i love this phone but after installing app killer, i noticed apps running that I never even opened.
Is there a way to keep apps from opening in there own?
Im sure its hell on the battery.
no it's not. apps being open doesn't matter, it's about your cpu that's what matters.
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
read this it will help since i stopped using a task killer i get less errors, and better battery life.
thanks
Oh that is great information.Now i dont have to keep going to task killer and stopping the programs.Saves me time.
Thanks again.
no prob 10/char
Kind of makes you wonder if the Task Killer is using more CPU cycles then the apps you are killing.
thorpe24 said:
no it's not. apps being open doesn't matter, it's about your cpu that's what matters.
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
read this it will help since i stopped using a task killer i get less errors, and better battery life.
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Thanks for pointing me to this. XDA needs to add a "thanks" button
thorpe24 said:
no it's not. apps being open doesn't matter, it's about your cpu that's what matters.
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
read this it will help since i stopped using a task killer i get less errors, and better battery life.
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Same here, getting rid of task managers and just letting the phone "do its thing" has saved me battery and headache.
What slot of people think is that killing tasks saves battery. But if they just start up again it uses more cpu than when they are idle. What people should just do is root and get rid of bloatware I.e. sense and sprint stuff and start fresh like when u first get a comp. and do a clean install. But I can't root so yeah....
In all honesty what's killing battery.s is friend stream/facebook stuff. And some phones being set on gsm auto.
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I've been using auto memory manager for a long time and before that advanced task killer. Are these kind of apps even need in froyo?
My only 2 concerns are battery life and performance. Is the stock app manager good enuff?
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ctbenk said:
I've been using auto memory manager for a long time and before that advanced task killer. Are these kind of apps even need in froyo?
My only 2 concerns are battery life and performance. Is the stock app manager good enuff?
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For the longest time I did the same thing then I started heating that it was not good so on tried it with out and I can not tell a diffrence rather way in performance or battery life. So I decided to leave out off for the space even though it's not much
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In my experiments I saw the battery life to be worse when using task killers with Froyo. I dont even mess with the open apps on my phone anymore.. This is because android is designed to keeps apps in the process tree so that they open faster.. However the "open apps" take up little to no memory. What I do mess with however is the Running Services. To get here go to Setting/application/ runnings services.
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Yay or naw? Does it affect battery life? Anyone see any difference with or without?
If the autokiller is a task manager you do not need it. Android since froyo has had great memory manager as compared to the earlier iterations. You might not know this but your ram usage is supposed to be high.
If you need to kill a task the "settings->applications->running services" can do that.
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I think he means the app.
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How to get better battery stats for RR 3.1.0 + DoriManX 7.4?
Im running everything on stock. No tweaks or anything.
Im especially looking for a better battey life while using 3g.
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We already get pretty good battery life, up to 2 days with moderate usage... You're not going to get much more out of it...
I wont make t 1 day with my batgery....
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I assume you mean battery...
How do you know? What do you do with the device that will use all its power so quickly? Mine is averaging 2 days on a single charge with moderate use; there's no reason why anyone else can't manage that.
Besides, all those so called "battery saver" apps are just placebo's anyway; much like memory saver apps are.
Idk man. I tweet alot. and my 3g sucks battery... 2g isnt an option either....
I know battery savers are fake. I got no such thing like that running.
I think it is because everytime i check what apps are running, some apps are open which i didnt open myself at all...
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Besides, all those so called "battery saver" apps are just placebo's anyway; much like memory saver apps are.
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It doesn't sound like you have any idea what the op is asking about.
Better battery stats is one of the best programs for tracking down what programs are triggering wake locks and bleeding your battery.
Using it i found a few programs which had hidden refresh settings set annoyingly high.
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Can someone explain me how to read BBS' data?
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In BBS. It says Kworker is running alot. Whats that? And can i disable it?
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I have used advance task killer and tas killer and unimpressed by both, I want one to save battery and kill apps, anyone have a good experience with something differnt. See screen shot for rom and kernel Info
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you're better off finding out which app is killing your battery and removing it. the only device i had task killer on was my old archos 101 since it only has 256MB of RAM.
nas02302 said:
I have used advance task killer and tas killer and unimpressed by both, I want one to save battery and kill apps, anyone have a good experience with something differnt. See screen shot for rom and kernel Info
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Best one is to hold your physical home button until recent apps show and click the trash can.
bhint15 said:
Best one is to hold your physical home button until recent apps show and click the trash can.
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i was going to say the same thing.
Been doing all that.....I point get 6 hrs top with battery calibrated and under clocked.... my battery tested good and charger is also fine
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nas02302 said:
battery calibrated and under clocked.... my battery tested good and charger is also fine
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Buzz words that mean nothing,
try a basic ROM with nothing installed for a day, if that works add stuff in till something breaks.
nas02302 said:
Been doing all that.....I point get 6 hrs top with battery calibrated and under clocked.... my battery tested good and charger is also fine
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Yeah, you've got something wrong that a task killer won't fix. That's more than abnormal. Either you're running something/everything with bad sync settings... Or some ****e app is runaway.
Run "better battery stats" for a few days.
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Been doing all that.....I point get 6 hrs top with battery calibrated and under clocked.... my battery tested good and charger is also fine
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something else is deffinitly wrong. i get 25 hours with 6 hrs screen on time alone. rooted stock.
skyjedi said:
Buzz words that mean nothing,
try a basic ROM with nothing installed for a day, if that works add stuff in till something breaks.
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Just trying to eliminate things that could be wrong..... If you don't have a solution than keep scrolling!
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nas02302 said:
Been doing all that.....I point get 6 hrs top with battery calibrated and under clocked.... my battery tested good and charger is also fine
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Wow.. maybe a bad battery? Or Rom?
Running Macksrom.. light usage I'll get 2 days plus out of my phone. Heavy screen and media still get's me 24 hours or more with no charge. This phone I've had no fear of using all that I please when unplugged. The only "task killer" i use is ES Task Manager to control my white list.
Also, that is running overclocked
Like someone said, find the app that's killing your battery and work on that first. I recommend gsam battery. If that doesn't help you then get juice defender. The pro option gives you even more options. There is no need for a task killer on android. The os is made to be as efficient as possible.
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Battery calibration does nothing. Battery stats are wiped automatically everytime you charge to 100%. Task killers are worse for battery than not using one. Android manages apps just fine on its own, killing them with a task killer just forces the OS to unnecessarily wake up everytime it needs to restart a service. Your best bet is to use better battery stats to find what rogue app is killing your battery and/or using autostarts app to stop things you don't use from starting to begin with.
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Battery calibration does nothing. Battery stats are wiped automatically everytime you charge to 100%. Task killers are worse for battery than not using one. Android manages apps just fine on its own, killing them with a task killer just forces the OS to unnecessarily wake up everytime it needs to restart a service. Your best bet is to use better battery stats to find what rogue app is killing your battery and/or using autostarts app to stop things you don't use from starting to begin with.
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
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Try gsam battery monitor from the play store to narrow it down.
Depending on usage, 6 hours could be normal. I get that with extremely heavy usage.
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bhint15 said:
Best one is to hold your physical home button until recent apps show and click the trash can.
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I do this quite often, but was curious if this actually closes the app? Or does it just remove it from recently opened list?
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Subiegsr said:
I do this quite often, but was curious if this actually closes the app? Or does it just remove it from recently opened list?
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Hit the little thing that looks like a pie on the left, it opens task manager
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Don't waste time installing junk task killer, it will drain your battery. Just use the stock one. Hold home button and hit the trash icon.
The best task killer is no task killer
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more than likely, as stated earlier, it is probably your battery. i had this problem with my stock battery as well. and yes it tested and charged fine but it clearly was not. after purchasing 2 anker batteries and charging them everything is back to normal and getting 2 days out of one battery with light use.
MultiLockOn said:
The best task killer is no task killer
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I was gonna saybthis but you beat me to it. Ics and jb have pretty good memory managment to begin with and the note 2 having 2 gb of ram helps a lot
Best way to charge your phone is a 500mah or 700mah charger. Takes forever to charge but the battery loves it better and gets a much stronger charge. The slower you charge the longer it lasts. Whenever I go to sleep I plug it into my pc
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