Background processes / apps die randomly

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Hi, it happend again! I overslept, because my alarm clock app (alarmdroid) didnt ring… :frowning:
I have seen this happening from time to time now: Apps that should continue running in the background stop working without notification and any obvious reason.
I realized it with following apps so far:

  • Alarmdroid
  • Muzei
  • ebay
  • K9 Mail
  • bitcoin checker

When I open these apps again from the launcher they are working just fine. It seems like the background process of these apps just dies randomly. Is there any way I can track this down? Is there any logging or analysis app that might give a hint for the reason? Or have any of you seen this issue as well?

Battery saving feature is disabled, as well as background data restriction.

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Do you have any task killer apps installed?

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The only such kind of app I am aware of is Avast Mobile Security. It has this “Boost RAM” feature where it kills tasks. As far as I can see this function is not triggered automatically and I never use it on purpose. I have faith in android’s own RAM management…

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In order to make sure that this is not the cause, please check whether uninstalling the app resolves the problem.

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I think I found the reason: I had Titanium Backup installed and configured to create backups during the night. In order to make a backup Titanium Backup kills the app and does not restart it again. Seems like the pro version has this feature according to http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-siii-i9300/347234-restart-apps-after-backing-up-titanium-backup.html

There might be some further reasons, but this definitely is one.

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