Is there, or would anyone be able to create, a simple GPS app that resides in the taskbar much like the volume or connection buttons, that toggles the GPS receiver on and off, and shows the number of satellites that are currently locked?
Thanks!
the gps is always off unless init'd by a gps program like tomtom
Um, yeah. That was pretty much the point of the question. I don't quite understand your answer, perhaps...
ajbopp said:
Is there, or would anyone be able to create, a simple GPS app that resides in the taskbar much like the volume or connection buttons, that toggles the GPS receiver on and off, and shows the number of satellites that are currently locked?
Thanks!
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I know this is an old thread, but I found it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=362171&page=1
Need something similar to the WiFi toggle, but for 3G/2G.
Anyone?
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Anyone? I can't be alone in wanting this??
Hi,
You can always toggle it in CommManager.
Yeah but the point is like the WiFi toggle - it's easier to have it on the home screen quicklinks rather than having to go into the comm manager
Find this program but not working well, is there any solution? thanks
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L37PKTA2
Looks like no one find it yet.
There are numerous requests on xda, but no real solution
I'd be interested in this too. The 'Advanced Network' program lets me change it, but it also says that I need to reset the device after I change the setting.
I'm looking for something that I can just quickly toggle a few times a day when I'm not actively using 3g.
aceo07 said:
I'd be interested in this too. The 'Advanced Network' program lets me change it, but it also says that I need to reset the device after I change the setting.
I'm looking for something that I can just quickly toggle a few times a day when I'm not actively using 3g.
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you can use WMLongLife from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478519
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check tip 49 and 60 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
Wouldnt it be great if bluetooth turned on automattically when I put the phone in the car holder(with charge function), and when i pull it out bluetooth turns off.
I Know that Phone alarm can do the trick but i don't need all the extra things that come with phone alarm, it only messes things up.
Is there a simple cab file around who enables this function?
Or if there isnt, could someone make such a cab file? I know a lot of guys who would love to have this working.
I would like it!
i am using phonealarm which also supports this function. Find it at www.pocketmax.net
I know i used it also but it is overkill if i only want to use it for the bluetooth function.
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3367344
I installed it, reset my phone but it does not work.
Is this one especially for the hd2?
Oh boy would I like this! It's such an simple and usefull thing, and yet there still is no cab for it.
I'm not a developer, but it seems easy: power on = BT on, power off = BT off. It should be a matter of finding the right trigger for power on, and then combine it with the bluetooth-toggle cab found elsewhere. (See attached)
Who can help!
ps: it's for a HD2, so post mentioned above (bluepower) doesn't work indeed. Probably because of the other BT protocol used.
ps2: the attached Touch X Bluetooth Toggle.cab DOES work on HD2, but manually. If this cab can be changed to toggle BT on power-status in stead of manual input we'd have what we want.
ps3: phonealarm does know how to do the trick, but it's not flawless, and surely overkill. BUT.... the right trigger (powerstatus-on, powerstatus-off) should be in it somewhere... who can find it, and convert the attached BT toggle with it to the wanted function?
would be a nice one to have indeed, hope someone can help!
4stimpy said:
I Know that Phone alarm can do the trick
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It can? How
Really searching for this, would love it...
Hope there wil be one soon
Yeah, as per the thread I started on a similar subject, I want to do this stuff but like others, Phonealarm is a little bit OTT for what I need, and g-profile just simply doesn't seem to work for some reason.
I set up a bunch of profiles but when you change (either manual or auto) the stuff you set up for the profiles in question just doesn't seem to happen. Hoping I'm just doing something wrong!
teake said:
Oh boy would I like this! It's such an simple and usefull thing, and yet there still is no cab for it.
I'm not a developer, but it seems easy: power on = BT on, power off = BT off.
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Sorry, but the logic is flawed. Some times the user may have BT on when not charging, then start charging. It would be bad to disconnect bt when he or she did not want to charge any more.
I'd do it like this: power on, save bt status, turn on bt regardless of previous state. power off, turn bt to same state as saved. You could possibly ask the user if he or she wanted to disconnect.
That would be an improved functionality indeed. But not needed for me (yet). I only use Bluetooth for connecting to my carkit. The rest of the day it's turned off. So for me power_on=BT_on and power_off=BT_off would be enough.
Your added function makes it even nicer though....
Nobody who can help us?
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wow this topic goes down fast.
hope someone will pick this up, it's a really good idea
and so simple.... it seems.
I really would like to have it too. I even provided the raw material with the working other programs, now all we need is a Winmo magician who can extract the needed elements, and brew it into a working cab...
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It can? How
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On the profiles tab hit options an use the top function(automatically change) to ad the toggle on power state.
Ok, one last try.
Isn't there anyone who can help us.
I do use phonealarm right now but i think it drains my battery fast.
How about this guys?
http://www.kixass.net/bluepower/
Havent used it myself, and it is not clear if this is touchscreen compatible..
I would love an option to quickly enable and disable auto-rotate and wifi by just swiping down the taskbar like I could with my S4. I've been using a screen rotation app that works well enough. In some ways better actually. Would still love to quickly enable and disable wifi though.
BababooeyHTJ said:
I would love an option to quickly enable and disable auto-rotate and wifi by just swiping down the taskbar like I could with my S4. I've been using a screen rotation app that works well enough. In some ways better actually. Would still love to quickly enable and disable wifi though.
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Are you asking for something like this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
sirxdroid said:
Are you asking for something like this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
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Exactly, thank you.
Hi there,
As you might have read on the PX5 board threads, I was struggling with the ease of use of the stock FM Radio app when driving. If you don't have to SWC you first have to press home from navigating, and open the radio app, or use the widgets, to switch channels. I didn't like that like, so I started to inspect the radio and radio widget .apk files. In there I found some pieces of code that remotely allow to control the FM Radio app.
What my app does is 'listen' to the information the stock FM Radio app is outputting. It can get the current frequency and channel. It shows this information on a notification on your HU. This notification also consists of three buttons to go to the previous channel, the next channel, and turn of the radio.
The current frequency and channel are also pushed to the Android Media Session with media button support. This means other apps (like AnyAutoAudio) or widgets can display the currently playing frequency and channel. You can also control the radio with the media buttons Android support. USB keyboards or BT devices that support these buttons should work! I haven't tested it, but this also means the FM Radio can be used in Android Auto. As soon as you open another media app (like Poweramp), that app will take over the media buttons (as expected). If you want to switch back to FM just press the power button on the notification and you're back.
This app is at an early stage right now. I'd like to see it as a proof of concept. It currently only works with FM. It can't show AM information yet. I am not an Android developer, so it might contain a few bugs and glitches. Let me know if you find anything.
I made a little video a few days ago when I had my first proof of concept working. This video does not display the media button support. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/JNUAi0KNGmM
Let me know what you think! Ideas and suggestions are always welcome.
Download: https://gerbenbol.com/android/com.gerbenbol.hctradiocontroller.apk
So I gave this ago, it seems like it's nearly there for Android Auto. AnyAndroidAuto does pick it up and displays what station is on but AndroidAutos next/pause/previous buttons do not effect it. Also if I change radio station the widget in AndroidAuto does not update to reflect this. Any idea why this is?
That's too bad.
Does the info in the notification change when you switch channel? The media session which feeds info widgets etc. seem to be a bit flaky right now.
Do you have any other media widgets that show the current playing media?
edit: @Dec64, gave it a try this morning. My widgets didn't make it control, or had the latest station displayed, but the native Android media buttons worked fine. Very strange... Do you happen to know what commands AnyAndroidAuto send? It should work for the next/previous/pause buttons. I'll see if I can make some changes today.
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That's too bad.
Does the info in the notification change when you switch channel? The media session which feeds info widgets etc. seem to be a bit flaky right now.
Do you have any other media widgets that show the current playing media?
edit: @Dec64, gave it a try this morning. My widgets didn't make it control, or had the latest station displayed, but the native Android media buttons worked fine. Very strange... Do you happen to know what commands AnyAndroidAuto send? It should work for the next/previous/pause buttons. I'll see if I can make some changes today.
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Yeah the info in the notification changed, and worked perfectly just didn't feed that information down to AA. I had no other media widgets at that time.
No unfortunately I don't know what commands are sent. What is weirder still is this morning on my way to work, after about 20mins the HU turned off the radio and changed menus in AA to the music menu and said nothing is playing...Yet i touched nothing. I put the radio back on and after 5mins it turned back off and I was sent to the phone menu. The only thing new running was your widget, very odd, I dont know how that is even possible.
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Yeah the info in the notification changed, and worked perfectly just didn't feed that information down to AA. I had no other media widgets at that time.
No unfortunately I don't know what commands are sent. What is weirder still is this morning on my way to work, after about 20mins the HU turned off the radio and changed menus in AA to the music menu and said nothing is playing...Yet i touched nothing. I put the radio back on and after 5mins it turned back off and I was sent to the phone menu. The only thing new running was your widget, very odd, I dont know how that is even possible.
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Weird! I've rewritten a load of code, and it should be more stable now. I'm testing on an Android Emulator and and simulate some information the FM Radio would send, so I hope it's better now!
You can download the .apk again from the same URL in the first post. Let me know how it works on the HU. I'm gonna test it when I get home tonight.
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Weird! I've rewritten a load of code, and it should be more stable now. I'm testing on an Android Emulator and and simulate some information the FM Radio would send, so I hope it's better now!
You can download the .apk again from the same URL in the first post. Let me know how it works on the HU. I'm gonna test it when I get home tonight.
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Sweet, ill give it ago in 30mins on the way back from work.
@Bose321 Perfect, works 100% better now, reports, shows station changes when I use SWC to do so, shows a stop button now though instead of pause/next track on the AA widget, and the stop button does nothing, but for AA integration it works
this is encouraging.
can you help me with something mate:
i need to turn radio on/off via tasker.. do you think there is a way to do that.. i saw you do that via your app
Nomader0 said:
this is encouraging.
can you help me with something mate:
i need to turn radio on/off via tasker.. do you think there is a way to do that.. i saw you do that via your app
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You can user tasker or f1x's mtcdtools to do that, there's an intent to close the radio app.
intent action: com.microntek.finish
intent parameters: {"class":"com.microntek.radio"}
Dec64 said:
Sweet, ill give it ago in 30mins on the way back from work.
@Bose321 Perfect, works 100% better now, reports, shows station changes when I use SWC to do so, shows a stop button now though instead of pause/next track on the AA widget, and the stop button does nothing, but for AA integration it works
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Can you show the AA interface? Not sure why there only is a stop button now, and why it doesn't work. I'll have to dig around in the code to see what causes that.
edit: I think I already know why there only is a stop button right now! Gonna push out a fix tomorrow! I also think why the stop button doesn't work. I only listen to the pause/play button, not the stop button. Thanks for testing, this is useful!
Nomader0 said:
this is encouraging.
can you help me with something mate:
i need to turn radio on/off via tasker.. do you think there is a way to do that.. i saw you do that via your app
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I use the intent "hct.radio.power.switch" to turn the radio on or off. This is different from the intent Dec64 posted. Mine only turns off the radio, it doesn't shut down the radio app. So use what fits the most.
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Can you show the AA interface? Not sure why there only is a stop button now, and why it doesn't work. I'll have to dig around in the code to see what causes that.
edit: I think I already know why there only is a stop button right now! Gonna push out a fix tomorrow! I also think why the stop button doesn't work. I only listen to the pause/play button, not the stop button. Thanks for testing, this is useful!
I use the intent "hct.radio.power.switch" to turn the radio on or off. This is different from the intent Dec64 posted. Mine only turns off the radio, it doesn't shut down the radio app. So use what fits the most.
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Thanks for your answers..
Which intent turns on the radio?
Maybe Com.microntek.radio.power?
Nomader0 said:
Thanks for your answers..
Which intent turns on the radio?
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I use the same one. It's a toggle. Send it once to turn it off, send it again to turn it back on.
Bose321 said:
I use the same one. It's a toggle. Send it once to turn it off, send it again to turn it back on.
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Thanks mate I will try that.
Dec64 said:
Sweet, ill give it ago in 30mins on the way back from work.
@Bose321 Perfect, works 100% better now, reports, shows station changes when I use SWC to do so, shows a stop button now though instead of pause/next track on the AA widget, and the stop button does nothing, but for AA integration it works
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Can you give it another try? I've updated the link in the first post again. Should now show next/previous/play-pause buttons if I'm right!
Tried the version of yesterday in my car, and it works a lot better for sure!
Are you liking Android Auto on the HU? Is it fast? I'm hoping Sygic is able to build the navigation for AA soon, I don't like Google Maps for offline navigation. Are you always connected via your phone or something, or have you downloaded parts of maps?
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Can you give it another try? I've updated the link in the first post again. Should now show next/previous/play-pause buttons if I'm right!
Tried the version of yesterday in my car, and it works a lot better for sure!
Are you liking Android Auto on the HU? Is it fast? I'm hoping Sygic is able to build the navigation for AA soon, I don't like Google Maps for offline navigation. Are you always connected via your phone or something, or have you downloaded parts of maps?
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I will try it on the way home from work again.
I like AA on my HU because it displays the info i need quickly and at all times, but the major draw backs where the radio not showing, and the phone menu not working properly.
I dislike google maps and prefer waze for the police/speed camera warnings as i drive a bit...spirited...but waze integration isn't working yet unless you have an AA specific HU. It also doesnt display speed limits/cameras.
Yeah I have 30gb of tethering on my phone so always connected using tasker to start tethering when BT is connected
tried updated app. Next/previous/stop now show on widget but do not work in AA, everything else works perfectly
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tried updated app. Next/previous/stop now show on widget but do not work in AA, everything else works perfectly
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Weird! I'll see if I can get AA on a device to test this. At least the right buttons are now showing. It's a start... :laugh:
Seems to be different from other widgets, because the ones I use seem to work fine (Ubiquity Music Widget).
Dec64 said:
tried updated app. Next/previous/stop now show on widget but do not work in AA, everything else works perfectly
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same issue just tested today...
aarick said:
same issue just tested today...
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Thanks for testing. I'll have to look into that. Can you try the native media buttons?
Just turned rds on my radio and noticed the widget doesn't pick station name or rds info. It would be amazing if it could and report that info?
Dec64 said:
Just turned rds on my radio and noticed the widget doesn't pick station name or rds info. It would be amazing if it could and report that info?
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I've been looking into that, but I believe the radio app doesn't 'share' that information. But I'll have another look.
But first gotta look into the AA issue.
What I did notice on my own HU, as soon as the Radio app starts, the sound goes on, and directly off again at boot. Did any of you notice that?