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Help apps wont exit - need to end via task manager

You don't have to explicitly exit an Android app. When you no longer need it just press HOME and it will sit inactive in the background. If it remains inactive for a certain length of time the OS itself will end it, but remember that email and messaging clients (for example) have to monitor for incoming messages so they will maintain an active process thread to do so.

This different way of working takes some getting used to if you're not familiar with it, but soon becomes second nature. A good rule is, if there's an EXIT option in the app's menu use that. Otherwise just use HOME and let Android do the heavy lifting. :)
 
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