im thinking about takin my Q back... - Motorola Q Forum

jcoy5 · 10-15-2007, 01:05 AM

i like it but the battery sucks because every time i open contacts or text i have like 3 things running even when i close out...say i get a text but dont check it for a few hours it runs in the background and kills my battery then i gotta go to task manager and kill all progams...is there any way to make progams stop running just by closing out of them? i hate goin to task manager everytime i open something its so annoying...why the hell would contacts keep running after i select a name and close out?

jcoy5 · 10-15-2007, 01:14 AM

can anybody help me?

KOOLWATER · 10-15-2007, 01:26 AM

apps like contacts, call history, texts, etc. will NOT kill your battery and you don't have to keep killing apps everytime you open one.

1. The OS will kill apps, automatically, when it needs to. (whever memory or performance begins to suffer)

2. If it bothers you, you can exit out of apps and they will not show in the task manager as "running". Except for built in apps like camera, IE, etc.. but there is no need to kill these apps after every use. (See number 1.)

3. If you are experiencing poor battery life and you have a mol3 updated Q and good network signal (3bars or better in EV area), then you are obviously a heavy user and should upgrade to an extended battery.

Hope this helps.

Pony99CA · 10-15-2007, 06:50 AM

KoolWater is right on about not killing applications. Microsoft designed the system to not eat batteries, so unless you're running a compute-intensive application or constantly using the Q, your battery life shouldn't suffer too much.

To improve battery life, do a search for one of the many battery life threads.

Steve

P.S. Did you really bump a thread after only 9 minutes?

rudeboy · 10-15-2007, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Pony99CA

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P.S. Did you really bump a thread after only 9 minutes?

can you say in-patient :}

OT: agree w/ previous posters... try to stop being obsessed with running programs.

Pony99CA · 10-15-2007, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by rudeboy

can you say in-patient :}

Yes, but I'm not sure what somebody in a hospital has to do with this. (Maybe you meant "impatient".

)

Steve

P.S. Yes, I know English isn't your first language. I'm just messing with you a bit (as you do with me) -- and maybe helping you learn English a little better, too.

rudeboy · 10-15-2007, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Pony99CA

Yes, but I'm not sure what somebody in a hospital has to do with this. (Maybe you meant "impatient".

)

Steve

P.S. Yes, I know English isn't your first language. I'm just messing with you a bit (as you do with me) -- and maybe helping you learn English a little better, too.

oops.... well, i was close right :}

i should know better after being here for 7 years..