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Best Startup Manager??

So which is it?
In my opinion, startup auditor is the easiest to use and has a friendly UI.
Autostarts on the other hand allows you to do much more and is also fairly easy to understand..
I made a poll, check em out, and leave your vote!

Best startup manager ?
Best startup manager
Do you think any startup manager is best than MSconfig :shifty:
Its free guys , well it has many flaws like user can't add any new
program into it , Many applications in market provide u the best
solution to manage the startup programs. That's why user has to go for
other utilities.Well I can suggest u one of them which I found really
useful namely Advanced system optimizer , basically it boost ur PC
performance by optimizing it.U can use its startup manager that manages
your startup program on win7 as well as vista no matter 64 bit or 32 bit
OS. It is available on CNET & Tucows
Download it & have a look on other applications including startup manager
embedded in it as well.
Lemme know how it goes

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dred.lukes said:
Best startup manager
Do you think any startup manager is best than MSconfig :shifty:
Its free guys , well it has many flaws like user can't add any new
program into it , Many applications in market provide u the best
solution to manage the startup programs. That's why user has to go for
other utilities.Well I can suggest u one of them which I found really
useful namely Advanced system optimizer , basically it boost ur PC
performance by optimizing it.U can use its startup manager that manages
your startup program on win7 as well as vista no matter 64 bit or 32 bit
OS. It is available on CNET & Tucows
Download it & have a look on other applications including startup manager
embedded in it as well.
Lemme know how it goes
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I think he talk from Android and not from PC.
Back to topic
Why any startup Manager?`Android kills the apps if RAM is needed for another Apllication. So why you want to deactivate them from starting?

Right, i was talking android apps.. In the android apps sections
I find that on my Evo if I don't do "some" kind of management (stock or root) I get slowdowns when it reaches <50MB free ram.
Many ways to fix that.. The best is probably adjusting the low-mem "killer" that android already comes with.
However, I find that also using a startup manager not only speeds up boot and prevents things like the Launcher from closing when say I click the camera button and about 5 applications run code (leaving little RAM and killing off the hog, Launcher).
Apps like autostarts let you disable everything except say, the camera..
There are such triggers all over android such as screen turning off, audio becoming too noisy LOL, different buttons, bootup that apps can register for.
If you disable the app from being accessed everytime one of those actions occurs, then you are in control of everything that runs code when you are unaware.
I am against task managers and auto task killers, but this is a viable way of making sure nothing runs without your knowledge.

Startup Cleaner 2.0
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I think Startup Manager

im using Startup manager it's easy to use + it's free

Refine Efficiency Pro (http://refineandroid.doodlekit.com/)
Refine Efficiency Pro.
It has 2 approaches for rooted and not rooted devices. As you know it's quite long to load booting settings of apps on a device. Refine Efficiency caches this info during a launch and show it quite quickly second time and after.
The approach for rooted devices is reliable. 100% the app will not run on boot.
The approach for not rooted devices is just a killing of the app on boot.
The first time Refine Efficiency can not turn on/off booting settings of the app it proposes to switch to the not rooted version.
It's pretty usable to manage startup settings in Refine Efficiency Pro.
- start up manager (root and non root(no guarantee));
- cache cleaner (root and non root(individually)), no sd card cache support;
- market history cleaner;
- task killer;
- task scheduling.
Also browser history cleaner.

Please see Google Android issue 14889

Thanks for this excellent thread.
I've heard good things about Autorun Killer.
Here another issue:
Issue 15707: Allow choosing the startup applications - Startup manager
I can`t imagine some Desktop OS without any user "autorun control".
Would it be acceptable a Windows without msconfig?
Maybe google wants to have its apps running whenever they want, and this is a privilege too for corporations as Amazon, Verizon, etc.
Best regards!

Autorun Manager

autorun killer is the best.
I tried them all

autorun manager for me.
easy to stop startup processes (and for those who say android auto frees up memory theres a world of difference between starting with 110mb free memory, and starting with 40mb free memory)
But it also has a lot more in the advanced view when you can disable as many of the recievers as you want. My galaxy ace boots up with 110mb free and nothing major is disabled

topdnbass said:
So which is it?
In my opinion, startup auditor is the easiest to use and has a friendly UI.
Autostarts on the other hand allows you to do much more and is also fairly easy to understand..
I made a poll, check em out, and leave your vote!
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Autostarts
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i think..
the best is when u use Creed ROM...
the StartUp Manager is Awesome..

My vote goes to Autostarts. I tried tinkering the two highest voted startup cleaner apps in the poll. Sure, the Startup Manager was really easy to use but it's so straightforward that it kinda missed a lot of what Autostarts can do. Startup Manager simply does what it says it can do--stopping unnecessary apps that starts up during boot, nothing more, nothing less. Autostarts, on the other hand, does more. It can stop apps from running during startup and a lot more. It can control apps from running too on some events that happen on your device like when you turn WiFi on, when you change the date and time, etc. I was able to stop widgets from showing up on the Add>Widgets menu. Don't quote me on this though. This is just based from my limited knowledge on evaluating stuffs.

I chose Startup Manager.
I deleted v3.8 to install 4.1. The trouble is that when I try to choose the custom application that I already had disabled with your Startup Manager, it weren't there. It was not on the list of the applications in Startup Manager. Can you help me?

download magic locker and the steve jobs magic locker theme it is a steve jobs lockscreen and i love it

I tried top startup managers but I finally settled with the option which is in 'Clean master' app called Autostart manager (this feature appears if the device is rooted) and i think it is working very well.

Apps starting on their own.

Apps starting on their own. Anyone have these issues? All the att stuff is gone but the video and music player are open randomly as well as quik office. I can see gmail opening and others tho check for updates
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Yes, this annoys the hell out of me. I wish I knew what to do to stop it. I've even downloaded an app that's supposed to stop things from auto-starting, and it doesn't even work.

Search for StartUp Auditor on the market, it may work for you.
Android Market description
Startup Auditor is one of the original task killer & task manager apps. It is a boot monitor and startup monitor tool which displays a list of applications you may disable.
Terminate processes automatically.
Enable/Disable apps& keep disabled. No root.
Full version eliminates ads and can disable unlimited!
Package: com.vesperaNovus.app.StartupAuditorFree
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On the advice of this forum I uninstalled my app killer. From time to time I use Android System to see what's running and I notice a number of apps that start themselves. These include the stock music and video players along with Slacker Radio, AT$T Maps, eBay, GPS Status and a dozen others at various times. I don't mean they remain running after exiting, I mean they start without my having used them. What could be causing these apps to start when not called upon? The ones that use GPS put a significant drain on the battery without me knowing it. Any ideas what triggers these apps? I think I'm going back to using an app killer.

Miami_Son said:
On the advice of this forum I uninstalled my app killer. From time to time I use Android System to see what's running and I notice a number of apps that start themselves. These include the stock music and video players along with Slacker Radio, AT$T Maps, eBay, GPS Status and a dozen others at various times. I don't mean they remain running after exiting, I mean they start without my having used them. What could be causing these apps to start when not called upon? The ones that use GPS put a significant drain on the battery without me knowing it. Any ideas what triggers these apps? I think I'm going back to using an app killer.
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Mine does the same thing. I have Advanced task killer on mine. I dont use it to kill apps, just to look and see how much ram is free and whats running. But all kinds of junk opens by itself.

so does anyone have a fix for this?

derek4484 said:
Mine does the same thing. I have Advanced task killer on mine. I dont use it to kill apps, just to look and see how much ram is free and whats running. But all kinds of junk opens by itself.
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What use is free RAM when it is kept free all the time?
AJerman said:
Yes, this annoys the hell out of me. I wish I knew what to do to stop it. I've even downloaded an app that's supposed to stop things from auto-starting, and it doesn't even work.
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Use "start up auditor". With personal experience, this only slowed down my system.
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so does anyone have a fix for this?
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This is now android works. The way I see this, this is very much similar to "pre-fetch" concept in windows 7.
I have a 6 GB RAM laptop. Base OS uses less than 1.5 GB of RAM. But like an hour or so when I see my RAM usage, its to the tune of 3-4 GB. What I have noticed is that my most frequently/recently used apps are loaded to RAM and kept there idle. Some amount of RAM is always kept free instead of using up all RAM. This way apps start faster. When I load a different memory heavy program, it pushes the existing one out and loads this.
More or less the same in android too. When u go to any task manager app n see the running apps, u'll notice that many of the apps loaded are the ones u use frequently.
These apps do NOT use any CPU. They are just loaded to memory and kept there for quick access.
When I boot up my phone I have like 190+ MB free RAM. Though left in standy mode, within an hour, I see my free RAM fall to 80-120 MB range. I never saw it go less than 80 MB. And the apps in memory are the ones I used the last time, and the ones I use all the time.
Even if u use a task killer to kill these "inactive" apps at intervals, they would be loaded again sooner or later. That's the principle of android. So by using task killers, though u feel u r freeing up memory, in fact, u r only draining ur battery. What's the use of memory if u r not using it effectively.
Don't worry abt free RAM amount. Let android manage it. Systems are intelligent enough these days.
Hope this helps.

All well and good, but when I look at what apps are using the most resources, the GPS-enabled apps are almost always near the top of the list even when I haven't been doing anything with them. That tells me that they are stealing processor time even when not being used and that can't be good for battery usage.

Miami_Son said:
All well and good, but when I look at what apps are using the most resources, the GPS-enabled apps are almost always near the top of the list even when I haven't been doing anything with them. That tells me that they are stealing processor time even when not being used and that can't be good for battery usage.
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Install Spare Parts and see battery usage. Do u see any GPS time under CPU usage. Though my system has all these apps loaded up, they don't show up as using CPU time or any sensors unless I use the app.

Android Memory Management
Android Memory Management
Android is a Linux based OS with 2.6.x kernel, stripped down to handle most tasks pretty well. It uses native open source C libraries that have powered Linux machines for years. All the basic OS operations like I/O, memory management, and so on, are handled by the native stripped-down Linux kernel.
How to use memory for each application
Android’s process and memory management is a little unusual. Like Java and .NET, Android uses its own run time and virtual machine to manage application memory. Unlike either of these frameworks, the Android run time also manages the process lifetimes. Android ensures application responsiveness by stopping and killing processes as necessary to free resources for higher-priority applications.
Each Android application runs in a separate process within its own Dalvik instance, relinquishing all responsibility for memory and process management to the Android run time, which stops and kills processes as necessary to manage resources.
Dalvik and the Android run time sit on top of a Linux kernel that handles low-level hardware interaction including drivers and memory management, while a set of APIs provides access to all of the under- lying services, features, and hardware.
Dalvik Virtual Machine Dalvik is a register-based virtual machine that’s been optimized to ensure that a device can run multiple instances efficiently. It relies on the Linux kernel for threading and low-level memory management.
The Dalvik Virtual Machine
One of the key elements of Android is the Dalvik virtual machine. Rather than use a traditional Java virtual machine (VM) such as Java ME (Java Mobile Edition), Android uses its own custom VM designed to ensure that multiple instances run efficiently on a single device.
The Dalvik VM uses the device’s underlying Linux kernel to handle low-level functionality including security, threading, and process and memory management.
All Android hardware and system service access is managed using Dalvik as a middle tier. By using a VM to host application execution, developers have an abstraction layer that ensures they never have to worry about a particular hardware implementation.
The Dalvik VM executes Dalvik executable files, a format optimized to ensure minimal memory foot- print. The .dex executables are created by transforming Java language compiled classes using the tools supplied within the SDK.
Understanding Application Priority and Process States
The order in which processes are killed to reclaim resources is determined by the priority of the hosted applications. An application’s priority is equal to its highest-priority component.
Where two applications have the same priority, the process that has been at a lower priority longest will be killed first. Process priority is also affected by interprocess dependencies; if an application has a dependency on a Service or Content Provider supplied by a second application, the secondary application will have at least as high a priority as the application it supports.
All Android applications will remain running and in memory until the system needs its resources for other applications.
It’s important to structure your application correctly to ensure that its priority is appropriate for the work it’s doing. If you don’t, your application could be killed while it’s in the middle of something important.
The following list details each of the application states shown in Figure (see the attached image) explaining how the state is determined by the application components comprising it:
Active Processes Active (foreground) processes are those hosting applications with components currently interacting with the user. These are the processes Android is trying to keep responsive by reclaiming resources. There are generally very few of these processes, and they will be killed only as a last resort.
Active processes include:
* Activities in an “active” state; that is, they are in the foreground and responding to user events. You will explore Activity states in greater detail later in this chapter.
* Activities, Services, or Broadcast Receivers that are currently executing an onReceive event handler.
* Services that are executing an onStart, onCreate, or onDestroy event handler.
Visible Processes Visible, but inactive processes are those hosting “visible” Activities. As the name suggests, visible Activities are visible, but they aren’t in the foreground or responding to user events. This happens when an Activity is only partially obscured (by a non-full-screen or transparent Activity). There are generally very few visible processes, and they’ll only be killed in extreme circumstances to allow active processes to continue.
Started Service Processes Processes hosting Services that have been started. Services support ongoing processing that should continue without a visible interface. Because Services don’t interact directly with the user, they receive a slightly lower priority than visible Activities. They are still considered to be foreground processes and won’t be killed unless resources are needed for active or visible processes.
Background Processes Processes hosting Activities that aren’t visible and that don’t have any Services that have been started are considered background processes. There will generally be a large number of background processes that Android will kill using a last-seen-first-killed pat- tern to obtain resources for foreground processes.
Empty Processes To improve overall system performance, Android often retains applications in memory after they have reached the end of their lifetimes. Android maintains this cache to improve the start-up time of applications when they’re re-launched. These processes are rou- tinely killed as required.
How to use memory efficiently
Android manages opened applications which are running in the background, so officially you shouldn’t care about that. This means that it closes the applications when the system needs more memory. However, most android users are not very satisfied with how it does its things because sometimes it leaves too many processes running which causes sluggishness’ in everyday performance. We can use advanced task killer/task manager and it does its job very well.
Source:
Code:
http://mobworld.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/memory-management-in-android/

Still doesn't answer the question of why the OS is starting apps randomly and without need. For instance, I have Titanium Backup and SGS Tools installed, but can't use them because I am not yet rooted. So why do I keep finding both programs started in the process list? Is the app making the call to start? If so, what can I change to stop it? Whatever Android does to manage memory, it just seems stupid for it to load programs that are hardly used without my asking it to.

Miami_Son said:
Still doesn't answer the question of why the OS is starting apps randomly and without need. For instance, I have Titanium Backup and SGS Tools installed, but can't use them because I am not yet rooted. So why do I keep finding both programs started in the process list? Is the app making the call to start? If so, what can I change to stop it? Whatever Android does to manage memory, it just seems stupid for it to load programs that are hardly used without my asking it to.
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This is how the systems work in most systems, not just in android.
Take the new cars for instance. Power is generally sent to brakes when in low gears, though u r not actively engaging them. Why? Since u r at low speeds, higher probability of applying brakes. And when u do apply, since there is already some power already being sent, its faster to brake.
On similar lines is this principle of loading apps into memory in android too. It won't load apps to fill up ur memory. Plus the apps loaded into memory in this way don't use any CPU time (this means no battery usage). This speeds up system.
On a side note, if u feel u really do not need an app, and dont' want android loading that app, get "startup auditor" from market. Select the apps u don't want to persist in memory and don't want to auto start. Beware of one thing here: if u make an app as 'do not persist' in memory, and that app is started manually or by any other app, it would be killed giving FC in the app that's using it.
Note: I coined the term 'do not persist'. I do not have the app anymore to check for the exact term.
Edit: In windows, this pre-fetching is done through a service. And one can disable that service, though not recommended. I am not sure if this is done through a service that is "stoppable" in android.

[Q] Must have APPS?

What are some must have apps for our phone after being rooted and making phone quicker? Plz give details of what app will do if you post any and thanks.

I would love to see some replies to this as well! I think most people use advanced task killer to speed up their phones but hey we will learn maybe.

Speeding up Apps
I am convinced that task killers do not work as you might expect. The way that Android works with memory is that for most apps there is little use to killing an inactive task. Most apps don't leach memory in the phase where they are unused, and are deleted from memory after being unused the longest. If there is a sudden need for additional memory, the built in garbage collector in Android kills old processes, otherwise the app sits dormant in memory. If you want to start up that app again, the memory is just reactivated. Task killers just kill apps that are sitting dormant for no real reason--they don't gain you speed for certain. They MIGHT help if an app doesn't play properly with memory, but generally you won't notice an advantage to doing this, in fact things might slow down(you'll have to relaunch that app to use it again rather than reactivate it). The only "speed up" apps I use are:
Quick Settings--To quickly access commonly used dettings rather than digging through the list.
SetCPU--WHich allows you to overclock or underclock your CPU. In reality, I used this more to underclock than overclock(preferring battery to speed).
and Swiftkey X--Which speeds up your data input through its wicked cool prediction of what I want to type next. Other than that you have a Tegra II dual core beast. Its already fast. Find a good EXT4 based system(ext4 is the system's internal drive format...ext3 is the standard buil, but ext4 is faster(somewhat). Also use a good ROM and enjoy. How fast do you need it to be? I don't experience much lag at all with my phone.

setcpu for speed and improving battery life.

Autokiller memory optimizer (optimum is a good setting to start at), autorun manager, sd booster & juice plotter.
Those are good tools for performance, battery life and understanding how much time you have left. Depending on your preference, juice defender also. I love it, adds hours of life to my phone, but some people don't like it, all depends on your preference I guess.
I agree with gpmartinson also on task killers, their are tools to manage your phone without using such a raw and possible hurtful or annoying app.
Don't forget, their are many threads identical to this one also.
Eh, if your interested, here's a list of my apps: http://www.appbrain.com/user/bmann_420
I'm just posting this cause I like to see other peoples lists also (at least somewhat android educated users' lists) lol =)
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simi clock
set cpu
go sms
launcher pro
player pro
quickpic
camera 360

Root Explorer and SetCPU! Root explorer can really do it all.

Power Amp music player(obviously free)
That's all I can think of
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GO SMS
GO Launcher
Root explorer
Picsay Pro
Quick Pic
Setcpu
Vidtrim Pro
Beautiful Widgets

1) Titanium Backup
2) SetCPU or Pimp my CPU
3) App Remover
4) Root Explorer
5) QR Droid Private
6) Camcard
The only way to make the phone "quicker" is to install an efficient rom along with an overclocked kernel.

1. Titanium backup
2. SMS backup
3. LG 2X/Black/#D Notofications
4. Launcher Pro
5. Beautiful Widgets
6. Skype
7. Tune-in radio.
8. Soundhound

1. Handcent
2. Meebo
3. Soundhound
4. Pandora
5. Minimalistic Text
6. Myweather
7. Google Reader

Newsrob Pro (std is fine too)
Handcent SMS
Tweetdeck
Beautiful Widgets
LauncherPro Plus
SMS Backup+
Titanium Backup
Rom Manager
Dolphin Browser
Wapedia (wikipedia app)

Spare Parts+ is one I did not see anyone list. I use it to speed up windows animations a transitions. Set the speed to fast and it is like having a new phone.

Juice Defender - free edition was enough for me
DSP Manager - a must if you love music (but then who doesnt love music)

gpmartinson said:
I am convinced that task killers do not work as you might expect. The way that Android works with memory is that for most apps there is little use to killing an inactive task. Most apps don't leach memory in the phase where they are unused, and are deleted from memory after being unused the longest. If there is a sudden need for additional memory, the built in garbage collector in Android kills old processes, otherwise the app sits dormant in memory. If you want to start up that app again, the memory is just reactivated. Task killers just kill apps that are sitting dormant for no real reason--they don't gain you speed for certain. They MIGHT help if an app doesn't play properly with memory, but generally you won't notice an advantage to doing this, in fact things might slow down(you'll have to relaunch that app to use it again rather than reactivate it). The only "speed up" apps I use are:
Quick Settings--To quickly access commonly used dettings rather than digging through the list.
SetCPU--WHich allows you to overclock or underclock your CPU. In reality, I used this more to underclock than overclock(preferring battery to speed).
and Swiftkey X--Which speeds up your data input through its wicked cool prediction of what I want to type next. Other than that you have a Tegra II dual core beast. Its already fast. Find a good EXT4 based system(ext4 is the system's internal drive format...ext3 is the standard buil, but ext4 is faster(somewhat). Also use a good ROM and enjoy. How fast do you need it to be? I don't experience much lag at all with my phone.
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Watchdog Task Manager works. If you set it up right, all it does is monitor, never autokills. If an app starts using excessive cpu cycles it alerts you. It is very useful in finding apps that kill your battery.
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Launcher Pro
Titanium Backup
Tasker
Battery Notifier
GEICO BROSTACHE

[APP] AutoKiller Memory Optimizer

I found an application named AutoKiller Memory Optimizer by which applying its tweaks It makes my phone more smoothly and saves my battery very well!
There are some reviews below links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622666
http://andrs.w3pla.net/autokiller
http://andrs.w3pla.net/autokiller/details
http://andrs.w3pla.net/autokiller/kernel
If anyone has installed this application plz give your opinion !

Task killers are pointless, just use Autostarts and Greenify.
That combo will be far more efficient

It's not a regular task killer! I suggest to try it!

Listy2021 said:
Task killers are pointless, just use Autostarts and Greenify.
That combo will be far more efficient
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It's not a regular task killer! I suggest to try it!

ehsan453 said:
It's not a regular task killer! I suggest to try it!
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Yes it is, it's just filled with other guff to make it look more advanced or whatever

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Yes it is, it's just filled with other guff to make it look more advanced or whatever
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You have not test it yet, therefore you can't understand what i mean!

ehsan453 said:
You have not test it yet, therefore you can't understand what i mean!
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How do you know I haven't tested it before?
The whole reason I can make a judgement on task killers (including this one) is that before using Autostarts & Greenify I tested other options, therefore my opinion is valid :good:

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How do you know I haven't tested it before?
The whole reason I can make a judgement on task killers (including this one) is that before using Autostarts & Greenify I tested other options, therefore my opinion is valid :good:
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It's not a task killer. It's an app that modify your lmk and add some tweaks. But you can kill some apps from this app.

What is so special about this task killer? No, I am not gonna test it.

Vit5000 said:
What is so special about this task killer? No, I am not gonna test it.
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First Plz read reviews in first post and also these two reviews:
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Releasing RAM With Autokiller Memory Optimizer
Have you ever wished to speed up your Android, but now known how? Have you tried task killers, but found it hard to tell whether you made an improvement? In this post, we’ll look at Autokiller Memory Optimizer, an app that gives you more control over how Android releases its system resources.
“You shouldn’t be using a task killer with Android” clearly explains why the task killers are not a good solution to fasten up your system in the Android interface. Briefly, we might say that the reason that task killers are no good for Android is that the same system regulates itself for releasing RAM memory. Process are not killed when you close the app; instead the process stays open until the system itself realizes it needs more memory to run a new process. This way, you can actually gain some speed when you restart the app, as its resources may still be in memory.
Just like a computer, a smartphone uses Random Access Memory (RAM) for processing the functionality of softwares and apps. When you are running low on RAM, your phone will start to slow down, because it needs more memory than is available. As a solution to this problem, Android devices has an autokiller that automatically shuts apps down when the memory used is close to the limit. Obviously this limit depends on the capabilities and configuration of your phone.
If you root your phone (and I totally recommend you to do that) you can use apps for changing your system parameters like the RAM auto killing. One of this apps is Autokiller Memory Optimizer available on the Android Market.
As the developer says: “AutoKiller Memory Optimizer is designed to fine-tune Android system’s inner memory manager routines to keep your device fast and smooth. It also features a full-powered process manager which lets you control your whole system.”
Warning: Messing around with system configurations like this is potentially dangerous to your phone, and not for the faint-hearted! Check out our other How To articles for safer tips on improving performance.
Going for It
The system itself divides the process into six different types, and here’s where it gets technical. The six types are as follows.
FOREGROUND_APP: This is the process running the current foreground app. We’d really rather not kill it! Value set in system/rootdir/init.rc on startup.
VISIBLE_APP: This is a process only hosting activities that are visible to the user, so we’d prefer they don’t disappear. Value set in system/rootdir/init.rc on startup.
SECONDARY_SERVER: This is a process holding a secondary server — killing it will not have much of an impact as far as the user is concerned. Value set in system/rootdir/init.rc on startup.
HIDDEN_APP: This is a process only hosting activities that are not visible, so it can be killed without any disruption. Value set in system/rootdir/init.rc on startup.
CONTENT_PROVIDER: This is a process with a content provider that does not have any clients attached to it. If it did have any clients, its adjustment would be the one for the highest-priority of those processes.
EMPTY_APP: This is a process without anything currently running in it. Definitely the first to go! Value set in system/rootdir/init.rc on startup. This value is initialized in the constructor, careful when refering to this static variable externally.
For every type of app, the system has a limit of pages (1 page=4 kilobytes) predefined. Autokiller Memory Optimizer allows you to modify this.
For the changes you can make you have the freedom to set as you wish, but there is a lock on the three first types of apps (this can be removed in the Preferences tab) and there isalso a list of presets configuration as follows (the numbers corresponds to megabytes remaining before shutting apps in the last 3 types of apps): Moderate (30, 35, 40), Optimum (40, 50, 60), Strict (60, 70, 80), Aggressive (82, 90, 98), Extreme (150, 160, 170), Ultimate (200, 225, 250) and (a wink from the developer about the TV series) Lost (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42).
Autokiller presets
Within these presets, you should try different ones, because every phone has its own RAM capacity and it would not be a good idea to set a killing parameter that is very close to your RAM total capacity as your phone would be killing apps constantly and you wouldn’t be able to use it at all.
Processes list
The app also categorizes the running apps in the six types and you can kill them manually for RAM release in the tab processes and the same occurs with the services in the current tab.
Services list
This app has also a donate version with some more features like the Chuck Norris mode when you can configure the app to use aggressive killing to release memory. It also gives the ability to set a different preset when the screen of the phone is off (this is very useful because when the screen is off you do not need memory to run new apps, but it still consumes battery).
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Tweak your system thanks to AutoKiller Memory Optimizer
Summary
Relax, I’m not trying to fool you into thinking that a task killer is really a tweak. Don’t be fooled by the ‘AutoKiller’ part of the app’s name, focus on the other words instead, because AutoKiller Memory Optimizer will allow you to fiddle around and make a few adjustments. Read on and find out what kind of adjustments I’m talking about, and whether the app is worth your time.
Features & Use
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer is there to help you bring your system up to par by conducting a bit of fine tuning. The app comes with a task manager. Use the task manager to get rid of lagging processes, the logic behind this being that if you’ve got something running that’s not really doing anything useful, but does consume 98% of the CPU as well as a hefty chunk of memory you should really unload energy hoggers. Your system will thank you by running smoothly. The task manager also displays the oom_value for ever app—more details below.
The app allows you to regulate the settings for the OOM killer, the automatic killer integrated in every Android device whose role it is to create more memory space wherever possible. As you know, in the Android world applications are never halted or shut down, they are merely rendered inactive—until the memory pipes up and the Out Of Memory Killer rears its head. But when does memory shortage become critical? And who decides which apps should be banished, and when should this occur? If you want to make these types of decisions yourself take a look at AutoKiller Memory Optimizer.
Android divides running apps into six categories ranging from the app that you’re currently working with to ‘empty apps’ (i.e. apps that you left by hitting the back button at some point). Once RAM space becomes too low the OOM killer will start by banishing said empty apps, and, if need be, continue working its way up. AutoKiller Memory Optimizer lets you decide how much free RAM space is required for your device run smoothly. There are different presettings to pick from (‘moderate’, ‘aggressive’, etc) and you can check out the developer’s website to read up on user experiences.
Bottom line:
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer affords you easy access to essential systems settings, allowing your Android to perform as optimally as possible. How essential this kind of app is is contingent on lots of factors: which device you’re working with, how good the manufacturer’s presettings are and what can be done to adjust them.
Screen & Controls
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer is set up in a very logical way. While high skilled, expert knowledge of Android isn’t essential in order to get the best performance out of the controls, it doesn’t hurt to have some experience. You can find in depth information and details regarding the settings options on the developer’s website, which means that you really don’t need much background knowledge in order to get something out of this app.
If you have a bit of experience you will find that the app’s controls are intuitive; if you’ve never worked with tweaking before I recommend that you give this app a miss.
Speed & Stability
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer is fast, stabil and dependable. I’ve been using the app for just over a month and it hasn’t crashed once so far.

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This actually helps very much with memory management. I've been using it alongside Greenify and Autostarts for several months now.
Those individuals banging on about it being just another task manager clearly did not use this app as it is intended to be used.
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If i use the "ultimate" preset, will it drain my battery faster?

AzizWahid said:
If i use the "ultimate" preset, will it drain my battery faster?
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Best preset is optimum

Its 2018 now. Is it still useful?

Perfomace apps for rooted devices

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Hi guyz today im gonna discuss about top apps which increses perfomance or are helful in any other way on rooted devices only.
1 >Greenify
Greenify is an Android app that can improve your device's battery life and performance by hibernating certain apps.
2>SEEDER
Many people might not be aware of this app.This app reduces the lag which every one of you might have experienced while switching between apps.I personally have experienced this app and it actually does remove lags.
3> XPOSED INSTALLER
Xposed is a framework for modules that can change the behavior of the system and apps without touching any APKs. That's great because it means that modules can work for different versions and even ROMs without any changes (as long as the original code was not changed too much). It's also easy to undo. As all changes are done in the memory, you just need to deactivate the module and reboot to get your original system back. There are many other advantages, but here is just one more: Multiple modules can do changes to the same part of the system or app. With modified APKs, you to decide for one. No way to combine them, unless the author builds multiple APKs with different combinations.
4> SET CPU
SetCPU is a tool for changing the CPU settings on a rooted Android phone or tablet. SetCPU works with a great variety of Android devices and ROMs, including the HTC One series, Samsung Galaxy series, and Nexus devices. You're under control: SetCPU can improve your performance, save battery, or both!
Automate SetCPU with profiles! SetCPU allows you to set up powerful profiles to change your settings under certain conditions, such as what app is running, when the phone is asleep or charging, when the battery level drops below a certain point, when the phone's temperature is too high, or during certain times of day. See the screenshots for examples of how you might set up profiles.
SetCPU's wide feature set make it useful to Android beginners and enthusiasts alike. Accelerate yo...
5> CHAINFIRE 3D
Chainfire3D is an intermediary OpenGL driver. What does that mean? It means that Chainfire3D sits between your apps and the graphics drivers, and can intercept and/or change commands between the two. It has some built-in functions, and can be further extended with plugins too.
6> NO-FRILLS CPU
No-frills CPU Control is a tool you can use on your Android phone to quickly set the CPU frequencies and governor to use. It allows you to use the highest frequency your phone supports and gain some precious FPS in your preferred game, or go down to the lowest frequency and gain some more juice when your phone is sitting idle. All of this without any memory footprint or services running in the background!
8> TITANIUM BACKUP
Titanium Backup is a backup utility for Android that backs up your system and user applications along with their data on external storage of your choice. It is a leading Android application that uses root access to pull all your important applications and data from the system partition and stores them for future restoration. Whether your phone is corrupted or flashed with a custom ROM, Titanium Backup can save the hassle to get your phone loaded up just like it was before. Best of all, it is FREE! If you use it regularly, the PRO version will enhance the experience like never before! Get it today and protect your precious data before its too late!
9> ROOT APP DELETE
best tool for android users, and works better with root permission.
it helps you easily and quickly manager system apps (freeze or remove), the best tool for managing your android system.
compared to other clean or uninstall tools, it is much more better and special:
* tiny,fast, even running on old phones with low memory.
* "modify" MODE, change system apps before uninstalling
* can "Disable" backgroud system service, such as "google backgroud transport" and "contact sync service"
I have personally used all the apps and I think they are very good.
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Where can I get that Seeder app? Thanks.
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