Guest AndyHibberd Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 Guys, Have a look at this article, in summary it says you shouldn't be using a task killer above android 2.0. Could cause more trouble than good. I've disabled mine after reading this, the "saving battery" idea is a myth. http://androinica.com/2010/05/07/google-an...-are-pointless/ Let me know if you know something different. Andy
Guest DaveyP Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 Bit of a conflict on that site.. Google and Cyanogen comments imply task killer/manager apps are pointless and Google blames Android battery woes on user practices and poorly-designed apps with When asked about Android’s weak battery life at the Google Zeitgeist forum, Google co-founder Larry Page said that if anyone is not getting a full day’s worth of battery, there’s “something wrong.” Page then went on to suggest it’s probably user habits and third-party apps causing battery woes. “When there is software running in the background, that just sort of exhausts the battery quickly,” said Page. So good apps dont need killing, but bad ones do :)
Guest steve1221 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 So how about those that use app killers recommend what they use and those of us that are wavering can try them and see if we see a difference ??
Guest Stryke69 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 There's also another article on that site that says that Android 2.2 actually kills task killer apps http://androinica.com/2010/08/09/froyo-upd...sk-killer-apps/
Guest Azurren Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 Task killers shouldn't be needed with the SF But it's always nice to have a "Ctrl Alt Delete" installed just in case :)
Guest AndyHibberd Posted October 14, 2010 Report Posted October 14, 2010 Yea I'm using my Task Killer as a ctrl+alt+del if an app freezes up somethign rotten. Might scrap it and just use OS Monitor cos that can kill tasks too.
Guest AndyHibberd Posted October 15, 2010 Report Posted October 15, 2010 From the Reddit Android subforum: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/c...week_to_see_if/ I haven't killed a single task in almost 7 days. Before that, I was opening AvancedTaskKiller almost every thirty minutes to kill a multitude of processes that I ignorantly believed were slowing down my phone and sucking up battery. After a week of not killing a single task, I'm floored. Not only is my battery lasting at least 25% longer than before, but the phone almost NEVER glitches or lags. It is snappy, responsive, and stays alive for much longer than before. This is because Android behaves differently than an OS like Windows, for example. Whereas Windows will open a wholly dormant program once you access it, thereby using system resources to open and operate and then freeing up resources totally once closed again, Android instead has all of the tasks "peeking" open, so to speak. They aren't necessarily in full operation, just standing by on low power for later use. By constantly killing all of these tasks and applications with a task killer, all we're doing is forcing the system to open them back up again right away. We're thinking now, oh look! We have so much memory free! But all that memory is immediately sapped away again by the system restarting all of these tasks, which lags the phone up and slurps up battery faster than your mom. Such a huge difference. TL;DR: Don't use a Task Killer. You're only making your phone work harder to immediately reopen everything anway, which kills memory and battery. You're giving your phone alzheimer's every time you do it. EDIT 1: Lots of people are saying that Task Killers tend to work for them due to varying types of phones, earlier iterations of Android, misbehaving apps etc. If you try out not using a task killer and it just kills your phone, then by all means, keep using it. I should've clarified before that I was not intending or attempting to make some end-all statement about Task Killers being from the devil. It was just my experience. EDIT 2: aftli posted this great explanation on proper use of Task Killers. Give it a look! EDIT 3: The AndroidDev Twitter just linked to this post! Thanks for the heads up, starnix17!
Guest Gibbo501 Posted October 15, 2010 Report Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) I often use Task Killer, simply because of all the apps running which I don't start. For example, check Task Killer and the only apps running are: Quick Settings Alarm Advanced Task Killer Free I've just ran Barcode Scanner to scan a barcode on screen and download the app from the market. I now take a look and have: Quick Settings ROM Manager Messages Barcode Scanner Alarm Yahoo Mail Homescreen Selector Market Superuser Handcent SMS Advanced Task Killer Free all running. Edited October 15, 2010 by Gibbo501
Guest Acathla- Posted October 15, 2010 Report Posted October 15, 2010 I use a program called Autostarts ($0.95) that will list under what situations certain apps on your phone will run. e.g. After Startup Connectivity Changed Application Installed etc... If you are root you even have the ability to prevent certain apps form starting. Perfect if you want to control what runs and when. One of my top 5 recommended apps!
Guest orangephone Posted October 15, 2010 Report Posted October 15, 2010 I often use Task Killer, simply because of all the apps running which I don't start. For example, check Task Killer and the only apps running are: Quick Settings Alarm Advanced Task Killer Free I've just ran Barcode Scanner to scan a barcode on screen and download the app from the market. I now take a look and have: Quick Settings ROM Manager Messages Barcode Scanner Alarm Yahoo Mail Homescreen Selector Market Superuser Handcent SMS Advanced Task Killer Free all running. When I first downloaded Advanced Task Killer it didn't have so many apps running at one time but now when I check randomly (even like a few seconds after killing tasks that were running) I find a long list like this. Why?
Guest meinnit Posted October 15, 2010 Report Posted October 15, 2010 I use a program called Autostarts ($0.95) that will list under what situations certain apps on your phone will run. e.g. After Startup Connectivity Changed Application Installed etc... If you are root you even have the ability to prevent certain apps form starting. Perfect if you want to control what runs and when. One of my top 5 recommended apps! I was going to recommned this myself. It actually goes to the root cause of this issue and stops apps launching altogether (when they shouldn't). Paul added it App of the Day yesterday and I added a post there: Autostarts is great! It's amazing how many apps start without your knowledge (trust me you will be shocked!) which I have managed to disable using this app. For example, when I received a phone call I had about 3 different apps starting up even though I had disabled them through the settings. So simply having an app installed doesn't mean it won't consume resources until you run it manually. Fault of Android I reckon, and fault of lazy developing. This app really should be included with Android but it's well worth the price tag as there isn't any other app that can do what it does.
Guest sharksoft Posted April 23, 2011 Report Posted April 23, 2011 I recommend you try Task Killer ProMax https://market.android.com/details?id=org.squalo.taskmanager
Guest hecatae Posted April 23, 2011 Report Posted April 23, 2011 I use settings, applications, force stop to close any badly coded applications
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