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Apps Running That I Never Started

hugebob
Newbie
‎09-24-2010 02:00 AM

Why are all these apps running that I never even started?

 

My Uploads

TTS Service

Amazon MP3

Skype Mobile

Music

Google Voice

Voice Commands

Sync Service

 

When I kill these apps, they seem to restart.

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djtonic
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‎09-24-2010 02:06 AM
hugebob wrote:

Why are all these apps running that I never even started?

 

My Uploads>service. part of android

TTS Service>service. part of android

Amazon MP3>annoying

Skype Mobile>annoying

Music>service. part of android

Google Voice>system integrated, needs to be running in background for when you dial

Voice Commands>service. part of android

Sync Service> service. part of android

 

When I kill these apps, they seem to restart.

stop killing those apps/services

 

but....set to "auto kill" skype and Amazon mp3

 

And...learn a bit more about task killer and what you are killing.

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reallyniceguy
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In response to djtonic
‎09-24-2010 07:32 AM
Make sure you are using "advanced task killer froyo" DO NOT USE the regular one, it opens programs on its own. Look it up on the market.
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Constantinova
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In response to reallyniceguy
‎04-28-2011 08:44 PM

 

reallyniceguy wrote:
Make sure you are using "advanced task killer froyo" DO NOT USE the regular one, it opens programs on its own. Look it up on the market.

 

For my new Droid X, too?

 

How do I then know what to "kill"?

 

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pool_shark
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In response to Constantinova
‎04-28-2011 10:37 PM

There really is no point in killing the apps, the OS will just restart them or replace them by starting other apps. You aren't saving yourself any battery life by doing so, you're using more battery killing them then having the OS restart them or start others to fill their spot. Even though you see the apps as running, they aren't using cpu, only memory.

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Wildman
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In response to pool_shark
‎04-29-2011 12:01 AM

Task Killers can help with battery life is configured correctly, I noticed that simply only killing apps when the back light turned off helps and also do not kill any system apps because this can cause magor issues. Also using to much memory is a issue, when the device sees low memory the system is known to cause lag in the system.

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Jax_Omen
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In response to Wildman
‎04-29-2011 02:58 PM
Are you still running Eclair somehow? Task killers in Froyo are, at best, a Placebo. None of the symptoms you've described apply to the Droid X, or any other high-end 2.2+ phone.
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Constantinova
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In response to djtonic
‎04-28-2011 08:43 PM

 

djtonic wrote:
hugebob wrote:

Why are all these apps running that I never even started?

 

My Uploads>service. part of android

TTS Service>service. part of android

Amazon MP3>annoying

Skype Mobile>annoying

Music>service. part of android

Google Voice>system integrated, needs to be running in background for when you dial

Voice Commands>service. part of android

Sync Service> service. part of android

 

When I kill these apps, they seem to restart.

stop killing those apps/services

 

but....set to "auto kill" skype and Amazon mp3

 

And...learn a bit more about task killer and what you are killing.

 

I just got a new Droid X. I know there are lots of things running that I'm not using and never will.

But how do you "learn ... about what you're killing?

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