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magentawave

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I have an HTC HD2 running Android. How do you turn off programs/apps on the HD2 with Android so they aren't running in the background and sucking up battery life and memory? On the HD2 with Windows you turn them off with the Task Manager, so how is that done with Android?

Thanks
Steve :)
 
You misunderstand how Android works, but don't worry, a lot of people do. Android is completely unlike windows, in that it's VERY good at managing memory. The phone sees for example 1gb of ram, and it will fill it up with programs to cache them. When a program needs more memory, it will kill whatever it needs to free memory. Keep in mind, all these programs you see are NOT running, they are just cached, even though they are listed under "running applications." You don't need task killers, despite what many people say, they are uneducated on how android works. When you kill tasks, Android sees all that free memory, and will just open those apps back up, using MORE battery than if you would have just left it alone.

So don't worry that you see all those apps running, they arent, they are just cached.
 
I was just wondering because the Navigation app that came with my HD2 Android build freezes my phone whenever I try to use it. Same thing with the Maps app too. Is there a super good navigation app that won't freeze...and maybe even one that talks to you as you drive?

Thanks again.

Steve
 
I thought the HD2 ran windows? I'm assuming you have found a way to get android to run on it.

It both Nav and Maps are stuck running, you could have a problem with the gps sensor. I know on my Android phone, once in a while I will open Maps, and the gps wont find a lock, so I will exit it. But it will continue running and not close like it should because its still trying to get a lock.

As far as other nav apps, I'm not sure. I just use Google Maps for general map stuff, and Google Navigation for turn by turn directions.
 
So called apps running on the background, first of all, are not really apps, but threads and services that maybe used by other apps. You cannot jump to these and find yourself in the user interface of that app.

Many of these threads do not take CPU at all. I've seen my phone with CPU usage of 2% with 50 or 60 of these processes around.

Its better to keep them there, because the OS uses them as placeholders to launch the real app. When the real app launches, it no longer has to load in its entirety, making the launch much faster.

If you want to be careful of your battery, reduce the interval of apps that sync data automatically or turn them off. These culprits belong to

social networking apps with contact syncs and newsfeed streams, like Facebook
Twitter apps especially, and most especially, Tweetdeck
Weather apps
News apps
 
Yes it does run Windows but like I said in my first post; I'm running Android on this HD2.

So is there something I can do to get Maps and Navigation to run better on an HD2 with Android?

Thanks
Steve


sitlet said:
I thought the HD2 ran windows? I'm assuming you have found a way to get android to run on it.

It both Nav and Maps are stuck running, you could have a problem with the gps sensor. I know on my Android phone, once in a while I will open Maps, and the gps wont find a lock, so I will exit it. But it will continue running and not close like it should because its still trying to get a lock.

As far as other nav apps, I'm not sure. I just use Google Maps for general map stuff, and Google Navigation for turn by turn directions.
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Yes I'm aware of the NAND builds but am letting them work out the bugs before jumping on board with that. Sounds good though! I just started hacking my HD2 about a week ago and finally after 4 builds seem to have a stable build on it (JDMS 1.6 Ultimate). I think I was making a lot of mistakes with my installations before though. Are you running Android as NAND on your HD2? If so, how long have you been doing it and how stable is it?

Thanks
Steve



daheufster said:
Not anymore, HTC HD2 now is capable of running only Android, so no WM 6.5(x) anymore.
simulair to other Android phones.
chekc out HD2 NAND Android Development - xda-developers
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I just flashed the NAND build of Gingerbread (CM7). See my thread in this section on getting it going.

Honestly, if people on XDA would take the time to Search or READ posts and threads, then 90% of the posts in the ROM threads would not exist.

I would suggest trying a NAND build. I like it, a LOT.

Let me know if you have questions. :)
 
Someone suggested I do the following to my HD2 (with Android) because of the problems I'm having...

Task29
Reflash radio
Flash a custom rom made for android
Then format sd card
Copy over the android build
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Below is all the info on my phone. Can you please answer the following?

1) Should I do the stuff above in the exact order as listed?

2) Which of the stuff below is the current rom I'm using that someone said I should replace with "a custom rom made for Android"?

OS version: 5.2.21913 (21913.5.0.94)
Manila version: 2.5.20181424.0
ROM date: 9-29-10
Radio version: 2.15.50.14
Protocol version: 15.42.50.11U

PB81120 SS-B3
2.08HSPL (was originally: SPL-2.10.0000 8G XE)
MicroP(LED) 0x05
MicroP(TOUCH) 0x50

ANDROID VERSION: 2.2.1
BUILD NUMBER: JDMS 1.6.2
BASEBAND VERSION: 15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14
KERNEL VERSION: 2.6.32.15r8.5.3-g51e39b5
2.08HSPL

R 2. 15. 50. 14
G 15. 42. 50. 11U
B 3. 14. 04666. 8G​
Thanks
Steve
 
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