to have a task manager to keep an eye on processes and kill troublesome ones, but no point in constantly killing all your processes.
Deleting apps--are there residual files that slow down Android over time?
On Windows, it is expected that PC users reformat every 6 months because their computers get inevitably slow down as a result of registries left over after uninstalling program as well as left over cache, etc.
Do Android users suffer a similar fate? Or is it clearcut that all apps (what about system apps?) and all their settings and related files are located in a single folder? Will uninstalling an app without any third-party app remove all traces of an app? Will it be as clean as an app dedicated to this purpose like Titanium Backup?
Lastly, are there ever any problems created by apps that claim they can move apps to an SD card? Maybe some files are left behind and not everything is transferred?
Thanks.
Residual files cleaner
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Deleting apps--are there residual files that slow down Android over time?
On Windows, it is expected that PC users reformat every 6 months because their computers get inevitably slow down as a result of registries left over after uninstalling program as well as left over cache, etc.
Do Android users suffer a similar fate? Or is it clearcut that all apps (what about system apps?) and all their settings and related files are located in a single folder? Will uninstalling an app without any third-party app remove all traces of an app? Will it be as clean as an app dedicated to this purpose like Titanium Backup?
Lastly, are there ever any problems created by apps that claim they can move apps to an SD card? Maybe some files are left behind and not everything is transferred?
Thanks.
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I don't know if residual files can slow down your android, but if you are concerned about these, you can download "Clean Master" from the playstore. This app has a utility that scans your phone for residual files, then you can choose what to do with them; keep or delete.
Yea, I have that app and it was why I asked this question. On an unrelated note:
The app Clean Master claims it can extend battery life and device performance by killing apps--even offering a button to kill all apps. I thought killing apps was unnecessary since Android does this automatically when RAM is full and that killing apps manually actually drains battery life. What's the deal? Is swiping an app away from the Recent Apps List the same as killing an app? I currently do this often because the list is usually packed.
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Yea, I have that app and it was why I asked this question. On an unrelated note:
The app Clean Master claims it can extend battery life and device performance by killing apps--even offering a button to kill all apps. I thought killing apps was unnecessary since Android does this automatically when RAM is full and that killing apps manually actually drains battery life. What's the deal? Is swiping an app away from the Recent Apps List the same as killing an app? I currently do this often because the list is usually packed.
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swiping away the apps counts as closing the apps. as far as i know, there are also background processes running after you swipe away the apps. My recommendation is greenify ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737 ). this app will hibernate your open apps closing the background processes with them. then only thing is that... it requires root.
Is there a way to set hard limits on how much RAM individual Android apps can use? Seems most apps are greedy, and I'm running out of RAM, which makes switching between the apps I am currently using slow.
I used Titanium Backup to freeze all apps I don't use frequently, and now my ram usage is down to about 50%, where it used to be around 90%.
I also use an app called Auto Memory Manager, which controls Android's own memory management. You can tell it to free memory sooner than later, for different types of memory categories. But what made the most difference was freezing apps with Titanium Backup.
I'd still like to know if there is a memory policing app, but the aforementioned are good solutions.
Hey guys , does anyone know any app that can monitor rooted phone (s8 exynos) on background . Every heat , every app behavior , any abnormal changes , speeds , anything. I know there are plenty of apps for that , but after downloading plenty , couldn't p pin point the one I need.
I use Simple Sytem Monitor.
It can monitor Ram, Network, Disk Activity, CPU Usage, CPU Frequencies(Graph and Time), Temps ans Battery Temps. Can run in background, prevent screen off while in app. Test read/write speed, floating windows etc
You can also list running processes and sort them from RAM Usage, CPU Usage, Network Usage, Network speed, Name, PID, UID etc. It even features a Kill process as root.
Amazing for finding out high CPU/Memory using apps, even lists system apps ?
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I use Simple Sytem Monitor.
It can monitor Ram, Network, Disk Activity, CPU Usage, CPU Frequencies(Graph and Time), Temps ans Battery Temps. Can run in background, prevent screen off while in app. Test read/write speed, floating windows etc
You can also list running processes and sort them from RAM Usage, CPU Usage, Network Usage, Network speed, Name, PID, UID etc. It even features a Kill process as root.
Amazing for finding out high CPU/Memory using apps, even lists system apps ?
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Thanks mat