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What good are these @%@# app killers?

elchip

Newbie
Nov 11, 2009
30
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It seems to me that all of these much-touted app killing programs are pretty much worthless. I kill all sorts of stuff I never even opened, and 5 minutes later, it's back again. I'm probably expending more power killing programs than I would if I just let the phone sit idle.

Am I mistaken? What good are the app killing programs if the programs keep coming back?

I'm starting to wonder if the hyped "run multiple applications at once" bit is more of a drawback than anything...

Edit: Would there be any harm in removing the Footprints, Twitter, Gmail and Market programs that came with the phone that I don't use yet keep popping up?
 

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