XDA 2s red phone button minimises/closes apps

[kathhawkes]

I have an O2 xda 2s, and I've noticed that pressing the red phone button (normally used to hang up on a call or close the phone app) also closes any other applications I have running! It actually minimises them, i.e. they are still running in Settings/Memory/Running Programs. This is not ideal! Is this a known bug? Have any developers come across this? If so, any suggestions with how to prevent it from closing apps?
Thanks, Kath

[aslan]

i don't think its a bug mate i think its supposed to do that...

[Robrecht]

You might want to install a task manager to keep track of apps that are in the background. SPB battery bar comes with one, and I think it's free (not the "pro" version). It allows you to quickly jump between running apps.

[Mvmajorem]

Whenever you hit the Red Phone button it will minimize the application running. Remember, this may take a bit of your resources since it does not shut down the application. I would advise you taking a third party application which will close the application or even show you the runningn applications that were left running instead of going through the standard Settings - Memory procedure. Try SPB products or Battery Pack. They ain't free though...

[thorne]

as i understand it, the red fone button mimicks the operation of the X software button on the upper right corner of your window when outside the phone app. on desktops this would be the "close application" button but its default behavior on ppc's in general would be to minimize the app. kinda annoying but i guess it speeds up load times of commonly used apps. the only resource i see it hogging would be your memory as it is still loaded in your appications memory space but i dont think it will take up cpu time as it should be in sleep mode or sumthin like that.

there are a lot of add ons out there that can change that behavior to "close" instead of "minimize/standby". asides from what they recommended above, you can also try WISBar. dunno if it works on WM2003 tho (i use it on my WM2002 pda).

[kathhawkes]

Thanks for your replies. My problem isn't so much that pressing the button is minimising rather than closing the apps, it's that I don't want it to minimise OR close my app, I want my app to remain open even when the red button is pressed. It seems like a wierd design feature to me. Does anyone know how to overcome the app being minimised?
Thanks again,
Kath

[indiekiduk]

Dynamo 2 lets you switch between and close apps. And it looks cool!
http://www.aspecto-software.com/Dynamo/Dynamo.htm

Use the stylus on the icon at the top right of the screen you want to close. Or use the d-pad to navigate to select the window, then hold the middle d-pad button for half a sec to close it.

http://www.aspecto-software.com/Dynamo/images/dynamo2.PNG

[vijay555]

kathhawkes - use something like ae button http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus_t.html to remap red button to something else. Then, make that "something else" be to just hang up. It should override default functionality.

V