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Hold home button for task manager? Possible?

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.

Killing an app

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.

rschenck said:
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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vidriera said:
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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Is task manager the only way to kill apps?

Ok so is the factory task manager the only way to kill apps? I hate having to click off each app individually cause if I click kill all it will kill important apps like my alarm clock. I used to have advance task killer but it was eating my battery. Any suggestions?
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lunercrab said:
Ok so is the factory task manager the only way to kill apps? I hate having to click off each app individually cause if I click kill all it will kill important apps like my alarm clock. I used to have advance task killer but it was eating my battery. Any suggestions?
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I havent verified if it actually kills the app or not, but if you hit the recent apps button (bottom right capacitive button) and swipe up on an application it removes it from that screen. Like i said though i havent checked if it kills the process the same as task manager does though.

cloudraker said:
I havent verified if it actually kills the app or not, but if you hit the recent apps button (bottom right capacitive button) and swipe up on an application it removes it from that screen. Like i said though i havent checked if it kills the process the same as task manager does though.
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Pretty sure this method is dependent on the app and whether it's programmed to run in the background or not. For example, if you do the swipe-up method with the Facebook application, the process is still running in the background. Other than a Task Killer, I'd imagine the only way is to go into the Applications menu under Settings, click on the task in question, and then click "Force Stop".

lunercrab said:
Ok so is the factory task manager the only way to kill apps? I hate having to click off each app individually cause if I click kill all it will kill important apps like my alarm clock. I used to have advance task killer but it was eating my battery. Any suggestions?
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I'm curious, what apps are you trying to kill? Are they ones you use often or are they ones you don't use at all?
If you use them frequently, or even occasionally, it is best to just let the OS handle it.
http://lifehacker.com/5650894/andro...ed-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
If you don't use them at all then you can just go to "Manage applications" and "Disable" them.

HELP! Applications keep opening. Killing battery

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.

jmorton10 said:
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:
SoO.......Do you have a solution?
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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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Help ?? Xperia j

Guys my touchscreen is not working properly and xperia j is also slowing down . i went to serivce centre but the problem, still there ! Any body help
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First of all:
Open your dialer app and type:
Code:
*#*#7378423#*#*
It will bring you to the service menu. Once you're in there, go to Service Tests, then click Touch Screen.
Try to draw vertical and horizontal stripes on the screen, make a screenshot (press volume down + power button simeltaniously) and upload the picture to this topic.
I believe it's an issue with more Xperia (2012) phones running ICS.
I know there is a screen calibration patch available (FOR TIPO), I'm just not sure if it also works on Xperia J.
You can try it, I dont give any guarantees it works, nor am I responsible for any damage.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34877629

Another question : i just updated the firmware of my xperia J to 11.0.A.3.28 and everything is smooth and fast as usual...
except:
when i run an app or do something that's not in thr homescreen, when i go back to it, all the icons and widgets reload their images, resulting in 1-2 seconds of slowness...has anyone of you experienced such a thing?
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Try to see what apps eats most of your memory and delete them.
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Still problem persist
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rachit7 said:
Still problem persist
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Is it like, lagging, skipping small parts of the screen when you're swiping it?
something like ____ __ _____
as example?
Or is it just that it reacts slow, or sometimes not at all.

Ok, that happens after the use of a specific application or game?
Normally, the home screen is redrawn when the application(s) you're running need almost all RAM memory.
When you don't need an application, try "long press" in the home button.
You will see a list with the open applications in the phone.
Swipe right or left to close an application.
I experienced this with my old X8. With Xperia J didn't happened yet.

andrelessa said:
Ok, that happens after the use of a specific application or game?
Normally, the home screen is redrawn when the application(s) you're running need almost all RAM memory.
When you don't need an application, try "long press" in the home button.
You will see a list with the open applications in the phone.
Swipe right or left to close an application.
I experienced this with my old X8. With Xperia J didn't happened yet.
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I'm not that noob XD anyway...yes it happens, after i use any app...I looked up with watchdog if any app was above CPU usage limit, but nope...everything's alright...
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andrelessa said:
When you don't need an application, try "long press" in the home button.
You will see a list with the open applications in the phone.
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I do not agree to what you say here, as it is a list of RECENT apps and not of the open ones. Some apps that still run aren't listed and some of the listed apps don't run anymore.
Swiping the RECENT apps does NOT close the apps.
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Dragoboss said:
I do not agree to what you say here, as it is a list of RECENT apps and not of the open ones. Some apps that still run aren't listed and some of the listed apps don't run anymore.
Swiping the RECENT apps does NOT close the apps.
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Swiping an app away will effectively "kill" most apps. You can test this out using ADB if you have the SDK installed. Swipe everything out of your recents list, then launch the browser. Use ADB to run 'ps' on the device and verify that the com.google.android.browser process is running. Go to the home screen, it's still running. Launch some other apps, and the com.google.android.browser process is still there. Swipe it out of the recents list, however, and the process is gone.
You can create a test app to further verify, and log the onDestroy() call in your Activity. It's not called when you back or home out of the app, or when you launch other apps. It does get called when you swipe the app out of the recents list though.
I do agree that the recent apps list isn't really "multitasking". The apps in the list aren't necessarily even running, the processes could have been killed by the memory manager long before you try to re-open it. However, you can't argue that the only purpose is to jump quickly to other apps when the swiping makes the actual process go away.
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I looked up with watchdog if any app was above CPU usage limit, but nope
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And what about the free memory, not CPU?

andrelessa said:
Swiping an app away will effectively "kill" most apps. You can test this out using ADB if you have the SDK installed. Swipe everything out of your recents list, then launch the browser. Use ADB to run 'ps' on the device and verify that the com.google.android.browser process is running. Go to the home screen, it's still running. Launch some other apps, and the com.google.android.browser process is still there. Swipe it out of the recents list, however, and the process is gone.
You can create a test app to further verify, and log the onDestroy() call in your Activity. It's not called when you back or home out of the app, or when you launch other apps. It does get called when you swipe the app out of the recents list though.
I do agree that the recent apps list isn't really "multitasking". The apps in the list aren't necessarily even running, the processes could have been killed by the memory manager long before you try to re-open it. However, you can't argue that the only purpose is to jump quickly to other apps when the swiping makes the actual process go away.
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And what about the free memory, not CPU?
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Fixed...my brother (9 y old) "accidentally" went in the options to enable not to keep activities...which was reloading the Launcher whenever i switched app or left the homepage LOL

I was having the exact same issue and i has about to go mad. And the i found this calibration apk and thank god it now works.
https://www.box.com/s/4odf0oivjfmg0hg8sr5z

sspyross said:
I was having the exact same issue and i has about to go mad. And the i found this calibration apk and thank god it now works.
https://www.box.com/s/4odf0oivjfmg0hg8sr5z
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has anyone tested, used this tool before? I do have the same problems, like a hickup.

My XJ touch screen issue is fix.
If you want,PM me.
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