Advice on Autokiller / Autostart killer

[Guest AndyHibberd]

There's debate about task killers.

Android OS doesn't run like windows. Things can have shared resources. After 2.0 they say there's not really any need for a task killer, mine's been off for days now and it runs just as smooth.

Have a quick search in these forums or do the google.

[Guest ken218]

if you disable the "phone" process - how do you make/receive calls?

[Guest jimmy2x2x]

if you disable the "phone" process - how do you make/receive calls?

Not sure of the inner workings, but the phone still functions

This is one of my reasons for making this topic, to understand the situation a little better

[Guest meinnit]

There's debate about task killers.

Android OS doesn't run like windows. Things can have shared resources. After 2.0 they say there's not really any need for a task killer, mine's been off for days now and it runs just as smooth.

Have a quick search in these forums or do the google.

Although Android is good at managing memory, that doesn't stop developers writing lazy code that sits in the backgroud consuming CPU and battery when not needed. Something that is not needed is better turned off than have running in the background IMO :)

[Guest AndyHibberd]

Yes which brings us to Pauls app of the day - Watchdog.

Any misbehaving apps and you get a notification telling you what's up.

No need to blanket kill all running processes.

[Guest meinnit]

Yes which brings us to Pauls app of the day - Watchdog.

Any misbehaving apps and you get a notification telling you what's up.

No need to blanket kill all running processes.

Thats yet another process running in the background consuming resources!

Autostarts beats all of these. It stops the apps from running randomly in the first place

[Guest Carbonize]

Thats yet another process running in the background consuming resources!

Autostarts beats all of these. It stops the apps from running randomly in the first place

And how would you know which apps to stop without using something like Watchdog in the first place? Most users don't have a clue what apps do what so suggesting they just use something like Autostarts to stop apps from starting is liable to end up with them messing up their phone.

[Guest deweylewie]

I stopped using an app killer service and now use OSMonitor to check for any naughty processes and System to kill them off.