i hope i don't create a redundant thread, but a preceding search (flip clocks) in the DREAM forum only returned 3 existing threads, which all did not discuss this question.
my weather widget/flip clock (donate version) stops refreshing frequently. it is usually trailing for some time, mostly up to an hour or so, until it wakes up again.
i know the instruction: exclude weather widget from task killer (or add to "ignore list")
HOWEVER....
i don't even have a task killer installed....
Toggle Settings has a task killer embedded, but I haven't even activated it (seemed to cause more problems than solving any...)
so... what else do i have to do, apart from that above, that i can't do.
thanks for any hint.
cheers
Download Advanced Task Manager and exclude it from there. You should have a task manager anyhow.
i tried that (with toggle settings task killer (ignore list)) and estrongs task manager (ignore list)... but both didn't change a thing.
that's why i am so confused
Carloswithac said:
Download Advanced Task Manager and exclude it from there. You should have a task manager anyhow.
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correction... i think it was just that.
i tried Advanced Task Manager, excluded weather widget in that one, and now it works like a charm...
but that means many other task killers are just not doing it right....... because they didn't work.
thanks for the help!
Had this issue, just paid the $0.99 for the app and hope this takes care of it.
Thanks all!
Talderon said:
Had this issue, just paid the $0.99 for the app and hope this takes care of it.
Thanks all!
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yes, all the best! at first it seemed not to work.
i managed it by doing the following:
1. open the weather widget app (not the widget, the app that comes along with it, in which we change settings or themes, etc.)
2. while weather widget app is open, start advanced task manager and add the weather widget app to the exlude list (also to the auto-kill exclude list)
this did it for me. finally the flip clock is on time. ALWAYS
my clock stops working when there is a forcast error and only starts working again when i refresh the weather. I've contacted the dev and told him about it and he said he will look into it.
i just figured out that although adding it to the exclude list of advanced task manager it still "crashes" occasionally.
then the weather app has to be re-started, and then it works again.
something makes weather app crashing, and i believe it's low memory. should extract a log ...
Same problem here. Excluded it from kill list, but still runs consistently behind, when it's not locked up for hours. Quite a disappointment after coming from Beautiful Widgets. Can't exclude from Auto Kill list on free Advanced Task Manager, but shouldn't have to buy an app to make another work properly!
i figured it out, somehow...
i realized that apart from Advanced Task Manager, I had also Toggle Settings, which also kills processes (I find this feature of Toggle Settings is not as intiuitive but it seems impossible to have it deactivated).
so, i have to:
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager autokill
- exclude from Toggle Settings
- exclude from Toggle Settings autokill
... for any new app that has a task manager and autokill function this will have to be done separately
finally i got it working
I've tried excluding it from Taskiller, Advanced Task Manager, Estrongs, etc and it still stops refreshing. After unlocking, it's always wrong, requiring refresh. Hopefully dev can get this app working correctly.
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i figured it out, somehow...
i realized that apart from Advanced Task Manager, I had also Toggle Settings, which also kills processes (I find this feature of Toggle Settings is not as intiuitive but it seems impossible to have it deactivated).
so, i have to:
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager autokill
- exclude from Toggle Settings
- exclude from Toggle Settings autokill
... for any new app that has a task manager and autokill function this will have to be done separately
finally i got it working
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I'm not sure if you are using Cyanogen, but if you go into your apps list open the Spare Parts app. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the list of options. The last one should be 'Home app in memory'. This is where the lesser of two evils comes in, at least from my experience. When checked, the Weather Widget clock will freeze and you will constantly have to refresh to update. When unchecked, no problems with the Weather Widget, BUT you will have a lag(2-5 sec) when returning to your Home screen. The delay may not bother you at first, but it will eventually...especially when you are trying to make a call and have to wait for all your icons to show.
anyone know if there is an app can show and kill task in the dragdown menu?
Solved
Opiafw
- adao task
- advanced task manager
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- adao task
- advanced task manager
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thanks for you reply. i know those apps, but, i will prefer one that can show what programs is running in the dropdown menu since the dropdown menu has pretty much free space, don't you think?
Of course no, i dont think there so much space on the drop down menu. Just look at the sum of apps (excluding system apps) there's in a traditional task killer.....
It really look impossible, it it can simply be a non-sense...
Automatic Task will do the job for you.
Hello!
I am trying to find a way, to swap out the widget icon and text on my "Advanced Task Killer" app. I would like to use minimalistic text, to trigger the autokill action the widget normally does, but under activities there is no such activity, only the option to LAUNCH the task killer app.
How can I do this? I've found an application called xShorcut, that allows me to launch applications with a string/command, so does anybody know what the "kill" command is for the Advanced Task Killer? Is there a way to grab said activity, via an app or so?
No wise heads, that is able to shed some lights on this matter?
Maybe this helps?.. Sorry I can't contribute more.
As far as I can understand, this app can trigger the widget at specific times (e.g. 2 pm), but it doesn't allow my to create another widget, so I can have another design on it
Still nobody?
To be honest I think it would help if you posted in a general or q&a forum in your phone's section... Themes isn't really the best spot to post about these things.
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For some reason com.motorola.blur.home runs with a "niceness" of 6 which means when android is running out of memory this process will be closer to the top of the list of tasks to kill. Which leaves us the problem of the homescreen redraws. This should be something easy to modify once we have root by changing it's nice priority down to zero or even all the way to -19, because there is no real reason for the homescreen to close.
One simple way around this is installing Auto Memory Manager from the Market. AutoKillers are not to be used with Android as it will severely impact battery life and possibly cause data loss among other unwanted side effects. But that is not the point of using this app.
Auto Memory Manager is supposed to control Androids internal memory management but I don't see that it does at all. The whitelist should prevent apps from dying but only does when it runs it's own autokill routines. After installing there isn't much to do but let it run. Just in case it were to kill anything, setting it to the "default" setting and adding Homescreen into it's whitelist would probably be a good idea.
To add a process to the whitelist hit the menu button select running processes and then list. Pressing on anything in the list will pop up a menu with the choice of adding it to the whitelist.
The best test would be to open the browser goto a few sites, open the camera app or any other memory hungry processes and go back to the homescreen.
One thing to note is this will not stop redraws while sliding out the keyboard and in some situations when an app is not in the same orientation that the homescreen was last seen in. Other than that it does seem to work.
Yeah I find it odd that the home screen refereshes itself or releases from memory or what ever it does when u open any app.
-smc
Spent the last few hours or so looking for a good task switcher for the Nook. After trying many apps I came across Perfect Task Switcher.
This is by far the best task switcher for the Nook. Unlike many of the other task switcher apps this one can also kill apps freeing up memory.
Nook Touch Mod Manager is pretty much a must with this app so you can assign it to a button.
If you haven't got the Play Store installed you can grab it from here: http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=org.rabold.android.taskswitcher