Evo Loading a lot of stuff into Memory?

Howie411 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 02:50 PM

So I downloaded Advanced Task Killer, and after I reboot there is a least 16 items listed as running (including camera, Sprint Nav, Music, camera, facebook etc).

Maybe I just don't understand the Android OS but should all these items be loaded even when I'm not even going to be using them? I list about 100m of available memory, and if I close 90% of them I'm at 217m.

**themuffinman** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Howie411

So I downloaded Advanced Task Killer, and after I reboot there is a least 16 items listed as running (including camera, Sprint Nav, Music, camera, facebook etc).

Maybe I just don't understand the Android OS but should all these items be loaded even when I'm not even going to be using them? I list about 100m of available memory, and if I close 90% of them I'm at 217m.

Thats how android os is, so don't stress yourself to much about it. I have had my phone down to about 45mb of memory and it was just as responsive.

**Karl** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 03:57 PM

if it really bugs you try something like this
Startup Auditor Free - Android app on AppBrain

**themuffinman** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by KarlE

if it really bugs you try something like this
Startup Auditor Free - Android app on AppBrain

I used that app before and in my opinion it doesn't really work as it should.

**Karl** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 11:44 PM

works for me

dajeepman · #6 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010, 12:06 AM

ATK works for me... Everyone says that it does not.. but heck my is not as snappy when i have 40mb free.. but its sure speedy when i have 150mb free.

**bradart** · #7 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by dajeepman

ATK works for me... Everyone says that it does not.. but heck my is not as snappy when i have 40mb free.. but its sure speedy when i have 150mb free.

You know they changed the "kill" command to perform the "restart" function, right? Also, they did that specifically to break task killer functionality because it harms OS performance. You are essentially burning CPU and battery by using a task killer because you are needlessly restarting apps on a regular basis.