peter;584252 Wrote: > > Silly me. I'm a new Android user and I still have to get used to its > way > of doing things. > I disabled the notification icon, there's an SC icon on my home screen > already.
Well, I do understand you concerns! Having a multitasking capable OS also has some severe caveats. If you install a poorly designed App, e.g. an App that does not shutdown / stop properly, *it will* dramatically reduce your battery life and slow down the whole device. E.g. there is a SqueezeBox App for Android that does not shutdown its service properly, even if you leave the App. That means that the service will constantly try to get updates from the SBS server in the background until Android finally kills the process. (But this may take several hours, depending on your usage.) So it *is* really important to design Apps as "Good Android Citizens", otherwise the users will have a bad experience. As a user, you cannot do much about it, because it can be difficult to track down Apps/Services that drain your battery. (You may take a look at Home/Menu/Settings/PhoneInfo/Battery for a rough estimate on which App consumes most power.) PS: Maybe I should remove the Notification Icon when leaving the App through the BACK button to indicate the user that the App is now removed from memory. -- flattermann Christian Home of 'SqueezeCommander' (http://www.squeezecommander.com) - The SqueezeBox Remote Control App for Android ------------------------------------------------------------------------ flattermann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
