There's A Hidden Way You Can Check Which Services Are Running On Your Android Phone
Just like a desktop PC, your Android phone has a built-in task manager. Here is how to find it, monitor your memory and safely limit background apps.
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If you use a desktop PC, you may be familiar with the task manager, which lets you view all the processes running in the background of your computer and taking up resources. What you may not know is that Android phones (even budget models) have the same feature, but it's kept hidden away from users, requiring a little digging to find it. If you want to keep an eye on what's using your phone's memory, it can be worth uncovering this hidden display, but you should proceed with caution before you start closing processes willy-nilly.
To check what processes are running, you first need to activate developer mode to make your phone faster. Under the Settingsmenu, scroll down...
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