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How to stop programmes closing themselves down?

Hi all, hope someone can help me.
I want Windows Live Messenger and Facebook IM to run continuously on my phone and be online permanently to receive messages.
But if i leave them running and go back to my phone later they appear to have closed down and i have to open them back up and sign in again, and more importantly may have missed an important message as i have been offline!
I have the 'X Closes The Application' option off so i can minimise them easy, and i know they do get minimised because i see them in the Task Manager, but almost everytime i go to look at my phone again they have closed themselves, and only very few times are they still running.
I am running 'udK Syrius Topaz R2' ROM
Anyone know why this is happening?

You have some memory hungry app which take their memory away.
And WinMo shuts them down when there is not enough memory left for them.
I heard that it should be possible to start them as a service but i dont know how that works. If you find the answer pls share it in this thread.

Thank you for your reply, i had a feeling this might be a reason.
I now wonder what programme it may be thats steeling all my memory away!
I will hunt around and see if i can find out how to run programmes as services, if i find out i will post the answer here.
In the mean time if anyone else knows how to do this please tell us?!

please check the following:
Open Advanced Config
go to HTC Task Manager
Set Auto Kill to Disabled if its not there already

Giannis86 said:
please check the following:
Open Advanced Config
go to HTC Task Manager
Set Auto Kill to Disabled if its not there already
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Thanks for the tip. I have a problem with FingerKeyboard and ChangeScreen, they stop working after +24 hrs w/o soft reset... I'll try this and see if it helps.

Giannis86 said:
please check the following:
Open Advanced Config
go to HTC Task Manager
Set Auto Kill to Disabled if its not there already
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yes thank you for this tip, i will see if the programmes close at all in the next few days and see if this solves the problem!

Giannis86 said:
please check the following:
Open Advanced Config
go to HTC Task Manager
Set Auto Kill to Disabled if its not there already
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Thank you! This did it! No more problems! =)

[Q] Remove MSN Money & MSN Weather from Dash3G

Hey guys,
Need your expertise; Is there a way to remove MSN weather or MSN Money from my -Mobile Dash3G?
I want to keep the original T-Mobile flash but those 2 apps are just taking space for nothing.
Thank you in advance!

Hook up your phone with ActiveSync and go into file explorer. Open up the windows folder, then start menu. You can delete stuff from start screen there.

DJGhost said:
Hey guys,
Need your expertise; Is there a way to remove MSN weather or MSN Money from my -Mobile Dash3G?
I want to keep the original T-Mobile flash but those 2 apps are just taking space for nothing.
Thank you in advance!
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add or remove programs in your settings

Mr. Clown said:
add or remove programs in your settings
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Those 2 apps dont show up on "Add or Remove Programs". T-Mobile disable that from uninstalling but I was hoping there's a trick to uninstalling them.
cubbieblue123 said:
Hook up your phone with ActiveSync and go into file explorer. Open up the windows folder, then start menu. You can delete stuff from start screen there.
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If I do that, won't that corrupt files on the phone since Im really not uninstalling them?

I dont think so because it's like you're deleting shortcuts off that menu. So I don't know how to completely remove those programs. Then again how can you completely remove any program anyway.

cubbieblue123 said:
I dont think so because it's like you're deleting shortcuts off that menu. So I don't know how to completely remove those programs. Then again how can you completely remove any program anyway.
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Reference link:http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...nstalled/7bad6dc7-d042-4bc2-8516-c9eeaeb5af58
I have found the solution to the various posts listed on not being able to get rid of an uninstalled prog in the remove progs window. Using MemMaid 2.3 go jump to/databases/database usage, highlight SwMgmtMetadataStore and click browse, highlight offending entry and delete it. Then do and soft reset and you will find that the prog is no longer in the remove prog window. Hope this helps.

Icons position mess up

Hi
Every time I reboot my SGS, my icons/programs have rearranged so that they are not in the same position as I have put them. I try to organize my icons so that I have games in one window and musicrelated stuff in another an so on...
Any idea what's going on?
I have updated to lastest firmware, but it also happend prior the update.
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Not even one with the same issue?
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Yes, I have the same problem. Also want to organize icons in seperate windows but sometimes they move.
Same problem on JPA and JPO (not sure if I had this on JM1)
EDIT: It seems to also happen when I install new applications, don't even have to reboot to see the problem.

same problem here
Hi My girlfriend has the same problem with messing up the icons, anyone a solution for this?

Me too.. i have this problem. But no big deal =)
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Pierreken said:
Yes, I have the same problem. Also want to organize icons in seperate windows but sometimes they move.
Same problem on JPA and JPO (not sure if I had this on JM1)
EDIT: It seems to also happen when I install new applications, don't even have to reboot to see the problem.
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Do you by any chance use the customized TWLauncher (tgt)?
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g00ndu said:
Do you by any chance use the customized TWLauncher (tgt)?
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nope ootb official android on galaxy s with the app "apps organizer"

Just for info are these the apps which are on the SD card? If yes, then move these to phone. Just a shot in the dark. Thought it might work.
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no, all installed apps get mixied up...

Hi,
having the exact same problem as described. Tried different versions of Darky's ROM, currently running on 9.3. Extreme. But also experienced on 9.2. Can't remember if it occured on preinstalled Samsung Froyo.
Isn't there really any solution to this ? It's really annoying not to have an option to sort your icons when they keeps messing up after reboot.
What ROMs are you having, guys ?

Hi,
having the exact same problem as described. Tried different versions of Darky's ROM, currently running on 9.3. Extreme. But also experienced on 9.2. Can't remember if it occured on preinstalled Samsung Froyo.
Isn't there really any solution to this ? It's really annoying not to have an option to sort your icons when they keeps messing up after reboot.
What ROMs are you having, guys ?

Looks like lots of things can move your icons update of apps can shift stuff around .
But if you are not updating> factory resetting etc then the apps should stay where they are on a stock rom after a reboot .
jje

Solution
Guys, this issue has a relatively simple solution, the problem is with your touchwiz not saving correctly setting, do the following:
Go to Settings > Applications > All
In here, go find TwLauncher and click it, DON'T click force stop now just click the "clear data" button.
After this, your icons will mess around again, ordered alphabetically, just restart phone.
That should do it, next time you organize your apps they should stay where you left them.
I hope it help you guys, cheers!
EDIT:
If the above wasn't enough (in most cases it should), you can try to get Root Explorer and go to:
/dbdata/databases/
find the com.sec.android.app.twlauncher folder and delete it.
This is harmless, but it will again order alphabetically your apps, this folder will be restored again on next boot, so restart phone after.

gtluis said:
Solution
Guys, this issue has a relatively simple solution, the problem is with your touchwiz not saving correctly setting, do the following:
Go to Settings > Applications > All
In here, go find TwLauncher and click it, DON'T click force stop now just click the "clear data" button.
After this, your icons will mess around again, ordered alphabetically, just restart phone.
That should do it, next time you organize your apps they should stay where you left them.
I hope it help you guys, cheers!
EDIT:
If the above wasn't enough (in most cases it should), you can try to get Root Explorer and go to:
/dbdata/databases/
find the com.sec.android.app.twlauncher folder and delete it.
This is harmless, but it will again order alphabetically your apps, this folder will be restored again on next boot, so restart phone after.
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Did this work for anybody?

Guys, this issue has a relatively simple solution, the problem is with your touchwiz not saving correctly setting, do the following:
Go to Settings > Applications > All
In here, go find TwLauncher and click it, DON'T click force stop now just click the "clear data" button.
After this, your icons will mess around again, ordered alphabetically, just restart phone.
Tried that phone froze switched off powered on and it factory reset wiping some of my apps and all my contacts .
Not a problem cook another rom in Rom kitchin .
jje

Clearing the data worked for me! Thank you very much!

Didn't try deleting com.sec.android.app.twlauncher but instead clearing works. More feedback pls

I had the problem, changed ROM and solved.

Go Dialer Question

I am hoping i have more success getting an answer / resolution than i did to my last question on here when no one replied
I have Go Contacts and Go Dialer installed, i actually use the dialer than came with Sergio Coredroid 1.6 build as it looks good but i use Go Contacts instead of people for my address book.
When i go to make a call a box pops up asking me to confirm call, i went into settings and unticked this box and that was ok but the following day when i turned the phone on and when i went to make a call the same box popped up, i went into settings again but this time the box was still unticked so i cant understand why this box still pops up anytime i go to make a call, i also cant see anything to uninstall go dialer just go contacts which id like to keep but if this box keeps popping up asking me to confirm call ill have to uninstall it, is there a resolution to this?

Isn't anyone else having this problem and or has a resolution?
Dear me this is the second question in the last week on the Android Q & A ive asked without anyone answering this forum used to be so helpful
thanks

jonny68 said:
Isn't anyone else having this problem and or has a resolution?
Dear me this is the second question in the last week on the Android Q & A ive asked without anyone answering this forum used to be so helpful
thanks
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It's not like that, reason for no reply may be that no one else has ever faced this issue on HD2, you can try asking this question in general Android forum (as it's not device specific I believe)
Thanks

Could be that not many ppl are online at this time, also not many on hd2 use go contacts & dialer
try this thread, in the Android Apps and Games forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992946
there are dialer related Q's in there, poss' more likely to get a response
Kam
Edit: @jeetu1981, i was typing when you replied... great minds n all that!

A couple of times when I install an add-on app, it doesn't show in the normal application area under settings to be removed. I found that if I go to the Market and click My Apps, then I can see the add-on app and remove it.

kam333 said:
Could be that not many ppl are online at this time, also not many on hd2 use go contacts & dialer
try this thread, in the Android Apps and Games forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992946
there are dialer related Q's in there, poss' more likely to get a response
Kam
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Cheers for that mate i did do a search but obviously i missed this thread i have now posted my question in it.

Edit: @jeetu1981, i was typing when you replied... great minds n all that! [/QUOTE]
lol, no prob. buddy!!
Thanks

Go contacts v1.14 introduced the call confirm feature.
To turn this off follow this procedure:
Start the the dialer
Menu -> Settings -> Uncheck Call Confirm under dial preferences.
However I found that after a while the application will get purged from memory, and then when Go Contacts is not running (or you force stop it) all outbound calls via bluetooth and Direct Dial shortcuts get prompted with a call confirm. To resolve this just start the dialler (i.e. bring up the dialler keypad or the o contacts application)
Hope that helps

[Q] Hard Reset missing from menu after update

Hi i hope you can help.
My mother has an xperia x10 which she recently updated from 2.1 to what is now 2.1 update 1.
A huge mistake, she now has a bunch of apps 'some charge for use' that she did not want. whats worse is they are all looked into the system and can not be removed, to top it all the 'restore to factory settings' option has also been removed from the android menu, presumably this was done during the so called update to stop you from removing the unwanted apps and who knows what els from the phone.
She and i are quite annoyed about this and there very behavior in that.
Is there another way to reset the phone back to how it was? we have tried the hold power button + left and right keys with no joy at all.
It has to be said this is the last Sony ericsson we and anyone we know will own.
please help, thank you

Root the phone and uninstall the annoying apps.

Thanks i will look into how to do that

Les1976 said:
Thanks i will look into how to do that
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The easiest way to root your phone is using Superoneclick. I used it several times, and no problems so far. Just posted this here so you don't have to search the forums.

Thank you, i have the phone rooted now how do i remove those apps?

Install the app 'Titanium Backup' from the market and use it to uninstall them by clicking the app in the list and press 'uninstall'
Sent From My *Super Fly X10*
If I (or anyone for that matter!) help you, dont be afraid to press THANKS!

Also, be careful what you remove! Some system apps are needed for your phone to function.

rogem_kk said:
Also, be careful what you remove! Some system apps are needed for your phone to function.
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Rule of thumb: only uninstall items that appear in the app drawer and if your not sure make a backup of the app first. If the app is a system app you'll get a warning before it deletes.
Sent From My *Super Fly X10*
If I (or anyone for that matter!) help you, dont be afraid to press THANKS!

It worked, those silly apps are gone.
Thanks for all your help guys. very kind or you. and yes its easy to forget about the thanks button i will use them.