Lifehacker article on task killers

[psz]

At this point, it's the only one anybody really needs (or should want).

They did the perfect job of it by making it simplistic.

 

[Castle]

So, my only question about the built-in task manager is.....Does it show all the apps that are running? I just checked and it only listed Skyfire. I then went to Advanced Task Manager and it listed six additional apps.

 

[psz]

From what I can tell, it only shows apps that are ACTIVELY using system resources. Otherwise, it doesn't bother, as they don't affect the system.

If the app is running like it should (IE: When you're totally done with it, it goes bye bye) it won't show up in the JI6 Task manager, because it's really NOT using anything. (A small "image" of it may reside in memory for quick-launch purposes, similar to a Hybernate mode on Windows OS', but it's not actively "running", and those may show up in other task managers)


Media players, Maps, and Browsers will usually show up because you may have swapped apps, but are not finished with them, and thus are actively still using them (IE: Still playing a song, still on a website, still running Navigation, etc)


Again, this is just from observation.

 

[Ernesto_Iafrate]

I just got rid of my task killer and my battery life increased by 50%. I did not see the benefit vs. drawback being in my favor when I had it.

 

[dan0zone]

From what I can tell, it only shows apps that are ACTIVELY using system resources. Otherwise, it doesn't bother, as they don't affect the system.

If the app is running like it should (IE: When you're totally done with it, it goes bye bye) it won't show up in the JI6 Task manager, because it's really NOT using anything. (A small "image" of it may reside in memory for quick-launch purposes, similar to a Hybernate mode on Windows OS', but it's not actively "running", and those may show up in other task managers)


Media players, Maps, and Browsers will usually show up because you may have swapped apps, but are not finished with them, and thus are actively still using them (IE: Still playing a song, still on a website, still running Navigation, etc)


Again, this is just from observation.

Right on spot....
Think people , memory needs CPU to work, CPU needs power to run.... If apps are dormant in the memory NOT using any CPU , how is it going to drain your battery?
Then you have the ones who say to many apps in the memory will slow it down. This is an old Windows mobile fable used to scare uninformed users to install a task killer. Android was designed to multitask, and it does it well..
Saying it again if you have an app installed that's causing you problems , don't blame the OS, blame the dev..