Well I recently bought nexus 7 my first android device
The issue i am facing I use easy task killer to kill apps which unnecessarily hogging ram
Even after killing with task killer it still pops out within few seconds
I tried force stop from setting/apps as well same issue there as well
Can't we stop apps from auto loading again and again
P.s my device is not rooted
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Uninstall task killer is the best thing you can do. Android does a fine job managing RAM itself. Free RAM is wasted RAM, if you need more for an app your running the os will free up the necessary RAM automatically. Constantly killing apps just makes your device work harder due to using more RAM and battery to reopen them.
If you really want to stop apps from automatically starting you need to either root and use an app such as autostarts, or uninstall market apps and disable system apps.
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Yeah, task killers have been proven to be useless and potentially damaging to devices.
As stated above, Android is pretty slick with RAM and handles it well, task killers can cause a multi-tude of problems.
What I noticed if I don't kill the tasks and run nfs mW I feel the fps drop until I kill the task
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anyone have an app list for app killer I have set it to kill all the apps I dare without knowing what they are.
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khalu said:
anyone have an app list for app killer I have set it to kill all the apps I dare without knowing what they are.
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Wrong section.. please re post in the general section.
khalu said:
anyone have an app list for app killer I have set it to kill all the apps I dare without knowing what they are.
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what are you talking about?
are you talking about a "killer app" like in a really great application? Or a Killer app, as in an application that can kill the processes running in the background?...
anyways.. this is the wrong thread...
Go to the forum: XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=618
see if you can find some info there instead of posting in the wrong forum
Thanks.
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Don't use task killers.
Not only me but other people say the same thing if you search on the internet.
If you see the apps in the task list, they aren't really running in background.
Excepting the one which run as services ofcourse.
The other are in idle state not using CPU so, not draining battery.
If you are afraid because of the memory used, don't be.
Android will unload apps that are not needed when memory is required.
If the apps are in memory, next time when you start them you will be able to use them the next second.
If you kill them and then use the same app again the phone will use power to start the app and the delay will be bigger so, basically you will use more resources
If you don't believe me, download os monitor from market and watch the CPU usage for all the task and you will see that 95% have 0% CPU usage.
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khalu said:
anyone have an app list for app killer I have set it to kill all the apps I dare without knowing what they are.
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i have this apps called imusic from slideme application manager i look inside on it and there is a name task manager you can see whats is running apps.. then there is a name empty,foreground, service, and i have memory of 110 left after killed apps like foreground and service then my memory usage is up to 140.. then nothing is running on the foreground and service.... hehehehe
Killer Ap
Is there an ap you can use to actually kill things. Like intruders or spies. Perhaps even ninjas.
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Is there an ap you can use to actually kill things. Like intruders or spies. Perhaps even ninjas.
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Not for ninjas....they're way too sneaky
only samurai can kill ninjas
is there an app list for the xperia. I have stopped all the apps I dare without knowing what they do.
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you can pretty much safely kill all apps that are listed in the app killer, if your disabling startup apps then thats a bit of a different story. My personal advice is to forget app killers all together. They slow down the performance of your android device and android already manages your memory and apps for you. Just let it be.
I used to have advanced app killer and used to manually kill apps like crazy, but then I read that they actually hurt daily battery life. Do you guys still use them? It sucks to manually go into settings to stop apps. Discuss.
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og954 said:
I used to have advanced app killer and used to manually kill apps like crazy, but then I read that they actually hurt daily battery life. Do you guys still use them? It sucks to manually go into settings to stop apps. Discuss.
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They are counterproductive with the new versions of Android.
Use watch dog to monitor for "misbehaving apps"
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I have used Watchdog since I got my phone. It has twice alerted me that the browser was using extra cpus. It gives an option to kill the app right there so I did and everything was cool. Nice app.
1+ watchdog task killers were needed back in the day with 2.0 and below but android handles it pretty well nowadays
I only use it after boot up, but after that I only use it if I start getting lag.
Agreed. Avanced task killer and similar apps are rubish now days. Watchdog is Great because it alerts you about apps using top many resources.
New users and sales people tend to assume android uses ram like a computer does; the more free ram the beter. Android keeps certain apps available in ram so that its faster to open it you when needed. If the system requires more ram to function it will remove unused apps from memory.
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Thanks for the watchdog recommendation. I checked out the app in the market place and it looks pretty cool. So you guys use no app killers at all?
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i've with and without task killer, i always get longer battery life with, and have never had any issue's with using it.
No app killers period for me.
i'm new to android. on IOS there is a cydia app called "backgrounder". i loved it because it let me redefine multitasking rules for certain programs. for example, for most programs, i made it so that the OS kills the program anytime i exit using the home button. now is there such a program for android that would let em do this? i don't want to have to manually kill app everytime, i want to make the OS do it by itself for the programs i specify.
google searches say no, but i'm still optimistic so if anyone knows, please reply.
Android does a great job of managing running applications, there is no need to kill them. If you do the app will just have to reload your battery life would go down. Also the nexus 4 has 2gb of ram. That will easily handle multitasking
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I have a question. Why? This isn't an iPhone. You have 2 GB RAM. Let the OS do it's thing. If you're really worried about it, use an app like Auto Memory Manager to make the OS more agressive.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
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I have a question. Why? This isn't an iPhone. You have 2 GB RAM. Let the OS do it's thing. If you're really worried about it, use an app like Auto Memory Manager to make the OS more agressive.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
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not all apps in background are inactive though, some are actively running in the background and using resources/wasting battery life. i should not be worried about this?
You can do it straight on the phone under the development options in settings. You have to go into settings first and then phone info and tap on the build number until the tells you that you're a developer now. Then go into developer options and scroll down to apps. From there you can set it to do what you want.
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not all apps in background are inactive though, some are actively running in the background and using resources/wasting battery life. i should not be worried about this?
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Using more ram doesn't drain battery. Most multitasked apps that aren't services don't even waste battery since they are put into hibernate
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hey dude checkout gemini app manager lets u turnoff autorun on those background apps!
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Is anyone else experiencing high ram usage on their s4? I'm down to only about 450 mb of free memory. I barely have anything running, too.
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"Free ram is wasted ram" this is android not windows...you dont need to worry about low ram, amdroid handles ram difderntly than computers...and more efficiently. If the ram ever becomes too loaded to function smoothly android os will automatically clear the least ysed applications freeing up some ram.
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What's the best way to free the ram?
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Mohamed Khaled Mk said:
What's the best way to free the ram?
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Under settings, application manager...one of the tabs allows you to clear apps from ram
However there is no benefits on doing this...in fact only disadvantages. Clearing apps will jot improve overall device speed, it will however require those apps that were cleared to take longer to reopen as they are no longer stored in the ram.
If a specific app is slow or not running as it usually does than it may be wise to force stop it under settings application manager
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Facebook beta 3.6 is giving me a low memory error sporadically.
Alright, I gotchu. Thanks, I'm new to this whole android, rooting, and flashing business haha
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