Hi guys my 2nd post here. Just updated my phone to 2.2 and was wondering if I should bother using task killer anymore. Someone told me that I don't really need to on 2.2. What are your suggestions since you guys seriously have answers to everything. Thank you.
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task killers do more bad than good
You would be better off using a task PREVENTER like "autostarts" if you want to keep open processes down
Froyo won't allow them to kill the app. Only background data. So essentially they are useless with Froyo.
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dglowe343 said:
Froyo won't allow them to kill the app. Only background data. So essentially they are useless with Froyo.
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interesting, I did not know this
Thanks guys. I knew I would get the right answer here.
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I have a question, might be a dumb question, who knows.
Well here it is, when you go into application management and then into running app. What are the consequences when you hit clear cache or hit clear data or forces close? Thanks in advance everyone.
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All depends on what app and whether or not you are on a stock rom. Some apps are supposed to run. Just so we're totally clear you are talking about running apps and not running systems tab right?
I'm running a stock evo, not rooted. And yes I mean running apps also download apps not system apps. And thank you for the quick reply.
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Do I need any task killer or they are just taking memory & slowing down the phone ?
Everytime I open it I have a hole bunch of apps running & some will open right away before I Evan exit the task killer ?
I tried most task killers but nothing seams to actually work properly .
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I would not recommend using a task killer. Android OS has a built in task killer that will kill apps if they're taking up too much memory. Using a task killer, more often than not, can actually INCREASE battery usage instead of helping it.
Do I need an anti virus ?
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oranium said:
Do I need an anti virus ?
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No. That's a common misconception brought on by Android Haters. Unless you install random third party apps that seem sketchy, you won't need to worry about any viruses. On top of that, any app that is infected is sandboxed from other ones so they could ONLY affect that app and not others. But the point of this post is no, you won't have to worry about anything. Android is actually pretty safe
many apps you think are running (you see them in the task killer) are not actually running but rather just cached so that they can be opened faster. This is how Android works. True the caching takes up a small amount of memory but you're not wasting CPU cycles on those apps.
Wow thx that's good to know .
Thx to you all here @ XDA you guys ROCK !!!
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Good day everyone!
I have a noob question and I hope it is not a repost !
Is there away to force stop an application that won't let it run again unless the user initiate it?
Because some apps even if you kill them! By usuing some apps like advanced task killer, they will still start again after few minz !
Thanks
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autostarts
Thanks
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hi, everyone! i'm using the uk 3.4.3-11 rom on my defy, and i noticed, i get less and less free ram over time. when i reboot my phone and kill all apps (i use es task manager), i get about 250-270mb of ram. but over time, i get less. it went below 150mb in two days. i did not experience this on the stock eclair rom. any ideas why that is? thx in advance!
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You should have seen the same in eclair. You just didn't pay enough attention then.
so does this mean this is present in all android systems? and there's no solution for this?
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zakoo2 said:
so does this mean this is present in all android systems? and there's no solution for this?
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1)Yes this is present in all Android systems.
2)Solution : Yeah use a Task killer But!
3)Froyo + Gingerbread have their own task killers to manage RAM ,so when the device needs more RAM,the system automatically clears the sufficient ammount for whatever you're doing or going to do.
Respect
i did not know that! :O thx for the replies anyway!
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Hey guys sorry if this is a stupid question, but I heard using task killer has some sort of negative effect? If I downloaded the latest task killer from the market would it hurt anything when I use it? I've avoided them forever and now I'm trying to save as much battery as possible so I figured i'd get a task killer. Any advice would be appreciated
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If you wanna save battery underclock and/or freeze active services you don't use.
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My understanding is sometimes they kill services that android needs running, causing android to just start them up again and wasting more battery. From my experience juice defender is a better option for battery saving.
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If you know what you are doing, yes. If an Android service keeps showing up then set it to ignore or whitelist it. There are still apps out there that once loaded do not release the memory back to the system so killing those is effective. If there are tons of apps in the task killer list then you will notice your phone slow down so that BS about android handling memory is just that. It is also useful to see apps that you don't use loading parts into memory. You can freeze them, list them in Autostarts or uninstall them if they are not really used.
Uninstall it and just use the v6 script set to aggressive.
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If you know what you are doing, yes. If an Android service keeps showing up then set it to ignore or whitelist it. There are still apps out there that once loaded do not release the memory back to the system so killing those is effective. If there are tons of apps in the task killer list then you will notice your phone slow down so that BS about android handling memory is just that. It is also useful to see apps that you don't use loading parts into memory. You can freeze them, list them in Autostarts or uninstall them if they are not really used.
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The kernel actually does keep memory open.
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marcusant said:
The kernel actually does keep memory open.
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Lies! All lies!
Lol
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Sweet thanks guys that's all I needed to know. I spent the last day or so setting up v6 on aokp and cm9 and finally got jd ultimate, but could one of you tell me what I would need to get rid of in the init.d folder to make the settings stick so I wouldn't have to have a script run at boot? It doesn't really bother me I just figured I'd ask
Thanks again!
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