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Turning off apps, but they come back on.

So I go into Settings/Applications/Running Services. I click on the (example) WeatherService to stop the Applications. It stops the Application at the time, however, it comes right back on in a few minutes.

Why? I went into all the WeatherServices types of widgets and turned them all off.

As I said above they come right back on as if the program has the control over me the owner and user of my phone!

I have even gone into the TaskManager and tried to turn them off from there. The pre-loaded apps like Skype, etc. cannot be turned off at all.

Thank you to anyone that can help.

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pool_shark

There are apps/services on Android that respawn, that's one of the reasons why task killers aren't recommended.

If you look at your battery stats those apps usually aren't using any CPU. Android does a fairly decent job at managing running tasks to prevent reduced performance.

coc2323

That doesn't answer my question.....

Why do they get to just turn on without my permissions...........

pool_shark

Because that's the way either the manufacturer, the carrier, or both wanted it. There are certain processes that start automatically and if you force close them they respawn (restart).

On this board there is nothing anyone can tell you to prevent it.

Things like:

amazon mp3

media share

cityID

google search

music

coc2323

I know, I looked through every question and nothing about it....

Ann154

For Amazon mp3, you can check for an update from the Market. The last update I loaded doesn't run in the background as long as you open the application once and turn off the connection within the settings of the application.

I also believe that there is an update to Google Search available too.

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