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Apps keep on restarting constantly after killing them ...
Hi all,
I recently got myself a SGS2 and I've been fiddling around with getting a longer battery life. Tried a few things and now I'm playing with advanced task killer. I'm left with a few questions though ...
Every time I check the list of running apps (in ATK) I notice apps running such as : Gallery, FM radio, Google search, and even the market. Why would the Gallery or radio app need to be running ? It doesn't make sense ...
Even more weird is that when I kill them and they are gone from the list, they keep on restarting and upon opening the ATK list again, they are back ... Anyone know why that is ? I mean, automatically killing these things after they keep restarting time and time again will use mare battery than just leaving them ...
Why would apps such as radio, gallery and so on keep restarting after killing them ? Can anyone clarify this android behavior to me ?
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Remove task killer. Killing tasks actually decreases battery life. This has been discussed many times before and you will see several discussions regarding this thread. Basically uninstall ATK and ignore running apps.
Android is designed to keep running services that are required to be running due to interconnected dependencies.
read the links, and you will see your explanations. Just to cut the entire story short, don't bother with task killers, they reduce battery life and reduce performance.
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Seriously, we need a sticky for this. This the most common question here.
+1. But then the answer could also have been found with the most basic of Google searches so I don't hold out much hope of people reading a 'sticky' either ....
+1. But then the answer could also have been found with the most basic of Google searches so I don't hold out much hope of people reading a 'sticky' either ....
Dave
You're right about that. It is human nature for many people (me included) to ask about something before taking time to search around, and that's fine because we're a community here and one-on-one interaction is what communities are all about.
The stickies and search feature here are a great addition to the place, but there's nothing like making friends by asking for and providing help.
You're right about that. It is human nature for many people (me included) to ask about something before taking time to search around, and that's fine because we're a community here and one-on-one interaction is what communities are all about.
The stickies and search feature here are a great addition to the place, but there's nothing like making friends by asking for and providing help.
I can honestly say that is the first time I've heard someone say that. I agree with this 100% but everyone (until now) has always flamed people for asking questions that are either (1) stickied or (2) have been asked 100's of times and can be found by searching.
I thank you for saying that its okay to ask questions.
You, my friend, get a cookie
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You're right about that. It is human nature for many people (me included) to ask about something before taking time to search around, and that's fine because we're a community here and one-on-one interaction is what communities are all about.
Actually, I did some google searches on the subject before asking the question. I also watched some ATK reviews on youtube ... They didn't answer my question ...
Atually, some of the questions in my post weren't answered here also, since the replies moved off-topic
So, anyone know why the gallery and fm radio apps are running in the back ? And yes ... I googled that as well (though I don't have time to search 20 page results, but I hope I'll be forgiven for that ) ...
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Gallery is linked to several other apps (Facebook, Twitter etc) that have background processes. As for FM radio I have no idea, as its not one of my running services ever, but it could be you have an app with a background service related to that.
As for the sticky, I mean we'd have an easier way to just link them to that, as long as the sticky is very comprehensive. LOL.
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Remove task killer. Killing tasks actually decreases battery life. This has been discussed many times before and you will see several discussions regarding this thread. Basically uninstall ATK and ignore running apps.
Android is designed to keep running services that are required to be running due to interconnected dependencies.
read the links, and you will see your explanations. Just to cut the entire story short, don't bother with task killers, they reduce battery life and reduce performance.
Is the same said for the widget task killer on the epic tough 4g?
Apps keep on restarting constantly after killing them ...
