Or just keep them running in the multitasking tab?
I don't close out of apps that I frequently use as a matter of fact I lock those so I can use the close all button.
By habit I close all only once at night...
I always close them down unless I actively use them.
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Is there an app that can close selected apps when they are not being used, one thing I don't like is apps running in the background the having to go to the app just to close it with magic button or the right hard key.
on the treo apps close as soon as they are not on the screen.
thank you
Download this freeware...
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/inclosemobileexpressedition.shtml
whats wrong with magic button? it closes apps rarather minimise when you press top right button and you can close all runnings apps with ease. what else do you want it do do?
that said, i am actually looking for an alternative myself. although i love it, i do find that it tends to crash out pretty often. i am constantly restarting it. anyone else finding this?
i find that magic button will work fine until... you show the phone screen. it can't seem to close it correctly. it flicks it on an off several times and generally goes bonkers.
For a very minimal look, try VJOkButt.
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So with all this talk about Hero's ability to multitask I just wanted to ask how people leverage this ability.
Unless I'm missing something if I want to go from a browser session to my playing music app I have to go via the home screen. Similarly if I want to switch from say Google Maps to Google Mail then I need to go via the home screen and the app's icon.
This is no different to how the iPhone handles things except that the apps on the Hero continue to run in the background.
Am I missing some technique for 'TAB'ing' between running apps? Palm's Pre has got the 'cards' and the floaty shortcut menu thing.
To be honest if there is no ability to switch DIRECTLY to a running app from another running app then the whole multitasking thing is a bit pointless (Widgets not withstanding)
I'm new to Android so I'm hoping that I'm just missing something.
I have a G1 but if you hold down the home key you can switch between running apps and I imagine that works as well on the hero.
Also, you can use an app such as "task switcher" or "bar control" found in the android market to switch between applications without having to go through the home screen with a few more options than the home key thing.
HTH
Holding down the home key only displays 6 recently opened apps not ones that are running. Thats what it does on the Hero anyway. It also brings you back to the home screen and out of whatever app you were in when you held it down.
It seems that the Palm Pre is currently the only handset that truly enables multitasking app switching.
I'm somewhat disappointed in the Hero in this regard.
To be fair, the whole concept of multitasking doesn't really address in what way you would be switching from app to app. The major thing is the ability of the phone to keep two, three or ten apps running at the same time, doing their stuff in the background. This is what the iPhone doesn't have and Android does. This is the "competitive edge".
If you install "Advanced Task Manager", it will put itself in the notification drawer for two-click activation. I think I'd enable it, if there was a setting to make all apps behave this way. A sort of "show all running apps in the notification drawer" feature (or the apps I select).
Notice you can switch to all running apps from Advanced Task Manager, but that makes for a total of four clicks, moving from one app to another. It's a bit cumbersome.
Pressing and holding Home should IMHO bring up the recent apps list to allow switching WITHOUT returning Home first.
Maybe a bug or a bad decision UI wise.
@joemax
That would sort me out. Having it behave like that would be really useful.
Commantalb looked promising in the Market - very nice effect when bringing apps list up too
BUT, it cannot be envoked unless you press and hold HOME and then select Commantalb.
If it were a background process that changed the default HOME button behaviour - to launch itself, it would be very cool.
ShiroEd said:
To be honest if there is no ability to switch DIRECTLY to a running app from another running app then the whole multitasking thing is a bit pointless (Widgets not withstanding)
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Ok -here's a real world example.
I use MyTracks when out walking. Since the Hero can multitask, I can start MyTracks recording, then as I'm walking do anything else with my phone that I want and not be artificially limited to a select few apps. This is something that I do regularly.
From my perspective, the lack of a true task switcher is largely immaterial to me, but the fact that the apps are still running, even when not active, is.
Regards,
Dave
joemax said:
Pressing and holding Home should IMHO bring up the recent apps list to allow switching WITHOUT returning Home first.
Maybe a bug or a bad decision UI wise.
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I can happily report that this is exactly what it does with the new ROM. Yipee!!
It does indeed
Posted as such on another thread.
The new firmware is very good IMHO.
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I can happily report that this is exactly what it does with the new ROM. Yipee!!
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GOD ALLMIGHTY IN THE HEAVEN!!! THERE IS STILL A GOD!!!
I didn't know this untill now... and it god damn works... WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
We love you HTC...
Oh damn... a double post... :-(
No matter if I close the program out by hitting the 'X' at the upper right or pressing 'ok', my phone will still lag throughout like there is still programs open, which to my knowledge, when I go to task manager, I have like 15 task open, WHICH i thought I close. So why are they still running in the bg, if I closed them out? It's a constant problem always leaving a program because its chugging along to go to my task manager.
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No matter if I close the program out by hitting the 'X' at the upper right or pressing 'ok', my phone will still lag throughout like there is still programs open, which to my knowledge, when I go to task manager, I have like 15 task open, WHICH i thought I close. So why are they still running in the bg, if I closed them out? It's a constant problem always leaving a program because its chugging along to go to my task manager.
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"X" doesn't actually close the program, just minimizes it. In the past, HTC had a task manager that allowed you to select close apps upon pressing "X", but they removed that in the new "Sense". Do a search for Dutty's "HTC Task Manager."
Its windows, why cant I kill the apps running in my background. When I hit the back button all the way out of an app it takes me to the home screen, if I hit that app again later it takes me back to where I thought I had quit out of. When I use my computer I run one thing at a time, My android phone would exit all apps when I used its included task manager.
Sometimes the phone even gets laggy because of the amount of apps that are still running. Yes I turned everything off of the background apps settings, nothing should be running when I exit it.
I am new to windows phone, and doing a restart is the only way to set all apps back to the original pages.
Any help would be appreciated.
That is why i return the phone
Hold the back button down for <1sec and swipe apps away
even when i do that it re starts where i was, its a small annoyance but its nice learning a new OS
I believe that I am experiencing over aggressive app killing. I have noticed with a lot of browser tabs open, the OS seems to be killing swiftkey on me. It will frequently stop and restart mid sentence. I believe this happens when there is roughly 800 MB of RAM available or less. Does anyone know how to stop this?
Is anyone else using Swiftkey with this phone? Could there be a bug with Swiftkey and this phone?
Updated: turns out same thing is happening with Google keyboard, it closes and restarts so I think the OS is the problem
Updated: 12/19/2016
I've now noticed that the stock camera also gets shut off by the OS. I'll be taking several pictures or just trying to focus the camera and the screen (viewfinder) will just go completely dark for a second before coming back on. Strangely this issue does not occur with Open Camera.
did you try adding app to safe list?
Phone manager>Powersaving management>App protection.
disable it for the apps you want to keep in background.
You can also lock the app in recents menu, by swiping down.
Power saving management was already disabled, so nothing should be getting auto cleaned up. I'm not sure what's going on here.
Thanks for the other tip though about locking an app in the recents menu.
Is that different than what is discussed above?