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Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem

From Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem
Date 2015-07-30 10:49 +0100
Organization Association of Revolting Peasants
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On 30/07/2015 09:59, chris wrote:
> On 29/07/2015 18:23, Roger Mills wrote:
>> On 29/07/2015 17:40, chris wrote:
>>> On 29/07/2015 17:05, Roger Mills wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> But my wife has got an iPad Mini (not the latest sort) and I
>>>> struggle to
>>>> find my way around that! For example, with Android, there are 3
>>>> icons at
>>>> the bottom, the right-hand one of which displays all open apps and lets
>>>> you switch from one to another or turn off any you've finished with.
>>>> How
>>>> the hell do you do that on Apple devices?
>>>
>>> Double-tap the home button.
>>
>> Thanks! I knew there *must* be a way, but I had never found it. Now I
>> look again, it *is* in the user manual - but not very prominently.
>>
>> Judging by the number of app screens to flick through when doing that (I
>> just found about 40 open!) it's obvious that my wife doesn't know how to
>> do it - and it's her device!
>
> You know it's not really necessary? iOS and Android are extremely
> efficient in managing memory resources, so it doesn't really matter if
> you have 40 apps 'open'. The OS will swap out dormant apps for ones
> which are active more efficiently that having to open apps from scratch
> each time.
>
> I only ever do this for apps that are misbehaving.

But it's still useful to be able to flick between recent apps (the 
equivalent of Alt/Tab on a PC) rather than having to find them again on 
one of the home screens. And I make a habit of turning off apps I'm not 
actively using in the (maybe forlorn) hope that this will conserve 
battery power.
-- 
Cheers,
Roger
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Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 22:43 -0700
  Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 14:33 +0100
    Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 22:50 +0100
      Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:21 +0100
        Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 10:23 +0100
    Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2015-07-28 08:01 +0100
      Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 10:28 +0100
        Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 12:27 -0700
          Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 21:17 +0100
          SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:08 -0700
            Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 10:42 +0100
              Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:09 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 10:21 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-02 19:51 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 21:32 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 11:13 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:34 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Axel Berger <Axel_Berger@B.Maus.De> - 2015-08-04 19:26 +0200
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-04 15:15 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-03 15:06 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:37 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 09:59 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem John B. Slocomb <johnbslocomb@geemail.com> - 2015-08-04 17:51 +0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 12:03 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem John B. Slocomb <johnbslocomb@geemail.com> - 2015-08-05 08:59 +0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-04 15:15 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 20:50 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 09:33 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 10:39 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 11:56 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 12:18 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2015-08-06 04:39 -0400
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 11:58 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-06 14:58 +0100
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-06 12:16 -0700
                Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 07:39 +0100
    Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:26 +0100
      Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 10:34 +0100
        Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 11:05 +0100
          Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:03 +0100
      Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:07 +0100
        Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 17:05 +0100
          Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 17:40 +0100
            Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 18:23 +0100
              Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 09:59 +0100
                Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 10:49 +0100
                Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:10 +0100

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