Just got the Optimus

[Bren S.]

Just got the Optimus V and was told that there is an app killer pre installed but I can't find it?

So is there one pre installed or not?

Thanks

 

[mmarz]

Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> (click on app) -> Force stop

 

[Eollie]

a better solution is to download Advanced Task Killer, and place the icon for it on one of your home screens and remove it from the status bar (inside ATK options)

now you can click the icon, and selectively kill any or all of the open apps without having to go through menus for each one thats actively on

NO THIS IS NOT A BETTER OPTION.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP

SAYING ATK IS A BETTER OPTION.

Killing apps with task killers and even the built in app manager is not the ideal way to stop a app. Understanding how android works is the best way to kill and stop apps. If you must use a app killer use the built in app manager that mmarz gave directions on how to access it.

ATK has other options that are nice to have but if you have some of the apps like Titanium Backup and My backup Pro they have the same functions as ATK and you arent buying multiple apps that do the same thing.

Read read read about android. And if somebody says use ATK or any other third party task killer laugh at them and show them your built in app manager. No need to buy something that is now part of the android system


Reasons for not using task killers to turn off apps, is sometimes you kill the wrong thing and it takes twice as much battery to restart it later as just letting it idle until android says hey we dont need you right now and turns the app off. Android uses a smart system to manage memory, if it detects more is needed it shuts down the least used apps until it frees enough memory up. Therefore sometimes if your multitasking and its highly possible to open a app up within the hour just back out of it and let android take care of shutting it down once its no longer needed.

 

[whyaphoenix]

NO THIS IS NOT A BETTER OPTION.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP

SAYING ATK IS A BETTER OPTION.

Killing apps with task killers and even the built in app manager is not the ideal way to stop a app. Understanding how android works is the best way to kill and stop apps. If you must use a app killer use the built in app manager that mmarz gave directions on how to access it.

ATK has other options that are nice to have but if you have some of the apps like Titanium Backup and My backup Pro they have the same functions as ATK and you arent buying multiple apps that do the same thing.

Read read read about android. And if somebody says use ATK or any other third party task killer laugh at them and show them your built in app manager. No need to buy something that is now part of the android system


Reasons for not using task killers to turn off apps, is sometimes you kill the wrong thing and it takes twice as much battery to restart it later as just letting it idle until android says hey we dont need you right now and turns the app off. Android uses a smart system to manage memory, if it detects more is needed it shuts down the least used apps until it frees enough memory up. Therefore sometimes if your multitasking and its highly possible to open a app up within the hour just back out of it and let android take care of shutting it down once its no longer needed.

Lulz

 

[Bren S.]

Dohhhhhh ... ummm so now would not be the time to say I just downloaded ATK?

 

[whyaphoenix]

delete

 

[Eollie]

ATK has many features, the ability to automatically kill tasks on a schedule and levels of what apps to kill.

these can be problematic to someone who doesnt know how to use it. like eollie.

Apparently you dont know how to use your android phone very well...because teh built in app manager allows you to shut down the various processes running within a single app. I do know how to use atk, I have used it well enough on a friends phone to simply uninstall and delete that **** from his phone. Showed him the things it did within his copy of Titanium backup and then showed him how to create a shourtcut on the homescreen for the android app manager. Up until then he would get random reboots and had issues and thought his droid x was a big waste of money.

If you think atk is such a great app go ask Koush, cyanogen, _mrbirdman_, kejar, the whole of CM dev team, any of the popular rom devs what they think about atk. I will bet they will initially tell you its not necessary and no need in buying it. SIMPLE.AS.THAT. These are the guys I took advise from when I bought my first android phone. The people developing for android for a while and the front runners of trying to crack the bootloader on the droid x.

and got yelled at for it. lolz.

some people -rolls eyes-

You happened to be the one that got the blunt of the frustration of uninformed tards suggesting stuff that is no longer necessary and not the best solution for managing your apps. I find it very hilarious that you talk about people understanding how atk works and yet you have no clue how or why it was orginally developed and put out. Lemme give another history lesson on this.


When android was first released there was no way to kill apps built into the os. At that time it was better to manaully shut things down because being still in the early development stages and not nearly as many people poking and proding at the code the smart system wasnt as smart as it is today. The dev of atk created a app that allowed you to touch a button on the screen kill certain apps and was crowned a prince among the early stages of android. Enter Froyo 2.2 now there is a option within the phone to manage apps without having to keep a third party app on your home screen. 99% of the rom devs quit using atk because it was simply taking up memory they could use for other apps. But the fact that people are such creatures of habit the general populus of android refuse to let it go even tho they have a built in tool that works just as good.

The dev of atk knew that eventually atk would be integrated into android just by how fast and popular it was initially. So like any smart person wanting to keep the cash flow coming started adding things to atk that people would use to justify having it even tho at some point android would integrate the ability to manage your apps from within the os. That is where all the bells that come with atk derived from. Even tho most of whats part of atk is also part of other apps that arent part of android (titanium backup, my backup pro) people still try to justify how useful atk is.

 

[Bren S.]

I removed ATK last night...the friend who recommended it just looked at me like I'm an idiot. Oh well...

 

[magicaldeck]

I removed ATK last night...the friend who recommended it just looked at me like I'm an idiot. Oh well...

Don't worry. All of us have received that look at one point or another in our life, lol. Enjoy your purchase - I certainly love mine!

(and no I don't use the atk either)

 

[JerryScript]

Probably the best thing to do is try things out for yourself. Try using ATK for a couple of days, then try not using it for a couple of days. Do your best to keep your usage similar between the two test periods. I will bet you will find more repsonsiveness, and better battery life without ATK.

GPS is not a huge battery drain, WiFi location services are, change that setting and you should be fine to leave GPS on all the time. 3G can be turned on/off with a single button press. Any other so-called battery hogs can be dealt with easily via Settings>Applications>Running Services.