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

[Dragon3463]

its not that I don't understand that the task killers doesn't really help the phones systems. But why do they need to load all the apps at once. that doesn't make no sense to me in any form....

[turf]

I got through most of this thread and bored of reading it so if this is repeat oh well.
The purest on here say the killers are not needed... good for you... if everyone was just a developer where profits and human error weren't factors then they wouldn't be needed.

Unfortunately people do download apps that work improperly and/or sell all the info they collect for more directed marketing dollars and who do you think I'd benefit to make sure that app that is suppose to be running in the background and doing nothing were to keep running "in error" and collecting more info?

Last thought from an ignoramus... I could care less if my phone takes 3/10ths of a second longer to open an app... just close the stupid thing. The phone is fast enough that pre-loading is more for peace of mind then true performance. IMO

[everstar80]

I just got a 32gb memory card for my droid2 and it still seems like there are programs or memory that are using my memory but after watching the video, I am still uncertain on what type of task killer to use or how to check on what programs are doing this. Anymore tips?

[zerosouls]

Try an app called system panel... it shows you the apps in the foreground and background and you can end them and also pick up information about them without the AUTO mode that is so infamous about task killing

[RnD_Solo]

that is an excellent series of videos. i start my indepth programming classes next semester, im hoping c and c++ are in there so i can REALLY dig into this OS. i know a lot is java, but all the underlying stuff is c. thats awesome.

i would LOVE to make and app (edit, actually, app wouldnt be the correct term, i dont really know what you would call it) that uses the gpu for mathmatical functions. using the new CUDA (which is c/c++) architecure it would probably save a LOT of battery. but i think i need tegra chipsets for that.

[wdprice3]

I used to use ATK and killed all apps constantly. My DX was slow and had horrible battery life. When I bought my DX the VZW rep had me install ATK and told me to use it constantly or else my phone wouldn't work well (slow, no battery life etc). Well, after hearing about how android handles apps/processes I quit using ATK and holy crap, what an improvement. Battery is good all day long and the phone is much faster.

Just my 2 cents, but as most people have recommended, don't use task killers unless you need to kill a non-responsive/malfunctioning app. Your phone will appreciate it and run that much better.

[viper3773]

yeah rep installed atk for me too. i was like noooooo

[spaz33g]

Lol vzw rep installed atk without even asking me. I've been doing some research since reading this thread and it seems that atk may actually have been hurting my battery but not in a huge way. In any case I have begun only using atk when my phone gets really slow and I suspect a poorly performing app in the background

[Johnly]

Never use task killers. No matter how good the "excuse"

[zerosouls]

Just stop talking about them already, GOSH!