How to prevent casual use applications that start with Android every boot?
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You can try advanced task manager by Arron La. It won't prevent it, but at least you can stop the service.
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I'm what one might call, obsessive compulsive. And I simply can't handle these Android applications. Why do they start whenever they want and stay active? I can't understand this. I'll reboot my phone, do some things, open up OS Monitor, and practically every application I've ever installed is running or trying to run (Mixzing, Doggcatcher, etc...). What gives? This is ridiculous. Android application installs should allow the user to decide if the application can start on its own for any reason...
/FRUSTRATED!
Did you try to format and reinstall?
Which rom?
You should try autokiller, a free app in the app store. You can use it to tweak you memory settings and kill background programs earlier
I been using Advanced Task Manager 4.1 before I updated to froyo and it killed all my unwanted apps very well. All the roms I tryed on 2.2 do this: they leave the apps connected to the internet open. It just wastes my battery. I tryed a bunch of other task killers and none of them work, the apps still stay open. I need to kill the apps untill the next time I open them. Anyone know a way to do that on 2.2 or what my prolem is?
Might want to state what your problem is or ask a question
I edited my post, any way you or someone else can help
artii829 said:
I been using Advanced Task Manager 4.1 before I updated to froyo and it killed all my unwanted apps very well. All the roms I tryed on 2.2 do this: they leave the apps connected to the internet open. It just wastes my battery. I tryed a bunch of other task killers and none of them work, the apps still stay open. I need to kill the apps untill the next time I open them. Anyone know a way to do that on 2.2 or what my prolem is?
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For one thing you might want to download DroidWall and disable internet access to all unwanted apps. It is like Firewall for your android.
Also try Taskiller. I m using it and it kills apps and never let them start until screen turns on again.
-Sekhar
See thats the thing, I want them to be off untill I turn them on myself. I think I'll re-download DroidWall (I have known about it) and all task killers do the same thing I guess, which is kill the apps untill the next time you turn on your screen =/
Could you give us an example of these apps that are "staying connected" and some indication of what you're testing to know that they are staying connected?
Apps like: Bloo (Facebook), Hi IM, Android Market, Weather Bug, & others that dont use internet like Astrid Tasks, Startup Cleaner Pro, Titanium Backup, TeslaLED & toggle apps.
I just want them closed when I kill them. Right now I have a shortcut to managing apps so I click on the running tab and manually force close them but thats a pain.
INDICATION: killing weather bug and the notification with the temperature stays.
After killing the apps I have listed they pop up again in the task manager 30 seconds later.
Does stopping running processes from the Manage Applications settings have any permanent effect on the phone? If I turn off the phone and turn it on again, will it fix whatever I stopped?
It's ok right to turn off processes? Nothing is really deleted right? Sorry, I'm new to android and smart phones in general/
Running processes are running programmes located in the RAM, so turn them off will only stop them running without wipe them from storage.
Not sure why you want to manually stop running processes, it’s likely they will auto restart after a while anyway. Beside Gingerbread is quite good at manage running apps, so there really is not a need to manually terminate running processes.
Nope. It will not have any permanent effect. You'll just clean up your RAM a bit, but everything you stopped will be started again when you turn on your phone or even in a few seconds.
Agree with the user above about Gingerbread app managing.
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In my opinion, the *only* reason to manually stop a process is because it's gone rogue and slowing down your device.
Any form of automatic task killing is ultimately counter-productive!
Regards,
Dave
If you root u device, u can use "Gemini App" to kill apps permanently. Just select them and mark " block", u also can kill processes completely and configure the auto-run
hey guys
I am really confused as to why some apps show to be running in
settings---manage applications--running services
like for example contract killer, office suits, lets golf 3d, NFL pro 2012
knowing that i did not even turn them on, so when I press stop those apps, after few minutes they show up again in running services.
Why is that?????
Most apps have 'listeners' that listen for events. When this event occurs, they are woken by the OS to do whatever they want to so. This is why so many stock apps are impossible to kill, they just start up again.
I use Android Assistant to stop apps starting at boot, and Autorun manager to disable all listeners for apps I do not want active. I think Autorun Manager can do it all itself, however, but I bought AA first.
I kill all things I do not like such as WiFi sharing, Bluetooth sharing, Social and Music Hubs. Be careful not to kill services that are required!
You do need a Rooted phone for this to work, however. It was my main reason for rooting once again. It is well worth it, and not as riskly / tricky as flashing a custom ROM. Be aware you may need to 'unroot' to get OTA updates and warranty fixes.
I also use droidwall to prevent apps getting to the internet by GPS, WiFi or both. That makes me feel a lot safer!
Overall my battery life seems 50% greater, and my mobile data access is about 50% less.
I have a few apps running in the background all the time. Facebook and blood and glory mainly. Is there a way to delete them for good? On Facebook I set it that no notifications and never refresh, and its still using up 12mb. Same with blood and glory. Any way to kill them for good? Is there an app maybe? Thanks.
Well, mainly in android apps have 4 components.
Two of those are Activities and Services.
The activities have UI, you can activate and use it. The services doesn't have UI since they are hidden. You can't Activate them manually and their purpse is to open the app fast. Deleting the app is the best way you can use a task manager to close them.
Advanced Task Killer, for example, has the ability to set timer for RAM clearing, you can set it to whenever you lock your screen.
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Another way for ram.
I think of the amount of memory (ram) have effected to play game or run any application smoothly.
So If you use kernel Semaphore 2.7.4(GB) or 1.2.0 (ICS) there are choices for big memory to run application smoothly.
I want to kill an app like Facebook, and then I don't want it to run in the background after I close the app. When I kill the process , after aboit 10 seconds it goes on again!
Anyone!?
Anyone 2x?
use advanced task manager.or delete the facebook app and install fbm.it does not run in the background
I've found an useful article about Task killer apps:
Being a new member, I cannot post outside link.
Search for: Task killer apps What they do, and why you shouldn't use them ->
Autostarts
There is an app on android market called Autostarts, it's an amazing app i've used it for over a year now and never had any problems. what it does it stops apps like facebook from starting up automaticly and keeps the app fully closed until you choose to launch it. Same goes for any other app which you choose to disable from auto-starting by itself. This is why Autostarts is so much better than say a normal task killer because apps closed by task killers restart themselves a few minutes later so your just running round in circles trying to keep the app closed probably eating up more battery trying to close it every 5 minutes than if you just left the app alone, where as with autostarts you dissable the app once then thats it it wont start until you tell it to, perfect!
Autostart sounds quite good
I'd also recommend using titanium backup to freeze the app, unfreeze when you want it and then freeze when you dont.
Autostart probably sounds like the easier option, no need to keep freezing and unfreezing, but knowing about titanium backup and freezing apps doesn't hurt