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Background killed apps coming back?

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shinobi55

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I searched for something to turn off apps running in the background and seems like everyone was recommending Advanced Task Killer.

So it turns out that I have all kinds of unnecessary apps running in the background (Clock, Twitter, Maps, theScore, Podkicker, etc.). So I checked them all and pressed KILL. Awesome. Until they all start coming back almost instantly.

My question is this. Should I just leave them alone? Seems to me kind of unnecessary to have them running in the background, none of them are essential. Is there another way to make sure they don't run unless opened, or is it pretty much irrelevant?
 
For each app that restarts itself, something is calling on it for some reason. There are bunches of threads on task killers available in these forums. Most folks recommend leaving them alone. Android is designed to handle its own memory. So when the crap in the background gets in the way, the OS will shut it down as it needs. When I first started using Android, I was convinced that you needed to shut stuff down. I ran out and found a task killer and got it all set up and running the way I wanted and all of a sudden my battery life went to crap. I uninstalled the task killer and got my battery life back. Read up on the task killers and make up your own mind, but I would recommend uninstalling the task killer and let Android do its thing.

Just MHO,
BigRedGonzo
 
shinobi55 said:
I searched for something to turn off apps running in the background and seems like everyone was recommending Advanced Task Killer.

So it turns out that I have all kinds of unnecessary apps running in the background (Clock, Twitter, Maps, theScore, Podkicker, etc.). So I checked them all and pressed KILL. Awesome. Until they all start coming back almost instantly.

My question is this. Should I just leave them alone? Seems to me kind of unnecessary to have them running in the background, none of them are essential. Is there another way to make sure they don't run unless opened, or is it pretty much irrelevant?
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TL DR version: Don't use a task killer. No one recommends them anymore. At all. They were a necessary evil in 2009, but phones do this for a reason.

Apps in RAM do NOT kill your battery. They are cached for quick opening. Open RAM is wasted RAM. Let your phone do its thing.
 
If it makes any difference, I am running an LG Marquee, Gingerbread with CTMod. So it's a pretty old phone. Sometimes when I get random slowness to the point that I needed to restart. I thought this might help?

Thanks for the info guys, had no idea that task killers are pretty much worthless.
 
The only use that I have ever seen for them, was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, when the App Store didn't have much on it, you would sometimes download an app that looked interesting, but was written poorly. Sometimes, these needed to be killed to be able to uninstall them, but I haven't run across one of those in a couple of years.

BigRedGonzo
 
I don’t disagree with anything here, but I still tap Fast Reboot before I tap the screen off. I have no idea why, just decided it was a good thing two years ago and still can’t shake it... keeps the tigers away.
 
BigRedGonzo said:
The only use that I have ever seen for them, was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, when the App Store didn't have much on it, you would sometimes download an app that looked interesting, but was written poorly. Sometimes, these needed to be killed to be able to uninstall them, but I haven't run across one of those in a couple of years.

BigRedGonzo
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I immediately thought of this. And for the record, I remember too. Life was much more simple back then ha
 
task killer are a no no but someone told me it might be a good idea to get a task killer that monitors the CPU to make the device run faster, is this true???
 
jsmith203344 said:
task killer are a no no but someone told me it might be a good idea to get a task killer that monitors the CPU to make the device run faster, is this true???
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If you have some sluggishness or power drain issues an app like WatchdogLite task manager might help you track it down, but killing apps isn't going to speed up anything.
 
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