So it looks like you've had a flurry of posts recently and I'm going to guess you are new to Android.

Android is essentially a Linux operating system and does not manage memory in the same way that Windows would. Just because a program is loaded into memory does not mean that it is actually slowing your Droid down.

The task killer discussion has been done to death and I'm on the side of not using one unless a program is misbehaving.

Android intentionally launches all applications it thinks might be needed and fills up your RAM (based on a value that you can't change unless you are rooted). Some things you are running might actually require information from other programs and it launches the ones it think you will need so that if a commonly used application is called upon, it is already there. This is a performance enhancement for you.

If something is running in the background and was made by Google, then it's meant to be there. Other applications probably require input from it.

If you want more control over things then you need to root. Out of the services you listed, the Corporate Calender is probably something you could afford to remove if you don't use it.

You need to understand that if you start setting the task killer to kill these apps and Android actually needs them, you are fighting a losing battle and are only hurting your performance and battery life.

 

"There's an app for that."

No but seriously, what the guy above me said is right. Droid runs differently & it just takes time for you to get used to it & find solutions. Good luck!

 

big fan of ATK

yes, apps just start up. no ryhme or reason. people can try to explain, but at times, just no explanation. Why, for example, does Car Home turn itself on despite the fact I have done nothing to indicate I did anything GPS or Map related. I have no MP3 songs on my Droid, and yet AmazonMP3 decides it is time to start up. Blah blah.. the value, or not, of ATK has been killed to death but suffice it to say, in this case, plain an simple, the Droid is - wrongly - trying to be preemptive to your needs and guess what you might want soon and gets it ready. it is annoying.

 

I suggest you read the access of each app you as you add them, many apps are designed to always run once installed. I removed Skype because it simply thought it should run 24/7. Gesture Search, Google Talk and Handcent are others that will ALWAYS run once installed.

 

I removed Skype since it could not be used on WiFi and disabled WiFi for all apps.. that alone was reason enough

anyway.. some of those that "always" run - that you make the choice to download, should go into the Ignore list. Then, you will never see them in the kill list, that cannot get auto killed, and they will always do their jobs - which is why you downloaded them. Like Handcent, of course it needs to always run so it handles you SMS/MMS.

the issue is more often, as I see it, stock installed apps.. corporate calendar, amazonmp3, car home, alarm clock... etc that just randomly start up.

 

"reformatting" your phone wont get rid of those apps. The only way to stop those annoying apps from popping up once and for all is to root your phone and remove them

 

what apps would you suggest for a rooted phone to perform such tasks?

 

you have to aim for the head