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Tasker finally on the Market, automate nearly anything easily!

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.

Knether said:
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.

CitizenLee said:
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.

UrbanMuppet said:
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).

[APP] Tasker: Share your setup

Read about what Tasker is here or at the Lifehacker article. Download on Android Market or direct purchase from dev.
I'm pretty sure the possibilities are endless with this app, so please share what you've done with it here. Here's one of mine (more will follow):
Car Mode
This setup will use a toggle widget to:
Turn off Wi-Fi
Turn on GPS
Send an SMS that is triggered off a missed call event that lets the caller know you're in the car and can't talk
You can easily launch an app (for instance Navigation), I just haven't shown that here
Step #1 Create a new task called "ToggleTask" that looks like this (this is the task the Widget you create will call):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Step #2 Create a new task called "Driving" that looks like this:
Step #3 Create a new task called "Stop Driving" that looks like this:
Step #4 Create a new task called "CarSMS" that looks like this:
Step #5 Create 3 profiles like the bottom 3 seen here:
Final Step Add the widget to your home screen, select "ToggleTask" and click "Add Widget". Note: initially the Widget label will say ToggleTask. If this bothers use rename ToggleTask to StartDriving everywhere it occurs
Now, when you get in the car, click the widget. When you get to your destination, click it again.
To launch an app, simply edit the "Driving" task to do so.

i was not even aware of this app, it looks AWESOME! I'm very interested in seeing how other people are using this application

using this would it be possible to create a shortcut directly to the alarm settings? I still haven't figured out how to do that on froyo since the option dissappeared in bettercut.

AMAZING!
Just downloaded.

bender2115 said:
using this would it be possible to create a shortcut directly to the alarm settings? I still haven't figured out how to do that on froyo since the option dissappeared in bettercut.
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I'm not seeing that, but if I understand your question, you can add the Analog Clock widget to the screen and clicking that will take you into the alarm settings

thanks, but I don't really want a widget, I just want a shortcut.

Looks like timerrific and locale had a baby that kicked its parents ass.

saw something about this earlier on twitter a few days back while i was at work, this thread made me actually try it. just need to play around with it more when its not 5am. only thing i dislike thus far is the app handles media itself instead of passing the "play" and such on to the default music app. need to figure out how to get "play" and "stop" to pass to the music app from the "data" field and i'll be happy

I can't seem to get the SMS functionality to work. Everything works perfectly in the OP's example except send SMS. I'm wondering if there is something in settings that needs tweeked?

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saw something about this earlier on twitter a few days back while i was at work, this thread made me actually try it. just need to play around with it more when its not 5am. only thing i dislike thus far is the app handles media itself instead of passing the "play" and such on to the default music app. need to figure out how to get "play" and "stop" to pass to the music app from the "data" field and i'll be happy
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Have you tried using Media->Android media->Toggle Pause?
I imagine you could use Headphone Plugged:App->Music,Toggle Pause to ensure it worked every time. Or you could assign a variable if you wanted it to be more sophisticated. Here's a quick example:
Not Music=Variable Set %MUSIC, 0
Headset Plugged=Load App:Music(If Music = 0)
Headset Plugged=Go Home(If Music = 0)
Headset Plugged=Variable Set %MUSIC, 1
Headset Plugged EXIT=Android Media Pause
Variable Set %MUSIC, 1=Android Media Toggle
Works like a charm on my droid.

ya, so my alarm now says "wake the frack up you lazy bastard" on work days if i sleep past a certain time. 15min before i *have* to be out the door, phone says "isnt it time to leave for work" then turns gps on. when i leave and plug in the heaphone jack music starts (stops when unplugged), turns wifi off when 30M from home, arrive at work stops music, turns phone on silent. gps turns off until i leave work, and then it sends a SMS to my gf i'm on the way home when so far from work. dev will be getting some monies on my payday
now i wont have to play with the phone so much while driving
thanks for the toggle pause, didnt even notice all that last night and that did the trick

I've been using Tasker since the early betas for months now.
The three things that I always run:
WORK (Location 1km around Work)
- Turn Wifi Off
SLEEP (Hours 22:00-07:00)
- Turn AutoSync Off (this stops emails, but allows calls and SMS during the night)
LOW BATTERY (Battery 0-20%)
- Turn off AutoBrightness
- Set Brightness to 10%
- Set Screen Timeout to 30s
- Turn AutoSync Off

artesea said:
I've been using Tasker since the early betas for months now.
The three things that I always run:
WORK (Location 1km around Work)
- Turn Wifi Off
SLEEP (Hours 22:00-07:00)
- Turn AutoSync Off (this stops emails, but allows calls and SMS during the night)
LOW BATTERY (Battery 0-20%)
- Turn off AutoBrightness
- Set Brightness to 10%
- Set Screen Timeout to 30s
- Turn AutoSync Off
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Hey I was wondering if you could let me know how you setup your variables. i'm not understanding how to do this. I was trying to setup sleep profile to turn off auto sync and i don't know what to put for variables %Time-?????????

Previously with Timeriffic (which is fantastic, btw) if I wanted a night profile, I had to guess about what times I would be going to bed. Since I use the desktop dock, Tasker allows me to setup a new event based upon docking my phone, so I've been using this for the "Docked" event:
Enter Task (go to bed):
Turn Wifi Off
Lower Ring volume
Lower Notification volume
Turn off vibrate
Exit Task (when I wake up and pull the phone off the dock:
Load App: Weather Bug Elite (to check the forecast)
artesea said:
LOW BATTERY (Battery 0-20%)
- Turn off AutoBrightness
- Set Brightness to 10%
- Set Screen Timeout to 30s
- Turn AutoSync Off
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I think I'm gonna implement this one too..

mrmarshall428 said:
Hey I was wondering if you could let me know how you setup your variables. i'm not understanding how to do this. I was trying to setup sleep profile to turn off auto sync and i don't know what to put for variables %Time-?????????
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Tasker can be tricky to get used to, but once mastered has amazing power.
To create my Sleep profile here are the step:
Press New, you will get a "First Context" popup, select "Time".
Here you should have From and To ticked. Make sure that From is when you want Sync Off (22:00) and To when it comes back on (07:00). Press Done.
This will now take you to a Task Edit screen.
You don't need to press New, but doing so allows you to name this bit.
Press the "+" button, in the "Select Action Category" select Net, and then Auto-Sync.
Here leave it as "Set: Off" and press Done
Press the Done button along the bottom.
You will now be back in the main Tasker screen. If you want to rename "From 22:00 to 07:00" tap on it, and select Name and give it something like "Sleep".
Press Apply and you are ready to go.

xManMythLegend said:
Looks like timerrific and locale had a baby that kicked its parents ass.
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Tasker says to Momma Timmerific and Daddy Locale: "who's your daddy now BIOTCH??!!"
The_Adjudicator said:
I can't seem to get the SMS functionality to work. Everything works perfectly in the OP's example except send SMS. I'm wondering if there is something in settings that needs tweeked?
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Here's what I did, this might help you.
Let's create a task that send a SMS to the number "466453", which is GOOGLE 411. I have this set daily to check the weather for me.
From your Tasker home screen, create New.
Select First Context : Time.
Select your From time. Make sure it has a checkmark, and un-check To. Click Done.
I have mine set for 10:00am.
Press the + icon (bottom left corner).
Select Action Category : Phone.
Select Phone Action : Send SMS.
Fill in the contact number (466453) and the message (weather xxxxx), where xxxxx is your local zipcode.
Tap Done.
Tap Done again.
----- ----- ----- ----- -----
You can test it by changing the Time to a few minutes ahead. Then edit it after you confirm it works.
I have several of these. One for the weather that repeats every 6 hours, another to check my bank balances, and one that texts my wife, "I Love You"

crachel said:
Enter Task (go to bed):
Turn Wifi Off
Lower Ring volume
Lower Notification volume
Turn off vibrate
Exit Task (when I wake up and pull the phone off the dock:
Load App: Weather Bug Elite (to check the forecast)
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Would both of these "Enter" and "exit" be as one task??

I see tasks created.....what i'm wondering is.
Do we create a task to revert the phone to a previous state??

Mikey1022 said:
I see tasks created.....what i'm wondering is.
Do we create a task to revert the phone to a previous state??
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No, Tasker will automatically revert back. For instance, when I lower phone & notification volume and disable vibrate on a phone "Docked" event, Tasker automatically reverts back when I un-dock the phone. I don't have to tell it to put the volume back up and turn on vibrate.
When you click a task in the Profile view, you will get an option to "Add Exit Task", that would be used for doing something unique all together (like launching an app).. you don't have to use it to revert state
Edit:http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/userguide_settings.html

I'm using it to enable wifi on places where I know there's wifi and some power management stuff.. the usual.
There is one task I'm working on that's kinda awesome, but I can't get it to function properly. When I wake up, Tasker polls weatheronline.com for the current weather and the forecast for the day, and reads it out to me. The trouble is in the fact that I can't get it to read me the conditions for the day, it reads me the url for the conditions icon instead.
Attached is the xml of the task, maybe somebody smarter can get it to work?
(note: You'll have to register at worldweatheronline.com for a free key and paste it in the HTTP get action)

[GUIDE] Tasker

So as some of you may know there is an app for android called Tasker and it is by far the most powerful app out to date.
"Tasker is an application for Android which performs Tasks (sets of Actions) based on Contexts (application, time, date, location, event, gesture) in user-defined Profiles, or in clickable or timer home screen widgets.
This simple concept profoundly extends your control of your Android device and it's capabilities, without the need for 'root' or a special home screen"
As powerful and amazing as this app is, it's pretty hard to use unless your very tech savvy and I have been searching the Net for some how-to guides but their doesn't seem to be much out there. So I wanted to create this thread and have people post their own little tips/mods that they have set-up with Tasker so that newbies such as my-self can have a place to go if they need help getting Tasker to perform certain functions.
I just download the app last night and haven't had much time to mess with it yet, but once I get the hang of it I will start posting what I'm doing.
Anybody that uses Tasker please feel free to add on to the thread and lets make this the ultimate "How-to" guide for people trying to unlock the full potential of this amazing app.

How long did it take you to develop this app?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

firemedic1343 said:
How long did it take you to develop this app?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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@OP, one that I made that I find useful scans the SD card for new media whenever it's mounted.
PROFILE:
Event - Card Mounted (Priority: Normal, Card Title: <blank>, Frequency: 1)
Task - Media -> Scan Card
Task - Alert -> Flash (Text: Scanning for new media..., Long: <unchecked>, If: <unchecked>)
This one turns off the lockscreen when using Music or Pandora (you have to make two separate profiles!)
PROFILE:
Application - Music/Pandora
Task - Display -> Keyguard (Set: Off, If: <unchecked>)
I also spent a lot of time developing a task that would turn airplane mode on for 45 minutes, turn it off for 15 minutes, then turn it back on and repeat until stopped. Everything works except Tasker stops all timers when the phone sleeps, so unless I want to put a partial wake-lock on it (which would defeat the whole battery-saving purpose of the profile in the first place), it doesn't work

Gregalous said:
@OP, one that I made that I find useful scans the SD card for new media whenever it's mounted.
PROFILE:
Event - Card Mounted (Priority: Normal, Card Title: <blank>, Frequency: 1)
Task - Media -> Scan Card
Task - Alert -> Flash (Text: Scanning for new media..., Long: <unchecked>, If: <unchecked>)
This one turns off the lockscreen when using Music or Pandora (you have to make two separate profiles!)
PROFILE:
Application - Music/Pandora
Task - Display -> Keyguard (Set: Off, If: <unchecked>)
I also spent a lot of time developing a task that would turn airplane mode on for 45 minutes, turn it off for 15 minutes, then turn it back on and repeat until stopped. Everything works except Tasker stops all timers when the phone sleeps, so unless I want to put a partial wake-lock on it (which would defeat the whole battery-saving purpose of the profile in the first place), it doesn't work
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Both setups seem very useful, ima check them out. Thanks for the input!
About the one you can't get to work. I'm pretty sure I actually saw something similar to it the other day on another website, not 100% sure though. I think it was a profile that allowed you to basically turn off all of you're data and have it come back on for a short period of time to gather texts and stuff...
Ima going to look for it for you to see if i can find it...
In the mean time I found a few useful profiles here http://lifehacker.com/5606284/three-handy-tasker-profiles-from-our-readers
I would post them but theres actually quite a bit if you look in the comments and the post itself.
Once I think of something "original" i'll post it

You also might want to check the official Tasker pages. There is also a Wiki with step-throughs (link on left side of main page).
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/

This is the only app I have been able to find that will let you remotely turn the GPS on. IMO that alone was worth the money, now I don't have to waste time writing an app for it.
I've been working on something to activate the GPS and send the phone's location, available wifi networks, etc, over a text message. Haven't figure out how to make it update the GPS location or turn on 3G yet though. Anyone know anything about android bridge scripts and if they would be able to do this?

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You also might want to check the official Tasker pages. There is also a Wiki with step-throughs (link on left side of main page).
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
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Wow. thanks a lot for the link. i have been looking for some sort of wiki or help for tasker for a while now but apparently I wasn't looking in rite places.
Thanks again.
Also, Mobile Defense, if installed in system apps allows you to remotely turn on gps and track your phone, however, they have temporarily closed down the beta. I've always had it on my android phones and it's pretty amazing. Much better than lookout for tracking your device.

tasker is a great app. i use it on a dialy basis. save so much battery life

SiL3nTKiLL said:
tasker is a great app. i use it on a dialy basis. save so much battery life
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What works for you? Some example scripts please please. thanks.

Here is more info on tasker setup.
I tried some of these and they worked great.
http://lifehacker.com/5601133/push-...d-to-awesome-heights-with-these-tasker-setups
http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone

maps to start gps and gps logger
hi everyone,
i'd like to start maps, and have:
- Gps turned on
and
-an app called GpsLogger to start.
The problem i get is that, once Gps is turned on and GpsLogger is opened, if i get back to Maps by long-pressing the home button the whole automation starts again, leading me to GpsLogger again..
Could anyone help please?
Thanks!

I downloaded Tasker the other day to accomplish one thing only. I wanted my wife to be able to get through to me whenever she called me. I work shift work so my phone is set to Silent at odd times when I am resting, so the various dings and rings don't interrupt my sleep. Fearful of her not being able to get a hold of me in an emergency, I set this up:
Profile: Priority Call (named by me)
Context: Incoming Call - Very simply, I used the magnifying glass to select her contact from my phone, and it input her name in the box.
Task: Silent Mode - Mode set to OFF
This profile checks all incoming calls and then turns Silent Mode OFF and allows the call to ring through. When the call is done, the phone returns to Silent Mode. NOTE: I also had to set up a separate task to turn the phone to silent in the first place. For some reason, Tasker would not recognize the phone as being in "Silent Mode" if I used the volume down button to put it in silent mode. So I just added a shortcut to the Tasker task of putting the phone to silent on my homescreen. Now when I go to bed, I hit the shortcut and I am able to be undisturbed until I wake again, unless my wife calls. I could see this being very useful for people with teenagers that are out or babysitters with children.
This task can also be useful if you sleep at defined hours, because you can set the phone to automatically turn to silent at X hour, and turn silent mode off at X hour. Just some ideas.
I am now searching for ways to completely automate the phone by making it turn on my GPS and Bluetooth when I am away from home, as well as turn these off and turn my wifi on when I am at home. Several attempts with no knowledge of this app have been unsuccessful so far. More to follow.
Robert

OnDutyTactical said:
I downloaded Tasker the other day to accomplish one thing only. I wanted my wife to be able to get through to me whenever she called me. I work shift work so my phone is set to Silent at odd times when I am resting, so the various dings and rings don't interrupt my sleep. Fearful of her not being able to get a hold of me in an emergency, I set this up:
Profile: Priority Call (named by me)
Context: Incoming Call - Very simply, I used the magnifying glass to select her contact from my phone, and it input her name in the box.
Task: Silent Mode - Mode set to OFF
This profile checks all incoming calls and then turns Silent Mode OFF and allows the call to ring through. When the call is done, the phone returns to Silent Mode. NOTE: I also had to set up a separate task to turn the phone to silent in the first place. For some reason, Tasker would not recognize the phone as being in "Silent Mode" if I used the volume down button to put it in silent mode. So I just added a shortcut to the Tasker task of putting the phone to silent on my homescreen. Now when I go to bed, I hit the shortcut and I am able to be undisturbed until I wake again, unless my wife calls. I could see this being very useful for people with teenagers that are out or babysitters with children.
This task can also be useful if you sleep at defined hours, because you can set the phone to automatically turn to silent at X hour, and turn silent mode off at X hour. Just some ideas.
I am now searching for ways to completely automate the phone by making it turn on my GPS and Bluetooth when I am away from home, as well as turn these off and turn my wifi on when I am at home. Several attempts with no knowledge of this app have been unsuccessful so far. More to follow.
Robert
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Here you go...
These two pages on the Tasker Wiki will show you how to do a lot of what you want, and even find stuff you didn't know you needed.
http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index
http://tasker.wikidot.com/step-throughs

[APP] Tasker Profiles

Didn't see a thread for this so I thought i'd start one.
Anyone use this app to automate? Been using it for a few weeks and love it.
Here are some of the profiles I've created/been using.
- Headset = when inserted, pop up a menu of apps. When removed, kill said apps and mute media volume
- Calender = silent the phone when I am in a meeting (entry = busy)
- Work = Turn down all volume/notifications while i'm at work (730-400, M-F)
- Home = When home, turn on WiFi. When i leave, turn it off
- Power = when charging, pop up a menu for which power mode: night, charge, USB, or Car. Perform tasks depending on which mode is used
- Movies = when at the movie theater, silent completely. Turn volume on when I leave
- Night = Turn on Airplane mode when sleeping, on every 15 minutes to sync in data
Anyone else have any good profiles to share??

I turn on GPS when "My Tracks" is launched...
I created a Task to turn GPS on and then launch Navigation. Then I added a shortcut to that Task w/ the Navigation to icon...
I turn my phone to vibrate when I'm near work networks...
Silence my phone and turn off data-sync from midnight-7.

I've been trying to make a profile that will shut off my WiFi when I go out of range and disconnect, but I can't get it to work properly.
I really don't know why Android will let you keep you WiFi on when you're not connected for an extended period of time.

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I use a few.
1] Kill 3G, launch wifi when at work or home. Autoconnect.
2] Set security flag when NOT at work or at home
3] If security flag is OFF, PIN is OFF on device boot.
4] On receipt of SMS, play a longish sound so I can find it.
5] If I can't find it, different SMS turns off WiFi, turns on GPS and 3G, waits for GPS, and responds to me with location via SMS. Also engages high volume setting.
6] If I don't like where it is, yet another SMS will initiate a lock sequence. This silences all alerts, sets the security flag on, and times out the screen. Then, wakes the device up with a message with my email and a nice request to return, sends me the GPS location again via SMS, and begins to popup a lock screen via Tasker every six seconds. The lock screen can be bypassed, but on reboot the device will require a PIN to access as the security flag will be set.
Now, you might say- why not use a task killer or uninstall it? I thought about that. If i'm not at home or work (within 50meters) all programs that are capable of installing, uninstalling, modding, or killing are PIN locked. NICE!

heliotropeUCSD said:
I use a few.
1] Kill 3G, launch wifi when at work or home. Autoconnect.
2] Set security flag when NOT at work or at home
3] If security flag is OFF, PIN is OFF on device boot.
4] On receipt of SMS, play a longish sound so I can find it.
5] If I can't find it, different SMS turns off WiFi, turns on GPS and 3G, waits for GPS, and responds to me with location via SMS. Also engages high volume setting.
6] If I don't like where it is, yet another SMS will initiate a lock sequence. This silences all alerts, sets the security flag on, and times out the screen. Then, wakes the device up with a message with my email and a nice request to return, sends me the GPS location again via SMS, and begins to popup a lock screen via Tasker every six seconds. The lock screen can be bypassed, but on reboot the device will require a PIN to access as the security flag will be set.
Now, you might say- why not use a task killer or uninstall it? I thought about that. If i'm not at home or work (within 50meters) all programs that are capable of installing, uninstalling, modding, or killing are PIN locked. NICE!
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I like the security flag and locking. Great idea. I'm going to have to try and set that one up.
Currently I,
1. Turn on WiFi at home and off when I leave.
2. Turn off email checking at 11pm and back on at 5am
3. Turn on GPS when Maps is opened.
4. Launch Sirius when headset is plugged in (the only time I use the "headset" is an aux cable into my car stereo.

rmoney said:
I've been trying to make a profile that will shut off my WiFi when I go out of range and disconnect, but I can't get it to work properly.
I really don't know why Android will let you keep you WiFi on when you're not connected for an extended period of time.
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you can either use the 'wifi near' profile, or use gps as a location and turn on/off wifi based on that location.
i prefer the gps. the time between checks can be set in tasker as well. I really don't notice the battery kill and keep wifi/gps on while i'm at home...off at work
hope it helps!

MMBosstones86 said:
you can either use the 'wifi near' profile, or use gps as a location and turn on/off wifi based on that location.
i prefer the gps. the time between checks can be set in tasker as well. I really don't notice the battery kill and keep wifi/gps on while i'm at home...off at work
hope it helps!
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About how long do you have between GPS checks, so that I'll have a rough estimate of what doesn't kill the battery too fast?

Θmega said:
About how long do you have between GPS checks, so that I'll have a rough estimate of what doesn't kill the battery too fast?
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pretty sure i have it to whatever tasker defaults as. Maybe a minute or two longer. GPS doesn't touch the battery unless its working (you see the satellite). Give it a shot and see how it works. If you don't like it, it can be changed easily

MMBosstones86 said:
you can either use the 'wifi near' profile, or use gps as a location and turn on/off wifi based on that location.
i prefer the gps. the time between checks can be set in tasker as well. I really don't notice the battery kill and keep wifi/gps on while i'm at home...off at work
hope it helps!
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Yeah I was trying not to use gps, don't care about connecting to WiFi, just don't want it to still be polling for a signal when I forget to turn it off.

rmoney said:
Yeah I was trying not to use gps, don't care about connecting to WiFi, just don't want it to still be polling for a signal when I forget to turn it off.
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if you use wifi near, it'll turn on wifi to check every few minutes.
gps is set to poll 2 minutes when the screen is on, 10 minutes when screen is off. I find no problems with it on the battery

I know, but I'm not near WiFi often enough to bother connecting. I just want it so that the occasional time I do connect that when I forget to turn it off when I leave the area it doesn't stay on for the next hour till I notice.

heliotropeUCSD said:
5] If I can't find it, different SMS turns off WiFi, turns on GPS and 3G, waits for GPS, and responds to me with location via SMS. Also engages high volume setting.
6] If I don't like where it is, yet another SMS will initiate a lock sequence. This silences all alerts, sets the security flag on, and times out the screen. Then, wakes the device up with a message with my email and a nice request to return, sends me the GPS location again via SMS, and begins to popup a lock screen via Tasker every six seconds. The lock screen can be bypassed, but on reboot the device will require a PIN to access as the security flag will be set.
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I'm not sure how to set this up. Could you please explain how you did this?
Thanks!

I have a bunch... we need to figure out how to share the code for these...
Quiet night: Silent, wifi off, sets a variable that i am in sleepmode
Sleep mode emergency calls - if sleepmode is no, turns it off and lets it ring only on calls from certain numbers
Meeting silent: silent mode when I am in meetings
Face down silent: ****s it up if i turn it face down
Low battery: notifies me, turnjs off wifi and gps, drops brightness, switches to vibrate
Home: turn off gps, turn on wifi
No Keyguard: turns off keyguard and leaves on display when plugged in
Work: wifi off (security at work), drops volume on everything,

@mianthropic777 - something to note on your low battery profile. Vibrate actually uses much more energy than audible ringers. Might want to switch that one up

rmoney said:
I know, but I'm not near WiFi often enough to bother connecting. I just want it so that the occasional time I do connect that when I forget to turn it off when I leave the area it doesn't stay on for the next hour till I notice.
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I made a profile to turn wifi off one minute after the phone sleeps. It's an event so the wifi will not turn itself back on. I also made a widget to disable it incase I'm using the wifi to download a file.

how do you make a profile that silences and responds to sms's at movies?
I mean how does it know when you are at a theater?
Can you make a widget to turn this mode on with a touch of the widget?
Thanks

You could easily make a widget to do this for you, or you could set a gps location for your theater to do it automatically.

I've got a few that haven't been mentioned:
- When connected to my home wifi network, keyguard pattern is disabled
- Whenever I answer an incoming call, in-call volume automatically set to 1 (I have some loud obnoxious friends)
- When phone placed face down, switches to vibrate mode and gives me a single short vibrate to confirm. Also screen timeout switched to 7 seconds (shortest possible). Exit task (when phone flipped back up) reverts to whatever ring mode it was in, and gives 2 short vibrates to confirm
- When I launch Pandora, media volume automatically set to 1

Solomente said:
I've got a few that haven't been mentioned:
- When connected to my home wifi network, keyguard pattern is disabled
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It says keyguard pattern is not available for my phone, why?
(yes I have an Incredible)

I have it set to turn in airplane mode while im in school (high school 8-3) and check for messages every thirty minutes.
Saves the hell out of my battery. I leave around 6:30 in the morning and get home around 7:30 at night...usually have about 40% when I get home.
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Favorite Tasker Profiles

What are some of your guys's favorite Tasker profiles for your GS3?

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What are some of your guys's favorite Tasker profiles for your GS3?
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One of my more useful ones is a set of Bluetooth controls. It has 3 core profiles and any number of time profiles that will turn Bluetooth on at a specified time and disable it after so many minutes with a few different conditions to handle active connections and such. This keep Bluetooth off for most of the day and only turns it on when I normally need it the most.
Profile Name: Bluetooth Noon
(I have three of these. One for the morning drive to work, one for lunch time and one for the drive home after work)
Contexts:
Time - 11:45
Days - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu or Fri
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Bluetooth - Set On
2.) Variable Set - Name %BTSchedActive To yes
3.) Wait - MS 0 Seconds 0 Minutes 30 Hours 1
4.) Variable Set - Name %BTSchedActive to no
5.) Profile Status - Name Bluetooth Countdown Set On
Profile Name: Bluetooth Connected
Contexts:
Bluetooth Connected - *, *
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Variable Set - Name %BTConnActive To yes
Exit Task
1.) Variable Set - Name %BTConnActive To no
2.) Profile Status - Name Bluetooth Countdown Set On
Profile Name: Bluetooth Countdown
Contexts:
Variable Value - %BTConnActive Matches no
Variable Value - %BTSchedActive Matches no
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Profile Status - Name Auto Off Unpaired Bluetooth Set On
Profile Name: Auto Off Unpaired Bluetooth
Contexts:
NOT Bluetooth Connected - *, *
Variable Value - %BLUE Matches on
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Variable Set - Name %TIMCOUNTER To %TIME + 900
2.) Wait - MS 0 Seconds 0 Minutes 1 Hours 0 Until %TIMES > %TIMCOUNTER
3.) Bluetooth - Set Off If %PACTIVE ~ *Auto Off Unpaired Bluetooth*
Edit: I've attached the XML files for ease of import. Just rename them from .txt to .xml after you download them.

Would anyone be able to create a tasker profile to disable the LED notification during certain hours (for TouchWiz)? Example, turn off all LED notifications at 11pm, turn back on at 7am.

s197 said:
Would anyone be able to create a tasker profile to disable the LED notification during certain hours (for TouchWiz)? Example, turn off all LED notifications at 11pm, turn back on at 7am.
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Try these out. The Disable Sync at night has the time component and prevents email and other Google sync items from being sync during that time frame (I have to leave my phone off silent for On-Call pages, but hate getting email notifications and such at 2am). With the below, from 11:30pm to 6:20am Sync is disabled. As a result, any notifications that do come in will trigger the other two profiles to get ride of the notification light. On handles the initial notification received the other turns the light back off if you turn the screen on the off again (normally the notification is reset and it would flash if we didn't add this extra step. The two that issue commands require Root. It would be best to manually run them once to ensure Tasker has the permissions it needs.
If you don't want sync disabled, then change the profile Active attribute in 'Disable Notify Light @night' to a Time range. Hope this helps.
Profile Name: Disable Notify Light @night
Contexts:
Notification - *, *
Profile Active - Disable Sync At Night
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Run Shell - Command echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/sec/led/led_pattern Use Root
Profile Name: Disable Notify Light
Contexts:
Display State - Off
Profile Active - Disable Disable Notify Light @night
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Run Shell - Command echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/sec/led/led_pattern Use Root
Profile Name: Disable Sync At Night
Contexts:
From - 23:30 Till 06:20
Power - Any
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Auto Sync - Set Off
Edit: I've attached the XML files for ease of import. Just rename them from .txt to .xml after you download them.

Will try this out tonight, really appreciate your help and quick response!

Thanks for those great profiles, ViperRacer. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a quick question. You don't need to go to the time to make one out if you don't want to, but I've been trying to make a profile to disable the lock screen when I'm at home. I have it set to disable when I'm on my Wi-Fi, but it only seems to work 50% of the time. It'll be off for a while, then randomly turn on again. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!

aaronfuhrer said:
Thanks for those great profiles, ViperRacer. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a quick question. You don't need to go to the time to make one out if you don't want to, but I've been trying to make a profile to disable the lock screen when I'm at home. I have it set to disable when I'm on my Wi-Fi, but it only seems to work 50% of the time. It'll be off for a while, then randomly turn on again. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!
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I'd be curious to know what your Advanced Wi-Fi Settings were, specifically the 'Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep'. If it is set to 'Never' or 'Only when plugged in' it will turn off the Wi-Fi at some point while the phone screen is off, thus causing the tasker profile to stop running until the phone is woken up again which would happen second to you turning on the phone and being presented with the unwanted lock screen.
I would suggest setting that option to 'Always' and see if it yields better results.

ViperRacer said:
Try these out. The Disable Sync at night has the time component and prevents email and other Google sync items from being sync during that time frame (I have to leave my phone off silent for On-Call pages, but hate getting email notifications and such at 2am). With the below, from 11:30pm to 6:20am Sync is disabled. As a result, any notifications that do come in will trigger the other two profiles to get ride of the notification light. On handles the initial notification received the other turns the light back off if you turn the screen on the off again (normally the notification is reset and it would flash if we didn't add this extra step. The two that issue commands require Root. It would be best to manually run them once to ensure Tasker has the permissions it needs.
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I tried the profiles last night and unfortunately it didn't work. The auto-sync didn't shut off and the LED notification stayed on. I did run it manually to allow root so I don't think that was the issue. Any idea why it didn't work?

s197 said:
I tried the profiles last night and unfortunately it didn't work. The auto-sync didn't shut off and the LED notification stayed on. I did run it manually to allow root so I don't think that was the issue. Any idea why it didn't work?
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That's rather strange. The disable auto sync is one of the simpler profiles and should have worked. I hate to ask, but is the profile enabled (green check mark)? All three should be enabled at all times. Try modifying the profile and set the time range to be something that would force it to activate now and plug it into a power source. If you don't want the power source requirement (which is another possibility) just remove that context. I personally keep it in case I'm out late with friends so I continue to get email even if it is past the hour.

s197 said:
I tried the profiles last night and unfortunately it didn't work. The auto-sync didn't shut off and the LED notification stayed on. I did run it manually to allow root so I don't think that was the issue. Any idea why it didn't work?
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I also ran this last night.
In order for the profile to kick in it needs to be during the time specified and plugged in.
Once I plugged in my phone my sync turned off.
My red battery charge light did come on. Not sure if this stayed on the whole time or not. Later at night when I woke up I did not see the green charged light on.
At the specified time in the morning, while still plugged in my sync turned back on and I received my email messages.
So for me this worked well, but I will need to check to see why the red light stayed on. I would have expected the profile to kill this light too.
Thanks for these profiles they worked pretty good for me.

Austin808 said:
...My red battery charge light did come on. Not sure if this stayed on the whole time or not. Later at night when I woke up I did not see the green charged light on...
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I had turned my charging light off within the first day of getting the phone so I've never actually tested that part. I would take a guess that there is no notification occurring, thus the profile isn't triggered killing the LED for charging. The Green LED is killed because we do get a notification in the bar for a full charge. One solution is to maybe add another couple of tasks in the Disable Sync At Night profile that waits for 10 seconds and then issue the command there to kill off that light. But thats only a guess. I'll play around with it and see if that would fix it.
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I tested out this and it worked. Screen was off and within 10 seconds the led was shutoff.
Profile Name: Disable Sync At Night
Contexts:
From - 23:30 Till 06:20
Power - Any
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Auto Sync - Set Off
2.) Wait - Seconds10
3.) Run Shell - Command echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/sec/led/led_pattern Use Root
This will take care of the initial red charging light. As a note, the light in theory would come back if the screen was turned back on and off but the other profile triggered at display off will handle that condition. Adjust the 10 second wait as needed if your screen timeout is longer. May not be much of an issue though as the other profile should kick in in the event the screen stays on long enough.

ViperRacer said:
That's rather strange. The disable auto sync is one of the simpler profiles and should have worked. I hate to ask, but is the profile enabled (green check mark)? All three should be enabled at all times. Try modifying the profile and set the time range to be something that would force it to activate now and plug it into a power source. If you don't want the power source requirement (which is another possibility) just remove that context. I personally keep it in case I'm out late with friends so I continue to get email even if it is past the hour.
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Doh! I was testing it without it being plugged in. I bet that was the problem, thanks I'll adjust to remove that feature and see if it works.
Edit: Works!

ViperRacer said:
Update:
I tested out this and it worked. Screen was off and within 10 seconds the led was shutoff.
Profile Name: Disable Sync At Night
Contexts:
From - 23:30 Till 06:20
Power - Any
Tasks:
Enter Task
1.) Auto Sync - Set Off
2.) Wait - Seconds10
3.) Run Shell - Command echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/sec/led/led_pattern Use Root
This will take care of the initial red charging light. As a note, the light in theory would come back if the screen was turned back on and off but the other profile triggered at display off will handle that condition. Adjust the 10 second wait as needed if your screen timeout is longer. May not be much of an issue though as the other profile should kick in in the event the screen stays on long enough.
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Thanks, this information helped me to find a solution that works for me.
I added the Wait 10 seconds to the task Notify Light Off.
Added Notify Light Off task to the Disable Sync At Night profile
Changed profile Disable Notify Light, change the Profile Active to Disable Sync At Night (if I did not do this if I turn on the screen then back off again the light would stay on)
I think this is working perfectly for me now. Thanks again.

I have these (no order) I can think of:
1. power plug: turn keyguard off, keep screen on
2. wifi off at 10:30 pm in case I forget to turn it off (battery savings)
3. sync off 10:30-6am so I do not get emails and such while I sleep
4. on sunday's from 9-10:15 it mutes the phone while I am in church
5. from 11:45pm until 5:30am it goes into airplane mode (battery savings)
6. when Navi app is run, GPS is turned on, screen brightness is turned up, keyguard is turned off, screen stays on
7. BT turns off at 9pm (battery savings)
8. whenever BT initially syncs, a tone is played to tell me the phone is connected and ready

Hmm, that keep Wi-Fi on during sleep option didn't seem to help. Not sure what else it would be. Thanks for trying anyways!

aaronfuhrer said:
Hmm, that keep Wi-Fi on during sleep option didn't seem to help. Not sure what else it would be. Thanks for trying anyways!
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There is a little known bug/feature of the S3. I found and saved this tip a while back. Needs to be done every time you reboot though.
WiFi Powersave
Using the phone dialer, dial *#0011# then press the menu key, then from the popup menu, select WiFi. You will see a button to turn off the power save mode. It will stay off until the phone is restarted, and this should allow control by Tasker to be more consistent. Press the back button repeatedly to get out of these screens.

Thanks for tips I was wondering why I couldn't get the lock screen profiles to work either. What if they were tied to cell towers near home?
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aaronfuhrer said:
Hmm, that keep Wi-Fi on during sleep option didn't seem to help. Not sure what else it would be. Thanks for trying anyways!
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My lock screen has randomly appeard on me as well.
Profiles:
Wi-fi on when in range of certain towers
lock screen off when connected to router
I seem to get the random unexpected lock screens after a rebooting, and thought I had it narrowed down to cycling tasker on and off a few times. I just started using tasker a couple days ago, will keep tinkering with it, let me know if this helps you at all.

I just started using tasker and I'm trying to create a (what should be) very simple profile.
I want to have my display brightness normally set to 36% on battery and 75% when plugged in.
It works very well, except that if I reboot my phone while plugged in, it will not go back down in brightness once i unplug it.
I simply set a "task" to set the brighness at level 165 when power source is AC. I don't see a selection for battery, just "any, AC or USB".
How do I get it to check if it's not plugged in to set the display brighness?

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I just started using tasker and I'm trying to create a (what should be) very simple profile.
I want to have my display brightness normally set to 36% on battery and 75% when plugged in.
It works very well, except that if I reboot my phone while plugged in, it will not go back down in brightness once i unplug it.
I simply set a "task" to set the brighness at level 165 when power source is AC. I don't see a selection for battery, just "any, AC or USB".
How do I get it to check if it's not plugged in to set the display brighness?
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Try using the Invert option with Both AC/USB. It should fire when power is not provided by either of those sources.