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Task Manager Finally!

In the market, and it kills apps!!!

Oh, nice. Tried it and it seems to be working perfectly on my ADP1.

Yes..seems to work...SWEET!!!

def needs refinement but so far looking good.
it needs to seperate between processes and apps.

Def nice start can't wait to see some updates on it.

oDeACoNo said:
Def nice start can't wait to see some updates on it.
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Preferably some graphical updates. It can look neater than what it does. And as stated, seperating between processes & apps would be good

Beast84 said:
Preferably some graphical updates. It can look neater than what it does. And as stated, seperating between processes & apps would be good
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AGREED!
How do you know whats what? I mean if you kill a process you could cause a reset/freeze right?

From what I have seen, it can kill the process for a particular program but it still runs in the background and will possibly crash the phone. Hasn't happened yet but might after trying more programs. The only way it might lock up the entire phone is if you close one of the "stock background processes such as android.process.* " but then again... yes we still need something to kill the entire application. It's a good bit different that WM, when you kill the process for the application, then the application closes.

Beast84 said:
Preferably some graphical updates. It can look neater than what it does. And as stated, seperating between processes & apps would be good
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i hate to correct you but the process' are the applications. you mean Services' which are not listed as of yet... i emailed arron and i have not gotten a reply about that. i told him it would be awesome to list the process' and services linked to them so we could kill it all

Looks like the application was updated and it now kills programs! Excellent application, definitely one the best around now.

Questions about TASK MANAGER?
I have it installed on my g1, obviously because I have root access. I noticed there are some apps that keep coming back seconds after I terminate them. For example Craigslist and self help. Anyone know why craigslist keeps coming back. I understand selfhelp may be a background program. Also I restarted my phone and taskmanager shows these programs are already running? Whats up with that?
The 2nd question is when I terminate some apps like powermanager for example, I can still see it running in my notifications and I know it is still running because when I plug in the g1 my power setting are applied. Because it doesn't show it in the in the taskmanager list.
Does anyone else notice this? Task manager doesnt seem to eliminate some apps from running. It makes question that it really works. Can anyone verify this?

Off topic....mmafighter
Please start reading the threads or use the search feature here.
Thank you

mmafighter077 said:
I have it installed on my g1, obviously because I have root access. I noticed there are some apps that keep coming back seconds after I terminate them. For example Craigslist and self help. Anyone know why craigslist keeps coming back. I understand selfhelp may be a background program. Also I restarted my phone and taskmanager shows these programs are already running? Whats up with that?
The 2nd question is when I terminate some apps like powermanager for example, I can still see it running in my notifications and I know it is still running because when I plug in the g1 my power setting are applied. Because it doesn't show it in the in the taskmanager list.
Does anyone else notice this? Task manager doesnt seem to eliminate some apps from running. It makes question that it really works. Can anyone verify this?
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Yea it keeps coming back because it loads a Service that isn't listed on this program that continues to run the search command. The intervals are not that frequent but it keeps it loaded.

Craigslist checks every few minutes for postings, I believe. You can track particular posts. It's annoying that you can't disable it.

Can´t find it in the market..
Can someone share the app via mail or upload somewhere, please?

brasax said:
Can´t find it in the market..
Can someone share the app via mail or upload somewhere, please?
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Just search for task manager in the market.

I did. It is not there.

brasax said:
I did. It is not there.
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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gxo1bnlsnct

Taskmanager has been removed in favor of the premium app Advanced Taskmanager. It's only $0.99 and is a lot better then the old Taskmanager.

mannyb said:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gxo1bnlsnct
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Thanks!!
(what the heck is that with message too short?!)

Beautiful Widgets Won't Download.

Alright. Let me lead off by saying I searched google and this forum and I couldn't find the answer to my problem. I have found the "answer" to my problem that has worked for other people but not for me. So let me explain my problem and the solutions I tried. Any help would be appreciated.
I bought Beautiful Widgets from the market place. When i go to download it, it says "download unsuccessful". Let me make clear that i'm not rooted (or ever want to be) and I'm running 2.1-update1.
Solutions that I've tried..
1. settings > apps > manage apps > I cleared data in the "Download Manager" and cleared cache in the "Market" section.
Basically i took this advice, http://androidforums.com/samsung-moment/38687-problem-beautiful-widgets.html, it worked for that dude, Didn't work for me.
2. I've restarted the phone a few times and that didn't work.
3. I refunded my money, and bought the app again, didn't work that time either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Edit: I gave this a new title because paid apps do download, just not beautiful widgets.

Can you install any app at all or does this affect all apps?

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Can you install any app at all or does this affect all apps?
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thanks for the reply
this only happens to paid apps. After all of this happened, I successfully downloaded beautiful silent widgets (or w/e) in the market and it was free.

ChillRays said:
thanks for the reply
this only happens to paid apps. After all of this happened, I successfully downloaded beautiful silent widgets (or w/e) in the market and it was free.
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Are you using wifi or 3g?
Maybe this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612929&highlight=paid+apps+download&page=2

attn1 said:
Are you using wifi or 3g?
Maybe this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612929&highlight=paid+apps+download&page=2
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I tried both.. also i set up a google voice account (like that one post suggested) .. i signed in and out of it and back in.. and still that app didn't download.
extremely frusterating

update: ok i bought doodle jump lol.. and that worked.. so i guess it must be something wrong with beautiful widgets?

ChillRays said:
update: ok i bought doodle jump lol.. and that worked.. so i guess it must be something wrong with beautiful widgets?
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Sounds like it. Probably try it another day and it'll work.

attn1 said:
Sounds like it. Probably try it another day and it'll work.
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Do they take apps down when they update them? Just curious, after you answer that i'll give an update after I find out what the problem is.

A dude on #android on Efnet IRC has the same problem.
He tried to buy it, said it went successful, then it was authorizing purchase for a long time.
Then got stuck, then Google issued him a refund because of some server error.
Now, when he goes to his downloads, it says Beautiful Widgets still says "purchased".

The BW author is on twitter all the time. I talk to him time to time. I think it was yesterday he mentioned that there are problems with his server and discussing with the powers that be to get a new one. If you have a twitter account, you may try him there if you havent sent him an email already.

hum - having exactly the same problem.. says purchased, click install, says download unsuccessful.. Followed the cache clear and made no difference..

x1tom said:
hum - having exactly the same problem.. says purchased, click install, says download unsuccessful.. Followed the cache clear and made no difference..
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bumping this:
I have emailed dev - but no reply..
Anyone have any thoughts?

Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but Beautiful Widgets caused problems for me anyway. Constant freezes and crashes. Overall slowdown of everything. I'm back to normal after uninstalling.
Fellow Rays fan here...St Pete resident.
GO RAYS!
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which app created this ad?

The notification icon is a grey "i" in a grey circle.
Will uninstall whatever it is.
edit: went thru the latest astro apk and the notification icon was not in there, so its probably not astro.

I use astro and have never seen this. Not sure what it is that's doing it, but I don't think its astro.

Install a Task Manager and kill processes one by one until you find out?

Xlythe said:
Install a Task Manager and kill processes one by one until you find out?
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but will that kill the notification thats already sent?

Dumb question probably, but happen's when you push that notifcation? Browser opens up?
I typed in WonderWall and found and found an app called MSN WonderWall (Wonderful Wall magazine) and went ahead and installed it. Not sure if that's your culprit.

should show up in logcat.

JCopernicus said:
should show up in logcat.
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I checked and didn't see anything

http://androidforums.com/support-troubleshooting-incredible/119912-ads-my-notification.html
Quick Uninstaller seems to be the culprit according to this.

This happened to me too recently, thought it was a fluke but after seeing this it reminded me. I dont have quick uninstaller so its not the only one doing it.

Are either of you guys using chrome 2 phone firefox extension, or any programs of that type?
Hmmm....I hope this isn't a security thing with C2DM.
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JCopernicus said:
Are either of you guys using chrome 2 phone firefox extension, or any programs of that type?
Hmmm....I hope this isn't a security thing with C2DM.
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im pretty sure every froyo user is using chrome 2 phone.

Blueman101 said:
im pretty sure every froyo user is using chrome 2 phone.
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Nope, you have to download chrome 2 phone. It's why I asked if you're using the firefox extention. That's not writting by the chrome 2 phone people and you don't know what's happening on their end.
The c2dm api is present, but you have to have an app installed to receive the intent.
In the Chrome 2 Phone combo, your browser extension sends the intent to the Chrome 2 Phone app, and the app displays the notification.
I can right a "happy buttons" app that I tell you displays happy faces, and that's all you think it does, however I can send ad notifications through the C2DM api and have it show a notification like the one you guys are seeing. All without the Chrome 2 Phone extention/apk combo.

JCopernicus said:
Nope, you have to download chrome 2 phone.
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No, no, I wasn't implying froyo came with chrome2phone, but that practically every froyo user has installed this and if it what chrome2phone, this would have been more widespread.

JCopernicus said:
http://androidforums.com/support-troubleshooting-incredible/119912-ads-my-notification.html
Quick Uninstaller seems to be the culprit according to this.
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I've never had that installed too. This is the second time I got the same Ad today.

How about Easy Note?

JCopernicus said:
How about Easy Note?
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dont have that either

britoso said:
dont have that either
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would be helpful if you posted a list of apps you have. this seems like more of a witch hunt otherwise

Wow. This is going way, way too far.. Ads in the notification bar.

britoso said:
dont have that either
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I bet it's that MoreRecent program. I hear that developer is all kinds of corrupt.
=P
(I'm just kidding for anyone that does't know, britoso is the developer of more rencet)

Might be from shopsavy the barcode scanner

[Q] Notification Saying "fwd fwd please call [?phone number]"

Today I saw something really weird, I am asking for an explanation of what it was.
I had my N1 screen locked and in my pocket.
I took it out to check the time... so first I hit the power button to turn the screen on.
As soon as the screen was on I saw what I think is called a "biscuit?" type notification on my phone that was centered in the screen. It said:
"fwd fwd please call [phone number I didn't recognize]"
Below that was two buttons I think for "Call" or "Dismiss".
I hit Dismiss and went on to unlock the phone and check the time but it was the only time I have ever seen that type of notification.
I checked new Emails, Texts, Chats but it wasn't part of any of those.
Sorry I couldn't get a screen capture of it.
Any bright ideas out there?
My configuration:
N1, Tmobile, was rooted prior to manually install gingerbread from update.zip. [I don't think it's rooted anymore]

Do you have any pirated apps?
Nasty Malware Found in Another Pirated App [Android.Pjapps] http://phandroid.com/?p=42279
Or any of these?
Google Pulls 21 Malware Apps Posing as Bogus Versions of Real Apps http://phandroid.com/?p=42290
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danger-rat said:
Do you have any pirated apps?
Nasty Malware Found in Another Pirated App [Android.Pjapps] http://phandroid.com/?p=42279
Or any of these?
Google Pulls 21 Malware Apps Posing as Bogus Versions of Real Apps http://phandroid.com/?p=42290
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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If anyone did have one of those listed apps, I'd also suggest turning on Google's 2-Step verification for your Gmail account. I unfortunately downloaded the 'Chess' app last week, only to find it didn't actually appear to do anything at all when I opened it on my N1. But within a few days, my Gmail account was hijacked for spam. It's the only correlation I have, and while I have no proof, it's a strong suspicion and probably good advice anyway.

CTMechE said:
If anyone did have one of those listed apps, I'd also suggest turning on Google's 2-Step verification for your Gmail account. I unfortunately downloaded the 'Chess' app last week, only to find it didn't actually appear to do anything at all when I opened it on my N1. But within a few days, my Gmail account was hijacked for spam. It's the only correlation I have, and while I have no proof, it's a strong suspicion and probably good advice anyway.
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On that note, it's probably not a bad idea to go ahead and install a free mobile antivirus program like Lookout, AVG, or Norton.

I'm not sure if this is the same, but might be something to look at. My voicemail with tmo offers people the option to page instead of leave a message. When they do, I always get some cryptic 'please call [number]' message that shows up like a text.

codesplice said:
On that note, it's probably not a bad idea to go ahead and install a free mobile antivirus program like Lookout, AVG, or Norton.
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But is there any proof those apps would have detected the malware that androidpolice reported?

peliROJO said:
But is there any proof those apps would have detected the malware that androidpolice reported?
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Not having access to those malicious apps to test with, I can't say for sure. What I can say is that those antivirus apps will detect far more malicious apps than you would without them. Especially when it's free, it doesn't make any sense to not have some sort of protection.
EDIT: As mentioned on the Official Lookout Blog:
Update: We’ve deployed an over-the-air update that protects Lookout users from all known instances of DroidDream.
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So at least with the update, yes, Lookout would now detect the DroidDream malware. Again, better safe than sorry.

jonfawcett said:
I'm not sure if this is the same, but might be something to look at. My voicemail with tmo offers people the option to page instead of leave a message. When they do, I always get some cryptic 'please call [number]' message that shows up like a text.
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I think this is what I saw. I have TMo and their visual voicemail app, and with no signal in the building I was working in a caller must have done that paging thing.
It was weird that it didn't look like a text notification.
Also thanks for the tip about malware, I didn't have any of the apps listed, but the google account check is very good advice.

lulzed at "biscuit" notification.
It's called a toast notification

GldRush98 said:
lulzed at "biscuit" notification.
It's called a toast notification
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I don't care what it is as long as we cover it in butter and jam!

I was thinking they might be called "pancake" notification? Some sort of breakfast snack... either way I repeated the condition by dialing my phone and "paging" option. Thanks all you all.
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Annoying Pop-up

Has anyone else seen this? I've gotten it to pop up 5 times or so since I've owned this phone and I have no clue what app it could be. I have the same apps on this phone that I always have on my phones and the only difference is now I don't have Adaway. I'm assuming it's something that I just never saw before due to it being blocked. Am I the only one with this? It opens in Samsung Browser. At the time, I was in TheScore app looking at baseball scores...

Sorry, here's the picture:

It's definitely not a legit system message. If it's only popping up in the browser try going into settings / apps and clearing all data for the browser you're using.

papashex said:
It's definitely not a legit system message. If it's only popping up in the browser try going into settings / apps and clearing all data for the browser you're using.
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Interestingly, here's what happens when I directly try to go to the URL listed in my first screenshot.

By any chance does it pop up everytime you unlock the phone or is it random?

It looks like a trojan or Malware to me!
It may be too late but I would NOT click to Fix Now button
I tried to look it up but do not see any direct hits for the exact wording

That's a SPAM ad. It's probably coming from an app or website you're on. Those are extremely common on tv streaming sites and file locker/file sharing sites. If you click on it it will take you to a site that will offer to "clean" your phone for you for a fee or subscription.

w8wca said:
It looks like a trojan or Malware to me!
It may be too late but I would NOT click to Fix Now button
I tried to look it up but do not see any direct hits for the exact wording
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harveydent said:
That's a SPAM ad. It's probably coming from an app or website you're on. Those are extremely common on tv streaming sites and file locker/file sharing sites. If you click on it it will take you to a site that will offer to "clean" your phone for you for a fee or subscription.
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What these two guys said. I've had that crap pop up through Facebook vids I've watched and from links sent to me via Messenger. Don't click on anything, just back out!

clear your cache and check your apps list..uninstall fishy looking apps....

It is just an advert, various apps and website use a pool of adverts and occasionally it gives you one of those annoying fake system message ones, the worst once constantly vibrate your phone too - there is not much you can do other than close the tab and try again.