How many of you use a task killer?

[EarlyMon]

ATK running all the time is bad, mmmk. Let Android do its job. Use one the way bwillie007 said to, mmmk.

But you can get VERY good results by controlling what you allow to start up in the first place, mmmk.

http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/102336-real-app-startup-control.html

Note that like others that I thought were smoking crack, I'm now getting great performance.

Mmmk.

(Yeah - South Park fan.)

 

[mcbtrain929]

Running Evo without Task Killer and running 10+ hours since being charged with 80% battery left to go. Woot!!

so either its been asleep damn near the whole time (where you haven't used any data), or your mobile connection is off. either way, that's not realistic, or even possible, for the majority of us.

 

[Sim-X]

no it messed up my GPS, everytime I would open sprint nav or google nav it phone reboot the phone. Thanks to someone here that posted a tip saying ATK might have screwed it up. It def did, phone has been running fine without it. Of course the one time I went to use Nav I was in downtown minneapolis and my phone reboots itself. Grrrr, I hard reset after I got home and haven't had trouble since. I have not re-installed atk nor am I planning on it.

 

[Vincent Law]

Auto-killing tasks are a bad idea, people. You end up causing yourself more harm than good if you don't know exactly what to kill. Let Android do its job, and just uninstall the apps that are eating your battery.

 

[mcbtrain929]

with ATK, is there a way to add an application (sprint nascar, etc) to the auto kill list? i just downloaded ATK and am playing with it and trying to get the settings right. any recommendations for settings?

 

[sagedil]

Yes. Read the freaking thread and don't use it!

 

[RoboMonkey]

I didn't but I do now. I think the services from some of the apps that run in the background are killing the battery. I had no idea that "Where" was starting a service when I'd open it. And it's fine that it does, but dangit when I close the app I want the service to stop and it doesn't.


Well with ATK it stops now.

 

[horadin]

No need for one, I get 9-15 hours of battery life with my phone and I consider that acceptable for my amount of usage. I don't know why anyone would feel the need to install and use a task killer.

 

[sagedil]

One option to simply make sure a program is closed is use MultiTask Manager.

 

[SirSlayer]

A task "running", more like loaded into memory, using 0% of the CPU process is not going to run your battery down. All I can offer this thread is to go read the thread attached to my signature. There has been overwhelming recommendations to not use them. There are other solutions if you must look at your applications loaded into memory. This isn't windows. There is a program called Astro File Manager that can list the loaded processes and if you notice most if not all are running at 0% CPU. If Android needs the memory it will kill the app for you. The only time I have ever needed to kill an app was when it was locked up or I was making default browser proxy changes and needed to reload it. Even then a reboot would fix it.

Just my .2 cents.

 

[Ele7eN]

i used atk at first, but my battery would still only last 8 hours max. i did a hard reset and left off atk and yesterday i was off charge for 25 hours and still had ~70% battery left.

 

[neodorian]

I don't use anything automatic but SystemPanel lets me force quit apps and I do that occasionally. Mainly I just retain the ability for troubleshooting purposes. Overall it is not necessary and automatic task killers can eff things up royally.

 

[charlottenian]

I uninstalled it today and plan to monitor my battery life level

 

[phi226]

The phone come stock with a task killer to close the most things that will cause issue with battery ie gps, wifi, hotspot bluetooth, atks cause more issues than solve

 

[archercc]

I have one installed but I dont run it in automated kill mode. I just set it to ignore everything but the bloatware that starts when you turn on the phone and use the one button widget to kill those apps. Or use that button to kill wayward apps.

But never use it in automated mode, I think that would cause issues if you ended up killing a service.

 

[vgsantiago]

Used to but not anymore after reading how ATK can fubar the OS. Phone still runs great and after following the sticky on how to save battery and a few other suggestions on this forum battery life is great.

 

[fredsmith]

I use ATK. I do wish there was a way to actually prevent services from starting up.