killApp Shell Failure

[Mickets]

Hello,

I have installed a file indexing app named Aurora. It's a great app,
as it indexes all files on external and internal memory and makes it
very fast to find files, contacts, etc.

The problem with Aurora is that I can't seem to have it NOT re-index
automatically. And each time it does, it uses the CPU up to 25% and
the battery is drained.

So I created a profile in Tasker to:

a) Every 30min, check if Aurora is running
b) If it is, then kill it using root privileges

The task is triggered, but when returning to Tasker the error log
displays "killApp Shell Failure".

I searched through the log.txt file and couldn't find it mentioned
there.

Any ideas?

I've just installed CatLog to see if I can see the error logged there,
meanwhile.

My device: Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830B, Android 2.3.4, rooted.

Thanks for any help;

[bdanders]

You could try running a shell command to do it directly. My current ROM has a bug that occasionally requires force closing Bluetooth or it will hang up. So do a "Run Shell" task with kill `pidof com.android.bluetooth` every time BT turns off. I tried the same thing using the "Kill App" task and it caused my phone to reboot so I went back to the shells command.

[Mickets]

The other method that I'm currently using is:
pkill -9 com.crowntech.aurora

Bryce, unfortunately this command didn't work either. I'll have to investigate further or just give up.

Too bad: Aurora is a great indexing and search tool, but when it decides to scan the device it just uses up too much CPU. And the developer doesn't reply to my contacts.

Thanks anyway.


 

[GermainZ]

Try this shell command as root:

am force-stop packagename

For other solutions that might work, read this thread.