WPWoodJr

OK, sure will.

I'm particularly interested in being able to shut down the radios at night as I don't charge the device except at work. My BlackBerry had this feature (actually it was more of a device shutdown). Is there anything like that for Android?

justjimjpc

I dont think Apps have access to the API to turn all radios off ...

But this can be easily done at night ... by long-pressing the power/hangup and selecting AirPlane mode ... so all radio are shut down ... then In the morning ... just reverse the process and toggle the phone out of Airplane Mode

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WPWoodJr

Yes, but that would require me to remember to do it and then actual work to do it twice a day!

It would seem to be a logical API call to turn off the phone, Bluetooth, and/or wifi radios...

justjimjpc

Yes the BT and Wifi are no problem ... Timeriffic handles them fine ...

But you Have either 2G or 3G running ... that is only turned off by Airplane mode ... which is not API accesible by 3rd party apps ... as least to my knowledge ...

dkaufman1

Actually Jim and WPWood - we do offer Airplane mode and on all 2.0 OS (Droid only today) we offer BT control as well. So this should handle your radio off needs nicely.

Don't forget to give us a star and review rating. Enjoy!

justjimjpc

Great to know Dave, I didnt dig deep enough ... but also didnt want to say what i wasnt sure about ...

dkaufman1

Jim you have always been one of our biggest fans and contributors and while we haven't done the full grid schedule (yet) we do value your input and feedback.

We value all users input and feedback and hope to get more questions and suggestions.

justjimjpc

Timeriffic has been very responsive to users needs ... and provides one of the most functional tools in the market ...

(unsolicited ... just a happy users opinion)

mjschmidt

I noticed in another thread people talking about security/tracking apps for finding lost/stolen phones, and that if GPS isn't left on it can be difficult to find, unless the app has a function for turning GPS on/off remotely.

Is it possible to modify Timeriffic to also turn GPS on/off on a schedule? That way people who like to leave GPS off can have it set to "check in" via GPS on a scheduled basis, so if the phone is lost/stolen, and GPS was off, they know they can use their tracking app at a specific time of day to get a reading of it's location.

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dkaufman1

Thanks for the feedback. It's not on our roadmap, but I will add to our wishlist. That's another service that might make sense. I can't comment on the ability for an app to control it as you described via the SDK but we can look.

justjimjpc

Sounds like a great added feature ... better than others that are constantly visible and can be shut off

dkaufman1

I haven't run this by the partner but it just dawned on me. From what I have learned since Android's release, apps that use GPS say Google Maps only use it when the app is active. I learned this a while back. So say overnight when you are catching your winks, the GPS is not draining your battery.

The only caveat I have seen is when a third party app dev doesn't shut down the GPS engine upon that app not being used. I'm sure we have all downloaded an app that keeps using gps even when you quit the app.

So, while the ability of Timeriffic to control a GPS toggle based on time might be possible, if other devs program correctly it would not be needed. Now maybe I'm missing the use case. Please elaborate.

dkaufman1

I just re-read this and I get it. And it makes sense. If a user "for whatever reason" wants to enable gps at a set time or disable it at a set time via a schedule. Sorry for the last reply. Consider it on the research list.

justjimjpc

I agree that well mannered apps do shut down the GPs on exit. That was not my point. There was/is an app that ran in the background that would allow you to txt you phone to locate it and shut it down... however the app was clearly showing that it was running in the Status Bar so anyone outfront familiar the phone could just shut the app down.

If there was an app that would just periodically get a Gps fix and send it to your email, then it would not be obvious so you would be more likely to be able to track your phone without being so outfront and obvious ....

GZ2525

Doesn't Locale basically do all of this and more?

justjimjpc

I dont think Locale knows when someone else has picked up your phone and walked off with it and maybe two or three times a day (or times of your choice) ... secretly sends you its location ....

dkaufman1

I really like Mobile Defense which hides itself and I can remotely activate GPS. It is approaching blackberry enterprise server. When I have brought this up in other threads there are other options as well.

Also after discussing this at Timeriffic HQ, this was not the intent of Timeriffic in the first place. GPS control should be left to apps that use it. From experience it is easy to educate devs to use it correctly and if you are building a security style app you should cover that base in the first place.

Put clearly - Timeriffic will not support GPS by timer.

mjschmidt

@dkaufman1: the intent of my suggestion was not that it would be useful to have Timeriffic turn off the GPS because Devs don't program properly, rather that if a security app requires that GPS be on to work, that security app becomes useless if the user intentionally turned it off, or forgot to turn it on.

If the security app itself does not provide a way for a user to remotely enable GPS, have Timeriffic set to turn GPS on and then off for a period of time at a set inerval or time, means that a user would be able to track down their phone knowing the GPS would be on at certain times.

dkaufman1

Yep I understood. Our point is simple - if a developor creates a security app, it should NEVER rely on another app to make it work. Using my previous example of Mobile Defense, they go to the extreme of hiding it everywhere and give it the rights to turn on gps remotely.

Put another way, if you read on the market that xyz security app required abc app would you find that a bit odd? Especially when they were made by different devs?

I appreciate the dialog, it's great to hear ideas.

justjimjpc

IMO this is a great suggestion ... But Timeriffic doesn't seem to want to be involved .... maybe place a request in the Apps Wanted forum...

Maybe some dev will take it up .... but sounded Ideal for Timeriffic to me ...

Last edited by justjimjpc; November 20th, 2009 at 01:41 PM.

prerunnerseth

Great app. But needs holiday settings! Check box what holidays you want and set a profile for those holidays. maybe even a check box for christmas and thanksgiving to include the whole week or just the day after.

dkaufman1

As asked for previously we don't have a calendar integration at this time.

Also as an international app we would still let a user define their holiday dates as they vary per country.

One suggestion create a profile called holiday and holiweek and set the settings for each of those. When a holiday or week arrive you can turn on that profile.

Does that work?

prerunnerseth

Yeah that works.. but doesnt promote extreme laziness.. LOL

mjschmidt

@dkaufman1 - I understand, and I'm not suggesting that any app should have to reply on another app. I agree it would look weird for the description of an app to say that it requires another.

My suggestion was just to give an option to people who need a workaround for the security apps they have that _don't_ allow for remote activation of GPS.

Thanks for the open dialogue. It's cool getting to talk to the people who make the apps! :-)

boatman

dkaufman, back to this thread, kudos for this app. As someone who comes from a treo to bb and now droid, this app gives me the profiles that i had with my bb. I am on this forum and Hofo forum and have recommended this app in about 5 different threads.

I am a bit confused as to using it however. Do the settings on timeriffic override the settings on each app? For instance, under the section for Ringer, there is unchanged, ring, and mute. unchanged leaves at the system setting? If I then set the phone to mute, which wins, the timeriffic setting or the phone setting.

Also, during the day I want to have the phone at 90% volume, my sms with ringtone2 at 70% volume, and my email with ringtone3 at 50% volume.

Then at night I want my phone at 90%, but sms and email at 20%.

If my sounds& settings|ringer volume has incoming calls at 90% and nofications at 70%, then I set the timeriffic settings, do they override this (assuming i don't pick unchanged) at the times I set. This is how I understand this to work. Again, thanks for this great app!

dkaufman1

Timeriffic is not setting some "temp setting" it is changing the actual current setting of the phone.

Unchanged means the setting is currently unchanged. An example:

You set your phone at 7am to have a 10% ringer volume. At 9am you change the screen brightness, the ringer volume is unchanged. At 11am you change the ringer volume to 100%. The current volume is now 100%.

Make sense?

mctmct10

I notice on my droid at times when I view the current schedule it has not "advanced" to the next event. I can close the program and open it back up and it will be at the correct event. My cell phone signal is weak at my house, does this have an effect on the software updating to the correct event? Or is this an issue on the droid?

JavSPA

Hi everyone,

I am a spanish user of your fantastic app since several months ago.

I have a question: The button that changes the bluetooth option appears like "Not supported", i am not sure if this problem is happening only in my G2 Sapphire or is no supported for all the people.

I am with Cyanogenmod Rom, Donut.


Thanks in advanced

talkalot

This is a great app! Does what it is advertised to do. Down the road, it would be cool to be able to add control of the notification LED to blink on notifications, and not time out after 5 minutes like it does on the HTC Hero.

sleepyEDB

Hello,

I've just installed Timeriffic and have set up my profiles. I noticed the 'Validate Audio Service' option under the Settings menu and hoped someone could explain it a bit further. It sounds like this option tells Timeriffic whether or not an audio app is currently playing, is that correct? If this is the case, what can I then do with this information...as in, can I build a profile around whether or not an audio service is present?

thanks,


sleepy

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smouyal

I have one profile that starts at 2:30PM and another that starts at 8PM. Is there a way for the application to automatically stop the 2:30PM profile start the 8PM profile at 8PM instead of me having to go into menu -> check now?

crankerchick

I like this app a lot and it worked flawlessly for me on my stock Droid 2.0.1 so far.

zim2dive

Feature request.. and/or maybe it won't matter until/if my G1 gets 2.x...

could you toggle 2G/3G radio via Timeriffic? ie. I might want to drop to 2G radio while at work.. so I get calls, but won't burn as much battery.. but outside work hours, I might want 3G radio on so I get better data rates (ie. might be using maps, etc)

also why is the google code site out of date? (stops at ver 1.5...) Timeriffic - autosettings - Timeriffic, mute or un-mute the global Android ringer at a specified time of the day. - Project Hosting on Google Code

zim2dive

Is it possible (and I speak from true ignorance here), that the BT control might also exist in 1.6-based ROMS such as CM? (I don't know if Timeriffic does an OS version check and assumes the capability is not there, or if it could somehow test the API, regardless of the OS version).

I don't know if this API/functionality could in any way have been backported to 1.6.

EDIT: The reason I ask is that "Toggle Settings" does have BT control for me.

Last edited by zim2dive; February 11th, 2010 at 03:10 PM.

citizenchan

DKaufman,

I installed Timeriffic yesterday on my Droid. It's pretty easy to use, however, mine is not updating the settings when I have set them.

I know the settings and times are working because if I choose "Check Now" it'll update according the the settings and make the change. However, I have to keep doing that.

I've left timeriffic running in the background as I thought that was why it was not updating, but still no luck.

Thanks!

Last edited by citizenchan; February 11th, 2010 at 04:01 PM.

rjoudrey

I am having the same problem, It used to work great before some updates. It always surprises me when updates come every other day and nothing seems to change except it gets worse.

daros

I think it's great - works a treat for silencing my phone during work hours.

Thanks

MiBFTo

I realize the GPS issue has already been addressed, but I wonder about if for a reason outside of security issues.

We all know running GPS is a drain. I use the power maintenance widget to turn it on and off. My thing is, I often forget to turn it back on when I leave work, for example. I get on the road and ask my phone to navigate (mostly for the feature where it shows my ETA... love that), but it's still turned off. Everything else that Timeriffic controls is great-- particularly because, well I'd bee using Quick Profiles, which was great when i remembered to switch to my Work profile. It's very, very quiet in my office, and when ActionComplete yells, "YOU'VE GOT THINGS TO DO!!" in my very very quiet office, it's a little awkward. But since I switched to Timeriffic it isn't a problem any longer. I'd just like it to turn my GPS off when I get to work, and back on when I leave. That'd be killer.

crankerchick

Actually, GPS is only a drain when an app uses it. Just having the checkbox in the settings enabled means you are giving apps permission to use the GPS. It is not an off/on toggle for the GPS itself. The only drain occurs when apps try to use GPS.

You would do better to monitor which of your apps use the GPS than worrying about checking/unchecking the box. That said, I do disallow GPS when I'm at work, simply because I can't get GPS fixes in my office building and I have apps that would try to use GPS during that time which would be pointless.

Last edited by crankerchick; March 2nd, 2010 at 09:46 AM.

MiBFTo

I use Action Complete, which does use the GPS periodically during the day. It's unnecessary during the day, because I'm at work. But it checks anyway, which is where my draw is.

I'd really like to be able to shut GPS on and off on a timetable, the way Timeriffic does with other features. The reason isn't really the point-- the point is that it's what I'd like to happen.

crankerchick

Oh I don't disagree with you, the reason definitely isn't the point, it's what you want to happen. There are just quite a few people that think just having that box checked means their battery is dying faster, and that isn't really the case so I was just pointing that out.

I too benefit from being able to disallow GPS at certain times and in certain places, for the same reason, because I have apps that would try to use GPS when in places where I can't get a GPS fix.

For that reason, I have had to migrate away from Timeriffic to one that does support GPS toggling.

Little Darwin

Perhaps I am too much of a noob to the Android, but I am confused.

When I am asleep, I want to have everything quiet except for the phone ringing.

So, Ringer I keep on, and vibrate off (my preference always)

Do I just set notification volume to zero? Is main volume the ringer or what???

batandroid

Great app. Nice and easy to use but mostly comprehensive. There are two extra things that would be really useful:
Ability to select a profile manually, maybe from the task bar or a widget.
Locality based changes, preferably on Radio masts rather than GPS to preserve the battery but maybe both those plus WiFi? could be selected to choice.
Any chance of those?

Holydoc

First oof, thanks for making such a useful app! Now on to the problem.

I have a HTC Incredible. Timeriffic is working flawlessly for Mute and Wifi on/off. The problem I am having is after a Mute by Timeriffic, SOMETIMES the phone will not unmute at the next event. For Instance:

Timeriffic settings:

10pm - Mute
5am - Unmute <--- does not always work

I have tried to change the 5am event to "UnMute" and "Max the Volume". The phone still stays Muted, sometimes.

I know this is a hard error to track down since it is not consistent, but is this a known issue? I can give you more information if needed.

Thanks in advance!

Ruthiec

This wld be Brill. Had something similar wuth blackberry & really miss with my htc

Skymrnlit

I could use some help with this too. I have a DIC2, timeriffic worked great at first, now it randomly won't turn my sound back on for notifications.. and won't turn them off... driving me nuts!
All I really need is for it to silence all BUT phone calls at night like my old BB did??? and back on in the morning.
Thank you!

Crodley

You folks do realize this thread was started 2 years ago? The chances that the original developer is still reading this thread is slim...just saying.

Skymrnlit

Yep, did notice that, was hoping some other forum member had this prob, fixed it.. and was willing to help

Crodley

Ahh ok, well, good luck. I can't help you sorry.