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System tasks - let's figure out which ones to auto kill

So I'm running task manager and I have the following processes which I don't know the functionality for. Which one(s) can I kill without screwing up my x10?
Android Keyboard
Android System
Checkin Service
Com.android.providers.a..
Com.android.providers.u..
Com.sonyericsson.andro...
Com.sonyericsson.learni...
Contacts Storage
Dialer
Google Partner set up
Google Search
Google Search (Enhanced)
Home
Mediascape plug0in
My uploads
Picto TTs
Quick Search box
Service Account Provider
Setting Storage
SNS provider
Sync Feeds
Timescape plug-in Ma..
Timescape provider

nas7878 said:
So I'm running task manager and I have the following processes which I don't know the functionality for. Which one(s) can I kill without screwing up my x10?
Android Keyboard
Android System
Checkin Service
Com.android.providers.a..
Com.android.providers.u..
Com.sonyericsson.andro...
Com.sonyericsson.learni...
Contacts Storage
Dialer
Google Partner set up
Google Search
Google Search (Enhanced)
Home
Mediascape plug0in
My uploads
Picto TTs
Quick Search box
Service Account Provider
Setting Storage
SNS provider
Sync Feeds
Timescape plug-in Ma..
Timescape provider
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I'm 99.99% sure you shouldn't kill "Android System"!
You can just do Kill All for now to see if you can still do stuff you want. If anything goes wrong, only needs to reboot the phone.
I use Timescape widget and I listen to music, so I exclude anything to do with Mediascape, exclude Timescape, and Timescape Provider. I kill Timescape Plug-In though, since that's only for when you click on Timescape on the main screen.

i "think" you can kill all of them
from what i've noticed, they don't need to be running since they are called anyways when you want to eg. use a Dialer...
and when you're done, just kill them again

I'd suggest that you start killing the tasks one by one. Don't do it for android system though. But for the rest just start one by one. If something goes wrong just restart your phone and everything will be fine. But I would suggest that you keep things like timescape and mediascape running since you probably use them a lot. If you close them then it will just take more time for them next time to start up.

Task Panel works for me!
I kill almost everything specially Moxier!
In 4 hours without doing much and having killed ALL they like magically appear again! Thats when I long press specific apps and place them on KILL list.

Diamond777 said:
Task Panel works for me!
I kill almost everything specially Moxier!
In 4 hours without doing much and having killed ALL they like magically appear again! Thats when I long press specific apps and place them on KILL list.
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Do you know where I can download TaskPanel (and not the Lite version)?? I can't find it on the marketplace or on the net, I've been searching for nearly an hour and can't find the .apk file anywhere

rvictorg said:
Do you know where I can download TaskPanel (and not the Lite version)?? I can't find it on the marketplace or on the net, I've been searching for nearly an hour and can't find the .apk file anywhere
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I got the Task Panel lite from Market, lite does the job!

Things that can make Android even better.

I have been thinking a lot lately about my phone, I have a Galaxy S and I felt some features that were not there or missing without the third party apps, I think putting these together will help making an already amazing operating system even better
1. SMS and call history
Google should come with service where these are backed up on Google servers, or have the option to save it to the external sd card, so that when you format your phone they should be back again. (Yes I know there are third party software’s that does that but something like that should be a part of Google android)
2. Google Talk with Video Integration.
(Right now Yahoo, fringe etc. are there for video chat) but Google should come up with their own video integration service.
3, Google doc support.
Android is lacking with Google doc support, I hope they come up with it, in coming versions.
4. Google chrome,
It should be the default Browser, and should come up as preinstalled browser on the Android.
5. Bookmarks.
Google should come up with a service like xmarks and xpass, which saves your bookmarks and passwords on the servers and sync them with your home and office computers.
6. Video/music player.
I saw this somewhere on the xda where they have put in upcoming default player for android that would be a great thing to come. Also I would want it to have an option where it gives you option to select the directory which you want to scan and put into the music and video player. I don’t want it pick anything and everything (Like the game video/music files)
7. Google sync.
Google should come up with a default pc application, not something like HTC has their own, and Samsung has bull**** kies. Also it should have options to save a back up for settings, sms, applications and call logs etc.
8. Market.
They made the interface better but they still need to sync it much better to the Google account and next time when you format the phone, the applications which the person has always be using, should come in the list of previously installed applications, so that we can install them all in one go.
9. Power saving feature.
I used the task killers etc.. They don’t really do anything. but one thing I do not know when you close the application why does it keep running in background? We don’t really need this, it should be more like Symbian once you close the app, it should not run unless you rerun it.. (This will help fix the battery issues)
10. Google maps.
They are getting better and better day by day with maps, but one thing I would say is still lacking is the navigation part. Google Navigation is really not as good as the Igo, Garmin etc. They should allow you to download the map of the city you are in and should show route by route navigation. Also There is a Mark your place option missing, you can mark your house etc, unless you save it as a contact on Google maps, which is annoying..
This is my experience on Android and features which I feel are missing and can make the Android the best OS on the earth ...
PS. This feedback is more related with software only, if you know any feature that you miss the most, comment
Gaurav Kainth
Android SGS user

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Guyz this is not something random picked from some site.. this is what I feel is missing on the android... worth a reading.. may be some devlopers put these issues accoss and might help us all

Contrary to popular believe google software is far from the miracle work it's made out to be. In fact their software is often rather immature. Best example of that is google maps but the whole android os is another example. However, unlike microsoft, google is not looking to provide an all in one solution by themselves. They are in fact intentionally leaving out many of the features you mention in order to make those a commodity (and it works, there are apps for most of those functions). It's bad and good for the enduser at the same time. But considering google's software quality, I think it's mostly positive.
PS: Leaving voice and video out of gtalk on the mobile is retarded. But it will likely change with the new apis introduced in android 2.3
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They probably do back up your call history and SMS messages lol.

Market should be a part of Android (AOSP), not Google Apps.

1. SMS and call history
Syncing to a server would enrage privacy organisations, regular users don't flash thier phone every week. But being able to read them in Gmail would be awesome.
2. Google Talk with Video Integration.
Will be here within months, Andy Rubin already showed it on the dive into D:mobile interview
3, Google doc support.
Google docs = webbased, you can edit in the webversion.
4. Google chrome,
Browser already uses the V8 engine and the webkit renderer, just like chrome.
5. Bookmarks.
Bookmarks already get saved and synced on google phones and AOSP roms, samsung disabled it?
6. Video/music player.
7. Google sync.
it's called google apps (gmail, calendar, picasa, enz)
8. Market.
AOSP roms automatically reinstall all your apps after a reset/flash, samsung disabled it?
9. Power saving feature.
Apps dont keep running, they just keep in the RAM so they don't need to reload. They only keep running if they have ongoing processes, and then you probably want them to keep running.
10. Google maps.
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RambJoe said:
They probably do back up your call history and SMS messages lol.
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Lol yeah you never know but atleast they should give users an access to that

I agree with every point.

[Q] Freezing System apps without Rooting N4?

Is there a way to freeze apps (just like you can freeze with XXX) without rooting your phone. I don’t use most of google apps like hangouts, google play music, google movies, google now etc. It looks like google has made them system app taking away the option to uninstall them.
I would like to freeze these apps so they don’t even run in the background. But I want to have the option to unfreezing/enabling them if I need them.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.

sLiKK said:
Is there a way to freeze apps (just like you can freeze with XXX) without rooting your phone. I don’t use most of google apps like hangouts, google play music, google movies, google now etc. It looks like google has made them system app taking away the option to uninstall them.
I would like to freeze these apps so they don’t even run in the background. But I want to have the option to unfreezing/enabling them if I need them.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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If you go to the system settings menu, then tap on apps, then swipe over to All, you can Disable most system applications. When you tap on the application, you'll see Disable in place of Uninstall. Just be careful about what you disable. For example, don't disable Google Play Services, since many apps (not just Google apps) rely on it.

thanks ...that worked

[qualcomm] (not rooted) list of apps safe to disable and how to backup stock

I have the unlocked version, am able to root, but I'd rather not break the warranty till I've used the phone for a bit and found it's ok. Is there a list of apps that are ok to disable, including both google and motorola apps? I don't know that I want to disable every package that contains the word 'motorola', or google... Plus I'm sure there are some that don't contain those words.
From what I've been reading google seems to collect all sorts of data from the phone whether you have set up an account or not. I'm trying to increase privacy on the phone in the meantime. I'm installing other open source apps in the place of the google ones (for maps, calendar, gallery, contacts, video, etc) and disabling the play store. I've noticed that I can disable a number of apps via settings-->apps or by using adb pm uninstall. I'm not sure if using pm uninstall via adb is better? It looks like it just uninstalls the app for the current user, which implies there are other users that can use the app? Is there a user other than me running behind the scenes?
If I remove the google apps can google still sync or read my contacts, calendar, app activities etc even when using different apps?
Sorry if these are dumb questions, I'm trying to understand how this works. It is interesting, but it is very different to try to understand something when you're not a programmer or don't have the tech background. I'm not terribly technical but I would like to understand what goes on. If this is the right place please let me know where to ask. I have been searching for info as well but not found answers.

Default app and notification settings being ignored

Color OS v.6
Been wrestling with some really infuriating problems with this phone since i bought it 4 months ago.
Default apps are ignored when clicking links via Chrome or Google search - if I select Waze as open by default for maps, and select DO NOT OPEN for Google maps, it will always open Google maps when I click a map or directions. If I select do not open for YouTube and either always open or always ask for newpipe or YouTube vanced, it will always open YouTube links in YouTube. It just completely ignores the settings
Opening via Firefox will work sort of, but for some reason FF have added a little 'open in app' button step so you have to load the web page for YouTube then select the android button for it to bring up the select app dialog, so it's rubbish and frankly a deal breaker. Also this doesn't work for directions, neither Maps or Waze are options for directions, bizarrely.
Another thing thats frustrating is that it forgets notification settings. If I set a notification as unimportant, like a battery usage alert or WhatsApp web is open, it will appear again an hour later.
Does anyone else get these issues? You could argue the first one is a chrome/google issue, but i have never had this problem on other androids. My OnePlus works fine for example
If anyone has a solution to these, I would be grateful for hear it. At the moment I am done with Color OS weirdness and considering a custom rom (if one exists)
Edit: Actually I can't get it to open any app via chrome. Everything opens in chrome. Tried resetting everything but it won't work.