pre update questions

[TOSLover]

So I've read many of the issues that people are having after their 2.2 update and I am trying to clean up my phone prior to the update.  I removed many old apps and cleared the cache on all of them.  While looking at the task killer I saw a few that I wasn't sure what they were and wondered if anyone could provide some insight as to what they are.

com.google.android.partnersetup

com.google.android.apps.uploader

com.andriod.providers.drm

com.google.android.feedback

[gej1]

leave all of those apps and remove task killer after you get update

[TheNutz]

whats the deal with the task killer... its always been recommended, now after 2.2 everyone says to get rid of it,  whats it doing?

[johnM356]

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TheNutz wrote:

whats the deal with the task killer... its always been recommended, now after 2.2 everyone says to get rid of it,  whats it doing?

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Not really. It's never been recommended.

This ain't Windows.  

Good reading about Android OS and task killers:

Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

FWIW, when I first got my Droid, the first app I downloaded was ATK.

Since I read up on it, and eventually uninstalled ATK, my battery life has improved dramatically.

All Task Killers do is get you into an endless loop of app shutdowns and restarts.  THAT's what killing your battery.

Seriously, leave the OS to do its job, it's pretty good at it.

[TheNutz]

Thanks for the link. I'll take a look at it.  I guess I should choose my words better LOL  By recommended I meant from VZW reps.  They always told me to download the app killer.  Will be removing it prior to the update.