Easily close programs? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been wondering if there is a way to close most programs with a button or menu. On my old BB Bold most programs had a menu->exit command or you could hold the escape key down for several seconds. Is there anything like this for apps like the browser or media player or am I doomed to using ATK for such a simple task? I don't like how the media player doesn't have a stop button and the music is just paused into the background when I want to close it. One other thing, how do I chose which browser window to open when I have multiple tabs open already?
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1) You're jumbling stuff in this post.
2) Use ATK's widget

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App that kills app + it's service by pressing a button within the app

LoL, I know it sounds confusing. What I am looking for is some kind of task manager that lets me use it by pressing a hardware button (long-press prefered). Similar to CM7 (that exits the app when long pressing the back button, but it doesn't kill the process/service, only exits back to home screen). I specifically need this to terminate the browser apps as I found them to be eating a lot of RAM (stock, doplhin, opera, doesn't matter).
A similar method (by long pressing the back button) would also be prefered. Any of you know of such an app?
CyanogenMod and Zulu roms have an option to press and hold the back button to kill the app. That's probably the closest thing to what you're looking for.
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What is the disadvantage if apps eat a lot of ram? Android already can manage it automaticly. If you need ram, it kills the apps.
Yeah, but I want it to kill the right apps, the browser that is.
I know its not exactly what you're looking for, but with Miren Browser, you can exit the app through the menu
Dario777 said:
I know its not exactly what you're looking for, but with Miren Browser, you can exit the app through the menu
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Yep, doplhin has this as well. But it's not what I'm looking for.
There is something tho that just popped un in my mind, I was thinking of a some kind of task manager that would have a "shortcut" to kill apps. I could uncheck all the apps and check only the browser and some others that I'm interested in (gallery and maps also seem to be eating pretty much and I never even open the maps app). Then I could go in CM7 settings and activate that "shortcut" for one of the buttons, like long pressing the menu button for example.

[Q] Dolphin Browser Exit Settings

Does anyone have any clue why Dolphin HD keeps prompting me like this on exit?
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I have the Exit Settings set up as follows..to not confirm on exit
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Has anybody else had this problem with the Dolphin browser? I really like the interface, but I hate having to confirm exit every time.
Its not a problem really..rather a feature..in stock browser u don't have exit so u actually minimize it (app still runs in background)..but in dolphin u don't have this issue..pressing exit kills app..
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Its not a problem rather a feature.. in stock browser u don't have exit option hence u invariably minimize d app instead of killing it but dolphin gives u d option to kill it completely rather than run in background..
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doomsdaycs said:
Its not a problem rather a feature.. in stock browser u don't have exit option hence u invariably minimize d app instead of killing it but dolphin gives u d option to kill it completely rather than run in background..
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But I do not want it to confirm that everytime, when I close my browser, I want it to close and not continue to run. And selecting the option to do that isn't working
For me, this confirm on Exit dialogue only pops up when I exit using the back key of my phone.
When you exit through Menu Button -> Exit it exits directly (if you've disabled the notification).
I really think this is supposed to be a feature, to not accidentally exiting the browser by pressing the back key, since everything tipped in or sth would be gone
Smirny said:
For me, this confirm on Exit dialogue only pops up when I exit using the back key of my phone.
When you exit through Menu Button -> Exit it exits directly (if you've disabled the notification).
I really think this is supposed to be a feature, to not accidentally exiting the browser by pressing the back key, since everything tipped in or sth would be gone
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I guess this is the workaround. I would like to be able to close it using the back button, without prompt, but I guess I can't just have everything I want now can I
sounds like a bug if your turning that prompt off and it still comes up, perhaps report it to the developers.
to keep ur privacy
Miren
In this regard, I much prefer Miren Browser. it's just as fast as Dolphin, without any annoying plug-in bloat or dialog boxes.
It's going to be much more consistent if they honored the preference of prompting (or not prompting) when you either explicitly exit or press the back button to exit. Alternatively, they can even have a separate preference option to handle the back case. It just gets really annoying to keep getting the dialog.
Just my two cents worth. Thanks!

Search: only foreground app killer

I looked for a solution long time for this, no success.
I wanna an app that can kill the active (foreground app) only, like in Cyanogenmod "long press back button kill".
I wanna assign to a hardware key this app to kill my active app.
(there is a "shake task killer " app, but I dont love it)
Anybody?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107814
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wyx said:
I looked for a solution long time for this, no success.
I wanna an app that can kill the active (foreground app) only, like in Cyanogenmod "long press back button kill".
I wanna assign to a hardware key this app to kill my active app.
(there is a "shake task killer " app, but I dont love it)
Anybody?
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I use the widget running apps that comes with the original. Is that of any use to see apps running and stopping?:banghead:
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Just got Note - problem with browser tabs

So I just got the Note recently and so far I'm liking it (came from Iphone 4).... BUT, 1 thing that has GOT TO CHANGE!!! Is..... when I open stock browser and open tabs, if I close the browser and then go back to it my tabs are all gone!!! And it just shows home page...
Has anyone figured this out?? I haven't installed any task manager stuff. I need to get this fixed though. Is there a fix for this?
I've tried searching this forum and google but don't see much info. Most of the stuff I see says to uninstall task killers, but I didn't install anything just stock task manager for the Note.
I've tried different browsers also but none of them really seem to keep the tabs open, it is very annoying
Any ideas?
bump for friday!!!
This is more of a workaround.
Instead of exiting the browser with the back button, press the home button. When you go back to the browser (by long pressing the home button to access the running tasks) the tabs should still be there.
Probably best to have put this in the Q&A section
Thanks for the reply!! But this is what I'm doing... even that doesn't work. In fact, I don't use the back button too much, I mostly use the home button...
There is no fix for this? Can someone tell me the cause of it? Is it something to do with a Samsung task manager? Is there a new task manager I can install or seomthing I can tweak in the OS? Perhaps seomething in the browser config or task manager config?
I don't have this problem... especially with Dolphin Browser. Those bloody tabs persist after reboots. It is a pain in the arse to get rid of them, you have to kill them manually.
Any body else know a fix??
Maybe I'll try firefox see how that works. I did d/l dolphin but haven't tried yet
You can install ZDbox, it is an app that was developed by an Xda member. It has a task killer incorporated within the app where you can put the browser in the protected apps by long pressing and adding it. After you do this, the app will not be closed if you kill all other apps.
Let me know if it resolves the issue. (it is available for free in the market)
Why are you using stock browser anyway . It's crap . I never managed to download anything with it . And after " download " it can't parse it . Use OPERA MOBILE . ( NOT mini ) . You'll thank me later
HasC said:
You can install ZDbox, it is an app that was developed by an Xda member. It has a task killer incorporated within the app where you can put the browser in the protected apps by long pressing and adding it. After you do this, the app will not be closed if you kill all other apps.
Let me know if it resolves the issue. (it is available for free in the market)
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Ok I tried ZDbox, however the browser doesnt even show up in the process list of ZDbox lol... It shows up in my task manager, but not in ZDbox.
I will just use a different browser... I see so many browsers, which is best? How does Opera compare with Firefox? I kinda like Maxthon also, but it isn't saving my tabs either
Download Opera. It's the fastest browser, as it uses hardware acceleration.
Its not witht stock browser. If you are opening too many apps and then press Home key, the Android system will put the browser to sleep but it keeps it in memory. If you launch another app at this point which asks for more RAM than there is available, Android will start exiting the apps that are residing in the memory. When that happens, the browser could also be force closed by the system. Dunno how to fix that since I am not a dev.
If you use other browsers, you wont have the GPU acceleration and hence smoothness, in my opinion.
Just my 2 cents.
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nobnut said:
I don't have this problem... especially with Dolphin Browser. Those bloody tabs persist after reboots. It is a pain in the arse to get rid of them, you have to kill them manually.
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The two of you should talk: his tabs don't stay and yours are hurting your ass
So how is everyone with the Note fixing or getting around this? I'm trying Opera now...
Well, after using the Opera browser... i gotta say I like it. EXCEPT it doesn't remember my tabs either!! It seems like none of the browsers are working right with tabs... unless i'm doing soemething wrong? Is there any way to remember tabs in opera mobile?
When I press the back button on Dolphin it ask if I want to close the browser or minimize it.
What would be nice is.... like Safari on iphone... if you kill it, it still opens up with all your tabs... or a desktop firefox, it always allows you to restore your previous session/tabs...
I HAVE to keep tabs open, instead of re-opening 5 pages/tabs evertime the browser just feels like forgetting them
Anybody know about the great Note browser mystery??
How long after you press home are you checking, if you leave it in sleep mode for some time, android will kill the high power consuming processes and that is why your tabs are not getting stored...
I think what you want is a browser which remembers your previous tabs and reload all of them whenever you open a browser.. i dont think stock or dolphin or opera has such an option, did you try the mobile version of firefox.. maybe it remebers tabs...
And to those people this is not about multitasking... it is just that he wants the browser to remember his tabs so that it can reload itself everytime a new instance opens...
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How long after you press home are you checking, if you leave it in sleep mode for some time, android will kill the high power consuming processes and that is why your tabs are not getting stored...
I think what you want is a browser which remembers your previous tabs and reload all of them whenever you open a browser.. i dont think stock or dolphin or opera has such an option, did you try the mobile version of firefox.. maybe it remebers tabs...
And to those people this is not about multitasking... it is just that he wants the browser to remember his tabs so that it can reload itself everytime a new instance opens...
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YES!! thank you..thats exactly right! i've tried so many browsers so far and have yet to find one that does!! It seems so weird to me that none of these browsers have a session restore or tab restore option. let me try firefox... i haven't really tried it yet. BUT i just read firefox for andoird DOES have hardware acceleration... I'M ON IT! will report back
After using FF for a bit...I can report it is the same as other browsers There is no session restore and it closes my tabs also. When I launch it, it shows me my "previously closed tabs" but it won't let me restore them all......I have to click on each one to restore
So this is still a aproblem

HTC ONE task manager

Not sure if I am missing something but on my one s I had a task manager to see my running apps. Is there a task manager in this phone?
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double tap on Home button, there you go buddy
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I have seen that and used that but even after removing them from there they seem to be still active for example I was on XDA app and double tapped home then removed it but it was still open. Tried it with Pandora and Google play music and neither stopped playing music after being removed.
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double tap on Home button, there you go buddy
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That's not task manager dude, that's recently used apps.
You need to go into Settings -> Apps -> Running apps to see your running programs. however, it's quite generic. RomToolBox has a better task manager. I'm pretty sure any task manager is better than the stock.
Actually swiping away apps like that is a task manager of sorts. Back when Google first introduced the swipe away feature in android, they stated this action kills the apps activity but not it's service (if it has one), hence why the music app didn't stop playing music, because that's a service not an activity.

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