Should I get Tasker?

[Tommex]

Hey all.

I keep seeing everyone talk about Tasker, and about how it's like... the best thing ever.

I was just wondering what the best benefits of it were? I understand it automates stuff, but why should I shell out

 

[tater_salad]

Yes if you want to automate settings then yes, if there is nothing that you want to automate then no don't get it, I use it quite a bit for a ton of stuff and would be sad without it.

I change my ringer based on my location, anf have some custom text messaging stuff set up to find my phone.

 

[ironass]

Personally, I have no use for it but using the "Search this Forum" button gives you these threads that may sway you one way or the other:-

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/161686-should-you-use-task-killer.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/335110-why-you-dont-need-task-killer.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/317398-yet-more-tasker-questions.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/313457-2-tasker-questions-warning-noob-alert.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/317398-yet-more-tasker-questions.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/313730-tasker-noobie-questions.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/329526-tasker-itself-using-lot-battery.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/158265-what-tasker-profiles-everyone-using.html

Hope this helps.

 

[Tumeg]

Check out the link in my signature, to see everything that I use it for.
I'm almost positive you will find it useful, once you get it and start messing around with it.

 

[TheSultan]

Tasker is awesome if you are patient and good at setting up the profiles. I use "Automate It" which is the "dummies" version--free-and WAY easier to set up tasks. It is however, limited, due to it's ease of use.

 

[Yeahha]

I love tasker and use it for random wallpapers and automated texts. I also like trying to figure out things for other people with it, it is like a puzzle game to me. Toggles are super easy to set up as widgets, you can change icons with it. My wife on the other hand would have no use for it whatsoever, it all depends on what you want to do with your phone. It isn't a program for everyone but if you are the type that like to tinker and see what you can do the money is well worth it.

 

[Gary5]

Tasker is essential, can make so many little annoyances go away, can make so many things easy.

 

[toasty]

Tasker is the one app I've found that really elevates your phone beyond the everyday and will leave even the most strident iPhone fan feeling a little jealous. Totally worth the money and then some, but there is a little bit of a learning curve to figuring out how to use it. Once you get it wired, though, your phone just magically does whatever you could ever want it to do. The vastly underused "gestures" context allows you to do things based upon the way you move the phone, and you'll feel like a frickin' shaman as your phone will respond to a flick of your wrist. Best app on the market by a mile.

 

[Yeahha]

Tasker is the one app I've found that really elevates your phone beyond the everyday and will leave even the most strident iPhone fan feeling a little jealous. Totally worth the money and then some, but there is a little bit of a learning curve to figuring out how to use it. Once you get it wired, though, your phone just magically does whatever you could ever want it to do. The vastly underused "gestures" context allows you to do things based upon the way you move the phone, and you'll feel like a frickin' shaman as your phone will respond to a flick of your wrist. Best app on the market by a mile.

Still haven't been able to figure out a profile to have tasker make me a sandwich...

 

[tater_salad]

Ironass sure is an ass, he must make a dollar each time someone uses the search button

 

[sonofaresiii]

Still haven't been able to figure out a profile to have tasker make me a sandwich...

but if you DID have a sandwich maker, you could probably set up Tasker to automatically tell it to make you a sandwich.

Personally, I just use speed dial 2 (wife).

 

[amlothi]

Personally, I have no use for it but using the "Search this Forum" button gives you these threads that may sway you one way or the other:-

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/161686-should-you-use-task-killer.html

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/335110-why-you-dont-need-task-killer.html


Hope this helps.

Tasker is not a task killer. If these are the results you got when you searched for it, then this is just another example of how the search function on these forums sucks.


Use google and search for Androidforums.com + Tasker. You'll get better results.

 

[amlothi]

Hey all.

I keep seeing everyone talk about Tasker, and about how it's like... the best thing ever.

I was just wondering what the best benefits of it were? I understand it automates stuff, but why should I shell out

 

[Yeahha]

but if you DID have a sandwich maker, you could probably set up Tasker to automatically tell it to make you a sandwich.

Personally, I just use speed dial 2 (wife).

From what I saw from I/O Google wants to create a fully online/automated house so it could happen, didn't they introduce lightbulbs with android or chrome

 

[angiembfl]

Thanks for this post. I was wondering the same thing and am heading over to the Tasker site now to check it out.

 

[joeybwisc]

I tried it when it first started getting popular and it seemed like it would take too much time to mess with defeating its purpose.

 

[Yeahha]

I tried it when it first started getting popular and it seemed like it would take too much time to mess with defeating its purpose.

Once you figure out what you are doing it is easy. There is a learning curve but it is not impossible just takes a little dedication, that is why there is a 7 day free trial available otherwise there would be many many returns with the 15 min return window with google.

 

[cds0699]

Still haven't been able to figure out a profile to have tasker make me a sandwich...

Trying to replace your wife with an app?!?!?!?!?

I'm joking, ladies

 

[Yeahha]

Trying to replace your wife with an app?!?!?!?!?

I'm joking, ladies

I can't trust an app to keep the babies out of trouble.