What is the best auto app killer Facebook always continues to run in the background using 10 to 40% CPU I need an application that will kill it as soon as my screen goes off
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I actually stopped using auto app killers about 5 months ago after reading several articles on how the android operating system works. I would suggest maybe just using task manager to kill it when yer done with it?
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That's a pain Especially since I'm not supposed to be on my phone at work and that's just one more thing I would have to do an more chance of getting caught
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Advanced Task Killer seem to work well for me.
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Can you guys list the pros and cons of using a taskiller because I've been hearing that its bad for your phone.
Comments will be greatly appreciated.
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I don't use ATK, try System Panel.. paid app. brilliant.
Starting with android 2.2 the task killers are useless
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use AutoKiller memory management. It isn't really a normal task killer but selectively raise the kill priority value (oom) of most apps so the OS kills them sooner. Since it is just an interface for changing values and wont run in the background it wont drain battery or CPU. You can also open the app and manually kill apps if you need to.
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CMoney87 said:
use AutoKiller memory management. It isn't really a normal task killer but selectively raise the kill priority value (oom) of most apps so the OS kills them sooner. Since it is just an interface for changing values and wont run in the background it wont drain battery or CPU. You can also open the app and manually kill apps if you need to.
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What were your memory limits set at?
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I dont bother with any of that stuff anymore.
The 2.2 ROM i am running at the moment does all that for me. Well almost. 2.3 did that even better when i ran that rom by rdanner.
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If you used the search button, you would have found this: [Q] Task Manager/Killer Apps - Good or Bad after 2.1 update for X10?
qazaz said:
What were your memory limits set at?
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I use 150,200,250 as the last 3 settings and it works perfectly for me. Some people think those values are too high and could cause problems with some widgets but it never changed the values of any widget dependant services for me and I havent had any problem in at least 3-4 months of usage.
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If you got AutoKiller and havent figured it out yet you can press the processes tab at the top to see a list of all running apps, just click one to kill it. This will also show the oom value for each as well as which is the kill priority value. The higher the oom value the higher the priority to kill it when the system needs to recoup ram, the lower the value the less likely it is to be killed. Ive noticed that even with the high values I use, any process or service that relates to the system functions or widgets I have has a value that hasnt changed and remains at 1 or even in the negatives.
Despite what people say I have had instances where I need to kill apps that get hung up (like the browser sometimes and every once in a while a root app gets stuck while verifying permissions) and the OS wont kill it automatically, so I do use it to kill apps occasionally.
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I get pretty bad battery life. I wiped everything and reflashed the ROM and only installed about 10 apps instead of my usual 150 or so. Total difference in battery life! Except I want want my apps back, at least most of them.
I'm wondering if there's a way of finding out which ones take the most juice or are always running when I don't want them to do I can get rid of those few.
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Try "Wheres My Droid Power"
Could also try "Watchdog", I have used it a few times, good app. It also lets you know if one app is misbehaving and using too many resources.
Or system panel. I use its monitor and it will tell you how much power each app is using. You have to get the paid version to get that feature but its a good app. I'm sure there are other free apps that do the same like the ones mentioned above.
BetterBatteryStats, best there is
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+1 for watchdog
Android's built in battery use monitor will tell you what's using battery. I guess it varies based on which ROM you use.
+2 for watchdog
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
App watchdog by proid mobile?
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+3 for Watchdog!
I use the paid version to help support the developer, but there is a lite verson though.
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Curb71 said:
App watchdog by proid mobile?
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Or watchdog task killer from Zomut?
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is there anything out there better than BetterBatteryStats of Power Tutor?
Kinda irritating to load the pages again. Any ideas?
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It's all about ram. If you have 512 mb and running ICS or JB, just forget it..1 gb would be just ok, if you don't open much apps. You can set priority of apps in some tasks manager, maybe system tuner? Never tried... Waiting for the galaxy note with 2 gb!
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Well. My iPad 2 with 512ram doesn't do this.. So I assume it's the os.
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Ev0d3vil said:
Well. My iPad 2 with 512ram doesn't do this.. So I assume it's the os.
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I cannot see which device the question was for, but it depend MANY things, still ram is first.
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I cannot see which device the question was for, but it depend MANY things, still ram is first.
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For the s3 using dolphin.
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It's kinda weird that my s3 which has twice the ram of my ipad has not enough ram...
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Mine does this also, using s3 with stock browser. My HOX does it too. Annoying
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I assume its the OS just closing inactive background tasks no? Cant be ram issues...
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Kinda irritating to load the pages again. Any ideas?
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Have you tried long pressing on the home button to selecting the browser from there?
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Have you tried long pressing on the home button to selecting the browser from there?
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Ah not yet...
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Still doesn't work. Pages still have to reload after inactive for a while.
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Android is a totally different operating system than iOs (and also requires more Ram for itself)
It runs a lot of tasks in the background unlike iOs, which makes it a lot more adaptable and flexible but also more resource-intensive.
Secondly apps are categorized in groups, which are then consecutively killed based on their OOM (Out of memory) score, the lowest group being "empty app" and regrouping all apps that are no longer being needed. Typically "empty" is killed when there are 90MB left (customizable if rooted).
First off you may want to check what eats your Ram (Java is one of the worst languages for Ram in the entire universe) and kill/freeze/remove those processes.
Then take a look into zRam for extended Ram (swap) and set swappiness to 99
There once were experimental patches that forced selected tasks into swap instead of killing them but since they were hooked right into memory management, that used up lots of Cpu cycles and caused strange behaviours - sadly.
Btw, needing 1Gig for Ics or Jb is just bollocks. Galaxy S1's run awesome under Ics and even such devices as the 256MB Ace get a lot better.
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How do I customize the thing? The part where you say I need to be rooted.
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Its only reload if you closed it on tasks
So dont do it
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when you want to leave the browser in the background do you press back button or home? I have the experience with facebook app that if i press back than when i get back to the app it reloads as if i closed it, but if i press home then come back to the app it's there as i left it. As to the browser can't really say anything as I use maxthon browser and don't usually have reloading problems.
One such app is "Advanced tools".
However it is strictly recommend to leave those values alone unless you REALLY know what you are doing since tweaking these values without any knowledge will only worsen the problem or make your phone more or less unusuable with lag.
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Its only reload if you closed it on tasks
So dont do it
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No it doesn't.. It somehow auto closes. I've read somewhere android auto closes inactive tasks.
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I've read somewhere android auto closes inactive tasks.
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No!!!
I explained a few posts earlier exactly when and how Android kills processes. Inactivity is a LRU factor but certainly not the trigger to kill an app.
Two words: v6supercharger,swap!
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but has anyone actually found a solution to this problem? I've tried supercharger, minfree manager, RAM manager pro, and Galaxy Tuner. None have proven to be an actual solution to the problem that seems to be baked right in to the heart of all versions of Android after eclair (I'm actually on the Epic, not the GS3).
Is this fixable or am I just chasing my tail on this one?
bill
UPDATE: Current list of things tried
- Supercharger/Bulletproof
- MinFree Manager
- RAM Manager Pro
- Galaxy Tuner
- "build.prop" trick
- "local.prop" trick
- Auto memory manager application
Has anybody tried to set up Google Play Music in Greenify? I find it annoying that every time I go into Task Manager it's running. I've never used it. It shows 0% cpu usage but I just don't want it on.
Greenify doesn't want to shut off a system app though. I was wondering if it will really hurt anything.
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Convert it to a user app instead of system and or turn off sync in settings.
// Lance
stueycaster said:
Has anybody tried to set up Google Play Music in Greenify? I find it annoying that every time I go into Task Manager it's running. I've never used it. It shows 0% cpu usage but I just don't want it on.
Greenify doesn't want to shut off a system app though. I was wondering if it will really hurt anything.
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Use the paid version and you can greenify system apps.
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Actually I followed Lancelot's advise. I'm all set. Thanks yall. I appreciate it.
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Use the paid version and you can greenify system apps.
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^^^ This! If you try out an app, like it, and continue to use it, support developers by getting the paid/donate version of their app.
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I am wondering if a task killer is needed for my s4. Current try I only use greenify but u feel like with myself ope I got so many different apps it would be beneficial to.kill the ones I'm not currently try using to give more battery and speed. Does android do this by itself and therefore I do not need one or? I did try advanced task killer but when I kill the apps the come right back. Since then I have restored and did not install ATK.
Let me know your opinions
Thanks
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That's up to you. Android is pretty good at dumping old apps to free up ram. What a lot of people over look is that the android system keeps apps in memory to make them load quicker when you open them again. The only thing I really do is just clear my apps from the recent screen every once in a while.
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thrgk said:
I am wondering if a task killer is needed for my s4. Current try I only use greenify but u feel like with myself ope I got so many different apps it would be beneficial to.kill the ones I'm not currently try using to give more battery and speed. Does android do this by itself and therefore I do not need one or? I did try advanced task killer but when I kill the apps the come right back. Since then I have restored and did not install ATK.
Let me know your opinions
Thanks
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No.
Is there one you recommend? Other then holding home button down and swiping away the ones I'm done with ?
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thrgk said:
Is there one you recommend? Other then holding home button down and swiping away the ones I'm done with ?
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Let Android manage things, it's a lot smarter about it than we are.
The only caveat I have in this area is an app called Greenify. I'm using it to make it easier to stop a few apps from running in the background when I'm not using them - in particular an app called "Viki" (provides access to TV/movies from Asia) that is endlessly active in the background for no good reason and keeps my phone from getting into deep sleep. So I tell the Greenify app to hibernate it when I'm not using it, and deep sleep is back and battery life is good again.
But I agree strongly that using "active" task managers that try to manage your apps for you are not necessary, and can be detrimental on Android.
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Let Android manage things, it's a lot smarter about it than we are.
The only caveat I have in this area is an app called Greenify. I'm using it to make it easier to stop a few apps from running in the background when I'm not using them - in particular an app called "Viki" (provides access to TV/movies from Asia) that is endlessly active in the background for no good reason and keeps my phone from getting into deep sleep. So I tell the Greenify app to hibernate it when I'm not using it, and deep sleep is back and battery life is good again.
But I agree strongly that using "active" task managers that try to manage your apps for you are not necessary, and can be detrimental on Android.
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As he stated in the OP, he already users greenify.
I agree, task killers are stupid. The only other thing I would recommend besides that is android firewall and an automation app like tasker
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