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What is AppleMobileDeviceService.exe?

By Apple

What is it?

This is the service portion of the Apple MobileDeviceHelper iTunes sync. AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe is installed along with the latest version of Apple iTunes and is used to sync your iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPod or iPad with iTunes when you connect your device to your computer.

What if I disable AppleMobileDeviceService.exe?

If you disable this process then when you connect your iOS device to your computer iTunes will not automatically sync to your mobile device without having to open iTunes manualliy. iOS devices require Apple Mobile Device Support, which should be automatically installed with iTunes. You can disable that setting within the iTunes settings, or you can disable iTunesHelper itself.
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How does applemobiledeviceservice.exe run?

Service - AppleMobileDeviceService.exe runs as a background Windows service called 'Apple Mobile Device' (Apple Mobile Device). This service runs as the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges on the local computer, and acts as the computer on the network. Apple Mobile Device runs as a program that can be started by the Service Controller and that obeys the service control protocol. This type of service runs in a process by itself.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.4% of all Boost users have the applemobiledeviceservice.exe process running.Of the 0.4% of applemobiledeviceservice.exe users, 12.5% have disabled it.
How stable is AppleMobileDeviceService.exe?
Based on crash data discovered by Boost, stability is a measure of how sound this particular process and the average percent of times it crashes.
     applemobiledeviceservice.exe0.03%
Typical program1.26%
How resource intensive is AppleMobileDeviceService.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00078% CPU7760.0%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
          4.57 MB RAM21.2%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
 2 /min0.1%
Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.
         4 GDI objects2.7%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
     7 context switches/sec7.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\common files\apple\mobile device support\applemobiledeviceservice.exe

Are there other versions of AppleMobileDeviceService.exe?

applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.96.2.2 (this)
applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.96.0.8
applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.89.0.42
applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.89.0.12
applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.88.0.8
applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.88.0.7
applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.64.0.7
applemobiledeviceservice.exe - version 17.323.0.9

What modules are loaded?

A module is a dynamic link library (DLL) or an executable file that is loaded into the process. Below is a list of non-system modules that are loaded by this process.
shell32.dll (Windows Shell Common Dll by Microsoft)
urlmon.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
pthreadvc2.dll (POSIX Threads for Windows32 Library by Apple)
sqlite3.dll (SQLite3 by Apple)
zlib1.dll (zlib by Apple)
libxml2.dll (libxml2.dll by Apple)
appleversions.dll (Apple Software Support Version Check by Apple)
ssleay32.dll (The OpenSSL Toolkit by Apple)
libeay32.dll (The OpenSSL Toolkit by Apple)
pthreadvc2.dll (POSIX Threads for Windows32 Library by Apple)
libicuin.dll (International Components for Unicode by Apple)
libicuuc.dll (International Components for Unicode by Apple)
appleversions.dll (Apple Software Support Version Check by Apple)
yscrashdump.dll (YSCrashDump.dll by Apple)
corefoundation.dll (CoreFoundation by Apple)
objc.dll (objc4 by Apple)
libdispatch.dll (libdispatch by Apple)
icudt46.dll (International Components for Unicode by Apple)
asl.dll (ASL.dll by Apple)
applemobiledeviceservice_main.dll (Apple Mobile Device Service by Apple)
dnssd.dll (Bonjour by Apple)
mobiledevice.dll (iTunesMobileDevice by Apple)
cfnetwork.dll ( CFNetwork by Apple)
sblsp.dll (sblsp by Speed-Bit LTD)
configdb.dll (ConfigDB by Speed-Bit LTD)
pthreadvc2.dll (POSIX Threads for Windows32 Library by Apple)
umengx86.dll (BASH by Symantec)

What programs install AppleMobileDeviceService.exe?

Apple Mobile Device Support (by Apple Inc.)
Apple Mobile Device Support by Apple Inc. - Apple Mobile Device Support is required and used for the synchronisation between an Apple mobile iOS devices (iPod, iPhone or iPad) and a PC through iTunes. If uninstalled, your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch may not appear
Program URL: www.apple.com
Program help URL: www.apple.com/support/
Install path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\
Size: 24.14 MB
Systemsteuerung "MobileMe" by Apple Inc. - MobileMe (replaced by iCloud) was a subscription-based collection of online services. MobileMe allowed users to track the location of their iOS devices via the web portal at me.com. MobileMe had two different plans. The
Program URL: www.apple.com/de
Program help URL: www.apple.com/de/support/
Install path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\
Size: 19.56 MB
MobileMe Control Panel by Apple Inc. - Users who wished to sync their MobileMe data with a PC had to download and install Apple's MobileMe Control Panel. To install, the user first had to download and install the latest version of iTunes, and then install
Program URL: www.apple.com
Program help URL: www.apple.com/support/
Install path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\
Size: 28.97 MB
Pannello di controllo di MobileMe by Apple Inc.
Program URL: www.apple.com/it/
Program help URL: www.apple.com/it/support/
Install path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\
Size: 28.66 MB
Panel de control de MobileMe by Apple Inc.
Program URL: www.apple.com/es/
Program help URL: www.apple.com/es/support/
Install path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\
Size: 29.12 MB
Configuratiescherm MobileMe by Apple Inc.
Program URL: www.apple.com/nl
Program help URL: www.apple.com/nl/support/
Install path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\
Size: 28.92 MB

What else is related?

asl.dll (by Apple)
safaritheme.dll (SafariTheme.dll by Apple)
spellchecker.dll (SpellChecker.dll by Apple)
search.dll (Search.dll by Apple)
pubsubdll.dll (PubSubDLL.dll by Apple)
safari.dll (Safari.dll by Apple)
mdcrashreporttool_main.dll (MDCrashReportTool_Main by Apple)
mdcrashreporttool.exe (MDCrashReportTool by Apple)
internetexplorerbookmarkdav.dll (InternetExplorerBookmarkDAV.dll by Apple)
librainfall.dll (LibRainfall.dll by Apple)
ysutilities.dll (YSUtilities.dll by Apple)
coredav.dll (CoreDAV.dll by Apple)
bookmarkdav_client_main.dll (BookmarkDAV_client_main.dll by Apple)
bookmarkdav_client.exe (BookmarkDAV_client.exe by Apple)
applephotostreamsps.dll (ApplePhotoStreamsPS.dll by Apple)
applephotostreamsps64.dll (by Apple)
shellstreams64.dll (by Apple)
shellstreams.dll (ShellStreams.dll by Apple)
coretext.dll (CoreText.dll by Apple)
mmcs.dll (mmcs.dll by Apple)
ubiquity.dll (Ubiquity.dll by Apple)
chunkinglibrary.dll (ChunkingLibrary.dll by Apple)

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe Stability

applemobiledeviceservice.exe crashes or has encountered a critical error 0.8900% of the time.
1.  
Error: Stopped working (APPCRASH)
Crashing module: ntdll.dll (still researching...)
Occurred: over 3 months ago
2.  
Error: Stopped working (APPCRASH)
Crashing module: ntdll.dll (still researching...)
Occurred: over 6 months ago

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.131072)
Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6001.65536)
Windows Vista (TM) Business (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7600.0)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7600.0)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7600.0)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7600.0)
Windows 7 Enterprise (6.1.7601.65536)

About Apple Inc.

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File details

File name: AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
Publisher: Apple Inc. (verified)
Description: MobileDeviceService
Version: 17.96.2.2
Product version: 3.3.0.0
Size: 55.67 KB
Original file name: AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

Digital certificate

Issued to: Apple Inc.
Certificate authority: VeriSign

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0016941166%
Privileged CPU: 0.0009181193%
User CPU: 0.00077599733547%
Privileged CPU time: 10659289.66 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 1,211 ms
CPU cycle count: 104,339,081
CPU cycle count /min: 83,669,291
Context switches /sec: 7
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 90.03 MB
Peak committed memory: 94.62 MB
Paged memory: 4.57 MB
Peak paged memory: 4.71 MB
Paged system memory: 152.43 KB
Non-paged system memory: 19.67 KB
Working set memory: 8.23 MB
Peak working set memory: 11.95 MB
Min working set memory: 6.44 MB
Private memory: 4.57 MB
Page faults: 15,430
Page faults /min: 27
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 241
Read operations /min: 1
Total read transfer: 2.02 MB
Read transfer /min: 737 Bytes
Total write operations: 342
Write operations /min: 1
Total write transfer: 46.43 KB
Write transfer /min: 53 Bytes
Total other operations: 16,348
Other operations /min: 7
Other Transfer /min: 9.63 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 4
USER objects: 2
Resources
Handle count average: 232
Thread count average: 11
Thread resource averages
msvcr80.dll
ntdll.dll
msvcr80.dll
msvcr80.dll
ntdll.dll
wow64cpu.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): System
Integrety level: Undefined
Windows platform: 64-bit
Runs as a service: Yes
Parent Processes
services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)
Child Processes
csrss.exe (Client Server Runtime Process by Microsoft)
winlogon.exe (Windows Logon Application by Microsoft)
Process Commands
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe"
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe"
"C:\Programas\Ficheiros comuns\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe"

Service details

Name: Apple Mobile Device
Service type: Win32OwnProcess
Description: “Provides the interface to Apple mobile devices.”

Network connectivity

UDP: LISTENING on port 52281
TCP: localhost on port 27015
UDP: LISTENING on port 55017
TCP: localhost on port 27015
UDP: LISTENING on port 49153
TCP: localhost on port 49155
UDP: LISTENING on port 58565
TCP: localhost on port 49156
UDP: LISTENING on port 64297
TCP: localhost on port 49634
UDP: LISTENING on port 63708
TCP: localhost on port 27015

Image hashes

MD5: 4fe5c6d40664ae07be5105874357d2ed
SHA-1: 131fbf9c3e5aade1a0f64f3b4f640e82856fdab4
SHA-256: 70dd05ee80b77eb2f781e0919885d1bbb1119ea1a8955935af5aecd05e30f14a

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows Console
Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
kernel32.dll
msvcp80.dll
msvcr80.dll
shlwapi.dll
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