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Exiting active applications
- Thread starter kyrax12
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Android phones have effective inbuilt task/ apps managers so normally just closing the app exits them unless the app has a specific exit button. For facebook etc you just need to close the app : no need to log off.
jefboyardee
Extreme Android User
While I want to agree with that because it makes perfect sense, I sometimes get the memory overload notification and resort to using the Exit All widget on SystemPanelLite; then all is well. I probably get the notification because I have too many apps loaded on this childlike Optimus.
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Home button all the way.Some of my current apps running....
iHeart Radio
Voice Search
Uno
Email
Alarm
Maps
Facebook
Twitter
My problem is, other than iHeart Radio, I have never opened or used any of these apps. They access the internet on my limited pay-as-you-go data. I have no idea what Voice Search is, I don't have any email setup other than the Gmail app, I have no alarms set, and I have nor do I want either a Facebook or a Twitter page. Why on earth does the game Uno need to be running? Maps is the 4th largest usage of data in the list according to "My Data Manager" that I track data usage with.
I've opened Maps once on wifi to look up my brother-in-law's new appartment location. It is currently telling me my location which is accurate. I don't care, I know I am at work. I don't want it running, nor do I want it accessing the data network to locate where I am, but I see nowhere I can turn it off other than turning off all data.
I don't have nor will I probably every want a Facebook or Twitter account, but it has to be constantly running and I can't stop it. It is unnecessary for it to be running at all.
Why on earth does Uno need to be able to start quickly? I have no idea, it is a stock game that I won't ever play but can't get rid of.
Not just my limited data, but Maps is at 20% of the battery usage. I can't turn it off. I have to carry my charging plug to work with me to get through an 8 hour day. I barely play around with the phone, most of the time it is idle, except for Maps of course which seems to always wanting to let me know I'm at work.
iHeart Radio
Voice Search
Uno
Alarm
Maps
My problem is, other than iHeart Radio, I have never opened or used any of these apps. They access the internet on my limited pay-as-you-go data. I have no idea what Voice Search is, I don't have any email setup other than the Gmail app, I have no alarms set, and I have nor do I want either a Facebook or a Twitter page. Why on earth does the game Uno need to be running? Maps is the 4th largest usage of data in the list according to "My Data Manager" that I track data usage with.
I've opened Maps once on wifi to look up my brother-in-law's new appartment location. It is currently telling me my location which is accurate. I don't care, I know I am at work. I don't want it running, nor do I want it accessing the data network to locate where I am, but I see nowhere I can turn it off other than turning off all data.
I don't have nor will I probably every want a Facebook or Twitter account, but it has to be constantly running and I can't stop it. It is unnecessary for it to be running at all.
Why on earth does Uno need to be able to start quickly? I have no idea, it is a stock game that I won't ever play but can't get rid of.
Not just my limited data, but Maps is at 20% of the battery usage. I can't turn it off. I have to carry my charging plug to work with me to get through an 8 hour day. I barely play around with the phone, most of the time it is idle, except for Maps of course which seems to always wanting to let me know I'm at work.
i don't know if this will work, but it's worth a shot. open settings>location & security settings and make sure google location services is unchecked. then in settings>accounts, see if facebook is listed. if it is click on it and you should be given the option to remove account. try this and report back.
there are apps that monitor data usage.. and block usage set by you.
do a quick search in the market.
i am unlimited.. so have no interest in them.
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These are usually stock apps that come with the phone and tie into the basic OS. Apps like OS monitor will show you they are barely active however you do need to ensure you have autosync (via main settings menu usually in accounts & synch)turned off for them otherwise they periodically check with the server for updates which will use data.
Locations uses GPS so turn that off unless you need it for navigating.
Locations uses GPS so turn that off unless you need it for navigating.
I just recently got an android and I have the same question. Whenever I hit the back button from the Web and from Messaging, they are still on as Active Applications. Should I exit it? I have been continuously exiting them for the past two days, but will this do damage to my phone? And will it eventually exit itself if I don't exit it manually?
see post #4 above
Lol, yeah I saw that before posting, but I was also wondering if it would drain the battery since the application is still active? Because when I put my phone on standby for a long time and turn it back on, it's still active.
Those are system apps that need to be running. They won't have any noticeable effect on battery.
AndroidSPCS
Android Expert
Odd, have never seen this "memory overload" notification. What is reporting this? Sounds like some 3rd party app? If so remove that app...it's just trying to give a false alarm and generate some revenue..
If you have 512 MB of RAM or more, I wouldn't worry about exiting applications. Unused RAM is wasted RAM, and when Android is running low on available RAM for foreground tasks, it'll automatically kill the cached non-running apps to free up RAM.
My first Android phone had 192 MB of RAM, and I constantly pressed the back button to exit out of applications, just so I could go back to my home screen without waiting three seconds for it to redraw itself. With 192 MB of RAM, what happens is the RAM gets low so often that Android kills the home launcher to free up RAM for the foreground app.
If you have 512 MB of more, you're fine.
My phone now has 768 MB of RAM, and I've never had to kill an app or exit it to free up more RAM.
My first Android phone had 192 MB of RAM, and I constantly pressed the back button to exit out of applications, just so I could go back to my home screen without waiting three seconds for it to redraw itself. With 192 MB of RAM, what happens is the RAM gets low so often that Android kills the home launcher to free up RAM for the foreground app.
If you have 512 MB of more, you're fine.
My phone now has 768 MB of RAM, and I've never had to kill an app or exit it to free up more RAM.
jefboyardee
Extreme Android User
Oops, it actually says “low on space,” and I think it’s android talking. Tapping leads me to settings>manage apps.
there a few things that you can do when this happens. first off, delete any old texts, clear call (dialer) history, and go into manage apps and go though the apps one at a time and clear data/cache. just be careful when clearing data, whether or not you will want to clear that depends on which app you are looking at. you'll be surprised at how much space you suddenly have back.
jefboyardee
Extreme Android User
Yup, when I get it, I usually run History Eraser and uninstall apps I don’t use much. That gets me under 50% of memory used, measured after Kill All has run.