Motorola Droid Battery Draining? Use this App!

[Checkeredboy95]

AppStore?

No no no. Andriod Store. Don't take words from Apple.

[5hape5ter]

It worked for a while, but i perfer memory boost.

[mjrtude]

any thoughts on why aps self start after they have been killed w Adv Task Killer? Why don't they stay killed

[gocrazy432]

@mjrtude

newer os doesn't let apps to kill so it actually wastes power

[molax7]

so after you kill the app do u still own it? or do u have to buy it again?

[chicoloco59]

@molax7 No its still your app u can choose to use it when ever you want the task killer just stops the app from running in yout background untill you use it again

[fatfacejewanna]

so the battery still gets drained when u put it in stby? or press the lock button that blackens the screen? is that the same thing? lol sorry im a beginner lol

[imtolegit]

I use this program all the time its so helpful. Just got my droid gen 2 yesterday :)

[chicoloco59]

@imtolegit Droid X is better(:

[onearmgeek]

Great app. I was doubtful about this app at first but tried it and really like it. I was clueless as to why my phone was dead all the time. Good job.

[GarrettUpchurch]

data enabler widget.

shuts off the internet when you dont need to use it.

[misterladiesman217]

thts kinda funny, u hav 2 use an app, to save ur battery, from other apps

[MrStevieWonderrs]

its helping alot!

[mith59]

lol, the verizon rep had me DL this app before I even left the store.

[scavenger4life]

yea this is a must have and so is setcpu,best for saving battery life.

[fgrfgfg]

Apps are like zombies...you can never really kill them off.

[buckeyesrule10]

Love this app

[lonewolf1405]

why does everyone use these task killer apps? its already on the phone. just go to settings, applications, and running services. you can close down apps from there.

[makistansonsonson]

Advanced task killer is great! my verizon guy person already downloaded it for me when i got the phone



[newdivide18]

do you know how to get the retro flip clock application to work that the htc phones have the large one cause i have the samsung moment with google and it never seems to work. i have foind others but none are as polished looking as the retro flip clock that i have seen on the htc hero

[FallenKearnage]

i charge it all night everynight

[ejmedm62]

The only problem with this app is that it Conflicts with GPS (but I don't know how or why). So when it is installed, GPS apps (live Navigator or RunTracker) have a hard time finding GPS satellites. After doing lots of research, I ended up deleting it and now my GPS apps have no problems.  Other than that....good app.

[zyvx]

This app is unnecessary. To see what is draining your battery tap the menu button on the home screen. Go to settings->About phone->Battery use. Nine times out of ten the culprit will be the display(doesn't really matter if its off ). The best way to remedy this is to get the power control widget(comes installed already) and keep it on its lowest setting. You can also set up automatic brightness but personally i never need it any brighter unless I'm outside. I get great battery life at 1000mHz

[jsalcomm1]

thanks for your hepl buddy

[Klimski]

In focus would be cool next time...

[RWC26]

i kill my apps before every time i put it back in y pocket. Also i have found an even better app for this. Its called "SystemPanel App / Task Manager". it gives you all the statistics for your phone including what has been using battery. It tells you all the memory usage the battery temp. and you can archive all your app onto your SD card. This app is really cool

[lrozzi1959]

I appreciate the video, but it is true that some apps open automatically. I can kill 9 apps and check again and have 5 apps available to kill, which I have not opened. Nonetheless, it does help with battery life. BTW, I am astounded that posts which should be constructive in nature can be so crass. Do these people talk like this to strangers when face to face?

[halo07man]

Do Not kill the Alarm Clock app. if you expect to wake up at the time you set it. I did once and it stops the alarm from going off unless you reset it after killing apps. I learned that the hard way... by being late to work a few times. Just uncheck the Alarm Clock app. and it will stay unchecked always. Just a few words of advice.

[cjsoccor]

so i killed all my apps by accident. does that mean i can never use them agian or do i have to wait until i turn my phone on agian for them to work again?

[alexwilsonNC]

You could get SetCPU and have your phone underclocked when in standby... That makes the battery last waaayyy longer.

[SpecialFX99]

@alexwilsonNC

Just a note to those that aren't aware that your phone has to be rooted for this. If you don't know what that is you probably shouldn't consider doing it

[alexwilsonNC]

@SpecialFX99 Rooted for what?

I don't think you need to be rooted to underclock.. I think you just need the app.

[SpecialFX99]

@alexwilsonNC

As far as I understand you have to be rooted for any CPU changes, and also the description for the SetCPU app says you have to be rooted to use it. I have not done this myself though.

[brnsktingdieskting18]

...srsly, why the fuck would anyone have 20 apps running? no wonder why people are complaining about battery life..cus they don't know how to close shit out. what a bunch of dumbasses.

[drbellard]

This was great!

[SECRETSNIPPER]

When you kill the apps does it also delete it from the screen

[wac209]

have a better one that comes with a widget :D

Advanced Task Manager free in the market

[kimk888]

Even I've closed all apps using this app my battery life still pretty shit. I think there is a flaw in the making of the phone. Crappy phone will never recommend to anyone

[coolpokemonranger]

oh what is the app called again

[Babyblitz100]

when you kill it dose when dose it turn back on

[learwbc]

task & service killers are great when you are awake and near phone all the time so you can check in on the phone every once in a while and manually kill tasks, but what about when you are away from your phone for a long time or sleeping? those killers don't kill services as soon as they open. an app that kills background services & tasks automatically would be best. "automatic task killer" app comes real close, but i think it doesn't work while phone sleeps. it needs to be woken up to work.

[lazymoron1]

where do you get this app i went on the android market and didnt find it??

[HebiusNoobius]

There is a slight problem with task killer... it kills the core apps that are essential to the phone and by killing them it takes power. The droid uses a "linux kernal" system that works by having all memory doing somthing. by killiing the apps, memory is left idle. then when the phone needs the memory again it has to 'find' it instead of using what is already in use which ends up using more energy. I suggest no Task Killers

[chemicallyinbalance]

Every video i watch there is the same walpaper. SO I HAVE A QUESTION can you change the wallpaper??

[NJtriple6]

have there ever been any problem after you kill the apps? for example. the phone running slower, or other apps not running properly?

[26jhood]

thanks dog i works awsome 5 stars

[joselakers2481]

does it delete them when you kill the apps

[drummerROARS]

no just closes them out

[hanoverindian77]

@joselakers2481

holy shit this whole community just got dumber because of that comment... lol

[nlwa43v3rsukas]

@hanoverindian77

sad but true.....lol

[winterlandboy]

Right ,so once you disabled whichever apps you want to disable,how do you re-enable them ?

[StarlightMassacre]

you open them? lol

hard concept, i know.

[Mituur]

You just start them again?!

[lucky4me213]

actually when you tap the power button on the droid it doesn't turn off, it only goes into a sleep mode so in the background the apps are still running, causing the battery to drain. soooo maybe you could watch the video and listen before you make yourself look like a total dumb ass :D

[imp4pdabest]

killed him

[MegaHansolo]

android does not have a task manager?

[kb6eyc]

yes. it is just people are too lazy to go through all of the menus to get to it

[squarechannel]

this app is a must ...and may i add that if you dont mind spending 5 bucks, i personally think its worth getting the "donation" version since it has an "auto-kill" option that you can customize to a given period of time without having to manually kill apps on scree it's a real battery saver.

[GORRRILLA]

ATK really works well. I stay with a full charge all day now. Thanks

[ajm144k]

task killers DO NOT help with battery life. in fact, they could make it slightly worse, depending on which apps are killed (they will just start up again in the background). please read up on how Linux works, because you really don't need task killers for the purpose of saving battery.

[squarechannel]

@ajm144k hi i believe that when he mentions "killing apps to save battery;" he refers to those apps that make use of your sync and gps features which really drain the battery if left unchecked. apps by themselves dont do much to the power supply.

[sandqwert]

that's a great app, it's a must-have... but there's something that you can actually configure... You can set the "click" action as "switch to", and then the "click and hold" action as "kill"... That way, you can actually kill things faster, without having to click or un-click a thing... also, you could use that as an "alt+tab", to switch among apps...

[Pugyxandrew]

Nice video, where did you find the white plastic case? I have the blue one and I rather have white.

[mplefreak42]

umm when u kill it can u turn the killed apps by going back to the apps

[motodroidlife]

@mplefreak42 yes. all you need to do to get the app going again is just to open it. killing it just stops it from running until you open it again.

[MrJaymaster25]

@motodroidlife is it free??

[bratboy90]

@motodroidlife Hey, you should reccommend eRay app. Show how to use it, this actually kills every more pointless backround services so for me using ATK I would drop to about 65mb free space, using eRay, I get 103mb and I only use it about once a day, and use ATK at maintinence after finishing with a app. Also tell people to clear all apps caches.

[IknowHow2Fly]

So do you manually turn on all the apps you "killed."? Don't own the Droid as of now but will be picking it up and was just wondering.

Thanks!

[thailanditalian]

Hello,

I was wondering if you were able to dig any deeper and find out how to stop apps from popping back up even after killing them with ATK.

Thanks! Great vid.

[motodroidlife]

Or@waat08 or wedding ring from my wife...conservative redneck.

[wac209]

LOL

[munkycheeeeeez]

@waat08 You just got slapped closet homo.

[segpatrol94]

umm wuld it fuck ur droid up if u charge it while its on

[BeauVlogs]

Hey motodroidlife,

Great video, but one question. Does the same app allow you to turn back on all the apps you kill when you go to sleep or whatever?

[moviedude23]

just go turn it back on duh loser

[evilvampbabe]

the video is dark when u made it but is that one of those charging mats u got ur phone on?

[24Geile24]

So when you say the apps are running, do you mean push notifications?? like the mail app or twitter or whatever

[itzmando]

I bought advance task manager for a buck. I used this app(advance task killer) but apps automatically start running again after i end them they dnt stay off most of the time I dnt even choose some of them nd they kill my battery. Nd with advance task manager it keeps them closed they dnt come back on..

[motodroidlife]

even with advanced task manager i still get apps popping back up even though i just closed them...i'll have to dig deeper to find the reason.

[mandasity]

@motodroidlife the reason isn't the app I can assure you cause obviously it still happens with advanced task manager but also with task killer pro (I think it's called). I think the system just routinely opens certain apps up. You probably noticed your games don't keep reopening.. or any music app. Just things like your settings or amazon mp3s >:( Dunno if you've played with it but advanced task manager has an option to auto end certain apps at different intervals. I'm too lazy to try it but ya.

[TheMoonstruck1]

I can't find the "free ap store" to get this application to kill tasks.

My battery goes dead immediately. And, every time I open an app I have it running again....so I have contacts about 4 times, I have market 2 times, I have maps 3 times. I bought this Droid yesterday, and I never HATED anything so much in my life. No instructions, ZERO help from Verizon.

[opendoor1983]

Hopefully you like the phone now - since it's been 3 months since the above comment. The Droid takes up to 3 weeks to become user friendly to some of us according to the salesman . I'm on my second week and reallllly like it now!

[lzy7071]

2/3 power drain for one sleep cycle? I'm suspecting that you had slept for 50 hours or more.

[migeeman1231]

Great review! I have a question for you, I have Verizon but I am a little skeptical about the future of Android? Do you think it is better than other platforms? thanks

[motodroidlife]

Android will be around for a long time. With Google as its backer and being open source, it's bound to just keep attracting users and developers.

This is definitely not some fad that will come and go.

[motodroidlife]

when i say "kill" an app, i just mean stop it from running in the background. the app will still be on your phone, just not running anymore until you open it up.

[blackberrystorm123]

when you killl the apps that you've already paid for....... is it possible to get them back without re-buying them ????

[michaelyagoda2]

you are just stopping them from running...not deleting them. they are still on your phone.