Did a store rep install a task manager when you purchased your phone?

[byrdjr]

verizon, droid x, no mention of task manager

[PvilleComp]

With 2 DInc's they did not even mention it when I got mine, but all but forced it on my wife when she got hers. I finally told the rep... "Stop. Do not install anything on MY Phone." Both phones were bought in VZW Corporate stores.

With the many Androids I have seen around town almost all of them had Froyo and ATK. Everyone said a Rep put it on for them. These are NOT tech people. I have always taken the opportunity to provide a little education and ask for permission to remove it.

[bmforrest]

I purchased a Droid X from Verizon last week. 1st droid I've owned. Switched from Blackberry and before that Windows Mobile (ouch). Store salesman didnt even asked , and installed Task Killer. I had no idea they were bad. Task killers were almost required back in the Windows Mobile days. I'm going to uninstall today.
On a side note......I'm loving the Droid.

[TrinityGraphix]

This last update for my Vibrant has a Task Manager App and it doesnt allow me to delete it!!!

[Cory Streater]

IMHO no store employee should be touching your phone unless you explicitly instruct them to. If the carriers really think a task killer should be on there, it should be tested and baked into the ROM before the phone ever reaches the store. There should be a corporate policy against employees doing this at the store.

For those of you wondering why I am so passionate about this, it's because 80% of the "I'm having an issue, please help" threads I've been monitoring since day 1 are almost always related to task killers. If this wasn't the case, this thread wouldn't exist. Not to mention it makes me uneasy to think of employees installing software before they hand it to you.

[heavyvino]

I was told you need this, I used it once and then relized I could do the same from manage apps. I deleted it.
Verzion, Droid1 best phone ever.

[CodeToJoy]

Verizon: Took my DInc into the store because it was randomly shutting down (Froyo update seems to have fixed it), the rep couldn't figure out what was wrong, so installed a task killer - claiming it may be resetting because it was running out of available memory.

[Jihoonie]

Yes, Verizon, ATK

[aubiker]

I have Droid 1. Bought it at a Verizon store. The rep recommended ATK, but I didn't let him install. I was a Crackberry addict and knew that I needed to come to the forums to learn what was going on with my Droid before I started adding things.

[dg417]

Purchased an Evo at Best Buy and the rep said it is very important to install advanced Task manager because it will make a big difference with battery life.