task killers? Yay or nay?

[rudeguy]

I'd like to get you guys' thoughts on this. Are task killers a good thing?

 

[dguy6789]

Depends on the OS.

For Android, they are useless. Android automatically makes processes give up memory if another application needs the memory. If you go around closing tasks for no reason, your phone just has to load the app back into memory whenever you access the application again.

 

[Deeko]

In theory you don't need them on Android.

In practice, you definitely do.

Do yourself a favor - download TasKiller Pro. Put the kill-all widgit on your home screen. Hit it whenever your phone feels sluggish - it will be IMMEDIATELY better.

 

[Bateluer]

In theory you don't need them on Android.

In practice, you definitely do.

Do yourself a favor - download TasKiller Pro. Put the kill-all widgit on your home screen. Hit it whenever your phone feels sluggish - it will be IMMEDIATELY better.

I had more problems with the Task Killer apps personally. Caused all sorts of weirdness to happen. My Droid runs much better without them.

 

[Deeko]

I had more problems with the Task Killer apps personally. Caused all sorts of weirdness to happen. My Droid runs much better without them.

You have to set certain apps to "ignore". For example - a lot of the widgits. Specifically, Weather Widgits will die unless you set it to ignore.

I have mine set to ignore Weather Widgits, Handcent, and Better Keyboard. Never have any issues.

 

[rudeguy]

I had more problems with the Task Killer apps personally. Caused all sorts of weirdness to happen. My Droid runs much better without them.

98% of the time I agree with you but I get some random app that lags my phone and I end up rebooting.

 

[Spoooon]

I kill the occasional app on occasion, but mostly I leave it to automatic task killer and minfree manager.

 

[oznerol]

Get the Android application "Autokiller".

Turn on the "Optimal" setting and forget about ever having to kill an app again.

 

[shortylickens]

With Android 2.0 I never had an issue of too much stuff running and killing my performance. Android is smart enough to figure it all out. Although if you are worried that some apps might somehow use excessive battery power, you can kill them manually. But I've found the power toolbar does a great job for that.

 

[boomhower]

Some of the custom ROM's have more aggressive memory management and work very very well. I haven't used a task killer in months, it works better than every. It started with gumbo's kernal and has continued on with damages 2.1 ROM.

 

[rudeguy]

Some of the custom ROM's have more aggressive memory management and work very very well. I haven't used a task killer in months, it works better than every. It started with gumbo's kernal and has continued on with damages 2.1 ROM.

I'm running a custom mod and didn't have any issues until I downloaded a couple of bad apps. They worked fine before I rooted my phone but now the sometimes hang.