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Re: Too much stuff running in the background
Ann154
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You are making things worse by killing all those applications. By stopping the applications, you are causing the phone to just reload the applications back into the phone's memory and draining the battery faster.

Uninstall ATK and install this task manager instead. Go through the settings to view the system processes. This application will divided the applications into active, service-only processes, inactive (cached), and internal system processes.

https://market.android.com/details?id=nextapp.systempanel

Read this article.

http://www.androidcentral.com/ram-what-it-how-its-used-and-why-you-shouldnt-care?style_mobile=0

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