On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 03:14:05 -0800 (PST) appel wrote: > Lots of my friends with Android phones have problems with the Launcher app > getting terminated and restarting frequently and other annoying low memory > problems caused by them having too many apps installed that leave their > Services alive. Since processes with running Services are rarely killed by > the system to free memory it seems to effectively reduce the available > memory for regular apps.
Not to mention the Return type and other attacks utilising loaded code in order to not be caught out by the recent security mechanisms finally added to Android that in fact many Desktops don't have :-). Another argument for bundled software regulation. Maybe all installers should allow you to make it more like nexus or cyanogenmod. I guess they would if it didn't push manufacturers to other Linux OS but it looks like the big players are testing the water that way anyway. And when you kill the services manually, often they'll just come back. I should look closer at Android init but it seems that the default email client shows a premise that doesn't sit well with me. I'd expect that if set to auto check and you have closed the app and checked that it is not running then it can't auto check unless you open the client. I do not expect init or supervise type functionality on user facing apps, an option maybe. Heck there's probably an app like monit for that. Otherwise not only do you have the problem of roaming charges but also, you have no clue what an app is doing in it's spare time and difficulty in closing apps to maximise security for an important task. For example it's a good idea to close all apps and restart firefox or even the OS (could also be the worst thing of course) before logging onto your bank. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
