Motorola Q
How do you properly exit a program?
Does anyone else have a problem with the Q not exiting programs?
Ex: I open Windows Media Player to play music. When I am finished, I click the "home" key to return to the Q's main menu. The problem is the program itself never closes.
If you hit the back button it will take you right back into WMP. The only way to exit the program is to go into the task manager and kill the WMP process manually.
This happens with any program (e.g. solitare, opening contacts, text messages, internet, etc)
The reason I find this to be such an issue is because after opening several programs, the Q's performance tends to suffer. I am forced to kill processes manually or turn the phone off then on.
Am I doing something wrong or is this just a softw...
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Ex: I open Windows Media Player to play music. When I am finished, I click the "home" key to return to the Q's main menu. The problem is the program itself never closes.
If you hit the back button it will take you right back into WMP. The only way to exit the program is to go into the task manager and kill the WMP process manually.
This happens with any program (e.g. solitare, opening contacts, text messages, internet, etc)
The reason I find this to be such an issue is because after opening several programs, the Q's performance tends to suffer. I am forced to kill processes manually or turn the phone off then on.
Am I doing something wrong or is this just a softw...
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ditto, have no idea how to do it, someone said to go to task manager and "kill" the program, couldnt find task manager either. just ended up opening the task scheduler so now i have another program open!!!
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ya i found that now, but when i close the programs they still are at the top of the home screen, now the task manager seems to be permanently there too... how do i clear them off that screen as well?
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Yeah, just like on Windows XP. When you go to your "Start" menu, it shows all of your most recently used applications.
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They are on the top of the screen by design I believe. My understanding is it is sort of like the "Recent Documents" area in Windows XP. The phone keeps track of the most recent items used in order for the user to have easier access to features. That is why they do not disappear even after you remove a process from the task manager. If you do not want to see them, Just go to Start>Settings>Home Screen and choose a different layout. I believe Windows Basic does not show any of those icons at the top of the screen.
By the way, we have sort of moved away from the original question so I will restate it.
I know how to get to task manager and kill open tasks, but the problem is that the tasks do not close automatically upon leaving a program...
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By the way, we have sort of moved away from the original question so I will restate it.
I know how to get to task manager and kill open tasks, but the problem is that the tasks do not close automatically upon leaving a program...
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Pressing the Home key on the Q is just like holding down the Sart button on your keyboard in Windows XP and pressing the M key. That minimizes all programs and takes you to the desktop.
I know this doesn't help much, but it shows that this must be by design in Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphones. It seems like they forgot to include a simple way to close the program your in.
I know this doesn't help much, but it shows that this must be by design in Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphones. It seems like they forgot to include a simple way to close the program your in.
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I believe the icons at the top are not because the program is still running but, like someone mentioned, is just a recent program you used. I find it pretty easy just to go from the home screen and hit the task manager icon then kill the program. My .02
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This has been 'standard' in Windows CE/Windows mobile operating system for as long as I can remember. Even when I had early IPAQs I can remember always having to go to task manager to close running programs. I had to do this several times daily on my Samsung i730 just so I would have enough memory available for the phone to ring on an incoming call. This is not a problem with anyone's individual phone!!!
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I wonder why they would do such a thing. There has to be some reason behind it if they haven't changed the software design (early iPAQs to Q) I will do some research and see what I can come up with. Has anyone contacted Motorola or searched Microsoft's site for a possible explanation?
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I called Moto support to ask about this.
First off - the program icons at the top of the screen are your "recently used apps" - not apps that are still running.
With regard to exiting - they said that many apps have no real way of properly exiting.
There are a few apps that have menu options to "close" - and those should be used whenever present to properly close an app.
However, the majority of apps should just be backed out of using the back key, or feel free to hit the "end" key.
He did mention that the "home" key would definitely not end an app - as it's more or less just a "windows+M" key that minimizes all apps.
He recommended killing apps through the task manager if the device began to run slowly (I'm shocked that this i...
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First off - the program icons at the top of the screen are your "recently used apps" - not apps that are still running.
With regard to exiting - they said that many apps have no real way of properly exiting.
There are a few apps that have menu options to "close" - and those should be used whenever present to properly close an app.
However, the majority of apps should just be backed out of using the back key, or feel free to hit the "end" key.
He did mention that the "home" key would definitely not end an app - as it's more or less just a "windows+M" key that minimizes all apps.
He recommended killing apps through the task manager if the device began to run slowly (I'm shocked that this i...
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Well, w/ Windows Mobile, its a way that the OS handles apps. Part of the reason why people are complaining about "menu lag" is after a certain time there are a bunch of processes hogging up memory that are not closed. W/ the included capabilities the only way is to go and "kill tasks" from the task manager in system tools.
There have always been 3rd party apps that assisted in "task management" that would let you actually swap and end apps on the fly without going to the task manager. One specifically for WM Smartphone OS is Xbar, but I'm trying to find a free one still. Some of the better 3rd party apps actually have extended capabilities like adding "cut and paste".
There have always been 3rd party apps that assisted in "task management" that would let you actually swap and end apps on the fly without going to the task manager. One specifically for WM Smartphone OS is Xbar, but I'm trying to find a free one still. Some of the better 3rd party apps actually have extended capabilities like adding "cut and paste".
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I am a developer and have created many apps for the CE/Windows Mobile platform; maybe I can shed some light on this...
The fact that most mobile apps do not have an "Exit" option is indeed by design, and there is logical reasoning behind it.
First, when you are using a mobile device, you generally would like instant access to your applications; On a PC, most people are content with waiting a few seconds for an application to boot...however on a mobile device a few seconds can be exasperating when trying to open a contact. Therefore the idea is to try to keep the most often used applications in memory.
Second, the processing power of mobile devices is much lower than on a PC; This only aggrevates the previous problem.
So the idea ...
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The fact that most mobile apps do not have an "Exit" option is indeed by design, and there is logical reasoning behind it.
First, when you are using a mobile device, you generally would like instant access to your applications; On a PC, most people are content with waiting a few seconds for an application to boot...however on a mobile device a few seconds can be exasperating when trying to open a contact. Therefore the idea is to try to keep the most often used applications in memory.
Second, the processing power of mobile devices is much lower than on a PC; This only aggrevates the previous problem.
So the idea ...
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