Description
Stop killing your apps randomly. Start monitoring them with Watchdog.NOTE: There is an Android issue where Watchdog might crash upon launching after an upgrade. It seems to be related to the upgrade of the app while the old version happens to be executing in the background. It doesn't affect your phone's operation at all. If this happens, re-launch and goto the menu and hit restart for proper monitoring.
Package verification problems: If you installed the Lite version via the Amazon app store, you'll have to upgrade it there(should be available shortly), or uninstall and reinstall the market version. This will solve your problem.
You don't need a task killer. But you do need a way to make sure a background app doesn't lose control and eat up all your CPU. Watchdog monitors your apps and alerts when one loses control, allowing you to kill just that single app. Killing apps blindly can cause them to stop working as designed, and most app developers won't even take a bug report from you if you are using a task killer!
From Android 2.2 on, the kill command works only on background apps, and they will likely restart immediately. Watchdog removes the app immediately from the list, since there isn't feedback about whether it was successful. Having lots of apps running doesn't hurt your phone at all unless they are doing something. In fact, killing an app and having it immediately restart simply consumes your phones resources. If you just leave the apps running, they will start immediately when you want to go back to it.
The paid version has all the features of the lite, removing the ads, while adding a “blacklist” feature. This allows you to pick a single app that is constantly misbehaving and assign a CPU % threshold to it. When that app exceeds the threshold, it will be automatically killed.
So stop blindly killing all your apps; be smart by managing them instead. Good for all versions of Android.
Karen
Aug 3, 2012 3:23:48 AM
galaxy s2 excellent app, i got rid of all my app stoppers cos this is the best and saves my battery better than any other app killer, love it :-)
Len
Aug 2, 2012 11:44:08 PM
Samsung Galaxy Note Awesome and consistant!
Mike
Aug 2, 2012 8:18:31 PM
HTC DHD Excellent app. Does exactly what it say. I have remove all other task managers .highly recommended to anyone. Thanks!
Donald
Aug 2, 2012 7:10:06 PM
Great App! This has always been a great no question.
Jenn
Aug 2, 2012 6:56:35 PM
great so far! alerts me like it says it will
Amber
Aug 2, 2012 5:22:48 PM
Does what it says
Dee
Aug 2, 2012 2:19:58 PM
:-) Cracking app! Does what it says on the tin! Lol
Aga
Aug 2, 2012 6:53:05 AM
It just works Everyone should get it
Emmet
Aug 2, 2012 2:52:21 AM
Asus prime Working grewt!
Matthew
Aug 2, 2012 2:38:44 AM
Good app Better than task killers. I use it daily.