Task Killer

smokeylt · Nov 22, 2011

Sorry,
I am new to the Iphone and used to have unlimited internet plan. Now I am on a 200 Meg plan and when I asked the ATT Rep how I ensure the internet is not running in the background, she suggested I get a task killer App, like I had on my Android. Can anyone give me any advise?

I can't find anything anything in the App store.

ytsew · Nov 23, 2011

smokeylt said:
Sorry,
I am new to the Iphone and used to have unlimited internet plan. Now I am on a 200 Meg plan and when I asked the ATT Rep how I ensure the internet is not running in the background, she suggested I get a task killer App, like I had on my Android. Can anyone give me any advise?

I can't find anything anything in the App store.

Go to General / Network / turn off Cellular data. By doing this you'll only connect via wifi and not use your data bundle.

bab2010 · Nov 23, 2011

I do not know what iOS you are using but let's say that you are using the latest iOS which is iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1
To kill all running apps from the back ground double click on your home button to reveal the multitasking bar, there you will see all the apps that you've previously open and are freeze or still streaming in the background. Tap and hold on any app you see there until they all start wiggling, then you will see the red minus sign on top of each app wiggling, touch that red minus sing to completely close all opened apps, you can do that often to completely close any apps you thing is capable of doing something in the background.
But the most important is not at the multitasking bar but instead it's located in your settings.
How did you set up your email boxes to fetch your new emails? What about any 3rd party weather app you may have installed on the device and it's auto updating every 30mn? what about the location service setting? So those are stuff which can easily eat up your 3G data specially the email auto fetching. Go through your settings and setup everything to be manually instead of being automatic and voila.

bustos82 · Nov 23, 2011

to my understanding iphone do not need app killer like androids do. :facetime:

mwhartman · Nov 24, 2011

I can not say if iPhone needs a task killer or not. My sense is it does not. I can say that it is not necessary on Android. In fact, on Android, typically a task killer caused more problems than they solved. Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

Skull One · Nov 24, 2011

mwhartman said:
I can not say if iPhone needs a task killer or not. My sense is it does not. I can say that it is not necessary on Android. In fact, on Android, typically a task killer caused more problems than they solved. Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

This is probably the wisest response I have seen on the subject. I recommend you heed it.

mwhartman · Nov 24, 2011

Skull One said:
This is probably the wisest response I have seen on the subject. I recommend you heed it.

Thank you, sir!

iphonegeeky · Nov 25, 2011

yTSew said, turning off cellular data prevents any internet connection that could consume your plan data. As for android phone, task killers are indeed useful if you have tons of apps and many of them look for updates all the time. here is a site that has all the info needed.