How do you shut down apps on the HTC One M8?

[AC Question]

how do you shut down apps on the htc1 m8?

My phone is taking forever to charge. i have charged it all night and its still at 41%

 

[the tall guy]

Re: how do you shut down apps on the htc1 m8?

I doesn't sound like running apps are the problem, it could be your battery or the charger. are you using the charger that came with the phone from HTC? is the voltage output strong from the wall main?

To close recent apps or running apps = select the bottom right hand corner icon, which will display all the apps you have running, swipe up on the apps and they will disappear / close.

 

[Mooncatt]

Re: how do you shut down apps on the htc1 m8?

Android is designed to leave apps open and dormant in the background. They don't use any juice unless doing something like syncing data on a schedule, so charging times wouldn't be affected by that. In general, you're best to not manually force close them most of the time.

Your problem is most likely a bad USB cable, as they are prone to going bad and I've yet to find one that I'd consider durable. So the cheapest option would be to try a new cable first. If that doesn't work, it could also be the charger or even the port in the phone itself. There is an outside chance that it's the wall outlet, but I've only seen that be the issue once (which was a very old one in a non-ventilated bathroom, which could be corroded).