[Scholarship] I wish there was an app that... - Samsung Infuse 4G

It would be magnificent if there was an app that could answer your phone calls. Let me explain by giving you a short example. Would it not be something if you could record a brief message before you head into your shower knowing your friend, mom, dad, whoever it might be, is going to call you? Then your phone would automatically answer your call and play the message for them. It would be very useful if you just needed to tell them something that would take a minute, but they were busy at the moment and it was too complicated to send it through text/email. Let us say that you are driving and somebody calls you. What then? If you answer you run the risk of an accident, but if you had the app, then you could put it in driving mode before you start driving. When this option is implemented, the previously recorded message for driving mode would play and repeat it to anyone driving. This amazing app that would keep us safe and be very useful at times would be called, Ansmart!
Daniel Thuman
[email protected]
June 6, 2012 9:12 AM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27903366
There is a picture on the link that explains my reaction.
To be more helpful, did you know you can also just ignore the phone call while driving or taking a shower?
Did you know you can also turn the volume off when you don't want to be disturbed?
In all seriousness, you can set up voice mail or a Google voice number, and then set your phone to forward call to that number with and automated response that you are busy.
You can also go under settings. Call settings.all calls. Reject call with message or auto forwarding.
No app needed....neat huh?

I use Google Voice for most of this functionality. You can set up custom messages pretty easily for certain people, groups, etc. And as qkster said, just don't answer the phone while you're driving, taking a shower, on the throne, etc.. People will understand, and most likely appreciate it.
In addition to being able to set up custom messages for groups, etc. on GV, there are other benefits. Free SMS is one that I use quite a bit. Also, one Google Voice number can be set to ring multiple phones. This is handy for me, since I have a very weak cell signal at home. Since my Google Voice number is set to ring both my home phone and my cell, I have a Tasker profile set to turn my cell antenna off and WiFi on when my home WiFi network is near. Since GV rings my home phone, I don't miss any calls. GrooveIP is also a good program to use with Google Voice, as it lets you make calls over WiFi using your Google Voice number.
EDIT: By the way, the OP looks a lot like
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Ok OP...if you created the app you're describing, then you can post in this section but since you haven't I'm going to close this thread.
This section is only for threads showcasing actual themes and/or apps.

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<APP>[email protected], Worry-Free if you left your phone at home

[email protected]
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With [email protected] installed and running, if you leave your phone at home, you'll have no messages and phone calls missed at all!
How it works:
1. start the app and keep it running background, waiting for specific SMS commands
2. if you left your phone at home, just use another phone nearby to send a command to your phone to initiate the service (you'll get feedbacks if the function is enabled in Settings )
3. all SMSs received at home will be forwarded to the phone you want, and everyone who calls your phone will be notified the reachable number
4. you may stop the service at anytime
I think this is an usefull app, nice idea!
I have not tried it, but a suggestion:
if a specified command is received via sms, turn on data connection, wifi or network (I always have off it), and send mail to specified address that report sms and calls lost.
This is because sometimes you can have Internet access, but not a phone to redirect calls.
Thank you very much for your great suggestion! Am working on the data connection right now. Just like you mentioned, we can get logs from a data connection in the web page later
Sorry I have not understand this point:
w00yee said:
we can get logs from a data connection in the web page later
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Only now I have see that it is a paid app so... I will not try it
Furthermore I have problem with my phone and I can't install anything.
Anyway another thought, perhaps you have already done, but I have not saw, in the case excuse me: specify number of second phone in the sms command, it could be different every time and I know it only when realize that have forgot my [email protected]
currently, you have two ways of specifying the forwarding number, the first one: you can type it in Settings, it is recommended if you have two daily phones; the other way, by default, the app will take the number from which you send the commands. So, it is pretty flexible.
You cannot use xda to sell/advertise paid applications. You can provide either a lite version or a free version for the community, but under XDA rules promotion of paid software is not allowed.
oh my.. So sorry about violating the rule... should 've read the rules carefully. apology. pls lock/move/delete this thread.

Tasker Idea to Save Battery

I'm new to Tasker and have an idea which might be useful to those of us who worry about battery life (i.e. most Evo owners).
Here's the background. I use JuiceDefender to save battery life and it works okay. But I hate having to wait for JD to turn data on every 15 minutes to get emails (or even 5 minutes). While I don't always get multiple emails every 15 minutes, there are times when I do and with JD, the possibility of a delayed urgent message is a major drawback.
So my Tasker idea is this: 1) Set up gmail to forward new messages to my Evo via SMS (using [email protected]). 2) Create Tasker profile to turn off mobile data except when the screen is on. 3) Have Tasker watch for new texts from my gmail account. Upon receipt of such texts, turn data back on for long enough so that the Evo's gmail app has time to grab the new messages and then turn off.
Ideally, I'd like to have this profile set to silence new text notifications from my gmail account, so that I am not flooded with extraneous texts when the Tasker profile is not enabled.
If you think this is doable and potentially useful, and especially if you could help me create such a profile, please let me know.
davpel
AFAIK Tasker cannot turn off Mobile Data on CDMA phones. I have been unable to so far and I have not heard of anyone else being able to either. But, if you figure it out please let me know because I would love to do this also.
Gregalous said:
AFAIK Tasker cannot turn off Mobile Data on CDMA phones. I have been unable to so far and I have not heard of anyone else being able to either. But, if you figure it out please let me know because I would love to do this also.
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This has been added back in with the newest beta, available at http://tasker.dinglisch.net/beta
Been using tasker to toggle data on and off for awhile now. It works great
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So now the question is whether we can use SMS to trigger data on.
EDIT: figured out how to get this to work, I guess tasker cant initially turn on 3g.

[APP] Call Filter Siesta - Get Alerted from your chosen contacts

"Call filter Siesta" is basically a white list call filter, allowing you to use silent mode and yet be able to define a list caller groups or individuals which you want to get alerted from while the rest of the calls will be muted.
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Imagine you are sitting in a very important business meeting and the phone is of course muted. But you are waiting for a call from your wife who's due to give birth at any minute! Call filter siesta will screen all calls accept the one from your wife, allowing the meeting to go on undisturbed by random callers.
The birth went well and you are dying to go to sleep, but you don’t want to miss a call from your mother. Call filter siesta will help you not to be disturbed until the new granny calls...
Features:
-Caller group definition - on each group you can add contacts you would like to be allowed to call . you can create Business Groups / Home Groups / Kids Group.
-Quick activation - don't have time to create a group ? you are about to enter the meeting in 30 sec ? use the Quick Action Tab to choose who are the callers who allow to disturb the meeting .
-Unmute phone by SMS - the phone is on Silent/Vibrate mode ? don't know where you forgot the phone ? send an SMS to the cell phone with specific code and Voila! the phone is no longer in Silent Mode and you can find it by calling the phone
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Download Call Filter Siesta
Might try this out. Sounds awesome.
Good Work.
Thanks, Please try it out and let me know what you think.
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Thanks for all of you!!
Sounds like a great app. Will try it out
Feature Suggestion
Wow, I think this app will turn out to be incredibly useful for me.
Just a quick feature suggestion:
Add an option that will only let the callers on the whitelist through if they call twice within a certain amount of time.
Here is an example of how that would be useful to me:
Without the requested feature: My father works early in the morning, he calls me around 5am to see if my wife and I can do dinner on Friday night. Because my father is on my whitelist, his call will get right through and wake me up, despite it not being an emergency.
With the requested feature: My father works early in the morning, he calls me around 5am to see if my wife and I can do dinner on Friday night. Because my father is on my whitelist AND I have enabled the 2 call option, his call simply goes to voicemail like normal.
If it's an emergency, my father will know to call twice within 10minutes (or whatever interval I select), at which point, I will be awakened by his second call.
This would be priceless for me (and many others I think). I've been really hoping someone could make an app like this. Oh and I'd be happy to beta test if you need a tester.
hahaha i want to say thank you for the app even i havent tried it yet
its just that i read this thread in the morning and it made my day
very humorous way to introduce an app
haha thanks, might try it later
Call filter siesta- new version
Version 1.1 is out!!
Features new design and a few bug fixes.
The new version is available on the android market.

Just got a gear S3 and got some questions!

Just got one for a father's day gift and I've been using the watch for the past week. Love it, but can't stop feeling that I'm not using it to its full potential. Thought maybe if I got some questions answered here, I would feel better.
1. what's the GPS, Wifi options for on the watch? I don't have GPS on right now, but Wifi is enabled. Not sure what app uses it, but I thought everything was connected to the phone through BT, so didn't need additional connections on the watch. Can someone clarify?
2. The weather app that's pre-installed is slow to refresh...meaning when I travel from city to city, I want to know what the weather is like in the next city (current temp, etc.), but can't for the life of me figure out how to manually refresh current location?
3. I only can read the last message in a string of text messages....is there no way to look at all unread on the watch?
Thanks in advance for your help guys!
Gps: use for workout apps, tracking distance, Mapping, directions. Wifi in case you don't have phone nearby-can use Wi-Fi service where you are. The Gear S3 can operate on its own, without having to be connected to the phone.
Weather app- well you can manually refresh it and it should update when you so that. Also many weather apps available for it.
Messages - you should be able to scroll up once you click on the person, to see previous messages.
It can be a stand alone phone-if you left your phone at home and it's on, you can use the watch as a phone and receive and make calls on it, as long as it was Bluetooth connected to the cell phone before you left.
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rogerchew said:
Just got one for a father's day gift and I've been using the watch for the past week. Love it, but can't stop feeling that I'm not using it to its full potential. Thought maybe if I got some questions answered here, I would feel better.
1. what's the GPS, Wifi options for on the watch? I don't have GPS on right now, but Wifi is enabled. Not sure what app uses it, but I thought everything was connected to the phone through BT, so didn't need additional connections on the watch. Can someone clarify?
2. The weather app that's pre-installed is slow to refresh...meaning when I travel from city to city, I want to know what the weather is like in the next city (current temp, etc.), but can't for the life of me figure out how to manually refresh current location?
3. I only can read the last message in a string of text messages....is there no way to look at all unread on the watch?
Thanks in advance for your help guys!
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For multiple message...I always see the number of unread message in a Circular icon at the bottom of the notification...I click on it...and all the messages are scroll-able.

[APP] Find ME - It's better to have it than you missed it..

Find Me: is an integrated solution for people in crisis and emergency situations, that helps you keep in touch with someone who cares about you
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☆ Allowing you -when in danger- to send a prewritten SMS message with your location to your Emergency Contact that you have already chosen, just by pressing the Emergency button.
☆ and by allowing your Emergency Contact -when he is worried about you- to find where you are by sending you an SMS message with a Location Code (which is preset by you), and then the app will automatically reply with your location.
☆ Also the app will send an alert SMS message to your Emergency Contact including your location upon changing your phone’s SIM card that may indicate a safety warning like kidnapping or robbery.
☆NEW☆ If you are in a very critical situation and you're not able to reach your phone, or if you had put your device in silent mode and you didn't notice that someone was calling you.. In either case when your Emergency Contact is worried about you and you didn't answer his calls, he can send you an SMS message with a Callback Code and the app will automatically make a call from your device to his number and set your speaker phone on, and that lets your emergency contact either to start talking trying to check up on you, or he just listens to the surrounding sounds trying to figure out the situation.
Additional features:
- The sent message will include a link can be opened by Google Maps or any internet browser to show your location.
- If the device can't detect your current location your last known location with its time and date will be sent instead (the app will periodically check your location every half hour).
- Only the device that should be located, must have the app installed on it, but your Emergency Contact mobile doesn't have to be an Android device at all, and of course doesn't need the app.
Non-emergency uses:
Although the app is used especially in emergency situations, it can also be used in many other situations, for example:
* If you are invited to a party but you get lost, you can use the “Emergency” button to send a message with your location to your host..
* If your phone was lost or stolen, you can find it by sending the location message code..
* And with the location message code, you can check for example if your child has arrived to his piano lesson, without interrupting his lesson to answer your call..
* If a senior person, a child, or someone with disability is not able to answer your calls, you can use the Callback code to check up on him.
Notice:
* Although your device uses to detect your location many different resources but being in certain locations (like being indoors, or underground..), may make this operation difficult if not impossible and take longer time to detect your location. For best results you should always keep Location enabled on your device, and having an internet connection.
Download on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joe.findme
If you have a question, suggestion, or a problem using the app please reply to this thread and tell me about it...
Try the app and keep it on your phones.. It's better to have it even if you don't use it, than you missed it when you need it..
New version available now on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joe.findme

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