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[App] AutoKiller minfree manager, will make your phone fly again

AutoKiller
This app is designed to help make your phone run mutch smoother by configuring systems internal memory management routines.
It also features a full-powered process manager which lets you control your whole system.
Features:
- process manager
- simple/advanced mode
- presets
- shortcuts to presets
- settings reapply on boot (no init file hacking, i use a service)
- pages/mb views
- statistics
i plan to add a few more features, your feedback is welcome.
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reported to work on:
-Nexus One
-Hero
-Spica
-G1
-MyTouch/Magic/G2
-Liquid
-Milestone/Droid
-Behold II
-IE 6010
-I 7500
-LG GW620
-Pulse
-XT800
-...
official homepage has a lot more info.
Thank you for your support, and for your kind donations thus far.
If you like my work, and can afford to donate a couple of dollars to buy me a beer, please use the link below!
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Seems to make a bigger difference on resource hogs like the Sense UI. I tried it running MoDaCo's Desire ROM and it seemed to be faster. I don't notice as much of a difference on Cyanogen ROM's. I am still keeping it installed, even running CM. It hasn't given me any problems and the phone does seem pretty snappy (Although not much better than before, with the Desire exception).

ccunningham83 said:
Now maybe it is just me, but in your "reported to work on:" section in your post, it never mentions the Nexus One. That is kind of important when you are posting in the "Nexus One" sub-forum.
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you are right, of course i wouldn't post it here if it couldn't run on N1
post is fixed now.

Been using this the day I got my Nexus One. Does it work? I have no idea! I have no reference points to compare it with.
It's small though and certainly isnt causing any problems. Worst case it does nothing, oh well, best case it helps alot. Pretty sure thats a no-lose scenario.

Incoming flood of posts about "killing apps is bad for your phone"

Shouldn't these types of things be posted here?

Paul22000 said:
Incoming flood of posts about "killing apps is bad for your phone"
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And I guess I'll be the one to start.
Read my signature. 39 apps running and 0 apps running have the same responsiveness. Killing apps does nothing but free unneeded RAM.

dumbestcrayon said:
And I guess I'll be the one to start.
Read my signature. 39 apps running and 0 apps running have the same responsiveness. Killing apps does nothing but free unneeded RAM.
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Task Killers are needed, just not what some people are using them for. For example, the speedtest.net app has a bug where when you back out of the app, it still uses your gps draining your battery, having a task killer will allow you to close that program without having to reboot your phone.

McFroger3 said:
Task Killers are needed, just not what some people are using them for. For example, the speedtest.net app has a bug where when you back out of the app, it still uses your gps draining your battery, having a task killer will allow you to close that program without having to reboot your phone.
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Lol that's funny because that app is the only reason I use a task killer. It is definitely needed for killing apps with bugs but not for keeping apps out of the RAM for no reason.

dumbestcrayon said:
And I guess I'll be the one to start.
Read my signature. 39 apps running and 0 apps running have the same responsiveness. Killing apps does nothing but free unneeded RAM.
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A bit misleading....
I thought the video showed someone with 39 apps running comparing to 0 apps running.
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dumbestcrayon said:
Lol that's funny because that app is the only reason I use a task killer. It is definitely needed for killing apps with bugs but not for keeping apps out of the RAM for no reason.
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unfortunately there are many applications which cannot sleep properly, or don't release resources. (the most annoying I met with was TasKiller itself!!!) if you have the time to find out which are these one bye one, you can kill them any time you finish using them. but if you don't want to mess with this, setting lowmemory killer is the best approach as a fix.
"free" memory is not useless: it is always filled up with cache of your most used applications. so you get resource-consuming applications killed, and got cache with preloaded data your phone will probably use.

AutoKiller 2.0 is out
changelog:
* process manager added
* new ui
* lots of stability and speed improvements
* mb view by default

Does running Advanced Task Manager alongside this app make sense? Is it redundant, helpful or hurtful?

McFroger3 said:
Task Killers are needed, just not what some people are using them for. For example, the speedtest.net app has a bug where when you back out of the app, it still uses your gps draining your battery, having a task killer will allow you to close that program without having to reboot your phone.
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You can just use the built in task killer to do that... menu, settings, apps(programs in a Desire ROM), manage apps, select the app(might want to hit menu, then select running apps only)... then force stop.
Granted, a task killer makes it quicker and easier to bring this list up, but it calls on the built in task killer to actually kill the task.
To the OP, great work! Looks nice! The ability to change how aggressive you want the auto task killing is nice to have, and it is nice to have eye candy when killing a rogue app. All though I don't ever use these sorts of apps, I like what you have done with yours!

whodatfever said:
Does running Advanced Task Manager alongside this app make sense? Is it redundant, helpful or hurtful?
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if you use ATM to kill apps, id is redundant, AK can do it too. ATM may hav some advanced features you need, please check it.

AutoKiller 2.1 is out
changes:
* process manager is on steroids
* stability improvements

Description dev says: "root required for all features to work"; does this mean some features work on the unrooted Nexus as well, or nothing at all??
I don't feel like rooting my Nexus, but am looking for a good taskkiller..

bmszabo said:
Description dev says: "root required for all features to work"; does this mean some features work on the unrooted Nexus as well, or nothing at all??
I don't feel like rooting my Nexus, but am looking for a good taskkiller..
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Actually process manager part fully works without root (keep alive function connects to minfree and it wont work obviously) but it will just doesnt work, no FC or strange behaviour I also would like to ask you to report back how it behaves on a non rooted device, as i could only test it in dev environments.
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ratson said:
Actually process manager part fully works without root (keep alive function connects to minfree and it wont work obviously) but it will just doesnt work, no FC or strange behaviour I also would like to ask you to report back how it behaves on a non rooted device, as i could only test it in dev environments.
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ATM just uninstalled (last weeks getting slower, FCing apps, not sure if it was ATM's behavior), installing AutoKiller; I'll keep You posted on experience on a not-rooted, stock Google N1!
Greetz,
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AutoKiller 2.2 is out:
* ordered presets
* custom preset

Memory Booster – Android RAM Optimizer to Speed Up Your Smartphone!

Hi All,
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Memory Booster is one of our most popular utilities, you can download it free on the andorid market. Here we just update to the new V2.3.
Version 2.3 (Sep. 20, 2010)
-Blackscreen issue fixed in this new version
-Widget process is protected from memory boosting
-Alarm & Clock process is protected from memory boosting
-Improved user interface for Whitelist function
-Other minor improvements(new icon image, code optimizations etc.)
Memory Booster is a powerful mobile Memory & RAM boosting tool specially designed for Android smartphone users. It is a handy memory optimizer tool that will keep your Android smartphone running faster and efficiently. It increases your cell phone’s performance by making more memory available for both your applications and the mobile system.
Product Features:
·Real-time Smartphone Memory Status Report & Monitor
Memory Booster gives you professional, easy-to-read status report on your smartphone’s memory usage. A live chart demonstrates your total available memory and current memory usage. Memory Booster makes it easy to see how well your smartphone is performing, and to check if your system is overloaded.
·Setting Your Performance Target
Using Memory Booster’s Settings function, you can boost phones by setting performance goal fits your profile. Memory Booster will work to keep your memory at desired levels, and act immediately if memory drops below critical level.
·One-click Quick Memory Boosting
In addition to monitoring and reclaiming your memory automatically, Memory Booster allows you to boost your memory manually. By using the Quick Boost feature, you can observe Memory Booster reclaiming more memory for your system. In the mean time, Quick Boost will smartly remember the settings that work best for your smartphone.
·Auto-boosting in the Background
Your memory is the most important resource on your smartphone, and how it is used can drastically affect performance. With Auto-boosting feature, Memory Booster can run in the background and automatically reclaim unused memory on your Smartphone. It oversees the allocation of memory resources through its unique cache management technique.
·Android system crash protection
The majority of smartphone crashes come when system resources are inadequate. Memory Booster automatically watches and cleans up your Android’s system memory when it reaches a critical point. By using Memory Booster, you don’t need to know anything about your smartphone system; Memory Booster will provide all the technical know-how.
·And there is more..
Other features include embedded Advanced Task Manager, Whitelist Manager, Boost Level Manager & Memory Boost Log, which allow you to manually quit the running applications safely, to protect items from being killed during Memory Booster’s boost operation, to easily adjust Memory Booster’s boost strength according to users’ demands, and manually check Memory Booster’s boosting history to trace the effectiveness it improves your smartphone’s performance.
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installed it but oubt its gonna make much of a difference on a custom rom
this probably has more use on a rooted factory rom

Latest version
Version 2.5 (Oct. 22, 2010)
- Improved component: Task Killer
- Full support for Android 2.2 (Froyo) devices
- Whitelist optimization
- Enhanced boost speed
Leave a comment if you have any suggestions. Thanks

Thank you Dev, my problem blackscreen solved. Great work

Don't use this program, it's a potential scam. The creators go around and spam various Android websites with it. It has access to your personal information too. I wouldn't trust it.
Check this thread: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...ram-optimizer-speed-up-your-smartphone-4.html
If it's so good, why do they have to spam forums with their shill? Hmm...

EDIT - CONFIRMED SPAM / SCAM
Feel free to read my sensible post below, or look into the previous posts by "acke2008" or the OP. This is definitely, 100% spam, and probably a scam. I would highly suggest whatever moderator reads this to do a clean/ban on their accounts.
This doesn't make sense to me, and is setting of a few alarm bells in my head to.
First, Android as an OS manages RAM extremely well. Since applications are launched as individual dalvik vm's, their memory space is protected from one another, which means their memory is protected from this application. How is this application "reclaiming" free memory? Memory is either in use, or not in use (free). If you kill an application directly, it's memory is automatically unallocated (freed), which is the point of task-killers (no need to discuss their actual efficacy yet again).
I'd also like to point out what I think is a bit ironic that a program claiming to increase free memory and optimizer performance actually takes up memory and resources. At least ATK kills itself when it's done... does this?
I don't know, happy to eat my words if someone wants to take the time and test it out and give us some insight on how it works and what it's doing, but right now I don't see the point, and a pointless app with access to my data concerns me.

It seems like forcing programs to give up memory would slow the phone down in most circumstances. They are just going to have to load all of it back. I would think that RAM usage optimizations need to be dealt with on a program by program basis.

Hello namebradon,
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namebrandon said:
EDIT - CONFIRMED SPAM / SCAM
Feel free to read my sensible post below, or look into the previous posts by "acke2008" or the OP. This is definitely, 100% spam, and probably a scam. I would highly suggest whatever moderator reads this to do a clean/ban on their accounts.
This doesn't make sense to me, and is setting of a few alarm bells in my head to.
First, Android as an OS manages RAM extremely well. Since applications are launched as individual dalvik vm's, their memory space is protected from one another, which means their memory is protected from this application. How is this application "reclaiming" free memory? Memory is either in use, or not in use (free). If you kill an application directly, it's memory is automatically unallocated (freed), which is the point of task-killers (no need to discuss their actual efficacy yet again).
I'd also like to point out what I think is a bit ironic that a program claiming to increase free memory and optimizer performance actually takes up memory and resources. At least ATK kills itself when it's done... does this?
I don't know, happy to eat my words if someone wants to take the time and test it out and give us some insight on how it works and what it's doing, but right now I don't see the point, and a pointless app with access to my data concerns me.
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I am 100% sure this guy's apps are scams + spams. He goes to other forums too and spams them. I saw him spamming on a Droid forum recently. You can google the program name and look for spam threads.

i managed to try this..... and its not worth the trouble using it :/ it does not do anything :/ glad i didnt pay for this. found a rapidshare link to the program last week. >_>

Thread Closed, Links to Paid Software not allowed, Also appears to be a somewhat sketchy app

List Your Free Memory (RAM) Pics.

I looked all over the forum but couldn't find somethinng similar. I just wanted to see just how much FREE RAM my fellow G2xers have on their phones. I do realized that it all depends on just how many apps, widgets, etc etc anyone is running on their phone which inturn will affect the performance/speed of the memory. So all I'm asking is to see what is the most memory anyone has seen on their phone WITH or WITHOUT running any apps/widgets. I'll be posting my screenshot ASAP.
Thanks

Here is mine.
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mhsamma said:
I looked all over the forum but couldn't find somethinng similar. I just wanted to see just how much FREE RAM my fellow G2xers have on their phones. I do realized that it all depends on just how many apps, widgets, etc etc anyone is running on their phone which inturn will affect the performance/speed of the memory. So all I'm asking is to see what is the most memory anyone has seen on their phone WITH or WITHOUT running any apps/widgets. I'll be posting my screenshot ASAP.
Thanks
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Unused RAM is wasted RAM.

mhsamma said:
Here is mine.
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What widget are you using to display wifi and cell data in square box on the left?
Thanks.

nomisunrider said:
Unused RAM is wasted RAM.
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I agree until you realize thats apps which shouldn't be using ram are forcing apps that you are still using to close... I wish Android allowed users to decide what stays in ram and what gets closed... like a PC. Those task killer apps would be far more useful than "auto" memory management.
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EP2008 said:
I agree until you realize thats apps which shouldn't be using ram are forcing apps that you are still using to close... I wish Android allowed users to decide what stays in ram and what gets closed... like a PC. Those task killer apps would be far more useful than "auto" memory management.
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But then how could google create your location data profile by running apps in the background

jcbofkc said:
What widget are you using to display wifi and cell data in square box on the left?
Thanks.
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It's called Data Counter Widget. Here is the link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.roysolberg.android.datacounter&feature=search_result

nomisunrider said:
Unused RAM is wasted RAM.
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yea, but my aim is to better battery life.
unused ram around 207 MB when idling. no widgets, all unnecessary background apps removed except google voice

c19932 said:
yea, but my aim is to better battery life.
unused ram around 207 MB when idling. no widgets, all unnecessary background apps removed except google voice
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Wow that's impressive. I wish I can get that much. I also agree with you about having spare RAM saving battery life.

c19932 said:
yea, but my aim is to better battery life.
unused ram around 207 MB when idling. no widgets, all unnecessary background apps removed except google voice
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More free RAM doesn't mean better battery life. Especially if nothing is accessing

How do I have so much available RAM compared to some of you guys. I have 5 home screens filled with widgets and I still have 250mb free. Bottom left hand corner of the home screen is a widget.

jrwingate6 said:
How do I have so much available RAM compared to some of you guys. I have 5 home screens filled with widgets and I still have 250mb free. Bottom left hand corner of the home screen is a widget.
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Hmm... any ROMs or kernels you're running? I'm on stock rooted with paul's odex hack. Gonna finally try EBlood 1.0.2 so I'll take a RAM reading off a fresh install of that. Your RAM reading does look higher than any I've seen.

jsapp said:
More free RAM doesn't mean better battery life. Especially if nothing is accessing
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+1.. this man speaks truth.
Trying to cut down on ram to save battery life... that does notta, nothing, zilch. The ram is allocated to the app... but if the app isn't using CPU... it's sitting idle.
Then, people are trying to shut down an idle app with a task killer... It takes battery to turn on the screen, it takes the CPU to startup the task killer, it takes CPU to shut down the tasks, and then it uses CPU when the tasks start back up. All in the name of saving battery life? lol... ya right. It's adding fuel to the fire.
Use Watchdog... It will show you the apps that are running and how much CPU they are using. Most of them show 0.0%.. they are idle. Then uninstall watchdog cuz it eats battery to run and monitor the system's apps, lol.

r4d14n7 said:
Hmm... any ROMs or kernels you're running? I'm on stock rooted with paul's odex hack. Gonna finally try EBlood 1.0.2 so I'll take a RAM reading off a fresh install of that. Your RAM reading does look higher than any I've seen.
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No Roms. Just the odex hack. I have been u using this instal since I had my G2x which I bough on opening day.
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Missing RAM?

Hey guys,
I just got my brand new Nexus S yesterday from a Mobilicity store, and I just noticed that after using it for a day, in the Application Settings --> Running Services menu in system preferences, it says that I have used 179 MB used and 116 MB free, that only equates to 295 MB of total RAM. I thought this phone had 512 MB of RAM installed ... what happened to the rest of my RAM ?
Does Android reserve like 200+ MB of RAM for the OS itself ? Personally I disabled the Live Wallpaper as it eats up resources.
Software I do have running in the background right now are: RealPlayer, Trillian, LiveProfile, Skype, Maps, Swype.
Thanks,
deltatux

deltatux said:
Does Android reserve like 200+ MB of RAM for the OS itself ? Personally I disabled the Live Wallpaper as it eats up resources.
deltatux
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Yes it does, that's normal for OS based phones...i think you prolly have more programs running because the best amount of ram to have is around 200...

shad0wboss said:
Yes it does, that's normal for OS based phones...i think you prolly have more programs running because the best amount of ram to have is around 200...
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I think they should have a much better memory displayer ... like in KInfo on KDE which lists, free, reserved and used.
Without that, I was like, wtf happened to my 512 MB RAM? lol.
Thanks,
deltatux

get a terminal emulator app. Type in "free"

asb123 said:
get a terminal emulator app. Type in "free"
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Any suggestions on good ones, there's like a billion of them on the Android Market.
Thanks,
deltatux

deltatux said:
I think they should have a much better memory displayer ... like in KInfo on KDE which lists, free, reserved and used.
Without that, I was like, wtf happened to my 512 MB RAM? lol.
Thanks,
deltatux
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go to the main phone settings, applications, manage applications, running.. its the native/stock task manager.
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go to the main phone settings, applications, manage applications, running.. its the native/stock task manager.
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Ye I was originally quoting that screen but the main issue is that I believe that its memory manager should show total free, total used and reserved spaces than just listing what isn't reserved.
Personally I thought my dealer shorted me out by selling me one with less than 512 MB RAM, then I came up with the possibility that it's just OS reserved which has now been confirmed.
If I was not very tech savvy I would have gone back and say, wtf happened to the rest of my memory? It could have been shown better or had an advanced view.
deltatux

deltatux said:
Ye I was originally quoting that screen but the main issue is that I believe that its memory manager should show total free, total used and reserved spaces than just listing what isn't reserved.
Personally I thought my dealer shorted me out by selling me one with less than 512 MB RAM, then I came up with the possibility that it's just OS reserved which has now been confirmed.
If I was not very tech savvy I would have gone back and say, wtf happened to the rest of my memory? It could have been shown better or had an advanced view.
deltatux
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look at the bottom of that screen, it does show free ram vs used ram.
also, a lot of ram goes into nfc, not just the os. ive been with the ns since the first week of the year, and i havent had any issues with not having enough ram. also, theres an app called free memory manager(by angry squirrel) that you can use to set the native task killer, so that youll have more free ram more often. here are my settings at the moment, they are very aggressive..

simms22 said:
look at the bottom of that screen, it does show free ram vs used ram.
also, a lot of ram goes into nfc, not just the os. ive been with the ns since the first week of the year, and i havent had any issues with not having enough ram. also, theres an app called free memory manager(by angry squirrel) that you can use to set the native task killer, so that youll have more free ram more often. here are my settings at the moment, they are very aggressive..
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I can't seem to find that app on the Android Market... any links to what you're talking about?
deltatux

deltatux said:
I can't seem to find that app on the Android Market... any links to what you're talking about?
deltatux
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it shows up on my market. heres the direct link https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lim.android.automemman
if in the market app it shows not found, try the link in the desktop browser.

How To Guide ***CLOSED*** Samsung: How to KEEP apps in the BACKGROUND!

Hey guys,
in case you are not happy with the default One UI apps background management, you can check this solution. In a nutshell, there is a Memory Guardian module part of Good Guardians, that allows the user to switch from default to the so called "quick switching mode" that somehow reduces the aggressive background app killing, i.e. app refresh.
Moderator Edit: YouTube link removed due to violation of XDA external links policy.
I have tested this with following apps:
- Spotify
- Mixcloud
- Instagram
- Snapchat
- Tiktok
- Youtube
Some other users tested this with Waze and other apps and it seems that it works.
What is the idea? Well imagine you are browsing through insta and you find a nice post that you d like to check, but then something else pops up and you switch to another app. Then after you are back to your app (in this case insta) One UI would "refresh" the app, meaning that it will reload it, and you will lose your "last state", i.e. imagine refreshing the app or close/opening it.
Download Samsung Good Guardians from the Store ► https://bit.ly/3yGFUms
Download Samsung Good Guardians for a manual install ► https://bit.ly/3yOehYD
It is also supposed to work with some of the heavy games, test it and let me know if you apps refresh is a bit better (i.e. not refreshed so much) or ... no difference at all.
I have tested this on my S22U with 12G of RAM but I guess it should have a better impact for 8 GB and lower RAM configs.

Appreciate the find!
I have 8gb version and apps are staying open much better now

billmurray1004 said:
Appreciate the find!
I have 8gb version and apps are staying open much better now
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Nice to hear that! Can you let us know which apps did you test? Also - how much of VRAM (Virtual RAM) do you use?
I makes a bit of difference on my 12GB version so I assumed that it would be even better/bigger impact on 8GB and less.
Strangely enough this function is not very popular, was almost not able to find much info around. The whole Good Guardians tools are widely underestimated and they pack a few good tricks.
Thermal Guardian for example can let you adjust the thermal threshold of your phone, so it can potentially tolerate a bit more heat where battery life is exchanged for better peak performance and hopefully also sustained.

velqn said:
Hey guys,
in case you are not happy with the default One UI apps background management, you can check this solution. In a nutshell, there is a Memory Guardian module part of Good Guardians, that allows the user to switch from default to the so called "quick switching mode" that somehow reduces the aggressive background app killing, i.e. app refresh.
Moderator Edit: YouTube link removed due to violation of XDA external links policy.
I have tested this with following apps:
- Spotify
- Mixcloud
- Instagram
- Snapchat
- Tiktok
- Youtube
Some other users tested this with Waze and other apps and it seems that it works.
What is the idea? Well imagine you are browsing through insta and you find a nice post that you d like to check, but then something else pops up and you switch to another app. Then after you are back to your app (in this case insta) One UI would "refresh" the app, meaning that it will reload it, and you will lose your "last state", i.e. imagine refreshing the app or close/opening it.
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It is also supposed to work with some of the heavy games, test it and let me know if you apps refresh is a bit better (i.e. not refreshed so much) or ... no difference at all.
I have tested this on my S22U with 12G of RAM but I guess it should have a better impact for 8 GB and lower RAM configs.
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il try this thanks, HTRACK is always closing after 5 or more apps overtake it in the que

velqn said:
Nice to hear that! Can you let us know which apps did you test? Also - how much of VRAM (Virtual RAM) do you use?
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So...I just sort of excluded all apps for the most part to test. They stay in ram longer but still hit a point where they refresh. Using 8gb vram but haven't seen ram usage above 6gb or so yet

gav83collins said:
il try this thanks, HTRACK is always closing after 5 or more apps overtake it in the que
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Can HTRACK be further tweaked, perhaps from dev options? I remember seeing something for background processes, like a limitation factor setting.

billmurray1004 said:
So...I just sort of excluded all apps for the most part to test. They stay in ram longer but still hit a point where they refresh. Using 8gb vram but haven't seen ram usage above 6gb or so yet
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Yep, it`s not a silver bullet, but still some positive impact.

velqn said:
Can HTRACK be further tweaked, perhaps from dev options? I remember seeing something for background processes, like a limitation factor setting.
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Yeah there is but only upto 4 processes I sometimes have many any more apps open at once, anyway I'm trying it now and here are some screens if you wanna attach to op and il delete from this post once you add them
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update, i must say this app so far has seemed to keep my HTTrack running great in the background, it ha certainly made a difference, i did have it set "unrestricted" in the app settings/battery setting before and that didnt help, this app now works even with the app power settings set to "optimised"

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