Hey guys,
I am looking for a good and mainly fully working Power or Energy control widget to toggle features like bluetooth, gps, data etc.
I was happily using Widgetsoid on Android 2.2x but I can't seem to find a solution for gingerbread that fully works.
Especially GPS toggling is a problem, since all I hear it's "not possible" with gingerbread. But why can Samsung do it on its default Gingerbread rom for my Galaxy S2? So I'd say it's definately possible. CM7 has a energy toggle bar as well that manages to do just that.
But all the usual market apps simply can't do it, let it be widgetsoid, extended controls etc ... :-(
boba
widgetsoid does toggle BT and Data quite well. Only thing is GPS where it's solution is not very elegant but it still gets the job done in the end.
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My smartphone is the HTC Touch HD
and I use the software "basicGPS" which perfectly works for me.
Sadly the app turns on the interne gps but does not turn it off when exiting.
So the gps stays on and drains battery
Now I am looking for a small app which gives me the possibilty to turn the gps on/off very quick.
Solutions I already tried:
GPS Toogle (or toogle gps?):
Would work I suppose but is only useable in the today screen which is for me blocked with Manila (touchFLO)
Battery Management:
Should also work but totally overpacked
Keeps causing lags...
Come on guys...
I know that it is possible because another tool can do it too.
GC_II:
I need a small tool which can basicly do the same thing as toogle gps.
Switch gps on / off and maybe if possible display the connectivity
Download google maps, enable the gps then disable it. fast and easy.
I would also like a command line app to toggle gps. Then I could use gps in the uc phase to sync time (I have not managed to sync time with standar reg. tweaks)
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Download google maps, enable the gps then disable it. fast and easy.
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I don't want an extra full software to do that
I need a small tool which is only used for that purpose
Good Req from Azael, i'm interested in a solution for toggle gps on/off, and if it's possible a commandline option from this tool is welcome, because i need to callback with mortscript...
If anyone have ideas or solutions, or mortscript file to do it
Thanks
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I just remembered this threat and I still need this kind of software.
I lately noticed that the tool "magicMobile" includes exactly the sort of gps toggle i need.
But sadly it comes with the other functions i don't want. (mostly i hate the fact that it changes button functions without an option to change them back!)
Maybe someone could extract the gps control from that program?
So, I have been running Beautiful Widgets on my MyTouch 3G 1.2 with Cyanogen Mod 5.0.8-t1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673394). So far I love the way that the widget looks, but I have been having an issue with it. I have noticed it a few times where when Beautiful Widgets updates the weather based on my current location, the GPS never turns off. I can get it to stop by killing the app in Advanced Task Killer, but then the time/weather does not update until i refresh it by clicking on the weather icon in the widget, and then it doesn't turn off again. Issue is, It likes to turn on while in my locker at work (I turn on Airplane mode to conserve power. I have been able to go a 9 hour shift and have roughly 85%-90% battery left, on the days that Beautiful Widgets decides to cooperate. Other days, like today, I'm at ~50% 4 hours into my shift, due to the GPS being stuck on.) I have tried disabling the GPS location, and it still does it. Also tried rebooting my phone, which has fixed it before, but didn't work today. I finally resorted to removing the widget from my home screen and that has worked so far. I would love to buy the app on the market (Currently using version 2.992 which I found in a ROM pack), but I don't want to spend the money on it if it will not fix this issue. I have tried multiple versions of the app, and it has been doing the same thing.
Any ideas?
Mods: if my searching ability failed feel free to lock this but...
I have not been able to find a working mobile data toggle [ on/off ] for Gingerbread.
I used to use juice defender which I highly recommend as it worked wonders for my battery life. I have used a couple AOSP gingerbread roms in the last while and i noticed JD wouldn't enable for mobile data.
I have looked far and wide for either a widget, a scheduler just something that I can use without jumping into system settings; to easily turn on/off my mobile data and save battery life.
If anyone has any insight as to why this is such a problem for 2.3 i would love to know or if there is a known solution i haven't been able to find that would be great too.
Thanks
The only thing that I found to work was the Power Control widget. Add the Mobile Data icon and it'll work. Oddly though, the Power Control Plus (paid) one doesn't work very well and it gives you two options to enable or disable...which don't work.
How to toggle ?
Hi guys any update on this.. recently got a galaxy S5360 (android 2.3.6)
I don't see the GPRS toggle in the pull down menu. Is there a work around ?
Hello,
It would be great if I could enable bluetooth from lockscreen so when I am in the car I dont have to pay much attention to the phone, I guess this is not possible, right?
Thanks
I would guess not or it wouldn't be a lock screen.
You'd still have to drag and drop into the circle.
I wouldn't mind a personal notes app' on my startup screen like I had on my WM 2003 SE screen.
That's good for EMT's,etc.
You can try downloading WidgetLocker from the Marketplace.
This will allow you to replace your current lock screen with something a bit more customizable. You can - as the name indicates - put widgets on your screen. So you can put a Bluetooth widget in the top left so you always know where it is.
Or you can go even more lazy and get Llama. It's a location switcher. IE: When I am at work I have the "quiet" profile on were no ringtones ring during the condition set from my hours at work and the location of the phone. Once I leave work and under other conditions with "leaving work" I instructed llama to turn on my BT until I get home and connect to my home wifi.
And that my friend is what I call a free app lol.
Good Ideas I like Sense 3.0 lock screen... so I think I wont change it for now.
About llama, it sounds great, but... what about battery? does it affect battery life much?
Bluetooth Power Toggle
ykcorse said:
Hello,
It would be great if I could enable bluetooth from lockscreen so when I am in the car I dont have to pay much attention to the phone, I guess this is not possible, right?
Thanks
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Check out Bluetooth Power Toggle in the Play Store. It should do the trick. :good:
mybe it is a good idea
I have been using llama (Llama on Google Play) since my early days on the OG Atrix and now on the Atrix 2. Moving to the ICS leak, I've noticed that GPS control has been disabled, and after searching I see that Google removed the ability for user programs to enable/disable the GPS.
However, the llama website says this about it:
Android fixed the hack that applications used to turn GPS on and off in Gingerbread (Android 2.3). Bear in mind that Android manages GPS power usage by itself: if no applications are using GPS, then the GPS hardware isn't turned on and using power. The tickbox in the settings is simply permission to use GPS.
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One of the few places I've found that corroborates that statement is this post from a Droid Razr forum (forgive the cross-post): Post on another forum, which eventually says
GPS is turned on by default after updating to ICS. That said, turning it off really won't save battery. It's a myth that just having GPS switched on will drain your battery. GPS will only use battery when it's active, and it's only active when the crosshairs are flashing in the notification bar. That will only happen when you have an app running that uses GPS. So, as long as you're not running something that's using GPS, leaving GPS switched on will not drain any more battery than leaving it switched off.
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Now, obviously there are many programs that might be running in the background that like to use the GPS, and it still seems like there are times I wouldn't want to let anything use the GPS which means the GPS chip should never power on.
Here's the question finally: given the plethora of advice that says to turn off the GPS when not in use, what are you doing with the GPS in ICS?
In my case, Llama can't turn off the GPS for me anymore, so unless I couple Llama with something like Smart Actions (which apparently can turn off the GPS), the GPS is staying on most of the time. I'm going to try leaving the GPS on all the time to see how much it affects my battery.
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hi,
i had same problem that profile scheduler did not switch on/off the gps once i upgreded to ICS.
there is a work around for your apk (to turn on/off gps), pls search for "secure settings" at play store which will serve as plug-in for your apk.
unfortunately, it did not compitable with profile scheduler.
i had tried to put profile scheduler as system apk, did not work.
only motorola default profile manager will toggle the gps.
hope this helps.