how to stop apps opening on their own (rooted)

jplamb · January 11th, 2011, 01:33 PM

Apps keep opening on their own. From other comments on the forum it is not possible to stop them opening. Is this different. For rooted phones? Thank you!

AndroidSPCS · January 11th, 2011, 01:41 PM

What apps do you wish to prevent from starting up?

jplamb · January 11th, 2011, 02:25 PM

currently running but not opened by me at the moment are

Facebook
Voice search
goggles
Liveware manager
news and weather

none of which i have used since the phone was turned on and i have used a task killer but they keep coming back

I have start up program that stops programs from starting up when the phone is turned on but they only start after it has been running a little bit.

~~sitlet~~ · January 11th, 2011, 03:12 PM

They are not running. They are just cached. And you do not need a task killer. Every time you kill the apps, they will just load back up and use more battery. Just let Android do its thing.

wayrad · January 11th, 2011, 03:27 PM

If you are rooted, there are several ways to avoid the annoyance of seeing them. Probably the easiest is to freeze them using Titanium Backup.

jplamb · January 11th, 2011, 03:47 PM

I will have a look at titanium back up.

they are using ram which slows apps down, when i use the task killer the ram frees up and apps run better

wayrad · January 11th, 2011, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jplamb

I will have a look at titanium back up.

they are using ram which slows apps down, when i use the task killer the ram frees up and apps run better

Not so. Apps cached in memory do not use CPU cycles or battery power, except for the tiny amount required to load them into memory. Of course, if you use a task killer to constantly kill them, forcing them to constantly reload...well, those tiny bits will mount up amazingly.

In the atypical case that you truly have a runaway app that is eating battery because it is poorly coded, you should identify it with something like System Panel, and then delete it.

Wuud52 · December 12th, 2011, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wayrad

Not so. Apps cached in memory do not use CPU cycles or battery power, except for the tiny amount required to load them into memory. Of course, if you use a task killer to constantly kill them, forcing them to constantly reload...well, those tiny bits will mount up amazingly.

In the atypical case that you truly have a runaway app that is eating battery because it is poorly coded, you should identify it with something like System Panel, and then delete it.

You simply stated what you already know to be fact, and never addressed the concern of the poster. Here it is again.

The running apps use up RAM. Not CPU Cycles or battery power as you stated, but RAM. When we kill the running apps, memory is freed up and the app I am trying to run works better or just works. For example, if too much RAM is used up with these background apps, then Netflix has problems and lags or does not run. When I do task killer and free up 200+ MB of RAM, Netflix runs flawlessly. How do we stop apps like Contract Killer, etc. from running when we are not trying to use them? is the question.

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