It is very useful to know what is running on the mobile phone because it can help us find out, for example, whether an application is looping and wasting our battery. Android gives us little detail about this, but there is an app to help you Know everything that’s happening on your mobile phone: What Works.

On Windows you have: Task Manager and you can use WhatsRunning on Android since latest versions of Android no longer include it. CPU usage in developer options. The best part is that you can use the app for free and it does not require root (even better if you have root).

You don’t need root but you need ADB

If you want to see all the ongoing processes as well as a lot of additional information on your mobile phone, WhatsRunning needs special permissions to access the information. You have two options: or root or ADBand you can choose which one from the side panel by activating the corresponding box.

If you choose root, you will need to root your phone and give root permissions to the app, but this is not mandatory. You can choose instead use wireless ADB to connect the application to the mobile phone. This is something we’re seeing more and more in advanced applications like LADB and Shizuku base.

The process is as follows: you need to enable developer options and in these enable wireless debuggingand then keep playing Match with sync codeThis is what you need to get back into WhatsRunning.

The most important thing is to open Android settings with wireless debugging. in split screen mode or open WhatsRunning in floating window mode if available on your mobile phone. This is important because sync codes change when you switch to another app, so you can’t switch between apps to copy and paste the code. If everything goes well, you will see the app update the list of ongoing processes.

Android task manager

The main window of the application will refresh and show us all processes and critical information active in the system. memory and CPU usage Every application, including system applications.

In addition to having a search engine, we also have the option to reorder the results and filter the list to include applications that may or may not contain services and/or system processes. A long tap on any app will show a menu. force close or open the information for the app in question.

The application provides us with additional information via the side panel, such as: memory usage -Of course, it will not show us much data in the free version- and also the different systems and application services active on mobile.

Advanced users also Scheduled tasks, applications starting automatically and WakeLocks enabled.

Again, the information that the demo version (free) shows us is limited. knowing everything We will need WhatsRunning Pro, the price of which is 3.59 euros.

Without needing to complete the checkout and without root, advanced users will find in WhatsRunning: a powerful tool Knowing everything going on on your mobile phone without having to type a single ADB command.

• Download WhatsRunning Demo for free from Google Play

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