Hi guys and girls.
I need to ask this. My gf love using stock browser to watch movie. Since stock browser doesn't have the close or exit button like what browsers have, once she press the home screen, will the stock browser still run at background and auto close when say we have escape it for about a few minutes?
I do not want to see the browser still running and my data goes away for free.
Can you advise me on this? Many thanks all!
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I'm pretty sure the stock browser wont use any data when it is not foreground.
Once you hit the home icon it will still be running in the background but wont be using any data.The only thing it could effect is your battery.
cooza said:
Once you hit the home icon it will still be running in the background but wont be using any data.The only thing it could effect is your battery.
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c0m47053 said:
I'm pretty sure the stock browser wont use any data when it is not foreground.
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Thanks guys!
That is good news indeed! Thank you for your clarification
Pressing home keeps it running for a while in the state it was in. If you keep pressing the back button on your phone you will eventually be back at your homescreen and resets the browser's state.
It will still run on the background i guess and bad thing it consumes more battery
If you are still worried about it you can always hold down the centre home button until "task administrator" appears.it shows all the tasks that are open.close it from there,its perfectly safe as thats what its made for.
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Is android as bad as apple? Iv come from a N900 and it was simple. You pressed a button and the app was sent to the background (still running) and then you press a different button to see all the apps running in little windows..
I dont even know how to close a app for good or keep it running in background and how to see whats open and whats not without a app killer app?
Am I missing something?
As bad as apple? Nope...but i am also waitin' for this "button". =)
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there's no taskswitcher built in, there's obviously lots out there, but that doesnt mean it has no multi-tasking as you can press the switch apps by going to home screen and trigger the app again which has been running in the back ground.
fards said:
there's no taskswitcher built in, there's obviously lots out there, but that doesnt mean it has no multi-tasking as you can press the switch apps by going to home screen and trigger the app again which has been running in the back ground.
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How do I do this dont get what I press? It seems to have a mind of its own and I never know how to close the app for good or keep it running..
sorry new to android..
to close most well behaving apps you use the back button, holding down back button will close whatever app you are using with just one press.
some apps will stay resident (but not active) in the background if you press the home key once which should drop you back to the homepage.
on the streak if you hold the home key down then you get the switcher screen and across the bottom there's a list of recently used apps, so you can switch between apps that way..
I'm also new to android and learning quickly
tbh I've tried a few taskswitchers etc and have jkAppswitch at the mo because it works well, but that method above works ok as well.
I wish Dell had given us a basic drop down taskswitcher..
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Is android as bad as apple? Iv come from a N900 and it was simple. You pressed a button and the app was sent to the background (still running) and then you press a different button to see all the apps running in little windows..
I dont even know how to close a app for good or keep it running in background and how to see whats open and whats not without a app killer app?
Am I missing something?
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Once tap to back button take you backward
tapping twise close the app
holding back button takes you to homescreen which you were on
home tap dosent close the app its just take you to homescreen
On all of the 2.2 ROMs that I've tried, when I use the back button to leave the Contacts app it does not close, but stays running in the background. Every other app closes when you exit via the back button.
Anyone else experiencing this?
How do I get Contacts to close when I exit via the back button?
There is no real reason this needs to be closed. If android doesn't feel like it needs to be and it's in the background... I cant see how this possibly could matter.
If it really bothers you, long press on home, task manager, kill it.
Thank you for the lecture, the correction. and for not answering my question
It really does bother me, shouldn't it work like all other applications and close when you exit via the back button?
I want it to close like all other applications when I exit via the back button so when I re-open it I can browse from the beginning of the list.
creeve4 said:
Thank you for the lecture, the correction. and for not answering my question
It really does bother me, shouldn't it work like all other applications and close when you exit via the back button?
I want it to close like all other applications when I exit via the back button so when I re-open it I can browse from the beginning of the list.
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The reason it stays open is because its one of the main apps of your phone.
Once you open it, it stays in the cache, because when you press the app again, it can load instantly and come on.
Whereas, if you exit it, and re-open it... it will tkae about 5 seconds more. depends on how many contacts you have. It doesn't waste more battery, it just saves you the 5 seconds.
creeve4 said:
Thank you for the lecture, the correction. and for not answering my question
It really does bother me, shouldn't it work like all other applications and close when you exit via the back button?
I want it to close like all other applications when I exit via the back button so when I re-open it I can browse from the beginning of the list.
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your question was how do you get contacts to close when you press the back arrow.
Rather than answer with "nobody knows" I thought I would point out that it doesn't matter, and it really should not bother you... BUT IF IT DOES, you can always long press home. Sorry for trying to help.
I think it does that on most 2.2 ROMS. On 2.2.1 it closes once you hit the back button. I have no idea why though.
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The reason it stays open is because its one of the main apps of your phone.
Once you open it, it stays in the cache, because when you press the app again, it can load instantly and come on.
Whereas, if you exit it, and re-open it... it will tkae about 5 seconds more. depends on how many contacts you have. It doesn't waste more battery, it just saves you the 5 seconds.
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I'm not concerned that having it running in the background is wasting battery, in my second post I stated why I want it to close.
Alex9090 said:
I think it does that on most 2.2 ROMS. On 2.2.1 it closes once you hit the back button. I have no idea why though.
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Thank you for the useful information.
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.
Long press back button to kill the current app. Cyanogenmod and MIUI Roms already have it :good:
Unnecessary and battery consuming apps can be killed right away without the trouble of going to the application menu every #@! time...
Can some developer perhaps make this possible for the XPS?
Swipe the app away from the list when you long press home.
its not nessesary if you use the go back button to quit the app and not the homebutton.
and open, but recently not used apps dont needs battery but to close apps all the time if they have boot recivers needs alot of battery
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Swipe the app away from the list when you long press home.
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I can't.. you mean the 'recent' list with a max of 8 apps right? i can't swipe at all in that list
edit: I'm on GB by the way but thanks
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its not nessesary if you use the go back button to quit the app and not the homebutton.
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Ah i thought not all apps close when pressing the back button, but i just tried it again with some apps, but they do close unless they are necessary in the background offcourse but i was more concerned about cached processes, do they use battery or resources (except RAM) can they restart themselfs and maybe for example connect to the internet
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Swipe the app away from the list when you long press home.
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I don't know I can do that
thanks
Zeus ROM for Optimus Black have this mod, if you devs want to give a look
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Zeus ROM for Optimus Black have this mod, if you devs want to give a look
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Thanks that ROM uses a modded version of the Xperia S home launcher! :good:
Do you also know about cached processes, (except RAM usage) can they restart themselfs and maybe for example connect to the internet or do something else. Or is it just cached 'frozen' in memory and nothing more, until its needed again on command
Hey guys,
first off all, i'm runnning Samsung 4.2.2 leak, BUT i've had this problem on 4.1.2 too and even on ICS.
my problem is, everytime i exit a app like Internet, it needs to load my whole home screen again! i've tried EVERYTHING.
Like GOTaskmanager and lock TW, didn't work.....
pressing the back key is no option for me in apps like Internet!
i'm rooted so, but even before that, i had the same issue.
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!:crying:
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Hey guys,
first off all, i'm runnning Samsung 4.2.2 leak, BUT i've had this problem on 4.1.2 too and even on ICS.
my problem is, everytime i exit a app like Internet, it needs to load my whole home screen again! i've tried EVERYTHING.
Like GOTaskmanager and lock TW, didn't work.....
pressing the back key is no option for me in apps like Internet!
i'm rooted so, but even before that, i had the same issue.
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!:crying:
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in s-voice settings did you uncheck open via home key?
sriram231092 said:
in s-voice settings did you uncheck open via home key?
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YES! but its not that it takes time to GET me to the Home Screen, but the Home Screen itself takes time to load! (really long)
pottemans said:
YES! but its not that it takes time to GET me to the Home Screen, but the Home Screen itself takes time to load! (really long)
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well that is a common problem in the leaked ones. i have that too when ever i multi task. rooting can help you.
Its because TW is kicked out if memory being a background app whilst another app is in use, if you go back to 4.1 you can use either JKay's framework or xposed app settings lock touchwiz home in memory (xposed may work on the leak I'm not 100% sure) however keep in mind this will affect multitasking a bit.
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How to lock applications with JKay?
Edit: Got it its writen down in faq