Hi folks,
I have a peculiar problem. I'm using Tasker to kill some apps. One of the apps has a persistent notification icon and it refuses to be killed (even with root). The notification icon is gone for a second but will always come right back. Using pstree I tried to find out if there was a watchdog process keeping the app alive, but I found none. Also it is not hooked to any events according to Autorun manager. A force close under "app management" always works.
What is going on?
This seems like an answer that has been asked before. So off course I have searched. I found similar questions (examples: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854858 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040841 ) but no answers.
Who can help me? I'm really at a dead-end.
what app is it? Some apps (especially system apps) can't be closed, and if does gets killed, OS programs it to restart almost immediately after it's been killed.
Preaper said:
Hi folks,
I have a peculiar problem. I'm using Tasker to kill some apps. One of the apps has a persistent notification icon and it refuses to be killed (even with root). The notification icon is gone for a second but will always come right back. Using pstree I tried to find out if there was a watchdog process keeping the app alive, but I found none. Also it is not hooked to any events according to Autorun manager. A force close under "app management" always works.
What is going on?
This seems like an answer that has been asked before. So off course I have searched. I found similar questions (examples: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854858 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040841 ) but no answers.
Who can help me? I'm really at a dead-end.
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This is actually Android-by-design. Apps are supposed to be killed from time to time to conserve resources (e.g. memory), and also restarted transparently to the user. This is handled by the ActivityManager. You can view it as Android swappes app's instead of swapping memory. This to improve the real time performance of the device. When someone calls you, you don't want to wait half a minute for the phone to swap out Angry Birds before it can load the Phone app ...
Hence, killing app's will most often only give very short term effect.
If this is some kind of duplicate I apologize, no set of keywords I used to search would pull up a topic on my delimma.
I need an app to disable auto-start on my phone. I want them to stop running and stay stopped. Problem is, the app I used on my last HTC will stop them, but when I go back in I see 30 apps running again.
Can anyone recommend a good task/app manager that will kill running apps and make them STAY killed until I use them again?
FYI, I'm fine with paid apps, rarely is something worth having for free.
Any suggestions?
What you're trying to do is counter-productive., and hasn't been necessary for roughly 3 years.
Hey,
I just installed H2OS and I can say it's pretty nice. I could configure anything to meet my demands.
Only one thing bothers me. For example if I close the Facebook Messenger from task manager I no longer get notification when I receive messages. I even tried to give app permission to autorun but no success. Also the apps hibernation feature is turned off.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!
raulx222 said:
Hey,
I just installed H2OS and I can say it's pretty nice. I could configure anything to meet my demands.
Only one thing bothers me. For example if I close the Facebook Messenger from task manager I no longer get notification when I receive messages. I even tried to give app permission to autorun but no success. Also the apps hibernation feature is turned off.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!
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The Task Manager of h2Os is different from the normal Recent App Killer on Android, when we swipe to left it kills the app as well as all the background services associated with it ... SO I suggest you swipe it to the right and lock it in Recent's menu ...
Also many times when on Wifi and phone goes in deep sleep mode the apps are automatically closed or put in hibernation mode and don't come out of it until we open that app .
So I've had some annoyances with my new S9+ that I've never seen before. I'm not sure if it's a Samsung issue or an Oreo one.
So I'm getting some warnings in my notifications area. Now I get the idea behind it, but there's no way to approve apps. For instance, I get a warning that Waze was using the microphone. I approved that permission, yet every time I use Waze, I get the warning. I get a warning that Google Music is using a lot of CPU. Lastly, I'm getting a warning that Handcent SMS is accessing, you guessed it, SMS.
Again, I understand the idea behind it. However, two of these are working "as intended". I'm wondering if there's a way to whitelist apps so this notification doesn't appear every time.
If anyone needs to know how to fix this, I found it on Google.
Settings > Lockscreen and Security > App Permission Monitor.
Then you can turn that all the way off, or off for specific apps.
I was wondering if anyone with the Find N can test to see if they can change the default apps and see if it sticks?
I always use Google Messages and Dialler and was hoping I was able to change them as have it stick. I know the issues with the Launcher and I am concerned that it will be the same with these other apps.
On a side note has anyone been able to get Android Auto to work?
What would the dab command be to set the default sms ?
I have found this:-
How to disable any pre-installed system app bloatware on Android without root
If you hate the bloatware or pre-installed apps on your Android smartphone, here's how to disable them even if Android doesn't normally let you.
www.xda-developers.com
Not sure if it will cause damage so perhaps use it with caution!
Hey bud! Just downloaded both Google Messages and Phone and was able to switch it to default. I used adb commands to remove all the bloatware, and it's wayyyy less chinese-y.
Only thing I still can't figure out is how to get Nova Launcher working, as I preferred how that ran before. That said, it's starting to feel way nicer now.
Are they actually sticking though and survive a reboot? Have you tried Android Auto?
How did you get rid of the default messaging app please post ads commands : )
I read in another sad forums that even after deleting the default sms app and installing google sms you will still get the pop up
carrieta17 said:
I read in another sad forums that even after deleting the default sms app and installing google sms you will still get the pop up
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Which forum did you read that on?
carrieta17 said:
I read in another sad forums that even after deleting the default sms app and installing google sms you will still get the pop up
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What other forum please?
[GUIDE/ADB] OPPO FIND X System Apps Safe To Uninstall/Disable Without Root
THIS TUTORIAL IS GEARED TOWARDS THOSE THAT HAVE THE VERSION OF THE PHONE WITH CHINESE FIRMWARE,MAY BE USED AS A GENERAL GUIDE FOR OTHER VERSIONS. The subject of app/bloatware removal/disabling has been mentioned in a few threads throughout the...
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I tried disabling the default sms app and using google messages did not work.. will not let me send texts via any app
So here's the deal, don't remove the default messaging app or replace it with Google messages. It won't work the way you think it will. I was able to remove the default messaging app via adb. You'll be able to set the Google messaging app to default. The issue is, every time you get a text, you'll get a pop-up saying something like "your default messaging app was changed back due to security". It'll do this every time you get a new text.
deweythesecond said:
Hey bud! Just downloaded both Google Messages and Phone and was able to switch it to default. I used adb commands to remove all the bloatware, and it's wayyyy less chinese-y.
Only thing I still can't figure out is how to get Nova Launcher working, as I preferred how that ran before. That said, it's starting to feel way nicer now.
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Are you getting the pop up giving you the security warning everytime you receive a message?
Yes. I gave up. Using oppos now.
Ah that is not great, does it allow RCS messaging at all? That may be a deal breaker for me!
There IS an option but only for heytap users only...
I received mine and the limitations are too great. The hardware is awesome, but is ruined by horrible software that is locked down so strictly. The messaging and Android Auto issues were the things that made the decision easy.
If this ever gets a International release I will be all over it, but unfortunately I cannot handle the limits.