Forget the top 5, list ALL of your apps

[Logan3824]

For all of you who have Advanced Task Killer, you really need to read this...That program can actually make it worse.

Android is different to most other phone operating systems. It's closer to Linux than any other type of operating system. Lots of services and applications constantly run in the background just like they do on Windows. However, and this is important, they do not have to use up a ton of resources. A service or app can be loaded, yet use almost no additional memory, and 0% CPU until it actually has to do something.

In general, killing off stuff is a waste of time. Android automatically asks apps to close that aren't needed when it needs more memory. Killing off some of the processes you are killing off also means it'll slow your phone down, as these processes only need to reload, and when you do need to use them it means the phone will be slower for the few seconds it takes to reload them.

 

[tecnologyman]

Here are my list

If you don't want to type them all just download from the market aTrackDog and go to menu select export app list select save to sd and just open it and copy paste it.
Listen,1.0.3.3-----------------------------Podcast listener.
AK Notepad,1.9.5-------------------------Notepad.
CacheMate,2.4.4--------------------------ROOT NEEDED Erases all the cache of the phone.
Facebook,1.1.2----------------------------Facebook
FeedR,1.0.52------------------------------RSS reader
My Maps Editor by Google,1.1.6---------Google Maps Editor
Seesmic,1.1--------------------------------Twiter client
Share By QRCode,1.01
Abduction! World Attack,1.2.41--------Game
aCar,1.2.0----------------------------------App that reminds you when is the maintenance of you car.
Act 1 Video Player,2.3.0------------------Video Player
aCurrency,2.90----------------------------Curency converter
ACV,1.3.4----------------------------------Comic viewer
Advanced Task Manager,4.0.1-----------Task manager
Air Hockey,1.1.3--------------------------Game
Aldiko,1.2.6.1-----------------------------eBook reader
Amazon,1.0.6-----------------------------Shop amazon
Archipelago,1.14-------------------------Game
ASTRO,2.2.4------------------------------File Manager
aTrackDog,3.11--------------------------Check for apps updates
AudioManager,1.0.8
Barcode Scanner,3.1
Beautiful Widgets,2.85------------------Weather widget
Beautiful Widgets - Pack 2,1.05--------add on
Bebbled,2.11------------------------------game
Benchmark,1.03--------------------------app to check speed of your phone
BenchmarkPi,1.11------------------------app to check speed of your phone calculating pi
Bump,1.06--------------------------------share stuff by bumping you phone with another one.
Camera ZOOM FX,2.3.1-----------------Gives effects to the camera
CNET Scan & Shop,1.0.1----------------Saves you money by checking the same product on other stores
CodeSpeak,2.6---------------------------Translates text to binary or hex language
Crocodile Keyboard,1.1-----------------A keyboard with a good design but its crappy so save your 3 buck and don't buy it.
DockRunner,0.2.1------------------------Makes your droid think that its on the docking station
Dolphin Browser,2.0.0-------------------Browser with themes and multitouch
drocap2,2.06-----------------------------ROOT NEEDED takes screenshots of your phone
DroidAnalytics,1.1.8--------------------Checks the Google Analytics of your site
dxTop,2.6.1------------------------------Home replacment
eBuddy,1.5.0-----------------------------Messenger
eHow,2.0.6-------------------------------useful tips
Evernote,1.3------------------------------Notepad using evernote
FartDroid,5.0.1---------------------------Fart Emulator :lol:
FCarbon,1.0------------------------------Custom GDE theme that i made (still in progress)
FoxyRing,1.12---------------------------Modifys audio setting depending where you are
fring,1.2.0.26----------------------------Make voip calls using 3g or wifi
G-MoN,1.5.4------------------------------Checks and stores location of hotspots
GameBoid,1.5.1--------------------------Gameboy Advance emulator
GBCoid,1.2.2-----------------------------Gamboy and Gameboy color emulator
GDE,0.2.0.6------------------------------Home replacement with 3d cube effect
Gmote,2.0.4-----------------------------Controls your computer from your phone, works as jokes too but you need to install server on pc first but after you manage its really funny, i did that to my boss :lol:
Goggles,1.0.1---------------------------Google goggles
Google Sky Map,1.3--------------------Maps of the stars
Google Voice,0.3.0--------------------Uses Google voice to make calls
Handcent Sms,2.9.30------------------Best sms replacement program out there
Home Switcher,1.3--------------------If you got different home replacements this make it easier to switch between them
Home++,0.8.0.7.14-------------------Home replacement
iheartradio,2.2.2----------------------Stream live radio
Launcher+,0.9.1----------------------Home replacment
Layar,3.0.3----------------------------Augmented reality app
LEDs Hack,1.0.4----------------------ROOT NEEDED it's just to turn off the led of your phone
Lookout Mobile Security,Beta Release 4.4.2-----Secuirity app that can lock, wipe, backup your info and checks where is it
Manga Droid,2.0.9--------------------Mange viewer using internet
Mobile Banking,2.12-----------------Bank of america
MotoTorch LED,2.8-------------------uses the Droid's flash as a flash light
Movies,2.5-----------------------------check what movies are coming and also you can record on netflix with this app
MultiTouch Visualizer,1.0.0----------just shows you the multitouch capabilitys
My Tracks,1.0.10----------------------record your tracks perfect for mountain biking
NetCounter,0.13.1---------------------it takes a record of how many mb's have you used of you internet
NPR News,1.1RC1 Battery------------National Public radio app
OI File Manager,1.1.1-----------------file manager
Package Tracking,1.0.2--------------tracks usps, ups and several other packaging service
Pandora,1.1.2-------------------------pandora radio
PayPal,1.1.3---------------------------paypal app
PicSay Pro,1.3.5.2--------------------photo editing
Pkt Auctions eBay,2.04---------------ebay
Places Directory,1.0.20--------------works when your hungry and in a new place
Qik,0.1.60-----------------------------streams live video from your phone
Quick Boot,2.0------------------------reboots to either recovery bootloader or reboot
Rhapsody,Rhapsody 1.2.4.776------rhapsody app
Ringdroid,2.3-------------------------make ringtones in your phone
Robo Defense,1.2.0------------------game
Screebl Lite,2.0.5--------------------saves battery
SetCPU,1.4.5--------------------------overclock processor
Shazam,1.3---------------------------stream music on your phone
ShopSavvy,3.6.1----------------------scan and save
SlideScreen,1.02-free---------------home replacement
Slimeball Speedway,1.26-----------game
Solitaire,1.12.1----------------------game
SpacePhysics,1.6.6------------------game
Speed Test,1.6.1---------------------checks your network speeds
SportsTap,2.3.8----------------------status of your favorite teams
State Quarters,2.5-------------------if you collect the 50 states coin this helps to take track of them
Steamy Window,1.8-----------------make your screen like it has steam on it
SUFBS,3.23---------------------------ROOT NEEDED root file manager
Sweeter Home,2.01-----------------home replacment
Tapatalk,1.0.14---------------------mobile forum viewer, my forum is there
tAttachApkInstaller,1.0.4----------install app from gmail
Terminal Emulator,1.0.4-----------terminal emulator
TuneWiki,1.7------------------------music player and also give you info an lyrics of songs
TV.com,1.1-------------------------watch program from the cbs network
TweetCaster,1.0--------------------twitter client
Ustream Broadcaster,0.9.8--------stream live video using your phone
Voice Recorder,1.9.7--------------voice recorder
Wallpaper Plus,3.2-----------------use it if you want a unique wallpaper on each screen
WaveSecure Beta,3.0.0.46--------same as lookout
Waze,1.5.2.4-----------------------free gps
Weather Widgets,3.5--------------weather widget
Wireless Tether for Root Users,2.0-pre3 (Eclair)----ROOT NEEDED use phone as modem
WordPress,1.0.0---------------------Publish to wordpress

 

[saxman1212]

cd /data/app
ls

 

[xxmjumpman23xx]

Abduction!- pretty fun game
AK Notepad
Astrid- task manager
Astro- file manager
B&B gallery- multitouch gallery
Backgrounds- wallpapers
Bank of America- Mobile Banking
Barcode Scanner- Scan barcodes at stores and it searches for the lowest price
Better Cut- make custom icons
Carrr Matey- find your car in a crowded parking lot
Coloroid
Compass
Dock Simulator
Flashlight
Google Sky Map
GPS Status
Handcent SMS
Line of 4- Connect 4 game
Live Scores- sports scores updated every 30 secs
Mabilo Ringtones
Meebo IM- AIM, FB chat, etc
Meridian- video player for movies
MotoTorch LED- use the LED as a flashlight
Movies- movie showtimes, full trailers
Google News and Weather from 2.1
Pandora- internet radio
Papi games
PdaNet- tethering
PhotoVault- password protect selected photos
Places Directory- uses location to find things nearby such as bars, restaurants, gas stations, etc
Google Scoreboard- sports scores
Shazam- identifies music tracks
ShopSavvy- similar to barcode scanner
StopWatch
Strobe Light
Terminal Emulator
The Weather Channel
Trap!
Unit Converter
VideoVault
Where's My Droid

 

[Big Cam]

OMG, I had to stop looking at this thread after 2 posts, I downloaded like 4 new apps and robodefense, which I can't stop playing.

 

[MontyMo]

here is my list:

Exported by aTrackDog at 20:07:16 2010/02/04
Apps Organizer,1.4.5
FeedR,1.0.52
Maps,3.3.1
Twidroid PRO,3.1.2
Abduction!,1.45.1
aCar,1.2.0
ActionComplete,4.1.1
Amazed 2 Lite,2.0.13
Amazon,1.0.6
ASTRO,2.2.4
aTrackDog,3.11
BBC News,1.6.0
Bubble,1.8.2
Calculator,1.3.3
Compass,1.0.22
DroidLive Lite,2.0.4
Expense Tracker,6.3
Finance,2.0.3
Flood-It!,1.0.3
Frozen Bubble,1.5
Gallery,1.1.30682
GDocs,0.8.7
Goggles,1.0.1
Google Sky Map,1.3
KeePassDroid,1.0.2
Labyrinth Lite,1.3.3
Light Racer 3D Basic,1.2e
Mystique. Chapter 1: Foetus,1.0.8
News Pro,1.0.25
Note Everything,2.8.4
Note Everything Pro,1.1.0
OpenSudoku,1.0.0
Pandora,1.1.2
Periodic Table,1.1
PicSay,1.3.0.2
Radar Now,2.3
Screebl Pro,2.0.5
ShopSavvy,3.6.1
SilentMode OnOff,1.0.2
Sound Manager,2.0.0
SpacePhysics (LITE),1.6.6
Speed Test,1.6.1
SportyPal,1.7.2
Tip Calc,1.3.1
TWiT.tv by Mediafly,0.42
UltraChron,1.6.9
WeatherBug Elite,2.2.85
xScope Browser,4.12
Total 48 applications.

 

[Matth3w]

For all of you who have Advanced Task Killer, you really need to read this...That program can actually make it worse.

Android is different to most other phone operating systems. It's closer to Linux than any other type of operating system. Lots of services and applications constantly run in the background just like they do on Windows. However, and this is important, they do not have to use up a ton of resources. A service or app can be loaded, yet use almost no additional memory, and 0% CPU until it actually has to do something.

In general, killing off stuff is a waste of time. Android automatically asks apps to close that aren't needed when it needs more memory. Killing off some of the processes you are killing off also means it'll slow your phone down, as these processes only need to reload, and when you do need to use them it means the phone will be slower for the few seconds it takes to reload them.

Can we not drag this dumb discussion into this thread as well? There is a huge sticky dedicated just to this.

Here is the bottom line:

If you aren't an idiot, and you exclude the system apps that restart on their own, and only use task killer to kill things that aren't restarted by the system - no problems.

 

[Diordna]

For all of you who have Advanced Task Killer, you really need to read this...That program can actually make it worse.

Android is different to most other phone operating systems. It's closer to Linux than any other type of operating system. Lots of services and applications constantly run in the background just like they do on Windows. However, and this is important, they do not have to use up a ton of resources. A service or app can be loaded, yet use almost no additional memory, and 0% CPU until it actually has to do something.

In general, killing off stuff is a waste of time. Android automatically asks apps to close that aren't needed when it needs more memory. Killing off some of the processes you are killing off also means it'll slow your phone down, as these processes only need to reload, and when you do need to use them it means the phone will be slower for the few seconds it takes to reload them.

Can we not drag this dumb discussion into this thread as well? There is a huge sticky dedicated just to this.

Here is the bottom line:

If you aren't an idiot, and you exclude the system apps that restart on their own, and only use task killer to kill things that aren't restarted by the system - no problems.

Sorry, so you're saying to uncheck the native apps like settings and alarm clock crap but kill everything you installed from market??

Just making sure cause oops I use this thing a lot on everything 0.0

 

[Matth3w]

I exclude all apps that start on their own. So kill all apps, then don't do much with the phone, and then start it back up and see what apps have restarted themselves. The exclude list on my phone is quite extensive.

 

[Diordna]

I exclude all apps that start on their own. So kill all apps, then don't do much with the phone, and then start it back up and see what apps have restarted themselves. The exclude list on my phone is quite extensive.

Yeah a lot of things start on there own and seems like they take stuff up, but guessing they don't do much?

 

[Matth3w]

Even if they do, shy of uninstalling them, not much you can do.

 

[BrokenRhino]

Exported by aTrackDog at 12:52:25 2010/02/05

3banana,1.16
aCar,1.2.0
Advanced Task Killer Free,1.7.0
Advanced Task Manager Free,1.6.1
Aldiko,1.2.6.1
Amazon,1.0.6
Android Agenda Widget,0.7.71
AP Mobile,2.2
APNdroid,2.0.1
App List,1.0
ArtfulBits aiMinesweeper,2.0.3
Assassin's Creed,3.0.9
Astrid,2.10.2
ASTRO,2.2.4
aTrackDog,3.11
Barcode Calorie,0.51
Barcode Scanner,3.1
Beautiful Silence Widgets,1.0
BenPaper,1.0
Better Keyboard,4.5
Bloo,1.4.3c Beta
BlueTooth Locator,1.1.2
Bookmarking for Delicious.com,1.3.2
Boxee Remote,6
BreakTheBlocks Lite,4.1.506
Bubble,1.8.2
Buddy Runner,1.5.0
Bump,1.06
Calorie Counter,1.10.0
Camera Magic,1.3.1
CamLED Flashlight,1.3
Car Locator Trial,2.60
Citysearch,1.5.0
Color Touch Lite,1.5
Compass,1.0.22
deciBel,0.6.5
Dialer@Bar,1.11
DockRunner,0.2.1
DoggCatcher,1.1.1128
Dolphin Browser,2.0.0
Doom,1.31.666
doubleTwist,1.0
DroidLight,3.0
DroidShuffle,1.2
Dvorak Keyboard,1.0.1
eBuddy,1.5.0
echoecho,2.1
Evernote,1.3
Experience,1.02
Facebook,1.1.2
Fandango,v1.0.5
Finance,2.0.3
Flickr Droid,1.8.9
Flip Clock,0.1.1.11
Foursquare,2010-01-14
FoxyRing,1.12
FunMail Beta,0.9.7 FB BETA
FxCamera,0.5.4
Gallery,1.1.30682
GDocs,0.8.7
GDocs Notepad with Sync,1.0.4
Geodelic,2.1.28
Gmote,2.0.4
Goggles,1.0.1
google maps for twidroid,1.0.4
Google OCR,1.1
Google Sky Map,1.3
Google Voice,0.3.0
GPS Status,3.0.3
Handcent FontPack,1.0
Handcent keyboard,1.1
Handcent Sms,2.9.30
HandcentFontPack2,1.0
Here I Am 2,2.01
Hero Keyboard,1.0
Home Switcher,1.3
Huffington Post,1.2.1
i Music,1.0.54
ICE,1.0.5
iheartradio,2.2.2
iPhone-keyboard,1.1
Issuu,1.0.0
Key Ring,1.3.5
KidsEatFor,2.0.2
Klondike Solitaire,1.6
Last.fm,1.3.5
Layar,3.0.3
LED tester,1.2
Light Racer,2.0f
Listen,1.0.3.3
Live Scores,1.3
Loopt,1.0.8
Maps,3.3.1
Maps,3.4.0
Meebo IM,22
Metal Detector,1.2-RELEASE
MixZing Lite,2.1.2
Mobile Defense,1.2.5
Movies,1.0.6
Movies,2.5
Music,2.1
My Coupons,6.03
My Tracks,1.0.10
My Verizon,2.0
MyBookmarks,2.2.0
nemoPlayer,1
News and Weather,1.1.7 - RC6
NPR News,1.1RC1 Battery
NubiNews,8.0
NYTimes,2.3.0 Beta 1
OmniEye Beta,1.0
OpenLoopz,1.5
OpenTable,1.1
ophone-keyboard,1.0
Pandora,1.1.2
PdaNet,2.17
Phit Droid,1.2.1
Phonalyzr,1.5.1
Photo BURST,1.2.0
Photobucket,1.0
Photoshop.com Mobile,1.0.1
PhotoTwist,1.0
PicSay,1.3.0.2
Places Directory,1.0.20
Plink Art,1.1.5
PoliceStream,2.2
Pong Multi Touch,1.0.1
Pregnancy Widget,1.1.2
PRO Paint Camera,1.8
Qik,0.1.60
Quick Uninstaller,2.1.1
QuicKey,2.0
Remote+,0.5
Rev3Remote,1.5
Rhapsody,Rhapsody 1.2.4.776
Ringdroid,2.3
Robo Defense,1.2.0
RockOn,1.4.10
runstar™,0.8.0
Scan2PDF Mobile 2.0 Lite,2.0.4
Screen On,1.6.1
Scrobble Droid,1.0.5
Seesmic,1.2
Shazam,1.3
ShopSavvy,3.6.1
Shortcovers,1.0
Silent Mode Jammer,1.1.7
Slacker,1.0.388
SlideScreen,1.02-free
Smart Alarm Clock,1.6.8
Smart Keyboard,1.1.1
Smooth Calendar,0.9.5
Solitaire,2.1.2
Solitaire,1.12.1
Spare Parts,donut
SpectralView Analyzer,1.0.5
Speed Test,1.6.1
Spikem,2.0.5
SportsTap,2.3.8
Star Wars Sounds and Ringtones,1.3
Stewie Griffin Soundboard,2.0
Stitcher,1.0
Stopwatch,1.3
TED,1.2.0
The Weather Channel,2.1.9
Tilt Me,1.1
Tip Calc,1.3.1
Tip Calculator,1.2.2
Tipper,1.2.0
Touch! 4Kids,1.8.2
TRAFFIC!,1.0
Translate,1.6
Tricorder,4.4
TweetCaster Premium,1.0
twicca,0.5.10
TwonkyServer Mobile,1
Ustream Broadcaster,0.9.8
Video Player,1.0
VLC Remote,0.3.3
Voice Recorder,1.9.7
WaveDefence,1.0.6
WaveSecure Beta,3.0.0.46
Weather Widget Forecast Addon,1.2.7
Weather Widgets,3.5
WeatherBug,2.2.83
Where,1.8.65
WhiteKeyboard,1.1
Wifi Analyzer,2.2.8
WiFinder,1.5
Wikidroid,1.5
WikiMobile,1.21
Wikitude,8.04
WordUp!,1.2.3
xScope,4.13
Yellowbook,3.4
Yelp,1.2
yfrog,1.0
Zedge,1.8
Total 199 applications.

 

[brabeck]

For those who use Handcent or ChompSMS, and have tried both what do you like better and why?

I tried using Chomp but it seems laggy and less features.

 

[armeddroid]

For those who use Handcent or ChompSMS, and have tried both what do you like better and why?

I tried using Chomp but it seems laggy and less features.

Handcent ftw

 

[R2D2-C3P0]

apps list

Exported by aTrackDog at 14:20:02 2010/02/05
Advanced Task Manager Free,1.6.1(i use it to help save battery power even though android os is said to be smart enough to hush up background apps if not being used)
Amazon,1.0.6
Android LightSaber,1.3 (star wars useless game but good "wow factor" app)
ASTRO,2.2.4 (desktop style folder manager etc)
aTrackDog,3.11 (application list manager)
Battery Left,1.8 (recalibration for battery )
Bump,1.06 (high "wow factor" app, bump two phones to exchange phone, email contact info)
Daily Jang,1.3 (mobile newspaper reader Arabic script)
Digital Clock Widget,1.7.6
DockRunner,0.2.1(i stopped using my bedside clock, this is really nice, the droid screen changes to look like a digital display with temperature)
Dolphin Browser,2.0.0
GDocs Notepad with Sync,1.0.4 (microsoft application addiction cure, doc and xls etc veiwing)
Gmote,2.0.4 ("wow factor" application not used a lot but good turns ur phone into a optical mouse for the laptop over wifi)
Google Sky Map,1.3 (very nice app and huge "wow factor" for plantery search, very few people know star charts or even names of some stars right above our heads, but planets we all know about, it zooms to show a celestial object, I showed it to some moslem scholars who use a lunar calendar, they fell off of their chairs and declared doomsday is near, tech-phobia ?)
Google Voice,0.3.0
Handcent FontPack,1.0( fonts for the txt app)
Handcent Sms,2.9.30 (recommended download for txt'ers)
Maps,3.4.0
Mobile Defense,1.2.5 (this is lojack for your phone, in case you loose it, misplace it, it will backup, locate(supposedly) and erase it clean , they say so...)
MotoTorch LED,2.8 (changes Led into falshlight and also has morse code converter, you type "help me" it flashes the code)
Movies,1.0.6
MyBackup,2.2.4
NitroNotes,1.0.02 (very good notes app, sync's with outlook notes, synching between outlook notes and droid is a problem and this is a very nice workaround)
PicSay,1.3.0.2 (picture editing, fun text on pictures, and has multi touch)
Power Search,1.0.5 (search the innards of your droid)
Scan2PDF Mobile 2.0 Lite,2.0.4( very high "wow factor" app, scans pics makes a pdf and emails)
ShapeWriter keyboard,ShapeWriter 2.1.1(this is something which has changed the, index finger or thumb "tap tap" typing domain for ever, in my opinion, slight learning curve but very helpful once you get the hang of it, watch a video or two on youtube before getting frustrated)
ShopSavvy,3.6.1(comparative shopping bar code scanner, allows you to type in the bar code numbers as compared to some others which did not)
Traffic Buddy,0.34 (shows live traffic cam feed for a lot of places)
Total 29 applications.

I am getting the itch to uninstall the stock messaging, stock visual vm, facebook, and a few others without "root", little scary at this moment to "brick" something this cool, risk management...