The little re-writable NFC tags you can get online. What do you use yours for?
I got some MIFARE 1k tags online (5 + 1 keychain) and so far only have 1 of the tags + the keychain NFC programmed:
- 1 to auto login to our wifi, and open unified remote
- the keychain will turn gps on if not on already, sets media and notification volumes as high as they go, and opens Waze. If i tap the tag again, it closes Waze and opens Navigation instead
I use NFC Task Launcher to program and use the tags.
I've got 4 more to be used and am looking for creative uses for them, or really am interested in what everyone else uses them for.
I have one to toggle my wifi when i enter or leave my home
One to start my alarm clock app so i can set my alarm before going to bed.
One in my cubicle to start the wifi tether app.
My wife uses one in her car to toggle blue tooth.
I really want to use then with Geocaching (a kind of scavenger hunt with GPS enabled devices). I could hide the tag and set it so when its scanned it gives the GPS coordinates of the next cache. But this would require them to have a samsung device too. Which kinda limits the people that can use it.
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I have one to toggle my wifi when i enter or leave my home
One to start my alarm clock app so i can set my alarm before going to bed.
One in my cubicle to start the wifi tether app.
My wife uses one in her car to toggle blue tooth.
I really want to use then with Geocaching (a kind of scavenger hunt with GPS enabled devices). I could hide the tag and set it so when its scanned it gives the GPS coordinates of the next cache. But this would require them to have a samsung device too. Which kinda limits the people that can use it.
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I just added a modified one from your alarm clock one last night as you got me thinking
Mine: sets brightness to lowest, sets phone and notifications to off, sets alarm highest, and turns notification led off. When I tap it again in the morning it sets everything back to normal (auto brightness, etc). I have my alarm set per day where it automatically works so doing the above would just ensure the phone won't bother me at night and if I turn the screen on it won't blind me
The various toggles you have are great ideas too. Nice and simply but they make a task a bit easier
As for being samsung specific, is it really? I wasn't aware of it. I'm still very new to nfc-tags and everyone else I know has Galaxy Nexus' so of course it works with theirs also
The geocaching sounds really cool, definitely something I want to play around with some now . Is there a site that has the "start" to these or do you just happen to come across them? I've seen people talk about it some, and that it's taken them to really cool places they would have never been before. So I'm very curious about it, sounds fun
I thought the tec tile app was Samsung only. But I could be wrong. I don't know anyone else with nfc to test.
Geocaching Started 12 years ago on geocaching.com. Free to create an account. You can download their official app $10 or some of the unofficial ones like c:Geo is a good one. It is simply getting the GPS coordinates of a cache, which the app will handle, and just going out and finding it. Some are in urban places like malls and parking lots (under lamps is a common place). Most are in forests or out of the way areas to deter "muggles" (common folk who aren't supposed to know about the cache. You are supposed to find the cache without people seeing then sign the log to note you were there and the date. Some big caches have take and leave. Might be toys. Books. CDs. Random themed caches. Others are just micro caches (pill bottle or film container) and they only have a log). The wife and I do this for fun. And we always have a great time. Sometimes you get stumped on where to look. The app sometimes lists clues or you can read logs to see if anyone gave hints. Really fun. And great for kids too cause its like a scavenger hunt. And so rewarding when you find them. Sometimes you won't find it. My wife and i have one at a dunkin ddonuts we have tried 6 times to find to no avail. Just keep trying.
--Sent from GlaDos baked potato
Legato Bluesummers said:
I thought the tec tile app was Samsung only. But I could be wrong. I don't know anyone else with nfc to test.
Geocaching Started 12 years ago on geocaching.com. Free to create an account. You can download their official app $10 or some of the unofficial ones like c:Geo is a good one. It is simply getting the GPS coordinates of a cache, which the app will handle, and just going out and finding it. Some are in urban places like malls and parking lots (under lamps is a common place). Most are in forests or out of the way areas to deter "muggles" (common folk who aren't supposed to know about the cache. You are supposed to find the cache without people seeing then sign the log to note you were there and the date. Some big caches have take and leave. Might be toys. Books. CDs. Random themed caches. Others are just micro caches (pill bottle or film container) and they only have a log). The wife and I do this for fun. And we always have a great time. Sometimes you get stumped on where to look. The app sometimes lists clues or you can read logs to see if anyone gave hints. Really fun. And great for kids too cause its like a scavenger hunt. And so rewarding when you find them. Sometimes you won't find it. My wife and i have one at a dunkin ddonuts we have tried 6 times to find to no avail. Just keep trying.
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I'm honestly not sure, was mainly curious. So I assume tec tile is a common app for creating a geocache and finding them with?
I'll check out geocaching.com...this sounds like it'd be pretty fun and I'm sure my fiance would enjoy it also while learning about or finding new places
Thanks for all the information! I'll definitely try it
I've never seen a tec tile cache. That's why I'd love to do one. But they'd need to have the app for it to work. Or I guess I could leave coordinates on paper. And a tag they can scan if they have the app. They sre fun. Very fun to do. I hope you enjoy it.
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Posting to tag the thread since it gets buried so quickly here.
Tried to request a cancellation on an order including some nfc tags because amazon was going to miss the delivery date, but in a rare show of customer service, probably due to my comment, they overnighted the shipment and it's out for delivery now.
Original delivery was slated for tomorrow, and I had ordered another package of nfc tags with expedited shipping for tomorrow.
Ends up that i'll just have a whole bunch of these things to play with - never used the tech before so i'll hit the thread back up again after I figure out how to use them and with some of what I came up with.
Now, just have to do my homework on the whole issue - not sure whether I enjoy learning or implementing something new more, but gonna have some fun!
Thanks for inspiring me to look into it, this thread did just that.
Ordered some tags to play with. probably have on turn off sounds when at work, and turn on wifi when I get home, stuff like that.
Where can I order NFC tags? And how do I program them?
Josolanes said:
The little re-writable NFC tags you can get online. What do you use yours for?
I got some MIFARE 1k tags online (5 + 1 keychain) and so far only have 1 of the tags + the keychain NFC programmed:
- 1 to auto login to our wifi, and open unified remote
- the keychain will turn gps on if not on already, sets media and notification volumes as high as they go, and opens Waze. If i tap the tag again, it closes Waze and opens Navigation instead
I use NFC Task Launcher to program and use the tags.
I've got 4 more to be used and am looking for creative uses for them, or really am interested in what everyone else uses them for.
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For your auto login to your home wifi, you should probably use tasker to do that. You can set it up to turn on wifi automatically when you get within a certain distance from the house. Pretty cool trick, and it will free up your tag for other uses.
Tasker App on Google Play
I definitely have a night stand tag that turns down the brightness, turns off led notifications, sets the phone to vibrate. (wife's a light sensitive, light sleeper)
Also, I use NFC Task Launcher, not the samsung app.
Nfc task launcher is definitely a nice app.
The first tag I programmed sets to minimum brightness, turns off all sounds and vibrations, but jacks alarm volume all the way and pops open my alarm clock app.
Went and took a fine point sharpie and wrote "sleep" on the tag.
Next is to make two more tags, one that reverses all that at minimum brightness, then another that jacks brightness and opens maps, so I can put the device active again and then one more to tap out the door of my hotel room.
Definitely need to make one for work to tap when I get there, and since I travel so much i'm gonna make one to send a text to my lady letting her know when I cross my state line. That's safe texting while driving - when I hit my state just tap the tag.
A few NFC ideas.
I have a few of the "normal" ones... in and out of the car, work or home... but I also have a ton of very simple ones that come in handy too.
Here's a quick list...
on the back of my guitar, opens a guitar tuner app
on my practice drum pad, opens the metronome
on my Xoom, opens WiFi Tether
on my carry-on bag, starts airplane mode
in my wallet, starts silent mode(it reaches through my jacket)
on the refrigerator, opens the Peapod app.
on the stove, opens the Timer app
on my work notebook, opens Evernote.
But my favorite is this one...
on my Zippo (I keep it in my watch pocket), it uses NFC Tag Launcher to text IFTTT which then calls my phone so I can make an excuse to escape.
I have a few more but I forget to use them.
I forgot the emergency video record on my dash, never needed to use it but just in case it records and sends to the cloud quick and discrete.
This thread got me thinking and I decided to order some tags. The first set came in today. I'm still looking for cool ideas, but here's what I've got so far:
Home (on my desk) - Brightness: minimum, WiFi: on, Bluetooth: on, ringer mode: normal
Car (on my steering wheel) - Brightness: maximum, WiFi: off, Bluetooth: off, ringer mode: normal
Class (on my notebook) - Brightness: minimum, WiFi: off, Bluetooth: off, ringer mode: vibrate
When my second order comes in, I'm going to use the keychain tag to store my contact information. When anyone asks for my phone number or email and has an NFC capable device I'm just going to hold it out. I've tested putting a tag inside my wallet. It works perfectly, I just don't have a good use for it. Maybe have it launch Google Wallet or Mint. I'm also planning on putting another one on my desk that toggles some sort of file sharing or adb over WiFi for copying things from my PC to my phone. I just have to find a way to do it that I like.
I'm sure we can come up with some way cooler ideas though.
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But my favorite is this one...
on my Zippo (I keep it in my watch pocket), it uses NFC Tag Launcher to text IFTTT which then calls my phone so I can make an excuse to escape.
I have a few more but I forget to use them.
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Epic, I am stealing this idea! Kudos!
IFTTT rocks!
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Epic, I am stealing this idea! Kudos!
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Thanks!
This is the text I have read to me when it calls...
{{Message}}. Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day. You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town. Waiting for someone or something to show you the way. Tired of lying in the sunshine. staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find. ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run. you missed the starting gun. And you run and you run to catch up with the sun. but it's sinking. And racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older. And shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Every year is getting shorter. never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught. or half a page of scribbled lines. Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way. The time is gone. the song is over. thought I'd something more to say. . . Home. home again. I like to be here when I can. When I come home cold and tired. It's good to warm my bones beside the fire. Far away. across the field. tolling on the iron bell. Calls the faithful to their knees. And hear the softly spoken magic spell.........
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Took a while to get the punctuation in the right places so it reads (almost)correctly.
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I forgot the emergency video record on my dash, never needed to use it but just in case it records and sends to the cloud quick and discrete.
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This was definitely the first thing that came to mind with the nfc tags, not sure how I want to implement this for the car yet, but definitely will be there.
I did go ahead and make a tag to reverse all the sounds/notifications I disabled on the sleep tag, but kept the brightness low. Called it 'first wake'.
Made another one that jacks brightness all the way and pops open maps, so I can tap it on the way out the door and have navigation ready by the time I hit the vehicle at a brightness level I can see.
Made another one to send my lady a text when I cross my state border, but can't seem to get the auto-send plugin to work at first brush, now it just populates the text but I still have to send manually. When I have more time to play with it i'll probably get it figured out pretty quickly.
I still have more then a dozen fresh tags to play with, so all the excuse in the world to find stuff to use them on. Easy to carry and quick to program.
Like the feature of being able to use the nfc tags in airplane mode in the app, but haven't tried it yet.
I got the samsung tec-tile nfc tags, and they are sticky on one side. I am thinking the best thing to stick them to is a soft side of a velcro strip, one of the ones with sticky on one side that you cut to length. Find a roll as wide as the tag and then cut to fit, sticky to sticky promises good adhesion.
Then it's just making rough side velcro landing spots everywhere. Couple of velcro strips in specific places in my car, my house, on notebooks and camera/phone cases, backpacks - you name it, I believe velcro is the correct answer to dynamic use of the tags. I'll pick some up tomorrow and see how it goes, maybe get some pictures if it works as well as I imagine it will.
Try rubber cement
Blue6IX said:
I got the samsung tec-tile nfc tags, and they are sticky on one side. I am thinking the best thing to stick them to is a soft side of a velcro strip, one of the ones with sticky on one side that you cut to length. Find a roll as wide as the tag and then cut to fit, sticky to sticky promises good adhesion.
Then it's just making rough side velcro landing spots everywhere. Couple of velcro strips in specific places in my car, my house, on notebooks and camera/phone cases, backpacks - you name it, I believe velcro is the correct answer to dynamic use of the tags. I'll pick some up tomorrow and see how it goes, maybe get some pictures if it works as well as I imagine it will.
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I tried Velcro but it was too thick for most of my applications.
I now use a little rubber cement on the spot and a little on the nfc tag(paper backing left on).
Let it dry and stick it together.
It's easy to remove and the cement just rolls off in your fingers for clean up.
I just added one to the top of my PC case that turns on ES File Explorers FTP server. I tried a few alternatives, and this way met my goals best. SMB sharing was too slow at <1 MBps. Wifi File Explorer was a painless solution, but it was mediocre at about 2 MBps plus I didn't want to have an extra app for that one function. ES's FTP server allows me to use one app for all my file moving needs at transfer speed of 3-6 MBps with FileZilla. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to kill the server with an NFC tag so I still have to do that manually. I emailed the dev about adding a kill shortcut or toggle for the server, though.
All in all it's nice not having to dig around for a USB cable when I want to grab a quick file off my phone or push a mod.
Also, for you guys trying to make the tags reusable, might I suggest sticking them to a piece of static cling sticker? You know those removable clear plastic ones you can put on your car windshield. They don't have any adhesive and peel right off (but still stick perfectly well). They only work on smooth surfaces, but if that suits you they'd work really well. I've bought some of the static cling multiple times from this site to use with my parking passes (I hate putting stickers on my car, especially when it comes time to remove them). You can probably find it cheaper somewhere else for a larger sheet that will do multiple tags, then just cut them down to size.
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I've bought some of the static cling multiple times from this site to use with my parking passes (I hate putting stickers on my car, especially when it comes time to remove them). You can probably find it cheaper somewhere else for a larger sheet that will do multiple tags, then just cut them down to size.
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Great idea, I actually have some larger sheets around here somewhere.
That is a good idea. This vehicle is one i'm going to run into the ground. At a thousand miles a week or so travelling, that grave is fast approaching since it wasn't designed for the weight i'm dragging around.
I have no problems with shooting a few self-tapping screws right into the dash to secure the velcro with - past experience with adhesives in the heat this thing gets to on the daily has taught me how unreliable they are.
Next step is to find something to stick a tag to that I can mount in my hotel rooms on a temporary basis as I go from place to place. Here is where I think the static cling idea will come into it's best use for me.
...if not the runner up idea is dollar-store keyring tags I can hang in places.
I'm parked at a place where I can see about some velcro, so i'll let you guys know how that works out.
Loving the ideas and accounts of experiences on this subject, definitely adding a whole new dimension to interacting with my android i'm really enjoying.
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I've just got a Kaiser to replace a long line of Palm Treos.
The only app I can't seem to replace at the moment is one that turns the phone off and on at selected times - so the battery lasts longer and I don't get woken before I'm ready.
Any suggestions?
look for PTRadioScheduler
you can switch on/off the radio and BT seperately (timebased)
Comm Manager Pro (shareware) allows you to turn on/off your radio, bluetooth adapter, wi-fi and other things based upon physical location & time. It's pretty sweet, although I didn't think it was useful enough to me to pay the $19 to keep it. However, you may feel different...
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/S...munication-Manager-Pro-CommMgrPro-37327.shtml
Looks perfect... testing now
epi,
May i suggest Pocketmax PhoneAlarm.. It has this on off thing as a profile which can be scheduled by time, or by location (calendar event).. Plus, it can repeat notification, which is what it was created for.
It's profile is very powerfull, you can control almost everything, from radios to backlight to ringtone.. It also have many nice skin too...
This one is even better.. Bandswitch
http://handheld.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/BandSwitch-Screenshot-37329.html
Thanks for all the suggestions guys...
ptRadio Scheduler does what I need, seems to work nicely in the limited testing I've done, and it's also the cheapest
... so I'll stick with that until it ****s up
It's hard to describe what Tasker can do, as there's not much it can't do. I try to describe it like a high-level interface to the Android API. You can adjust hoards of Android settings programmatically based on Events (application, time, date, location, event, gesture).
Personally, I do some of the following:
Passively upload my GPS location to my website every 10m
Have the phone get fairly loud when I'm a home
Quiet when I'm at work
Nearly Muted when I'm in a meeting (matches a Calendar event)
Muted with Autosyncing disabled at Night while I sleep
Disable Rotation on my etext reader to work around a bug in the ereader which loses my position in my book when it rotates!
Make the screen brightness and sounds high when I'm running Waze (gps program) on AC power (plugged into car charger)
... more little things!
All of this is done using an easy to use GUI to build matching contexts and a task to execute when matched. There are lots of samples to start with on the website, and very easy to write your own. Basically it's a graphical programming language that anyone could use.
It's on the market as of today, and the website is here: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
I have zero connection to the author besides an extremely happy user, decided I would post this here because he's exited beta testing and on the market now.
Here's even a few more examples of things that can be done, pasted from the website.. Still only the tip of the iceberg on things it can do:
passcode-lock sensitive applications (e.g. for child safety)
change phone settings by
application: long screen timeout in a book reader
time: screen brightness lower in the evening
location: ringer volume high at the office, turn off ke yguard at home
wake up with a random song from your music collection
Text-to-speech; read out loud: incoming SMS/ phone number, WiFi/Bluetooth status, when it's time for an appointment, when the battery is low etc etc (Android OS 1.6+ only)
launch a music application when your music SD card is inserted, otherwise a file browser
start the day with a particular application showing
change all your home icons and wallpaper every day, or in particular locations
turn the phone upside down to return to the home screen, tilt 90 degrees to the left and back to toggle speakerphone during a call
create a Home widget to
toggle bluetooth/wifi on/off
launch wireless settings dialog
show a menu of tasks to choose
send an emergency SMS with your GPS location
remap camera etc buttons to other applications, or show a menu of applications and/or actions
decrypt/encrypt and/or zip/unzip application data on the fly when an application is launched/exits
pause music playback while in a particular application, restart on exit
change the Home icon for any application
take a time-lapse photo series (possibly 'secretly')
make a regular backup of a file on the SD card
track your phone location via SMS in case of theft
extend the use of the media button on your headset: take a picture from a distance or go to the previous media track with a long press
record call times and destinations to the SD card
show a popup when an SMS arrives from a particular phone number
setup a birthday SMS to be sent months before it happens so you don't forget
record battery levels over time to a file on SD card
make automatic recordings of what you say during phone calls to SD card
during the night, turn on airplane mode to conserve battery/reduce radiation, but turn it off every 15 minutes to check for SMS/voicemail.
setup a vacation SMS message, with different messages for different callers
launch a music application when headphones are connected
Hrmmm, there's not much reviews for the app. I'm interested in trying out but I wish there was a trial or something.
Vulpix said:
Hrmmm, there's not much reviews for the app. I'm interested in trying out but I wish there was a trial or something.
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I hadn't looked at his market version yet, but it shouldn't need validation for 14 days..
He sells it on the market and off of the market. If nothing else you could install it from his website. I'll ask on his forum, it shouldn't require purchasing to use immediately.
Everytime I try it I get a FC when setting up my profiles, and I lose all my changes. Gets annoying fast. I uninstalled and did refund.
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Everytime I try it I get a FC when setting up my profiles, and I lose all my changes. Gets annoying fast. I uninstalled and did refund.
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Weird, I've seen that like once when I first tried it.. You might want to get on his forums and see what he can do to help fix it, as if you're interested I don't think there's anything else out there that does anywhere close to what Tasker does.
Come to think of it, yes, I did see that maybe 2-3 times, especially when first messing around, but I haven't seen it in weeks, even though I've set up multiple profiles since then. Interesting. You could always set up some stuff, Apply, re-enter the app. At that point it's saved. If it crashes, you won't lose anything. However it'd be good to get logs from alogcat or such to figure out the crash problem.
Awesome.. tasker is too good and much better than locale and setting profiles (though UI could get a bit better)... I've been waiting for it to arrive on the market..
I guess I'm the only person who has troubles with the app.. ::sigh:: I want to love it..
I've actually been using the app for a little over two weeks, and I've found it to be indispensable! GPS drains my battery too fast, so I love coordinating tasks with calendar events in conjunction with network-based location. Not to mention auto starting GPS for specific apps and then shutting GPS back off when I exit said app. There are simply SO many uses for tasker, and its compatible with locale plug-ins.
Btw. Try using Foxy Ring's ambient noise feature to auto adjust ringer volume. It works great when constantly moving from quiet study areas into a loud common room.
Does anyone know how I can set up Tasker to switch to 2G at midnight and then back to 3G/H at 8am?
I have looked throught the options and I can see the settings for 2G, but when I add Time as the 1st context I then can't find anything relating to 2G for the next context.
I understand it's probably just me being thick but if any one could help it would be much appreciated!
Loving this app otherwise, well worth the small fee.
Thanks.
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Does anyone know how I can set up Tasker to switch to 2G at midnight and then back to 3G/H at 8am?
I have looked throught the options and I can see the settings for 2G, but when I add Time as the 1st context I then can't find anything relating to 2G for the next context.
I understand it's probably just me being thick but if any one could help it would be much appreciated!
Loving this app otherwise, well worth the small fee.
Thanks.
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Sure, Tasker doesn't have a "Default" profile, when a profile ends it returns what settings it changed back to what they previously were.. So if it's H going into your night profile, switch off 3G, then when the profile is over it'll return to H. The big difference here is that most likely you're going to have to run an external program, maybe APNDroid or something, to toggle 2G/3G, as apparently it's not in the API directly and Tasker can't do it. So you have an entry task and an exit task.
Yep, I just looked for apps that can do this, they all launch the option in the menus, can't do it directly... So doing this doesn't seem (directly) possible, but maybe there is something out there.. I just glanced. http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=3g&market=android
Profile
Context: Time 00:00 to 08:00
Enter Task
Run Program APNDroid (?)
Exit Task
Run Program APNDroid (?) (to toggle it back on, since it's not a setting here)
Found a nice review and guide for tasker here:
http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone
Looks powerful, and superior to locale.
psych2l said:
Found a nice review and guide for tasker here:
http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone
Looks powerful, and superior to locale.
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I kind feel sorry for Locale Tasker has it 100x over, plus it can use Locale plugins.
I haven't done much digging, but... maybe someone could help me with this one:
I have the Samsung vibrant which does not have a hardware camera button. Would there be a way to use this app to remap the power button when in the camera.app to use it as the shutter button?
Thank you
Anyone else having force closes when trying to set backgrounds for app menus? Don't dig the bland menu background that comes stock in the app.
Great app except the fact it is using 1/4th of my battery for two profiles.
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Great app except the fact it is using 1/4th of my battery for two profiles.
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You have something misconfigured or you have insanely good battery usage then. I have Tasker using the GPS every 10 minutes, uploading that GPS data to my website. It reminds me every 2 minutes of missed email, phone calls, sms... It goes speakerphone if I flip it on a call. It changes profiles for home, work, work meeting, running GPS in the car... I think I have a profile to wash the dishes too, but I'm waiting on an enhancement from Pent to make that one function.
Seriously, post on his forum with the exact context and task, I bet something is done wrong.
Man I still have difficulty trying to make Tasker do simple things because I'm not really savvy with such stuff...
I have been trying to get Tasker to automagically switch keyboards based on orientation for like a few days now, no luck. I want to have Swype when in portrait mode, and then a custom HiRes keyboard in landscape...
can anyone help with this or if someone has done it already, please lend some advice...
Also, maybe this thread can become the official Tasker profile thread, if not, maybe a sticky with user created profiles?
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Also, maybe this thread can become the official Tasker profile thread, if not, maybe a sticky with user created profiles?
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Been trying to a place where people dump their profile examples for the inept people who can't work out half the settings, like myself
Tasker works perfectly on my phone: HTC Desire, stock ROM, official Android 2.2 update
My profiles:
Profile: Running Navigation
Context: Application: Load app Sygic
Tasks:
- Misc: GPS ON
- Audio: Set Media Volume to max
- Display: Set Brightness to 200
- Set Speakerphone to ON
Profile: Silencing Hidden Caller-ID
Context: State: Incoming Call
Tasks:
- Audio: Set Ringer Volume to 0 - if %CNUM ~ 0
- Audio: Set Vibrate to OFF - if %CNUM ~0
Note: for the second profile, you need to use at least 1.0.6 beta 5 (%CNUM bug fixed).
Power Switch
Save power by turning off your device's screen whenever you shut the case!
Power Switch is a tool for devices with cases - somewhat like the SmartCover, it will turn off the screen when you shut the case.
If you have a device with poor battery life, Power Switch can save tons of juice by switching it off entirely after a given amount of time asleep.
Features:
- Sleep seconds after shutting case
- Automatic shutdown
- Set up a schedule using Night Mode
- Configure sensor sensitivity
- Facedown to turn screen off
- Persistent notification
- Uses almost no power
The app has gone through an extensive testing process here at XDA under another name. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, you're the best!
However, this testing showed that some features of that app were not all that useful, and some were conspicuously absent. To save both you and us a lot of grief, we made the second-generation Killswitch.
If you have any comments or suggestions, please use this thread. I daresay Im known as a kindly developer always open to suggestions.
If you want to upgrade from Killswitch, send an email to the address in my signature containing the words "KILLSWITCH REFUND" and the order numbers of both Killswitch and Power Switch. I will then refund you the cost of Killswitch, and you will have Power Switch.
Lite
This version limits the cool down timer - it works just as well, but doesnt save as much juice!
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.powerswitch.demo&feature=more_from_developer
Pro
Has all the juice-saving power and customization!
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.powerswitch.pro&feature=search_result
Works on Gingerbread handsets?
Yes, works on 2.0+. No need for root either.
Any opinions?
Anything else?
Pretty clever implementation of the dialog box, all of the buttons on that is very useful and I will be using this app for my tablet
Enjoy, and please leave suggestions and market reviews, they help a lot!
Any suggestions guys?
I like the app's style and potential.
Maybe you could give consideration to some of the following as potential future features:
- Option to mute/unmute
- Scheduled backup for rooted devices?
- Check for updates (scheduled times?)
- Change data sync frequencies
- Enable/disable location services - root (Latitude etc)
- Kill/enable WiFi/mobile data
- Auto reply to SMSs (option to specify time period)
None of the above are at all thought through by me but you might see some potential that perhaps you hadn't been considering. If you think it's all a load of [email protected] Just ignore this (at least you got a free bump).
nobnut said:
I like the app's style and potential.
Maybe you could give consideration to some of the following as potential future features:
- Option to mute/unmute
- Scheduled backup for rooted devices?
- Check for updates (scheduled times?)
- Change data sync frequencies
- Enable/disable location services - root (Latitude etc)
- Kill/enable WiFi/mobile data
- Auto reply to SMSs (option to specify time period)
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Mate, these are good ideas, but the app really has a different purpose. I am in fact working on something else where these ideas would be more appropriate...
Works great for its intended purpose. Gracias.
Good to see you in this thread tivo, thanks for the thanks!
So based on the description of what this does...
It has no reason to access the internet, but it does.
It has no readon to read my phoen state etc, but it does
It also has no reason to modify my SD card contents, but it does.
I'd like to try this as it may be quite useful. But Im sorry, there's no way Im going to try it given the permissions it seems to require for no stated reason!
Man id really love to reply in a smarmy, pushy-noob destroying, paranoia dispelling way, but you do have a point.
Internet - license, debugging, flurry (very coarse, national level)
Read data - debugging
SD - debugging log creation
Phone state - disables itself during calls (duh)
See i could have said anything there and you would never know (ehm google, htc, amazon).
But im a community dev here. With quite a few apps and a little respect i like to think.
ftgg99 said:
Man id really love to reply in a smarmy, pushy-noob destroying, paranoia dispelling way, but you do have a point.
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Ive nothing against you or your app, but having looked at many things to buy on the market, Ive yet to buy a single one due to the level of permissions they seem to require with no reason given.
I suspect flurry isnt used for poping up annoying ads for "Also by the same author". Yes I know! But I found one free game I liked that insisted on running a background service whose sole purpose seemed to be to download advert details and show notifications of the other games produced by the publisher. A few in game ads I can live with, but not that level of annoyance.
Sorry rant over. Time to find the credit card I think
flurry is just a statistics service, the thing youre talking about is called airpush, its evil incarnate.
Unfortunately it seems this isnt going to work with my transformer and my case
Ive turned the sensitivity down to 1% and it still thinks its too dark and starts to turn the screen off. If I set it to 0% it doesnt start to turn things off at all. This is under energy saving lights or standard fluorescent lights which may be having some effect I guess. Certainly the front camera is quite dark under these lights.
Additionally, when I close the cover I suspect the screen light is reflecting from the cover and lighting the sensor enough to keep things still running unless the screen is really dark. (Even with the cover closed I can see light from the screen through gaps) Turning the sensitivity to a larger percentage would fix that of course, but then it will start turning off while Im using it
What case is this?
ftgg99 said:
What case is this?
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Sorry, meant to add that in!
Its this Tuff-Luv one
I dont see any holes in it...
I may have a lemon S2 Classic. 24 hours in and there are 3 relatively bad issues:
- Pedometer step counter does not work AT ALL. Wore watch all day and it shows I took *zero* steps.
- Heartbeat measuring is a major fail. Click the icon, and the resulting curve is erratic & all over the place. Never even locks on a heart rate and eventually gets to a "try again" button every single time.
- I have display set to always on. After a few seconds, it reverts to a plain black display with clock hands only. No other features. I can live with that, but wait a few minutes more and the screen goes completely black until I touch it or shake it to wake it back up.
I'm hoping someone can point out tips that mean some of this stuff is just user error, but I've spent a ton of time combing the settings both inside the watch as well as inside the phone app. HTC One M9, by the way, and the BT paired without a problem. Thinking Best Buy is about to get a watch returned! Thoughts on what I'm missing?
Sounds like you have a bad unit. My steps have been as accurate as any other wearable I've used. The heart rate monitor is excellent (you need to wear it snug though)... I can't comment on the ambient display as I don't use it
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I think You should return it - the problems You mentioned don't occur on my S2c.
The pedometer is not perfect, at least not before You make more than ~10 steps. If less, the smartwatch is not recording it (as far as I read, it suppose to work like that, cause devs implemented it to be 'eco-energy' and not start recording with every move). But in daily use it works fine for me.
Heartbeat sensor should record fine, maybe the grip on the belt is to loose? Try to make some activity with sHealth and observe if the sensor records anything.
About display - if You choose from settings 'always on' it WILL show only plain black display with clock hands. That's how it suppose to work If You are interested in having the face always turned on then look in the Store for 'I am Alive' app.
sometimes i put my phone in my bed and i forget its there so it ends up falling to the ground,
i usually have it in a vertical stand,
there is any app or task manager that i can config so it remmembers me with a beep the phone is not vertical, and therefor,
it will keep beeping once every hour for example, and when its vertical, to stop,
thanks
spalnndsstest said:
sometimes i put my phone in my bed and i forget its there so it ends up falling to the ground,
i usually have it in a vertical stand,
there is any app or task manager that i can config so it remmembers me with a beep the phone is not vertical, and therefor,
it will keep beeping once every hour for example, and when its vertical, to stop,
thanks
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You should be able to concoct a simple DroidScript for yourself using the easily accessible motion sensors. Now, JavaScript doesn't have a built-in "sleep" timer (to save on processor cycles and battery life), however: You can usually wrap your own or copy someone else's sleep function and use that.
You could even create a task-manager type scheduler or just use the DroidScript itself to act as a time-based scheduled event to launch between X and Y hours every Z days (infinite I'd assume!).
If you're asking if there's a pre-made application to address this small injunction of luxury of life: I do not believe so; I say that based around the belief that not too many persons have such ideas let alone that issue. Who knows? Maybe I'm totally wrong and you could become a millionaire by being the first one to write it!
You could get your 10 minutes of fame on the Google Play Store!!!