Samsung The Samsung Galaxy Tab user manual Task Manager

Task Manager

Your device can run applications simultaneously, with some applications running in the background.

Use Task Manager to see which applications are running on your device, and to end running applications to extend battery life. You can also uninstall applications from your device and see how much memory is used by applications.

Task Manager provides information about applications, including:

•Active applications: View and end running applications.

•Package: View and uninstall application packages.

•RAM manager: View and manage RAM (Random Access Memory) usage.

•Summary: View memory usage.

•Help: Useful tips for extending battery life.

1.From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔

Task Manager.

2.Touch the Active applications tab to view applications running on your device. Touch End to end an application, or End all to stop all running applications.

3.Touch the Package tab to view applications installed from Android Market. Touch Uninstall to remove an application from your device.

4.Touch the RAM manager tab to display the amount of RAM (Random Access Memory) currently in use. Touch Level 1 to clear inactive processes, or Level 2 to clear inactive and background processes, then touch Clear Memory.

5.Touch the Summary tab for RAM and Storage memory statistics.

6.Touch the Help tab for information about extending battery life.

Tip: To launch Task Manager from any screen, touch and hold the Home

Key , then touch Task Manager.

You can also access Task Manager from the Program Monitor widget. For more information, see “Widgets” on page 21.

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