"Kill All" How Often? - Motorola Q Forum

pekoe1111 · 04-25-2007, 03:03 PM

Yep - still waiting for my EBay Q. I plan to leave it on all the time, even when charging at night. If I check my Yahoo e-mail a few times a day, surf maybe three times and use it for calls, and maybe sync it once a day to my Outlook calendar, how often should I go and kill programs in the Task manager? Once a day? More? Less?

Thanks!

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n99hockey · 04-25-2007, 03:16 PM

as often as you would like...i usually do that 1-2 times a week....

qnoob · 04-25-2007, 03:53 PM

well "Text Messages" pops up on it's own every hour (even when I'm not using it) so I could conceivably do "KILL ALL" 24 times a day.

Stealth · 04-25-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by qnoob

well "Text Messages" pops up on it's own every hour (even when I'm not using it) so I could conceivably do "KILL ALL" 24 times a day.

I do it about 6 or 7 times a day. Usually after I use an app that I know doesn't have an exit feature like WMP, Hotmail, Gmail, Contacts, Calendar

rudeboy · 04-25-2007, 07:56 PM

i did it for a while, until i read somewhere here on EQ that even though they are in the task manager it does not necessarily mean they are using battery power.. i hardly ever kill programs and i don't really have shorter life out of the Q, so.

just my 2cts.

VTDr0p0ut · 04-25-2007, 10:09 PM

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did it for a while, until i read somewhere here on EQ that even though they are in the task manager it does not necessarily mean they are using battery power.. i hardly ever kill programs and i don't really have shorter life out of the Q, so.

just my 2cts.

I second that.... the only time I really "kill all" is when the phone seems to be sluggish, and normally that's b/c there's a webpage open in PIE that's running a script (or possibly an animated GIF).

now you have 4 cents.

g-funkster · 04-26-2007, 07:50 AM

I'll put more cents into that pot. Running programs do not mean more battery power unless they're doing something. And I got some progs that I don't want to kill such as clockontop, right menu, etc.

Yester18 · 04-26-2007, 10:18 AM

Is it just me or does nobody use the back arrow button. I have used it, and it closes programs. After using IE and Outlook email. If you go back and keep hitting it till you come to the homescreen. Go into task manager and those programs will not be running. I think of it as using the X in windows.

n99hockey · 04-26-2007, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Yester18

Is it just me or does nobody use the back arrow button. I have used it, and it closes programs. After using IE and Outlook email. If you go back and keep hitting it till you come to the homescreen. Go into task manager and those programs will not be running. I think of it as using the X in windows.

that doesnt work with my Q...just thought it brought you back to the previous place you were at...and didnt close it out....or is that just mine?

Stealth · 04-26-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by n99hockey

that doesnt work with my Q...just thought it brought you back to the previous place you were at...and didnt close it out....or is that just mine?

Yeah - I don't think it works like that with mine either, but I do some more looking into.