yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudd_cat23:
Right i appreciate all the feed back so far. Im a complete noob to this. Question is has anyone had any problems with facebook syncing up with gingerblur like it will sync the contacts but it wont sync the pictures. Also with tenfars CWM is there a way to switch back between the rooted stock rom, ginger blur and also grey blur if so will someone provide me with some instructions on it thank you
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dubee24:
i have noticed one thing i dont know if anyone else has with greyblur i use a task killer and the available memory i had with gingerblur was in the 550 range and with greyblur is only 290-300 seems like more things are running in the background
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vigneshd:
Don't use a task killer on Androd 2.2+

Android was designed as a mobile OS. It's not like a PC. Task killers on your Atrix hurt more than they help.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KefkaticFanatic:
Battery life might be shorter on Greyblur

Greyblur has better WiFi performance

Greyblur has some helpful improvements built in (Hulu support, webtop mod, HDMI mirroring)

Greyblur looks different (duh)

That's it as far as I know. The performance upgrades will be integrated into Gingerblur in future releases I'm fairly certain.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
within the next few days after he catches up on school work
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrew149:
Having the same issue and everyone else is also there's no fix that I have found yet its a motorola issue with there blur integration :( they need to fix it asap
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Installation Instructions

In menu options/profile data 'Import One Profile':

Task_Manager

The thanks meter lets me know I'm appreciated! :eek:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Feedback?!

There have been a few downloads of this now... but no comments!

Do I assume that it works absolutely fine? No errors or anything? :eek: If so, I'll stick it on the Tasker Wiki for educational purposes.
[Android Apps and Games] memberfive:
Wow! But how about use Locale AutoKill Plug-in ? It works for me with 2.2 Froyo. So much easier )
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
For education purposes ;)
[Android Apps and Games] memberfive:
Well. In this case, suggest another simple solution, without the use of additional fee applications.:D

1) Connect your phone via USB.

2) Do adb shell and then ps to remember the

last lines

.

3) On your phone start the unnecessary application, again execute ps

and see the process name (like android.process.media) after the

last lines

.

4) Add it to the killing list (say kill_list.txt): echo android.process.media>>/sdcard/kill_list.txt.

5) Repeat for all the unnecessary applications.

6) In the Locale Execute Plug-in is only one line: @! /system/xbin/cat /sdcard/kill_list.txt | /system/xbin/xargs -n1 /system/xbin/killall
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Do you mean 'fee' applications? It only uses locale which is free??

I originally messed with the idea of using a list like this, but the problem is, you can't pass the %LAPP variable in this way. I had Tasker/locale writing the original .txt file from ps output and getting Tasker to try and 'read line/find' the associated %LAPP process in order to exclude it from the list prior to the xargs command being executed... but it became more complicated than just listing IF actions individually as I was going to have to list them anyway!

Hope that made sense? If you can think of a betterway to exclude the foreground process and then use a single command in this way, please do let me know!
[Android Apps and Games] memberfive:
I mean, this solution is just for the Tasker with free Locale Execute Plug-in ! :)

I think that any attempt to pass variables in Tasker and process them would increase the CPU load and reduce performance. It seems to me that there is no difference as to kill the process. And everything works (killed) fine with a single command. :D
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thought so! :confused:

Agreed - It was becoming more complicated than an actual Task Killer!

Only problem is with it killing the current application you are using....... Need a solution to prevent that.... :eek:
[Android Apps and Games] mi3x:
Ok, been browsing the web and found these nice profiles, which can trigger an app (Fast Reboot - which acts like a virtual reboot, closing all apps). What do you think about it Brandall? Could it be tweaked even more to get a nice profile using this app? Thanks.

Published by James.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'd say this is a little excessive... Using a hot/fast reboot as it is known is not addressing the actually issue of misbehaving applications...

For Tasker users, this can be done using Deep Sleep Detective - for other users, this can be done with Better Battery Stats.

Hot/Fast reboot resets the system without rebooting the kernel and is only really necessary when system changes such as remapping hardware keys need to be applied without the need for a full and time-consuming reboot...

Best to track down a problem and resolve it rather and kill everything which this solution does... If a rouge application or process starts at screen-off, then this will happen eventually/immediately after a reboot, so again, a little drastic for short term 'relief'.

The hot reboot is used in my Tasker media mapping profiles though! :)
[Android Apps and Games] MaluNoPeleke:
I want to kill the backup service that saves data from apps in the cloud and start the service later (when charging) again.

I think it is android alarms: act=android.app.backup.intent.RUN isn't it?

How can I do that?

Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
This is entirely possible in theory, however killing the service once does not guarantee that it will not start again and again when it feels like it... There is no monitor within Tasker to alert you when it starts...

If there was.... :(
[Android Apps and Games] MaluNoPeleke:
So could you help me with that for the backup service? Or enable/disable toggle?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] brunoshady:
brandall, I need some help here, please help me out.

I want the following thing:

Everytime I turn internet (easy) some apps services would be launched, like viber/whatsapp/facebook/gmail runing in background as they already do, and when I turn off the internet, I want to kill those process and services...

how can I do that?

pkill -9 and kill-9 arent killing com.whatsapp for example.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Sorry, I didn't see your reply. It's not possible unless the process is obvious when you type 'ps' in the terminal - you can try manually killing it then and see if it comes back. Let me know if you find it and I'll talk you through how to kick off the intent with Tasker.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Hi, don't forget that Android is supposed to handle these processes so they don't use any cpu and remain dormant, however, I understand that sometimes it just feels better if they are not there... (although others would tell you that killing apps may make your device under-perform!)

Anyway, killall -9 com.whatsapp will kill the process, but testing it on my device, it restarted almost instantly.

I have the application system tuner pro by 3c an amazing app and under the apps tab there is a 'startup' option for applications which I assumed referred to at boot - I just unticked whatsapp in there, killed the process and then it didn't restart... Maybe a coincidence, but worth a try...

I've no idea what different events in Android cause these apps to decide to come to life...

Hope that helped!?
[Android Apps and Games] brunoshady:
they may not use cpu but for sure they use battery =/
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
It's not my understanding, but I have been wrong before :o

Did what I suggested stop it restarting??
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
kill service

I would like to kill a service using this method

I can find the service I want in android service list, it's called "RTService"

How can I find the text to put before "pkill" ?

In terminal emulator and "ps", I didn't find anything related to this :( and of course "pkill RTService" does nothing ^^

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Do you know where RTService originates?
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
Here is all I know:

So if I stop RTService, it stops the glob app, whereas if I stop RTTTS, glob still working

Thanks for help
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Sorry, to clarify, do you want to kill the process, but not the app? Or the app and the process? Or neither of those?!?
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
I wan't to kill everything!

But it seems that only stopping RTService stop the app
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
What happens when you do killall -9 net.monthorin.etc.etc

Does the process not die with that?
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
Not killed :(

in fact I can see the glob notification icon going first after a few second (I guess app is re-launched)

Same thing happens if I kill glob with a task killer
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
:mad: Ok, have a look at post #18 and I suggest trying system tuner - let me know if it works!
[Android Apps and Games] sanghaviraj:
Brandell,I need ur help,

It may be out of topic but I think only you could help,I have searched the whole market but couldnt find an app with can remove call log of certain people automatically,I was thinking is it possible using tasker,tasker does support deletion of file,but how to catch the file n all

from raj's s2
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I posted your reply over in this thread, as there may be others who can help - this thread is pretty quiet.
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
App information in system tuner for Glob

I recorded the log while I stopped Glob from the app: menu, exit

I/22:10:01.212 ActivityManager( 1495)
Process net.monthorin.rttraffic16:remote (pid 4373) has died.
I/22:10:01.202 Process ( 4373)
Sending signal. PID: 4373 SIG: 9
D/22:10:01.192 libgps ( 1495)
GpsInterface_stop()
I/22:10:01.182 ActivityManager( 1495)
Process net.monthorin.rttraffic16:tts (pid 4385) has died.
I/22:10:01.182 RTService( 4373)
Glob Service Stopped
I/22:10:01.182 AudioService( 1495)
Remote Control unregisterMediaButtonEventReceiver() for ComponentInfo{net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.service.RTRemoteControlReceiver}
W/22:10:01.182 process_monitor_widget(24628)
Log retriever started
I/22:10:01.172 WindowManager( 1495)
WIN DEATH: Window{40922ca8 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.gps.RTMap paused=false}
I/22:10:01.162 WindowManager( 1495)
WIN DEATH: Window{40904c68 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.gps.RTMap paused=false}
E/22:10:01.162 InputDispatcher( 1495)
channel '40904c68 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.gps.RTMap (server)' ~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!
E/22:10:01.162 InputDispatcher( 1495)
channel '40904c68 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.gps.RTMap (server)' ~ Consumer closed input channel or an error occurred. events=0x8
W/22:10:01.162 GpsLocationProvider( 1495)
Unneeded remove listener for uid 1000
W/22:10:01.162 GpsLocationProvider( 1495)
Unneeded remove listener for uid 1000
I/22:10:01.152 ActivityManager( 1495)
Process net.monthorin.rttraffic16 (pid 4317) has died.
V/22:10:01.152 TtsService(24792)
onDestroy() completed
I/22:10:01.152 Process ( 4385)
Sending signal. PID: 4385 SIG: 9
I/22:10:01.152 TTSService( 4385)
Glob TTS Service Stopped
I/22:10:01.142 TtsService(24792)
Stopped
I/22:10:01.142 TtsService(24792)
Stopping
I/22:10:01.142 Process ( 4317)
Sending signal. PID: 4317 SIG: 9
I/22:10:00.552 ( 1461)
odm_disp_esd_thread is running(185) state=1

In terminal emulator, I made several tries with "killall -9", "pkill -9", and "onDestroy()" with all the numbers listed above and the process names on the screenshot

Nothing worked :(:(:( and I'm running out of ideas

e.g. I got this:

# killall -9 24972
killall: 24792: no process killed

:confused:

I hope we will be able to find a generic method to kill a service in tasker, not only for this specific app!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
You're determined to crack this aren't you! Top marks for effort so far :)

I assume the package name is net.monthorin.rttraffic16? When you do 'ps' in the terminal is that showing?

If so, did you try killall -9 net.monthorin.rttraffic16
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
I did try, no result

It is showed in ps :) with new PID, so I just tried to kill those PID without success

I forgot to comment on #18: in the start-up list of system tuner, glob doesn't appear
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'm still not certain whether you have executed exactly the following

killall -9 net.monthorin.rttraffic16
killall -9 net.monthorin.rttraffic16:remote
killall -9 net.monthorin.rttraffic16:tts

The 'p' in pkill stands for process, so it won't work if you try and killall something and use the PID (process ID). Execute the above and then immediately type PS again. If it's not there, you've done all you can. It may well reappear shortly after though... Please post the results.
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
I killed the 3 of them in the same command line, then "ps", nothing anymore, I waited a few seconds, "ps" again, there are back here

f****** persistent app!!

If I force stop the app in android app manager, it did stop!

I recorded the log

I/22:34:18.182 WindowManager( 1499)
WINDOW DIED Window{40a6f390 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.gps.RTMap paused=true}
E/22:34:18.182 InputDispatcher( 1499)
channel '40a6f390 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.gps.RTMap (server)' ~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!
E/22:34:18.182 InputDispatcher( 1499)
channel '40a6f390 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/net.monthorin.rttraffic16.gps.RTMap (server)' ~ Consumer closed input channel or an error occurred. events=0x8
I/22:34:18.162 ActivityManager( 1499)
Force stopping service ServiceRecord{40db4010 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/.service.RTService}
I/22:34:18.162 ActivityManager( 1499)
Force stopping service ServiceRecord{40a41168 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/.service.RTTTS}
I/22:34:18.152 ActivityManager( 1499)
Force finishing activity HistoryRecord{4083e218 net.monthorin.rttraffic16/.gps.RTMap}
W/22:34:18.152 ActivityManager( 1499)
Scheduling restart of crashed service net.monthorin.rttraffic16/.service.RTService in 14988ms
I/22:34:18.152 Process ( 1499)
Sending signal. PID: 27875 SIG: 9
I/22:34:18.152 Process ( 1499)
Sending signal. PID: 27888 SIG: 9
W/22:34:18.132 ActivityManager( 1499)
Scheduling restart of crashed service net.monthorin.rttraffic16/.service.RTTTS in 5000ms
I/22:34:18.132 Process ( 1499)
Sending signal. PID: 27908 SIG: 9
V/22:34:18.132 TtsService(25507)
onDestroy() completed
I/22:34:18.122 ActivityManager( 1499)
Force stopping package net.monthorin.rttraffic16 uid=10127
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
It's a shame it doesn't appear in System Tuner to prevent it restarting... I've no idea how to prevent an app/process from restarting using a script.

I can only suggest you give an app like this one a try - if that doesn't detail the app, then you can always request a refund...

Shame it couldn't be solved using Tasker/shell, but I've no knowledge of what to edit to prevent this from happening. Perhaps it's something in the manifest, but I'm guessing now... Let me know if that works...
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
Not listed in autostarts as well :(

I'm going to try with Waze instead of Glob

Thanks for help :)
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Doh! :mad: If you solve it, let me know how!
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
Waze => some issues, process name is "com.waze" but I couldn't manage to kill it

I looked inside Glob code, the java lines that kill the process are:

super.onDestroy();
Process.killProcess(Process.myPid());

I tried some stuff with this on terminal emulator without success

Does this give you ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Just accidentally deleted my reply to this :( The gist of it was to email the dev - if you believe it's persistent and using resource...

Otherwise

Killall system_server

Make sure you have a recent nandroid.. just incase...

Let me know!
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
I already emailed devs, and posts on waze forum

no constructive answer yet

Are these apps persistent and using resource after a kill? I guess yes, they keep on trying to get the GPS signal ... and notification icon is always here

Killall system_server

hmmm... I just want to kill a specific app, not everything ^^ ... Or maybe you mean:

Killall system_server process.name

?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
r

Killall system_server

is a little drastic, but worth a try to see if works!
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
Phone made a hot reboot, and process killed so ... you're right that can be a solution

I created a profile, event is: "when navigation is launched"

But profile also gets active when maps is launched

is there a way to make a difference between maps & navigation?

Maybe something that detects when navigation service is launched (=when navigation starts=when icon appears in notification bar)

Thanks for help
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Well it's there as a last resort for you... I think we were about on last resorts!

I've seen a thread in the google group about the maps/navigation issue, but couldn't find it doing a quick search... It's there somewhere though!
[Android Apps and Games] cailloup:
Ok every information is there

Navigation without maps => seems not to be possible for now

Kill a service (search "pandora" or "waze") => no solution
[Android Apps and Games] MidnightRising:
I'm actually having the same problem with Imo. No matter what command I use, that app just will NOT die! The program gets killed for a few seconds, but the service stays there. I'm sort of shocked there's no way to kill a service with Terminal. Anyway, I'll definitely be back at this later tonight and I'll let you know if there's anything I find.
[Android Apps and Games] zhdenny:
Bump.....I'm dying to figure out how to kill some of these services with tasker or a script or something.
[Android Apps and Games] Uzone:
try my application. its the best solution for tablets:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23216650#post23216650
[Android Apps and Games] threepwood960:
Thanks, I am very interested in this solution with Tasker. I use Linux, but in my Galaxy S3 (Stock Rom) with root, I don't find both pkill and killall:

Command not found

How could I install them?

---------- Post added at 08:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 PM ----------

I have now the commands with the app Terminal IDE, but when I write any command line, for example:

killall -9 com.smart.swkey (app Button Savior)

The proccess is killed, but I return at the approximately 5 seconds.It is immortal!

Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] dgibb2000:
pm disable and enable

I've been researching this problem and came across Brandall's tasker wiki as have many of you i'm sure. I stream music via Bluetooth in the car and once the bluetooth connection is disconnected I have tasker kill my car home app and music app (slacker radio) to return the phone to "regular mode". It works great, but recently slacker radio would relaunch with a new notification that can't be cleared. I found killall -9 would stop the process, but the service would just restart it in 5 seconds.

My solution is to use tasker to issue the "pm disable com.slacker.radio" command. From what i can tell it kills the app and freezes it so it can't be relaunched. I then wait a few seconds and run the "pm enable com.slacker.radio" command so it will be available the next time I want to use it, but it does not restart on its own! It is important to re-enable it otherwise you can't launch the app at all manually.

This solution works for me, and i've edited the tasker wiki to include this information in case it helps anyone else. Hope you're ok with that brandall. if not feel free to remove my edits, i'm just a noob when it comes to this stuff!
[Android Apps and Games] william1974:
How to kill app when having incoming call with tasker? Thks
[Android Apps and Games] dony71:
how to create tasker to close all running apps in task manager after display off

basically it's the same like pressing app multitasking then kill all apps
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kponti:
Is there a ROM out there with root, clockwork, etc etc already installed that wont completely wipe my SD card? I am tired of loosing EVERYTHING on my SD card each time I have to do simple tasks on this phone.

I am on a rooted 2.3.1 and loving it but I would like to try out another rom. Most of the roms out there now are for 2.3.2 or 2.3.3 only but to upgrade and loose root means to have to wipe my sd card again to unlock my bootloader hence my question
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brenix:
As far as I am aware, when you unlock the bootloader or flash a new ROM, it shouldn't be wiping your SD card (/sdcard).. However, when you flash a new rom, its highly recommended to wipe the Data & Cache. Though doing this DOES wipe your settings etc..

Since you already have root, you could simply download Titanium backup to backup all your settings/apps/data (there are plenty of guides for this..), then flash the new ROM, and restore everything with Titanium Backup again. The process is very simple and doesn't take long at all..

Also, most ROMs that are in these threads should already be rooted and contain superuser, busybox, etc..

The closest to stock that I've seen is here. There are four flavors and two of them are already rooted..Though I think this ROM is no longer going to be updated.

The current ROM I use is NSCollab and I would highly recommend it..It already is rooted and contains tweaks and a few apps like ROM Manager etc..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kponti:
Actually when you unlock the bootloader it does delete your SD card, yes that includes your titanium backup folder ie you loose that too.

Wiping settings etc is no big deal, but wiping all my music, photos, titanium backups etcetera etc is what I am concerned about. I lost all the when I rooted initially
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matridom:
TI can sync to a dropbox account. As for the Contents of the SD card. Back those up before changing ROM's. My understanding is that it's the bootloader unlock that wipes the works (I did mine the day i got it, so it was already virgin)

Most of the third party roms offer upgrade paths without wiping, CM7 for example, you can keep updating and rarely do you have to re-install a thing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
but once you unlock the bootloader, you should never again have to wipe your sd card. at that point, any time you change a ROM, the sd card remains in tact and is not wiped. so you only lose data the "first" time you root. then from that point forward, you change ROMs at will and lose nothing etc.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brenix:
If you can't use dropbox, you could simply backup with titanium and copy the contents from the sdcard to your computer, then unlock the bootloader..
[myTouch 3G Slide General] homiegv:
I just seen a vid of someone speed test for the slide and there score was over 4kbps download I have the latest cm7 nightly I only gets about 1 kbps. What are your scores with the rom u are usin. I also get about 1070 on quadrant.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] txdeathray:
wait.. kbps or mbps? cuz 4kbps is pretty... um... terrible.

I can get well over 4mbps (around 4.5 to almost 5mbps) down when I'm in Houston. but in Pittsburgh, I get somewhere from 1.2mbps to 2.5mbps.

Quadrant is around what you have as well.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] inkuyo:
I get between 2 and 3 Mbps pretty consistent in the burbs of Seattle. Most of the time even faster up to 5.5 is the fastest I had.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] carlosze:
I get 1.5 mbps at home but in the street I can get up to 5.5 mbps I think it depends of the towers of tmobile