Questions tagged [task-management]
How to manage running tasks and processes on your device. This is not about "todo list" kind of tasks.
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Is there an utility to keep certain apps from closing ? (with or without root)
Any external clock alarm app I have tried on my Android 11 phone shuts down automatically at a certain period of time (some hours), so I cannot use it as an alarm clock. I have tried to set those apps ...
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Touchscreen inputs without user interaction?
Consider the following system: Stock Android 9, unrooted USB and wireless debugging unavailable screen permanently turned off So basically a headless Android device. Question: Is it possible to ...
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How to (brute-)force-kill selected background apps?
I need an automatic brute-force method for unrooted Android devices to kill selected apps that keep restarting in the background, i.e. an appropriate "automatic task killer". Ideally, such ...
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Does "app lock" on the recents list keep an app alive?
I can't find a clear answer as to what "Lock app" on the recent apps list actually does, other than prevent apps from being killed or swiped away from the recent apps list. Does it also ...
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How can the power saving feature on Android phones be set not to kill tracking apps?
Those who choose a simpler cyclometer consisting of only a speedometer and distance display, but that does not include a GPS tracker can use their Android smartphone quite nicely with one of many ...
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How can I increase the maximum number of background apps on Android 10+?
The way Android works, there are two cases in which an app is killed. The device is low on RAM. This is kind of self-explanatory, there is generally no page file on Android, and RAM is finite. The ...
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How to monitor log app wise usage report RAM CPU Battery and stop RAM resident apps from starting at boot
How to monitor log app wise usage report RAM CPU Battery and stop RAM resident apps from starting at boot Many time my Android 5.0 & 6.0 mobile become slow while working i checked it In process ...
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How to kill an app in LineageOS 18 (Android 11) by holding the back button
How can I kill an app by holding the back button in Lineage OS 18? One of the first things I've always done when installing a new Android was to enable developer options, then scroll down to the very ...
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Is it possible to fully restrict/disable apps when they are closed?
I would love to have more control over when apps can run on my Android: I wish that apps can't run in background, unless I whitelist them, or unless I am using them. "Background Restriction" ...
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Can I kill wifi on my Android, similar to how kill -9 would work on a desktop, to force restart it?
Since I upgraded to Android 10, wifi on my phone frequently "dies" and forces me to restart the phone. Is there a way to achieve something similar to what kill -9 does on a desktop system on ...
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How shall I prevent an app from being killed without using third party tools?
Contrary to the traditional computing world, where programs won't quit without the user asking for it, in the mobile world (and Android in particular), it's generally considered up to the system to ...
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How to log/record system events or phone vibrations - Problem with Huawei Mate 20 Pro
I have a Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Awesome phone, I love it. I live in Canada, and have the model LYA-L0C. My phone is set to vibrate, so anytime I get a text or a FB message or messages from other apps ...
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App killed from task manager is called foreground state or background state
If I close app from task manager by doing-- Press home-button for a long time -> see all running apps -> swipe my app aside -> All app killed. Now those apps I have removed from task manager is in ...
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Android CPU usage: What do the red, green and purple bars and the numbers mean?
The Internet as a truckload of myths about this. Today, it is time to bust the myths. When the CPU usage bars that can be enabled in the developer options are being displayed, there is a list of ...
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Stop Android from killing Runtastic
Runtastic is an app for tracking the paths you ran, how fast you were, etc. It worked great for me for many years but almost 2 years ago started crashing on virtually any run. A few months ago, I ...
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