How do I permanently kill all these auto restart programs?

[tbever]

If you have Titanium Backup just go in and Freeze the app. Then you don't have to uninstall it, but it is invisible to your system and doesn't load. You can "Thaw" it later at any time. Easiest way to play around with apps without having to remove them. Might have to be rooted.

[crspang]

This is copied from this link Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.


" Please read this section FIRST. There are a great many misconceptions about how Android works with regard to
starting and stopping applications.

How to Use a Task Manager
Android was designed from the ground up as an operating system (OS) for mobile devices. Its built-in application and memory-management systems were engineered with battery life as one of the most critical concerns.
The Android OS does not work like a desktop operating system. On a desktop OS, like Windows, Mac OS X, or Ubuntu Linux, the user is responsible for closing programs in order to keep a reasonable amount of memory available. On Android, this is not the case. The OS itself automatically removes programs from memory as memory is needed. The OS may also preload applications into memory which it thinks might soon be needed.
Having lots of available empty memory is not a good thing. It takes the same amount of power to hold "nothing" in memory as it does to hold actual data. So, like every other operating system in use today, Android does its best to keep as much important/likely-to-be-used information in memory as possible.
As such, using the task manager feature of SystemPanel to constantly clear memory by killing all apps is strongly NOT RECOMMENDED. This also applies to any other task killer / management program. Generally speaking, you should only "End" applications if you see one which is not working correctly. The "End All" feature can be used if your phone/device is performing poorly and you are uncertain of the cause.

Process Types
The SystemPanel process listing groups applications into three categories: "Active", "Inactive", and "Internal":
Active applications are actually running at the present time on the device. An active application may be running in the background and not have any information currently displayed on the screen.
Inactive applications have been preloaded into memory, but are not actually using up any system resources. Such applications will not consume any battery power whatsoever. The memory used by these applications can be immediately reclaimed should other applications require it. As such, there is no need to manually remove these applications, as you will see no tangible benefit from doing so.
Internal applications are those which are part of the Android operating system itself. Some of these applications may be terminated manually, but they will be immediately restarted afterward by the OS."

Now the video from Google.
* Originally posted by Renthor @ DxF *

I highly recommend people, especially those new to Android, watch the Androidology series of videos put out by Google themselves. In particular, part 2 does a great job of explaining how Android (and really Linux) is different then most people's OS experience.

[turf]

Yup... found that thread last night. Sounded like in a perfect world task killers are not needed but since it's not or the app program developers are not there is a need just that many people set the task killers up wrong or as you put it have Many misconceptions about what their actual purpose is for.

[Mojo]

Well as its been said task killers are not needed... oh, nevermind your not gonna listen anyways. Have fun with your task killer

[Detonation]

If you're so worried about your personal data, then you shouldn't have got a Droid or smartphone altogether.

You can kill all the running apps you want, but you do realize that any info you gave to Google, such as when you signed up for the Gmail account required for the phone and added contacts, is now theirs forever, right? No task killer is going to stop the crooks out there from getting that data.

But then again, ignorance is bliss...

[zerosouls]

Yay another thrad about tasks

Sent by nailing my note to a messanger, punching him thru a window on a 40 story building where on the street level another messanger would take the note from the first messanger and deliver it

[Nealius]

Turf
nice phone you have there. Phone: Increadable

dont forget to load a antivirus apps and a firewall app

[Darkseider]

Kill the task killer!!! Burn it!!! Burn it with fire!!!!

[turf]

Perhaps you all are not as sarcastic as I. Maybe I'll add 3 wink faces next time for those scanning too fast.

[jmack356]

The only thing you'll accomplish by using a task killer, especially if you use any auto-kill features, is that you're shortening your battery life. You will have put your phone into an endless loop of app kills and restarts.

But hey, it's your phone. Abuse it as you see fit.