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MisterMcGoo said:
Why would the default browser be any more of a resource hog than Dolphin? While I agree there may not be a conventional way of "exiting" the default browser, if you have it parked on a static website (i.e. google.com), there shouldn't be any resources continuously running and updating the page, etc.
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There's been debate back and forth on this issue. I'd like to know once and for all myself because what you say does make sense.
 
MisterMcGoo said:
Why would the default browser be any more of a resource hog than Dolphin? While I agree there may not be a conventional way of "exiting" the default browser, if you have it parked on a static website (i.e. google.com), there shouldn't be any resources continuously running and updating the page, etc.
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I believe it's because it also keeps a cache in memory at all times. I had browser killed, booted it up, let the google home page load and then hit back to get out to my home screen. Then I went into Task Farmer and killing the browser freed up 10MB of memory. So even though that was the first time it had been opened, and all it did was load google, it was consuming 10MB of available memory. Dolphin does the same thing I'm sure, but it gives you the "Clear cache and exit" option which the default browser does not.
 
I uninstalled Dolphin a few weeks ago, so I don't want to download it again just to answer this question.
Has anyone checked that after you exit and clear cache from Dolphin, and you go into a Task Manager, is it really gone?
Just curious.....I either downloaded ATM after getting rid of Dolphin, or never checked.
TIA

edit: I agree about Beautiful Widgets being a hog. And I recently uninstalled Quick Settings due to some freeze-ups. I may re-install it later as I ran it for a month with no problems.
 
So if i get a text at 11PM when I got to bed, wake up at 6 and THEN check it, the notification that I missed the text has run down my battery? I have the trackball and LED off for that, but it still being there (the notification) drains the battery?
 
could someone tell me how the dolphin browser works now. i went to the market to download it and read the reviews and alot of people were complaining that a recent update ruined it(forced closes and numerous other problems now) Any input ????
 
snorge said:
I say Sportstap, ShopSavvy, Google Voice lol, and maybe weather bug free edition.
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I use the free Weatherbug, have the widgit on my home page. I've used it for several weeks with no apparent difference in my battery life (it lasts all day).
 
eurotrash323 said:
I uninstalled Dolphin a few weeks ago, so I don't want to download it again just to answer this question.
Has anyone checked that after you exit and clear cache from Dolphin, and you go into a Task Manager, is it really gone?
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Yes, and yes - the cache is really cleared. That said, I still prefer the built in Browser app, and just manually clear the cache every now and then.
 
bad05gtt said:
could someone tell me how the dolphin browser works now. i went to the market to download it and read the reviews and alot of people were complaining that a recent update ruined it(forced closes and numerous other problems now) Any input ????
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I've had no trouble at all with the Dolphin browser, both before and after the lastest update, save having to learn what all of the features are. Every once in a while, while trying to pan the current page back and forth or up and down, Dolphin will think that I am doing a long press and pop up a small control, but that's not all that big a deal.
 
you can also set dolphin to put the cache on the sd card and it does kill itself properly. I recommend it because it allows you to close and clear cache easily.

The resource issue is memory not cpu.
 
Add HTC's "Touch Input" keyboard to the list of resource hogs.

At least on my phone, it's made a world of difference to use a different software keyboard. I'm using AnySoftKeyboard, and there's literally no lag when typing quickly in the HTC messages app.

After I restarted the phone, it seems Touch Input unloaded itself, and the entire phone felt snappier and more responsive.

That, and AnySoftKeyboard has awesome features like disabling auto-capitalization, and customizable haptic feedback / sounds.
 
frickingphil said:
Add HTC's "Touch Input" keyboard to the list of resource hogs.

At least on my phone, it's made a world of difference to use a different software keyboard. I'm using AnySoftKeyboard, and there's literally no lag when typing quickly in the HTC messages app.

After I restarted the phone, it seems Touch Input unloaded itself, and the entire phone felt snappier and more responsive.

That, and AnySoftKeyboard has awesome features like disabling auto-capitalization, and customizable haptic feedback / sounds.
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interesting, after installing swype I had not checked the processes. I just checked and the HTC touch is no longer running. With swype who would use the stock keyboard anymore anyway :) glad to see it shut itself off now that it is not used.
 
L0stS0ul said:
interesting, after installing swype I had not checked the processes. I just checked and the HTC touch is no longer running. With swype who would use the stock keyboard anymore anyway :) glad to see it shut itself off now that it is not used.
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I tried Swype and it's cool but I'm not sure if I'm ready to dump the stock keyboard. I find it difficult to write long messages with it. Maybe I just haven't practiced enough.

So others? Do you find the stock keyboard to be a resource hog?
 
alprazolam said:
I tried Swype and it's cool but I'm not sure if I'm ready to dump the stock keyboard. I find it difficult to write long messages with it. Maybe I just haven't practiced enough.

So others? Do you find the stock keyboard to be a resource hog?
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Actually, I find swype to take up more resources, and its pretty odvious why. I think I am going to go back to the stock keyboard... Swype is cool til the new wears off...
 
this is what makes android great. we have choices that other phone users do not. I love swype. After using it for a few days I am getting much faster with it. way faster then I ever was with the stock keyboard. for me the resource usage is worth it but I actually find it faster and more accurate then the stock.

but we all have options which we wouldn't on other un named phones. :)
 
L0stS0ul said:
I don't get lag from it. Just the annoying FC. It's just a buggy app. It does start automatically on my ERIS and will even restart after some time if you kill it. One of those persistent apps.

I have uninstalled it on my eris though. The mobile web app works for everything I use GV for.
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Sounds like the eris is the issue. I've had the GV app for a few months now on my G1 and it has yet to force close once.
 
second I installed lock bot, my phone was so laggy it was almost unusable, I uninstalled it and my phone was back to normal
 
Ryobi said:
Missed reminder will stop your phone from sleeping, thus sucking the wind from your battery.
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Yep, I agree with this. My phone was awake around 12% before installing "Missed Reminders". After, it was awake 95%. Too much for me.
 
pwabbit said:
Yep, I agree with this. My phone was awake around 12% before installing "Missed Reminders". After, it was awake 95%. Too much for me.
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Oooooh! I got it now. I was thinking that the previous poster was talking about actually missing a reminder from the calendar. Thanks for putting the app in quotes because that makes things a bit more clear.
 
mhotovec said:
I use the free Weatherbug, have the widgit on my home page. I've used it for several weeks with no apparent difference in my battery life (it lasts all day).
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I agree, I've used Weatherbug Elite (paid version) for quite some time and I really don't think it eats too much battery. The big thing is to turn off tracking you by GPS to get your weather location. Just set the location(s) you want to monitor manually and use that. Any app that is using the GPS a lot is gonna kill battery, so thats not really the fault of Weatherbug, in my opinion.
 
I'm going to have to agree with the post about Google Voice, though. Since it does not support "push" notifications like the Gmail app does, it has to be set to continually check for new stuff in the Voice Inbox every so often. I only started using it a few weeks ago, but thats about the time my battery life started being worse. I first had it set to check every 5 minutes, then upped it to 15, and then eventually 30. Now I've turned the timed polling off completely and my battery is back to perfect.

So, that means I'll just have to deal with text message notifications of new voicemail until they get PUSH working with the Google Voice app. Not as ideal of a solution, but it works. I still use the app to read/listen to voicemail.
 
Not a resource hog, but still a problem app. Copied from another thread.

bronc said:
hey

So, i've been having a problem the last couple weeks, where my calendar would force close several times a day (when syncing). I finally found a solution. I had installed android agenda widget a while back and that was causing the problem. I uninstalled it today, but the problem wasn't fixed until I cleared out the data in my calendar (menu, settings, manage applications, then click on com.android.providers.calendar and clear out the data) and re synced it with google.

Just in case you are wondering, I then reinstalled android agenda widget and the problem returned. Uninstalled it again, recleared my data and now it syncs perfectly to my google account.

Just thought this might help someone out of they were having a problem with the calendar force closing.
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