if you add a widget for this app you can kill all with one press.
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Best way to close programs for memory?
- Thread starter kkwan77
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Yes, its called Advanced Task Killer Free, and it works great!!
Mock, yea, ing, yea, bird, yea!
Same here. What do I need running and what can be truned off. I know its preference but what are all you guys turning off?
dean.collins
Member
Yep i use the same app.
I cant believe 5 year old windows mobile has this function designed better than Android
SwordOfWar
Member
Yep i use the same app.
I cant believe 5 year old windows mobile has this function designed better than Android
Android is much younger. Older OSs have had more time to perfect their features and settings. So in that respect, Android is excellent and catching up quickly.
On another note, take caution when using these third party task/app killers. I have seen many users run into weird problems when using these types of apps. It can make the phone unstable and require a restart.
The best way (although it is more work) is to close unwanted programs using the OS's native close feature.
dean.collins
Member
I haven't seen it myself (well in the last 5 days anyway/with the 100 or so apps i have on my Droid).
Exactly how 'do' you close apps natively on the droid?
I don't think you can. It's not documented in the user documentation and when you go into the menu to manage the programs running it only lists basic ones. (i.e., corp. calendar, google, email)
SwordOfWar
Member
There was an option in settings somewhere to manage running apps. Take a dig in there and you should run by it. It's not exactly easy to get to, but it has worked for me.
It could be annoying when you first get the phone and download/close/uninstall all your apps that you test but don't want, but after that its not a huge issue for me.
Do you mean Advanced "Task" Killer Free, or is that a different app?
WhiskeySix
Member
Guys - you're doing it wrong 
To make things run fast, you want the memory FULL!!!! Why? Well think of it this way: empty memory is wasted memory. It's as if it doesn't exist!
Now then, an OS can speed things up be 'preloading' the memory with stuff it's "most likely" to need. If it doesn't end up needing it, there's no penalty, but if you do use one of those preloaded things, it's a LOT faster! Also - there isn't any battery cost for this - just because an application has it's code and data preloaded into memory DOESNT mean that application is consuming any CPU cycles.
To make things run fast, you want the memory FULL!!!! Why? Well think of it this way: empty memory is wasted memory. It's as if it doesn't exist!
Now then, an OS can speed things up be 'preloading' the memory with stuff it's "most likely" to need. If it doesn't end up needing it, there's no penalty, but if you do use one of those preloaded things, it's a LOT faster! Also - there isn't any battery cost for this - just because an application has it's code and data preloaded into memory DOESNT mean that application is consuming any CPU cycles.
Thanks for the tip. I have been killing apps left and right and haven't seen any improvement.