[ale] OT: Android tweak tools

[Justin Goldberg]

Do these tools kill tasks after I launch them? For example, I don't always
want the Merriam Webster app running except for when I launch it.
On Jun 17, 2013 3:26 PM, "Ed Cashin" <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:

> But for another perspective, here's an interesting article:
>
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/127388/htg-explains-why-you-shouldnt-use-a-task-killer-on-android/
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks! Could use this.
>> On Jun 14, 2013 3:29 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> my about says:
>>> Taskiller v3.6
>>> copyright 2009-2012
>>> hibaut nicolas
>>> mail: dev at axdroid.net
>>>
>>> Icon has red android with white skull and crossed swords.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is that the one by RECHILD?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Task killer is your friend. :-) slaughters unwanted apps from wasting
>>>>> ram and power.
>>>>>  On Jun 14, 2013 1:19 PM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I probably could  find this in google but decided to give shoot here.
>>>>>> I enter ps in terminal emulator and what I saw was not pleasant :)
>>>>>> Bunch of applications sitting in the memory and I'm not using it.
>>>>>> Example Pandora, sipdroid etc. There was even com.android.smspush.
>>>>>> Whaaaat this is a cheap tablet not mobile network device. How do I
>>>>>> tweak what to run and what not on Android. Is there tool for that.
>>>>>> Thanks
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