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Hi newbie question I'm afraid.
I patched my XD2 with this tool in order for it to talk to my headset. That works fine now.
But I don't understand the timer or battery symbols on the screen now ? How can I get into and change the settings for Bluetooth Tools ?
Also everytime I make a call or receive one bluetooth comes on automatically !
How on earth can I stop it from doing that ? Help appreciated !!!
Hello Ekko Star,
there is a readme file on Towa's web site for this program. Basically the little clock thingamy shows whether or not the bluetooth auto off function is active. If it is white, you will see it slowly turn grey and when it is all all grey, the Bluetooth is turned off.
On the other hand, if you tap it with the stylus, the auto off mode is disabled and the Bluetooth is on all the time (confusingly the clockface is always grey) :? .
The two battery symbols are for two different power profiles. Tap one of the batteries, then set your power setting like you want them (eg display off when on battery etc). Tap the other battery and you can set a a different profile (eg backlight always on etc). You can then swap the two profiles by simply tapping either of the two batteries. I use that when I use the XDA for sat nav, where I want the backlight always on, rather than have to dive into the settings all the time. Neat huh.
Praise goes to Tobias for his help to us all with his BTTools. :wink:
Excellent reply Camstech, Thx a lot mate.
I would like a applicaion who controls the brightness of my HTC automatic on sunrice/sunset times
is there something like this
i know there's a app "twilight" it controls it whitin tomtom but i need it for the whole pda
thanx already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=229852&highlight=sunrise
Also consider SBSH's Phoneweaver, which is a phone profile app. The profile options can control everything from screen brightness, rotation, activating radios, running applications, oh and of course the usual volume, vibration etc. Profiles can be time activated, or activated automatically by other options.
Backlight problem
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Oke tanks for the link but Is not avalible yet
That's ashame.
But mayby i have to wait a little longer
I'm trying to get my phone so that the bluetooth and wifi are controlled by profiles so I'm trying out g-profile.
I've set up a bunch of profiles but they just don't seem to work properly for some reason.
The main reason is so I get bluetooth and wifi enabled automatically when external power is applied (as the head unit in my car supports bt), but I can't get these profiles to work.
I have manual ones set up, and when I use the profile switcher for instance to use a profile that switches on wifi/bluetooth, neither of them come on.
Likewise with the automatic profile I set up for external power, that doesn't turn them on either, and the the volume settings also don't seem to get changed either even though I set those to vary for each profile.
Have I missed some crucial step out, or does this app even work fully with the HD2?
I would try phonealarm but that's a bit heavy going for what I need, so if there are other HD2 friendly alternatives I'd be pleased to know.
Ta!
Cret said:
I'm trying to get my phone so that the bluetooth and wifi are controlled by profiles so I'm trying out g-profile.
I've set up a bunch of profiles but they just don't seem to work properly for some reason.
The main reason is so I get bluetooth and wifi enabled automatically when external power is applied (as the head unit in my car supports bt), but I can't get these profiles to work.
I have manual ones set up, and when I use the profile switcher for instance to use a profile that switches on wifi/bluetooth, neither of them come on.
Likewise with the automatic profile I set up for external power, that doesn't turn them on either, and the the volume settings also don't seem to get changed either even though I set those to vary for each profile.
Have I missed some crucial step out, or does this app even work fully with the HD2?
I would try phonealarm but that's a bit heavy going for what I need, so if there are other HD2 friendly alternatives I'd be pleased to know.
Ta!
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g-profile works nice with [email protected], except.. bluetooth functions: due to some incompatibility about the way HD2 reports bluetooth i/o status to registry.
G-Profile works fine for me, including Bluetooth. I set it to turn on Bluetooth whenever it's on AC power so it connects to my car kit when I put it the holder.
G-Profile works fine on my HD2!
But I'm not using Bluetooth.
Bluetooth is working perfect for me. I have 9 profiles, 4 automatic with up to three conditions. But the order of the profils is crucial. The upper profile supresses all lower profiles, if they are in the same time. Do the normal switches for wifi and bluetooth in Quickswitch work?
Maybe you wanna try SBSH Phone Weaver as an alternative solution? I bought my copy last week when I got it for 50% off and I really like it. It works perfectly in every point: WiFi, BT, Mail, Sounds etc. Assigned to my left hardkey to switch manually through some profiles while a conversation e.g. - the program can switch profiles manually (of course), by time, by agenda, by AS/Power and by location. Give it a try. I also used G-Profile before but I was never satisfied with it (it always seemed to force a high power consumption latently).
G-Profile was working reasonably well for me up until the latest Artemis (V14 onwards) and Dutty HG 2.9 were released. Then, it burns through your battery quicker than an arsonist at a petrol station.
G-Profile is a great app but it drains my HD2 battery a lot, about 30% in one night ...
You can try
-WirelessTime (freeware)
-Resco Contact Manager today plugin
-SPB Phone Suite
-Phone alarm
Hope it help...
im using g-profile and it works great, but have any of you figured out how to use custom ringtones with g-profile?
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im using g-profile and it works great, but have any of you figured out how to use custom ringtones with g-profile?
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By default, G-Profile only looks for ringtones in this two paths:
\Windows
\Windows\Rings
But you can activate File Browser by changing the following registry value to "True"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ageye\G-Profile_v1\NotificationBrowser
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im using g-profile and it works great, but have any of you figured out how to use custom ringtones with g-profile?
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I use a custom ringtone in one of my profiles. I had to turn the ringtone from MP3 into WAV and then put it in the windows folder.
G-Profile doesn't work correctly on an HTC HD2...
G-Profile has a nice user interface but it doesn't work correctly on an HTC HD2. It has multiple issues. Some are the following:
* Profiles don't always switch.
* Although a profile switches correctly let's say that mutes system and ring tones, the speaker icon in the tray is still the one used for loud tones (speaker with 3 lines instead of speaker with x.)
* If a profile is set to use the cell ID, if the phone goes out of 3G (let's say into HSDPA or GPRS), the profile doesn't work. Cells that are not 3G cannot be added to that profile!
* As mentioned above, the application drains the battery very fast.
G-Profile is in a black Hole
Before my HD2, I used G-Profile, it was great.
For now, I use PhoneAlarm.
G-Profile support is nearly dead :-(
- not working properly
- battery draining
- not switching everytime
- no decent support
But... great interface.
I'm actually testing PhoneAlarm V 3.0 : it's rocks !!!
Still no update for HD2
Loved G-Profile but killed my battery
I used to use G-Profile for a looong time on my HD2 and loved it. It's user interface is great. It also worked without a hitch and I had a number of profiles, some quite complex.
Then I became fed up with the battery life of my phone. I typically had to charge it every day after about 8 hours moderate use. I traced the issue to G-Profile that prevents the phone from going into standby mode.
I've switched to PhoneWeaver. It's interface is a lot like G-Profile only lacking one feature that I really miss. When manually selecting a profile in G-Profile you can select how long you want that profile to be active before it should switch back automatically to the auto profile. PhoneWeaver can't do this with the result that sometime I forget to change back to the auto profile.
Same problem here,
I had to leave G-Profile due to battery consumption.
I went to Phone Alarm. Great app. A very important thing for me , was the name of the profile instead of the operator name. And GProfile and Phone Alarm are the two only one that can do that...
I use Tasker for automating a lot of redundant tasks on my phone. I figured I would post a couple I'm using with hope that others will share with me some stuff they use it for.
action: Docked.
Tasks done when docked: Bluetooth on, wifi off, gps on, auto brightness set off [if time < 1800, Display Brightness set to 255 if time < 1800, pandora set on.
exit tasks: Bluetooth off, auto brightness on if TIME < 1800, pandora set off, gps off.
Action open Application Maps/Nav or any gps app.
Tasks done: GPS on
exit tasks done: GPS off.
action: phone face down
Tasks done: airplane mode on if time < 2200, all sounds off except for alarm
exit tasks: airplane mode off, all sounds revert to previous settings.
these 3 i use, if you have any others let me know. If you need help with the program let me know too.
here is where you can grab tasker.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
Sounds something that I would definitly use. I beleive its a paid app, but still worth it. I'll look into it. Does it have settings for wifi e.g.- 1 touch WIFI on, because i'm using the stock wifi on/of toggle but I then have to go into wifi settings and actually see my phone connecting to my network in order for i to work and turn on.... ??????
Yeah there are settings for connecting to wifi. Mine does it automatically when I get home based on the gps. Works most of the time, had to turn it on manually a couple times because the gps wasn't on.
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Action open Application Maps/Nav or any gps app.
Tasks done: GPS on
exit tasks done: GPS off.
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How do you set up an OR for the app launch context? I'm trying to get it to turn on GPS when I open Maps, Foursquare, Yelp, or Places, but it doesn't let me multi-select apps and if I add a context, Application isn't there.
Make it separate tasks.
make 1 for each app.
Foursquare - turn on gps. Turn off gps when exit.
Ect.
also, I guess there is a wiki with a bunch of samples I guess. I'm out at a remote beach on northern oahu right now, but if someone doesn't post it before me I'll post the link when I get home.
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Make it separate tasks.
make 1 for each app.
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Yeah, that's what I've been doing. It'd just be nice if you could have conditionals in the context. IF Yelp OR Foursquare OR Maps OR Places then ...
Post over there and make a feature request, they should put that in I agree .
Just bought Tasker and so far I like it. Can't seem to figure out how to do the following task though.
I need to set to static IP when on a certain wifi connection. I already have the IP set and the only thing that will need to be done is to toggle the static IP checkbox in the advanced setting of wifi. I know how to specify the wifi network but how can I make it toggle that checkbox/setting?
Thanks for any info.
i made a simple widget to toggle the screen brightness to two preset brightens for inside and direct sunlight.
i could not find an app that let me choose the brightness, they either made it full dark/bright.
i can't work out however to toggle a different widget icon to indicate on/off...
i've tried set icon but with no luck
its not really needed but would be good to have/know for future apps
also, can anyone explain how the HTTP (get info from net) works?
i want to try a few things but not really sure how it works
This app is the best app on the market... hands down. #Win
generic.imitation said:
Yeah there are settings for connecting to wifi. Mine does it automatically when I get home based on the gps. Works most of the time, had to turn it on manually a couple times because the gps wasn't on.
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You should use "wifi near" as a condition instead of "gps". That way it just toggles you wifi on and off periodically and if it is near... it will connect.
Gps is so demanding on the battery... and not always accurate... as you see
I set mine up so whenever I plug in my headphones my music app opens
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ichigopow said:
I set mine up so whenever I plug in my headphones my music app opens
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I set my heaphones the same.. but at the same time, it cuts my media volume up (in case it was down) and when I unplug them... it returns my media volume back to it's previous value
MrDanger said:
I set my heaphones the same.. but at the same time, it cuts my media volume up (in case it was down) and when I unplug them... it returns my media volume back to it's previous value
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I do the same except my volume goes down when I plug them in so I don't have music blaring in my ears.
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I also have a profile that texts my gf a random message at a random time that is between 7:30 am and 7:40 am (so she don't think it's automated lol) every morning. I got that idea from LexusBrian
Again.. great app!
Here was I have got going on with tasker.
Car dock: gps on, bluetooth on, display always on, notification volume off. On exit they all do the opposite.
When home: wifi on. Exit wifi goes off.
At work: phone goes to vibrate for everything.
10pm to 545am: phone goes quiet.
I second it a best app ever. Wifi, gps, and bluetooth are never on when I don't need em. Come on you can't beat that. What a battery saver.
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Tasker is an incredibly handy utility.
Here's the profiles I use:
GPSonForLocationApps - I think this one has already been covered by this thread.
WifiOnAtHome - I use the wifi near option... although I think it's causing issues with my 3G signal... it will occasionally turn on wifi to check if I'm at home which seems to turn off 3G. Still playing with this one.
LowVolumeDuringWorkHours - sets various volumes appropriately so I can still hear stuff but doesn't annoy folks working near by. I turn this on/off based on day of week and time of day. Upon exiting this profile it returns my volumes back to normal.
NoficationsOffAtNight - I turn off notifications at night and if my phone is plugged into AC.
SilentForMeetings - if I have a calendar entry where I'm marked as busy it turns my phone to silent mode.
Openwatch?
Hello
I am new to Tasker, and I'm starting to understand exactly how much you can do. Uses open watch a lot and have done a lot of settings to make my clock better. But I wonder if I can get messages from one app to my watch. The app is an ice hockey results service. And each time it becomes a goal, I get it as income message in the status bar. But can I get the message in the clock at the same time? Right now I just get a message in the watch which I've written, but would like it says in the status bar so you do not I pick up the phone to look at the result. Is there perhaps a few codes to enter, instead of my message is? Hope you understand me?
I have mine set to enable WiFi when I connect to a certain cell tower. Keeps the drain on my batter to nothing more than it was already at, and GPS is only enabled for about 5 minutes to and from the house. I'm sure the drain for that combined 10 minutes is much less than periodically checking the GPS or if a network is near.
I am turning off gps when I get to my home cell tower and turning on my wifi at the same time.
For my multimedia apps like pandora, I have my screen stay on when plugged to a power source.
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Hi,
i would like to have an app that makes android syncs all accounts only when screen is off
cant finf one that is able to do that ? even googled or searched the market.
thanks
Try llama... Add condition "screen off" then action "account sync"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama
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AndroidNeophyte said:
Try llama... Add condition "screen off" then action "account sync"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama
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hmm but i hope it doesnt always sync when i turn the screen off :-/
lets try
edit: great app man... thanks
but got a problem
now the phone always syncs when screen is off
everytime
:-/
just want it to sync only when screen is of ... but in the schedule not everytime screen is off ...
do you have a tipp
Hmm... You can put a time in the condition so it will only sync at a certain time.... use "time between". I haven't played too much with the sync feature for llama yet.... Sorry if I not much help...
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Llama is ok but i prefer Tasker. Worth every cent.
ymirsson said:
Llama is ok but i prefer Tasker. Worth every cent.
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can tasker say to accounts just and only sync when screen is off ?
ahhh ^^ i cant deal with tasker ... how can i select wlan on when i am home ?
cell id ? ahhh ^^
with llama i can make it say something when it does something ... does it work with tasker too `?
dont find the option
Hello guys! I read this thread because I'm looking for a solution to a kind of similar problem.
I find it inconvenient that Wifi must always be set either ON of OFF, when Wifi is ON, it is constantly using the connection and reduces battery life enormously! When Wifi is OFF, it does never sync, and you have to enable your Wifi yourself everytime you want to check for your email. It makes me feel like I'm 20 years back, where you had to dial-in for checking your e-mail once a day.
Is it possible to work out a solution with the 2 app mentioned before (llama, tasker)?
JethroCl said:
Hello guys! I read this thread because I'm looking for a solution to a kind of similar problem.
I find it inconvenient that Wifi must always be set either ON of OFF, when Wifi is ON, it is constantly using the connection and reduces battery life enormously! When Wifi is OFF, it does never sync, and you have to enable your Wifi yourself everytime you want to check for your email. It makes me feel like I'm 20 years back, where you had to dial-in for checking your e-mail once a day.
Is it possible to work out a solution with the 2 app mentioned before (llama, tasker)?
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oh damn ... tasker is heavy ... but you can even cook a meal with it ... trust me
it can do everything ^^
oh god damn i need a video tutorial or something damn
i want to enable wifi when i am at home
disable wifi when i am not at home
enable bluetooth and a app when in dock mode
disable it afterwards
can someone explain how to do that
the app is to heavy for me
You may find the Google Group and/or the Wiki helpful.
I can provide you with some examples, but that has to wait till tomorrow.
If you don't want to wait - there are hundreds of profiles and tutorials around the www and i'm sure you'll find a few here on xda
€: Noticed the german flag: Try this site
i can wait ... if you have also some nice new ideas or scripts
let me know
Syncing with screen off is not a good idea!
It will make sure your phone cannot get into deep sleep mode, and thus consumes ALOT of power!
Giblet-dono said:
Syncing with screen off is not a good idea!
It will make sure your phone cannot get into deep sleep mode, and thus consumes ALOT of power!
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oh damn ... thats a good hint thanks
but i still need some tips i think
i make my phone say ... batt fully loaded when its charging and batterie is full
but it repeats rondomly after a few minutes or so ... how can i make the notification only one time ?
Giblet-dono said:
Syncing with screen off is not a good idea!
It will make sure your phone cannot get into deep sleep mode, and thus consumes ALOT of power!
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That depends highly on your sync frequency and what you might or might not additionally control via Tasker.
then tall me how to do it
i want the normal schedule what i set up in every account ... i wish that everything about sync is normal ... the only thing that should not happen is - dont sync when screen is on .
i tried that ... i even got the synker plugin
but i disabled sync when screen is on and enabled it when screen is off ...
and it syncs everytime screen is off ... thats not what i want ...
understand me ??
Code:
Profile 1:
- Context: Display off
- Task: set Variable to 1, turn AutoSync, BT, WiFi and Data off
Profile 2:
- Context: Display on
- Task: set above Variable to 2, turn AutoSync, BT, WiFi and Data on
Profile 3:
- Context: above Variable matches 1 and a (for example) 1h timer
- Task: WiFi, Data and AutoSync on, set a waittimer to sth. like 2min. then turn everything off
Well, thats a minimalistic version of what i do and very basic.
Maybe you can combine it via an exit-Task into only one profile, but i like to be flexible via Variables.
Possible extensions:
- WiFi will only get turned on, when you parsed a known SSID into a variable (i.e.: don't turn wifi on, if you won't get a connection)
- "Disply off" Profile (and Task) runs only on battery (i.e.: Display and connections stay on in Power plugged/Dock mode)
- Include CPU frequency & governor control
- Reduced CPU frequency when Display off only if you don't play media (music)
- Control your WiFi connection via location/cell towers und turn it off if you not near them
- mobile data off if wifi is connected
- ...
ymirsson said:
Code:
Profile 1:
- Context: Display off
- Task: set Variable to 1, turn AutoSync, BT, WiFi and Data off
Profile 2:
- Context: Display on
- Task: set above Variable to 2, turn AutoSync, BT, WiFi and Data on
Profile 3:
- Context: above Variable matches 1 and a (for example) 1h timer
- Task: WiFi, Data and AutoSync on, set a waittimer to sth. like 2min. then turn everything off
Well, thats a minimalistic version of what i do and very basic.
Maybe you can combine it via an exit-Task into only one profile, but i like to be flexible via Variables.
Possible extensions:
- WiFi will only get turned on, when you parsed a known SSID into a variable (i.e.: don't turn wifi on, if you won't get a connection)
- "Disply off" Profile (and Task) runs only on battery (i.e.: Display and connections stay on in Power plugged/Dock mode)
- Include CPU frequency & governor control
- Reduced CPU frequency when Display off only if you don't play media (music)
- Control your WiFi connection via location/cell towers und turn it off if you not near them
- mobile data off if wifi is connected
- ...
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nice
we have to stay in contact
will shoot you some questions later
thanks