Dear Devs, please don't force apps to start on boot

@Tim K: This is apparently an app called Startup Auditor that will kill these apps when you boot your phone. I say "apparently" because it's a paid app, so I can't get it in Canada, but if you are in a country with access to paid apps you might want to try it.

Alternately you can try TasKiller to kill all those apps after your phone finishes booting. I believe there is a free app called "Task Panel" (?) that you can set up to auto-kill apps after the phone is booted.

I do agree with you, however, about apps starting themselves. Devs need to end this, or give us a setting to end it.

 

This is what is said on the developers website. The program sells for $.99.

26 September 2009: New Application published to the Market! Look out for Startup Auditor.

View a demo of the app here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbFzs_4I-cE

Right now Startup Auditor is the only boot monitor or startup monitor listed in the Android Market. Startup Auditor is a tool which displays a list of applications that react to OS boot completion. It is very likely that after receiving such an event, the application does something behind the scenes.
Click on an application in the list to view further details about it. Furthermore, there is a button that can be pressed in order to view Android's regular information about that app, as well as take other actions such as uninstalling. Suggestions or Concerns? Email: vesperanovus@gmail.com

NEW in v1.1: Long press an item in the list to ENABLE/DISABLE at startup!

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Our entry into the Android Developer Challenge 2 is a Travel app named LawLocale. Keep an eye out for it!

 

I had to uninstall a few apps yesterday because my phone was acting weird.

It would be nice to have an option to turn it off.

 

Same issue with older Windows Mobile. There are some well thought out apps that allow you to back out to keep open, or hit menu and quit to get out of the app.

 

Were you getting error messages? I have found that after installing several apps and rebooting my eris, the phone won't work or I get other error pop-up messages. I can't even get to the market because the data connection won't turn on. Glad I have Quick Uninstall. It has been a life saver in getting me back online.

Is it common practice for folks to reboot after each app install to make sure everything still works? Seems like an old Win OS...