shall i use task killer

[Guest jullejul]

Hello i wonder if i shud use task killer, beacuse if i start a progr am that eat my battery. Then i must Shot it down but how

[Guest LUTRAM]

Hello i wonder if i shud use task killer, beacuse if i start a progr am that eat my battery. Then i must Shot it down but how

Tried a few task killers, all seem to work for a while then start to get some problems even the high rated apps.

I have settled for Taskiller free, not as tweak able as some of the others but is very stable, not very intrusive and most importantly works - which Task Killer do other people recommend and why?

Best advice I can give is install task killer, customise your setting such as automatic task kill on screen of, turn phone of and back on go straight to task killer and add all system services to your ignore list as well as all the programs or apps you wish to run or update.

[Guest Namtaffy]

I read somewhere that task killers probably do more harm than good as Android is pretty good at managing tasks. If you have a bad app that's killing your battery then uninstall it and reboot your phone

[Guest LUTRAM]

I read somewhere that task killers probably do more harm than good as Android is pretty good at managing tasks. If you have a bad app that's killing your battery then uninstall it and reboot your phone

Are they good or bad? what do other people think? iv had problems with a few but not with the one I use now, interesting to know what other ppl think ?????

[Guest EddyOS]

Most say no, even developers, as Android has it's own system in place. Chances are the OP is experiencing bad battery life with the constant flashing/tweaking of the device so it's expected for the battery to drain quicker than 'normal' use.

I don't use one and don't find my unit slow at all

[Guest NarutoDKz]

I don't and I find my phone faster and more stable. (I used them for a time)

I also found this, helped me make up my mind. http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-usin...r-with-android/

[Guest scotch whisky]

NO!

[Guest Need_A_Username]

From my experience:

Once I install a taskkiller it feels like all my tasks keep running and my phone becomes slower and slower, so I have to continually keep killing apps.

When I don't have a task killer installed, it just runs smooth :rolleyes: So I wouldn't install it :D

[Guest ManOfSteal]

Is there a way to stop tasks starting up when the phone is first booted? I've noticed some things I've installed are running immediately that really don't need to be.

I also like the idea of being able to close a particular task fully and effectively restarting from a default state again, should I invoke it again. For example, I always like to have Google as my default initial browser page and usually prefer to see that rather than some esoteric page I looked at eight hours previously.

[Guest jekin]

Is there a way to stop tasks starting up when the phone is first booted? I've noticed some things I've installed are running immediately that really don't need to be.

Try STARTUP CLEANER

That's exactly what it does - stops apps from loading at boot.

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

Try STARTUP CLEANER

That's exactly what it does - stops apps from loading at boot.

Even better... JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!

[Guest Mark Horton]

When I first got my phone I installed one, but was having major battery issues. I uninstalled the task killer and my battery is so much better now.

[Guest ManOfSteal]

That's exactly what it does - stops apps from loading at boot.

Thanks, I'll give it a try. It does seem pretty stupid that applications like ShopSavvy be started at boot.

[Guest jullejul]

ok thanks for your post :=)

[Guest spammyspam]

I don't and I find my phone faster and more stable. (I used them for a time)

I also found this, helped me make up my mind. http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-usin...r-with-android/

As I commented in that post:

I think the point that a lot of these kind of articles miss is that not all apps behave in an ideal manner, be it intentionally or not. Some are only useful if they work in the background (IM for example) and some are just simply badly written (I’m sure I can knock up an app designed to specifically drain the battery if not killed).

Uninstalling these apps is not a solution, just like “don’t use you phone” isn’t. But even if it were, how is someone supposed to know what state an app is in and whether or not it’s misbehaving without a task manager of some kind?

Personally I don’t like this new trend of applications not having an explicit way of quitting them, and I don’t think that is me just refusing to move on. If anything this whole complicated business of “pausing apps if you can” just makes using the phone even more complicated, since as is you can never quite be sure what’s actually going on inside your phone. I want to be able to KNOW an app isn't running, and for that I need to be able to close it.

BTW I don’t have a task manager installed, but then I’m scared to use it to it’s fullest potential anyway (I’d rather know I have battery for phone calls). It’s an unfortunate situation.

[Guest NarutoDKz]

As I commented in that post:

I think the point that a lot of these kind of articles miss is that not all apps behave in an ideal manner, be it intentionally or not. Some are only useful if they work in the background (IM for example) and some are just simply badly written (I’m sure I can knock up an app designed to specifically drain the battery if not killed).

Uninstalling these apps is not a solution, just like “don’t use you phone” isn’t. But even if it were, how is someone supposed to know what state an app is in and whether or not it’s misbehaving without a task manager of some kind?

Personally I don’t like this new trend of applications not having an explicit way of quitting them, and I don’t think that is me just refusing to move on. If anything this whole complicated business of “pausing apps if you can” just makes using the phone even more complicated, since as is you can never quite be sure what’s actually going on inside your phone. I want to be able to KNOW an app isn't running, and for that I need to be able to close it.

BTW I don’t have a task manager installed, but then I’m scared to use it to it’s fullest potential anyway (I’d rather know I have battery for phone calls). It’s an unfortunate situation.

If you want to you can download a task manager and just do so that it doesn't auto kill. But if you read, android closes apps by itself. And the apps are suspended if you don't use them, making them use very little (if any) resources.

-Naruto (sorry for my english, it's a little rusty)

[Guest spammyspam]

My understanding is that it won't kill tasks that are seen to be doing stuff. Otherwise how would IM clients work "in the background"?