I see that there are a lot of running apps running when I go to settings --> Applications --> Running
There are apps that are running even though I'm not using them, like Beautiful widgets, GTasks, Speaktoit Assistant, Engadget, and Maps. Like I don't have any Beautiful Widgets on my homescreen, I'm using other widgets. And I have no idea why GTask, Speaktoit, Engadget, and Maps are running when I don't have any notifications set for them. I keep closing them too but they keep coming back. Anyone know why and how to stop them? I don't think they're killing my battery, but they are slowing my phone down. Thank you
An app like juice defender plus lets you control what apps run in background. It is a paid app but I like it. It saves my battery
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try autorun manager
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Hey.
Hold home button for task manager? Possible?
I am talking about just like the Vibrant, where you would hold the home button and then task manager would come up, where you could END ALL apps?
Is it possible on G2X?
Thanks.
actually, holding home on the g2x brings up the recently used apps for faster transition. its not used to end/kill apps. just to switch between 8 recently used apps.
Why are you using a task manager?
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I don't know if either of you understand his question. The vibrant, stock, would bring up recently used apps like most other android phones, but also had a button on that "recent apps" pop-up that took you to the built in task manager that touchwiz had. This would allow you to kill any programs that were still actively running in the background.
I don't have an answer for your question though, sorry. I think that's a touchwiz only(and possibly sense) thing.
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allthrottle said:
I don't know if either of you understand his question. The vibrant, stock, would bring up recently used apps like most other android phones, but also had a button on that "recent apps" pop-up that took you to the built in task manager that touchwiz had. This would allow you to kill any programs that were still actively running in the background.
I don't have an answer for your question though, sorry. I think that's a touchwiz only(and possibly sense) thing.
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Active Applications in the market. Its free.
Its exactly like the vibrsnts task manager.
And don't worry about defending yourself to these people.
They did not understand my love for the vibrants task manager.
They ALL ripped me
But you want to be able to kill task like browser which does not close with the back button like other apps.
Yet leave the apps that would reopen alone. Just like the OFFICIAL Samsung task manager.
Active Applications.
Your welcome in advance my friend.
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Actually doesn't CM7 have the ability to choose which program launches on long presses? I don't use task managers but I'm pretty sure I played with those in a long time.
Outside of CM7, I know there are other sneaky apps in the market to achieve the same effect.
On my cheap android tablet I bought for my son, he had the habit of running a game, hitting home, and launching another one. So I installed a task manager to kill all apps while the screen was off.
Sure it might not be the best idea on a PHONE but it worked VERY well for saving battery life. I think if you excluded the proper apps, you could gain the same results.
This, coupled with SetCPU, did wonders. Night and day difference.
Ok, this is my first day with this marvelous device. I installed Tweet caster, as it was my go to twitter app on my EVO. After I installed Tweet Comb and became fascinated by it, tweet caster on the xoom just doesn't carry too far.
Right now, both are giving me notifications and it's annoying, but I don't want to uninstall caster, either. Other than a reboot, what will fix this issue? Can't you simply exit an app? Do I need an app killer? I've been told app killers are unnecessary with Android, but on my EVO I use the app killer all the time.
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I don't use either app, but check the settings. You should be able to turn off notifications. In settings, apps, manage apps though you can stop an app. DO NOT USE A TASK MANAGER.
I agree that task managers that automatically kill apps are no longer required by android. However, in order to close apps easily I use an app called Active Apps, since a lot of apps tend to linger in the background. Put the widget on your desktop and it will give you a running tally of how many apps are running and allow you to opt to quit one or all of them.
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I don't know if this will be easier for you, but if you have to kill an app you can also find the app in the drawer and drag it onto the "i" , which will take you to the same spot as finding the app in "settings/applications/manage applications/" then finding the app.
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I agree that task managers that automatically kill apps are no longer required by android. However, in order to close apps easily I use an app called Active Apps, since a lot of apps tend to linger in the background. Put the widget on your desktop and it will give you a running tally of how many apps are running and allow you to opt to quit one or all of them.
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I swear that thing really sounds like a app killer lol. I'll check it out. Thanks
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I don't know if this will be easier for you, but if you have to kill an app you can also find the app in the drawer and drag it onto the "i" , which will take you to the same spot as finding the app in "settings/applications/manage applications/" then finding the app.
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Nice tip. Thanks!
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Into what I. I don't see an i.
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I wanted to see what everyone's opinion was on taskillers Vs. Watchdog.
I've been reading that taskillers are obsolete with froyo and GB.
But Devs still add taskiller's in there ROM's.
task killers are of no use in STOCK gingerbread and froyo but do come in pretty handy in roms because they save u alot of space for apps and whatever else u use on your phone. I also am a fan of watchdog so try them out and see which one u like personally for me its watchdog. Hoped i helped
Hi Evilstewie, I notice that the blacklist kill on Watchdog only triggers when the phone is awake, is that the way it's supposed to work?
I set the threshold CPU for the stock browser at 0%, so I was expecting it to be killed even when screen is off, and the browser is idling, but it seems like it's only killed when the screen is on
task killers aren't exactly necessary and just kill battery
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task killers aren't exactly necessary and just kill battery
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The thing is even when sent to the background, I notice apps like the stock browser, quickpic, and opera mobile still continue using CPU. So I need these apps to be killed automatically when they exceed 0% threshold
I have advance task killer and I close apps frequently through out the day. For some strange reason there are 30+ apps running when I'm only using 10 of at the most or a little more. How can I keep them from opening after they have been terminated???
My S3 is starting to move slow and I don't like it One bit!!!
One of the cardinal rules of Android is to never use a task killer......
As you have found out, the apps just open again anyway & all that open/closing will absolutely kill your battery life.
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One of the cardinal rules of Android is to never use a task killer......
As you have found out, the apps just open again anyway & all that open/closing will absolutely kill your battery life.
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SoO.......Do you have a solution?
Ummm close them or reboot
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xWiZxKiDx said:
SoO.......Do you have a solution?
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Don't use a task killer
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xWiZxKiDx said:
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Don't use a task killer, especially on Froyo and above.
Task killers are totally counter-productive in Android.
Android does a great job of memory management all by itself, just let it do its thing & don't worry about it.
Never use ATK. Wastes more battery then the apps themselves.
As everyone else has said, using a task killer makes things worse, not better.
What everyone has said about not using task killer plus, exit apps using the back button and not home if you want to close them. That way they will exit rather than stay in memory. Also, if you really want to dump everything out of memory then hold in home>task manager>end all.
And it's moving slowly since the task killer kills the app so the app relanches itself. Killed, relaunch, killed relaunch, killed relanch. Now multiply that by 10 or 20 or 30 apps and it's a wonder your CPUand RAM haven't melted yet.
There's a stock option in 'settings-developer settings' to limit background processes. Also to kill any app you leave right away.
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I have an app called Eva which is a voice assistant. I believe ics is sometimes closing the app when its in the background, because the widget for the app is not responsive and has no text sometimes and works fine other times. I don't know of anyway in ics to set an exception in the task management to never close this app or its background process. Any way to get around this without a 3rd party task killer? Or is there any way to see a log of what ics is killing in the background to confirm my suspicion?
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It's probably the apps problem I'd contact their user support.
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I already have Appex and Go Launcher installed. Appex opens with my phone. I also like Go Launcher and would like to test some other launchers like Nova. I was wondering what happens with the launchers that are not open. Do they or any of their services run in the background ? Do they anyway affect battery or cpu performance? Is it wise to have three or four of them installed?
Any opinion on the matter would be much appreciated...
they needa Little bit resource,but no worth worrying about. ithink.
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Every launcher has notifications and sometimes the automatic updates could be set as default. So keep that in mind when you don't use a launcher, it should never show in the running app list. What I do to make sure, I freeze the app. Of course, you need to be rooted for that.
hope this helps
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