I'm not sure if the Vibrant had the RAM Manager tab in the built in Task Manager before the 2.2 update (as I was not that observant before I updated) but I see it has it now and I'm wondering if there's an unofficial widget I can get that I can press for a level 1 or level 2 RAM clear that's similar to the Advanced Task Killer kill button widget. Like, just tap it and bam, level 1 or 2 RAM clear. Not like go into the program and then do it.
Ideas, anyone? If this doesn't exist, it really ought to because with 2.2, advanced task killer just don't do justice anymore.
I don't want to hear "but omg froyo can handle task managing now by itself. leave Brittany alone!"
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launcher pro -shortcuts - or activity - link activity to froyo task killer ram/cleaner ? takes u right to clean ram screen still not one click kill but it works
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Can anyone recommend a good task killer? I was using task manager for a while, but was only getting up about 110 of mem on average. The autokill widget is pretty key, any recs?
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Have you tried not using one? There is no need for an auto one and the task manager built into ji6 is good to check for rouge apps.
Yeah, I was using task manager and then tried using the j16 task killer. The j16 manager doesn't have a quick kill button, and as a result doesn't feature ignore/kill lists.
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you do not need to use any task killers with android.
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you do not need to use any task killers with android.
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That's a matter of preference, not fact.
Personally I like to know what is still running in the background and kill it if need be, or just monitor what stays open that I wasn't expecting. Perhaps that's what the OP was looking for as well?
I use 'System Panel' Works well enough for me - provides adequate feedback about your system. You might find it useful as well.
Advanced task killer? The tmo rep that sold the vibrant to me in july was recommending it to everyone. Theres a quick kill widget and an ignore list option, you can even set it to auto kill when the screen goes off.
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That's a matter of preference, not fact.
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Well seeing as Google and every top android developer says not to use task killers, I'd say its fact.
OP do not use a task killer, especially an auto kill one. If you really need a task manager use Watchdog Lite.
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Well seeing as Google and every top android developer says not to use task killers, I'd say its fact.
OP do not use a task killer, especially an auto kill one.
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This. And NEVER take a sales person at their word.
Android does not need a task manager. It does not manage programs the same way that windows does. It will automatically kill apps on it's own if it needs to.
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On older "legacy" phones that were fighting for thier share of less then 128mb of RAM I could understand why you would need to free RAM (even though android does it in its own way). On the newer model phones I dont see a need unless you are loading every single screen possible with widgets & have tons of services running in the background.
Between a shortcut to "running services" and the new Task manager, you can see exactly what APPS & SERVICES are still running and which ones are using the CPU.
Simply put.... What app, or appssss for that matter, are you going to load that is going to need all 100+mb of RAM to run????
Have you all not noticed the JI6 task killer shows CPU %... the ONLY thing that matters. I have never seen an app taking up my CPU... that's because android is doing what it's supposed to.
Do NOT use a task killer.
Instead of writing all "Task Killers" off as bad...
You should generally refrain from use of task killers that automatically kill tasks or provide an "End All" functionality. However, I like AppSwipe (from the Market) which is more focused on "Task Switching" than anything else. It can be launched from long pressing the Search key. If you must kill tasks (limited functionality for this is available though the app), only killing the tasks you start (one at a time) is encouraged.
That's my take, anyhow...
^ you suggested something that is already built into our phone. No need for an app.
Couple of things
If you get Watchdog or task manager or alike you will notice that when things are open it provides how much ram is being occupied and how much CPU (usually in %) is being burdened.
So you will notice that Almost all of the programs will be held in TSR (terminate and stay resident) type of stat use, but typically, do not need cpu resources.
So, in other words unless it is using resources like cpu or ram I wouldn't give it a worry
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^ you suggested something that is already built into our phone. No need for an app.
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Yeah, you can get your last 6 opened apps by long pressing the Home key...
Task killers now, are more for saving battery if anything. Apps that are written to stay running in the background are definitely going to kill battery.
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s15274n said:
^ you suggested something that is already built into our phone. No need for an app.
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kuhan said:
Yeah, you can get your last 6 opened apps by long pressing the Home key...
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Seriously? I did no such thing. If you think that just having a limited "recent history" of apps that were running but may not necessarily be currently running at the time of display is the same thing as something like AppSwipe then just ignore my whole previous post. It was meant for those who aren't satisfied by merely long pressing home and want an actual task switcher instead.
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Task killers now, are more for saving battery if anything. Apps that are written to stay running in the background are definitely going to kill battery.
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Task Killers drain your battery faster than letting apps run in the background.
speoples20 said:
Task Killers drain your battery faster than letting apps run in the background.
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No it doesn't. Provide some facts to back up that claim please.
speoples20 said:
Task Killers drain your battery faster than letting apps run in the background.
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That's reminds me...ideally if you must use one then at least choose one that can be invoked "on demand" by a hardware button / key when you need it and then ends itself immediately when you're done with it.
Hey Guys
I just got my galaxy tab few days ago. I feel increasingly reliant on taskmanager widget to kill the apps, but the widget is big and chunky and takes a lot of space. Is there a way to change or reduce the size of task manager widget. Help will be appreciated thanks
no chance...but u can access task manager via app tray instead of using the widget.
You can use the shortcut to launch the task manager.
Touch and hold the home button for few seconds.
you dont need to kill apps, the operating system will close everything for you.. when your not using it
thanks for the help guys
I have Xperia Neo, its very nice mobile phone. But i have a problem, there is a lot of apps open in background. I wanna close them (cuz while i playing a game sometimes the game was stopped.). How can i do?
Advanced Task Killer should be able to help you out
thanks ..very helpful for me too
Advance task mangers are good however they are temporary as most apps that run in the background will start back up again. I found setting it on auto kill using one of aggressive setting the best option to use with the least amount of time between kills. Dont use the most aggressive option as that kills system also.
I generally just kill stuff when I find the phone to be running slowly
thank you .
i will have a try.
juice defende is better then task killers
Hi,
I've tried a few programs that kill tasks but not a single app kills tasks definitive. Now i have two programs (Advanced task manager and TasKiller), ATM kills tasks but they come back... if i kill shazam, in 3 seconds is still in task list... TasKiller kills really good, but is not a practical app... Is there a program like ATM that when you click kill all, will kill like TasKiller?
Thanks
Killing task's isn't enough, you have to stop them from loading during startup, there's a program called autostarts and it does just that but its not free. Besides you really don't need a task killer for android.
you do know there is already a task killer in the galaxy sii? Keep holding down the home button and it will pop up.
And there are alot of apps that enable themselves, you should look into their settings to disable that...
I'm very new to android and enjoying my S3 for two weeks. Sorry for the dump question but I'm still not sure about the interface that is shown after long press of home button.
a) Is it just a dummy task history including all active and inactive applications executed previously.
b) Or... Is it a task manager that shows only active background (consuming ram) applications.
I know that any application that have a RAM place will consume the battery, So which one of above item is the true one ?
An important second question: What does "Remove All" button do ? Just clears task history or kills all active background tasks ?
Regards...
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I'm very new to android and enjoying my S3 for two weeks. Sorry for the dump question but I'm still not sure about the interface that is shown after long press of home button.
a) Is it just a dummy task history including all active and inactive applications executed previously.
b) Or... Is it a task manager that shows only active background (consuming ram) applications.
I know that any application that have a RAM place will consume the battery, So which one of above item is the true one ?
An important second question: What does "Remove All" button do ? Just clears task history or kills all active background tasks ?
Regards...
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It's a history, not a list of active apps. From that screen, press task manager at the bottom left and go to the active applications tab on the very left (scroll the list of tabs if necessary). There you can see the list of active apps.
Don't forget that to exit most apps, you have to use the back button (or the exit fuction if the app has one, like Skype) rather than the home button.
buyukbang said:
I'm very new to android and enjoying my S3 for two weeks. Sorry for the dump question but I'm still not sure about the interface that is shown after long press of home button.
a) Is it just a dummy task history including all active and inactive applications executed previously.
b) Or... Is it a task manager that shows only active background (consuming ram) applications.
I know that any application that have a RAM place will consume the battery, So which one of above item is the true one ?
An important second question: What does "Remove All" button do ? Just clears task history or kills all active background tasks ?
Regards...
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Well, i'm not using stock rom so i'm not very sure. But i think that's just inactive applications executed previously. If they were background tasks, and you killed them, they would continue running background later. You can check apps in Settings -> Apps -> Running
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Well, i'm not using stock rom so i'm not very sure. But i think that's just inactive applications executed previously. If they were background tasks, and you killed them, they would continue running background later. You can check apps in Settings -> Apps -> Running
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Here is a decent article that explains why you shouldn't get too worried about seeing apps in your running apps list. If you're worried about conserving the battery, it is much more important to switch off stuff when you don't need it. For example do not use auto-sync, just manually sync what you want time to time. Manually switch off everything that you do not use before leaving your phone idle, like the wifi, mobile data, gps, etc. Also it's a paradox but it seems that you have to set your "keep wi-fi on during sleep" to always in the wifi advanced settings!?
Thank you guys. This information is really usuaful for me !
@daviddema,
I read the article, thx for that, too. So do I understand correctly:
Even a completely empty RAM consumes as much as the one filled with cache data (to start it faster in the future) of stopped applications ?
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Even a completely empty RAM consumes as much as the one filled with cache data (to start it faster in the future) of stopped applications ?
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Yes.
Empty RAM uses as much power as used RAM.
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Thank you for the answer. Now it's more clear for me...
nodstuff said:
Yes.
Empty RAM uses as much power as used RAM.
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