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I was doing some general research and came across this:

http://androidforums.com/tips-tricks-evo-4g/85554-task-killers-must-read-new-android-users.html

So, I've uninstalled ATK and haven't had any crashes, random reboots, slowing, or any of the small annoyances I'd had before. 4 days since my last manual reboot when before it was getting to the point that I'd have to manually reboot twice a day because of the system slowing or locking up.

Over at LG Forums, i've been trying to push the word about not using task killers, but I still see people recommending them. Maybe the fact that i've never used one could explain why my Ally has run perfectly from day one, but I keep seeing others having numerous freeze ups, FC's, lag and all sorts of other issues. I just could never figure out how I got so lucky with my Ally. I don't doubt the problems others are having, I just wonder why I don't see them.

When I do kill things manually (like the backup assistant, Socialite, etc.), I use the built in killer than Android has already under the Settings\Application area. I simply filter it to all running apps and then force close all of the stupid stuff LG preloaded. I typically do this everytime I turn my phone on in the morning and my phone runs great all day. I typically get 2-3 days battery life and I have never seen a single freeze up or force close on anything since I got the phone.

I bought into the task killer stuff when I first got my Ally. Then I started reading and just getting to know the phone and use it. Didn't uninstall the task manager I used (still use it to see what's running and how much memory I have available), but I've been running without it auto killing apps for a few weeks now and I feel the phone has been working great! Performance has been great with no issues that have me banging my head against a wall...lol. I wonder if some are simply just bogging down the phone with a multitude of apps. I've got a few, but they are apps I use on a daily basis.

Warren

Good information.... I use an App Killer and it seems to help... maybe I ought to try the phone for a few days with Manually Killing anything.

My friends LG Ally is horrible. She has been having lock ups and reboots every few hours during the day. It even just reboots while it's sitting on the couch without her even touching it. She already exchanged it once so it's not a hardware issue. Both units have been doing the same thing. I have a Nexus One so I've been trying to help her get it working cause I really hate to see her go back to a Blackberry. She's super frustrated with this thing already.

I recommended she try Advanced Task Manager to see if maybe that will help. She has not installed ANY 3rd party apps yet on the phone, so I find it really hard to believe nobody else is having issues like this with their Ally's. She is a HEAVY Facebook App and Text Messager, I'm talking posting on FB 50+ times a day and sending at least a few hundred text messages daily. I'm guessing she is just slamming the phones limited RAM. Just a guess at this point though as my Nexus One and my wife's G1 haven't had any kind of problems like this before.

The people on these forums who say they don't have issues like this with the Ally also like to mention they use it as primarily a "phone" so I'm guessing that means they don't use it much at all beyond just making phone calls and aren't hitting a memory wall when actually using it as a mini-computer, which is what Android is supposed to be. If the Ally is working well for you, try opening the web browser with 5 tabs and Facebook App and Email app and Text messaging app and send some stuff, let me know how that works out for ya. Cause that's her usage pattern and it seems to be killing the Ally.

The people on these forums who say they don't have issues like this with the Ally also like to mention they use it as primarily a "phone" so I'm guessing that means they don't use it much at all beyond just making phone calls and aren't hitting a memory wall when actually using it as a mini-computer, which is what Android is supposed to be. If the Ally is working well for you, try opening the web browser with 5 tabs and Facebook App and Email app and Text messaging app and send some stuff, let me know how that works out for ya. Cause that's her usage pattern and it seems to be killing the Ally.

Maybe some of us aren't stupid enough to try to use the Ally with all that crap open at once because we know what the phone is capable of doing and not capable of doing. Heck, I wouldn't even have that much crap running at one time on my home computer. But I will say this, I have had Google Nav, Pandora, the web browser and the text messaging app open at one time on a business trip while receiving voice calls via the speaker phone. And you know what, the phone worked just fine. So don't tell me it's not possible for this phone to run fine when using multiple apps because that's not true. Instead, tell your friend to go get a power phone if she needs to run that much junk at once.

Posted by Paladin27 on 24 Jul 2010 10:39 AM:

My friends LG Ally is horrible. She has been having lock ups and reboots every few hours during the day. It even just reboots while it's sitting on the couch without her even touching it. She already exchanged it once so it's not a hardware issue. Both units have been doing the same thing. I have a Nexus One so I've been trying to help her get it working cause I really hate to see her go back to a Blackberry. She's super frustrated with this thing already.

I recommended she try Advanced Task Manager to see if maybe that will help. She has not installed ANY 3rd party apps yet on the phone, so I find it really hard to believe nobody else is having issues like this with their Ally's. She is a HEAVY Facebook App and Text Messager, I'm talking posting on FB 50+ times a day and sending at least a few hundred text messages daily. I'm guessing she is just slamming the phones limited RAM. Just a guess at this point though as my Nexus One and my wife's G1 haven't had any kind of problems like this before.

The people on these forums who say they don't have issues like this with the Ally also like to mention they use it as primarily a "phone" so I'm guessing that means they don't use it much at all beyond just making phone calls and aren't hitting a memory wall when actually using it as a mini-computer, which is what Android is supposed to be. If the Ally is working well for you, try opening the web browser with 5 tabs and Facebook App and Email app and Text messaging app and send some stuff, let me know how that works out for ya. Cause that's her usage pattern and it seems to be killing the Ally.

The Ally works for my needs. Phone calls, texting, Facebook, browsing, Slacker radio, weather and news widgets getting data every 1/2 hour. Do I try to do all this at once? No. I've enjoyed using it and knew going in that it wasn't going to be a high performance phone.

This apparently isn't the phone for her, so I'd opt for another phone.

Warren

Posted by Paladin27 on 24 Jul 2010 10:39 AM:

My friends LG Ally is horrible. She has been having lock ups and reboots every few hours during the day. It even just reboots while it's sitting on the couch without her even touching it. She already exchanged it once so it's not a hardware issue. Both units have been doing the same thing. I have a Nexus One so I've been trying to help her get it working cause I really hate to see her go back to a Blackberry. She's super frustrated with this thing already.

I recommended she try Advanced Task Manager to see if maybe that will help. She has not installed ANY 3rd party apps yet on the phone, so I find it really hard to believe nobody else is having issues like this with their Ally's. She is a HEAVY Facebook App and Text Messager, I'm talking posting on FB 50+ times a day and sending at least a few hundred text messages daily. I'm guessing she is just slamming the phones limited RAM. Just a guess at this point though as my Nexus One and my wife's G1 haven't had any kind of problems like this before.

The people on these forums who say they don't have issues like this with the Ally also like to mention they use it as primarily a "phone" so I'm guessing that means they don't use it much at all beyond just making phone calls and aren't hitting a memory wall when actually using it as a mini-computer, which is what Android is supposed to be. If the Ally is working well for you, try opening the web browser with 5 tabs and Facebook App and Email app and Text messaging app and send some stuff, let me know how that works out for ya. Cause that's her usage pattern and it seems to be killing the Ally.

I think we need to look else where to see what is going on... Is she, by chance, an OLD Alltel Customer who has rolled her number over to Verizon? This is an issue I have seen that can effect the Ally, with Freezing and so on. I'm still working on this issue.

Currently I have 5 Browser Windows open, System (a Utility to monitor Memory, Apps, and CPU usage) Facebook, Email, and the A Photo Sideshow, plus all of the back ground stuff and it's working fine.... Although to be honest the Slide show is a little sluggish, but not to the point of distraction.... Not saying what you are seeing isn't happening, but I think something else is causing the Freezing and rebooting issues.

The Ally was never meant to be a High End Android Phone, it only has a 600mHz processor... I'm sorry for the experience your seeing, but i think for the market it was intended for it's an awesome small Android device. I still think your issues are being caused or at least enhanced by other issues... Let me know about Alltel and we'll see if we can figure it out.

Use the Ally Primarily for Phone only??? No, in fact I rarely receive calls and I use the Ally as my portable Office and pound on all of the features.... I think most of the People I talk with do like wise... I admit the Ally isn't a High End Android device. It wasn't intended to be... If that's what she needs, maybe she should upgrade to a High End device.

Let me know what you decide.

Let me know

Dear LG Pro,

I see what is essentially the same issue posted in multiple forums, and my new Ally, less than a few days out of the box, likes to do random reboots as well. This is most distressing/embarrassing when I need the phone in silent mode, such as in a place of worship, and out of the blue I will hear the reboot tone even though phone is in silet mode (there should be an option to turn off the reboot tone, otherwise the reboot issue would not be as disturbing)<<please include this suggestion in your report to the engineers.

My 3G coverage is excellent here in southern Delaware--I can hear Pandora w/o interruption on my commute. In fact, my phone seems to random reboot usually when I am NOT using/touching it.

I've seen that the reboot problem threads strech back a month or so w/o resolution. Bottom line question is: do I keep my Ally and pray for a timely upcoming fix or make headway for a competitor's phone?

Posted by commander104 on 12 Sep 2010 01:15 AM:

Dear LG Pro,

I see what is essentially the same issue posted in multiple forums, and my new Ally, less than a few days out of the box, likes to do random reboots as well. This is most distressing/embarrassing when I need the phone in silent mode, such as in a place of worship, and out of the blue I will hear the reboot tone even though phone is in silet mode (there should be an option to turn off the reboot tone, otherwise the reboot issue would not be as disturbing)<

My 3G coverage is excellent here in southern Delaware--I can hear Pandora w/o interruption on my commute. In fact, my phone seems to random reboot usually when I am NOT using/touching it.

I've seen that the reboot problem threads strech back a month or so w/o resolution. Bottom line question is: do I keep my Ally and pray for a timely upcoming fix or make headway for a competitor's phone?

Humm, Yeah actually it's been a over a month, or at least it feels like that....  I'd hate to see you return the phone, why don't you give me until late next week to see if I can find an answer...  No promises, but I am pushing for something 'soon' ...  If you're out of time, I understand, but hang in a little longer if you can.