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Gear 2 - Help FAQ

Home Key
Turning screen on or off
Press the home key to turn the screen on or off.
Powering on or off
Press and hold the home key to power your Gear on or off, change the sound mode, or enable Outdoor mode.
Pressing the home key
Press the home key to view the clock while the screen is on.
Double pressing the home key
Double press the home key to open your favorite application. You can change your favorite application in Settings.
Triple pressing the home key
Press the home key 3 times to enable Send help messages when you are in need. For details, go to Settings > Send help messages.
Note: The Safety Assistance option is only available on the Note 3 N9005 (International version)
Navigation
Navigating Gear
Swipe left or right to navigate between screens.
[*]Tap the screen to select an item or to open an application.
Going back
Swipe downwards from top edge of the Gear screen.
Home Screen
Adding app shortcuts
To add app shortcuts to the Gear's home screen, go to Apps on the Gear, tap and hold an app icon, then drag and drop it on the home icon at the top of the screen.
Rearranging shortcuts
Tap and hold an app icon and then drag and drop it to rearrange the app shortcuts on the Gear's home screen or in the app list.
Removing app shortcuts
Tap and hold an app icon, then drag and drop it on the remove icon at the top of the screen.
Two-Finger Interaction
Changing icon size
Tap the screen with two fingers and then swipe them in opposite directions to change the size of the icons on the home screen from small to large.
Controlling volume and brightness
Double tap any screen with two fingers to open the brightness and volume controls, and to view info, such as bluetooth status and battery status.
Viewing recently used apps
Tap and hold any screen with two fingers to view your recently used apps.
Pedometer
Counting steps
Tap Start to start using Pedometer. Your steps will be counted each day and recorded in History.
[*]Tap the screen to pause the step count. To resume, tap the screen again, then tap Resume.
[*]To view a graph of recently recorded data, tap the more button and select History.
Exercise
Exercising with coach
You can set various goals to fit your exercise plan. To set a goal, tap the more button and select Set goal.
[*]The accessory will offer coaching advice based on your measured heart rate during the exercise.
[*]Training effect helps you discover how effective your workout is. It analyses your workout and estimates its effect on your aerobic fitness. Follow the guidance on the screen and stop when you are satisfied with the result. The effects of your workouts are calculated based on your user profile, heart rate data, and difficulty of the workout. Your training effect goal changes in relation to your fitness levels, which are calculated automatically when you exercise on more than 3 different days.
[*]Swipe the screen to the left or right while exercising to change the information displayed.
[*]To view the graph of recently recorded data, tap the more button and select History.
Heart Rate
Measuring heart rate
Tap the screen to see the correct way of wearing the Gear in order to measure your heart rate.
[*]To start measuring your heart rate, tap the start button.
[*]To view a log of your heart rate measurements, tap the more button and select History. Swipe the screen to scroll through previous measurements.
Sleep
Measuring sleep duration
When you are ready to sleep, put the Gear on your wrist and tap Start. If you do not want to be disturbed while sleeping, tap the more options button and enable Blocking mode before you tap Start.
[*]Tap Stop when you wake up. You can check details of your sleep, such as sleeping time, restless sleeping time and motionless sleeping time.
[*]Tap the more options button to select History. To view your sleep duration records, tap the graph.
S Voice
Using mic button
Tap the mic button to turn on the mic.
[*]After you tap the mic button, it will turn red. Then you can say what you want.
[*]The Gear will then process and respond to what you have said.
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Just FYI, triple pressing the home button doesn't do anything... There is no send help message option with the Gear 2.

AspenMan said:
Just FYI, triple pressing the home button doesn't do anything... There is no send help message option with the Gear 2.
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I have the Gear 2, and there is. You just need to enable it in your Gear Manager.
Start Gear Manager, Settings > Send help message > Turn it on (at the top right) > Choose if you want it to send a photo too, or just the message.
Next, go back. Click "Manage Primary contacts", add at least one contact.
Now when you triple press the Home key, it will send a distress message (photo optional) with a link that contains your Long/Lat. It will send an updated message regularly until you cancel the distress message on your cellphone.

Breach said:
I have the Gear 2, and there is. You just need to enable it in your Gear Manager.
Start Gear Manager, Settings > Send help message > Turn it on (at the top right) > Choose if you want it to send a photo too, or just the message.
Next, go back. Click "Manage Primary contacts", add at least one contact.
Now when you triple press the Home key, it will send a distress message (photo optional) with a link that contains your Long/Lat. It will send an updated message regularly until you cancel the distress message on your cellphone.
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Hmm, There is no send help message option in my Gear Manager. There is also no manage contacts (that was there when I had the Gear 1 for like 2 days until I returned it). What version of gear manager are you using? I'm on 2.0.14041404

AspenMan said:
Hmm, There is no send help message option in my Gear Manager. There is also no manage contacts (that was there when I had the Gear 1 for like 2 days until I returned it). What version of gear manager are you using? I'm on 2.0.14041404
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Attached is a screenshot.

Breach said:
Attached is a screenshot.
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Here's a screenshot of what I have - Seems to be missing the safety assistance section. Weird... Bummer...

AspenMan said:
Here's a screenshot of what I have - Seems to be missing the safety assistance section. Weird... Bummer...
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That is odd. I have the Gear 2.
I just checked my wife's Gear 2 Neo and she does not have that option either, yet the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo manual state they do.

Breach said:
That is odd. I have the Gear 2.
I just checked my wife's Gear 2 Neo and she does not have that option either, yet the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo manual state they do.
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My Gear 2 does NOT have that option either. I wish it did and would love to know why yours does. We are running the same Gear manager . My watch is model #SM-R380 Software version R380XXU0BND8

I don't have the watch yet, but the manual says not all phones support this feature:
Setting up emergency messages
Set the device to send a message to recipients in an emergency.
On the Settings screen, tap Send help message, and then drag the Send help message
switch to the right. Press the Power button three times to send an emergency message that
includes your current location.
Some mobile devices do not support this feature.
Setting up emergency contacts
You can preset contacts to send a message to in an emergency.
On the Settings screen, tap Manage Primary contacts → Create primary contact → Create
new contact or Select from contacts. You can create a new contact or select from the
contacts list.
Some mobile devices do not support this feature.
Maybe you should include the phone that you're not seeing this on.

audri5 said:
My Gear 2 does NOT have that option either. I wish it did and would love to know why yours does. We are running the same Gear manager . My watch is model #SM-R380 Software version R380XXU0BND8
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I have the same model and version. I am glad its working on mine, but I'm curious why its not working on everyones. Are you using the Note 3 also? Maybe it had to do with the phone?

I did a little research and I think I know why some Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo watches have the Safety Assistance option and some don't, I think it's in the phone itself. My wife is running a stock T-mobile and hers does not have the Safety Assistance option in the Gear Manager, I have the same phone but I am running a different rom and I have the option.

Breach said:
I did a little research and I think I know why some Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo watches have the Safety Assistance option and some don't, I think it's in the phone itself. My wife is running a stock T-mobile and hers does not have the Safety Assistance option in the Gear Manager, I have the same phone but I am running a different rom and I have the option.
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FWIW, I contacted Samsung support today and was initially told the Safety Assistance feature wasn't available. When I pursued the issue and asked why it was listed in the online How To guides on Samsung's website, the rep said she checked with a supervisor and the feature is only available for the S5. Kind of disappointing since I have a Note 3....also this is a pretty poor customer experience since the feature is found in their how-to guides yet it doesn't say it's only available for certain phones.

cryptiq said:
FWIW, I contacted Samsung support today and was initially told the Safety Assistance feature wasn't available. When I pursued the issue and asked why it was listed in the online How To guides on Samsung's website, the rep said she checked with a supervisor and the feature is only available for the S5. Kind of disappointing since I have a Note 3....also this is a pretty poor customer experience since the feature is found in their how-to guides yet it doesn't say it's only available for certain phones.
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Her response is incorrect. I have a Note 3 N900T (t-mobile) running the rom listed in my signature. The rom is a Note 3 N9005 (International version of the Note 3) and I have the Safety Assistance now.
Here is a stock International version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKPlOJVhucc&t=3m41s
Now call the rep back and tell her to learn about the products that she represents
I'm sure a Dev could probably rip this out and make a patch to add it to any Note 3.

Thread Stuck!
Good job OP and I hope you keep this up to date

Is there a way to get whatsapp to notify?
Lähetetty minun SM-N9005 laitteesta Tapatalkilla

cchaou said:
Is there a way to get whatsapp to notify?
Lähetetty minun SM-N9005 laitteesta Tapatalkilla
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Yes you can. Go to Gear Manager, then to notifications, make sure your notifications are on by looking in the upper right hand corner. Then scroll down the app list and check WhatsApp and any other apps you want notifications up relay to your gear.

suggestion to add to the FAQ
Great FAQ - thank you.
Would you consider adding music to the faq. There are two ways to add music:
- Via the gear manager / my apps / music player / send tracks to gear, you can transfer music to the gear.
- Also you can plug the watch in to a computer using the cradle. The watch should appear as a device and you can transfer music to a music folder.
Thanks

cryptiq said:
FWIW, I contacted Samsung support today and was initially told the Safety Assistance feature wasn't available. When I pursued the issue and asked why it was listed in the online How To guides on Samsung's website, the rep said she checked with a supervisor and the feature is only available for the S5. Kind of disappointing since I have a Note 3....also this is a pretty poor customer experience since the feature is found in their how-to guides yet it doesn't say it's only available for certain phones.
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I have a Note 3 (European stock rom) and I also have that feature.
Enviado do meu SM-N9005 através de Tapatalk

Very good and has many improvements and exciting new.

[HOW-TO] Repair Smart Stay + with Tasker (root)

INTRO
Hey everyone!
Some of you, like me, loved to use the smart stay feature of Samsung, they disables the dimming of the screen while you are looking at it.
Unfortunately, on the latest builds (CM11 like CM12), this app is broken. What happens is that, when an app is using the camera and another tries to access it, there is a conflict. For example, you are using the camera. If smart stay + tries to see if you are still there, it tries to access the camera which is already in use. And so, the camera app doesn't know what to do and crashes ^^
A way to repair this is to modify directly the app to pause the search when the camera is already in use, but we can't do that, the only one who can is the app dev ^^ Another way is to refuse access to the camera when using the camera app, but not sure how we can do that... The way I did is bypassing this error by killing smart stay + when I use a specific app like the camera
Apps
To do this, you need to install :
Tasker : lets you automate stuff depending of the state of the phone, an app, or even the sensors,
Secure Settings : lets you change the phone settings directly from Tasker,
TaskKill : lets Tasker kill apps using several different methods.
Watch out! Make sure you have the latest version of each, or else bugs may appear!
Lets Start!
So, start by installing as those apps, and install the latest version of Smart Stay + (if you are on CM12, you can't download it from Play Store cause it's incompatible, so you need to use the apk from the Internet). Don't launch Smart Stay +, and don't enable its setting in the accessibility menu on the phone!
First off, we need to give root rights to Secure Settings. Launch the app, then go to the System+ tab and enable it. It will then ask for root rights, accept and we are good to go on.
Kill Switch
Now, launch Tasker and go on the profile tab (if you want to follow everything in english in the app, press the 3 dots in the upper right corner, then Preferences, go all the way down in the UI tab, then change the language). Create a new context using the + icon on the bottom of the app, then chose Application. A list of all your apps will be shown, so you need to chose which app will kill the other one. Here, I want the Camera app to be the "killer", so I chose the apps using the camera (I have Camera Next as well as the stock camera, so I chose both) :
Screenshot 1​
To go back, do not press the X button on the upper right corner! It will erase your config Press the button on the upper left corner to go back to the profiles. The app will show you then a menu where you can enter a new task. Chose New Task and name it "Kill". A new screen will be shown :
Screenshot 2​
Click +, then go into Plugin, and you will see all the plugins. Click on TaskKill, then press on the Pen logo on the upper right corner to config the plugin. Here, you can choose the method to use to kill, and the app. You need to use the Extrem method, or else Smart Stay will keep rebooting... Choose Smart Stay in the list, then click apply. Set the Timeout to 0, then save it by clicking on the upper left corner, and return to the profiles list.
Here is what we should see :
Screenshot 3​
Starting the App
We now need to start smart stay after we finished using the camera, and it's a bit tricky. You can either start the app using Tasker, but it will ask for you to enable the accessibility option of Smart Stay (happens every time), and that is really a bummer... That made me look if we can't directly turn on that setting from Tasker, so that we don't need to open the settings, close the app, etc... And it is! We can change that settings from Tasker using a plugin! Buuuut, the catch is that we need root...
Soooo to enable this setting, you need to long press on the action we just did named "Kill", and add an Exist Task. Next, do a new task named "Start". After, choose the plugin Secure Settings, then press on the Pen logo on the upper right corner to config the plugin. Here, you can choose which action you want. Go to System+ Actions, then press Accessibility Services. A new menu will appear, where you can see the different apps that has an Accessibility Setting. Choose Smartstay+, and make sure the button underneath it is Disabled (so that it disables that setting). Save it, then go back to the profiles list using the button on the upper left corner.
Here is what you should see :
Screenshot 4​
Testing
Tada! Done! You can now launch the camera app without having it bug! To test it out, you can go on each action, like "kill" and press the play button on bottom of the screen. You will see that the notification is closed. Go into the "start" action and press play, you will that icon return! Go try it out using the camera app!
Misc / Other Method
You may ask why I didn't use the Secure Settings in the first place, and the reason is that it doesn't work well. The app isn't totally killed, it's just paused, so we don't know if it still has access to the camera, or if it is draining battery... Using TaskKill ensure us that it isn't running in the background, and so not draining any battery.
For Android L users, you may know that with Smart Lock, you can unlock the phone with your face. To do so, Android uses the stock camera app. This means that you won't have any bugs at all using that unlocking method with Smart Stay, thanks to our bypass
Another method that was pointed out by triviums (1+1 forums) is to use Smart Stay EX Pro. It has an option to disable scanning when certain apps are launched. But, after testing this out, it doesn't work as well as my method. There is a missing option in that app which is Smart Timeout. Without this feature, it still scans if the user is there, even though he is typing something or scrolling a page. Smart Stay + has this feature for free )
If this could be implemented (cause on the photos on Google Play, the feature is there for PRO users, but after installing you don't see it...), then it may be better (no need to kill and restart app, which takes some battery). If this doesn't work, then the battery you gain from not killing the app is lost in the use of the camera when it isn't necessary...

[TASKER][PROJECT] Local Voicemail “Answer Machine”

THREAD INDEX:
I. INTRODUCTION
II. EXPLANATION - WHAT DOES THE PROFILE DO?
III. TECHNICAL EXPLANATION
IV. INSTALLATION GUIDE
V. FAQ
VI. THINGS TO DO IN THE FUTURE
Second Post. CHANGELOG
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I. INTRODUCTION
I am a fan of Tasker as it offers lot of possibilities and makes life better [emoji14]
I learned how to use Tasker basically from myself but @Rsroms gave me the basic knowledge to use this awesome app!
If you are new to Tasker and you wanna learn how to get started i reccomend @brandall Guide (Link to the thread: [TUT] The Ultimate Noob/Beginners Guide to Tasker )… you will learn how to make basic profiles or even intermediate profiles.
However i have created this thread to show off and explain one of my profiles… this one is called “Answer Machine” and it is a “local” implementation of VoiceMail in Tasker. I hope you find this thread useful !
II. EXPLANATION - WHAT DOES THIS PROFILE DO?
It’s simple. If a call is not being answered in about 15 seconds (or what you want) i suppose you are not near to the Smartphone so Tasker will automatically answer and play a pre-recorded voice saying for example:
“Record your voice after the *beep*”
When the pre-recorded voice has totally been played Tasker will start to record the caller voice and when the caller closes the call the recording will be saved in a known folder (Voicemail/Recordings).
As i unlock my smartphone a scene will appear where i can see who called me. Here is an example:
Mike - +39 xxx xxx - 20:14 (24 Hour format)
Obviously i will offer the possibility to change:
Time that Tasker has to wait. between the start of the incoming call and Time when it gets answered
The pre-recorded voice
In short now i will write all the actions that will be performed on specific events.
EVENT: Incoming call
ACTIONS TO PERFORM:
Setting %GotCall to 1
How much time has Tasker to wait? -> Wait x (choose your own wait time) seconds.
Answer call
Wait 500 milliseconds
Activate Speakerphone (I have to activate it as there is not the possibility to stream directly into the microphone)
Set the higher volume possible
Play the pre-recorded voice (It will be outputted using the SpeakerPhone)
Wait until the pre-recorded voice message finishes (I have made a recording of 8 seconds so i will set 9 seconds as Tasker's waiting time)
Disable SpeakerPhone (I don’t need anymore the SpeakerPhone)
Now the recording will get started
Write a txt file with: Caller name, Caller number and time (Using append)
EVENT: Call ended
ACTION TO PERFORM:
Stop recording
I do not need nothing else for the “Core” of the voicemail. Now i have to write a summary for the event “Screen Unlocked”... a simple event that occurs when the Screen gets unlocked.
EVENT: Screen Unlocked
ACTIONS TO PERFORM:
Check if %GotCall does not match to 0
(If the condition above is verified then do..) Read The Txt File and load it on %Read variable
Show scene (A scene that allows to see who called you)
Set back %GotCall to 0
III. TECHNICAL EXPLANATION
This project consists of:
1 State “Incoming Call” with: “Voicemail Enter” (enter task) and “Voicemail” (exit task)
1 Event “Screen Unlocked” with “Gotten Call” as task
Now i will try to explain detailed as possible the whole project.
INCOMING CALL (State):
It is a profile which gets enabled when there is an incoming call.
The state i have used to check when a call comes is: State -> Phone -> Call and setting the Type to “Incoming”.
Voicemail Enter (Task):
{
"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"
}
What i have used is simple and to get everything working i did not use nothing else than Tasker!
As you can see in the Screenshot there are 11 actions.. in border i will write the right name of the action so you can learn what it does:
Variable Set - Create and set to 1 a variable called “%GotCall”. This matter that i’ve got a call and it is useful for next steps
Wait - Setted to 15 seconds by default. This is the time that Tasker has to wait before answer the call … so set it as you want.
Take call - Just a simple action. It answers to the call
Wait - Already explained. In this case i have setted it to 500 milliseconds i need it to activate the SpekerPhone.. we have to consider some Phone latencies.
Speakerphone - Simple action. It allows to turn on or off the Speakerphone :’)
In-Call Volume - Is it necessary to explain? It adjust the in-call Volume [emoji14]. I need it because as i have explained before there is not the possibility to stream a pre-recorded voice directly.
Music Play - It allows to play a music file… or even a recorded message [emoji14]. We have to set the Stream to “Call” and in File the message we want to play
Wait - We will set how many second lasts the Message . If the recorded message is long 6 seconds set this action to 6 seconds and 500 milliseconds.
Speakerphone - Let’s set the speakerphone off as we do not need it anymore
Record Audio - It allows to start recording a call. We can set a specific name… I have setted it to Voicemail/Recordings/%CNAME - %CNUM - %TIME -> where %CNAME stands for “Caller Name”, %CNUM for “Caller Number” and %TIME for “Time” [emoji14]
Write File - It allows to create and write inside a TXT file. I have used it to create something like a log useful for the next steps (I will show this Txt file on the Event “Screen Unlocked”)
Voicemail Exit (Task):
As you can see this task is made just by one fundamental action “Record Audio Stop”.
This action allows to stop the Call Recording triggered before. If you do not add this action Tasker will continue to record NOTHING !
Display Unlocked (Event):
This event gets triggered when you unlock the smartphone and i will use it to show with a simple Scene (Also made with Tasker) the Log previously made using the function “Write File”.
So what i did is to create a profile using Event -> Display -> Display Unlocked and i have attached to it a simple task that i have called “GottenCall”.
GottenCall (Task):
GottenCall is a task made up of 4 simple action. Let’s take a look of what they do
If - It allows to check a condition. I have used it to check if %GotCall differs from 0.. if so means that i’ve got a call!
Read File - Simple action that allows to load a whole Txt file inside a variable. The parameters that you have to set are two: File (Which is destination folder) and To var (Which is the Variable you wanna use for loading the Txt file)
Show Scene - This action shows a scene previously made. I have also changed Display As to Activity, Full Window.
Reset
Voicemail Graphic (Scene):
As i said before i have also made a Scene that looks like this screeshot:
I have used a simple Text Area setting as Text (source) the variable %Read and a simple button with onTap action -> Destroy Scene - An action that closes the Scene.
IV. INSTALLATION GUIDE
Requirements:
Android 2.3+
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Tasker (Make sure to have the latest version)
Did you find problems during the installation? Check my Tutorial on YouTube...everything will go right! VoiceMail Project Installation Video Tutorial!​
Step by step guide:
Download the project from the thread (you can find it below)
Now open Tasker, this screen will appear
Click on the button Menu and open “Preferences”
Uncheck the Beginner Mode -> This will allow you to import Projects
Go on the main screen of Tasker and click on the Home button
Click on “Import” and go into the folder where you have VoiceMail.prj.xml -> If you have downloaded it using your Smartphone then it is located inside the "Download" folder
As they get imported deactivate them using the toggle available:
Open Es File Explorer and create 3 folders on the root:
-Voicemail
-Voicemail/Recordings
-Voicemail/Speech
Now record your own Message using a normal recording App -> I have used the Preinstalled App inside my Note 4
As you have finished to record move the recorded voice to the folder Voicemail/Speech
Open Tasker and go to the “Task” tab
Open “VoicemailEnter” and then tap on the action number 7. Here you have select your recording. To select the recording click on the magnifier lens and browse to Voicemail/Speech and click on the pre-recorded file! Once you have selected it tap on the top-left corner (As you are returning back).
Go back and open action number 8. Here you have to set how much time is long your pre-recorded voice. So set down Seconds the right time
Go on the main screen of tasker (Profiles) and activate back all my profiles !
All done, test it and let me know how it works !
V. FAQ
Here you can find the frequently asked questions.
Q: Why Tasker doesn't answer the call?
A: Tasker allows to answer Call using a simple action called "Take call" this one doesn't work on Lollipop and in some others devices. If you are running Lollipop you will not have this problem as i perform a Android Version check... if you have a lower Android version than make sure you grant all the permission needed to tasker. If the problem persists:
Enter inside the task "VoiceMailEnterKK&Lower"
.Delete the task number 3
Add a new action Code -> Run Shell and inside Command put: send keyevent 79
Move this action down the 2nd one.
Q: I have Miui and the call doesn't get answered.
A:
VI. THINGS TO DO IN THE FUTURE
Try to find a workaround for Android 5+ -> FOUND !!!
Improve User Interface on Screen Unlocked
Try to implements something to directly stream inside microphone
I hope you liked my thread… any advice are welcome.
Don’t forget to give me a thumb up :good: if you liked my work ​
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Changelog:
-Added support for lollipop
-Fixed exit task for Incoming Call State
-Added Check Android task which checks for the SDK version.

Reserved #2 :good:

Welcome Aboard.

Which option decides the time to wait before my call gets transferred to voicemail ?
Edit: Sorry. Its option 2.
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Not working. It can't answer the call. Phone keeps ringing..

a.broken.star said:
Which option decides the time to wait before my call gets transferred to voicemail ?
Edit: Sorry. Its option 2.
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Not working. It can't answer the call. Phone keeps ringing..
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Yes, Maybe i have To explain it better!
Anyway does it work for you?
Edit:
Which Android version do you have?
It doesn't work on Android 5+

It can work with Android 5+ LP as well. You simply need a standalone plugin for it available at PS.
Btw its same as you referred earlier on " Call Monitor Locale Plugin".
Very Nice & useful info. And well explained as well (Y)

Rsroms said:
It can work with Android 5+ LP as well. You simply need a standalone plugin for it available at PS.
Btw its same as you referred earlier on " Call Monitor Locale Plugin".
Very Nice & useful info. And well explained as well (Y)
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I have to install Lollipop to find a workaround. Anyway that plugin "Call Monitor Local Monitor" automatically answer to the call as there is an incoming call. Maybe i will use intents and something else

CoolJoseph96 said:
Yes, Maybe i have To explain it better!
Anyway does it work for you?
Edit:
Which Android version do you have?
It doesn't work on Android 5+
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I am on kitkat 4.4
Maybe it does not work in MiUi ... It can't answer the call.
Also I am kind of noob to tasker. May be I am doing something wrong. After doing all the steps, i turn the toggle for all three profiles to on mode. But in notification, tasker says, no profile active.

a.broken.star said:
I am on kitkat 4.4
Maybe it does not work in MiUi ... It can't answer the call.
Also I am kind of noob to tasker. May be I am doing something wrong. After doing all the steps, i turn the toggle for all three profiles to on mode. But in notification, tasker says, no profile active.
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Could you send a screenshot of the Task "Voicemail Enter"?
Anyway some tasker's functions are not allowed on every ROMS.

Check them out

a.broken.star said:
Check them out
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It seems strange as you have Take Call. Take call is an action that answer the call. I hope you have the latest version of Tasker... I Also had some problems with profiles in General. Try to make a simple profile. For example:
-State: When connected to WiFi
Add an enter task with "Open app" action!
Let me know.. Thank you!

I tried to create a simple profile. To turn off data when wifi is connected. And its working when i push the play button inside the task i.e. Mobile data turns off. Which means tasker can handle the thing. But when i connect to wifi, mobile data does not turn off. That means automatic working of profiles is not working. Maybe its because, notification of tasker still says 'no active profiles' in the notification shade
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Sorry. My simple profile is working. I made a change to it, to turn off mobile data when i open calculator. And its working fine..

a.broken.star said:
I tried to create a simple profile. To turn off data when wifi is connected. And its working when i push the play button inside the task i.e. Mobile data turns off. Which means tasker can handle the thing. But when i connect to wifi, mobile data does not turn off. That means automatic working of profiles is not working. Maybe its because, notification of tasker still says 'no active profiles' in the notification shade
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Sorry. My simple profile is working. I made a change to it, to turn off mobile data when i open calculator. And its working fine..
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Okay let's check if Take call doesn't work!
1. Make a Call to your Voicemail Phone :') 2. Don't answer the call... But open tasker. Move to task tab and open "Voicemail Enter"
3. Make a Long press on the action "Take call" then click on The play button situated on the left bottom!
If you get the call answered then we have To check why the profile is not getting enabled on incoming call event!

Okay, i asked my friend to call me. He called, while the phone was ringing, i switched to tasker, and did what you said. And voila, call got answered. So i guess the profile is not getting activated on incoming call event..

a.broken.star said:
Okay, i asked my friend to call me. He called, while the phone was ringing, i switched to tasker, and did what you said. And voila, call got answered. So i guess the profile is not getting activated on incoming call event..
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So Take Call works perfectly... As I said before check if you have the latest Tasker Version!
There is a problem on the incoming call feature... Did you try to close tasker and Shutdown the screen? After this try to get a call

Hey, its working now.. Thanx a lot. It was some permission problem. I added tasker to trusted apps and it started to work..
Awesome work.. It will be magic if somehow you can make the speech file play through the audio up link. Because its not properly heard at the other end when played through the speaker.. Still.. Hats off to you...

a.broken.star said:
Hey, its working now.. Thanx a lot. It was some permission problem. I added tasker to trusted apps and it started to work..
Awesome work.. It will be magic if somehow you can make the speech file play through the audio up link. Because its not properly heard at the other end when played through the speaker.. Still.. Hats off to you...
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Could you share your solution and what ROM are you running? I'll add it in OP!
Anyway Yes... i am trying to send the Audio directly with no results yet ... I wanna ask you something.. Does the recording plays with SpeakerPhone??

Rsroms said:
It can work with Android 5+ LP as well. You simply need a standalone plugin for it available at PS.
Btw its same as you referred earlier on " Call Monitor Locale Plugin".
Very Nice & useful info. And well explained as well (Y)
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Can you link to that plugin? Sorry - can't find it.
I'm on LP 5.0.2 and "Take call" action is not available.

remiotte said:
Can you link to that plugin? Sorry - can't find it.
I'm on LP 5.0.2 and "Take call" action is not available.
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Call Monitor Tasker Plug-in
I'll explain what does that plugin do.
It's a simple plugin that allows you to trigger some action when call starts or ends. So this plugin will not allow you to replace the task called "Take Call" as you have to manually answer to the incoming call to get the profile activated. However i'm trying to figure out what i can do to get this Project also working on Lollipop. I guess... i have to Install Lollipop on my Note 4 to get started !

How do you toggle between current app and watch display etc?

Loving my Gear S3 Frontier but still a bit confused about using it on occassions! Can anyone tell me is there a simple way to:
1. Keep an app you are currently using on the display?
For example, while walk around the supermarket, I was using the excellent "My Notes in Gear" to work through a shopping list I'd created previously. Problem was that when the watch display turned off if I raised my wrist up to look at the screen it frequently had reverted to the watch display. Only way i could get it back to my shopping list was to select the apps view and tap on the "My Notes in Gear" app again. Surely I must be doing something wrong and there's an easier way to resume the view of an app you are currently using?
2. Easily toggle between watchface (time) display and current other app in use?
Say I'm tracking a hike in S Health but I want to check the current time. Is there an easy way to toggle from S-Health to the watchface, and then quickly switch back to S-Health tracking again?
Having had the watch a couple of weeks now I'm sure I should have a handle on these things by now, so maybe I'm just being dumb - or maybe these things are not as easy to do as they should be?!

Really, NOBODY has a solution to this??!!

SirBindy said:
It's not rocket science.
Set your double-tap home button to "last app".
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Thanks for the tip. OK, maybe it's not rocket science but to me it seems very strange that there's is not a standard quick way to click back to a current open app. After all, on your mobile phone it's very easy.

And is there any easy/quick way to toggle between watchface (time) display and current other app in use, as when I just want to quickly check the time? Yes, I realise now I can optionally set my double-tap on the home button to view current app, but what if you prefer to set that to normally open another app like S-Health or S-Voice? Sorry, but I really think this is an aspect of typical use of a smartwatch that the designers have not fully thought through. Surely the ability to easily switch between your watchface and another app you are running should be a standard and quick operation?!

I'm having the same issue. And yes, I've set the home button to revert to my previous apps. I'd prefer, however, to raise my wrist and have the app that I was currently using still be there. For example, whenever I'm out on a run and I'm listening to music, I have to double press the home button, and select the application in order to begin toggling to the next sound track. Similar situation happens when I'm using the notes app. Does anyone know of a way to "lock" the current app so that it doesn't go away when I put my hand down?

Worked in the previous Gear 1&2&S. There are a setting for movement activation : Last screen or Clock. Very usefull, do not know why Samsung removed this setting in the Gear S2/S3 ???

It does this on Galaxy Gear too.
It makes much more sense the app you're using is just there, no need to press any button :-/
Thanks for the double tap tip.

S7 Hyper noob questions

Hi Guys,
Been using MIUI for many years since my 1st smartphone and now with my Galaxy S7 its a brand new and diferent world, therefore I need you help if possible.
At this stage my doubts are:
1. Some apps don't have the 3 dots to cal the respective options menus and I always access this menu with the capacitive keys. Where is the Menu key or how can I activate it?
2. Is there a way to keep a regular backup of the calls history, text messages, etc to some samsung cloud so that if I flash a rom I can restore all the data?
In Miui there is the Miaccount and when I do a factory reset I can just login in the account and it will automatically download all this data. Its a great feature!
3. Where is the Power Toogles Widget?
4. Does Samsung as some kind of PC Manager to connect to the phone?
I think its Kies right, but this is for older phone....
5. is it possible to share (download gpx file or share in social networks) the activities from S Health app?
6. When I send a text message I'm getting notified that the other poerson received the message with the my text message received ringtone.... How do I change this?
7. Is there an option to close an app by Long-press the back capacitive key?
8. How can I choose the bluetooth download folder to be in the external SD?
9. No FM radio?
10. What app can I use to backup my apps+data without root?
11. Where is th QR Code scanner?
Thank you in adavnce

Djuganight said:
Hi Guys,
Been using MIUI for many years since my 1st smartphone and now with my Galaxy S7 its a brand new and diferent world, therefore I need you help if possible.
At this stage my doubts are:
1. Some apps don't have the 3 dots to cal the respective options menus and I always access this menu with the capacitive keys. Where is the Menu key or how can I activate it?
2. Is there a way to keep a regular backup of the calls history, text messages, etc to some samsung cloud so that if I flash a rom I can restore all the data?
In Miui there is the Miaccount and when I do a factory reset I can just login in the account and it will automatically download all this data. Its a great feature!
3. Where is the Power Toogles Widget?
4. Does Samsung as some kind of PC Manager to connect to the phone?
I think its Kies right, but this is for older phone....
5. is it possible to share (download gpx file or share in social networks) the activities from S Health app?
6. When I send a text message I'm getting notified that the other poerson received the message with the my text message received ringtone.... How do I change this?
7. Is there an option to close an app by Long-press the back capacitive key?
8. How can I choose the bluetooth download folder to be in the external SD?
9. No FM radio?
10. What app can I use to backup my apps+data without root?
11. Where is th QR Code scanner?
Thank you in adavnce
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1. Long press back button
2. Sync with Samsung account
3. Not available
4. Samsung switch for full backup
5. No idea
6. Not possible I think
7. No. Not needed.
8. You cant.
9. Nope.
10. Samsung switch
11. Install app use optical reader from samsung.
Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

great takerhbk, thank you very much.
that Text Messages receiving sound makes no sense at all and must have a solution

Djuganight said:
great takerhbk, thank you very much.
that Text Messages receiving sound makes no sense at all and must have a solution
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Messages > 3 dots top right menu > Settings > More settings > Text Messages > Delivery reports (Disable)

Thank you very much.
It would be great to know if the message was received or not.
In Miui the messages are stamped as received...

If you get a reply, they received it

Eheheh

1. You could use an app like 'Button Mapper' to redefine the keys. 'Xposed Additions' does more, but requires root access and the XPosed framework.
2. I use Titanium Backup (needs root) and save apps and data to the external SD card. Without root, you could try Helium Backup. It works for some phones sometimes. You could also backup your apps + data to the Google cloud.
4. I think that 'My Phone Explorer' is an excellent PC interface / synchronization client for just about any Android phone.
7. Yes. I agree; this *is* needed. See my reply to question 1. Since I get in and out of my phone quickly many times per day, I go even further. When I long-press the Back key, it runs a Tasker script that simulates pressing Home twice (to close the foreground app and return to the Home screen), brings up the Recent Apps screen, simulates a click to 'Close All' (to keep unused apps from draining the battery or using data), and then simulates the power button to turn off the screen.
10. See my reply to question 2.

Bob G said:
1. You could use an app like 'Button Mapper' to redefine the keys. 'Xposed Additions' does more, but requires root access and the XPosed framework.
2. I use Titanium Backup (needs root) and save apps and data to the external SD card. Without root, you could try Helium Backup. It works for some phones sometimes. You could also backup your apps + data to the Google cloud.
4. I think that 'My Phone Explorer' is an excellent PC interface / synchronization client for just about any Android phone.
7. Yes. I agree; this *is* needed. See my reply to question 1. Since I get in and out of my phone quickly many times per day, I go even further. When I long-press the Back key, it runs a Tasker script that simulates pressing Home twice (to close the foreground app and return to the Home screen), brings up the Recent Apps screen, simulates a click to 'Close All' (to keep unused apps from draining the battery or using data), and then simulates the power button to turn off the screen.
10. See my reply to question 2.
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Thank you very much.
Button mapper seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. Just did a quick test on several apps and either the required options are paid or need root ehehhe
Titanium Backup is the app I always used. I have the paid version but for now without root I have to let it go.
I'm going to try MyPhoneExplorer as the SmartSwitch from Samsung is really really poor. This don't even look like an official app to do what is meant to do....
regarding point 7, well I think a Button Mapper app is also the solution

No call recording option in this phone?