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OS Monitor - Looking Under Your Android's Hood
Tested version: 1.1.7
Latest version: 2.0.5
Requires Android: from 1.5
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Summary
Have you always been curious to see what your system is actually doing? Always wanted to know which use up the most memory and with what your apps are communicating? Isn’t it scary to think what your apps are during in background mode while you sleep? OS Monitor is just the right tool to empower you to take control of your apps. Find out more details in today’s test.
Features & Use
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With OS Monitor you can look at the inner workings of your Android system. This app is your Swiss army knife tool to finding out about what your apps are really up to.
First off you can view a list of all your processes: you can view all the currently running processes (system processes can be deselected if needed) sorted by memory or CPU use. Tapping a specific process opens up a pop-up window where you can kill it, change it or view the process’ log. You can also select multiple checkboxes to mark several processes at once.
The second tab is called Network and lists all of your phone’s network devices including all the available information. You are going to be surprised by just how many of them there are! The most relevant to you are the Wi-Fi and mobile networks because IP and MAC addresses aren’t very exciting.
Moving on to the third tab called Connect. Here you can view all of your current connections and what apps are behind them. That way you can see exactly where your data is being sent to or received. Tapping one of these starts up whois search including a detailed map so that you can see where the other servers are located. (Warning: this feature is experiencing problems at the moment, which are due to the API being used and not related to OS Monitor itself. The developer is currently working on a solution).
The Misc tab shows all sorts of different system information such as your CPU frequency range, your battery status as well as other system data.
Last but not least, the Messages tabs lets you look at the system log.
I’m still not quite finished with the app. If you have a rooted phone, you can also freeze your CPU. If you want to save on battery life this slows down your CPU’s frequency. You can also go in the opposite direction, but at your own risk.
The app gives you a lot of options that are all clearly laid out. You can embed an animated CPU meter to your status bar. You can also configure to have OS Monitor start up automatically when you boot up. I could go on and on, but I think you get the gist of it.
Screen & Controls
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OS Monitor looks neat and meticulous. No space is wasted and everything is easy to locate. The controls are extremely intuitive and the app is simple despite all the options and configurations available. I don’t what they could’ve done better in this respect, but I’m hoping future versions will be a pleasant surprise ☺
Speed & Stability
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I've been using OS Monitor for over two months now and it hasn't crashed a single time! Everything was always smooth and fast.
Price/Performance Ratio
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OS Monitor can be downloaded for free from the Android Market. Let me give 5 stars here because of the fact that the developer instantly responds to any questions, comments or concerns. Good customer service!
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bharat, Apr 23, 2012
Cool app.c
y0maan, Apr 22, 2012
Great app! Very professional looking and all the command line info you need (df would be nice) in a easy to look at format for the person (geek) on the go.
UChin, Apr 21, 2012
Nicely done ! Ive only used it for a few minutes but it looks very well executed. Information is presented in a very readable fashion. One suggestion is to have the log view show the tail end of the log by default. Usually one is more interested in what happened recently versus what happened 10 minutes ago..
Liath, Apr 16, 2012
Great tool. A the title says.
troy, Apr 14, 2012
average average nothing sets it apart from other process monitors. plus it force closes occasionally.
Olga, Apr 12, 2012
Samsung g2 ICS It never failed me, and it always helps me to kill hang apps, do some debugging, or just to check what's abusing my phone's resources. Prefect.
D, Apr 12, 2012
Noob Its a learning curb for me. When I know all that I'm looking @ I'm sure to give it a 5. For now a 4 star
Envified, Apr 7, 2012
Color In living.
Unknown User, Apr 4, 2012
Malware Gotta love how the dev says nothing about the IP issue
Anatoli, Apr 4, 2012
Congratulations Well done
Abi, Apr 4, 2012
Good
gunmanad, Apr 1, 2012
Excellent
Anonymous, Mar 29, 2012
really cool! Put all what I want into a 186kB tiny package , awesome
Ian, Mar 28, 2012
Yup
Andreas Hylander, Mar 21, 2012
Excellent. Use it all the time 24/7 have it in menubar. HTCdesire Z
Jignesh, Mar 21, 2012
Excellent ...
noah, Mar 16, 2012
HACK! This app I have proven to link to illegal companies in Germany. It immediately connects to them and transrers your personal data. Uninstall to prevent your data being Stolen.
bluezr1, Mar 12, 2012
Awesome.. I love this app, it's one of the first apps I install when flashing a new rom. If their was a paid for version I would buy it. I have just one slight thing that I feel would make it that much better. Is it possible to change the blue to match the color blue (default is green) in ICS when having it running from the notification bar?
B, Mar 11, 2012
@mrcrem276 So far so good. Atrix 4g
Tim, Mar 5, 2012
Best system monitor app I use this mainly for the cpu usage icon in the notifaction tray. Also lets me track exactly who is acessing my network. Very informative. *oddly, this works on my acer a100 tablet, but the tablet version does not
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