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10-31-2008, 05:05 PM	#1
fmvela Knows Where the Search Button Is Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Long Beach, CA Model: 8330 PIN: N/A Carrier: Verizon Posts: 16	Please Login to Remove! Wirelessly posted Hello, Is there any way of checking which programs are running in the background, and then turn them off when they are no longer being used? Last edited by fmvela; 10-31-2008 at 05:06 PM..
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10-31-2008, 05:07 PM	#2
NJBlackBerry Grumpy Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey Model: SGS7 Carrier: Verizon Posts: 27,948	You can check them, but five will always be running and can't be shut off. From the main screen, press the Menu key and select "Switch Application". It will show you what's running.
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10-31-2008, 05:16 PM	#3
FF2 CrackBerry Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Model: 8830 PIN: N/A Carrier: verizon Posts: 755	Or if you press the MENU key at the same time as the BACK (right of trackball) key, you can select from amongst the running apps.
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10-31-2008, 05:18 PM

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Or if you press the MENU key at the same time as the BACK (right of trackball) key, you can select from amongst the running apps.

Actually that's ALT + ESC (back... right of trackball)

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10-31-2008, 05:44 PM	#5
rambo47 Latino Hasta La Muerte Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Denville, NJ. Model: 9370 Carrier: Verizon Posts: 9,063	Alt + Shift + Back Button.
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11-01-2008, 02:35 PM	#6
williams17 Knows Where the Search Button Is Join Date: Jul 2008 Model: n/a PIN: N/A Carrier: AT&T Posts: 47	None of those work on mine. But I can't even figure out how to change my OS to the newer 4.5!!! Still running 4.2 I think!!
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11-01-2008, 02:56 PM

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Alt + Shift + Back Button.

I thought it was just ALT + Back?!

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11-03-2008, 11:48 AM

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I thought it was just ALT + Back?!

It is. He may have been thinking the soft reboot? Alt+Shift+Del?

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