With sense ROMs and Builds requiring us to use “turn off” instead of restart. And some of them have modified power menus so using a third party app to turn off the device may be as bad as removing the battery. Is there a way to make an app that activates the sense power menu. I’m not sure if anyone’s familiar with this: create a shortcut for the program “endkey” located in windows folder, and assign it to a quick launch button, when you click on it you’d get the same menu you normally get when long pressing the end key. I’m guessing that it’s possible to create an app for android that simulates a long press, thus saving us plenty of long presses on the end key. but would anyone be willing to create such app?
Dr.Move said:
With sense ROMs and Builds requiring us to use “turn off” instead of restart. And some of them have modified power menus so using a third party app to turn off the device may be as bad as removing the battery. Is there a way to make an app that activates the sense power menu. I’m not sure if anyone’s familiar with this: create a shortcut for the program “endkey” located in windows folder, and assign it to a quick launch button, when you click on it you’d get the same menu you normally get when long pressing the end key. I’m guessing that it’s possible to create an app for android that simulates a long press, thus saving us plenty of long presses on the end key. but would anyone be willing to create such app?
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+1 for this .. Let's see who can do it. (I wish I could do it, but life's life i guess )
I don't think it's that hard, but we need a developer/programmer who knows what to do.
Search the Market for 'Quick Boot' I think it will do what your asking for,although you'll need the paid version to get the hot boot option to restart without going back to WinMo.
Marct77 said:
Search the Market for 'Quick Boot' I think it will do what your asking for,although you'll need the paid version to get the hot boot option to restart without going back to WinMo.
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thanks for the reply.
I wouldn't have posted this if I hadn't tried quick boot. It did turn off my device, but it also cost me an hour of restoring my sense back to the way it was, because it made my android crash the next time I ran it.. I'm not sure if it does the same to NAND roms, but it sure made my day miserable on my SD build. and I was able to try the paid version, and it gave me the same result.
an app that opens the native sense power menu, or even a scrip to do so is much more reliable than a hit and miss app originally designed for android phones.
You have and SD build right?
Are you asking for someone to make an app/widget/shortcut that you use while in android that will call up a WM program to restart the device? Maybe I am confused.
yes, I can't live without WinMo..
and no, what I'm saying is since some developers modified the shutdown process, a normal shutdown isn't safe. The solution is by either creating a program that can access the original "sense" power menu options, or an app capable of bringing up that menu. even a script that brings up that menu would be fine.
The resemblanse to WinMo's end key, that endkey.exe is the program that runs when you long press your power button, so if you create a shortcut for it you can run it without pressing the power button.
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Hey, I was wondering if it were at any way possible to add a quit or kill button to the menu popup that will end the currently loaded app? Maybe the devs can come up with a way to implement a global method that will work with any currently open app when you press the menu button?
I know they have the task killers and all that.. but I just thought it would be a neat modification while I was in browser and came across a situation where I had to restart the browser and couldn't figure out a way to kill it without having to download a task killer....I just seldom need to kill all apps is why I don't have advanced task killer installed anymore. ...
Each application's menu is within that application itself. It would have to be something in the pull-down menu, and that would only be visible if the application allows it.
A nice alternative might be to add a "kill top" to the long-press-home.
Although it really isn't too hard to go to home, open a terminal, and kill the problem application.
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Hey, I was wondering if it were at any way possible to add a quit or kill button to the menu popup that will end the currently loaded app? Maybe the devs can come up with a way to implement a global method that will work with any currently open app when you press the menu button?
I know they have the task killers and all that.. but I just thought it would be a neat modification while I was in browser and came across a situation where I had to restart the browser and couldn't figure out a way to kill it without having to download a task killer....I just seldom need to kill all apps is why I don't have advanced task killer installed anymore. ...
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Although closing apps is actually against the ethos of Android I tend to agree that, whilst we still attach ourselves to old paradigms, a close function would be nice. Perhaps a little x on the right hand side of the app's entry in the navigation list would be good. It could be implemented universally (using the same Android close app mechanisms as are used for low memory conditions) and would not require modifications to any apps.
In the meantime, you do realise you can close a single app from Settings | Applications | Manage Applications right?
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...while I was in browser and came across a situation where I had to restart the browser...
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Were you looking at porn?!
^haha you know it! Nah but actually I enabled that browser download any file type setting In astro which required a restart of the browser and I was feeling lazy when I thought it would be nice to have a close button.
And ya.I am aware of the manage applications deal in the built-in settings. But I was jus thinking it would be nice to be able to close it while I'm still I'm the actual app itself.
Nice to know it could be possible tho
Hello Chefs (and all you microwave re-heaters..you know who you are..)
I have a request for a feature either as a standalone app, or implemented into a rom. Maybe, it's not possible. I don't know.
What I would love to see is a simple task killer (no gui) mapped to the 'hangup' button on android phones. When I'm running an app and I want to close it, I hit the hang up button, and it kills the currently running app. This seems to me to be intuitive, would streamline task management/eliminate unneeded apps running in the bg, and make Android much more user friendly.
Order of Operations would work something like this.
User starts an App (Browser)
If the user hits the hangup button, Browser would be killed and the screen would return to the home page. A second click on the hangup button would turn off the screen and lock the phone.
If the user hits the home button, the app stays running in the background, and when the user clicks Browser again, the app returns in it's current state with the last loaded page available.
Like I said, it seems pretty simple and straightforward. I know it would require a rooted phone, but it seems like it would give maximum flexibility to the user and allow them to kill the apps that they want when they want to. But maybe it's not possible. So please, let me know. Thanks for the great work guys.
And what would you do if you had a call running in the background?
WHY do you want to kill the running application? It won't do anything once you switch off of it except consume memory, and if more memory is needed, the task killer will take care of that for you.
If you need this you either:
* fail to understand how the user interface works in android (including reclaiming of processes)
Or
* are running applications by developers who didn't design the application to work correctly on android.
The button you are looking for is the back button. It will background the app immediately and allow it to be overwritten as soon as anything needs memory.
I'm using MileStone, but when I run apps, they always suspend, not exit => so mine works more and more slows when I run many apps
I check out in Settings, but I still dont know to exit apps then return home every time I click back
Please tell me how to do it
Thank you very much
anyone help me please
download advanced task manager or task killer
I recommend Auto Mem Manager on the Market, a freeware, just choose the "aggressive" profile.
AND, as for how to exit app, I suggest you try to press "back" button when you wanna exit this app, not directly press "home" button.
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Let me explain to you the logic behind this, simply your application is not closed but it enter what is called hibernate mode where it will not consume too much memory and at the same time when you will open the application again you can resume what you was doing.
I belive that this is a smart action form Android OS where you will not find in WM or Symbian (maybe Apple OS).
if you want to get rid of it, please install Advanced Task Manager and from the setting use what ever setting that might suite you.
For me i use the following setting:
Auto Kill Level --> Safe
Auto Kill Frequecny --> Every One Hour
Security Level --> Meduim
With the above setting, i didn't face any performance problem and reduced reboot frequency (General Problem in the Android).
Feel free to ask any question and I will be ready for you
Has anyone come accross a way to make for example a long press of the back button always close (exit) a program....and the Home button would leave it suspended or hibernated. I completely understand what they are trying to achieve by going the 'no exit/close' route, but it is really annoying that it isn't even an option for me. I think it totally defeats the idea of a homepage on your internet browser now. Every time I open the browser, I have to mess around with 10 back button presses or manually open a bookmark. Would be nice to be able to hit back or home if you plan on returning...or just long press back to fully exit whatever you are doing. I've installed a few task manager programs, but haven't found anything that is that easy, or that works on the Atrix.
I have been searching for exactly the same thing myself, mainly because I want to shutdown a crashed or frozen app in one foul swoop!
In the froyo days I used 'Quick Exit Froyo' by long pressing search. This would take me to Android Application Manager where you can hit 'Force Close'
2 presses wasn't good enough for me so I then found 'EXIT - task killer' which creates an 'x' at the top right corner of the screen. Just tap it and the current app shuts down. However, this doesn't work on Gingerbread 2.3.
I'm now searching for one that will work with 2.3, but I will probably have to root my Desire.
links Below:
EXIT - Task Killer - http://tinyurl.com/44gknpy
Quick Exit Froyo - http://tinyurl.com/3jgyd27
Warm regards.
I have cognition 2.2 beta7. I have made every attempt to remove that stupid task manager, but it's hijacked the long press home option even after I removed it. Anyone know what I would do to get back to the normal long press home thing?
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I have cognition 2.2 beta7. I have made every attempt to remove that stupid task manager, but it's hijacked the long press home option even after I removed it. Anyone know what I would do to get back to the normal long press home thing?
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The long press home has always brought up a dialog for selecting recently run apps as a sort of short cut to multitasking even in the stock eclair rom shipped by samsung. The only difference in the froyo leak is that dialog now contains a link to enter a new front end app to the task manager.
I don't know how to remove that link - I'm guessing you will have to edit something in the framework somewhere. And by the way - you may have or be able to remove the front end user interface app to the android task manager but you can't remove the actual android task manager and still have the phone be operational.
The long press home thing in android isn't exactly a "Task Manager" in stock android. It functions as a way of accessing apps.
The front end app, has hijacked that screen by adding it's button to it.
I was able to delete the app, but now I am stuck a task switcher screen that has a broken task manager link on it. (which if clicked happens to lock up the entire device.)
I'm sure I'd have to get down and dirty somewhere, but I just don't know where.
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The long press home thing in android isn't exactly a "Task Manager" in stock android. It functions as a way of accessing apps.
The front end app, has hijacked that screen by adding it's button to it.
I was able to delete the app, but now I am stuck a task switcher screen that has a broken task manager link on it. (which if clicked happens to lock up the entire device.)
I'm sure I'd have to get down and dirty somewhere, but I just don't know where.
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That dialogue was not hijacked by anything - the link was intentionally encoded by someone from samsung to be in the dialogue in froyo 2.2
Ugh. Why would they do that to us?
That link below is why I think it's stupid. (I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post links yet but I'll try anyway.)
http://androinica.com/2010/05/07/go...-imply-task-killermanager-apps-are-pointless/
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Ugh. Why would they do that to us?
That link below is why I think it's stupid. (I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post links yet but I'll try anyway.)
http://androinica.com/2010/05/07/go...-imply-task-killermanager-apps-are-pointless/
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Yes. While task managers have value in allowing someone to watch their phone learn what is going on with their and give them some knowledge and a tool for trouble shooting, far too many people are using them as a system resource management tool, killing processes and apps without really knowing what they are doing or that it is completely unnecessary. Often people are even doing more harm then good as they are going way too far in their zest to kill that they are keeping their phone from operating properly.
I think that is what samsung is probably attempting to accomplish with this limited front end app to the task manager that is being included in their froyo builds - trying to give people a tool to satisfy some of there (way over the top) task killing mania while keeping people safe from getting to deep in there task killing and causing problems.
Hopefully more and more people will start getting the message - quit all the arbitrary unneeded task killing - use your task manager keep tabs on your phone and to catch any problem apps that you may of installed - and leave the resource task managing to the actual built in OS task manager as it really does do a good job - so long as you don't have some poorly coded resource hog software installed.
How do we open the multi-tasking screen, or the running apps screen, so that I can easily close running apps with a swipe to free up resources? On most Android devices I've used, at least more recent ones, you either double-press the Home button, or maybe press and hold the Home button. I've not found any way to open a similar screen on my Nook HD+. Also, I find plenty of apps that will allow me to close background apps and processes, but nothing that will allow me to close regularly running apps.
Also, I should mention that me HD+ has been rooted since about early 2013. I rooted with an early root method and it seems like I recall part of the process being installing an app that sort of "captured" the Home button press and you selected what to do on a single Home button press, a double-Home button press, etc. I can't seem to find any evidence of that app being installed currently, so I'm thinking I may have wiped and rooted with a more recent method since then. Still, I'm wondering if that may possibly be part of the problem.
Anyway, if anyone is aware of a method to bring up the screen I'm referring to, I'd be most appreciative.
Thanks.
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How do we open the multi-tasking screen, or the running apps screen, so that I can easily close running apps with a swipe to free up resources? On most Android devices I've used, at least more recent ones, you either double-press the Home button, or maybe press and hold the Home button. I've not found any way to open a similar screen on my Nook HD+. Also, I find plenty of apps that will allow me to close background apps and processes, but nothing that will allow me to close regularly running apps.
Also, I should mention that me HD+ has been rooted since about early 2013. I rooted with an early root method and it seems like I recall part of the process being installing an app that sort of "captured" the Home button press and you selected what to do on a single Home button press, a double-Home button press, etc. I can't seem to find any evidence of that app being installed currently, so I'm thinking I may have wiped and rooted with a more recent method since then. Still, I'm wondering if that may possibly be part of the problem.
Anyway, if anyone is aware of a method to bring up the screen I'm referring to, I'd be most appreciative.
Thanks.
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If all you did was root the tablet and are still running the stock system, there is no such capability other than by going to the app manager under Settings where you can force stop some apps.
What you describe sounds like a Kit-Kat and later capability using the symbol to the right of "home" (whatever it's called). That opens a list of app history from which you can quickly go back to an app or close out individuals or the whole lot.
OK, so it wasn't a feature of the Nook HD+ at all, and since it doesn't really have any other buttons other than "Home"...
I guess I'm so used to it from newer Android devices that I assumed it must have been on this one, and that maybe it was something I'd messed up during the original root years ago.
Thanks for the info.
I haven't used the stock BN ROM in a while, but I thought there was actually a custom version of the multitasking screen accessed from a slightly different looking icon on the far right corner of the navigation bar?
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