Multitasking also works fine thanks to the 3 GB of RAM, and I didn't notice any instances of the phone
killing apps in the background too quickly.
While there are optimisations in place to
kill apps in the background or reduce the power consumption of the hardware, the Galaxy S9 + is unlikely to win awards for all - out endurance.
Not exact matches
It's possible that disabling WiFi, automatic data synchronization, or some battery -
killing app running
in the
background might amend the situation, but
in my experience while you can definitely get all - day use out of the XOOM battery, I wouldn't want to go on vacation with this tablet while leaving the charger at home.
The
app needs a persistent notification so Android doesn't
kill it
in the
background, but it's easy to hide the notification so it doesn't get
in your way (just long - press on the notification and hide it!)
Instead, you have the ability to blacklist individual
apps that might be using too much juice
in the
background, and have them
killed off when the screen's powered down.
If you ever used 4gb ram mobiles you would have know that by simply running 3 hd games at
background and 10 tabs
in browser will
kill all 4gb ram and it forced to close some
app or games from memory.
Android operating system is designed
in such a way that it automatically
kills background apps once the count reaches a certain limit.
Moreover, the multitasking issues that were present on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are somewhat reduced on the A8, as it can handle more
apps in the
background before it begins
killing them.
Don't
kill apps opened
in the
background.
Its over-aggressive battery saving capabilities mean that some
apps you want running
in the
background get
killed, even when you've marked them to stay active.
It essentially
kills apps from using power
in the
background if they haven't actually been used onscreen for a little while.
Aside from bringing you to the main home screen, the Home touch sensitive key
in the middle will give you access to the task manager where you can «
kill» all the
apps running
in the
background.
It does help
in keeping the
apps running
in the
background, without the need for always
killing them to free some RAM.