I know there is a way to swipe recent apps but I am not sure that kills the app. Does anyone know more about the GN and killing tasks or open programs?
thanks
xarthos said:
I know there is a way to swipe recent apps but I am not sure that kills the app. Does anyone know more about the GN and killing tasks or open programs?
thanks
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If that doesn't kill the app then you probably shouldn't be killing it.
But there is a way in Android:
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications
Select the app, then click force stop.
If there's an app that you need to stop, you should uninstall it permanently. ICS's memory management is really great, and if you are task killing to free up ram then you are hurting your phone's performance.
The reason your ram is low is because the system is caching frequently used apps; it will unload cached apps when you need the ram for other things.
I am assuming you are curious about advanced task killer. It isn't really needed any more.
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I've got advanced task killer but I've noticed that when I look at what's running in the background there seems to be loads of stuff that I havent opened.
Even after just a few seconds. Can this be stopped?
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why do you want it stopped?
The background tasks don't seem to need to be doing anything. Like one is the first-aid app. There's no need for that to be running.
Also, is there a way to minimise apps and then go back into them like I could on my touch hd?
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long press the physical 'Home' button to go to the last used apps.
And do those background tasks really actively run? Do they consume any CPU load?
Don't use any task killer. Android handles all the stuff automatically.
Check the services if you want more 'power'. If you find a service you don't need, then don't kill it, but open the specific app which launches this service and tell it in a setting to not do the background task which requires this service, like some online syncing or so.
Question... Is there a chance to kill tasks while swiping apps away in Recent Apps menu.
Would be much more simple to swipe app and kill process at the same time. Is it possible to implement that in any rom?
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winrris said:
Question... Is there a chance to kill tasks while swiping apps away in Recent Apps menu.
Would be much more simple to swipe app and kill process at the same time. Is it possible to implement that in any rom?
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It does not kill apps. It just hides them from the multitasking menu.
I'm sure there will be custom ROMs that give you an "X" to kill them from the menu, but this is definitely not the case in the stock ROM.
Lets got get into this again but... you do not need a task killer for Android anymore.
winrris said:
Question... Is there a chance to kill tasks while swiping apps away in Recent Apps menu.
Would be much more simple to swipe app and kill process at the same time. Is it possible to implement that in any rom?
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It's possible that when you swipe apps away in the Recent Apps switcher, the apps swiped away are marked for the first ones to be killed when Android needs to reclaim memory. I think that would make sense - there's no immediate need to kill the apps you swipe away as long as there's free memory, but when more apps are opened in the future and some background apps need to be killed, the ones that you swiped away get killed first. Still waiting on someone to test this theory though.
It will "kill" apps in the "cached background process" category.. but not in the "running apps" category in my experience.
If you open the gmail app and hit the home button and you go to settings>apps>running apps>show cached processes you'll see gmail in the list..
From there, hit the "multitasking" button and swipe gmail away, as the screen is transparent, you can see gmail disappear from the list a second after you swipe it away.
I suspect it is more requesting that the OS terminate a particular background process.. more like a "Hey, the user doesn't want you open right now. Can you go ahead and leave memory?" rather than an outright killing of the process.
I'm thinking that if users believe they are killing unwanted processes by swiping them away that they won't feel the "need" to download a task killer.. plus, swiping is a fun gesture
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It will "kill" apps in the "cached background process" category.. but not in the "running apps" category in my experience.
If you open the gmail app and hit the home button and you go to settings>apps>running apps>show cached processes you'll see gmail in the list..
From there, hit the "multitasking" button and swipe gmail away, as the screen is transparent, you can see gmail disappear from the list a second after you swipe it away.
I suspect it is more requesting that the OS terminate a particular background process.. more like a "Hey, the user doesn't want you open right now. Can you go ahead and leave memory?" rather than an outright killing of the process.
I'm thinking that if users believe they are killing unwanted processes by swiping them away that they won't feel the "need" to download a task killer.. plus, swiping is a fun gesture
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Haha, oh wow, so it actually does kill apps. Can't believe everyone who's been discussing this feature has been wrong so far. Man, what are the odds that everyone has so far only tried to swipe away foreground, visible, and service processes, and you are the first one to try to swipe away background processes.
Hi there.
Is it possible to close apps, so they dont show up when i hit multitask button?
So my question is 1, can i close apps completly? And 2, can I remove them from multitasking?
I am using jelly bean
/ Christian
Christianfrank said:
Hi there.
Is it possible to close apps, so they dont show up when i hit multitask button?
So my question is 1, can i close apps completly? And 2, can I remove them from multitasking?
I am using jelly bean
/ Christian
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Yes. Open multitask view and swipe them away to remove them from the list. This will also close them.
Furthermore, some custom roms have an option that will allow you close an app by long pressing the back softkey.
Swiping them away only removes them from the recent apps. There is no real way to close apps in a Linux environment. They don't need to close. Your system will turn off apps on its own when and if it needs the ram. Android is not like a windows PC that needs more ram to run applications.
I hate when this question is asked. If your that dead set on closing apps then you should get a useless app call advanced task killer.
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abtxpress said:
Swiping them away only removes them from the recent apps. There is no real way to close apps in a Linux environment. They don't need to close. Your system will turn off apps on its own when and if it needs the ram. Android is not like a windows PC that needs more ram to run applications.
I hate when this question is asked. If your that dead set on closing apps then you should get a useless app call advanced task killer.
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But the swipe does close apps sometimes .
Just now I hit the home key and swiped away XDA. When I opened it again, I was the first screen again.
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abtxpress said:
Swiping them away only removes them from the recent apps.
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Not only. Try it yourself: open an app, tap home, re-open app. It will show the state it was in when you left it.
Now try this: open an app, tap home, open recent list, swipe it away, re-open app. It will start from scratch.
There is no real way to close apps in a Linux environment.
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Of course there is. But hardly relevant, because on Android apps don't run on the kernel natively.
They don't need to close. Your system will turn off apps on its own when and if it needs the ram. Android is not like a windows PC that needs more ram to run applications.
I hate when this question is asked. If your that dead set on closing apps then you should get a useless app call advanced task killer.
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That's true. There might be other reasons than performance related to remove apps from the recent list though.
Swipe away the app in the recent list, it closes the app. It closes activities but not services.
Hi guys,
Im really new to Android since Note 2 is my 1st android phone (i juz have bought it for 2 days).
I have read several articles over internet which say that shouldn't use the Task killer application (3rd party app) but how about the task manager in Note 2, which provide us some functions like clear ram and end active application?
Should we use this task manager to clear up ram or kill the running app?
Thank you so much
You really shouldn't need a task manager. A few updates ago Android integrated a feature that closes running programs once memory is low. Not to mention the fact that with 2gb ram I don't you will experience lag due to too many running applications.
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You never know when you'll need to close a bad app, or see if a process has gone nuts. I use SystemPanel and highly recommend it.
Thank you so much
Another question is when i hold the home button, there is a dustbin icon so what is the function of this one?
And i still dont understand about 2 things in task manager. 1 is end the active app and another is clear ram. What is the difference between those 2?
When you hold the home button from the home screen and see the garbage can icon that is the task killer. I use it all the time as draw something and maybe words with friends use alot of battery. Plus draw something locks up all the time and I need to kill it. U can also individually kill apps by swiping the ones that show up in the list when you press and hold the home button.
Cpu z tells me theres like 300mb ram free..seems very low..so any way to kill apps
russy23 said:
Cpu z tells me theres like 300mb ram free..seems very low..so any way to kill apps
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Killing apps is not a good idea. If you mean you want a normal Android Task Switcher that lets you close apps (Recents), then you can, for instance, use Nova Launcher and set the home button to open the Recents. You can also install the app Swipe for convenient app switching and managing. Swiping will switch apps, but a double tap on the side of the screen can also act to open Recents.
If you are looking for a way to better manage apps running in the background, then start using Greenify. It is less potent without root, but still a great and healthy way to stop apps from continually running in the background and thus improve your performance and possible memory issues. Android is built to take advantage of memory though, so don't be alarmed by low numbers of available free RAM.
Yes, Greenify is the way. You can even hibernate automatically without root by using a replacement lock screen with its own security. That way you don't put a pin/password on the system lock screen, allowing Greenify to auto hibernate without leaving the phone vulnerable.
If you double click the home button it opens the recent/kill app menu. Click on an app to go it or swipe it upwards to close it.
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