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I've just ordered my new phone (Galaxy Note yay!!!) and my first thought is how to transfer all my Tasker profiles across to it. I'm assuming that Tasker should install easily. I have done a backup of the profiles within Tasker but checking on ES File Explorer it is not obvious what to do next? Any clues please?
I've just ordered my new phone (Galaxy Note yay!!!) and my first thought is how to transfer all my Tasker profiles across to it. I'm assuming that Tasker should install easily. I have done a backup of the profiles within Tasker but checking on ES File Explorer it is not obvious what to do next? Any clues please?
Easiest method is to copy the whole Tasker folder to the new phone. The core files are the userbackup.xml and the userbackup.xml.txt files. If you copy the whole folder you should just be able to install Tasker and do a restore. Then check each profile to make sure the contexts are supported on your new device. Don't forget to stash a second copy of the folder for safety!
i made some new profiles recently and figured i'd share:
first, my stupid Atrix constantly reboots by itself without warning and often I don't even realize it's happened. so i made these two contexts:
[device shutdown] -->
1. var set %SHUTDOWNMANUALLY to 1
2. var set %SHUTTIME to %TIMES
[device boot] -->
1. wait 8 seconds
2. var set %REBOOTLENGTH to %TIMES - %SHUTTIME
3. if %SHUTDOWNMANUALLY ~ 1:
4. notify--title: "manual reboot"; text: "you rebooted manually at %TIME. It took %REBOOTLENGTH seconds."
5. wait 2 minutes
6. notify cancel--title: "manual reboot"
7. End if
8. if %SHUTDOWNMANUALLY !~ 1
9. notify--title: "automatic reboot"; text: "phone rebooted by itself at %TIME.
10. end if
11. var set %SHUTDOWNMANUALLY to 0
then, there's this one, which reads me the time on the hour when my headset is connected, which is most of the time, and reads me the time as well when the headset button is long-pressed, in conjunction with the app "Headset Button Controller":
[Headset plugged] --> task: "Say Time"
[From 00:00 every hour til 23:00]
"Say time"--
1. var set %OLDMEDIAVOL to %VOLM
2. Media volume level 0
3. in-call volume level 15
4. var split - Name: %TIME Splitter:"."
5. if %TIME1 > 12
6. var set %TIME1 to %TIME1 - 12, do maths enabled
7. end if
8. var set %TIMESPLIT to %TIME1.%TIME2
9. say "The time is %TIMESPLIT"; stream: Call; if %TIME2 !~ 00
10. say "The Time is %TIME1 o'clock"; stream: call; if %TIME2 ~ 00
11. Media Volume set to %OLDMEDIAVOL
the rationale of the splitting is two-fold: first, the voice readout reads the colon in the time as the word "colon." it's annoying. i prefer "point," and I haven't been able to reason anything better. I could have silence but then it'd say "two zero zero" for 2:00 and that's annoying too. One day I'll get around to making "if" commands for each of the 60 minutes, but not today. The second reason for the splitting is so it reads me the time on the hour, as well as on-demand with the headset button, and so that instead of hearing "two point zero zero," it'll just say "two o'clock" on the hour.
i also made a ridiculously complicated one that i'm not going to type out, but rather i'll describe it, and feel free to PM me if you want details:
when the phone is docked in the car or at home, i set the screen timeout to one hour. during that time, if i receive a text, the phone reads it to me followed by the question "would you like to answer?" then i use a series of "get voice" commands and variable parsers to 1) say whether i want to answer or not, 2) say what i want to reply, 3) have the phone read it back to me and ask if that's correct, 4) if it's correct, send it, and if it's not correct, ask me to try again (yes or no) and if yes, then repeat step 2. whew.
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Trying to create a context as per the subject line. Seems to me it should be simple, but I'm not succeeding. Here is what I have:
Context
Phone: Offhook
Orientation: Face Up
Task
Speakerphone on
My expectations were that if I'm on a call, I can put the phone down, face up, and the speaker would come on; pick it up, and it would go off.
If I have answered the call with phone NOT face down, the speaker does not come on when I put it down.
If I have it laying down when the call comes in, and answer it, the speaker comes up. But then if I pick it up the speaker does not go off. I thought maybe for that I needed an exit task (although I though exit would automatically reverse things). But for some reason, I can't even create an exit task for this context.
Any thoughts?
you can't create an exit task because the "phone offhook" event is just that - an event. unlike a state, like the orientation, an event has no "exit" - it is just something that happens once. to contrast, a state can be entered into and exited from, like when you change the orientation away from face up.
something i very frequently use to combat a situation like that is to create a variable - let's call it %VARX. what that variable will do is be set to 1 or 0, depending on what's happening. for your example, i'd set %VARX to 1 on the "phone offhook" event happens. then, i'd set %VARX to 0 on the "phone idle" event. then you can say "if %VARX ~ 1, speakerphone on" and the converse: "if %VARX ~ 0, speakerphone off" with the necessary adjustments for the orientation. that's basically a crude way of adding an exit task for it, even without the option. alternatively, you can create a separate task for the "phone offhook" event and the "phone idle" event.
I read thru' Max Revson's post and the rest of this thread (and other posts on this forum), and the Tasker wiki - I'm still stuck and could really use some help from the experts on here..
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I was able to set up some basic tasks, but am stumped with this one below.
I would like to turn on the Wifi Radio when I get home *if* I had 3g data enabled when I get home (there are days/times when I don't want 3g/wifi data on my phone when I'm at home - example, at night, I don't want 3g/wifi)
I tried to set this up by using two state (cell near - home cell sites, and net->mobile network - 3g). The task is simply to enable net->wifi.
To test it, I (when at home) enable 3g (keeping wifi off). When this happens, I see the wifi turning on. Great! But a few seconds after the wifi turns on, it turns off. Then turns on, then off... and so on. (3g stays on the whole time).
I tried to disable the mobile data in the task that turns wifi on, but the wifi still keeps toggling between on/off.
What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this?
(The only reason I'm checking 3g is because I don't want to have to disable this tasker profile to turn off my data connection at night - in other words, if I turn 3g/wifi off manually at night, I want data connection to stay off till I enable it in the morning)
i'm not sure why the wifi toggling is happening, but i have a possible fix. a lot of my explanations use variables. see above two. anyway, what i would do is create a variable (%VARX) and set it to 1 (or on) if 3g is on, and 0 (or off) if 3g is not on. Then, when you want wifi, make the context you had but instead set it to enable wifi iff %VARX ~ 1 (or on, or whatever). hope this helps.
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i made a script to stop myself from sleeping through (or otherwise missing) calls that may be important while my phone is on silent. it turns the media volume up and alerts me loudly after the person has called two times in a 10-minute span. this is different from the basic task that turns off silent mode when a selected contact calls, which is totally impractical, as there are many times when i can't have my phone just ring loudly merely because someone 'important' calls.
important to note: it alerts me AFTER the second missed call, to let me call back, or to expect another call, if it's truly important. an easy variation would be to have the second call ring loudly to pick it up, or even the third call, but i prefer being notified afterwards, so i can immediately call that person or judge for myself whether or not it's important. my fiancee on a tuesday morning: yes. my best friend on a friday night: no.
[Missed call from X] (specific or general) -->
1. Var add: name %XCALLS; value 1; no wraparound (sorry, gents)
2. stop, if %XCALLS ~ 1
3. if %XCALLS ~ 2
4. media volume max
5. play song or whatever to wake me the hell up
6. media level back to 0, or whatever it was (if necessary, use a variable to set what the media volume was before it went to max, and turn it back to that)
7. end if
8. wait 10 minutes, if %XCALLS ~ 1
9. var set %XCALLS to 0, if %XCALLS ~ 2. (starts it over)
step 9: i guess it could be accomplished using a wraparound in the initial set var %XCALLS but i wasn't sure exactly how it would effect the value upon being read by tasker. the conditional on step 8 took me a surprisingly long time to figure out; it's necessary to avoid having to wait ten minutes even after step 5 happens, which would be pointless.
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Is it possible to make Tasker kill a running task?
I have an exit task that includes a 10 min wait. I want to kill that task if that profile is activated again. Anyone know how to do this or if it is possible?
Is it possible to make Tasker kill a running task?
I have an exit task that includes a 10 min wait. I want to kill that task if that profile is activated again. Anyone know how to do this or if it is possible?
to kill a task, insert the action "stop" inside the "task" folder. you can create a variable to be set with the running of that task the first time and then have an action inside that task to stop task, if that variable is set to whatever you set it to. don't forget to clear the variable or reset it, or else that task may never run again.
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to kill a task, insert the action "stop" inside the "task" folder. you can create a variable to be set with the running of that task the first time and then have an action inside that task to stop task, if that variable is set to whatever you set it to. don't forget to clear the variable or reset it, or else that task may never run again.
Don't know why I never thought of using a variable. I already had a variable set when I entered the profile and cleared as the first action in the exit profile.
So I set the exit profile for 2 min, then check variable and stop if it =1. Did that 5 times instead of just a 10 min wait.
i'm not sure why the wifi toggling is happening, but i have a possible fix. a lot of my explanations use variables. see above two. anyway, what i would do is create a variable (%VARX) and set it to 1 (or on) if 3g is on, and 0 (or off) if 3g is not on. Then, when you want wifi, make the context you had but instead set it to enable wifi iff %VARX ~ 1 (or on, or whatever). hope this helps.
Thanks jonjonjonjonjo
I actually figured out the problem in my case - I didn't have an exit task. When tasker detected that I was at home, it switched my wifi on - this in turn turned my 3g mobile data off. When this happened, my conditions were no longer met (since 3g mobile data turned off). This caused tasker to exit the current profile. When tasker exits the current profile, it by default toggles everything back (so, it switched wifi off again - which in turn caused 3g to turn on, and tasker detected that and turned wifi on - and so on).
I just added the "enable wifi" task as an exit task to make the settings stick.
Thanks for your suggestion though. Looks like that would have worked as well.
you can't create an exit task because the "phone offhook" event is just that - an event. unlike a state, like the orientation, an event has no "exit" - it is just something that happens once. to contrast, a state can be entered into and exited from, like when you change the orientation away from face up.
something i very frequently use to combat a situation like that is to create a variable - let's call it %VARX. what that variable will do is be set to 1 or 0, depending on what's happening. for your example, i'd set %VARX to 1 on the "phone offhook" event happens. then, i'd set %VARX to 0 on the "phone idle" event. then you can say "if %VARX ~ 1, speakerphone on" and the converse: "if %VARX ~ 0, speakerphone off" with the necessary adjustments for the orientation. that's basically a crude way of adding an exit task for it, even without the option. alternatively, you can create a separate task for the "phone offhook" event and the "phone idle" event.
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you can't create an exit task because the "phone offhook" event is just that - an event. unlike a state, like the orientation, an event has no "exit" - it is just something that happens once. to contrast, a state can be entered into and exited from, like when you change the orientation away from face up.
something i very frequently use to combat a situation like that is to create a variable - let's call it %VARX. what that variable will do is be set to 1 or 0, depending on what's happening. for your example, i'd set %VARX to 1 on the "phone offhook" event happens. then, i'd set %VARX to 0 on the "phone idle" event. then you can say "if %VARX ~ 1, speakerphone on" and the converse: "if %VARX ~ 0, speakerphone off" with the necessary adjustments for the orientation. that's basically a crude way of adding an exit task for it, even without the option. alternatively, you can create a separate task for the "phone offhook" event and the "phone idle" event.
Thanks for the input. If I underestand you correctly, I'd need 3 different contexts.
1. One for phone off hook, to set var to 1
2. One for phone on hook to set var to 2
3. One for face up, and var 1, to turn speaker on
Does that cover it?
But one thing confuses me on this: I understand the issue with no exit. But, it still seems to me that based on the way I had it set, it should at least turn the speaker on when I put it down, face up.
Hey all, looked through most of the pages and haven't seen what Im after, although thanks to you all I will be adding profiles for reading SMS out loud while driving, forwarding calls to my home phone when I'm on my home wifi, and updating my work profile with a widget and home screen wallpaper change (to company logo for brownie points, lol).
I really like the Play Store auto update, but hate that as soon as I log onto WIFI it kicks on clogging up my phone.
What I want to set up is this: Monday, Wed, and Fri mornings at 3am, I want to run the Play Store auto update (and only at these times, only over wifi). Any help would be highly appreciated.
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I am having a problem with my auto respond to text while driving profile. Every once in a while when I'm at work inside where a GPS fix is near impossible, a text is received, the profile is activated even though it shouldn't be due to my location contexts, GPS fix is not obtained but some how it calculates a speed and finishes of the task by sending the auto response when I'm stationary.
Is there a way to stop the task if a GPS fix is not obtained after it has timed out?
I am having a problem with my auto respond to text while driving profile. Every once in a while when I'm at work inside where a GPS fix is near impossible, a text is received, the profile is activated even though it shouldn't be due to my location contexts, GPS fix is not obtained but some how it calculates a speed and finishes of the task by sending the auto response when I'm stationary.
Is there a way to stop the task if a GPS fix is not obtained after it has timed out?
what i use for that situation is this:
var set %GPSFIXTIME to %TIMES - %LOCTMS (do maths)
if %GPSFIXTIME < 30, continue task
if %GPSFIXTIME > 30, stop task
the %LOCTMS is a system variable for the time of the last fix.
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I have another issues which I don't THINK i've seen on this forum, although I have tried to work my way through it.
I don't have problems with most profiles, but I have one where it kicks into silent if my calendar is showing a particular event (with certain wording). This profile seems to not kick in all the time. Sometimes it does, sometimes not.
All I typically need to do is to go into Tasker, turn off a profile (any one, it doesn't matter, it doesn't need to be the offending profile), turn it on again, and then press the green tick to go back to my home screen - and the profile kicks in immediately.
So, my question - has anyone else experienced this, and if so, what was the fix? If nobody has, is there a way to automatically program tasker to periodically 'uncheck and recheck' a task such that I don't have to remember to do it myself?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
(FYI - there were several programs that were recommended not to be installed if Tasker were installed, and I believe that I have removed these from my phone already - and this hasn't helped...)
Rgds,
Andy
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I have another issues which I don't THINK i've seen on this forum, although I have tried to work my way through it.
I don't have problems with most profiles, but I have one where it kicks into silent if my calendar is showing a particular event (with certain wording). This profile seems to not kick in all the time. Sometimes it does, sometimes not.
All I typically need to do is to go into Tasker, turn off a profile (any one, it doesn't matter, it doesn't need to be the offending profile), turn it on again, and then press the green tick to go back to my home screen - and the profile kicks in immediately.
So, my question - has anyone else experienced this, and if so, what was the fix? If nobody has, is there a way to automatically program tasker to periodically 'uncheck and recheck' a task such that I don't have to remember to do it myself?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
(FYI - there were several programs that were recommended not to be installed if Tasker were installed, and I believe that I have removed these from my phone already - and this hasn't helped...)
Rgds,
Andy
I do the same thing. Anytime my calendar has an event "work" a profile is activated. I haven't had any problems with mine.
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Is this the app I would use to make sure wifi and data shut off when the screen is off? I would prefer to have them shut off after it shuts off, say 5 seconds or something, in case it shuts off when I'm not wanting it to and I turn it right back on. I live in an area where data is weak so it will kill the battery trying to find it, and I turn my computer/router off at night so I don't want it looking for wifi all the time either. thanks.
Is this the app I would use to make sure wifi and data shut off when the screen is off? I would prefer to have them shut off after it shuts off, say 5 seconds or something, in case it shuts off when I'm not wanting it to and I turn it right back on. I live in an area where data is weak so it will kill the battery trying to find it, and I turn my computer/router off at night so I don't want it looking for wifi all the time either. thanks.
If [screen off] -->
1. wait (5, 10, whatever) seconds
2. if %SCREEN ~ off
3. wifi off, etc.
4. end if
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If [screen off] -->
1. wait (5, 10, whatever) seconds
2. if %SCREEN ~ off
3. wifi off, etc.
4. end if
thanks but I have no clue what that means. Do you have to actually program this app somehow by yourself? I need wifi/data management for dummies. I'm a dummy.
This is an app that need to be programmed, yes. But don't worry! There are quite a few examples and how-to-guides here and in the Tasker wiki.
It requires a bit of reading to get the hang of, but once you have created a few profiles the sky is the limit. This app will give you a level of control over, and costumization of, your phone that you never dreamed was possible.
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This is an app that need to be programmed, yes. But don't worry! There are quite a few examples and how-to-guides here and in the Tasker wiki.
It requires a bit of reading to get the hang of, but once you have created a few profiles the sky is the limit. This app will give you a level of control over, and costumization of, your phone that you never dreamed was possible.
I know I need to keep reading and digesting the info, but I can't figure out how to make my rooted nook color keep CPU at, say, 600 MHz until I invoke web browser and make it run at 1000 MHz. Any ideas are welcomed. Thank you.
OK this is probably a really dumb question, but how do I create a Tasker widget with no label? I've tried "set widget label" with label set to nothing and that didn't seem to work. Then I tried it with a space... still no dice. What am I doing wrong here?
OK this is probably a really dumb question, but how do I create a Tasker widget with no label? I've tried "set widget label" with label set to nothing and that didn't seem to work. Then I tried it with a space... still no dice. What am I doing wrong here?
As far as I know, you can't, unless you're using a non-stock launcher. For instance, Go Launcher lets me rename any icon to (blank).
I know I need to keep reading and digesting the info, but I can't figure out how to make my rooted nook color keep CPU at, say, 600 MHz until I invoke web browser and make it run at 1000 MHz. Any ideas are welcomed. Thank you.
What about setting an 'on phone boot' task to set CPU, and creating a task with a higher priority to re-set the CPU when the browser app is active, and then an exit task to re-set the CPU back to the boot level? Or just re-running the boot task upon exiting the browser task?
As far as I know, you can't, unless you're using a non-stock launcher. For instance, Go Launcher lets me rename any icon to (blank).
A launcher is not necessary. In fact "set widget label" was an added feature, from what it looks like Tasker didn't always have a setting to change them. Here's a few google groups threads regarding hiding labels, but they're all old.
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I've only just got it and set up a few basic profiles: -
1. Headphones plugged in: open Spotify.
2. Connected to car bluetooth: turn all volumes on full, disable lock screen (so that S Voice can be used), open Spotify.
3. Work toggle: if between 8:30am - 5pm Monday - Friday, silent mode on, WiFi + mobile data off. Otherwise, turn all volumes on full, mobile data on.
4. Connected to bluetooth speaker at home: open Spotify.
im just getting my head around one that when i leave the car it starts a timer and flags my location so I can track back and also for parking meter times good info here but a little hard to understand what he is doing as a newbie
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What about setting an 'on phone boot' task to set CPU, and creating a task with a higher priority to re-set the CPU when the browser app is active, and then an exit task to re-set the CPU back to the boot level? Or just re-running the boot task upon exiting the browser task?
I just bought Tasker, can someone help me create a profile that will do this: When I plug the phone into car charger, Bluetooth turns OFF, Wifi turns OFF, app Triplog opens, Music player opens (this last one isn't that important). I don't need the reverse (them to turn back on when I unplug the charger). Really appreciate any help, thanks!
I just bought Tasker, can someone help me create a profile that will do this: When I plug the phone into car charger, Bluetooth turns OFF, Wifi turns OFF, app Triplog opens, Music player opens (this last one isn't that important). I don't need the reverse (them to turn back on when I unplug the charger). Really appreciate any help, thanks!
android phones can't distinguish between wall chargers and car chargers unless the charger is a dock - therefore, tasker can't tell, either. it differentiates between three types of charger: usb, regular (wall, car), or dock.
android phones can't distinguish between wall chargers and car chargers unless the charger is a dock - therefore, tasker can't tell, either. it differentiates between three types of charger: usb, regular (wall, car), or dock.
Right, just started messing about with it and figuring it out decently, made a few profiles that worked, but haven't tested the charging yet. When I use State > Power I get option of Any, AC, and USB. So I'm guessing AC would fit for wall and car charger?
Right, just started messing about with it and figuring it out decently, made a few profiles that worked, but haven't tested the charging yet. When I use State > Power I get option of Any, AC, and USB. So I'm guessing AC would fit for wall and car charger?
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Wondering if someone can give me a hand with my Samsung Galaxy S3... getting my auto blue tooth to connect to my hands free bluetooth car stereo...I cant seem to get it to connect with Tasker. It pairs ok, it just won't auto connect, i have to manually go to bluetooth phone settings, then click on my paired bluetooth device it shows my profiles One is called "Call audio" the other is called " Media audio"
I have to manually check call audio so i can here calls through my speakers( Force Connect)
My car scans for a Bluetooth device only at initial startup but I am I'm able to force connect my phone, through the phones blue tooth settings at anytime...Hopefully someone can give me a hand, I have been searching everywhere.
My tasker profile consists of : incoming call : turn on bluetooth
turn off blue tooth: once call has ended after 45 sec.........
Outgoing Call : turn on bluetooth
My profile
name= bluetoothconnected
context = state/net/bluetooth connected
action= variable set
name variable = bluetooth
set to=1
Outgoing call :
Context = phone offhook
task = Bluetooth on
wait 45seconds
bluetooth off if %bluetooth doesnt match 1
incoming call
context = incoming call
task = Bluetooth on
wait 45seconds
bluetooth off if %bluetooth doesnt match 1
profile to to turn off bluetooth after a call that was made using bluetooth
Context = phone idle
task = wait 45bseconds (incase you make another call or get cut off and get called again)
bluetooth off
Variable set bluetooth to 0
I don't want to upload all my pictures, just the failed unlock attempt ones, so I am not sure if DropBox will work. Unless I can force DropBox to synchronize certain folders via Tasker, not sure what else I can do.
As for how to do this, it's easy, but you have to use the 'Secure Settings' plugin (not sure if you need root for this specific task, since I was rooted already).
Install the free Secure Settings plugin and add a new profile to Tasker.
Select 'State > Plugin > Secure Settings' as the trigger, and pick the 'Failed Login Attempts' condition.
Now you have to create the action which will take the picture, which you can find under 'Media'. If you want a new file every time a pic is taken, use the 'Photo Series Time' action, or if you want to use the same name every time, use 'Photo'. I use both methods, in case there are multiple attempts, while also having access to the latest pic using a static file name. Don't forget to select the 'Discrete' option.
so how do you get the email to work? I tried sendemailA.py and copied that to correct folders as per the instructions provided on the web, but when I try to test run the script in SL4A, I get a syntax error in line 85. I do not understand, cuz I copied the file in notepad and then into the sl4a/scripts folder, so i did not change the script.. any suggestions?
P.S. I get Tasker to take the pic on failed login attempt, just can't get it to email.
Thanks!
John
EDIT: I had Python 3 installed, and needed Python 2.6.2 in order for email to work properly.
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I have a car dock profile that reads me txts as they come in. Problem is when music is playing and the text comes in, I can't hear the text because it's the same volume as the music. Any setting to mute media when the tts engine is running?
I found a neat task on here which someone created in case they lost their phone; you send an sms to your phone with a specific message and the phone returns a text back with GPS coordinates. All doing this silently.
I got everything working except I wanted to add one piece to it. I am running Go SMS Pro and when sending a text to the phone, Go SMS has a popup. Defeats the purpose in case the perp who stole the phone is looking at the phone. I was wondering if there was a way for tasker to disable the popup?
I found a neat task on here which someone created in case they lost their phone; you send an sms to your phone with a specific message and the phone returns a text back with GPS coordinates. All doing this silently.
I got everything working except I wanted to add one piece to it. I am running Go SMS Pro and when sending a text to the phone, Go SMS has a popup. Defeats the purpose in case the perp who stole the phone is looking at the phone. I was wondering if there was a way for tasker to disable the popup?
Thanks
Unfortunately, Tasker can only cancel pop-ups that Tasker itself created.
I have a car dock profile that reads me txts as they come in. Problem is when music is playing and the text comes in, I can't hear the text because it's the same volume as the music. Any setting to mute media when the tts engine is running?
No setting specifically for that, but what you can do is set the music to pause until after the "say" command is done, then resume. That only works with some music players, though; for example, I normally use PlayerPro, and Tasker's media button commands don't work with it at all. Not sure, but PowerAmp may be able to be controlled by those commands.
I updated to an ICS rom and my phone no longer vibrates when I get a text, regardless of the settings, which all scream "YES, VIBRATE." So I used Tasker and just made an incredibly simple task to vibrate for 1s, wait 250ms, vibrate for 1s, wait 250ms, vibrate for 1s any time a text message is received. Hope this helps someone who was as frustrated as I was trying to get the stupid thing to vibrate on a text. I must have sent myself 50 test messages with all different settings before I realized it just plain wasn't going to work.
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I found a neat task on here which someone created in case they lost their phone; you send an sms to your phone with a specific message and the phone returns a text back with GPS coordinates. All doing this silently.
I got everything working except I wanted to add one piece to it. I am running Go SMS Pro and when sending a text to the phone, Go SMS has a popup. Defeats the purpose in case the perp who stole the phone is looking at the phone. I was wondering if there was a way for tasker to disable the popup?
Thanks
As jonjonjonjonjo indicated, that may not be possible. But you could use a common message from a pre-determined phone# (example: "Hey dude, call me" from your google voice # or another trusted phone#). That way, even when the perp sees the message, they don't realize what's happening - just remember to set the tasker profile to not log the outgoing message with GPS coordinates.
Also, if you set your screen lock on, does the popup message still show? (or do you not usually use the screen lock?)
Unfortunately, Tasker can only cancel pop-ups that Tasker itself created.
Darn!
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As jonjonjonjonjo indicated, that may not be possible. But you could use a common message from a pre-determined phone# (example: "Hey dude, call me" from your google voice # or another trusted phone#). That way, even when the perp sees the message, they don't realize what's happening - just remember to set the tasker profile to not log the outgoing message with GPS coordinates.
Also, if you set your screen lock on, does the popup message still show? (or do you not usually use the screen lock?)
Thanks for the advise. Screen lock is set, but pop up still shows up.
Just been browsing through and thought I would post a few of the profiles I use and as stand alone and also liked in with an App called EVA from bulletproof: No affiliation just a paid up customer that really likes this app and it integrates seamlessly with tasker
Location home: WiFi on Announce welcome home.
Verbal Reminder every Sunday when at home to take the bins out. Activates every time I get home to make sure I get it done.
Work profiles: on arrival ( i come and go a lot) Bluetooth off, WiFi off, notifications and volumes set lower than normal. Verbal notification.
A couple of funnies just for my own entertainment.
Needs more power: 5 random sayings when I disconnect the power supply before its full charged. I randomly add or alter these to keep me amused.
Similar style when connected to a power supply with random messages of thanks.
Calendar activated alarms. When I am on "days" on my work calendar my alarm is automatically set for 5:30am, a little voice introduction and the weather forcast for the day.
when I am on nights my phone goes silent unless a FAV caller calls or texts. Everyone else can bugger off.
Early tasks to text individuals on their birthday wishing them happy birthday. This was an early task design is is labour intensive as it one task date and time for each individual. I wish I had waited to figure out how to to this as a link to my Google calender and contact list.
A low signal alarm with notification.
an icon on my home screen to take a discreet picture on request.
auto text reply is i am driving over 5 mph
auto audio recorder start and stop button on home screen
Check my Google agenda for my next appointment on my calender: Voice activated in Eva and on a button on home screen.
local weather forecast activated by a homepage button or alarm activation.
Reads SMS text if bluetooth headset is connected.
random cutie text messages sent to my girlfriend at the press of a button, for those spontaneous moments when i don't have time to compose one... That said the list of random's are quite extensive now!!!!
Liked in with EVA I can check launch numerous apps using multiple commands as I always forget the exact words so I programmed a load of voice commands to do the same thing, ie open movie list, check balance opens banking app, check bill opens mobile phone bill app
A few silly party pieces that lets EVA reply to messages with some apparent forethought but I just know my friends well...
List is growing and evolving in complexity as i get more and more to grips with those dam variables....
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Is it possible to make Tasker kill a running task?
I have an exit task that includes a 10 min wait. I want to kill that task if that profile is activated again. Anyone know how to do this or if it is possible?
to kill a task, insert the action "stop" inside the "task" folder. you can create a variable to be set with the running of that task the first time and then have an action inside that task to stop task, if that variable is set to whatever you set it to. don't forget to clear the variable or reset it, or else that task may never run again.
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Don't know why I never thought of using a variable. I already had a variable set when I entered the profile and cleared as the first action in the exit profile.
So I set the exit profile for 2 min, then check variable and stop if it =1. Did that 5 times instead of just a 10 min wait.
Using a global variable for inter-process communication is certainly viable, and often needed. In this instance, trying to communicate to the running task that you want it to kill itself is a kludge (unless there are things that task needs to clean up prior to being killed). The "Stop" action has the option to specify a specific task that is not the task in which it is run. Only if you leave that option blank (the default) does it stop the current task.
Stopping a task that is not running does not produce an error. If you desired, you could determine if the task was already running by checking to see if the %TRUN variable contains the name of the task in which you are interested.
Profile to set call volume to max when spouse calls
Profile to set call volume to min when sister calls
Profile to turn data on for 1 minute every 15 minutes in order to get emails
Task that toggles the data on and off and sets a variable so tasks started with profiles don't turn it back off. Runs by clicking icon on homescreen
Profile to play a tone when a call ends because I wasn't noticing dropped calls and kept talking to myself
Profile to set up sleep when usb is plugged in during normal going to bed times. Sets sleeping to on, loads an app that turns buttons lights off, kills the app, sets media volume, load media player to play my sleep track, opens night display
Profile that sets volume of everything down and turns off vibrate while sleeping and up when awake
Profile that restarts media player if headset is unplugged and sleeping is on. Sometimes, I unplug my headphones at night when they hurt my ears, but I don't want the media player to stop.
Profile to keep track of received texts during sleep is on so they can be read later
Profile to fade out media volume when alarm starts to beep in the morning. I use gentle alarm and the abrupt shut off of sound woke me up before this and having the sound stay on kept me from hearing the alarm until it got really loud
Profile to perform wakeup tasks- announce time, read unread texts, announce weather forecast when alarm dismissed. Sets sleep to off
Profile to set sleep to off and perform morning tasks when unplugging from usb during normal wake hours. Same as other tasks but for weekend and holidays when I don't use an alarm so I can sleep in
Profile to dim screen when sleeping with exit task to set it back Profile to read all texts when headset plugged in, not in call, not sleeping
Profile to read texts from flight alerts and weather alerts when not in a meeting, the headset is unplugged, and not sleeping
Profile that allows tornado warning texts to be announced even while sleeping
Profile that reads texts from husband even if sleeping is on
Profile to reduce volume of everything when headset plugged in and exit task to set them back
Profile to mute phone while in meetings
Profile to fix droid notify bug that sets phone to silent mode if a text arrives when in vibrate mode. Context is in meeting and text received- it set it back to vibrate.
Profile to keep the screen on during a call when the headset is plugged in. It annoys me when the screen turns off automatically while I am trying to use it.
Profile that announces caller when phone rings, not in a meeting, and not sleeping
Profile that auto responds to texts while in meeting with meeting end time
Profile that auto texts when calls received from contacts while in meeting with meeting end time
Task that opens my QR business card by clicking on icon Scene for displaying weather forecast in case I missed the announcement
Alarms are handled by Gentle Alarm
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