Android System/Checkin Service

[kartoonstew]

Hey everyone,

Im using a cpu monitor app and have found this process:

Android system/
checkin service/

..running between 15-30% at all times.

Does anyone know what this process is?
At one point (and this was scary) it was using 110% of my cpu.
Would love some help from someone in the know.

I was originally running a task killer while this was happening, but removed it
just to see if it was causing the problems.

The process is still running continually.

Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[Cory Streater]

Both are core OS processes. Check-in runs periodically to check for software updates. Android System is the OS and should average less than 10%. AFAIK 110% isn't possible, so I would say there's an issue with the program you are using to view this information. Also, I do not recommend task killers (beside the built in one). Many of them aggressively kill processes that shouldn't be killed and "Android System" aggressively tries to restart them - causing serious slow downs, battery drains, and side-affects to other applications. I also recommend Quick System Info, in the Market, for viewing this type of information.

 

[kartoonstew]

thanks a lot. task killer eliminated.... seems to be running better