im looking for something like the stock task killer widget that comes with the samsung galaxy tab 10.1.
there is nothing on the prime like that and i am having trouble killing apps.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Did you really repost this from General to themes and apps.... I answered this in the General Sub-Forum post.
task killers are bad. how are people still not understanding this?
if you want to close apps, just click the mutitasking button and x them out.
Running Apps shortcut
adiliyo said:
task killers are bad. how are people still not understanding this?
if you want to close apps, just click the mutitasking button and x them out.
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I use the running applications setting from the application setting menu I have it as a shortcut on my desktop It works well for me.
Is there any Task bar/SPB widget/program that shows running app. I know about task manager but i mean is there any app that reminds you the apps minimized in the standby screen.?
i dont know why nobody uses this but its awesome. to me its essential. wk task. check it out here on xda.
wktask
link here
I really like the asus task killer, it shows the apps that are running, how much they are using, you can kill one or all at a touch of a button...
HOWEVER
it is slow
i cant find any way to exclude some apps (like ADW launcher)
it constantly changes sizes so when you kill an app you have to wait for it to redraw
does not see all processes
Does anyone know any similar apps? I really like the widget, i know theres lots of task killers out there, im looking for one with comparable widgets.
Also on the topic of killing apps, it seems a lot of apps are running without me wanting them, like music or maps. why do they keep popping up when i dont use em?
I had the same issues. Grabbed es task manager and like it a lot so far
Not sure what other peoples views are but I don't use Task Killers, I think Android does a good enough job of managing itself however since moving to AOSP/AOKP ROM's I really miss the stock Samsung Task Manager.
I have certain apps on my phone that don't have an exit button or can only be exited by the home button which means they stay active and use CPU and thus battery, if I was still using a Samsung ROM I would use the Task Manger to close/exit said applications.
Some apps will close by sliding the tile in recent applications but some do not, I love the ROM I am currently using but I miss the control I had over my phone with the Task Manage.
So my question is...
Does anybody know of an application available like the stock Samsung Task Manger or...
Can the stock Samsung Task Manager be modded to work on CM9 and other AOSP/AOKP ROM's?
Thanks and let the flaming begin! lol
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Many solutions
In aokp rom:
In rom control/general tick the "long press on the back touch to close app"option.
or in rom control/navigation barr configure one of the button to killer app.
In aosp/aokp settings/devellopement options
tick "don't gard activity" option. (may cause applis bugs)
Download a Task killer on the market.
Hello,
Sorry for my bad english.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, and flash'ed the Resurrection Remix 1.7 ROM. BEST!
What I missed is a Taskmanager like the original Samsung ROM Taskmanager.
You can see what is open (okay... I can see this with ICS too), whats in the Background open (this I cant see), and how much RAM it eats /how much RAM is free...
I looked at the Play Store, and there are Apps, they are old (are they still ICS compatible?), or they are ugly or have Ads like "Wanna have better Battery!?! OMG!!! Download my all-can-fix-app here".
I dont want anything, only the funktion, whats in the Background open, and how much RAM it eats... Like in the Samsung ROM with the one widget.
Sorry for my bad english.
Hope you can help me. Becouse I dont find something...
Thanks.
+1 I was wondering about this too.
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you dont need a task manager on android
android manages ram differently
if you kill a app with a taskmanager
android will just restart it= wastage of battery life
apps in the back ground are frozen and wont affect performance but u can remove them in the ics multitasking UI
bluefa1con said:
...you dont need a task manager on android...
...android manages ram differently...
...if you kill a app with a taskmanager
android will just restart it= wastage of battery life...
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Thanks for the answer.
But when I will watch/show (...my english... ugly!) what is in the background? Or what CPU eats?
Can ICS show me this too? Becouse I doesent find enything. In Stuck ICS from Samsung, I can watch it, and so I can see, for example:
I have installed "Testapp A", and I wonder, why the battery will be so short, I go to Samsung Taskmanager, and it shows me that the App running in the Background, so I go to Play Store, and delete this app. So it dont running more...
With Stuck ICS I wonder, why the battery goes down... I looked. And an App was in Background. A Game... So I have deleted this crap.
Do you know what I mean? Its for me more Diagnostical, I know, when I kill something, it will restart.
Maybie it´s not a Taskmanager, it´s more a Diagnostical app?
Sorry for this english.
bluefa1con said:
you dont need a task manager on android
android manages ram differently
if you kill a app with a taskmanager
android will just restart it= wastage of battery life
apps in the back ground are frozen and wont affect performance but u can remove them in the ics multitasking UI
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what a bunch of bull
background apps are frozen on iOS, not on android, they fully run, hence the term "full multitasking".
also, just services will restart on their own, normal apps, like youtube, games and so on are fully quittable, why would they restart? do you think all your apps run all the time?
the more ram is consumed, the more power the device uses, so exitting background apps saves battery.
i am also still looking for a good task manager like the samsung stock one, because in ics, some apps just don't quit, like skifta, with the dlna server running all day the battery life goes down massively and swiping it away in the recent apps screen just doesn't quit it.
Chef_Tony said:
what a bunch of bull
background apps are frozen on iOS, not on android, they fully run, hence the term "full multitasking".
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Actually it's not a bunch of bull. You can freeze apps on android using Titanium Backup. Also you can disable some apps that you don't use (not all of them allow it) or don't use frequently with just app manager in system settings. Then you can re-enable them when needed.
You can try apps like Task Killer, etc... (and make sure you kill it too so it's not on all the time), but it's not as good as freezing with TB.
Good luck.
Don't know if this is "ugly", but it's ad-free anyway - Diagnosis.
I like it anyway, and the dev is great, posts on the apps section. His SD Maid app is a godsend.
I use ES Task Manager. Find it useful and you can also mange cache and startup programs.
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