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...
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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.
rlxurmnd said:
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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WarezAppz said:
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
s15274n said:
^ 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.
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!"
I believe this is my first post. Woo!
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
Is there a way to ensure that apps close when I am done with them? I see no reason for angry birds to run in the background, requiring me to close it from manage apps in the settings. ATK is not a good solution for this correct?
Thanks! Guess I'm kinda anal about stuff running in the background.
Also, thumb keyboard doesn't seem to have a closing bracket for [ ?
well since froyo theres been a built in task manager that should take care of apps not being used anymore.
you can use atk or any other task killer but it will suck up more battery
Its been an ongoing debate. Some use taskillers and some don't. I do because I'm on the side of the fence that likes the control over killing selected apps or all apps not on my protected list. As far as battery drain most taskillers have an option to kill itself after you enitiate a kill order. I like, some rely on built in memmory management. Weather its true or not I can feel the difference when I load up large apps like gun bros or netflix without killing background apps.
Setting up an auto kill is what drains the most battery in my opinion. Keep it simple, add system processes to the protected list and have it kill itself after use.
I know on CM7 long pressing the back button kills the app altogether. Not to sure about other ROMS.
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
When you have a program open, example is a video player. When I hit the home button does that program really fully close? Why I ask this is because I'll open up a web browser and input a web page. Before the web page even fully loads I'll hit the home button. Then even after a few minutes I'll load up that same browser and that page that didn't fully load will be there loaded up. I just want to make sure that when I close a program, it really is closed. That's all.
Hitting home does not "Close" or quit the program it rather puts it in the back round to fully quit it you must hit the recent apps button (Third on the left) and swipe the app away or get a task manager for those pesky back round apps.
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Hitting home does not "Close" or quit the program it rather puts it in the back round to fully quit it you must hit the recent apps button (Third on the left) and swipe the app away or get a task manager for those pesky back round apps.
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Actually swiping apps away from recent list doesn't really close the apps. It just removes them off the recent list. Only a task manager can do that or going into settings, then apps, then force stopping it. But really,Android manages the memory very well itself. Alot of times, the way Android works, manually stopping a program will be more harm than good. Most of the time Android will just pull it back up itself therefore causing more CPU usage for that task tl bring it back. ANDROID keeps some apps semi-loaded. Ones it feels with load faster once you launch it since its already partially loaded. ANDROID is not like a PC where the processes in background will automatically slowbthings down or drain battery faster. Only certain apps that truly run in background can have that effect if too many loaded up. Whatever you do, don't use any auto memory killers or auto task managers or battery saver apps like juice defender, etc... those do more harm than good.
Unless your tablet is running with alot of lag, just try to ignore or resist the urge to keep constantly killing apps or whatever. You will see Android itself does a great job at managing it and will free up memory when actually needed. I'm still trying to do the same also resisting the urge. I just use Asus built in Task manger widget to see what's running in the background. If something clearly not needed then ill kill it. Beware though not to kill system apps or you might cause them to crash or be unstable.
A good app I came across is called BetterBatteryStats. Made by an xda member. Just type name of app in search box here in forum. That app will let you see what's truly running in the background and using up most battery or CPU processes. Has some great tips in there also in help section. IT LET me see how the Google currents app, although I wasn't using it, kept running in the background and using up processes and adding to battery drain. I would always see it pop up in my task manager although I never opened it and I have the refresh data set to long intervals. So it's basically a rouge app..lol. I uninstalled that mofo. Its a great app but runs to much in background regardless of data refresh settings and sometimes doesn't allow prime to stay in deep sleep when screen is off. Partial wakelocks, kernel wakelocks, etc...are all things you have to look over when determining what apps are causing most battery drainage or not allowing prime tl stay in deep sleep. Because they will partial wakelock n get data or whatever. It gets technical..lol learned alot from that one app. Free here in xda forums .
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Actually swiping apps away from recent list doesn't really close the apps. It just removes them off the recent list. Only a task manager can do that or going into settings, then apps, then force stopping it. But really,Android manages the memory very well itself. Alot of times, the way Android works, manually stopping a program will be more harm than good. Most of the time Android will just pull it back up itself therefore causing more CPU usage for that task tl bring it back. ANDROID keeps some apps semi-loaded. Ones it feels with load faster once you launch it since its already partially loaded. ANDROID is not like a PC where the processes in background will automatically slowbthings down or drain battery faster. Only certain apps that truly run in background can have that effect if too many loaded up. Whatever you do, don't use any auto memory killers or auto task managers or battery saver apps like juice defender, etc... those do more harm than good.
Unless your tablet is running with alot of lag, just try to ignore or resist the urge to keep constantly killing apps or whatever. You will see Android itself does a great job at managing it and will free up memory when actually needed. I'm still trying to do the same also resisting the urge. I just use Asus built in Task manger widget to see what's running in the background. If something clearly not needed then ill kill it. Beware though not to kill system apps or you might cause them to crash or be unstable.
A good app I came across is called BetterBatteryStats. Made by an xda member. Just type name of app in search box here in forum. That app will let you see what's truly running in the background and using up most battery or CPU processes. Has some great tips in there also in help section. IT LET me see how the Google currents app, although I wasn't using it, kept running in the background and using up processes and adding to battery drain. I would always see it pop up in my task manager although I never opened it and I have the refresh data set to long intervals. So it's basically a rouge app..lol. I uninstalled that mofo. Its a great app but runs to much in background regardless of data refresh settings and sometimes doesn't allow prime to stay in deep sleep when screen is off. Partial wakelocks, kernel wakelocks, etc...are all things you have to look over when determining what apps are causing most battery drainage or not allowing prime tl stay in deep sleep. Because they will partial wakelock n get data or whatever. It gets technical..lol learned alot from that one app. Free here in xda forums .
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I was under the assumption that ICS fixed that? I suppose I was mistaken I apologize for my misunderstanding.
Demandarin, what makes you think swiping doesn't close a program? It does and its very obvious it works, just swipe then open the same program and you will see it starts over and will not be where you left off.
Try Settings > Developer Options > Don't Keep Activities. Sounds like it will fully close tasks once they are closed.
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Try Settings > Developer Options > Don't Keep Activities. Sounds like it will fully close tasks once they are closed.
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This is a very bad setting to enable if you ever have to switch back and forth between two different activities (for example email & web browsing). In general you should just leave the developer options alone.
As for closing apps.. why does it matter?
Apps that are not actively running don't use CPU and therefore don't use battery. Some apps sync information in the background, such as weather apps and email and while they do this battery is being used, however you can optimize the frequency of the updating to preserve as much battery life as possible.
In general unless you have experiencing performance issues, let Android manage itself.
If you absolutely need to turn off running apps, use the Asus Task Manager widget that comes pre-loaded on your tablet. You can use the Asus Task Manager to kill individual apps or all apps with a single click.
ON ICS, the swipe does stop the task running in the background, but I've seen where it the app may begin again, but as a background activity as almightywhacko describes.
People don't understand. Apps DON'T "run" in the background. They only run when you interact with them.
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People don't understand. Apps DON'T "run" in the background. They only run when you interact with them.
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Well, it depends. Apps don't run in the background like they do in windows, but some apps do continue to run processes in the background like data syncing and what not. However, it the app doesn't do this stuff then it only holds its state.
Also, I have not seen swiping recent apps closing apps. I think it is just happenstance if an app is closed by swiping it off the recent apps. Looking at the logging and monitoring the app state I have seen no correlation between running/not running apps and the recent app list.
However, as other people said, manually closing apps in Android will most likely reduce your performance rather than do anything beneficial.
I always get mad at those stupid apps that pretend to be providing a service. They won't go away. even if kill them they just come back(like Kenny). The app that likes to bother me the most is Zen pinball. I really like the game but it is always popping up prompting me to enable openfeint which I had already signed up for. I press enable but it still does not go away.
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Well, it depends. Apps don't run in the background like they do in windows, but some apps do continue to run processes in the background like data syncing and what not. However, it the app doesn't do this stuff then it only holds its state.
Also, I have not seen swiping recent apps closing apps. I think it is just happenstance if an app is closed by swiping it off the recent apps. Looking at the logging and monitoring the app state I have seen no correlation between running/not running apps and the recent app list.
However, as other people said, manually closing apps in Android will most likely reduce your performance rather than do anything beneficial.
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Only if they spawn a service. As far as activities, which most people would consider to be the "app" part, those do not run in the background. It just sits until it gets killed or used.