I use an application from the Google Play Store called "Startup Manager" on my Galaxy Note 1 running Android version 4.04 (ICS) to automatically run an application from the Google Play Store called "No Screen Off" at boot up so that my screen never goes off.
The "Startup Manager" is also able to run "No Screen Off" and Skype on my Galaxy Tab 7.7 running Android Honeycomb automatically at boot up.
However, on my Nexus 10 the "Startup Manager" is unable to run either application automatically at boot up.
Does anyone know of an application which will automatically run "No Screen Off" or similar application and Skype at boot up?
Thanks.
I would recommend Autostarts. Probably the best startup app I've ever used. Very in-depth.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vbS5lbHNkb2VyZmVyLmFuZHJvaWQuYXV0b3N0YXJ0cyJd
You need root access to be able to control system app startups and such.
johno86 said:
I would recommend Autostarts. Probably the best startup app I've ever used. Very in-depth.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vbS5lbHNkb2VyZmVyLmFuZHJvaWQuYXV0b3N0YXJ0cyJd
You need root access to be able to control system app startups and such.
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Thanks for your reply. After doing some searching on the Play store I found the combination of Autostart (not Autostarts) and Keep Screen On works on boot up.
System Tuner Pro also works on the N10 for disabling programs on start.
Startup Manager was pretty much useless on any of my 3.2 or 4.0+ devices, so I haven't tried it in months.
Croak said:
System Tuner Pro also works on the N10 for disabling programs on start.
Startup Manager was pretty much useless on any of my 3.2 or 4.0+ devices, so I haven't tried it in months.
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I have autostarts and Android Tuner. I recommend both.
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How do you get rid of the download manager for media hub that keeps running in the background? also what is googletalk and y is it running in the backround
with a task killer (which this forum loves to debate) or system monitor. i have task panel x for general "one press kills all except the safe list task killing" via its widget, and i have Android System Info (to get a full list of everything going on with the phone) and System Panel Lite for general monitoring and certain service/process killing like the DRM and download ones linked to MediaHub. By the way my batter life skyrocketed after killing it, similiar to what Sprint Epic 4g users experienced.
Theoretically theres also a program called AutoStarts that you can grab from the market for about a dollar that allows you to enable and disable what starts up after rebooting your phone. With the JI6 update, I have not had a good experience with it yet. When i disable something the app freezes and i actually use the stock JI6 task manager to kill it. Then i go back in and it is disabled. However, even disabling 3rd party apps (let alone first party/stock apps) made the phone highly unstable (touchwiz reboots, widgets wouldnt finish loading, etc). Since I purchashed it and its beyond the refund period, I'm going by trial and error of what it will allow me to disable without becoming unstable. Hope that helps...
Do you use media hub? If not then use Root Explorer and just delete it, thats what I did, requires root of coarse. That media hub is a battery killer man.
kelkee said:
How do you get rid of the download manager for media hub that keeps running in the background? also what is googletalk and y is it running in the backround
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I have some apps that I don't want to remove from my Streak but I don't want them to start up on their own. Examples are Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo Mail. There are others, too. I keep them on the Streak as backups (since I sometimes have problems connecting via IM+ or the regular e-mail app). Therefore I only want them to start up when I open them and stay closed after I have killed them. Is that possible?
I currently use Droid Wall to deny them data access when I don't want to use them but they still run in the background eating up memory and sucking the life out of my battery.
Dont know of anything other than a task killer. Can set the security to your desired level, and also to kill everything when the screen turns off, and also generate an ignore list which is essential for some apps like alarm clock....if you want to get up for work on time. They're a little controversial but I find a notable difference in battery life without it.
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brunswick000 said:
Dont know of anything other than a task killer. Can set the security to your desired level, and also to kill everything when the screen turns off, and also generate an ignore list which is essential for some apps like alarm clock....if you want to get up for work on time. They're a little controversial but I find a notable difference in battery life without it.
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I have a task killer which I use manually. However, when I kill those apps they come right back up only seconds after that. Can't keep those buggers down. And with Auto Kill they are just constantly being killed again and again.
i used to use an app called "autostart(s)" which did the job really well plus it offers loads of options for apps starting at boot and permissions. titanium lets you freeze apps but you need to defrost them before using again.
tina333 said:
lets you freeze apps but you need to defrost them before using again.
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Can you explain this?
tina333 said:
i used to use an app called "autostart(s)" which did the job really well plus it offers loads of options for apps starting at boot and permissions. titanium lets you freeze apps but you need to defrost them before using again.
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Thanks for the suggestion -- I am currently trying out Autostart Kill which seems to work reasonably well, except that some apps are not found by the program (an example is Amazon MP3) and Dell Sync comes up after connecting via USB even though I set it to disabled.
By Titanium I suppose you mean Titanium Backup, but I cannot find a "freeze" (or similar) option, at least not in the free version I am using
Click the app in the list - you will have there freeze option.
It is available in the paid version only
Thanks for all the help, guys.
Finally located that Autostarts app in the market --- had to set market enabler to Verizon to find it. Trying it right now, and it seems to work pretty well.
I hope they're working for you?
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I hope they're working for you?
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Yes, but yesterday I had 3 mysterious auto reboots. Since I had just installed several apps I am not sure which one is the culprit. I have removed some of the others. Now I will have to see what happens today.
i tried autostarts but when the streak goes standby (black screen) it wont come alive anymore and i have to pull the battery out to reboot.... uninstalled
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i tried autostarts but when the streak goes standby (black screen) it wont come alive anymore and i have to pull the battery out to reboot.... uninstalled
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That is strange, works fine for me now. I am on the official 2.2 315 at the moment.
ok, i am on the DJ-Steve 1.4.6
startup manager works for me on "official" 2.2
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i used to use an app called "autostart(s)" which did the job really well plus it offers loads of options for apps starting at boot and permissions. titanium lets you freeze apps but you need to defrost them before using again.
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Thank you! Autostarts is what I want~
Try system tuner
System tuner has free version in market. Will perform many functions including "freeze" and then you can "boil" app when it is needed. Also can set which apps run (or don't) at startup.
hey bro, u can use any autostart killer like autostarts (red car), or u can use autostart disabler inside romtoolbox
it work 100%
Hi!
I noticed that free games like Stand O'Food 2 and Contract Killer : Zombies are running background ALL THE TIME. Even after a reboot of the phone, even after a force close with a task killer. They come back again, and again, after a few second only. So, are they some kind of spyware?
I find this very annoying, I can't stop them unless I uninstall them.
Could anybody tell me what they are doing background and how to stop them doing this without uninstalling them?
Thanks!
Tuc
Try using "autostats" from market. Disable it from auto starting.
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Nice, it works like a charm! Thanks
But here is the thing: Contract Killer : Zombies is programmed to start:
- After Sartup
- Locale changed
- Date changed
- Screen on
- Shutdown
This is insane! Why a game need to start all the time for any reason, if it is not a spyware....?
Tuc
Tugdu77 said:
This is insane! Why a game need to start all the time for any reason, if it is not a spyware....?
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You gave it permission to. If you check the permissions for it, under "system tools" it says:
System tools
automatically start at boot
Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the device and allow the application to slow down the overall device by always running.
Quite a strange permission for an app which seems not to need it. Also, on the market you have to click "Show all" for you to be able to see that permission. Pretty strange...
Moreover, most of the Android users don't use a task manager so they don't even notice all those apps running background...
Since I use the Autostarts app to block all useless apps running background, my phone has much more available ressources and starts faster.
Everytime I get a new phone, I'll just disable everything after root. But maps.apk is the most useless ever process.
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melvinchng said:
Try using "autostats" from market. Disable it from auto starting.
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did you mean 'autostarts? i just want to make sure i get the right app. i wasnt able to find 'autostats'.
thanks!
I would like to have the maximum of control on running processes, but I feel I have not enough control, so I hope you can help me
I know that being root, managing processes and disable "autoruns" is a quite easy task but unfortunately my device is not an easy to root phone
Furthermore, I saw that Android (4.1.2 Jelly Bean) performance is very bad when you have many apps installed or you used many apps recently. Yes I listen about the internal management and I am aware that it is not a suggested practice but since I want to have control on what is happening and i have serious concerns about the algorithms to free RAM (maybe bull****), so I prefer to do it on my own risk
What I am doing is go to
-Settings, Application manager, Running, "Show cached processes"
- Settings, Application manager, Running, "Show services in use"
Identify what apps are in use and i don't like, then go to
-Settings, Application manager, All,
select app and Click "Force Stop"
Doing it my device has a better performance however, some apps still going alive after some time, for instance: Email ( I saw other in the past)
Using "Autoruns" app and checking "email" app I can see with changes of state can start "Email" however, sometime "email" is reenabled after be manually stopped but none of previous conditions happened.
How can I kill "email" or other app and force to stay off? (disable it and install other email app is not a valid answer)
I would like to use email/others as an standalone app, I mean use when I want and have out of memory when I am not using.
Besides, the autoruns, is there any scheduled task or something like that to open apps?
Of course I want to root my phone and I am waiting until someone will find a proper way to root, in fact I think that an android without rooted is like a car with square shape wheels
I think I found the cause for "mail" app being executed automatically, today it went alive after select "flight mode"
Now I would like to control Google play services, I am seeing some of these being executed continuosly, can they be killed? how?
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I would like to have the maximum of control on running processes, but I feel I have not enough control, so I hope you can help me
I know that being root, managing processes and disable "autoruns" is a quite easy task but unfortunately my device is not an easy to root phone
Furthermore, I saw that Android (4.1.2 Jelly Bean) performance is very bad when you have many apps installed or you used many apps recently. Yes I listen about the internal management and I am aware that it is not a suggested practice but since I want to have control on what is happening and i have serious concerns about the algorithms to free RAM (maybe bull****), so I prefer to do it on my own risk
What I am doing is go to
-Settings, Application manager, Running, "Show cached processes"
- Settings, Application manager, Running, "Show services in use"
Identify what apps are in use and i don't like, then go to
-Settings, Application manager, All,
select app and Click "Force Stop"
Doing it my device has a better performance however, some apps still going alive after some time, for instance: Email ( I saw other in the past)
Using "Autoruns" app and checking "email" app I can see with changes of state can start "Email" however, sometime "email" is reenabled after be manually stopped but none of previous conditions happened.
How can I kill "email" or other app and force to stay off? (disable it and install other email app is not a valid answer)
I would like to use email/others as an standalone app, I mean use when I want and have out of memory when I am not using.
Besides, the autoruns, is there any scheduled task or something like that to open apps?
Of course I want to root my phone and I am waiting until someone will find a proper way to root, in fact I think that an android without rooted is like a car with square shape wheels
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more info about processes, mem and autostart
I am still fighting with Android and how it manages processes, now I am sure that my main problem became each time I went into flight mode or it is restarted.
But it is not only Email being executed and being using in memory but other processes that I am not using doing that, such as:
(Mem. on OS monitor- Mem. in "service in memory"(android settings))
Event: Connectivity changed
-youtube 22.2MB-6.2MB
-Google play services(com.android.gms) 26.8MB-12MB
-Maps 20MB-4.9MB
-Factory Test (18.6MB -3.4MB)
Event: after Startup
-youtube 22.2MB-6.2MB
-Software update (18.0MB-4.3MB)
-Internet (com.android.browser) 18.9MB-3.3MB
There many apps which are executed after events like previous but they are closed after a very short time, but I am frustrated about those which are not unloaded.
Regarding "Email" app I decided to use a free email app and as Email cannot be disabled, so, I removed the accounts associated to email app, however even without accounts configured, it still being launched and wasting resources. can I avoid it?
What do you think?
dapgo said:
I think I found the cause for "mail" app being executed automatically, today it went alive after select "flight mode"
Now I would like to control Google play services, I am seeing some of these being executed continuosly, can they be killed? how?
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It's not possible to do what you want without root, unfortunately (unless you're talking about normal apps, in which case you can uninstall them to keep them from running). An alternative would be to use Greenify, though it won't be fully automatic without root either.
What about editing the startups rights?
Has anyone used APK permission remover?
GermainZ said:
It's not possible to do what you want without root, unfortunately (unless you're talking about normal apps, in which case you can uninstall them to keep them from running). An alternative would be to use Greenify, though it won't be fully automatic without root either.
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Apk permission remover never stops an app from automatically starting. It only helps in removing the permissions we see during installation.
dapgo said:
What about editing the startups rights?
Has anyone used APK permission remover?
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You still want to do this 2 years and 7 months later? That's one late reply there
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You still want to do this 2 years and 7 months later? That's one late reply there
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Yes but after SO long I found the app 'autorun manager pro', and it allowed to disable triggers /autoStartups/autoruns
I have an OPPO A77. Some time ago I installed an app called "All-In-One Toolbox: Storage/Cache Cleaner, Booster" by AIO Software Technology CO., Ltd
Semi regularly, and seemingly randomly, it loaded over the top of whatever app I was using at the time. I looked into stopping this to no avail. I eventually got sick of this and uninstalled it. Very shortly after, it still attempted to load, but couldn't of course... so now it goes to the app in Google Play store, with the 'Install' option. And I get a toast message "App not installed". This is seemingly as regular and random as the original app loading.
How do I get rid of this pest?
I find this phone doesn't seem to follow the rules. It allows some apps to run when they want, and others that I want running, are killed regularly and can't do their job, like Automatic Call Recorder and Who's Calling. I've tried Autostart and Keep Alive apps, but of course, they get killed to!
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Wayne
@Hagar76
with regards to AIO's All-In-One Toolbox: Storage/Cache Cleaner, Booster :
this app installs as user-app. If you uninstall it then it gets completely removed, no residues remain. Have tested it.
IMHO, if using mobiles with Android Lollipop and up, installing apps like this is absolute nonsense: the claimed features on the whole are fake. Android is smart enough to manage usage of its resources ( RAM / CPU ) correctly. And Android by default decides what apps to keep running in background.
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@Hagar76
with regards to AIO's All-In-One Toolbox: Storage/Cache Cleaner, Booster :
this app installs as user-app. If you uninstall it then it gets completely removed, no residues remain. Have tested it.
IMHO, if using mobiles with Android Lollipop and up, installing apps like this is absolute nonsense: the claimed features on the whole are fake. Android is smart enough to manage usage of its resources ( RAM / CPU ) correctly. And Android by default decides what apps to keep running in background.
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Yep. I found it pretty useless, and annoying with its regular popping up. So what do I have to do to stop it trying to run even after its removed? Is there some debug info I can provide that may help trace the source with a view to fixing it?
Hagar76 said:
Yep. I found it pretty useless, and annoying with its regular popping up. So what do I have to do to stop it trying to run even after its removed? Is there some debug info I can provide that may help trace the source with a view to fixing it?
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If you're on Android 7 and up to see what apps are running you open Android's Settings->Developer Option, navigate to Running Services: 2 lists are available, i.e. Running and/or cached.
The OPPO menu is all over the place. I found the Services list, but there was nothing that seemed relevant to this app. Anywhere else to look?