Hi all,
How to quit sms properly??after i press back button from sms screen, it still show at my "active application",need to go to to there and press exit...please advice...-newbie-
Just realized, same here.Tried disabling a few things but no good. I just kill it with task manager (edit: manually) but notice it doesn't consume any cpu.
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same with me..sometimes it need me to kill the sms manually....i'm not sure whether it is default setting for gs2...still looking the solution...any??lol..
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Hello everybody
I was wondering if there is a way to change the back button on the phone to exit the app or game you are in, instead of just minimizing it?
Cause everytime you have used an app or played a game, it is just being put in the background when you press the "home" or "back" button on the phone and using up power and memory.
I hope you understand what i mean
Search for 'quick exit' in market. Not exactly what you wanted but it makes the job
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try downloading advanced task killer from the market its free and will do the job
I am confused right now as to what to actually use when trying to close an app. I read that killing an app for RAM doesn't really help. So does this mean that I should just keep pressing the home button even if it leads to a lot of apps piling in the background? What do you do personally?
You can keep pressing back until the app exists, or you can press menu and see if the app has an exit button, or you can just pile apps in the background as you describe it and android will auto kill them when you are running low on ram.
I set the 'hold back button to force kill' option in cm7.
Interesting option, I avoid CM as it is bloated but do you know any other roms with similar function or how to enable it yourself?
franzks said:
I am confused right now as to what to actually use when trying to close an app. I read that killing an app for RAM doesn't really help. So does this mean that I should just keep pressing the home button even if it leads to a lot of apps piling in the background? What do you do personally?
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Exiting via the back button "kills" an apps. Exiting via home button leaves it running so you can return to it if needed. A taskkiller is pointless as Android will restart a service almost immediately. Stop Maps in Running Services and see it return within 5sec. Lifehacker have some good info on Android taskkillers and why they are fairly pointless.
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I use ALWAYS back button,but sometimes keeps running in background so then i use Advanced Task Killer Pro,and DIES.
Depends, browser I use home. Xda app I use back. You just get used to it. Try not to worry about.
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I always use back button to closing an app. When you need to go back to an app later, you can use home button
usually back button to don't waste Ram.
I use back button to kill apps by long pressing it (ics final by jusada)...there is option in settings>application>developement> to enable this...NoT sure if its there in any stock rom ..
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AFAIK back button should kill the app, there's some cases it doesnt, and home just keeps it on the background.
On gb 2.3.6. No matter how I quit or clear the memory, the apps will automatically start by themselves without me launching the apps.
Some of the apps, I try to back or find the quit button to exit the app, the app is still shown as running behind the scene.
Besides unibstallibg the app, any way to prevent them from running in the background?
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many apps will run in the background even after you quit, ones that wake the phone i uninstall, theres a program called autorun manager, im not 100% sure it works but i disabled many apps and widgets i dont use and when i boot i dont get alot running and i save more ram and theres less cached programs or programs i use only.
heres a link for info
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/autorun-manager-updated-to-v2-0/
On settings there is developer options. Check the kill app back button. Whenever you need to close the apps, long press the back button.
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On settings there is developer options. Check the kill app back button. Whenever you need to close the apps, long press the back button
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Dude, he's running gb. Also this isn't you're looking for but you can freeze apps with titanium backup. Also with advanced task killer if I remember the name right, you can set autokill for exsample every minute. Also you can update to ics
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Hi.
I need an app that kills all apps upon lock screen to save battery power so I don't have to do so manually.
Can any one advise a good app?
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Hi.
I need an app that kills all apps upon lock screen to save battery power so I don't have to do so manually.
Can any one advise a good app?
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hi,
take a look at "fast reboot" app market .?there is a free version ,dont know if it has settings option ?( actually, the pro version has settings , to be correct )
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.fastreboot&hl=en
Install, open fast reboot setting ( small gears in left bottom corner of app )Select , 2 nd option "Auto reboot options " and tick your option's ...on unlock and you can set on lock also .
If you know this app, then you will know it does not really reboot but closes (kill ) and opens up app ,excellent app .
Been using it for years (you will see market figures thats it very popular )
good luck
The free version have no settings and I have to click the fast boot icon for it to close apps.
Thanks for the reply.
Anyone else have any good apps that can automatically kill apps when I turn screen off?
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most likely you will remove that application, bcoz neither it will save your battery and may it drain more battery than saving by closing app.
If your application remain in BG, it will just take some RAM not juice, and everytime single application try to kill appliction in BG with screen off will drain more juice.
there is also in built option for this if still you want it, go to setting - development option - limit background process, you can set your desired level.
You can use ZDBox, its free and have so many utilities, the task killer can kill all non marked running tasks when lockscreen comes. Check it out, i love this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zdworks.android.toolbox&hl=de
Hey all. Quick question. My Le Max 2 has had a weird issue since I received it. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced the same or knows of a fix.
I have noticed that if I open an app and then swipe it closed using the task manager (recent apps button and swiping it closed) that the app will no longer function until I manually open the app again. 2 examples. The Google clock app. I set an alarm last night and swiped the app closed and this morning my alarm didn't sound. I tested it this morning, and as long as I leave the app running in the background, the alarm will go off. But if I swipe it closed from task manager, it kills the app and the alarm will never sound.
The second example is a little more bothersome. I have noticed that unless I leave my SMS/MMS app running in the background, I will NOT get any text or MMS message at all. I use TEXTRA and as long as it's open and running in the background, I'm good. But if I swipe it closed, I will not receive any text or MMS messages. To be clear, it's not that I'm not notified... it's that the text message or MMS will NEVER come thru if the app is swipe closed. They don't even show up if I open the app after the fact. Ive tested this many times with my kids sending me messages with their phones. So I leave textra open at all times.
Finally, a nitpick, has anyone noticed that changing the font size in the display settings, doesn't reliably change the font size system wide? Example, I use gmail and when I open it the font settings are miniscule, despite me having the font set to extra large in the display settings. However, if I leave gmail open and go to display settings menu and change the font size from extra large to small and then back to extra large again and then I go back to the gmail app, the font size is larger and readable. Kind of annoying.
Thanks!
For your first issue I would recommend you not to close any app and try to lock in the memory the ones that are important like whatsapp, Viber, etc... Assuming that your model has at least 4 GB of RAM, it's useless to close the running apps. This is not windows and it works in a different way. It will take some time to get used to not pressing the "Close All" button, but believe me, it's useless. For the other thing with the font I'm not sure what to say. It might be an EUI bug that should be fixed in the future updates.
Currently I'm running CM13 S19 by Parasite and I never close any app. I'm still trying to convince my wife to change her habit but looks like she's possessed by closing her apps on S6 edge+, also a 4GB of RAM device
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For your first issue I would recommend you not to close any app and try to lock in the memory the ones that are important like whatsapp, Viber, etc... Assuming that your model has at least 4 GB of RAM, it's useless to close the running apps. This is not windows and it works in a different way. It will take some time to get used to not pressing the "Close All" button, but believe me, it's useless. For the other thing with the font I'm not sure what to say. It might be an EUI bug that should be fixed in the future updates.
Currently I'm running CM13 S19 by Parasite and I never close any app. I'm still trying to convince my wife to change her habit but looks like she's possessed by closing her apps on S6 edge+, also a 4GB of RAM device
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Thanks a lot for the reply. Makes sense. Is there a way to "lock" the apps open in memory, or are you just saying to change my habits so that they stay open? Could you explain the method if there is a way? Thanks again.
While in Task Manger (Recents or how you like yo call it, or maybe even "Control Center") swipe down on an app instead of swiping up to close it, and you will see a lock icon on the app in the Task Manager. Then when you'll press by mistake the "Close All", this app will be omitted.
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just put cm13 on, imo the official rom is useless
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While in Task Manger (Recents or how you like yo call it, or maybe even "Control Center") swipe down on an app instead of swiping up to close it, and you will see a lock icon on the app in the Task Manager. Then when you'll press by mistake the "Close All", this app will be omitted.
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Fantastic. Thanks so much for your help. That's helpful. I don't seem to have a close all button tho. Lol.