This is the official thread for the Condi app. Please post your feedback here and I'll do my best to reply.
Condi (was previously listed as Mini Tasker but pent asked us to change the name) is an automation tool for Android 4.0 or higher. It's completely free. It's our first attempt at android programming for a university project we just submitted.
There are many other automation tools, many of them had time to mature, most of them have better support for older devices and some are just irreplaceable, but, having said that, most of them are really hard to operate. If you tried it you know what i'm talking about.
With Condi you can setup most action+condition pair in 6 clicks or less. You don't have to pick names, write down descriptions, you don't need to approximate the radius of your house, set up variables, put up web sites, join a social network and all these other weird requirements other apps force you to do. You get a simplistic experience, the kind you can share with the less technical friends.
Talk about sharing, did you know you can share any set of tasks just by selecting them on the main screen, and clicking share from the menu? Your friend can open the generated link with his Condi app and import the tasks instantly.
We got some amazing reviews from people, and we're gonna work real hard to live up to the expectations. We had to take a short break after 0.2.13 but we're back in business. If you don't mind a lot of consecutive upgrades, and care to send us vital feedback before we push out to the thousands of users we have - please join our beta channel: (subscribe to this group) https://groups.google.com/d/forum/minitasker
You can download the app from the Play Store here.
There's a cool video demo here (thanks Dan Graziano): http://cnet.co/1eXYCqx
Thanks,
Anton Wolkov and Michal Romano
FAQ
Location Based Condition misconceptions
* It does not drain battery - google probes your location regardless of our app so it adds almost no extra drain or overhead.
* It doesn't turn on GPS - but will use it if it's on by another app.
* It doesn't have good accuracy, if you turn off wifi and mobile data it will suck.
* We use Google Play Services' fused location provider with low power sensors preference.
* The condition doesn't start unless the phone is sure you are completely inside the blue circle.
* Choose a bigger radius by pinch-to-zoom-out on the map and click again.
Mixing Conditions
* A task with multiple conditions starts when all are true
* A task ends when a single condition is no longer true
* If you want "OR" relationship between conditions, you need to have 2 tasks. Just use the duplicate button.
* To avoid confusion, starting 0.3.0 you can see and remove the "end" task.
* If multiple actions of the same kind overlap, the automatic end-action is only executed for the last one. If you set your phone to silence at 16:00-18:00 and to max volume when you plug in headphones (2 separate tasks), if you plug in at 16:30 - you're volume will be set to max, but if you unplug at 17:30 the volume will be restored only at 18:00. You can set time to be a "start-only" event, i.e. to add 2 tasks with 2 "start-only" times, this way you won't get an overlap. I am open to suggestions on how to improve this.
Feature Requests
* 3g-4g-2g toggle action (scheduled for 0.3.5)
* Screen lock toggle (scheduled for 0.4.0)
* Hotspot toggle (done)
* WiFi near (scheduled for 0.3.5)
* Bluetooth connected (scheduled for 0.3.5)
Price / Privacy / Tracking
* Is it free? Yes.
* Do you have ads? No.
* Do you track users? No.
* Why is it free? It's a university project, we got an academic grade for this. If you want to say thanks you can put a 5 star review.
* What's the statistics thing on the settings window? We store our own process wake ups but this is only sent if you turn the settings option on.
* Can I have the source code? It will be uploaded to a git repo soon.
* Will there be a premium version? We're gonna keep the client free. We might allow purchasing a server side always-on notification back-end but we will allow you to set up your own server (for free) if you wish.
Misc
* Michal is a girl
Changes Log
v0.3.4.1
* activity log
* call silence white list
* wifi condition, location condition reliability
* start-only conditions reliability
v0.3.3.1
* quick fix for a background crash
v0.3.3
* WiFi tethering toggle
* launching multiple apps bugs fixed
* SMS sending - will attempt to resend on failure
* root actions silently failed - attempt to fix
* calendar reliability improvements
* periodical active location detection setting
v0.3.2.1
* fixed regression in restore values
v0.3.2
* restore actions - yet another fix
* direct links to running tasks dubbed "nfc links"
* German translation
v0.3.1
* airplane mode fix
* restore last state more accurate
v0.3.0.1
* hotfix for users upgrading from older versions
v0.3.0 public
* share + bug report no longer crash when there's no internet connection
* selection bug in the main screen fixed
v0.3.0 rc3
* sharing and market reworked slightly
* directly report bugs and upload local database
v0.3.0 rc2
* mobile data proper detect of current state
v0.3.0 beta 5 (release candidate 1)
* hdmi slimport now actually works
* terminate apps can use root to force close other apps
* timers no longer cancel each other (major reliability bug)
v0.3.0 beta 4 (only in the beta channel)
* hdmi slimport condition
* fixed upgrade bug (crash on start) for people who skipped beta 1
v0.3.0 beta 3 (only in the beta channel)
* sms forwarding and sending should work on kitkat and with hangouts or other non default sms clients
v0.3.0 beta 2 (only in the beta channel)
* new execution engine
v0.3.0 beta 1 (only in the beta channel)
* new main screen with inline editing, labels, duplicate tasks etc
* actions are now split to 2 explicit "start" and "end" parts
* restore last value should work a little better, still a work in progress
* wireless charger support
* street names in the location condition (only for newly added conditions)
* calendar supports repeat events
* send sms can now reply to the last caller using target phone number *69
v0.2.15
* wifi connected condition
* shortcut clicked / app-launched condition
v0.2.14
* Orientation lock added
* Music "Play" button now uses a hybrid of new and old code (both keyboard and broadcast)
* Location auto-description fix
* New name! (and new domain name cond.im)
* 2 new permissions: install shortcuts, edit sms.
How to join the beta
Beta users get much more frequent updates.
You can see your feedback being directly transformed into running code.
A lot of times new code comes to life only when there are enough testers for it.
If you want to contribute, this is a great way.
To get started please subscribe to this mailing list (you don't actually have to get the emails, just be a member)
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/minitasker
Once done that, use the same email to join the beta channel here:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/il.co.kix.minitasker
Translation Volunteers
If anyone cares to help translating Condi to other languages, or to verify translations please contact us.
No Market Access?
You can download v0.3.4.1 here, but do note that we use Google Play Services so you must at least have that in order for the app to work.
This looks cool for more noob-friendly users
v0.2.14 released
new release requires 2 new permissions
* create shortcuts for a new "app-launched" condition (still not visible in this release though)
* edit sms messages - this will insert the sms messages sent to your messaging app (in a future release)
Hi,
I'm using Condi (Mini Tasker) for about one month. I don't know if this is the correct communication channel to report this but here I go...
One of the things that is annoying me is the fact that the actions are repeating themselves over and over again.
Let me explain with an example that I have.
I have one task to turn on bluetooth every time I'm driving my car. The problem is that when I stop in traffic, at a stop sign or at a red light semaphore, the bluetooth radio turns off, I believe because the conditions (driving) is not fulfilled. I have already been disconnected while in a call...
The thing is that I don't want the bluetooth turned off, I think If I wanted to turn bluetooth off I should have created one other task to turn bluetooth off when standing still.
I think that wold be a good improvement if you can configure the task as "fire and forget", i.e., monitor the condition only when the action is not set.
Another improvement wold be to make a bluetooth device connection/disconnection based action.
I hope to see good news in the next updates
thank you and thanks for this great app
Nero
Good stuff. Appreciate your work. Request: ability to toggle screen lock. When I'm sitting at home, no need to lock screen. When I go to work, no way am I gonna trust those jokers with an unlocked phone!
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This seems a great project, I'll follow this closely aswell, seems very beneficial in itself. Keep up the great work. When I have some spare time I'll give it a try.
nero said:
Hi,
I have one task to turn on bluetooth every time I'm driving my car. The problem is that when I stop in traffic, at a stop sign or at a red light semaphore, the bluetooth radio turns off, I believe because the conditions (driving) is not fulfilled. I have already been disconnected while in a call...
The thing is that I don't want the bluetooth turned off, I think If I wanted to turn bluetooth off I should have created one other task to turn bluetooth off when standing still.
I think that wold be a good improvement if you can configure the task as "fire and forget", i.e., monitor the condition only when the action is not set.
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It would be great to let any condition that is currently start/end be start-only. It would also be nice to be able to set a different end action for start/end conditions, e.g. "when driving begins, enable bluetooth; when driving ends, notification pop-up "done driving -- disable bluetooth" so that if you happen to be on a call when your driving ends you aren't disconnected, but you still get the reminder.
Nero, for the time being there is a global condition-end-delay which you could increase to help with this. I think the default is 30s, but if you bumped it to 4 minutes that should outlast any red lights.
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If a task has multiple conditions, does the task end when ANY condition ends or when they ALL end?
For example, if task is "set ringer and notification to vibrate when time is 22:00-09:00 and AC charger connected", what happens:
(*) If the charger is disconnected at 08:30?
(*) If the time is 09:01 but the phone is still connected?
Another example: if Nero made his condition "turn bluetooth on when driving and AC charger connected", and he happens to be talking on the phone at a long stop light, will his call be disconnected if he's not driving but the charger is still connected?
In the first example, the desired end-task is that the end of ANY condition ends the task. If I get up and take my phone off the bedside charger at 08:30 it should go off vibrate mode. If I sleep late and my boss calls at 09:02 asking why I'm not at work, the phone should ring even though it's still plugged in.
In the second example, the desired end-task is that the end of ALL conditions end the task. If Nero is on the phone at a stop light, he should not be disconnected.
Final thought: if you're on a call and bluetooth is disconnected, the call is still connected and goes to handset, right? So if you're on the phone with a client and you pull into the driveway, unplug your phone and walk away from the car, you continue talking to your client on your handset?
NormMonkey said:
Nero, for the time being there is a global condition-end-delay which you could increase to help with this. I think the default is 30s, but if you bumped it to 4 minutes that should outlast any red lights.
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I tried that already (with 300ms/5mins) but I think is not a good approach because the phone eventually gets disconnected (stop in 2 or more signs in the time it is checking the condition again) and it is also needed more time to connect
NormMonkey said:
If a task has multiple conditions, does the task end when ANY condition ends or when they ALL end?
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I think it ends only when all conditions meet (Anton - the developer - can confirm).
NormMonkey said:
Another example: if Nero made his condition "turn bluetooth on when driving and AC charger connected", and he happens to be talking on the phone at a long stop light, will his call be disconnected if he's not driving but the charger is still connected?
(...)
In the second example, the desired end-task is that the end of ALL conditions end the task. If Nero is on the phone at a stop light, he should not be disconnected.
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That could work but I rarely connect the phone to the charger while driving...
Instead I would preferred to have conditions based on bluetooth connected devices, i.e., car BT system. Then when I turn car off, car's BT system also off -> phone disconnect => phone's bluetooth off
NormMonkey said:
Final thought: if you're on a call and bluetooth is disconnected, the call is still connected and goes to handset, right? So if you're on the phone with a client and you pull into the driveway, unplug your phone and walk away from the car, you continue talking to your client on your handset?
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yes, the call continues at the handset but I have to pick it up and place it in my hear... and talk on the phone while driving is not a good idea and could cost me a lot of money if caught by the police!
Thank for your comments.
Task ends when a single condition is no longer true (i.e. one false and the rest are true is enough to trigger an end).
for example, if you have 2 conditions (time and headset plugged) task ends when you either unplug or time runs out, one is enough to end it.
Activity recognition is a special case, it starts like all other tasks (when google play services reaches confidence level of 66% for the first time), but it ends after a delay. We start counting from the first time the condition no longer holds with confidence of 66% (default is 30 seconds, you can change that in the settings). If during this time google play services detect another activity - the timer resets, so theoretically, this condition ends if your phone is safely on your desk.
Now I understand people still have issues with the activity recognition, and it's likely due to different phone sensors, and maybe even different versions of google play services. Not much I can do about it, it's pretty much a black box.
Now, if you see for some reason, the delay is not holding (i.e. you set it to 600 seconds and condition ends while your car sits idle for less then 5 minutes) please let me know.
If this doesn't work for you, try the conventional conditions (dock, headset, charger, inverse location combination).
about the lock screen, this will require root, i'll play around with this soon.
i'm planning to release a new beta version shortly, i've finally managed to make the wifi condition work like intended, and there's a new "when-app-launched" condition thingy (uses the new shortcut permission).
thanks for the feedback, I do try to keep up with all the suggestions, I have quite the backlog already.
Anton.
Data Bug
Hi,
Just wanted to report a minor bug I have been experiencing since the update prior to the most recent. I had set Condi to turn off WiFi at 8:09 am and turn data on at 8:10 am. Before that update, things have been working fine. Since that update; however, WiFi turns off but data does not turn on.
I have a Motorola XT-1030 DROID Mini if that helps.
rabidhunter said:
Hi,
Just wanted to report a minor bug I have been experiencing since the update prior to the most recent. I had set Condi to turn off WiFi at 8:09 am and turn data on at 8:10 am. Before that update, things have been working fine. Since that update; however, WiFi turns off but data does not turn on.
I have a Motorola XT-1030 DROID Mini if that helps.
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try this one: https://kix.co.il/minitasker/importer.php?id=487
Seriously good app. Thanks
v0.2.15 beta
just released a new version to the beta channel (you need to subscribe to this group https://groups.google.com/d/forum/minitasker then go to this link https://play.google.com/apps/testing/il.co.kix.minitasker)
you can try out the new wifi connected condition and the app-launched condition.
wifi connected is long overdue, please tell me if it works as intended.
app-launched is a bit more interesting, it doesn't really monitor for running apps, it creates a "fake" shortcut for an app, that actually runs condi which in turns runs a task. tell me if you like the idea and if it works adequately. it's new so there may be issues i overlooked.
thanks.
sorry for the bump, but would really appreciate some feedback on the new beta.
is it good enough to release? any suggestions?
thanks.
I didn't spot anything broken. Is there a chance of reducing/choosing range for location from 75m?
raul6 said:
I didn't spot anything broken. Is there a chance of reducing/choosing range for location from 75m?
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I obviously can, but it will probably not work.
The condition only triggers when google play services is 100% sure the device is inside. Since we only use low power sensors it probably will never trigger.
The limit was mainly to avoid comments like "it never works".
I can add a setting if you want, but, this just won't trigger unless you have a navigation app in the background that has gps running.
Thank you for explaining and offering but better use your time for implementing features that work.
Related
hello all,
we are proud to release our first product, power schedule 1.0:
power schedule is a power management utility unlike any other similar applications. its main feature is the ability to allow the user to select a custom power on/power off schedule for Pocket PC battery consumers (phone, bluetooth, wireless lan and backlight). among these features, we have included a today plugin that displays the next power event, battery levels and icons for wireless lan, bluetooth, phone and backlight. also, a background application checks battery every once in a while, prompting you or automatically turning off consumers when battery reaches a critical level.
please post your comments and ideas for improvements by sending us an e-mail at [email protected]
regards,
Adrian Pasarica
mobile2wear.com
anyone, any comments? we're really waiting for your feedback
If we can try it we can comment on it. Where is it? :l
hi there,
where the link to download? used google and it's not even featured. and if you turn off bluetooth i would wonder if this destroys the present bond it has with the headsets.
cheers
This my own opinion based on how I use my PDA, but i don't see the point in automatically turning on/off at a certain time.
features :
- auto turn off battery consumers on low battery => this could be useful, for unexperienced users)
- notify on low battery => standard feature, some other even ask to make a backup)
- schedule daily turn on / off phone, bluetooth, wlan => why?
- adjust backlight to preserve device autonomy => standard feature in PocketPc
- display main and backup battery level on today plug-in (like so many others)
- display next scheduled power event on today plug-in (why?)
Maybe I'm a bit harsh, I like when people write apps for PPC but this time it isn't for me.
you can find it on our website, at http://www.mobile2wear.com/content/view/15/56/
M4io: comments noted and very much appreciated
let me try to explain:
- the application notifies you of low battery and prompts you to disable the battery consumers (backlight, phone etc.) OR you can automatically set it to auto-turn them off
- the daily schedule is intended for people using those specific functions between some hours. for example, assuming you use the phone between business hours, you can set it to automatically turn it on in the morning, and turn it off at 5pm for example. same for other functions
- the backlight is adjusted automatically. for example, you may want to have low backlight during the day and higher intensity in the evening. this is done automatically, based on your schedule
- the battery monitor is a standard feature, I agree, but we couldn't release it without it. the next scheduled event might be useful so you know what will happen to your phone, bluetooth within the near future.
nevertheless, we're interested in your ideas for improvements. we're trying to make this product look and function the way you want.
best regards,
Adrian Pasarica
www.mobile2wear.com
Maybe a functionality that people are looking is a way of switching SIM.
A while back there was a thread with people having dual-number SIMs (cards, not the stupid game :lol: ) who had trouble switching numbers. Automatically changing at 5pm would be a nice feature.
Didn't realise backlight adjusting was time dependant, that IS useful.
Also if you show the next event a nice feature (maybe already included)would be "Postpone 15/30/60...min". or to popup 15/30/60sec beforehand and start a countdown where you could choose to postpone.
thanks M4io.
we'll look into the dual-sim issue, indeed it's useful. the problem is that if we implement it, we don't have a dual-sim card, so we count on you guys to test it.
also the postpone/countdown will be implemented soon.
regards,
Adrian Pasarica
www.mobile2wear.com
Another useful thinks can be the rings sch.
For example if i want to let the phone on all the night but i want no sound from 22.00 to 07.00... or i'll go in some meetings and i now that the meeting will be for 3 hours, i stop the phone ring bur after the meeting
i forget to turn it on.
But if i schedule the ring to stop for 3 hours, i now that after 3 hours will turn back on alone.
DenisJ
... zici ca se poate face ;-)
yes, that's a good idea.. but I'm not sure it fits in this power management oriented application. we'll see how we'll manage it.
...orice se poate face
best regards,
Adrian Pasarica
www.mobile2wear.com
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).
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).
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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.
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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?
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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...
Overview: ButlerSMS is a sms auto responder.
If you would like to support my work, feel free to purchase the app from google play. (It is on sale for $0.99 right now )
ButlerSMS
Check second post for what is currently being worked on.
NOTE: This new version has significant changes to the database.
To prevent force closes, I had to force the app to empty your current database.
All custom responses will be lost and settings will be set back to default.
UPDATED 6/13/12
What's new:
Added "Silent Mode" - when your phone's ringer is turned down to silent, if this is enabled, it will prompt you to turn ButlerSMS on.
Added "Auto Off" - When enabled, you will be offered a timer to have ButlerSMS automatically turn off. (this is only available if turning app on from the actually application and not the widget)
CarDock Mode - When docked in a car, ButlerSMS will automatically turn on.
KNOWN ISSUES:
Shake Mode is an option, but not yet available
Text To Speech plays over phone and Bluetooth when connected to a media device.
The "button" to set the GPS locator password is not functional. You can still set it by toggling the GPS checkbox.
Features:
Custom responses
Personalized responses to individual numbers you set
3 different preset modes - Normal, driving and movie
Widget for home screen to toggle normal mode on/off
Text to Speech - Reads sms messages to you when enabled
Reply Timer - App will not reply until after a preset time has elapsed (after their first sms) that is user changeable
GPS Locator - This will respond to a user that sends a pass phrase that you control (pass phrase is set when gps locator is enabled and is cleared when it is disabled).
Voice response - If TTS is enabled, you can send a sms msg via voice. This will unlock your phone to allow you to safely reply to a sms msg. The screen will timeout after 20 seconds of inactivity (not touching the screen) or after you send a voice reply.
Improved TTS by controlling audio volume - When a SMS is received, the audio volume will be muted while your sms is read to you. The volume will raise when it is done reading.
Blacklisting - (Or whitelisting) Numbers in this list will not be replied to.
Re-organized the GUI on the settings page. Makes a lot more sense now (I hope) - Thanks okmijnlp for pointing it out
Voice Reply is now an option that can be turned off
What I am looking for:
Bugs - This has been tested on many GB systems. ICS has not been tested much and I am looking for bugs on it.
New Features - You tell me what you would like in a SMS auto responder. If enough people want it (or it just plainly makes sense), I will add it.
Also, please let me know if anyone receives any type of notification sound during a call when you actually don't have a notification.
What you get in return:
Unlimited use, updates and credit of new ideas added.
I want to thank everyone that helps out in advance!
Note: Do not download the market version, please use the attachment to download.
UPDATED 6/13/2012
Here is what I am working on (Items in green are currently being worked on):
Silent Mode - ButlerSMS will have a setting to either auto turn on or prompt you to turn it on. Progress: completed.
Disable Timer - A Timer that will turn ButlerSMS off after x amount of time have passed. This can be set in a setting or also set to prompt everytime it is enabled.Progress: Completed (thank you Panamon)
Car Dock - Auto enable drive mode when phone is in car dock mode. (thank you uosiumen) Progress: Completed
Mode based reply - ButlerSMS will offer 4 modes (user can name) that can be set for a 24 hr period. ButlerSMS will then turn itself on or off depending on the action the user sets.
Group Reply - Groups can be created and contacts/numbers can be added.
Wild Carding blacklist - Progess: Started
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Looks nice!
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Looks nice!
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Thank you.
Post any feature requests or constructive criticism
Couple things I will be working on are:
Adjusting music volume when a sms is read out loud.
Adding the option to reply by voice when text to speech is enabled.
If anyone would like to see anything else added, let me know.
Getting ready to release an update. One last hurdle to jump with the audiomanager and I will release it.
Really nice app. Just an idea, but the GUI could be changed..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
okmijnlp said:
Really nice app. Just an idea, but the GUI could be changed..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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Toss me out some ideas on what you think would improve the GUI. I'm open to anything.
Here is what I am currently working on.
Working on creating the option to turn off voice reply
Working on Blacklist (No reply list)
Anyone have any bugs, feature requests or other ideas?
Updated OP
Added a few features and a couple screenshots. Don't forget to try the widget out also, it makes it pretty quick to turn on and off.
What I am working on now:
Polishing the GUI up
One major idea I have been thinking about is giving the end user the ability to create their own "modes".
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Whatsapp
So far I like your app!''
It works great on the http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/inquisition.html rom
Is it possible to make the app send auto reply in Whatsapp too ?
What a great idea for an app. I love the option of being polite to certain people by bring able to inform them that I may not intentionally be ignoring their texts.
I can be absent minded however and I would appreciate a timer option to turn the auto responses off after a chosen amount of time.
I find the unmute app Shush! indispensable in my everyday life and your app may also benefit from an option to respond to mute requests with a timer function. Often when I mute the ringer I'm unavailable to text as well, though not always, so an auto prompt with the ability to set a quick timer to a mute request would be much appreciated.
Feature request:
Automatically enable "I'm driving right now" when attached to car dock
Thanks for this great app. I have this installed on a Samsung i727 with Sky Ice 4.2E (4.0.4 ICS) and tested. All seems to be working fine so far. Since you were looking for feedback on ICS, I thought I would send this your way. Thanks again!
Suggestions
respond by name/multiple/wildcard
Respond by call groups
automatically respond based on calendar events.
AutoSave SMS to calendar
Respond until time/event
Silent mode auto enable/disable
Mode based on time of day (like audioguru)
ideas :
- make use of proximity sensor or gyro sensor to activate certain profile. e.g. :
when the phone is placed face down, Sleep Profile is activated.
- use the gps, compass, g-sensor to have more detail answer e.g: i am driving 50 mph on X street and heading North etc. usually needed by worried parents/spouses.
Thank you for graciously putting this up for free. I love it.
Thanks
Awesome ideas everyone!! I really want to thank you all for the ideas and feedback. Below are some of the things I will start to implement. I will work on the disable timer first as I think it will have the biggest impact of change in the code. After that, rest should be simple and fall in to place very easily.
Silent Mode - ButlerSMS will have a setting to either auto turn on or prompt you to turn it on.
Disable Timer - A Timer that will turn ButlerSMS off after x amount of time have passed. This can be set in a setting or also set to prompt everytime it is enabled. (thank you Panamon)
Car Dock - Auto enable drive mode when phone is in car dock mode. (thank you uosiumen)
Mode based reply - ButlerSMS will offer 4 modes (user can name) that can be set for a 24 hr period. ButlerSMS will then turn itself on or off depending on the action the user sets.
Group Reply - Groups can be created and contacts/numbers can be added.
@panmoto - I will look in to the use of the proximity sensor. I also wrote code to enable the app if you shake your device but never implemented it. Would that be something you would like to see also? Thank you for the ideas.
@Kyshara - Could you explain more about the wildcards? Are you saying if you set a custom response for "Jo*" then you would want it to respond to any contacts with "Jo" in it (ie - Joe, Joseph, Jose, John)? Also, thank you for the ideas.
@Axxess - I will research to see if Whatsapp offers an entry point to access their services. Thank you for the idea.
@rebel1699 - Thank you for the feedback with ICS
Thanks again everyone!
The wild cards is so I can only respond to texts starting +44* or 07* as I have Indian contacts that I wouldn't want to reply to.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using XDA
Fellow Android Fanz,
I’m glad to announce “Silencify” today an app for Android users.
Much better and smarter way of "Do not Disturb" on iPhone/iPad. Silencify lets you create smart rules that silences your phone.
- No more disturbance while you sleep (Be it night or day ).
- No more hastily reaching for ringing phone in pocket/purse during meetings/events.
- No embarrassing rings when you are at movie/doctor’s office.
Following are the features of Silencify and all for cost of $0.00 ( *FREE* ).
. Silence / Quiet phone according to set schedule.
. Silence phone for a particular meeting.
. Airplane Mode - Saves a lot of battery when in scheduled silence.
. Turn off Sync when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Bluetooth when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Wi-Fi when scheduled silence is on.
. Switch in preferences for "Master Silence".
. Switch in preferences to immediately silence device.
. "Always Accept" (Whitelist) list of contacts/phone numbers to ring the phone even when its in silence.
. "Always Reject" (Blacklist) list of contacts/phone numbers to always silence the phone from those numbers.
. Backup of application data.
No need of constantly swiping NFC tags (for NFC users), “Silencify” does it as per set rules/schedules.
For more information, Visit http://silencify.onbile.com from your mobile browser.
Please feel free to forward it to anyone you know might find it useful.
Known Issues:
Airplane Toggle does not work with android 4.2. I'm working towards finding the fix. Sorry for the inconvenience. However you can take full advantage of other features till then.
[App][Official][2.2+] Silencify
ksarmalkar said:
Fellow Android Fanz,
I’m glad to announce “Silencify” today an app for Android users.
Much better and smarter way of "Do not Disturb" on iPhone/iPad. Silencify lets you create smart rules that silences your phone.
- No more disturbance while you sleep (Be it night or day ).
- No more hastily reaching for ringing phone in pocket/purse during meetings/events.
- No embarrassing rings when you are at movie/doctor’s office.
Following are the features of Silencify and all for cost of $0.00 ( *FREE* ).
. Silence / Quiet phone according to set schedule.
. Silence phone for a particular meeting.
. Airplane Mode - Saves a lot of battery when in scheduled silence.
. Turn off Sync when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Bluetooth when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Wi-Fi when scheduled silence is on.
. Switch in preferences for "Master Silence".
. Switch in preferences to immediately silence device.
. "Always Accept" (Whitelist) list of contacts/phone numbers to ring the phone even when its in silence.
. "Always Reject" (Blacklist) list of contacts/phone numbers to always silence the phone from those numbers.
. Backup of application data.
No need of constantly swiping NFC tags (for NFC users), “Silencify” does it as per set rules/schedules.
For more information, Visit http://silencify.onbile.com from your mobile browser.
Please feel free to forward it to anyone you know might find it useful.
Known Issues:
Airplane Toggle does not work with android 4.2. I'm working towards finding the fix. Sorry for the inconvenience. However you can take full advantage of other features till then.
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Sorry for the intentional misspelled app name ... Was trying out SEO.
The actual app name is "Silencify"
New Feature Added
On request from a user have added an Emergency Calling feature.
This lets an incoming call ring in case the same number calls you certain number of times in certain number of minutes. Obviously all blacklist numbers are ignored.
This can be configured from settings inside the app.
Also fixed some app crashes on HTC devices.
Added sliding menu when hardware menu button is clicked. This is just in initial stages and one more step closer to a cool UI I have envisioned.
Hope you like it and thanks to lot of people who have already downloaded and using the app actively.
Update: Emergency calling caused crashes on few devices. I have updated fix for this.
Sorry for troubles and thanks for understanding.
Coming Soon
Coming soon
Please read below blog.
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Update 2.3
All,
I have issued an update to fix below issues hope it did not create problem for you.
1. Battery issues due to month change boundary condition fixed.
2. Location update frequency reduced as on few ROMS it was taking up battery.
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Thanks
great.
is it possible to make it TASKER compatible?
Silencify 2.7.1
All,
Happy to announce more features for Silencify.
v2.7.1
1. Added quick widget to put phone to normal mode when you make it all way to silent.Also makes other phones faster and responsive
2. Streamlined UI, with slide out menu on left.
3. More battery saving, location disabled for all apps need to be specifically enabled from app settings.
4. App kill bug fixed
5. Application not responding Motorola devices bug fixed,
6. Battery issues due to month change boundary condition fixed.
7. Location update frequency reduced as on few ROMS it was taking up battery.
Silencify version 3.10.4
New Features
All,
Just released new version of Silencify to play store, Have added new and useful features. Please do checkout.
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Sync, Mobile Data, Vibrate, Volume percentage will be configurable per schedule (Pro Purchase)
No ads version (Pro Purchase)
Allow Notifications to ring through silence (Pro Purchase)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mith.sleepez&hl=en
Silencify Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0rB1aVqL0Q&feature=youtu.be
Also Translated in Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil/Portugal), French, Arabic, Spanish-Mexico, German
Hello. Is this app abandonned ?