This document provides summaries of several Android daemons including servicemanager, vold, rild, netd, adbd, and installd. Servicemanager provides context management for the binder system and maintains a service index for the entire system. Vold handles volume mounting, automatic mounting, and formatting of mounted devices. Rild is the radio interface layer to phone hardware. Netd manages networking aspects and interfaces with the Network Management service. Adbd interfaces with the "adb" command for remote debugging, shell access, and more. Installd handles package installation and uninstallation with sanity checks and interfaces with the Package Manager service.

1. Android Daemons
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2. Daemons
servicemanager
vold
rild
netd
adbd
installd

3. servicemanager
Context management for binder
Service index for entire system

4. vold
Volume mounter
Auto-mount
Auto-format mounted devices

5. rild
Radio Interface Layer to phone hardware

6. netd
Management of aspects of networking
Interfaces with Network Management service

7. adbd
Interface with host “adb” command
Remote debugging capabilities
Access to shell
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8. installd
Package install/unistall
Sanity checks and verifications
Interfaces with Package Manager service