Taskbar getting filled up?

**shaun0207** · #1 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 12:11 PM

hey guys:

It seems like everything I install now puts a icon up in my taskbar. Its really annoying. When I drop the menu down the program is listed in "ongoing".

Anyway to edit the menus so this doesn't happen anymore?

dallas contractor · #2 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 12:34 PM

Same here I think it the way the Icon is processed. I think if this were built into the rom it would be ok. I installed a new battery icon and it runs in task bar too. Of course I could be wrong to.

**shaun0207** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by dallas contractor

Same here I think it the way the Icon is processed. I think if this were built into the rom it would be ok. I installed a new battery icon and it runs in task bar too. Of course I could be wrong to.

Gotta be a way to change this. its started happening more after i installed Norton. So I uninstalled it. Icons still going in the taskbar.

dallas contractor · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 03:31 PM

It has always happened to when putting icons ib TB. Virus had a ron I used and changed all to look like when we had WM 6.5, colored different icons than stock. I use a battery monitor, everyone I tried put it in list on Task pulldown. I see no way unless it get included in rom.

**bradart** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 04:18 PM

Ok. I'll provide some clarity as to why this happens.

When an app is meant to be an ongoing process (like monitoring the battery) it is required to be at the forefront of the cpu. If it isn't it will get closed and you won't have accurate data, if any at all. The only way, thus far, to make absolutely sure that an app doesn't get closed by the cpu scheduler is to place an ongoing notification in the taskbar. If the cpu gets a heavy load, it's thought process is as follows:

"Yo, dog, these apps are getting heavy as hell. I should probably get rid of some of them. Ok, i haven't used this one in a while." *drop* "What about this one? nope, haven't used it in a while either" *drop* "And THIS o---oh crap, it has a notification. That must mean that i need it. I'll keep that one."

As you can tell by my arbitrary illustration, the notification icon lets the cpu know that "Hey bro, i'm using that. All. The. Time."

On a related note, if you install a new battery guage from the market, you are just ADDING AN EXTRA. It does not and cannot replace the original battery icon. This is because the battery icon that comes built into android is....built into android. The only way to modify or get rid of it is to have root permissions and change the files related to it (Which is incredibly possible, by the way. XDA has tons of resources on it). When you get a battery monitor app from the market, you are simply ADDING another battery monitor, not affecting the original. I hope this helps.

mandala · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 04:31 PM

Thanks, that helps

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**bradart** · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mandala

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