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Closing open applications

Is there any special way to close an application that you are in, or does tapping the home button close it? I want to make sure that I am not using up processor with crap I'm not even using at the time.

To close apps you would need to download a task manager from Market. The way Android is meant to behave is that it leaves apps open until another apps needs it's memory and then it automatically closes other background apps.

I downloaded Advanced Task Killer. Any pros or cons to this app or is there one better?

EVOKeith said:
I downloaded Advanced Task Killer. Any pros or cons to this app or is there one better?
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That's what I use and it works well for me. As you can choose which apps to leave open and which ones to kill. And it remembers so you don't have to select everytime.
Is there a better one? Maybe, but that one works well, is simple, quick, and easy to use.

Here is why you DON'T NEED a task manager..... do yourself a favor and read..
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html

Thanks for the help guys. I appreciate it.

JustinLoe said:
Here is why you DON'T NEED a task manager..... do yourself a favor and read..
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Wow... that actually makes a ton of sense. Thanks for this.
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I'll double confirm that YOU DO NOT NEED a task manager (unless u need to kill a crashing app if u dont wanna reboot)..
That's how Android is, "background running" apps do not affect phone's performance, cuz they're not really "running" in the background.
Some apps (like Dolphin HD browser) have EXIT/CLOSE button when u press menu

Also hitting back instead of home will usually "close" the app
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nippy!
JustinLoe said:
Here is why you DON'T NEED a task manager..... do yourself a favor and read..
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
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I couldn't help myself, I wasn't trying to notice it, but it must have been a bit nippy out!
Update: After actually reading the article and a related one linked at the bottom
http://androinica.com/2010/05/07/go...-imply-task-killermanager-apps-are-pointless/
The Android Market has dozens, possibly hundreds, of task killer apps all vying for attention. I’m sure some people may argue that there’s some short-term value to these apps; however, it appears that task killers are not necessary and in some cases do more harm than good. An additional 20 minutes of use or short bursts of freed RAM can be great, but users shouldn’t compromise experience and overall health of their device for that extra time.
Let me be clear in stating that apps like Advance Task Manager or TaskOS have great virtues like batch uninstall and app switching that many people can still benefit from using. With that said, it seems that constantly killing tasks, apps, and processes is not in the best interest of your phone. Android already has the natural ability to do this effectively, so let the phone do its job.
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JustinLoe said:
Here is why you DON'T NEED a task manager..... do yourself a favor and read..
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
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Good read. It reinforced my belief that I don't need to manage tasks myself.

How many apps should I have,to stop slowness?

I have only had the phone a few days and having installed about 10apps the performance of the phone has slowed a lot.i have task killer installed and making sure I'm shutting down most apps when not in use, But everything has slowed since I installed the last fm app
Is there a directory where temp files are stored?
Any help would be great!

Chances are pretty high that you have the same problem as I did, that one of the apps are slowing it down in some manner. You could also replace the TwLauncher (Samsungs ****ty home app) with something like Launcher Pro, which is my recommendation. Just doing that will garner you some performance help.

I already useG launcher pro, but I just restarted my phne and its sped up again.and my ram has increased also.I'm confused

Flash your phone with the modaco Rom and run the lag fix script. This is a temporary problem and a temporary fix. Samsung will fix it soon. They know about it but the phone was rushed out. Needs upgrading that's all. Mine runs very smoothly.
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So everyone s been having same problem? So this is looking to be fixed in android 2.2

alpystar said:
So everyone s been having same problem? So this is looking to be fixed in android 2.2
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Doesn't look like an Android problem, but a phone specific so you need to rely on a fix from Samsung.

As mentioned above, nothing to do with Android ~ just bad coding on the part of software Apps installed.
What I have done and recommended to many is to get hold of the App 'SystemPanel'.
There are two versions available on The Market ~ SystemPanel Lite (Free) & SystemPanel App (Paid).
Try the Lite version first. It will firstly allow you to see exactly which application is hogging your system/taking memory/using battery performance/etc./etc.
It has detailed graphs/plots and about everything but the kitchen sink added to aid you in finding what is going on.
On top of that it also has the most detailed selection process of closing down Apps.
I purchased it almost immediately and know many others who have followed suit.
I don't get any further performance issues ~ period.

I have 150 apps, and yes there is slowness, i am also using minfreemanager on aggressive setting and this makes a HUGE difference.
Not sure what google can do about bad coding, is there a way to figure out which apps can cause slowness?

kirandeep said:
I have 150 apps, and yes there is slowness, i am also using minfreemanager on aggressive setting and this makes a HUGE difference.
Not sure what google can do about bad coding, is there a way to figure out which apps can cause slowness?
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Yes... read my post I made just above yours.

so i should use SystemPanel Lite rather then task killer?
im noticing a massive slowness after everytime i use last fm music strem :-s

ryukent said:
Flash your phone with the modaco Rom and run the lag fix script. This is a temporary problem and a temporary fix. Samsung will fix it soon. They know about it but the phone was rushed out. Needs upgrading that's all. Mine runs very smoothly.
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I read somewhere that the lag fix will recreate the problem of Android, which is low space to install apps!!
Is that right?

alpystar said:
so i should use SystemPanel Lite rather then task killer?
im noticing a massive slowness after everytime i use last fm music strem :-s
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If you really want to find out what is slowing down your system then yes, use SystemPanel.
I can't remember what the difference is between the Lite & Full version.
All I know is I found it looked that good I get the Full version and have not looked back since.
The Lite version will give you some indication what the program does but please check what you get extra in the Full version.

Help. ADW launcher

hello friends. ive been using adw launcher fr a while... didnt had any issues b4 bt now... whenever i press the home button, adw launcher restarts and all the widgets hav to b loaded again. its ok if it happens like once in 2 days but it happens like almost everytime i press it... nd im really irritated with it.
jus in case u wana knw, im using Estrongs task manager.
waiting fr ur replies. thanks.

did you set ADW to replace default one?

my problem is when i hold the home key (to switch between recent apps) i have to set adw as default again ... and i experience a lot of crashes - mostly when i go back from an app to my home screen .... for me the new version is unusable now

Yes yes. I have.
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go to market and download home swicher this is an application to chosse the action for home button and u can change this action as u want

momerbk said:
im using Estrongs task manager.
waiting fr ur replies. thanks.
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Try uninstalling that and see how you get on.

XperiaX10iUser said:
Try uninstalling that and see how you get on.
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okay.. bt then which task manager should i use? which one gives me the max ram and cpu pfftt i mean which one is the best with which my x10i will run smoothly
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None of them. My advice is not to use them.

Zenghelis said:
None of them. My advice is not to use them.
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but then the phone gets too laggy... esp if ure using a launcher and not a task manager

momerbk said:
okay.. bt then which task manager should i use?
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I use Advanced Task Killer (free version) and works pretty well on my phone. Some people say not to use one but have yet to see any evidence of why not to other than peoples opinions, so it's up to you whether or not you want to use one.

momerbk said:
but then the phone gets too laggy... esp if ure using a launcher and not a task manager
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Mine works much better without task killers. No lags at all... And i tried many of them. It´s just my opinion, dude. You can find many threads about this to get your own: to use or not task killers.
regards
edit: And I use ADW (last update) and 026 firm non rooted. No task killer. No startup manager. And everything is just fine.

Zenghelis said:
Mine works much better without task killers. No lags at all... And i tried many of them. It´s just my opinion, dude. You can find many threads about this to get your own: to use or not task killers.
regards
edit: And I use ADW (last update) and 026 firm non rooted. No task killer. No startup manager. And everything is just fine.
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XperiaX10iUser said:
I use Advanced Task Killer (free version) and works pretty well on my phone. Some people say not to use one but have yet to see any evidence of why not to other than peoples opinions, so it's up to you whether or not you want to use one.
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ohk. ill try to do both things... thanks a lot for the help! =)

I don't feel like writing out the full reason for why not to use a task killer.
Luckily for me, this link explains it nicely.
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
Once you give it a read, you can google around and you will find other sources which give you the same info in a bit more detail.
As for the widget problem? I have yet to experience it unless I am changing a setting on ADW (pretty much any changed setting under ADW settings will result in my widgets reloading). However, I never experience it other than that. I imagine the task killer is your problem.
Good luck!

Again, it is an opinion, but without ATK, I would not be able to fully use ADW. You can explain the logic about why one should or should not use a task killer. My own personal experience shows that my battery and phone performs better with the free version of ATK.
[Note: the link to the geekfor.me as posted by ^^ says that Android automatically kills tasks when more memory is needed. NOT true with the X10. That is why the phone re-starts from time to time. SE's own support site list this as an issue. Once I have started using ATK, my phone does not re-starts by itself anymore].

Terul said:
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
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"Android is hard coded to automatically kill a task when it’s done doing what it needs to do."
So why then does it leave tasks running when you close them, for example, if I use Meridian then close it, the app will still show in the ATK list, and remains there until I shut it down. When you boot the phone, it loads a few apps, that would remain there unless I use ATK. The first reply to the article sums up the experience of a lot of users.

visitador02 said:
Again, it is an opinion, but without ATK, I would not be able to fully use ADW. You can explain the logic about why one should or should not use a task killer. My own personal experience shows that my battery and phone performs better with the free version of ATK.
[Note: the link to the geekfor.me as posted by ^^ says that Android automatically kills tasks when more memory is needed. NOT true with the X10. That is why the phone re-starts from time to time. SE's own support site list this as an issue. Once I have started using ATK, my phone does not re-starts by itself anymore].
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Mine has never re-started itself without task killer.

I use Advanced Task Manager since I started using X10 with ADW Launcher. It was all fine at the begining. Then I reinstalled software and restored aplications (without settings) and started experience the same problem as OP. So I have changed some settings in ADW, especially paying attention to System Preferences and UI settings. I don't know excatly what I have changed but I do NOT experience any problems with ADW "restarting" after that. So in my opinion this problem is down to setting ADW properly, only.

My ADW was experiencing that as well and I enabled ADW Settings > System Preferences > System persistent
This seemed to fix it for me.

ATK and similar apps are a personal choice, I used ATK until late June but since uninstalled the phone had run smoother. But then, it's rooted and overclocked...
ADW is probably the best home, openhome and panda have issues and xxx too crashes too often
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Reeonimus said:
My ADW was experiencing that as well and I enabled ADW Settings > System Preferences > System persistent
This seemed to fix it for me.
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thx to the new version you cant use persistent mode with orientation in landscape(or sensor mode) - i dont get why ...

[Q] Contacts app running in background

Contact app is always in the background after use, even though you close your app. Does anyone have a solution for this?
Could close only with task manager. Have other use same problem with contact app. Already installed different ROM's but always same.
Thanks a lot in advance

And whats the problem? Android supports multi-tasking and when it needs more memory, it makes it itself. Or if it matters you can close it with task manager included in FroYo

That's just an annoying thing for me.

sakirayt said:
That's just an annoying thing for me.
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Ok, so you can use froyo task manager. In my view, its the only task manager good for android system(others are ruining the running of the system)

Or try Go Launcher it has a really good task manager included

same problem for me also.....any solutions ????? i have tried various stock and custom ROMS...but nothing happened....

Increasing app priority

Hello everyone.
I tried to use search to see if there's already been such a question, but came up empty.
I often use the stopwatch app on my Galaxy S, but the problem is, as soon as I open an app or two, the Android system kills the stopwatch process to free memory for new apps (my guess), eventhough stopwatch is still running. It happens regardless of how I exit the stopwatch, via the home button, back button, hold home and select an other app...
Is there a way to somehow increase the priority of the clock app so that the system doesn't kill it whenever it wants?
I use DarkyROM 10.3 based on JVR, but this is happening on any Gingerbread ROM I use, I tried several different kernels (currently using Semaphore 1.6.0bm BigMem version).

say thanks to all mem scripts that was used in your tkeme/rom/kernel =)

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say thanks to all mem scripts that was used in your tkeme/rom/kernel =)
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You see, I forgot to mention that I deleted all RAM hacks and scripts.

you mean the system timer app? hehe

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you mean the system timer app? hehe
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I mean the clock app, as I have stated in the OP.

you cant make it bulletproof just like that you could try making whole group of apps bulletproof but that would make system unstable

$omator said:
you cant make it bulletproof just like that you could try making whole group of apps bulletproof but that would make system unstable
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I remember seeing an app that could do what I wanted though it couldn't save the settings.
Since I installed Semaphore 1.6.0 bigmem it all looks a bit better, will have to test it more extensively though.

yup think there is some app that can prevent app from killing, cant help tho gl

Go Launcher has the ability to "lock" an app, which prevents it from being killed. Not aware of an app that does the same.

1 minute in google mate
Auto Memory Manager

$omator said:
1 minute in google mate
Auto Memory Manager
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Tried it, doesn't work.

what did you seted there?

you can play with supercharger then -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276

$omator said:
what did you seted there?
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Whatever I set it reverts it back to the default value (7).
Supercharger... thanks, but I think I'll pass and just leave it as is, I guess there is no proper solution.

mate, you will like this app
Hybrid Stopwatch and Timer

Have no need for it, I flashed stratosk's Semaphore kernel with bigmem enabled, seems to work okay for now.
Will report back though.

USE Supercharger and your problem will be solved

+1 for SuperCharger!