What does everyone use when exiting apps, home button or back button?
It's my understanding that pressing the home button leaves the app running in the background so more battery would be used?
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Back button to close app indeed.
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I use back buton as home buton is waaaaaaaay too laggy.
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Depends! If I want to check another app quickly then return I use home (multitasking). If I don't want to use again I always press the back button to kill the process.
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Since they have different functionality, your question doesn't really make sense. You use both, depending on what you want to do.
Also, the back button doesn't kill the process, afaik there are cases when the application could remain still running.
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Also, the back button doesn't kill the process, afaik there are cases when the application could remain still running.
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Yep, messaging and the stock browser...there are others too...
I just stopped trying to close apps one way or the other. I just "do what i want" (e.g. surf to a website, check an app) and then leave the phone without exiting any apps. After some time I'll check the same site/service anyway, and if I want to do something else it's still just a few presses away.
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Does anyone know how to take a screenshot without sdk or any app? I was playing with my rooted froyo vibrant and i took screenshot by pressing device button (not sure) but i can't do it now!
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Hold the back button and press your home key.
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home + back does not work for me,
I use Shotme app free from the market
SykesAT said:
home + back does not work for me,
I use Shotme app free from the market
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Did you hold back then press the home key and not just pressing them at the same time?
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hol17 said:
Did you hold back then press the home key and not just pressing them at the same time?
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Doesn't work for me.
Since when could ANY android phone take a screenshot without an app/sdk?
Not working on mine
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s15274n said:
Since when could ANY android phone take a screenshot without an app/sdk?
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In the new Froyo builds that started to pop up if you LP the back button it is supposed to launch a screenshot app.
I don't think it works on our Vibrants though.
I did it earlier by accident but I can't redo it.
I was curious if anyone knows why when I choose "End All" in task manager and then hit the back key it will cycle through the apps I just previously used. Shouldn't the back key close task manager and not open up previous apps? I know it's not a ROM issue because it has been doing this on about 5 or 6 different ROMs I've tried and Ive been back to stock 2.2 also, still does it. Any ideas?
Which one are you talking about? the one with the level 1/2? or just the end all?
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just the end all under the first tab "active applications". When i hit end all and then hit the back key, the back key causes the phone to revert to the last app that was open. is i continue to hit back it will go to the app before the last that i used and sometimes dead end at a blank screen
what launcher are you using?
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It's the launcher that came with bionix 1.3.1 but i dont think that makes a difference considering it has done the same thing using TW and launcher pro
hmm yea, that happens i think because it also kills your launcher. so instead of pressing the back button hit the home button.
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You're the ****! How could I be so retarded
Is there anyway I can remove the thing when I press the home button the preview of my pages show? Just don't like it and it lags. Thankss.
Go into settings, where it asks what pressing home actions are, something like that, select do nothing. It is not the one that brings you to home screen, just what hitting home does when you are already there.
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DaleV said:
Go into settings, where it asks what pressing home actions are, something like that, select do nothing. It is not the one that brings you to home screen, just what hitting home does when you are already there.
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Of course I checked that already. Miui does not have that option
Is it possible to change the way the home button acts? I dislike the way when you hit the home button it puts the current app into a background process. Could we change it so like an iPhone the home button fully closes an app when pressed?
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Is it possible to change the way the home button acts? I dislike the way when you hit the home button it puts the current app into a background process. Could we change it so like an iPhone the home button fully closes an app when pressed?
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On my old gt540 i found an app that did this. Unfourtunately ive forgotten the name. Try searching the market.
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Couldn't find anything
Excuse me, but I believe the iPhone puts the process to background too.
Right now im using the cynogenmod 7 KANG's version, when you go to the USB settings there is a option to fully close an app by holding the back button. You can also customize the home/menu button using that rom.
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Excuse me, but I believe the iPhone puts the process to background too.
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I was just trying to get my point across
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Right now im using the cynogenmod 7 KANG's version, when you go to the USB settings there is a option to fully close an app by holding the back button. You can also customize the home/menu button using that rom.
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Thanks man! I've found the option in the application development but how do i customise it further?
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I just need explaination of the s3 multitasking as i see when i running any apps in the background and open the recent apps..and choose any one of them..the app is restarting not resuming...for example..if it a browser..the page is reloading..my question is wherr is multitasking here !??
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I just need explaination of the s3 multitasking as i see when i running any apps in the background and open the recent apps..and choose any one of them..the app is restarting not resuming...for example..if it a browser..the page is reloading..my question is wherr is multitasking here !??
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Have you tried the multi window feature? Hold down thr back button til you see the panel for it.
No pro i dont talk about this..ya i know how to open multitasking..but what i talking about and what i recently released the phone auto kill the appd..so i dont find them in active apps..they only still in active apps for some second..then the phone kill them
And i dont use any apps that control memory
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No pro i dont talk about this..ya i know how to open multitasking..but what i talking about and what i recently released the phone auto kill the appd..so i dont find them in active apps..they only still in active apps for some second..then the phone kill them
And i dont use any apps that control memory
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did you close the application or just pressing your home button and re-opening the apps ?
in some case, the apps will read your action pressing home button like the exit button, so the apps just killing itself
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did you close the application or just pressing your home button and re-opening the apps ?
in some case, the apps will read your action pressing home button like the exit button, so the apps just killing itself
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Yes i press the menu key
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Yes i press the menu key
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Did u press the hm button or the back button? If home button, when u switch over to it, it shld resume instead of restarting the app. However if u press back button, when u switch over to the app. It will be new instead of resuming. Rmb if u wan multi task, press hm button. And when u wan to return back to the app. Hold the hm button and find the app and press it. Dun open it thru the apps place.
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