Apple Mobile Device Service

Greeny1994 · 7 Mar 2013 at 18:59

I have this annoying problem where Apple Mobile Device Service uses about 17% of my processor (almost one core maxed). I assume this is an iTunes dependency as this is the only apple software I have installed.

All of the times this has happened has been when I have had iTunes open and it doesn't go away when I close iTunes so I usually just kill the process.

My question is, is anyone else having this problem and how can I fix it?
Also, what does it actually do?

Thanks

Moredhel · 7 Mar 2013 at 22:18

It is the service that communicates with any attached iDevices (Pods, pads, phones etc)

Not encountered that issue before, but if you have none of those devices I see no reason why you couldn't disable it.

Greeny1994 · 8 Mar 2013 at 07:35

I have a jailbroken 3GS on 5.1.1 but it is never attached when AMDS hogs my processor.
Unless, it is wireless sync trying to communicate. I never use it, so I shall try disabling it tonight.

theheyes · 8 Mar 2013 at 19:48

Disable it and all the other junk the iTunes trojan installs while you're at it.

Moredhel · 8 Mar 2013 at 19:50

Only useless if you don't use it. I use both the mobile device service and bonjour a lot.

Greeny1994 · 9 Mar 2013 at 11:12

Wireless sync has been off for ~5 hours now and AMDS hasn't been eating my processor yet.
Lets hope it stays that way

Jjustme · 9 Mar 2013 at 11:35

I had this issue. There are a lot of results on google about.

http://www.alpineinteractive.co.uk/blog/2012/4/17/itunes-apple-mobile-device-cpu-100

If that guide doesn't fix it, try downloading sysinternals autoruns apps and check to see which winsock providers you have on your computer, it's likely they're conflicting.

Greeny1994 · 9 Mar 2013 at 12:49

I had already tried the command that that link shows.
If it comes back I will try sysinternals.
Thanks