Whats everyones favorite task killer? - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Personally I like "Easy Task Killer Advanced"

Hold back to kill
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You really don't need to use a task killer after froyo. If your running jellybean, or ICS, just swipe the app off the built in task manager, that works better then any third party app.
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Hold back to kill
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I second this

Not using any task killer, 1.6GB usable RAM is more than enough for me
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Longcat14 said:
You really don't need to use a task killer after froyo. If your running jellybean, or ICS, just swipe the app off the built in task manager, that works better then any third party app.
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Some people like to have the auto kill take control.

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You really don't need to use a task killer after froyo. If your running jellybean, or ICS, just swipe the app off the built in task manager, that works better then any third party app.
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That doesn't kill the app -_-

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You really don't need to use a task killer after froyo. If your running jellybean, or ICS, just swipe the app off the built in task manager, that works better then any third party app.
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Pretty much this
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crash822 said:
I second this
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Third.
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imdatslaya said:
Some people like to have the auto kill take control.
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Some people are dumb.
Beyond froyo, android will kill apps as resources are needed. Auto task killers use more battery by making you constantly restart apps.
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The good old stock touchwiz task killer.
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The only app worth force closing is Facebook.
My girlfriend has an s3 and it drives me up a wall every time I see her swipe away all her apps. I'm like wtf are you doing?! You have 2gb of ram! That's more than my netbook!
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Hold back to kill
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Amen to that :good:

I let Android handle it on its own, unless it's a seldomly used app that I've only temporarily used.. I'll close those when I'm done. Task killers aren't worth it.

I see tons of people recommending against task killers, which is fine. That's no reason, however, to allow hundreds of apps to start up on their own (e.g., at boot, when Internet access is active, etc.). ROM Toolbox Lite has many useful apps, one of which is an auto-start manager. I'm sure there are others.

Autostarts is very useful for preventing apps from starting. Before ICS, I relied on Advanced Task Killer. Now I just use Autostarts and the stock task manager to manage running tasks.
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Android OS is the best task killer
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There seems to be a lot of votes for the stock task killer lol.
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imdatslaya said:
There seems to be a lot of votes for the stock task killer lol.
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If it's using ram, it's using battery. I repeat, Hold back to kill.
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Sorry for the dumb question I looked for hold back to kill did not see it ib the play store?
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[Q] Processes

2 questions. what is a good app to use to see what is draining the battery or keeping the phone awake and what are the 2 top processes in my attachment?
Sounds like that 2.3.3 bug. are you on 2.3.4?
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Yes I have 2.3.4
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Try watchdog, or OS Monitor. They both work great. I use them together.
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thank u for those apps. But does anyone else know what I can do about these processes?
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Try watchdog, or OS Monitor. They both work great. I use them together.
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Thanks for the suggestion. "OS Monitor" is great!
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Help please

Hey guys in running the odexed version of the debloated rom on my gs2. I was wondering if you guys use any type of task killer and it you do which one do.you guys use?
All help will be greatly appreciated
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Task killers are pretty much obsolete after 2.1. Android is has become a lot better at managing itself. A lot of people recommend not using them as they cause more problems than they fix.
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No need for task killer with GB but you can press and hold home and it will show task manager and you can clear the memory or kill any active apps
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Hey guys in running the odexed version of the debloated rom on my gs2. I was wondering if you guys use any type of task killer and it you do which one do.you guys use?
All help will be greatly appreciated
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Thank you I appreciate the help
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I used to use task manager... but then i noticed the speed and battery life was the exact same without it..
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Thank you I appreciate the help
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Exodian said:
Task killers are pretty much obsolete after 2.1. Android is has become a lot better at managing itself. A lot of people recommend not using them as they cause more problems than they fix.
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Word, not to mention that touchwiz has its own task manager out of the box, making it 2x pointless to install a 3rd party task manager.
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Battery ideas?

So I'm running a 2100 m a h extended life battery and I know I should be getting better life than this. I'm running 4.1 jelly bean on cdma phone, stock kernel. I also have the app killer checked on, and my screen brightness is pretty low. I've been having my wifi at home but still for 4 hours in 40 percent screen time that's really bad numbers. just wondering if anybody has any input
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Forgot the pic. Lol
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Uninstall your task killer, those do more harm than good. And download BetterBatteryStats to see what is draining your battery.
More likely it's your apps that are causing it to drain very badly. Any shady looking apps I would uninstall. And like above me, do those both as well.
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chlehqls said:
More likely it's your apps that are causing it to drain very badly. Any shady looking apps I would uninstall. And like above me, do those both as well.
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well the app killer is just in the settings of my phone . its not downloaded.
Fstall303 said:
well the app killer is just in the settings of my phone . its not downloaded.
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What setting is this? And don't use it.
You may want to use the Better Battery stats application to check for wake locks.
Trying a different kernel may also help. The Faux kernel works well for myself.
Lastly, the standby time doesn't give as much insight into your battery life as well as screen on time does. What kind of screen on time are you getting?
Note: don't use task killers, and don't manually kill applications.
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In Dev options
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Uncheck that, will only do harm.
Ngo93 said:
Uncheck that, will only do harm.
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With what ROM are you using fauxs kernel with?
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isinisterx said:
With what ROM are you using fauxs kernel with?
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I'm using Trinity, the poster 2 above me is the 1 on Faux
Wow your right. First for some reason I couldn't even click back on x d a developers app kept force closing and after I check that I can finally go back didn't think that would effect so much
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Turn off any app killing, as you've done.
In your screenshot, you had a lot of calls, that'll do it too, so battery life can vary.
Here is today's. I don't get it. 2100 math battery low brightness display
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Why is task killing worse than good?
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I am not sure about the stock app killer but any 3rd party app killer is constantly scanning your phone looking for apps running even if there is none so it's constantly using battery power
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AudioOut wakelock question

Hi I have note 2 which is fantastic and I am very pleased with it. So far I was getting perfect battery life but lately it doesn't last that long so I installed BBS and this audioOut wakelock is preventing my phone from sleeping. Is there a chance to find which program is keeping this wakelock? I searched the web and there is Nino help. It is almost always on silent and I am not using it to listen to the music. Thanks
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I've seen all kinds of "fixes" here - e.g. switch ringtones and reboot, turn off all system sounds, use Task Manager to turn off everything and many more.
Not one has worked for me on any ROM with any kernel, which makes me suspect that it's a rogue app. It never takes me a long time to realise that I cannot be bothered trying to track down the responsible app, so I live with it. YMMV. Viber has been mentioned frequently (never had it myself).
Sounds very similar to the Media drain problem. Similar alleged reasons, similar useless solutions, even poor Viber is also wrongfully scapegoated. What kills me is once the problem start it remains no matter what the heck you do, even if you wipe, root, change roms, format, remove/change sd card, etc... Nothing short of a hammer will solve the ****ing problem.
Download advanced task killer and set it to kill all apps at screen off. Also configure greenify to greenify all apps.
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delete viber and reboot and you'll be good
Yes I have Viber but I can't see it is running in background... Sometimes I am not accessing gallery or any media files for days and that wakelock is on.. and it goes as our comes.. And I just started to brag about its fantastic battery life...
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yahyoh said:
delete viber and reboot and you'll be good
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Is the correct answer. Don't mess about guys just delete viber and then tell us how it worked.
defenderko said:
Yes I have Viber but I can't see it is running in background... Sometimes I am not accessing gallery or any media files for days and that wakelock is on.. and it goes as our comes.. And I just started to brag about its fantastic battery life...
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its running dude and its the problem
it happened on my S2 and on my Note 2
its really crappy coded app
Got this official respond from Viber:
Thanks for contacting us and sorry for the inconvenience.
This is a known issue which affect some devices. We are presently working on the solution. you can expect an update on version 3.
Please make sure you stay current with our version updates.
at: http://support.viber.com
We kindly thank you for your patience.
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I disabled samsung tts in applications and the audio out 2 stopped draining my batter and deep sleeps also happened after that. Try It and let me know
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What is samsung tts? I found it but what does it do?
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What is samsung tts? I found it but what does it do?
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It's text to speech.
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harshcoolz said:
I disabled samsung tts in applications and the audio out 2 stopped draining my batter and deep sleeps also happened after that. Try It and let me know
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Didn't help
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Disabled tts, but no joy.. It stayed awake all night!
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Ffs I am saying since so long. You just need to configure advanced task killer and greenify. But no. We want some other kinda solution.
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Ffs I am saying since so long. You just need to configure advanced task killer and greenify. But no. We want some other kinda solution.
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My phone is not yet rooted,so I can't use greenify . I don't want to root it yet because there is no safe way ti delete the counter..
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defenderko said:
My phone is not yet rooted,so I can't use greenify . I don't want to root it yet because there is no safe way ti delete the counter..
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Jig. Anyways I think advanced task killer would be sufficient.
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I have the same wakelock on top of the list,but maybe is normal because i`m with tunein 9 hours a day?
Update on the subject! Deleted Giber , wahtsup,all the games, everything that could emit sound and that wakelock is still on 90% of the time.. grrr. I am going to change the ron these days..
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Task killer didn't helped!
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Large amount of programs running?

Stock everything, I use "advanced task killer" and I see an immense amount prohrams running at all times.
Any ideas?
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vasilli said:
Stock everything, I use "advanced task killer" and I see an immense amount prohrams running at all times
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Do not use advanced task killer. Android does a very good job of managing everything. There are many things that run in the background or stay as a cache on your ram. That is what you are seeing. Do not end these tasks because it actually uses more battery to reload then into RAM. Unless you have a rogue app draining your battery do not fret over it.
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If you're rooted you can use an app called Autostarts to prevent apps from running after boot.
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