I updated today to Froyo on my Droid X and now everytime I use advanced task killer to close the browser and reopen it, it does not open to my default google homepage, but instead opens the last webpage I was viewing. Any way to fix?
Uninstall task killer. You don't need it. I used it @ first & I don't see any batt. life improvement. The Android OS is smart, it auto closes what it doesn't need. Task Killer makes the OS continually restart the processes it needs that task killer keeps stopping. Hope that helps some.
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Task killers are still useful for manually force closing apps that aren't working properly or are causing problems. Just don't set them to autokill. And despite rumors I've heard about Froyo disabling task killers, my ATK still works fine after the 2.2 OTA update.
kizer8 said:
I updated today to Froyo on my Droid X and now everytime I use advanced task killer to close the browser and reopen it, it does not open to my default google homepage, but instead opens the last webpage I was viewing. Any way to fix?
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This has always been my "default" experience. This is the behavior i am used to as well. If I want my homepage I have to manually go there. So I would be interested to know if there were some sort of setting to accomplish this.
Btw- I have never used a task killer on my DX. I started NOT using one just as an experiment. Coming from WinMo it was very difficult at first to "minimize" every running app with out really "Xing" it out. But I am used to it now and I just let Android handle it. If I absolutely need to - I can just reset my phone. With WinMo I used to HAVE to do that 10X a day (literally)- so yeah - just thought I would throw that in there.
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Anyone noticing apps are auto starting? When I go into task manager, there are bunch of apps running that I did not launch. I kill them and then they start again.
bigbuffalo said:
Anyone noticing apps are auto starting? When I go into task manager, there are bunch of apps running that I did not launch. I kill them and then they start again.
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Yeah i have noticed as well, seemingly random apps opening up, can have 50+ apps/processes running
Yep me too. As I mentioned in another thread, most of the apps don't really have any need to be opening themselves.
that's a problem come with android, not only for i9000 also other android phones
Yes it's with Android and once we have root we can disable them with the application called
Autostarts
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts
for now, I just use ATK and set it to kill apps every time the screen goes dark.
we have rooted galaxy s already
Now that my phone is rooted, what process are safe to kill? Anyone have any ideas.
Hello,
Not sure if this is possible in Android but, can you kill/exit for good an android app?
I keep using Adv Task Killer but the damn apps keep on restarting after killed...can anyone advise? Its driving me nuts! I liked that tweak in winmo where you long press x and the program is gone for good.
Thanks for enlightening me!
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No one knows the solution?
Startup Auditor
I donwnloaded a program called Startup Auditor from the market. It will allow you to disable a program on startup and keep it diabled.
I also deleted the Footprints app (useless) by getting the root explorer app (costs money) that will allow you to delete the app. This is the only explorer I have found that will let you uninstall pre-installed apps.
**BE CAREFUL** removing some apps like Friendstream, mail, messages, etc could mess up your phone, because they are tied into the system.
Google it thats how I figured it out.
Search in market for developer "Gpc". They have a tool called SuperManager for free with great functions such as Root Explorer. In market you will find it with a desktopsymbol icon and japanese letters! no worrys.. whole app can be set to english :d Second entry i think if you search for Gpc. No need to pay for rootexplorer root/data/app/ think there are the apps like footprints you want to deinstall/delete
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digitalhater said:
Hello,
Not sure if this is possible in Android but, can you kill/exit for good an android app?
I keep using Adv Task Killer but the damn apps keep on restarting after killed...can anyone advise? Its driving me nuts! I liked that tweak in winmo where you long press x and the program is gone for good.
Thanks for enlightening me!
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This always happens, the easiest way to do it is just to go the manage application in the settings and force the close, the app should not restart after this regardless what the task killer says. Some apps will restart too if you have background data on within the background.
Hope this helps.
I use autostarts. Its capable of stopping the app from loading during boot, and you can block recurring starts through the options. Easy to use. Click on app then disable. It will boot if you run the app, but will not autorun on startup.
You should NOT USE any app killers the are bad for the battery and the memory dont even install them. Next time you update or change your build leave the app killers out like the DEV intended or they would have added 1 for you
Stop looking at the running apps list. Problem solved. If them sitting in that list worries you then uninstall the app. Android isn't winmo, having apps sitting in that list is nothing to worry about.
I have Skyraider 2.5.2 with Advanced Task Killer installed. I use the Advanced Task Killer widget on my homescreen for quick task killing. However, ever since I rooted and installed leaked roms, apps like The Weather Channel, Google Maps and Sykpe Mobile keep coming back after being killed. I don't even run those apps that much. I've played with Task Killer setting and still cannot get the apps to stay dead. Any suggestions for getting rid of zombie apps?
If you don't use them,, uninstall them
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That would make sense, however I like to have the weather channel app on occasion and the Google Maps I use frequently. It just starts running even if I have not used it in a while.
I use taskpanel and it does a pretty a good job.
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android does a good job at handling tasks auto, I don't use a task killer par say, but I do have astro, and will occasionally kill certain apps when I know I won't be using them, say market if I know I wont be using it for hours.
The reason they keep starting back up is because either an app you are running uses them, or an event has changed on your phone.
Events include:
Booting.
Market installs
Location changes
Uninstalls
Enabling BT/wifi
Phone calls
data syncing
You would do well to purchase autostarts from the market to see how to control this, and learn more about the OS in the process.
I had a similar issue, if you can uninstall the app and reinstall from the market. This should solve the autostart problem
Hi,
I have installed Free Advanced Task Killer and i made a shortcut on my homescreen.
Coming from a G1, the task killer was a necessity. But on the G2, its fast so need need to keep killing apps.. however in the interest of saving battery life, I installed it.
I constantly kill between 12-20apps.
What about u guys?
nickbunyun said:
Hi,
I have installed Free Advanced Task Killer and i made a shortcut on my homescreen.
Coming from a G1, the task killer was a necessity. But on the G2, its fast so need need to keep killing apps.. however in the interest of saving battery life, I installed it.
I constantly kill between 12-20apps.
What about u guys?
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do not use task killers. you will hurt your performance. use an app like autostarts to stop on boot and kill/disable any services after identifying them in the running services tool in settings.
Your not suppose to use a task killer. Android 2.2 has a built in task killer. Your just killing your battery even faster.
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do not use task killers. you will hurt your performance. use an app like autostarts to stop on boot and kill/disable any services after identifying them in the running services tool in settings.
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Do you recommend any?
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I'm killing no apps. With how Android 2.2 works, "killing" the app only restarts it. In a sense, you want to keep your apps running so when you do call them up again, they respond faster, much like a cache. By "killling" it, you reset the service and takes longer to start back up because it's fresh. Froyo will automatically kill apps that are idling if it doesn't have enough resources to put through a requested task.
The only thing related to that that I'm using is WatchDog Lite, and that only informs me of what's being used and alerts me if an app is acting abnormal (I.e using up a lot of CPU on non-normal standards)
Besides, the G2 has a lot of processing power and RAM to be using, so I wouldn't be so conservative about it. It knows what its doing.
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Try autokiller from the market, that way the core android taskilling system will be more aggressive.
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Killing 0 apps
I have used Taskiller since the G1 on Android 1.0 and there is simply no need for it on the G2. Really there is no need for a task killer on most phones on 2.1 or 2.2. I did use Taskiller to kill applications that I did not use ( Tmoile my Account, stocks, etc) on the Mytouch Slide. I only closed those apps after a fresh boot and then let the phone handle app management from there. With the G2 running a clean Vanilla android build I don't see the need. I had Taskiller installed originally when I first got the G2 but uninstalled it since I was not using it.
i had a task killer when i first got the phone but delete it after i noticed that instead of killing the apps i was actually killing my battery!
Is there a solution to this yet? Either from the system itself or from downloading or sideloading a specific app to close them?
This is still Android so there should be something to force close apps like our phones.
I agree, I force closed each app individually, helped speed things up a bit.
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I wish there was as well. Only thing you can do currently is go into Apps and manually Force Stop the apps, which is too much of a pain. Really stupid.
wouldn't greenify achieve that? I haven't tried to install it on the shield, but I assume it would sideload fine. just add all the apps that you commonly find yourself force closing to your greenify list, then you should be able to just open greenify and hibernate them all at once.
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I wish there was as well. Only thing you can do currently is go into Apps and manually Force Stop the apps, which is too much of a pain. Really stupid.
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It's not possible to limit the number of apps running in background in the developper menu?
You can download a task manager and killer.
You just need to side load it.
Im personally using this which i can confirm working on full android with airmouse controller
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
The app has native "force close" option, which you can use on any currently opened app, and, for those interested, has tasker support, i.e. initiate tasks anywhere
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"force close" option is listed as "ka". Ka = kill app
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Im using lmt version 2.5 on full android marshmellow, although i can confirm that it worked on full lollipop too