Guest bennji_boy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 I can't see an x in the top right hand corner like on windows or anything else that would indicate close down or exit, I currently just go back to home to do something different but this just leaves the app running in the background.
Guest Lennyuk Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 Android is Linux based, it manages memory completely different to windows. No need to make sure all your apps are closed, it multitasks by default, its the way it was designed. Just go back to home and forget you used it
Guest MarioUK Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 I can't see an x in the top right hand corner like on windows or anything else that would indicate close down or exit, I currently just go back to home to do something different but this just leaves the app running in the background. Hi there, some apps do have a close option in their menu (which you can get by holding down the back button), however you will find the vast majority of apps do not have that facility. Android is actually excellent at handling background apps, and will shut background apps down as necessary etc if memory becomes an issue. However from my experience most background apps hardly use any CPU or memory anyway, so its rarely an issue. If you want to be a power user though and have a bit more control, there are task manager apps on the Market that can help with this, although they are not strictly necessary in my opinion. If you want to take a look though, Advanced Task Killer is a popular one. I would also recommend an app called Watchdog, this runs as a service on yoru phone in the background, and monitors CPU usage of all apps, and if any app goes above a certain threshold (e.g. if an app is using more than 50% CPU), it will alert you, and you have the option of terminating the app. Hope this helps! Mario
Guest MaxiP Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 +1 for Advanced Task Killer. Although Android does a pretty good job of managing memory, every so often (IMHO) it does help just to kill all those background apps / tasks that aren't needed. I don't use the auto-kill function, just a widget on my desktop
Guest Lennyuk Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 +1 for Advanced Task Killer. Although Android does a pretty good job of managing memory, every so often (IMHO) it does help just to kill all those background apps / tasks that aren't needed. I don't use the auto-kill function, just a widget on my desktop But if your someone (like me) who actually powers off your vega daily then task killers should not be needed at all, ever.
Guest MaxiP Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 But if your someone (like me) who actually powers off your vega daily then task killers should not be needed at all, ever. Power off daily - what does that mean :unsure:
Guest rvdgeer Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) But if your someone (like me) who actually powers off your vega daily then task killers should not be needed at all, ever. They are not needed at all, ever... Even if you don't power off the device frequently... Android leaves an app running for as long as it needs to rum or till something else needs the memory... If you kill/force stop an app, Android will probably restart it to finish what it was doing... This would heave the opposite effect from what you want a taskkiller to achieve: better performance... Edited January 7, 2011 by rvdgeer
Guest Lennyuk Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 Power off daily - what does that mean :unsure: I don't mind turning my vega off as I don't use it all the time and doesn't take long to boot, my desire z on the other hand, only turns off when flashing new roms.
Guest bennji_boy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 But if your someone (like me) who actually powers off your vega daily then task killers should not be needed at all, ever. Yes that's what I've been doing in the knowledge that anything open will shut. Thanks for the responses, I'l go back to not worrying about anything.
Guest simonta Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 To add some personal experience, I used to worry too and had a task killer on my Desire. I read an article, took it's advice and learned to trust Android to take care of it. In fact, Android does such a good job that the performance is better since not killing tasks. It takes a little while for Android to figure it all out (not sure what it does with the Dalvik cache) but soon enough, it all settles down. I can vouch for smoother scrolling, faster app launching, at least for the most frequently used apps and of course, one less thing to worry about in the turmoil of my world.
Guest ashbash Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 Davik/Android handles applications, by forcing them to close unnecessarily you just putting the scheduler to more work ... Have a read here about the concept of apps in Android - http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html A
Guest bennji_boy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 Davik/Android handles applications, by forcing them to close unnecessarily you just putting the scheduler to more work ... Have a read here about the concept of apps in Android - http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html A I'm loving this, I knew nothing before I came on here, my transformation to nerd is in steady progress
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