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

[RoyR80]

Aww hell, heres my $.02
I have and use a task-killer.
My M-O : NO AUTO-kill. When i do my screen unlock sequence i hit the task-kill widget. (i do have some minor apps ignored(clock/calender stuff)) So whatever was running is out. i dont care what was preloaded, i want all mem available. i dont need the processor taking up time/power thinking what old app to dump? It only needs to use its resources for MY commands. If i know im not going to be using my phone for more then an hour i'll hit the task-kill widget and let some apps restart if they chose.
However when my screen is off these apps are limited to only using the CPU @300, so their effect is minimalized.
I use my fone a good amount (in my mind) and i have great batt life.

[wdprice3]

well not to sound like a jerk... but you obviously don't know how android operates. your constant task killing efforts are nothing but wasted time and more than likely result decreased performance (and decreased battery life; you say yours is great and it may be, but I'm certain that it would actually increase if you were to chill on the task killer).

Your memory/processor aren't wasting resources on non-active/background apps.

Android will start different processes/activities as it sees fit, so auto-killing them doesn't really help out, as android will almost immediately start many of them back up.

Task killers have their purposes... mostly closing frozen/malfunctioning apps and, at certain times, closing apps such as nav, games, etc. that aren't typically called upon for routine processes.

[RoyR80]

well not to sound like a jerk... but you obviously don't know how android operates. your constant task killing efforts are nothing but wasted time and more than likely result decreased performance (and decreased battery life; you say yours is great and it may be, but I'm certain that it would actually increase if you were to chill on the task killer).

Your memory/processor aren't wasting resources on non-active/background apps.

Android will start different processes/activities as it sees fit, so auto-killing them doesn't really help out, as android will almost immediately start many of them back up.

Task killers have their purposes... mostly closing frozen/malfunctioning apps and, at certain times, closing apps such as nav, games, etc. that aren't typically called upon for routine processes.

it's ok, ur not rude. i ran with out using one for one month, i had 16hrs batt time. i use my fone at the same intervals and now its nice around 24-26hrs... so im happy, and it feels really snappy too. so, im good with my methods. not all fones/users are created equal. ;-)

[jasonppp]

nav, games, etc. that aren't typically called upon for routine processes.

aparently you dont know android beacause navigator is a native app which is also system configured to not get killed by task killers

[zerosouls]

Avast ya rookie swabs, stop yer wastin of time and move to a dimension dat shoots ye cannons at yer faces all day in ye gullee rats caves... AARRGG!!!

[hrdnhvy]

So the actual low memory kill levels/setting is set/established by the kernel? not the rom?
Im suprised then we dont see different variations in those settings of diff kernel devs. every kernel ive ever tried always has the same kill settings (8, 12, 24, 28, 32, 32) but then again along the lines of this thread I guess it should not be that suprising if that is what is generally accepted as ideal settings for the D1 phone.

[tbirover]

i run system info widget so it right on front screen and btw nice score
but you could look under settings/applications/running services and look at the bottom

Sooo, what does this tell me there at the bottom?

Obviously a near dunce, but in my defense...
There was a heated discussion in the store over the essential Advanced App Killer, not to mention incessant Kill, Kill, Kill - every 20 min. he said.
Excellent explanations of my (albeit vague) conclusion after minimal research on day 2; there is a time and place.
Now I'm not so vague about why I am a pacifist.
Mahalo

[zerosouls]

i run system info widget so it right on front screen and btw nice score
but you could look under settings/applications/running services and look at the bottom

Sooo, what does this tell me there at the bottom?

Obviously a near dunce, but in my defense...
There was a heated discussion in the store over the essential Advanced App Killer, not to mention incessant Kill, Kill, Kill - every 20 min. he said.
Excellent explanations of my (albeit vague) conclusion after minimal research on day 2; there is a time and place.
Now I'm not so vague about why I am a pacifist.
Mahalo

Nevermind all that. Answer your voicemails and unsubscribe to this thread.

Sent from my Droid

[Darkseider]

i run system info widget so it right on front screen and btw nice score
but you could look under settings/applications/running services and look at the bottom

Sooo, what does this tell me there at the bottom?

Obviously a near dunce, but in my defense...
There was a heated discussion in the store over the essential Advanced App Killer, not to mention incessant Kill, Kill, Kill - every 20 min. he said.
Excellent explanations of my (albeit vague) conclusion after minimal research on day 2; there is a time and place.
Now I'm not so vague about why I am a pacifist.
Mahalo

* Avail: 40MB+136MB in 30 says that the device has 40MB of completely free (or likely used for unrequired caches) memory, and has another 136MB of available memory in 30 background processes it can kill at any time.
• Other: 115MB in 10 says that the device has 115MB of unavailable memory in 10 unkillable processes (that is, processes that are currently considered to be foreground and must be kept running)


There ya go!

[EmmVeePee]

Since they "disabled" task killers I've noticed my phone has been extremely sluggish. I've been manually killing off apps, and as soon as I do my phone speeds up greatly.