Recent content by timinaust

Hi, DanYou - I found that mine locked up - it didn't actually switch off but simply froze and the battery continued to drain. I had to force a power-off (on my Samsung Note 2 holding the off button for 10 seconds did the trick), then release and power back on. (On many phones, force power off...

An update on what I have achieved ... Having rooted the phone, I found that regularly (every 30 minutes) restarting the mdnsd service reset the count of sockets it used and kept them at a fairly small number. However after a day, the maximum number it would go to went to about 50, and then...

Yes - restarting the device will restart the service and clear the problem. It is however a bit more invasive and manual than what I am hoping to achieve. It would mean I would have to remember keep checking. I have a script that loops every 5 seconds and is doing netstat | grep -c 5353 and...

Hi, I too have the problem with mdnsd and the flat battery - on a Samsung Note 2 on Android KitKat 4.4.2 which has been going flat several times a day. Just thought I would offer some thoughts from my investigation. Sorry for the very very long and probably rambling technical post. mdnsd...