Sense UI resetting with ATK

[FractalSphere]

Searched around not sure if this is truly a Sense UI or ATK issue.

I have Advanced Task Killer running ant kill level aggressive, security level low, and I have it set to NOT kill any .android or standard system tasks, only apps I don't want, like the Stocks, Sprint Navigation, and then stuff like Messenger cuz it always runs in the background.

Occasionally it'll kill the apps, and then flash the HTC white screen, then show "Loading..." and repopulate my icons on the phone.

What is interfering with Sense? What task or process should I have it NOT kill so I don't get this?

 

[PedroTheGoat]

I'm not trying to be a jerk with this comment...

But I stopped using task killers all together and my phone hasn't had a single hiccup since. My battery life even seems better overall. I just do a daily reset and everything works just dandy. I would just get rid of ATK if I was you.

But to each their own. The task killer debate will rage until the end of Android time.

 

[FractalSphere]

I'm not trying to be a jerk with this comment...

But I stopped using task killers all together and my phone hasn't had a single hiccup since. My battery life even seems better overall. I just do a daily reset and everything works just dandy. I would just get rid of ATK if I was you.

But to each their own. The task killer debate will rage until the end of Android time.

I don't consider that jerky - if ATK (or task killers in general) is an issue, and causing more issues than its solving, I'm all ready to dump it. Heck, it's been off this afternoon so far and things seem OK, except I know I have the stupid Stocks, Sprint Navigator, and (honestly, the last things I would want) the Nascar and Football apps running. Ugh.

 

[DougB541#CB]

Yeah i don't think current android phones would have gotten so popular if the average joe had to use a task killer or their phone was useless.

 

[dwhitman]

Remember that just seeing a program or service loaded in memory doesn't imply that it's actually executing on the CPU or using any resources like network or gps.

Android will swap stuff in and out of memory as needed, and just likes to keep memory full of stuff it thinks might get executed. If memory is needed for something else, stuff will get paged out based on some algorithm (probably something like least-recently-used).

If you've got a program that's in memory and trying to actually RUN at a time you aren't wanting it to, rather than use a task killer it probably makes more sense to look for options like whether that program is set up to automatically poll the cloud for updates - either set a longer update interval, or just turn off automatic updates for that application altogether.

 

[splmonster]

I use Task Killer by Apollo Software, and it works fantastic. Makes my phone run faster, and saves battery during idle time. The thing with task killers, is they have to be set up correctly to benefit you. You can't just kill everything, you need to put things in a ignore list, so it doesn't kill those things. If you kill everything, then yes your phone becomes unstable.

I can give you a list of things, that you don't kill if you like.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

I'm amazed the OP even needed to ask the question. Running agressive with low security, and he's surprised it's causing problems? What would be surprising is if it didn't cause problems.

It's redrawing the screen because ATK is killing something that Sense expects to be there. Probably a process or app that's part of a displayed widget. Exactly what, you'd have to investigate item by item.