Awesome article about Task Killers - "To Use or Not to Use, That is the question"

**boredandtattooed** · #1 (**permalink**) 09-29-2010, 09:48 PM

Android Task Killers Explained: What They Do and Why You Shouldn't Use Them

jpwhre · #2 (**permalink**) 09-30-2010, 09:43 PM

I did find not running a task killer ended up better for me. Ya apps and widgets start on their own, but I ended up getting the same in a days time on my battery with a task killer set to auto kill on aggressive as i did just letting phone do what it does. But i did notice that with task killer set to aggressive and auto kill every half hour of everything, that when I woke phone, the clock and widgets needed to load like the phone came on for first time. alarms never went off (not sure now as I don't use them). and with 2.2, market is always on, and when updates are avail, it auto downloads them. With a task killer, it would not. When I feel my phone is getting buggy, I just reboot it.

ironic as with the jump from wm to android and all the talk of not doing a soft reset daily, I find myself doing a reboot once a day at least. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................

Matt · #3 (**permalink**) 10-01-2010, 06:55 PM

I thought Tested.com's article was even better;

Android Task Killers are Dead

demonlordoftheround · #4 (**permalink**) 10-03-2010, 12:58 PM

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Thanks for the articles! Found Watchdog Lite in the Marketplace and giving that a whirl.

**MrObvious** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-05-2010, 03:26 AM

I only use ATK just to kill an errant app that won't close right and I don't want it sucking up battery.

brandonpa · #6 (**permalink**) 10-05-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MrObvious

I only use ATK just to kill an errant app that won't close right and I don't want it sucking up battery.

Ditto on that. Ever since upgrading to Froyo (non-rooted) my battery life has been shorter than ever. I use task killers to get rid of extraneous programs, and it does seem to help me get through the day on one charge with light-medium usage.