I find the whole android auto system to be very slow, hungry of RAM and very VERY distracting while driving, so I was wondering if there is a way to keep only the navigation app opened on the screen, so hopefully it can load faster without the useless Assistant that never recognises my voice.
Basically what I want to do is plug in the phone and open only an app, let's say Maps or HERE. Is it possible? I'm rooted
Disable the apps you don't use.
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As topic.
5.0.6 via kang
Just did a full restart so I can get the full picture, this is what is open, sorted into categories of stuff which does have services (which im happy with), those with services (which i think ive dissabled and shouldnt be there), those with no services which shouldnt be there:
services and happy:
HTC IME mod
live wallpapers
email
calendar
auto memory manager
news and weather
google mail
music
setcpu
3g watchdog
juice defender + plotter
beautiful widgets
engaget
helixlauncher
taskiller [what im looking at it with]
services and not happy:
clock
bluetooth share
cm updater (ive turned it to manual only)
bluetooth file transfer
finance (ive told it NOT to update, i dont use it really)
camera (does it need to sit open in the background?)
notes
klaxon
cachemate
appbrain market sync
mp3 store
weatherbug elite
no service and dont want:
shopsavy
police stream
Does anyone know of any program i can use to directly stop these unwanted apps to stop running every time, or any individual information on the programs?
cheers
Why do you not want them preloaded?
The main reason im being such a memory whore is because my launcher lags like crazy under 70-80mb. I have 250ish apps, and see many people with a similar setup demonstrating on youtube, and theirs is instantly responsive, as is mine >120mb free. If I leave all these apps etc free, i end up on ~40mb which makes my old nokia 6300 looks like flash gordon compared to my launcher :/
Re: Apps seem to open themselve sin the background when they
Android preloads apps into its memory for fast load times.
Just because an app is loaded does not mean it is using any resources. They're usually just sitting there idle. Android also frees up memory as needed.
That said, I've seen apps that can control what apps you never want preloaded. Search around on the market.
Looks like the slowdowns from a lack of ram still exist. I hope froyo will help with this. This problem makes the lower end android phones run slow.
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Hello all,
I recently bought my N1 about 4 days ago. So far its been great. Easily one of the best phones I've ever owned. However, I am having this problem where apps in android seem to startup by themselves. I'm using Advanced Task killer to kill em but ill kill them and then like a minute later they're back up and running without me starting them. Its quite annoying as my battery is taking a beating from it having to close and open apps and repeat. The biggest offenders of this are the voice apps such as voice search, voice dialer, Google voice (which isn't even setup), and the amazon mp3 store. A few third party apps I downloaded tend to do this as well.
Have any of you guys experienced this? Is there any way to fix it? Thanks in advance! XD
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decoyjoe said:
Hello all,
I recently bought my N1 about 4 days ago. So far its been great. Easily one of the best phones I've ever owned. However, I am having this problem where apps in android seem to startup by themselves. I'm using Advanced Task killer to kill em but ill kill them and then like a minute later they're back up and running without me starting them. Its quite annoying as my battery is taking a beating from it having to close and open apps and repeat. The biggest offenders of this are the voice apps such as voice search, voice dialer, Google voice (which isn't even setup), and the amazon mp3 store. A few third party apps I downloaded tend to do this as well.
Have any of you guys experienced this? Is there any way to fix it? Thanks in advance! XD
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Do not worry about app running in the background, what you are probably seeing is the list of what was run, Android is verry good at managing memory, in fact I do not even use a task manager and I am fine with it.
Well that's the thing. Some of these apps that startup I have never run such as the mp3 store. So I close it and I get an additional 10megs of memory. But then it just starts back up. So I don't know how to stop it all together.
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There are apps that automatically run in the background but don't effect performance like Google voice voice dialer etc..what I did was add them to the ignore list. Trust me those apps are always running no matter how many times you close them
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Like has already been said, stop worrying about it. Those apps are NOT stealing memory, they're NOT using battery.
Free memory does not benefit you. Android will automatically load apps in to memory so that they are available to switch to fast as possible.
You should not kill apps unless they are bisbehaving. Killing off apps forces Android to load them back into memory if its algorithm thinks you are likely to use it. The act of loading data into memory uses power and Android tries hard to avoid it.
I was obsessed with managing my memory and running apps when I bought my nexus one. Everyone at that time suggested task killers so I got one of those. I had crappy performance with random sluggishness. I figured I just needed to kill off more apps. Eventually I read an article from an Android dev explaining this stuff and I backed off and have had a much better experience since.
I wish Google was more vocal on this subject. Everyone thinking auto task killing is a necessity on Android really gives it a black eye.
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2) App that loses focus goes to background. That's the way OS is built. If you want apps to be killed on losing focus, get iOS 3 to run on your device.
3) The market has task killers because they can be written for multitasking OS, and because they help dealing with bad apps. Not for any other reason.
4) The OS loads some of your most used tasks when it runs, even if you don't know about it. Just loads in the memory, and allocates no CPU time. If you leave your phone unattended, your free memory goes down by itself. Why? Because free memory is wasted memory. You can check the "EMPTY" processes in Astro, for example.
5) The best task killer is careful selection of your apps. You see hangups? Find out the app that's doing it and remove it, or kill it specifically after running if it's necessary.
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Remove your task killer (or, if you insist, just clear the auto-kill list), erase all you think you know about memory management - because you don't know - and stop worrying.
in 2.1, most of my apps didnt relaunch when i force close them but now they keep jumping right back even after using apps like automatic task killer and advanced task manager.. i dont want em to run when i am surfing the net thru gprs as i dont have unlimited data plans.. a little help here.. ?
pls
wow no one wana help out ...
You're not the only one as I have same issue. I have used Advanced Task Killer Free and SystemPanel Lite, both to no avail.
Pandora Radio, Slacker Radio, Facebook App, TiKL Touch to Talk, all come back on sporadically even after being killed.
This was an issue SOMETIMES with Eclair (2.1) but not as much as it is with Froyo (2.2 - FRF91 build).
Using stock non-rooted AT&T N1.
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I get this with a few different applications. Y5 and FreeWiFi do this to me, causing my super-fast, full-bars 3G connection to deactivate and switch to a barely captured WiFi signal sometimes while walking near my house. I had to uninstall Y5 because of this, in fact: even configuring the application not to autostart and autorun didn't stop the behavior.
What apps are you talking about here? You can always put the widget on your desktop to turn auto sync off or change the individual apps' settings to manually connect to the internet. I fail to see how force closing apps is a more reliable option or what other apps will connect to the internet of their own volition. I haven't stumbled across any.
Apps being loaded into memory doesn't mean they are active.
If you have applications that don't have internet management controls built in, there is nothing you can do to stop them from using data, short of going into airplane mode. Simply don't use any applications that use the internet without your permission.
I think task killer does not work in froyo anymore because an app can't kill other apps anymore
after i kill all running apps and then open any app the ebook reader automatically opens-everytime
i find this odd as i never use it and i have no ebooks
thats quite an accusation. so every app that runs in the background without you telling it to is spyware? educate yourself my friend. android launches apps in the background sometimes based on what you are doing with your device. for example, there are apps that will launch a music player (in the background) when you plug in your headphones, connect to a car dock or maybe when you open the browser. why? well think of them like tags. the app that runs in the background thinks that you are gonna open it based on the action you are doing, so it secretly opens it up in the background and when you go to open it yourself, it launches immediately (or a lot of faster than if it was a cold start). if you dont believe me, go ahead and download an app like startup manager. it will show you what actions invoke what apps to launch. you also have the option to disable them too. just a pain in the @ss to do go through everything but if its seriously that big of a problem for you then it just might be worth it. and for someone like you who seems a lil paranoid about spyware and stuff, i recommend downloading lookout for your device. that way you wont have to ask questions like these. hope this helps!
So i just installed the O3D leaked Rom on my Thrill last night. i noticed this morning that there were 9 apps open. i stopped all, and they were open again within 5 minutes. i froze some of them, but some are apps i use occasionally, but i dont always want them open.
Any ideas on how to keep these apps from opening automatically??
Its just a part of how Linux manages memory. It doesn't necessarily affect performance, but if it makes you feel better, you can install autostarts and disable states at which those apps start.
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I checked that out and I'm kind of scared to turn some of these off. My main reason for wanting to cut these off is because the battery is dead in 4 hours. This started happening after the gb update. Do you have any suggestions to increase batt life? I already have gps and bt disabled.
Juice defender for one. Instead of a task killer, use autokiller and use one of the presets like aggressive. Autostarts again, sort by app, and disable all of the crap for all events. Turn wifi sleep to when screen is off. If you have a bunch of google accounts syncing, turn off the sync for the services you dont us or need in account and sync settings. Should help quite a bit. Oh, remove unnecessary widgets especially fb and google search (lots of resources, its weid). Remove apps you dont use.
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I have an LG Thrill running O3D gb 21a rooted. I have noticed the same issue.
I installed super manager(search in app market) and turned on the auto memory cleanup. Now everytime I lock my phone and unlock it,I have about 250mb free memory.