"adb kill" - does it need a root'ed device?

[Espen Riskedal]

> If you don't have a r00ted;) device your adb user is "shell" not
> root, so you won't be able to issue an kill command to kill app_XXX
> processes.

What about killing the app_XXX first, that should kill it's child processes?

> Try to go to Settings->Applications->Manage Applications.
> There has to be a tab "running application". Select your App and
> there has to be a button called "enforce app shutdown" or something
> like that (my phone is german).

Found it, will try that next time.

> You might want to consider a task manager from the market.

We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the tip!

espen