Droid Task-Manager, Cause more harm than good?

Whats up?

I wanted to find this out once and for all. Im sick of reading conflicting opinions regarding task-managers on the Droid and Droid Eris.

Well, while some people swear by them, others think they actually cause more harm than good! Can we get someone who actually knows to confirm which side is correct?

I actually use two task managers. Task Panel and Advanced Task Manager. I use the auto-kill feature on Task Panel and it helps as does ATM. It seems that without killing certain apps that run in the background, my Eris starts to get a little sluggish. The screens dont switch as smooth, for example. Also, it can cause a slowdown when you're trying to send a message.

BUT, am I causing more harm than good to my phone? Did google think about this and already plan for this? Did they intend of apps running in the background without being killed manually? Are we supposed to be screwing with these apps like this?

Please, someone, anyone.

Thanks,
Mike.

 

Thanks for the link, Dan. I have to say, I believe what you all are saying about uninstalling the task killer. But for some reason, my device has been running much more smooth the last 2 days! As far as battery life, I havnt seen a significant change in battery life. Only a very minor benefit to the battery. BUT I have seen a significant boost in the operation of the phone altogether. I recently started using the auto killer on Task Panel.

I ignore certain important things like HTC Sense, Touch Input, Voice Dialer, etc. And some other apps that I want to always run. But other things that I might occasionally run like 3Banana Notes app or even my MeetroDC app. I only need them when I need them but they dont need to continue to run after I am done. I set the frequency to 30 minutes and threshold to 50.

All that said, my phone just seems really smooth. When I open some apps and the auto kill hasnt occured yet, the phone can get sluggish. It definately slows down a bit. As soon as these idle apps are killed, my phone returns to normal.


I just dont know...I've read enough stories about task killers harming the phone that I am skeptical and I dont want to screw my phone up! But I cant ignore the benefits that I've had.



EDIT: I guess I should also ask, that other thread is talking about ATK. I wonder if Task Panel is also a memory hog?

 

Im going to try to uninstall ATK and keep Task Panel and see what happens........Although I like having both because some apps show up in ATK that dont in Task Panel....

Ill report back in a bit to see what I find.

 

Additional info:

PLEASE READ: Do NOT worry about Apps running in the Background - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

 

Ok I still have Task Panel but I have disabled the Auto-Kill.
An hour ago, I removed ATK.

My phone has not slowed down because of not auto-killing my apps.
Also on a side note, after I uninstalled ATK and disabled the auto-kill, I rebooted my device.

Since then, my speed is smooth and fine! I think I will keep Task Panel just incase there is something I NEED to manually kill. But, it seems that removing ATK has not affected me in a negative way.

Maybe these task-killers are overrated? I will keep an eye on my performace throughout the day.