OK, my battery lasts 4 times longer now. No joke!

[mrdroid]

Forgot to add... you can do this with "Advanced Task Manager" by going to Preferences > Applications > Auto-End Frequency. Only auto ends in 30 minute, 1 hr, 2 hr, 3 hr, 5 hr, 12 hr and daily increments though.

 

[mrdorunjr]

i used advanced task manager, by aron something. this is different. i just downloaded this to see if its any better, yet when i go to ignore list no apps come up, how do i get apps to show up there, so i can choose what apps it should NOT kill...

 

[padam07]

i used advanced task manager, by aron something. this is different. i just downloaded this to see if its any better, yet when i go to ignore list no apps come up, how do i get apps to show up there, so i can choose what apps it should NOT kill...

I think you have to long tap a program on the kill list and choose ingore in the options

 

[BrooklynDROID]

Ok, I'll bite.

DL'd Apollo TK. 100% battery as of 10:30AM. I will not charge it until I get home from work today (6:00PM). Let's see what happens...

4:30PM and the Droid is at 90%. Periodic checks when an email or an SMS comes in. No web surfing.

So far, so good! I often find myself out in the field for work, so it's nice to have a little extra security when it comes to power

 

[Pagaldesi4life]

question to those who HAVE used BOTH Advanced Task Killer (ReChild) and Apollo Task Killer (Apollo)...do you see an improvement with your batter by using Apollo as opposed to Advanced?

 

[ttocsm]

So far I still like it.. but the widget does nothing for me, I cant get it to do anything except put a cute little Droid on my home screen. It didn't notify me every time it did its thing, and I turned the notification off. But it seems to close all the programs I dont have on my ignore list.
This is what I have on my ignore list.
Swype
Handcent
HelixLauncher
Android Live Wallpapers
Email
City Caller ID

everything else shuts off.

 

[etx_droid]

I was using ATK and it worked well, dunno if it saved me some battery. I guess I've never really worried about my battery usage that much because I'm able to charge the phone really quickly and usually have access to either a computer or a charger. I like having my phone sync in real time and use the GPS in tandem with some apps in real time. But like I said, ATK works well for what it is.

 

[Cyberdemon]

I'll give it a try too, going to use both Apollo's TK and juice defender

 

[koralyne]

I got some weird glitch when using this TKer, it would interfere with handcent, making my texting lock alt when its not on alt, and turn off alt when i turn it on.

Basically, it flipped the alt function. on = off, off = on. uninstalling apollo task killer fixed it.

 

[zero7404]

Really quick guys, I just installed and want to try this out.

But a few questions, should I kill the following:

Helix Launcher
Live Wallpapers
Beautiful Widgets?

Basically, I'd like to know which Apps I shouldn't kill, and which apps I should...

These are what I have on ignore:

thanks for the post ...

some of these apps (5 i think) are stuff you installed ? things like the calendar, gmail are things i need to keep running. y did u kill settings ?

what i had in mind was more along the lines of killing core processes that come with the OS ... that would be more beneficial ... i think android keeps core processes cued up for use, but they aren't really running.

 

[jrl9851]

Really quick guys, I just installed and want to try this out.

But a few questions, should I kill the following:

Helix Launcher
Live Wallpapers
Beautiful Widgets?

Basically, I'd like to know which Apps I shouldn't kill, and which apps I should...

These are what I have on ignore:

thanks for the post ...

some of these apps (5 i think) are stuff you installed ? things like the calendar, gmail are things i need to keep running. y did u kill settings ?

what i had in mind was more along the lines of killing core processes that come with the OS ... that would be more beneficial ... i think android keeps core processes cued up for use, but they aren't really running.

No no...all these things on the list are what I have on IGNORE. Meaning, the app ignores these apps...leaves them running and doesn't kill them.

 

[mju1030]

OK I am on board with the Apollo TK and Juice Defender

Count me in... I just switched from Advanced Task Killer to Apollo Task Killer and added Juicedefender. fully charged and starting my own test. I have noticed a fair improvement in battery life with 2.1--after I blew off the live wallpaper in favor of keeping Home+++ 7 screens. I want to see this 4x improvement, but I would be happy with just tripling battery life.:icon_eek:

 

[solorca]

I gave this a shot, but I think I just have to many things that I want to keep running. I decided to listen to RadioTime and it shut off after about a minute, so I had to ignore that program. Then, I noticed that my Twitter and Facebook widgets weren't updating. I think I may use this just for things like the Browser, but with so many data heavy things in my ignore list, I don't know how much use it will have.

I only had 36mb free with nothing outside of my ignore list running. If nothing else, I guess it showed me that I have a lot more going on than I thought I did!

 

[machineheadg2r]

I gave this a shot, but I think I just have to many things that I want to keep running. I decided to listen to RadioTime and it shut off after about a minute, so I had to ignore that program. Then, I noticed that my Twitter and Facebook widgets weren't updating. I think I may use this just for things like the Browser, but with so many data heavy things in my ignore list, I don't know how much use it will have.

I only had 36mb free with nothing outside of my ignore list running. If nothing else, I guess it showed me that I have a lot more going on than I thought I did!

I reccomend juice defender. It'll reduce how much those widgets update without killing them or blocking them completely

 

[2001400ex]

Okay, I switched this morning from Taskiller, which I had used since the beginning. I have a couple programs that often crash, such as Pandora, iheartradio, and the browser (this is all from heavy use).

I used to use Taskiller to basically restart the programs when they started acting goofy. Now with Apollo, they are all on my ignore list (Pandora and iheartradio are obvious, and I like to keep the browser open as I often load a few pages then shut the screen off and come back to read them).

The question is, how do I go and kill a program manually that is on my ignore list?

Thanks for the help!