I found the solution to my problem: Service.startForeground. This call makes sure my background service will keeps its priority when its running in the background. The SDK has a nice example that works across all API levels: http://developer.android.com/intl/de/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/ForegroundService.html
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