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iPhone Springboard iOS 6 - cpu usage

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DSF

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Hi,

I would like to discuss and troubleshot Springboard cpu usage.

First I would like to know what's the normal cpu usage.
I have it on around 0.3%-0.9% when it's okay and it doesn't suck the battery fast.

When the problems starts the Sprinboard process takes more than 3% cpu! See the attached screenshot.

Do you know how I can fix this?

Here is a list of the tweaks & apps (cydia) I've installed:
7-zip (POSIX) - 4.57-3p
Accelerate - 2.0-1
Action Menu - 1.2.12
Action Menu Plus Pack - 1.2.8
Activator - 1.7.4
adv-cmds - 119-5
AirBlue Sharing - 1.0.14
AirBlue Stack - 1.4.0
AppCent - 1.0.1
AppInfo - 1.5
AppList - 1.5.3
APR (/usr/lib) - 1.3.3-2
APT 0.6 Transitional - 1:0-23
APT 0.7 (apt-key) - 0.7.25.3-3
APT 0.7 HTTPS Method - 0.7.25.3-3
APT 0.7 Strict - 0.7.25.3-6
APT 0.7 Strict (lib) - 0.7.25.3-10p
Attachments+ for Mail - 1.1-9
Audio Recorder - 0.2-227
AudioExplorer+ - 1.1
Barrel - 1.6.4-1
Base Structure - 1-4
BatteryDetective - 1.4.0-1
Berkeley DB - 4.6.21-4p
BigBoss Icon Set - 1.0
BlurriedNCBackground - 3.0-1
Bourne-Again SHell - 4.0.17-13
Bridge - 1.1.2
BytaFont - 1.7
bzip2 - 1.0.5-7
CMOMusic - 1.0
Core Utilities - 8.12-12p
Core Utilities (/bin) - 8.12-7p
Crash Reporter - 0.2g-1
cURL - 7.25.0-7p
Cydia Installer - 1.1.8
Cydia Translations - 1.1.0
Darwin Tools - 1-4
Debian Packager - 1.14.25-9
Debian Utilities - 3.3.3ubuntu1-1p
Default HD SBSettings - 1.2
Diff Utilities - 2.8.1-6
diskdev-cmds - 421.7-4
DisplayCandy - 1.0.6-38
EasyQR - 1.0
Erica Utilities - 1:0.4.2
evasi0n 6.0-6.1.2 Untether - 0.4-1
é‡‘å±±ç”µæ± åŒ»ç”Ÿä¸“ä¸šç‰ˆ(BatteryDoctorPro) - 4.0.2-330
f.lux - 0.985
Fast Copy - 1.0
Find Utilities - 4.2.33-6
Flex - 1.11
FullForce for Phone - 1.1.1
Gawk - 3.1.6-2p
glib - 2.20.4-3
GNU Privacy Guard - 1.4.8-4
Gremlin Framework - 3.0.2-1
Gremlin Plugin Pack - 1.5-5
GridTab for Safari - 1.5-1
GUI-GPG-SEC - 1.5-20
gzip - 1.3.12-6
Harlem Shake - 1.0-1
iCleaner - 6.3.0
Icon Tool - 1.1-1
IconSupport - 1.8.1-1
iFile - 1.9.1-1
iNetUsage - 1.4-1
InfinityTask - 1.3.2-1
Insomnia - 4.0.4-1
iOS 6 Weather App Fix - 1.0
iOS Firmware - 6.1
IPA Installer - 2.07
IPA Installer Console - 2.0-3
iPhone Firmware (/sbin) - 0-1
iTransmission 3 - 3.3
Klill Font - 2.2
LayerSnapshotter - 1.0
libfinder - 1.0-6
libgpod - 0.8.2-3
libhide - 2.3
libid3tag - 0.15.1b-1
libplist - 1.3-1
libstatusbar - 0.9.6.1-6
libxml2 - 2.6.32-6
libxml2 Library - 2.6.32-3
libzip - 0.10
LocalIAPStore - 1.3-1
LZMA Utils - 4.32.7-4
MapsOpener - 1.2.2-1
MewSeek - 2.8.2
MFMusicLibrary.framework - 0.7
Midnight Commander - 4.6.1-1p
Mobile Substrate - 0.9.4001
MobileTerminal - 520-2
MultiIconMover - 1:1.0.7-2
Multitasktures - 1.0
Music Box - 2.1.9
Music4Me - 1.5
MxTube - 2.1
NCNyanCat for NotificationCenter - 1.0
NCSettings - 1.7.1
NetMeter - 0.5.8
NetMeterWidget for NC - 0.5.2
New Curses - 5.7-12
NoStoreButton - 1.0
Opener - 1.1.1-1
OpenSSL - 0.9.8k-9
Orbit for iOS 4+ - 2.0-1
PAM (Apple) - 32.1-3
PAM Modules - 36.1-4
pcre - 8.30-5p
PDF Printer for Safari - 1.3-3
Photo Organizer - 1.1-2
Pinnacle - 1.0.0-1
PreferenceLoader - 2.2.0-1
Profile Directory - 0-2
ProTube Extension for YouTube - 1.1.4
Pull To Dismiss - 1.0
QuickNote for NotificationCenter - 1.3.5-1
readline - 6.0-7
RecordMyScreen (App) - 1.0.0
ResetAllKiller - 1.0.0-3
Roboto Font - 2.5
RushPlayer+ - 1.5.4
Safari Download Manager - 2.1-1
SandCastle 2 - 2.2-1
SBSettings - 6.0.5-1
sbsettingstoggles - 6.0-2
Serious SBSettings HD - 1.4-1
shell-cmds - 118-6
Signal 2 - 2.0.9-1
SMusic - 2.0
Snes9x EX+ - 1.5.8
Source Saver - 1.0-1
SpringBoardAccess - 0.2-974
Springtomize 2 - iOS 5 & 6 - 1.4.5-1
Springtomize2-Icons - 1.0-1
Springtomize2-Localizations - 1.0.1
SQLite 3.x Library - 3.5.9-2
StatusTab - 1.0.0-1
Swipe Navigation for Music - 1.0-2
Swipebright - 1.4.4-15
SwipeSelection - 1.3.2-1
SwitcherCleaner - 1.2.3-1
syslogd to /var/log/syslog - 1.0.2586-2
system-cmds - 433.4-12
Tab+ - 0.9.6.1
Tape Archive - 1.19-8
top - 39-4
Torch - 1.5.1
TransparentCameraBar - 1.1-8
UIKit Tools - 1.1.7
Unfold - 2.2.5
Universal Video Downloader - 1.1.1
UnlimTones - 4.7-63
unrar - 3.6.8-2p
unzip - 5.52-5p
UpsideDown - 1.0
User Agent Faker - 1.4-1
VPlayer Video Player - 0.0.7
Webscrollian - 1.0.0-2
WeeLoader - 1.2-1
WeeSpaces for NotificationCenter - 1.7-1
WiFi Analyzer - 2.41
Zephyr - 1.6.1-1
zip - 2.32-5p
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I thought that Springtomize or Zephyr could create the problem so I disabled respectively uninstalled and the problem persists. Disabled Accelerate too (from SBSettings).

Any idea how I could see the resources used by hooks/threads connected to Springboard?
If not, it will sucks if not as I have lots of mobile substrate tweaks.. and this happen randomly :(

IPhone 5, 6.1

Thank you

Edit: add info about Accelerate being disabled in SBSettings
 

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I don't think that's Accelerate because I've disabled this one too via SBSettings. And about 1-2 hours ago I've replaced it with FakeClockUp.. but meanwhile I've disabled multiple other Mobile Substrate tweaks. So waiting and trying, trying..

Thanks
 
I think I've solved the issue.
I've disabled Unfold and UnfoldServices and for hours Springboard is using mostly 0-0.6% cpu.

Let's how it goes for more hours...

If there's an app/solution for viewing threads per processes.. (smth like ProcessExplorer on windows pc)
 
DSF said:
Hi,

I would like to discuss and troubleshot Springboard cpu usage.

First I would like to know what's the normal cpu usage.
I have it on around 0.3%-0.9% when it's okay and it doesn't suck the battery fast.

When the problems starts the Sprinboard process takes more than 3% cpu! See the attached screenshot.

Do you know how I can fix this?

Here is a list of the tweaks & apps (cydia) I've installed:


I thought that Springtomize or Zephyr could create the problem so I disabled respectively uninstalled and the problem persists. Disabled Accelerate too (from SBSettings).

Any idea how I could see the resources used by hooks/threads connected to Springboard?
If not, it will sucks if not as I have lots of mobile substrate tweaks.. and this happen randomly :(

IPhone 5, 6.1

Thank you

Edit: add info about Accelerate being disabled in SBSettings
Click to expand...

You have a pretty big list. For starters, you have duplicate functionality in your installed tweaks. That's typically not a good idea. For example, you can use springtomize or flex to have your app switcher always start in editing mode and get rid of switcher cleaner. There are other examples too I quickly noticed but I didn't go through your list line for line.

If I were you, I would start by removing all the duplicate tweaks. You should see better performance and battery life by doing this. That's just my opinion. Good luck.
 
BumpyFlatline thanks for your reply.

I need SwitcherCleaner because I prefer the swipe to close function. Plus hold down for killing all tasks.

However, after many tests I've found that Unfold made the Springboard took eztra cpu.. (as stated in my prev post)

Can you tell me please how much cpu is using your Springboard? I've used top -u

Thanks
 
It seems that Unfold was the culllprit for the high cpu usage of springboard process.
 
DSF said:
Hi,

I would like to discuss and troubleshot Springboard cpu usage.

First I would like to know what's the normal cpu usage.
I have it on around 0.3%-0.9% when it's okay and it doesn't suck the battery fast.

When the problems starts the Sprinboard process takes more than 3% cpu! See the attached screenshot.

Do you know how I can fix this?

Here is a list of the tweaks & apps (cydia) I've installed:


I thought that Springtomize or Zephyr could create the problem so I disabled respectively uninstalled and the problem persists. Disabled Accelerate too (from SBSettings).

Any idea how I could see the resources used by hooks/threads connected to Springboard?
If not, it will sucks if not as I have lots of mobile substrate tweaks.. and this happen randomly :(

IPhone 5, 6.1

Thank you

Edit: add info about Accelerate being disabled in SBSettings
Click to expand...

Hey where did you go or what did you so to see all of your processes and usage?? I'm really hoping somebody will make a tweak that shows CPU usage % in the status bar but this will have to work for now! Is it a cydia app or something?
 
imagineadam said:
Hey where did you go or what did you so to see all of your processes and usage?? I'm really hoping somebody will make a tweak that shows CPU usage % in the status bar but this will have to work for now! Is it a cydia app or something?
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You need MobileTerminal and top. I've been using this forever now. It's the first thing I use to check if I have any runaway process which could contribute to battery drain. Once you install them both, just open MobileTerminal and type "top" (without the quotations) and it'll list all your processes. Use gestures inside the app to hide/show the keyboard. Let me know if you have any questions.
 
Thanks! Got it! But new problem. How do I close top? It's using all my cpu!! And on my other monitor it shows 99% usage! And what are "stuck" processes?

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Please help! I have top running 3 or 4 times now! How do I kill it?
 
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Reboot made things go back to normal. Do I have to do that everytime I use mobile terminal with top? Or us there some way to manually kill the top process after looking at stats?
 
imagineadam said:
Reboot made things go back to normal. Do I have to do that everytime I use mobile terminal with top? Or us there some way to manually kill the top process after looking at stats?
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I think you can just close mobileterminal from the multitasking bar
 
darricksailo said:
I think you can just close mobileterminal from the multitasking bar
Click to expand...

I tried that but it didn't work. I went back into terminal and ran top 2 or 3 more times and it kept running more top's on top of eachother! So 4 top processes were running. I'm sure this is probably normal behavior and that's why people like me who don't really know wtf is happening shouldn't mess with stuff like this! # At least I know rebooting clears the process.
 
imagineadam said:
Thanks! Got it! But new problem. How do I close top? It's using all my cpu!! And on my other monitor it shows 99% usage! And what are "stuck" processes?

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Please help! I have top running 3 or 4 times now! How do I kill it?
Click to expand...

You have 2 options:
1) ctrl c (click the arrow in blue circle and choose ^C)
2) kill xxx (where xxx is the process id - PID). You can open another command window by clicking on the middle dots from the bottom.

Tips:
- you can get handy gestures, for eg double click for hide/show keyboard
- you can add shortcuts, for eg I've added "top" and "top -u" (this command sorts the processes by cpu usage)
 
So I started having the same issue. My cpu usage used to bounce between 1-7% at idle but now it's hanging at 10-13 at idle. Trying to figure out whats causing this! Also sometimes my network activity wheel will spin for like 10 minutes in the status bar when I'm at the home screen. I looked at the processes and there are multiple http processes. They do go away after awhile. Here is my list of packages.

Packages

5x5 Frame Layout for Iconoclasm - 1.0
7-zip (POSIX) - 4.57-3p
Accelerate - 2.0-1
AppInfo - 1.5
AppList - 1.5.4
APR (/usr/lib) - 1.3.3-2
APT 0.6 Transitional - 1:0-23
APT 0.7 (apt-key) - 0.7.25.3-3
APT 0.7 HTTPS Method - 0.7.25.3-3
APT 0.7 Strict - 0.7.25.3-6
APT 0.7 Strict (lib) - 0.7.25.3-10p
Arimo Font - 1.0
AskToCall - 1.1-4
Auxo - 1.4-2
BannerSwipe - 1.1
Barrel - 1.6.5-1
Base Structure - 1-4
BatteryDetective - 1.4.0-1
BatteryPeek - 0.3-1
Belgrano Font - 1.0
Berkeley DB - 4.6.21-4p
BigBoss Icon Set - 1.0
biteSMS - 7.5
Bourne-Again SHell - 4.0.17-13
BrightnessControl - 1.2.1
Bubblegum Sans Font - 1.0
BytaFont - 1.7
bzip2 - 1.0.5-7
Cabin Font - 2.0
CardSwitcher - 2.0-1
ChargingBackground - 1.2.5-1
Checkerboard Layout for Iconoclasm - 1.0
Color Keyboard - 1.3.0-1
Compass Font - 1.0
Core Utilities - 8.12-12p
Core Utilities (/bin) - 8.12-7p
Curiosa - 0.9~beta2
cURL - 7.25.0-7p
Cydia Installer - 1.1.8
Cydia Translations - 1.1.0
Darwin Tools - 1-4
Debian Packager - 1.14.25-9
Debian Utilities - 3.3.3ubuntu1-1p
Default HD SBSettings - 1.2
Didact Gothic Font - 1.0
DietBar - 1.1
DietBulletin - 1.0.4
Diff Utilities - 2.8.1-6
diskdev-cmds - 421.7-4
elite 6 - 1.3
elite 6 fonts - 1.0
elite 6 i4 wallpapers - 1.1
elite 6 i5 ColorKeyboard theme - 1.0
elite 6 i5 wallpapers - 1.0
elite 6 siri theme - 1.0
elite uisounds - 1.0
elite6 Jellylocktheme - 1
evasi0n 6.0-6.1.2 Untether - 0.4-1
Expressway Font - 2.1
f.lux - 0.985
Facebook Logo for OpenNotifier - 1.1
FastBlurredNotificationCenter - 0.2
Find Utilities - 4.2.33-6
Five Icon Dock - 0.9.3381-1
FolderEnhancer - 1.9.8.2-1
GNU Privacy Guard - 1.4.8-4
gzip - 1.3.12-6
iCleaner - 6.3.3
Iconoclasm - 1.8.3
IconSupport - 1.8.1-1
iFile - 1.9.1-1
iOS 7 Bars And Battery - 1.0
iOS 7 biteSMS Theme - 1.1
iOS 7 Font - 1.1
iOS 7 Keyboard Black - 2.0
iOS 7 Keyboard White - 2.0
iOS 7 Theme - 4.3.1
iOS Firmware - 6.1
iPhone Firmware (/sbin) - 0-1
Istok Web Font - 2.1
Istok Web Regular Font - 2.2
JellyLock (Beta) - 0.0.8-1
JellyLock RedOrb Icons - 1.0
Lato Font - 2.2
LibDisplay - 1.2-1
libhide - 2.3
libstatusbar - 0.9.6.1-6
LiveWire - 1.0.1-1
Lorem - 1.6
LowPowerBanner - 1.4.5
LSFlatAlerts - 1.3
LZMA Utils - 4.32.7-4
Mad World Ringtone - 1.0.0-1
MapsOpener - 1.2.2-
Merge Font - 2.0
Merge Regular Font - 1.1
Message Box - 1.0-10
MessageSwiper - 3.5.1-1
Mobile Substrate - 0.9.4001
MobileTerminal - 520-2
N Stats for NotificationCenter - 1.0-1
Ness Font - 1.1
NetMeter - 0.5.8
NetMeterWidget for NC - 0.5.2
New Curses - 5.7-12
Nitrous - 2.0-1
NoNewsIsGoodNews - 1.0
Open Sans Font - 2.3
Opener - 1.1.1-1
OpenNotifier - 1.1.3
OpenSSL - 0.9.8k-9
PAM (Apple) - 32.1-3
PAM Modules - 36.1-4
PandoraSkips - 0.0.3-20
pcre - 8.30-5p
Pelida Font - 1.0
pincrush - 0.9.2-1
PreferenceLoader - 2.2.1-1
Profile Directory - 0-2
Questrial Font - 1.0
QuickClear - 0.1
readline - 6.0-7
RespringCacheFix - 0.2
Ring Layout for Iconoclasm - 1.1
Roboto Font - 2.5
SBSettings - 6.0.5-1
sbsettingstoggles - 6.0-2
Serious SBSettings HD - 1.4-1
shell-cmds - 118-6
Shrink - 1.0.6.1-4
Signal 2 - 2.0.10-1
SpotLock - 0.4
SpringFlash - 1.6
SubtleLock - 2.1-1
symbolicate - 1.2.0-1
system-cmds - 433.4-12
Tab+ - 0.9.6.1
Tape Archive - 1.19-8
top - 39-4
Twitter Logos for OpenNotifier - 1.1
UIKit Tools - 1.1.7
unrar - 3.6.8-2p
unzip - 5.52-5p
US Carrier Logos Zeppelin - 1.0
WeatherIcon 6 - 6.0.1-2
WeeLoader - 1.2-1
WeePreferenceLoader - 1.1
WinterBoard - 0.9.3911
Zeppelin - 1.1-1
zip - 2.32-5p
 

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Here's what things look like when nothing is running after a reboot. The usage seems to climb and hover after using for awhile. (Like in the above picture) Never used to do this. Wonder whats causing it? I'm thinking the network activity wheel spinning and multiple http processes might have to do with a package I have that checks for updates from cydia. I think a repo is down right now and that's what's causing it to keep the wheel spinning till it times out. Anybody l know what might be causing my springboard usage to rack up?
 

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You can also quit out of the current instance of 'top' by typing 'q' before exiting your SSH app. If you forget to quit out of top before exiting MobileTerminal then you can 'kill xxx' where xxx is the process ID number of each top instance.

My approach is much less hands on:
I use Prompt from the AppStore. It lets you configure an initial command that is run when the SSH connection is established, so less taps overall to get top running. I use 'top -F -R -o cpu -U mobile'. Constructed like that top orders processes by CPU usage and cuts out root processes (system stuff that never really spikes so far as I've seen).

I also use Background Manager to force quit out of Prompt when I close out of the app via the home button. When Prompt quits it terminates the SSH connection and subsequently terminates top.

These two things used in conjunction give me a "task manager" app that I can click into and exit out of with minimal taps. It's very nice not having to be on top of quitting top. :)
 
Thanks for the tips but I found the culprit. It was subtle lock. It was causing the phantom springboard usage. It just wasn't getting along with my other tweaks I guess! Now my usage is idling back down at 1% :)
 
Ah, SubtleLock was giving me guff too. Version 2.0-2 started the anomalous SpringBoard CPU usage for me. It went from 0.0-1.0% idle to 5.0-8.0% idle. I have no idea why being that it should only affect the lockscreen but that speaks to a runaway loop in his code and has made me leery of using it. :( His latest version has the same issue as well.
 
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