The Galaxy Task Manager

[franhound]

Okay, I understand that task killers do more harm than good. But TouchWiz has their built in one. And I'm just wondering. Is this built in task manager/killer any different from third party ones? Does it work differently, and does it actually make any benefits? Samsung owners out there, I beg knowledge from your experiences. The phone I'm using is a Galaxy Win, also known as the Galaxy Grand Quattro.

 

[funkylogik]

I think that will do exactly the same as a 3rd party one mate. The worst kind of task killers are the automated ones though. Theyre completely pointless.
I dont know why samsung included that. Maybe they thought users wanted it The only time i use a task killer is before running a benchmark and i have the same RAM as you.
Its not a thing you should need to use much

 

[Shocky]

I like the task manager as it gives me control and useful information, also being able to kill all tasks instead of tediously swiping away at each of them is nice.

 

[Crashdamage]

You should never need to use it. Samsung should not have included the thing.

 

[Shocky]

You should never need to use it. Samsung should not have included the thing.

I've needed to use it numerous times to close apps that are not responding so can't agree with you there.

If you could guarantee all apps on the play store were bug free then id agree with you.

 

[funkylogik]

Good point man although its very rare that i have to do that

 

[Crashdamage]

Android by default includes a task manager for the very rare instance of an app that is malfunctioning so badly that it will not close by swiping it away. I haven't use it for probably a couple of years. Any kind of 3rd party task manager is just totally unnecessary.

The RAM manager the OP shows a screenshot of should never, ever be needed. Including such stuff just tempts people to use them and causes confusion.

 

[Shocky]

Android by default includes a task manager for the very rare instance of an app that is malfunctioning so badly that it will not close by swiping it away. I haven't use it for probably a couple of years. Any kind of 3rd party task manager is just totally unnecessary.

The RAM manager the OP shows a screenshot of should never, ever be needed. Including such stuff just tempts people to use them and causes confusion.

The stock manager includes recently used apps, the Samsung task manager includes only active apps.

If I glanced at the stock task manager I wouldn't know if an application was still running or not.

I agree the clear memory option isn't really needed, I don't think I've ever needed to use that.

 

[Crashdamage]

Settings > Apps > Running. Shows only active apps and processes.

 

[Shocky]

Settings > Apps > Running. Shows only active apps and processes.

But that shows all running apps including system and startup apps running in the background, that's not very user friendly.

The Samsung task manager excludes them and is available at the press of a button.

Personally I think Google should change the recently used apps menu to show only active apps, or maybe add on option in settings so the user can select what they want to see there.

 

[franhound]

Okay, I'll take all your advice and not click on that "Clear memory" button. But how do I prevent the RAM from getting that crowded? It's just fine when fresh from a reboot, but gets more than 90% full eventually through time, despite the list being the same.

If an app is causing this problem, how can I track down that app?

 

[Crashdamage]

High RAM usage is both normal and desirable. In Android/Linux unused RAM is wasted RAM. Recent versions of Windows have finally seen the wisdom in this and adopted similar RAM handling.

IOW - don't worry about RAM. Relax and enjoy your phone.

 

[franhound]

High RAM usage is both normal and desirable. In Android/Linux unused RAM is wasted RAM. Recent versions of Windows have finally seen the wisdom in this and adopted similar RAM handling.

IOW - don't worry about RAM. Relax and enjoy your phone.

Okay, thanks for the advice.

Just another question. What's your experience on services that look like this? The one with the "restarting" dialog.

Does it drain the battery? Does it flood on the CPU? If it does, what can I do about it? Either prevention or cure would be appreciated.

 

[Crashdamage]

Offhand, I don't know why the task manager is listed as 'Restarting'. Maybe because you're using it? But I wouldn't worry unless it shows it's causing a high drain in Settings > Battery.

 

[franhound]

No, I am not using it. But, okay, I'll monitor it on the "Battery" section in settings.