so i'm using an advance task killer (blue icon) and whenever i end all open apps
it tells me "advanced task killer ended "x" apps" but all the apps remain open in the recent app window in their current state..
is there an alternative way to remove the apps from the recent menu all at once?
i'm new to honeycomb..
Get rid of the Task killer imo
baseballfanz said:
Get rid of the Task killer imo
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okay so what would an alternative way to quit apps to save battery life?
avpmusic said:
okay so what would an alternative way to quit apps to save battery life?
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I use Active Apps & Watchdog to kill apps. Both in the market.
It's a Recent Apps list. Not a running in the background list.
All Android since 1.0 (T-Mobile G1, the first Android phone), there's been a recent app list. You press and hold the Home button. On Android 3.0 for tablets, there is a dedicated button.
In Android 3.1, the recent app list has been extended to more than 5 shown. It's now 14/15
You don't need to manually quit apps on Android. I get 15-20 hours battery with heavy use.
Hakizi said:
You don't need to manually quit apps on Android. I get 15-20 hours battery with heavy use.
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How in the world do you get that much usage....is the screen on 1% brightness and radio off?...
life64x said:
How in the world do you get that much usage....is the screen on 1% brightness and radio off?...
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I just leave the screen on auto brightness. The battery on these things is excellent.
I am new to not just Honeycomb but android all together. I think that it is completely asinine that there isn't an easy way to stop/close apps. when you bring up the recent app list if you tap & hold you should be given the option to close that app/window.
jadesse said:
I am new to not just Honeycomb but android all together. I think that it is completely asinine that there isn't an easy way to stop/close apps. when you bring up the recent app list if you tap & hold you should be given the option to close that app/window.
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+1 for this
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okay so what would an alternative way to quit apps to save battery life?
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An "app" called Android. Honeycomb caches and/or kills apps on its own. Try it without the killer. Start angry birds, exit and then go back....
So what is a GOOD and FUNCTIONING Task Manager app for the HoneyComb platform? I am using ZDBOX for my Thunderbolt, but it is NOT compatible with HoneyComb.
I use Task Manager to monitor which apps is USING too much battery, not killing them. It's must faster to use this type of app than going to Settings -> Applications and wait for the apps to be listed.
For example, I use ZDBOX in my Thunderbolt and notice that Skype is running in the background ALL THE TIME, using 11 to 25 Mb even when I am not using it for the whole day. Battery life begun to suffer, so I uninstall it.
The way android works is that if an app is using a service that needs to be ran in the background, you'll find it in that list in the application menu. Otherwise, it gets cached, so it will restore faster when you you open it again. Plain and simple, if you need to use a task manager for an Android app, it's either a poorly designed app - possibly containing something bad, or you need to shut down all the services the app needs - which should be a rare occasion if it's a worthwhile app.
What are you trying to kill so often?
If it's something that you've told is okay to run in the background, when you kill it, it probably starts up again. Using a task manager to kill these means your phone is constantly starting up and killing a service, which isn't good for battery life.
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Hakizi said:
I just leave the screen on auto brightness. The battery on these things is excellent.
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Must not be playing much flash. That eats it up.
watchdog not only will let you kill apps but tell you if any are overachivers
if things get out of hand press and hold the power button for a clean restart
I think if you go through settings and look for running apps, you can kill them. You app murderer.
franky1029 said:
The way android works is that if an app is using a service that needs to be ran in the background, you'll find it in that list in the application menu. Otherwise, it gets cached, so it will restore faster when you you open it again. Plain and simple, if you need to use a task manager for an Android app, it's either a poorly designed app - possibly containing something bad, or you need to shut down all the services the app needs - which should be a rare occasion if it's a worthwhile app.
What are you trying to kill so often?
If it's something that you've told is okay to run in the background, when you kill it, it probably starts up again. Using a task manager to kill these means your phone is constantly starting up and killing a service, which isn't good for battery life.
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That's why I need a Task Killer: to kill those poor-behaving apps. I don't use the Task Killer very often, though.
For example: I use an app called Flight Track. I don't fly very often, but I do fly more than average (once to twice a month, sometimes none in a month). This app is running in the background ALL the time. But on months I don't fly, I do not need this app to run in the background. So I kill the app and it does NOT start again in the background until I manually start the app.
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Using ATM and even if I check an app to not be affected when it cycles to kill, it is still stopped when I use the auto-kill widget. For example, if I'm on a web page before I kill, I'm not there when I bring that browser back up after kill. My mail through Touchdown, also stops checking if I manually kill apps (even though it's included in the "do not kill" list). Is there a better Task Killer that will leave my apps alone if I tell it to?
Using autokill too but it gives significantly less RAM to me that ATM.
taskiller full, it have an ignore list
advanced task killer has an ignore list too and works good for me
qvert said:
advanced task killer has an ignore list too and works good for me
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+1 for advanced task killer.
Keep in mind, tho, android system is still going to kill whatever it wants, whenever it feels necessary (unless the app in question is "locked in memory").
+1 for TaskKiller, but sometimes it uses up 16% or more of the battery in standby. Its not set to do anything on standby and status bar notification and widget are off.
advanced task manager works for me
You have to set a different ignore list for ATM's autokill, which is what the widget is. That's so you can manually kill more apps than are killed automatically. In ATM, choose menu, preferences, applications, and scroll to the auto-end excluded list. Also, set auto-end frequency to 30 mins. Then you will be amazed at how easily it keeps your phone tidy.
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I use Taskpanel, my favorite feature is it autokills programs in the autokill list when the screen shuts off.
You best bet is to put your auto killers on the auto kill list.
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You best bet is to put your auto killers on the auto kill list.
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+1
If you're really that concerned about memory use something like AutoKiller with aggressive settings.
System Panel seems awesome... I'm using this now.
your best bet is to not use a task killer. It is not needed for android.
lightforce said:
advanced task manager works for me
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advanced task manager works for me too.
myplague said:
your best bet is to not use a task killer. It is not needed for android.
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+1! My phone has been so much faster and better battery since ditching a task manager!
Zenoran said:
System Panel seems awesome... I'm using this now.
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Just found System Panel also has a convenient "Kill All" X button. Pretty cool.
I've tried all of them; Taskpanel is the absolute winner, especially at battery saving! It turbos your battery life, in my case about 40%; great/ musthave app!!
Switched to Advanced task manager. It allows itself to get killed
TaskKiller was taking up upto 20% of my standby battery!!!
britoso said:
Switched to Advanced task manager. It allows itself to get killed
TaskKiller was taking up upto 20% of my standby battery!!!
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YUP i have purchased Taskiller and Advanced Task manager...Ran both for many weeks with my G1 and Nexus...... Findings are
Big Difference here....Taskiller eats my battery + notice some kind of memory leak where the ram will always be getting lower and lower over a slow 24 to 48 hours.....
Advanced task killer uses no extra battery ... i just check the program a few times a day and when i get done i hit end all and it kills itself...big plus here for saving MUCHO battery...its the BEEEZ neeezzzz for real =-D ........the biggest reason for having one for me is when i reboot i have so many apps that run that dont need to ..so this works well using it like this, along with Juice defender my battery last sooooooo much longer..... for real beez neez i tell ya
Been using taskpanel for like 3-4 months on my ADP1 and now my N1 so I highly recommend it.
is there any honeycomb friendly task manager or stock tracking Widgets?
I like to put them on the home screen but the ones I found are quite small for use on tablets.
I have never used a stock widget. As for the task manager, you don't need one. Android manages task on its own. If you happen to get a stuck app, go to settings, apps, manage apps, then find the app and stop it.
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I have never used a stock widget. As for the task manager, you don't need one. Android manages task on its own. If you happen to get a stuck app, go to settings, apps, manage apps, then find the app and stop it.
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I know that's the argument about android task manage in a perfect world.
However, in actual usage I get STUCKED apps all the time. For example, if I don't disconnect from team viewer before jumping to another it gets stuck... This make it very cumbersome to go to settings app all the time.
I really need something on the home screen to kill these sticker apps.
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I know that's the argument about android task manage in a perfect world.
However, in actual usage I get STUCKED apps all the time. For example, if I don't disconnect from team viewer before jumping to another it gets stuck... This make it very cumbersome to go to settings app all the time.
I really need something on the home screen to kill these sticker apps.
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Use Active Apps. It doesn't manage or autokill, just a widget that gives you a list of running apps and lets you close one or all with a single button. Very easy.
As for a stock ticker widget....I would love to find one too. Can't imagine there isn't one out there somewhere.
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Is there a multitasking app or program i can use with the infuse,I dont like using taskmanager!
Are you just trying to switch between recently used apps? Hold down your home key and your last couple of apps opened will pop up.
You can also use Advanced Task Killer (but don't kill tasks, unless an app is misbehaving) -
Make sure you peruse the settings so that autokill is OFF and security is HIGH (to avoid showing system processes). Also, it'd really help to configure the tap action to "select/unselect" so that you don't accidentally kill anything.
I wanted something more like the iphone multiflow
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I wanted something more like the iphone multiflow
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I think Visual Task Switcher is as close as you'll get.
There's also QuickDesk, Tasking, and Swipepad.
icon changes after update
hi,
i have some games in a home screen folder.
when that game updates, then the icon in the folder looks the default android icon and not the original game/app icon, as before the update.
to get the game icon back, i have to delete that icon and then make another shortcut for that game and put it into the folder.
any other war to do this ?
will having less services running, extend the battery life ?
google maps always seems to be on as a service, though i havent used it in a long time. if i stop the service, it starts again.
which android services can be safely stopped ?
HTC Desire S, Sense UI 2.1, Android 2.3.3
thanks
Anyone has the same experience ?
+ 1 mate
my solution is just move .apk to internal mem
after that is ok
I rebooted and it fixed the icons issue.
Yes, fewer active services will improve battery.
Google maps is used for location services like weather, world clock etc. other apps that use location services.... So it comes back on no matter how many times you kill it, unless you totally turn off all network connections, which is no fun.
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& also running less services does not improve your battery life as when a program is on RAM it doesn't use power
but if you kill services with task managers then they will start again which causes battery drain
I let the phone to update automatically, i dont move the apks myself.
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+ 1 mate
my solution is just move .apk to internal mem
after that is ok
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For me, reboot does not refresh the icons, they still remain as the default android icon.
i can delete them and then make the app shortcut again, and then add to the folder, then the appropriate game icon is shown.
mikeyd85 said:
I rebooted and it fixed the icons issue.
Yes, fewer active services will improve battery.
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hmm, so cant stop it then.
i will have to check which services can be stopped safely.
MasterDL said:
Google maps is used for location services like weather, world clock etc. other apps that use location services.... So it comes back on no matter how many times you kill it, unless you totally turn off all network connections, which is no fun.
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i do not kill processes myself. earlier i was using ATK, but then i removed it.
i just monitor the processes and services running in the background.
what u r saying about program being on RAM consuming no battery, is true. but what i was wondering was about services - which i believe dont just stay and idle in the RAM, but i think must be consuming some resources.
So i would like to know which android services can be safely shut down.
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& also running less services does not improve your battery life as when a program is on RAM it doesn't use power
but if you kill services with task managers then they will start again which causes battery drain
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I'm using Widget Locker. Nice app. However it's annoying me because its process not running in the back ground (like system files) but instead running like an app. So everytimes I go to "task manager" to clear running app in the background. I can't just clear all to save my baterry. It will close Widget Locker (i have manually close one by one app). Is there a way to integrate it to system files so I won't see it in the "Task Manager".
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Try an app from the market called Watchdog. It is a really good app that lets you real time see processes and cpu usage and it will alert you on thresh holds of over usage. You can individually kill those processes which may be inadvertently over using your phone and eating up your battery. Task killers just blanketly kill apps and processes. Some of which restart right back up chewing up you cpu and also wasting precious battery. So doing this continuously will just overwork and kill your usage time on the phone. If you precisely pinpoint the app causing issues you can leave the phone to manage the application as it is designed to do and also you may notice other regularly used apps opening quicker and more responsive. Give it a try and keep us posted.
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sweetboy02125 said:
I'm using Widget Locker. Nice app. However it's annoying me because its process not running in the back ground (like system files) but instead running like an app. So everytimes I go to "task manager" to clear running app in the background. I can't just clear all to save my baterry. It will close Widget Locker (i have manually close one by one app). Is there a way to integrate it to system files so I won't see it in the "Task Manager".
Hope you understand what i'm trying to say
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I'm using Go Launcher. It has a built in task manager that also allows you to lock app so you don't close them by accident. Have my Widget Locker app Locked. Hope this helps also. And I think this should be in the Q&A Section.
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Try an app from the market called Watchdog. It is a really good app that lets you real time see processes and cpu usage and it will alert you on thresh holds of over usage. You can individually kill those processes which may be inadvertently over using your phone and eating up your battery. Task killers just blanketly kill apps and processes. Some of which restart right back up chewing up you cpu and also wasting precious battery. So doing this continuously will just overwork and kill your usage time on the phone. If you precisely pinpoint the app causing issues you can leave the phone to manage the application as it is designed to do and also you may notice other regularly used apps opening quicker and more responsive. Give it a try and keep us posted.
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+1, well said.
bigfau said:
I think this should be in the Q&A Section.
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I think it's in the right section (Themes & Apps).