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Kill All Apps?

BlindMellon

BlindMellon

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Any way to kill all apps in memory? (an app or otherwise). My iPhone 4 (that I bought used) is on ios5. No JB means no 'remove background' app from Cydia.

I'm guessing no, but just confirming...:(
 
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RafaelT said:
Exactly, iOS is quite capable of managing the apps itself. There is no need to go in and kill apps.
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This has been proven false, time and time again. There are rogue apps that sit in the tray and suck your battery and resources. Perhaps all apps written by Apple themselves are fine, but there are others that are not and it's nice to be able to wipe them all at once.
 
BlindMellon said:
This has been proven false, time and time again. There are rogue apps that sit in the tray and suck your battery and resources. Perhaps all apps written by Apple themselves are fine, but there are others that are not and it's nice to be able to wipe them all at once.
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Which apps are those? I've never heard of any.

Anyway, the only method I can think of on a stock iOS device is to reboot it.
 
BlindMellon said:
This has been proven false, time and time again. There are rogue apps that sit in the tray and suck your battery and resources. Perhaps all apps written by Apple themselves are fine, but there are others that are not and it's nice to be able to wipe them all at once.
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And this has been proven, time and time again. It goes both ways.
If you're anal about whats in suspended state, go close the app if you're fearing a leak.
I don't close my apps ever, and have no problems.
 
BlindMellon said:
This has been proven false, time and time again. There are rogue apps that sit in the tray and suck your battery and resources. Perhaps all apps written by Apple themselves are fine, but there are others that are not and it's nice to be able to wipe them all at once.
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Right, well I know a bunch of people who don't have any issues. This tells me it is not a widespread problem if it exists, so there is no need for something that kills all apps. If you have an issue with a specific app you can kill it quite easily using the built in method.
 
Kyotoma said:
System Activity Monitor does this job quite perfectly. It kills all active apps and frees up memory.
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Is this App working OK with iOS 5? I've read a few reviews of people saying it crashes on iOS 5 and to wait till they update it.

Also does it have a kill all apps feature? I knew it had a free up memory feature but I was unaware of the kill active apps one too.

I was thinking of Jailbreaking just for SBSettings toggles and Remove Background.
 
flatlined said:
Kyotoma said:
System Activity Monitor does this job quite perfectly. It kills all active apps and frees up memory.
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Is this App working OK with iOS 5? I've read a few reviews of people saying it crashes on iOS 5 and to wait till they update it.

Also does it have a kill all apps feature? I knew it had a free up memory feature but I was unaware of the kill active apps one too.
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I have had no troubles with System Activity Monitor on my iPhone 4 with iOS5. However I am not aware of any way to have it kill apps.
 
With everyone blaming the end user for battery issues then things like "Kill all apps", turning off wifi or adjusting brightness/location info should have shortcut switches in the notifications window.
 
urkel said:
With everyone blaming the end user for battery issues then things like "Kill all apps", turning off wifi or adjusting brightness/location info should have shortcut switches in the notifications window.
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That would be great. One of the things that make me want to jailbreak but I probably won't.
 
urkel said:
With everyone blaming the end user for battery issues then things like "Kill all apps", turning off wifi or adjusting brightness/location info should have shortcut switches in the notifications window.
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only in a jb'ed iphone. :eek:
 
SBSettings can prove it false, as it'll show the memory usage after just opening/using a few app's. Do the same thing on stock iOS and you'd have no idea those app's are still running after closing. For example if I just close Safari, it's still in the "background" using memory, and if I delete from SBS memory jumps up.
 
BlindMellon said:
This has been proven false, time and time again. There are rogue apps that sit in the tray and suck your battery and resources. Perhaps all apps written by Apple themselves are fine, but there are others that are not and it's nice to be able to wipe them all at once.
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He's right.

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iceterminal said:
I don't close my apps ever, and have no problems.
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Close your apps and notice the improvement in your phones performance.
 
SurferMan said:
SBSettings can prove it false, as it'll show the memory usage after just opening/using a few app's. Do the same thing on stock iOS and you'd have no idea those app's are still running after closing. For example if I just close Safari, it's still in the "background" using memory, and if I delete from SBS memory jumps up.
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A suspended app having memory still allocated to it doesn't imply that it's using up CPU or battery resources.
 
elistan said:
A suspended app having memory still allocated to it doesn't imply that it's using up CPU or battery resources.
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Well I can tell you on my 3GS and 4 when I have apps in the task tray, I see a noticeable decrease in battery life vs manually closing each app every time or clearing the tray out. Plenty have posted similar experiences even though these are supposed to be "not" running.
 
SurferMan said:
SBSettings can prove it false, as it'll show the memory usage after just opening/using a few app's. Do the same thing on stock iOS and you'd have no idea those app's are still running after closing. For example if I just close Safari, it's still in the "background" using memory, and if I delete from SBS memory jumps up.
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You're comparing how iOS behaves after jailbreaking to how it behaves normally. And as another poster mentioned - an app that has memory allocated to it in the background does not mean it's using any CPU or battery power. The OS leaves that memory allocated to the app when it's suspended. If your phone gets low on memory the OS will start killing off apps entirely and reclaiming the allocated memory.
 
ppilone said:
You're comparing how iOS behaves after jailbreaking to how it behaves normally. And as another poster mentioned - an app that has memory allocated to it in the background does not mean it's using any CPU or battery power. The OS leaves that memory allocated to the app when it's suspended. If your phone gets low on memory the OS will start killing off apps entirely and reclaiming the allocated memory.
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you must have missed the part where I said on both my 3GS and 4, if apps are frozen in task bar, I see a nice decrease in battery life whether in standby mode, or when using normally. When those app's are manually removed from task bar and left in standby, or manually closing right after using any app... battery life is fine. And there's nothing else running, locations etc are all off, no streaming apps like pandora.
 
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