Yesterday, after not touching my phone for many hours,
it was warm, and down to 11% charge.
Under Linux there is a command (ps) to tell me what
processes are running Is there a way to find out what
is running on my phone? Something intensive, that I
didn't turn on myself, must be running.

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db

On 6/29/24 2:47 AM, db wrote:
> Yesterday, after not touching my phone for many hours,
> it was warm, and down to 11% charge.
> Under Linux there is a command (ps) to tell me what

top is more useful. ps on my system just shows bash and ps.

> processes are running Is there a way to find out what
> is running on my phone? Something intensive, that I
> didn't turn on myself, must be running.

The options under settings/battery aren't really all that useful either.

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Cheers, Bev
A man's got to know his limitations.
It's a woman's duty to make sure of this.

The Real Bev wrote:

> top is more useful.  ps on my system just shows bash and ps.

ps has numerous flags, such as
ps -a
ps -efa
ps -fax

Am 29.06.24 um 11:47 schrieb db:
> Yesterday, after not touching my phone for many hours,
> it was warm, and down to 11% charge.
> Under Linux there is a command (ps) to tell me what
> processes are running Is there a way to find out what
> is running on my phone? Something intensive, that I
> didn't turn on myself, must be running.
>

Does that help?

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/27832/how-can-i-monitor-and-visualize-the-current-resource-usage-cpu-memory-etc-c

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Andy Burns wrote on Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:05:01 +0100 :

>> top is more useful.� ps on my system just shows bash and ps.
>
> ps has numerous flags, such as
> ps -a
> ps -efa
> ps -fax

As I recall, we covered this topic in gory detail already (assuming
processes === services), but I don't have my phone with me at the moment so
I can't check the phone itself - but Google has what the OP needs, I think.

Suffice to say you have full view, AFAIK, to all running processes, and, in
fact, you can set the number of background running services to anything.

<https://www.xda-developers.com/android-developer-options/>
"Running services: This opens a screen showing you all the applications
and system processes running on your device, and how much memory each
one is using."

Note that I'm making a basic assumption that processes === services,
although that may not be accurate (someone will correct me if I err).

db, 2024-06-29 11:47:

> Yesterday, after not touching my phone for many hours,
> it was warm, and down to 11% charge.
> Under Linux there is a command (ps) to tell me what
> processes are running Is there a way to find out what
> is running on my phone? Something intensive, that I
> didn't turn on myself, must be running.

You can use an ADB shell and top or ps. This means you have to enable
developer options and ADB first on your device and install the
respective tools and drivers on the computer you use to connect to the
smartphone.

Then use "adb shell" to get a shell on the device.

Another option may be this app:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.standardadb>

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https://arnowelzel.de

Andrew wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>>> top is more useful. ps on my system just shows bash and ps.
>>
>> ps has numerous flags, such as
>> ps -a
>> ps -efa
>> ps -fax
>
> As I recall, we covered this topic in gory detail already (assuming
> processes === services),

I think Bev was talking more generally about linux, than android?

On android isn't everything a child of zygote? Most most people won't
have root to see them ...

Arno Welzel wrote on Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:12:04 +0200 :

> You can use an ADB shell and top or ps. This means you have to enable
> developer options and ADB first on your device and install the
> respective tools and drivers on the computer you use to connect to the
> smartphone.
>
> Then use "adb shell" to get a shell on the device.
>

To flesh out what Arno has stated, we covered in the past all the adb
commands related to services and processes when we explored Samsung Knox.

For example, on Windows:
c:\> adb shell ps | findstr knox
c:\> adb shell service list | findstr knox

When we explored Facebook in gory detail, we covered this adb command.
c:\> adb shell dumpsys package com.facebook.appmanager
This lists a specific app's components, activities & services, etc.

> Another option may be this app:
>
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.standardadb>

I don't have my phone with me (it's drying out - as it got wet today).
But if I remember, tomorrow, I'll run a Skyica search for an adfree app.

As I recall, I have one-tap shortcuts which bring me to the processes
running and the services and the memory, etc. - but the phone is drying out
at the moment so I am not about to start it up to check until it dries out.

On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 22:16:50 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:

> On 6/29/24 2:47 AM, db wrote:
>> Yesterday, after not touching my phone for many hours,
>> it was warm, and down to 11% charge.
>> Under Linux there is a command (ps) to tell me what
>
> top is more useful. ps on my system just shows bash and ps.
>
>> processes are running Is there a way to find out what is running on my
>> phone? Something intensive, that I didn't turn on myself, must be
>> running.
>
> The options under settings/battery aren't really all that useful either.

You're right about top, I use that too, mainly to follow
the progress of a running job, but it does show a lot
more than ps.

--
db

On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:00:37 +0200, Jörg Lorenz wrote:

> Am 29.06.24 um 11:47 schrieb db:
>> Yesterday, after not touching my phone for many hours,
>> it was warm, and down to 11% charge.
>> Under Linux there is a command (ps) to tell me what processes are
>> running Is there a way to find out what is running on my phone?
>> Something intensive, that I didn't turn on myself, must be running.
>>
>>
> Does that help?
>
> https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/27832/how-can-i-monitor-and-
visualize-the-current-resource-usage-cpu-memory-etc-c

Maybe, thanks. I'll try it.
--
db

Andy Burns wrote on Sun, 30 Jun 2024 09:27:04 +0100 :

>> As I recall, we covered this topic in gory detail already (assuming
>> processes === services),
>
> I think Bev was talking more generally about linux, than android?
>
> On android isn't everything a child of zygote? Most most people won't
> have root to see them ...

Oh. My fault. Thanks for explaining. Apologies on the Linux faux pas.
I was trying to help the OP where I presumed he was using Android.

For real "Linux" (alongside Android), I'd use Andronix - if needed.
<https://andronix.app/>

BTW, I dried out my phone in the oven and snapped this screenshot for the
OP which shows that Android (mine is Android 13) can show background stuff.
<https://i.postimg.cc/CKXcBnqP/background.jpg>

Background Process Limit (Standard limit,None,1,2,3,4)
Background check
Standby apps
Show background AppNotResponding
etc.

What's the difference between a "Background check" app & a "Standby app"?

On 6/30/24 12:05 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
> The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> top is more useful.  ps on my system just shows bash and ps.
>
> ps has numerous flags, such as
> ps -a
> ps -efa
> ps -fax
>

Thanks! Chrome certainly uses a LOT more of everything, which perhaps
explains why it simply blinks out of existence every once in a while,
sometimes taking my 'taskbar' (fvwm95 -- it was the most complete WM
when I first used linux and is hand-configurable) with it. I need to
look at this more closely...

Curiously enough, chrome will happily accept websites that firefox
absolutely refuses to deal with due to security violations.

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Cheers, Bev
I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have
never experienced any prob