When I open taskkiller I am finding a long list of apps that I don't use in the list... like the nongmail email app, shopsavvy, corporate calendar, ect.
When I open taskkiller I am finding a long list of apps that I don't use in the list... like the nongmail email app, shopsavvy, corporate calendar, ect.
so why isn't Android 2.0 closing all these programs I NEVER use to make room for the ones am? I have to do it manually. any advice?
Good to see this response (if it's correct). I am one of the OCD guys using task killer like a wild man b/c it bothers me seeing 5-10 programs taking up memory. I will go a while without using it to test your theory. Btw, I'm not saying your wrong...I'm just used to Windows way of doing things.
any thoughts? when I kill the apps it speeds up, so I keep ATK on the phone and use it as needed although I am not OCD about it.
The guy at the verizon store told me my phone was crashing because to many apps were running. I tried to tell him he was wrong but he didn't want to hear it... I think I just need to call verizon and tell them I need a new phone...
The verizon guy told me this as well! Idiots. He said, and I quote, "Android can't run more than 5 apps at a time without rebooting". I said "I don't think that's true at all", and he said "it's currently an issue Motorola needs to resolve". It's one thing to be uncertain with a new OS, but it's another to positively assert something that is completely false.
I took my phone in because it would randomly reboot about once a day. That was a week ago, and it's still doing it (they wouldn't replace it). If it IS in fact being caused by an app I have installed, I need to narrow it down soon, before my 30 days are up.
Good god...how long is it going to take before this moronic explanation of "Linux keeps stuff in memory" goes away? Every thread like this has some idiot who insists on it but never has any proof. No, you don't need to kill everything, but there are a lot of very poorly coded apps for our Android systems...and it's a very bad idea to just assume they all don't hurt you when running in the background.
And in my other posts, referenced my research so people could make their own decisions.unfortunately that's been my experience as well - while logically i agree with the above posts i referenced, and in most cases they seem to be right, i'm experiencing the same as you with certain apps....so, yeah, while i'm an advocate of trying not to use ATK/ATM whenever possible - there are definitely times when i find it's necessary - to the point where my apps organizer folders on my home screen won't open, until i use ATM to kill all open apps, and then my apps organizer folder will open with no problems.
you're the one making the obnoxiously absurd claim that we can run everything in the background because Android is Linux.
i'm hoping it is correct, anecdotally i know it seems to be working for me, but i can't say with certainty that it's right...what i can say is that, it's information compiled from multiple other threads
You've CLEARLY never used Linux, and you clearly have no idea what causes the lag. I don't have to have designed the phone to have more than basic knowledge of how an operating system works, especially one I've used for more than a decade.
Most of the time we have no problem with that for things like automatic updates, but there are tons of poorly coded apps that do unnecessary status checks while not in the foreground that do nothing more than drain the battery.
unfortunately that's been my experience as well - while logically i agree with the above posts i referenced, and in most cases they seem to be right, i'm experiencing the same as you with certain apps. i'd say it's poor app developers writing buggy code that doesn't allow proper memory releases or garbage collection
I'm asking you to use common sense.
You can't claim Task Killer apps don't help if you apply the smallest amount of common sense. Adding on the claim that they actually hurt things because they're causing lag is not only stupid, but it's completely at odds with your hypothesis
Now you seriously want to claim that it's a popularity contest? Mass stupidity grown from an incorrect claim somehow dictates fact and fiction?
How old are you anyway?
Don't ask me for research, because there's nothing to research!
This is how operating systems work! They don't "pause" applications!
remember when i said that? of course you don't. your reading comprehension seems to be in line with Telexen's.unfortunately that's been my experience as well - while logically i agree with the above posts i referenced, and in most cases they seem to be right, i'm experiencing the same as you with certain apps....so, yeah, while i'm an advocate of trying not to use ATK/ATM whenever possible - there are definitely times when i find it's necessary
yes, i agree. i like control. which is why i said from the start, here's the THEORY behind linux/android OS, and here's MY EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE (notice i still have ATM installed AND use it and mention that multiple times)We need a manual way to clean up memory....
did you even bother reading this post? i doubt it. but i sure as hell believe that person knows what they're talking about more than some kid who comes in yelling about how everyone's an idiot and not actually backing it up with any kind of worthwhile information.
yes, i agree. i like control. which is why i said from the start, here's the THEORY behind linux/android OS, and here's MY EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE (notice i still have ATM installed AND use it and mention that multiple times)
Well let me clarify my position Chef, I read the entirety of all your post's and agreed with pretty much everything you had to say. The thing that made me look upon your post as childish is how you responded to him. Instead of simply overlooking his minor insults/comments that may or may not of been directed at you and avoiding a flame war you proceeded to add more fuel to the fire by breaking down each and every segment of his post with your own sarcastic comments and insults. It just seems childish to turn something so petty into a huge ordeal, especially when you both basically agree on the same things...
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