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HTC X-Button

HTC X-Button is now on the upload FTP in the Tools and Programs area - works great on the Hermes - use the new applet in the Settings menu to configure.

Thanks, moved to safe heaven: HTC X-Button.CAB

Report: Did not work on my 8525.

@patmannyc:
You have to enable it here first:
Start -> Settings -> System -> X-Button

Perfect...
Running well on my UNI_Beta 3.2..
Thank's

does this app allow real closing via the ok button as well as the x button?

It works great on my O2 trion ^^

LeoPheonix said:
does this app allow real closing via the ok button as well as the x button?
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Nope only the X button.

LeoPheonix said:
does this app allow real closing via the ok button as well as the x button?
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No, this program allow close program by tapping "x" on the screen .

Thanks,
I uess there is no point in using this if you already have something like spb today plus then.
I nearly got excited!

LeoPheonix said:
Thanks,
I uess there is no point in using this if you already have something like spb today plus then.
I nearly got excited!
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Probably not much point as you say. I'm going to try it just to see all the options it has. If it's good it stays, if not bye bye!!
Mike

A very lightweight version instead of having to have something better, which is good.
I wish they'd integrate it with the ok/close buttons on the device though to make one handed use easier. By that I mean, press button = ok, hold button = close.

This or magic button? I feel magic button is better, lets u see the taskbar.

It does what it was intended to. Good work.

sutheep: yes, i tried this and stay with magic button 2

program is a bit cleaner than magicbuttons.
anyway, just need to find a simple battery program (since I've been using the one in magicbuttons anyway)

If you are looking for a small battery monitoring program try to find the program named "batti". It's really small and work good.

I found that, unlike other similar software, it closes ActiveSync, and handles not responding apps just like on BB: shows a message that the app does not respond and offers to kill it.

i thing it has a bug. try to tap x button when phone app active, it closes down phone app and it realy kills it so your phone app won't start anymore

Wouldn't SmartsKey works to achieve this?

Close, not minimize?

Whats a good program that will cause programs to actually close out in WM6 instead of just minimizing. Maybe one that adds a - next to the x so if you do want to minimize you can.

SPB pocket plus and Quick Menu are both good progs for the purpose.

Have you tried the HTC Task Manager with the X button feature?

The new ROM w/ GPS works by holding on the X, if you set it that way

2x SPB pocket plus! Works great. Never have to think or worry about what's running in the background.

I've been using HandySwitcher by DinarSoft for quite some time. It's nice because it adds an icon to the taskbar at the top and allows you to see all programs that are currently running, and close them individually or all at once. The only thing I find is that even though it has a menu option to launch at start-up e.g. after a reboot, it seldom actually did! A small but annoying issue.
I'm actually trying the HTC Task Manager as mentioned above as it is in the DCD rom. It's okay and does what you'll need, but not as configurable or flexible as HandySwitcher. I'm trying it just because it's there and I was bored It replaces the default X in the corner and allows you to either hit the X or hold it for a short time instead to close the active program. The only way to see what else is open is to return to the Today screen and tap the same icon.

kareem9nba said:
Have you tried the HTC Task Manager with the X button feature?
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no, where or how do i get or do that?

I Installed the new task manager, but the old one is still there. How do i get the new task manager to take priorty and work cause Its still not closing when i hold down x.

Have you tried resetting your device?

Go to start>settings>sytem>task manager and in the settings, se "x" to close down a program.

[IDEA] WM6.5 panel for multitasking

Wouldn't it be the end-all be-all solution if we had a 'panel' or whatever it's called, with wich you can switch and close applications? You could make switching the default clicking behaviour and assign closing to the right softkey.
I don't know how possible this is, but I thought it was worth saying...

graey said:
Wouldn't it be the end-all be-all solution if we had a 'panel' or whatever it's called, with wich you can switch and close applications? You could make switching the default clicking behaviour and assign closing to the right softkey.
I don't know how possible this is, but I thought it was worth saying...
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This is good, but the only problem I see is that on the same homescreen the HTC Task Manager taskbar icon is readily available on the top-right corner (on HTC devices).
Having said that, HTC Task Manager must be consuming some amount of RAM itself, whereas a single panel shouldn't take anywhere near as much RAM.

nuke1 said:
This is good, but the only problem I see is that on the same homescreen the HTC Task Manager taskbar icon is readily available on the top-right corner (on HTC devices).
Having said that, HTC Task Manager must be consuming some amount of RAM itself, whereas a single panel shouldn't take anywhere near as much RAM.
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Titanium holds up to 20 pages each panel.
Therefore you could have it show the 20 processes/tasks.
And swip left to right to switch between them,
and then press it to end them.
But honestly this would be more helpful for the background processes and not the items that are in the regular task manager.
I thought of something like this, but then thought what nuke said
and also thought of a few other things
that made me personally not want to develop this.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good idea, but I'll wait for someone else to come up with a good way to develop it.

actually this is an awesome Idea. We could get rid of the HTC Task Manager thus saving RAM. This will improve the overall feel and speed of HTC devices.

+1 for the Idea. It'd be very nice way to switch apps IMO.

rayraven said:
+1 for the Idea. It'd be very nice way to switch apps IMO.
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to switch apps yes,
to have it so you could close, no.
You'd still have to have a diff task manager.
I don't use htc task manager,
it sucks.
Doesn't get the background running processes that take up the ram that the other poster was talking about.
You can only have 20 pages, so to just have it act like htc task manager wouldn't be bad, but for the processes that I use a task manager for it's no bueno.

You could have it kill the task if you assigned the right soft key to that function.

hd2 t-mo usa: does it have a app switcher?

When I close a program, I know its in background(via task manager). How do I switch to that program without always loading taskmanager?
Example: If I minimize a IM application, it's in backgorund. B4 I could click on the upper right corner of the screen and see what's running and click on it to bring it forward.

starstreak said:
When I close a program, I know its in background(via task manager). How do I switch to that program without always loading taskmanager?
Example: If I minimize a IM application, it's in backgorund. B4 I could click on the upper right corner of the screen and see what's running and click on it to bring it forward.
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Search for Dutty's taskmanager and your old style HTC taskmanager will be back in the top right hand corner..

Thanks. I was hoping it was "built-in" but I guess not.

I'm using Quickmenu for multitasking
I got my HD2 on Tmobile "launch date", and apps running in background was the first thing to piss me off. So I was forced to turn my Touch Diamond back on and bluetooth over a copy of quickmenu. After I installed it, I went to the options and checked off "register win key of device". Now I have one button access to my task manager in the quickmenu. O, btw, I also checked off on "ok to close program", huge help.

You should try LMT to close apps or switch to a taskmanager ;-)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629263

I second the Dutty's reccomendation. But I wonder why the heck they didn't include the HTC tack manager by default?

I recommend using ArkSwitch. It opens a nifty graphical list of running programs when you click the Start area on the top left of any program. That's almost as easy as Alt-Tab.

I just tried LMT after having tried every task manager/quick menu app I could find and REALLY like it so far. Having customizable multi-touch gestures that are available anywhere is awesome.
Time will tell if it's stable, and it might be nice to get rid of the confirmation graphic after a while, but for those wanting fast app switching and easy app management, it's pretty slick.
-JS

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I just tried LMT after having tried every task manager/quick menu app I could find and REALLY like it so far. Having customizable multi-touch gestures that are available anywhere is awesome.
Time will tell if it's stable, and it might be nice to get rid of the confirmation graphic after a while, but for those wanting fast app switching and easy app management, it's pretty slick.
-JS
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Thanks! And it is stable (I hope so... ). Also check out the new version v0.7 with multitouch controller support. It will be released soon!

Resco Task Manager...best ever

I'm just trying the old staple freeware task manager "Magic Button" on my T-Mo HD2, and it works well. (Although a little hard with no stylus to aim correctly at the small icons on the taskbar.)

quick question about task manager

hey so i use to have a task manager on my phone before i did a hard reset..it was always on the top right corner with 3 bars and a small arrow. and when it opened it would open as a small menu on the top right with the programs and an X next to them. It also had 3 tabs above the programs that were running one showed the ram from what i remember. i cant seem to recall the name..does anyone know which task manger im talking about?

there's several of that type actually., I use and recommend "duttys task manager"

desiplaya172 said:
hey so i use to have a task manager on my phone before i did a hard reset..it was always on the top right corner with 3 bars and a small arrow. and when it opened it would open as a small menu on the top right with the programs and an X next to them. It also had 3 tabs above the programs that were running one showed the ram from what i remember. i cant seem to recall the name..does anyone know which task manger im talking about?
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Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584415
Look for "Touch X Taskmanager.cab". This is the one that fits your description above.

Question: does Touch X Taskmanager actually close each program after you use it? I'm trying Duttys right now, but I noticed that it often doesn't actually close some applications (eg. Comm Manager) when you press X. And, yes, I did set it up to close programs by pressing X.

Asquared said:
Question: does Touch X Taskmanager actually close each program after you use it? I'm trying Duttys right now, but I noticed that it often doesn't actually close some applications (eg. Comm Manager) when you press X. And, yes, I did set it up to close programs by pressing X.
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Hmmm I've had no trouble with either Duttys or the Touch X taskmanagers when it comes to closing apps with X. I actually have it set to close with a tap-hold instead of just a tap, and comm mgr closes just fine for me, using either method, with both of those taskmanagers. Is it possible that maybe you're pressing just a fraction of a second too long and it's registering as a "tap and hold" instead of just a tap?

I tried duttys once before and it did not want to work with my phone but it downloaded it yesterday and worked like a charm. It is taking me a while to get used to the fact that it is there got so used to launching the task manager

I have it set to close applications with a tap. My touchscreen is so sensitive that it doesn't take much of a tap to accomplish this. Nonetheless, Duttys frequently leaves Comm Manager and ActiveSynch open, and I have to close them with the regular Task Manager -- one reason I also use Cookies Home Tab, so I could include the regular Task Manager as a QuickLink.

Asquared said:
I have it set to close applications with a tap. My touchscreen is so sensitive that it doesn't take much of a tap to accomplish this. Nonetheless, Duttys frequently leaves Comm Manager and ActiveSynch open, and I have to close them with the regular Task Manager -- one reason I also use Cookies Home Tab, so I could include the regular Task Manager as a QuickLink.
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I gotcha. Yes I do see activesync stay open all the time in the background, and it never shows up in Duttys or the touch_x taskmanagers, and I just let it run really. But, never saw that with Comm Manager. Sounds like you've worked around it just fine though

i believe the task manager you are looking for is Maximus Mobile Task Manager or MMTask Manager for short(Not that short) you can find it here >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655853