[POLL] Does anyone use Task managers/killers?

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

i use advanced task killer but manually

i don't use auto kill

[Guest Michealtbh]

I use Watchdog to look out for misbehaving apps, otherwise no

[Guest Azurren]

I now use Cyanogens "Debug" hold the back button to kill apps

(Is it part of the mod.. A 2.3 thing or present on 2.2 too?)

This serves as a perfect "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" or apps and now have no use for a task manager

Note: Using a task manager can actually slow down your device as apps you have just killed auto-start back up again

[Guest Chris Banks]

Task killers may slow down a device that is for sure.

But do they save battery life? I would have thought killing running apps would do this? or am i wrong?

[Guest targetbsp]

Task killers may slow down a device that is for sure.

But do they save battery life? I would have thought killing running apps would do this? or am i wrong?

An idle app, doing absolutely nothing, uses no unnecessary power - memory needs power whether it's got data in it or not. If you later decide to use that app again it uses power to load it when it would have been already loaded.

I would recommend disabling the auto-loading of apps you only have installed for rare use using something like autostarts but killing an app you've already loaded and that's no longer doing anything won't get you anywhere.

Edited April 23, 2011 by targetbsp

[Guest chealsearock]

Yeah, it's Titanium Backup most often for me too.

I kill tasks every so often with GO Launcher EX.

[Guest Chris Banks]

An idle app, doing absolutely nothing, uses no unnecessary power - memory needs power whether it's got data in it or not. If you later decide to use that app again it uses power to load it when it would have been already loaded.

I would recommend disabling the auto-loading of apps you only have installed for rare use using something like autostarts but killing an app you've already loaded and that's no longer doing anything won't get you anywhere.

Ah i see, thanks for clearing that up, time to get rid of ATK!

Though i think i will keep watchdog to keep an eye on whats consuming CPU.

[Guest targetbsp]

Yeah I have a completely manual task killer imaginatively titled Task Manager for checking and killing anything that's gone pear shaper if the phone slows up.

It's not pretty but I like it because it uses such small fonts and icons that you see twice as many processes at a time as the flashier ones.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/task-manager/c...iak.taskmanager

[Guest pa49]

Yeah I have a completely manual task killer imaginatively titled Task Manager for checking and killing anything that's gone pear shaper if the phone slows up.

It's not pretty but I like it because it uses such small fonts and icons that you see twice as many processes at a time as the flashier ones.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/task-manager/c...iak.taskmanager

I keep Fastboot on my main screen and use it before every time I "close down" the phone. All apps are closed and the essential android apps restarted.

It's simple and has never caused a problem of any sort.

Also you can see how much memory has been used by the apps it close, although some will then be used again as the essential apps are restarted.

[Guest targetbsp]

I keep Fastboot on my main screen and use it before every time I "close down" the phone. All apps are closed and the essential android apps restarted.

It's simple and has never caused a problem of any sort.

Also you can see how much memory has been used by the apps it close, although some will then be used again as the essential apps are restarted.

I used to, because leaving stuff running goes against everything I believe in. But eventually I stopped doing that and realised Google were right. It just doesn't make a difference to your battery life. :)