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How do you close the web browser?

I don't know if I'm doing this right or not, but currently to close the browser I just press the home hard button. Is this the correct way to close it or is there a proper way to do it? I find that my method always opens the last page I was on. Anyway to disable this?

Apps dont really close as such - they go into the background and Android closes them when it requires their resources.
Hitting home is what I do, and sometimes I go back to my default google window when i open the Browser but often its just where i left it.
This is fine - if i needed to search for something I hit the physical search button anyway. If i want to go to a different site then the bookmarks are there and can be put on the desktop as a shortcut if needed.

What mhewitson says is true BUT, if you use the BACK button instead of the HOME button, the app will usually close right away unless it's being used by something else.

if you hit back enough you get back to where you started, therefore you pick up there next time. Same as hiting home surely

Close all open windows then hit back.

OR if you always want it to open on a specific page/site just add a shortcut to that bookmark and use it rather than opening the Browser/internet icon.

The way i use, is download a task killer from the market like (advanced task killer) you you can pick which apps you want to close

oawalker said:
The way i use, is download a task killer from the market like (advanced task killer) you you can pick which apps you want to close
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Yeah i thought about using such an app too but i read somewhere that task killers arent a good idea.

shaliru said:
Yeah i thought about using such an app too but i read somewhere that task killers arent a good idea.
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I always used a task killer up until a few days ago because i thought leaving an app open would affect performance. Since i've stopped using a task killler i've noticed an increase in performance, and im not going back to using it.

If you are using the Dolphin Browser (Market app), then it has a specific exit action --- long-press the back button once.

[Q] How to Get ADW Launcher Back after choosing Sense as default??

I downloaded ADW Launcher and I accidentally chose HTC Sense as default launcher and now I can't get ADW to come back up. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling ADW but still nothing. Any help please? Thanks in advance!

pettigrew95 said:
I downloaded ADW Launcher and I accidentally chose HTC Sense as default launcher and now I can't get ADW to come back up. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling ADW but still nothing. Any help please? Thanks in advance!
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Theres an app called Home Switcher for that. Its free

Yeah he;s right, get Home Switcher from the Market. It's sick and makes it reallt easy to switch. But without an app, you can click Settings > Applications > Manage Applications, then scroll to and select on HTC Sense, click and then select "Clear defaults". That will manually remove the defaults set to the "home" app as preferences.
From there, when clicking the Home button, you will be prompted for which Home launcher you want to use. If you only have Sense installed, it will just show your screen previews. If other launchers are installed, it'll ask you for which to launch and you can set one as default.

Awesome, thanks guys!! Much appreciated.

You could also always just goto market and uninstall awd and reinstall it, it will then give you option when you hit home button again.. Hope this helps..

Or.......
You can also go to settings, applications, manage applications go to htc sense and clear defaults.

the home switcher tis the best option. It's much faster then going to settings>applications>manage applications and clearing defaults.

Thanks
THANKS! Home Switcher wasn't doing the job, but clearing the defaults on Sense made all the difference.

[Q] Homescreen 'snap-to-grid'

This question has been asked on a few other threads a while a go but there's never been a definitive answer ...
Is there any way to reduce the size of, or remove, the home screen 'snap-to-grid'?
A hell of a lot of screen space is wasted because it's so large

You will need to use an alternative launcher. Launcher Pro will allow you to do this, and its free.

andyharney said:
You will need to use an alternative launcher. Launcher Pro will allow you to do this, and its free.
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What widget do you lose with launcher pro?
Only the HTC Sense ones or?
Also if you switch to launcher pro how do you stop htc sense from starting up?

Get a task manager that shows all apps and processes running. Once you install LauncherPro, press the home button and set the default homescreen you want. Then, kill the HTC processes and it won't load again in the background. Once every rebot do this, or set htc Sense as an auto-kill process only that, it should to the trick. Alternate options include imstalling a non-sense rom eg Cyanogen Mod or a senseless series rom. Hope I helped

Elemental_Fire said:
Get a task manager that shows all apps and processes running. Once you install LauncherPro, press the home button and set the default homescreen you want. Then, kill the HTC processes and it won't load again in the background. Once every rebot do this, or set htc Sense as an auto-kill process only that, it should to the trick. Alternate options include imstalling a non-sense rom eg Cyanogen Mod or a senseless series rom. Hope I helped
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yeah man cheers. I like leeroids rom at the moment, so will keep using that for now. Will test out the different home screens though

What does swiping an item up in "Recent Apps" actually do?

It would seem logical that swiping an app up not only removes it from the "recent apps" list, but should also close the app. However after swiping an app up I can still see it running in "Task Manager". So I'm not sure what swiping an app does at all? Any ideas?

Swiping from task manager is the same as closing it using the back button.
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joshnichols189 said:
Swiping from task manager is the same as closing it using the back button.
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You cannot swipe in the Task Manager. You can close the app by pressing the [X]. I'm talking about the "Recent Apps" list which is accessible by pressing the right hard button.

That's what I meant. Swiping in the recent apps list is the same as closing with the back button.
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I think it just removes it from the recent apps menu, but leaves the process running. Try playing music and then swipe the music app up in the recent apps menu. It continues playing.
I think it was designed to navigate quickly between apps, not to be a task manager.

maniacaus said:
I think it just removes it from the recent apps menu, but leaves the process running. Try playing music and then swipe the music app up in the recent apps menu. It continues playing.
I think it was designed to navigate quickly between apps, not to be a task manager.
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Actually, it does kill processes, you swipe the App away basically telling Android It's okay to kill it.
and it doesn't kill Music because that's an Ongoing process that you see in the Navigation Bar which must be exempted, it will just re-Appear in the list.

I'm quite sure it will kill the process instead of just remove it from the list.

I think it's just like the Task Manager , +the design and graphic things.

Pardon my blasphemy.
Anywho....i do wish they would revert back to the standard recent apps menu.

ozaghloul said:
It would seem logical that swiping an app up not only removes it from the "recent apps" list, but should also close the app. However after swiping an app up I can still see it running in "Task Manager". So I'm not sure what swiping an app does at all? Any ideas?
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Swiping offscreen in Recent Apps should close the app if it's running. But just being the Recent Apps list doesn't necessarily mean it's still in memory. The HTC Task Manager isn't really a good snapshot of the current applications in memory, some items, like Gmail, rarely show up. Take a look at the Tasks tab in "Android System Info" for a more accurate view of backgrounded apps.
maniacaus said:
I think it just removes it from the recent apps menu, but leaves the process running. Try playing music and then swipe the music app up in the recent apps menu. It continues playing.
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Actually it does remove the Music app (UI) from memory, the player service is still running.
maniacaus said:
Anywho....i do wish they would revert back to the standard recent apps menu.
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Yup, this is the thing I miss most from plain ICS (don't like the Settings in Sense either, but that's cosmetic). This task switcher wastes alot of screen real estate, and the canted screenshots reminds me of HTC TouchFLO from my old WinMo phones, looks out of place compared with the rest of the UI.

TommUK said:
Actually, it does kill processes, you swipe the App away basically telling Android It's okay to kill it.
and it doesn't kill Music because that's an Ongoing process that you see in the Navigation Bar which must be exempted, it will just re-Appear in the list.
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This, exactly. The music app along with other ongoing processes that you can see in the nav bar are exceptions, but other applications get killed.
How can you test this? Well, fire up Opera Mobile. Now swipe Opera Mobile up. Then fire up Opera Mobile again. You'll see Opera's splash screen again, indicating that it is starting up all over again, which it wouldn't do if it would've been running in the background.

my guess is that if you swipe it from the "Recent Apps" section Android waits for all its processing to complete before it runs its cleanup procedures
Though I would like to know what are all the apps that can be removed off the HOX so that I can get more free RAM space currently always sitting on 600MB in use
is there such a list?
cos I dont want to brick my baby

jinkira said:
my guess is that if you swipe it from the "Recent Apps" section Android waits for all its processing to complete before it runs its cleanup procedures
Though I would like to know what are all the apps that can be removed off the HOX so that I can get more free RAM space currently always sitting on 600MB in use
is there such a list?
cos I dont want to brick my baby
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RAM is meant to be used.
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Understandable, but I dont want to use so much.. I am still old school when it comes to memory usage and keeping as much free as possible untill needed
so I just want a list of BLOATWARE that is ok to uninstall

how to close all apps

Have you been looking how to close apps running in background without having to go deep in settings to close Pandora or iheart Radio and other apps or going all the way to settings and force closing individual apps?
Suggestions: Use another launcher, place a shortcut to close all running apps.
Post here what you find works best for you.

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Have you been looking how to close apps running in background without having to go deep in settings to close Pandora or iheart Radio and other apps or going all the way to settings and force closing individual apps?
Suggestions: Use another launcher, place a shortcut to close all running apps.
Post here what you find works best for you.
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If you find an app that you can create a shortcut to for purposes you stated, please post back here.
Otherwise, someone suggested a pretty good app called "fast reboot" it's in playstore. I've been using it a couple of days and it's helped with some performance issues.
Basically you just click and it simulates a reboot, stopping and restarting processes. Not sure if that's related to what you want but thought I'd share.

Just back out of the app and it will close. Hit the back button on the remote til the app closes or hit menu and see if there is an exit button for the app. If you still need an app try Fancy Switcher, it works well on the Fire TV

close fire stick apps.

porkenhimer said:
Just back out of the app and it will close. Hit the back button on the remote til the app closes or hit menu and see if there is an exit button for the app....
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Unfortunately, "backing out of an app" does not actually close an app on the Fire Stick, Fire Stick 4k or Fire TV Cube. The apps actually continue to run in the background, using up both memory and processing power.
Only a "Force Close" will actually close an app.
An app like "Background Apps & Process List" will reveal all of the apps that continue running in the background even after you've backed out of them using the remote. You can then manually go into Settings > Applications > Manage Installed Applications, click on the individual applications you want to actually close, and perform a "force stop" on each one you'd like to close.
Background Apps & Process List had been able to allow you to force close apps directly from it's interface, but it lost the ability to do this with one of the Fire OS updates recently. The developer said he's working on getting it fixed and reuploaded when I contacted him a few days ago.
In the meantime, both Task Killer or Task Manager can help automate and speed up the process of shutting down unwanted apps that continue to run in the background, showing you the running background apps in a list when they open, providing you with a checkbox for the ones you'd like to close, and a "Kill Selected Tasks" button. These both work fine on my Fire Stick 4k, though I'm still searching for an app that will perform this same function for the Fire Cube (2nd Gen).