Busy Me is a simple, set-and-forget app that automatically sets your phone to vibrate during events on your Google Calendar and returns the ringer to normal afterwards. This is my first app and the idea came from the need to prevent me from being the "annoying phone guy" during meetings at work. It works so seamlessly that at some point, you'll forget it is installed.
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Features
- Select or ignore events based on calendar, event type and keywords
- Turn ringer back on after event ends
- Silence phone before meeting starts, delay turning ringer back on in case meeting runs long
- Only turns ringer off when ringer is set to Normal
- Does not keep turning ringer off if you manually set it back to normal during a meeting
Download
Beta Version 1.5.3-beta2
The beta version (which gets hotfixes and features first) is distributed through the Google Play beta-testers program and involves 3 simple steps:
Join the Busy Me Users community on Google+.
Opt-in to become a beta tester.
Download Busy Me 1.5.3-beta2 on Google Play Store.
Production Version 1.5.3
Download Busy Me 1.5.2 on Google Play.
Help
Using the "Use Keywords" Feature
1. Add "#busy" anywhere in your event's Description field.
2. Or, add your own list of keywords to look for in the event's Title (e.g., doctor, class, game, etc). Just separate your keywords by a comma and avoid anything that isn't a letter or number.
NOTE: Enabling the keywords feature forces you to use keywords all the time.
What is the difference between a Free/Available and Busy event?
By default, Busy Me looks for events with the "Show me as" option set to "Busy" rather than "Available." When you create an event, it is set to busy by default. You need to set your events to available when you don't mind being bothered. An example is a calendar reminder to feed your cats.
How to set your Calendar events to Busy or Free/Available
Option 1: From your phone:
1. Edit or create an event.
2. Press Menu button > Show more options.
3. Now you will see the "Show me as" option.
Option 2: From your PC:
1. Browse to http://google.com/calendar.
2. Edit or create an event.
3. At the bottom, you will see the "Show me as" option.
Changelog
1.5.3
- Beta and Prod versions are in sync
- Overrides previous notification rather than creating new ones
- Fixes rare situation where ringer no longer turns off ringer after you manually turn it on (override) during a previous meeting
- Fixes "Calendar not found" error
1.5.3-beta2 - 7/8/2013
- Overrides previous notification rather than creating new ones
- Fixes rare situation where Busy Me does not turn ringer off
1.5.3-beta1
- First beta-tester release
- Fixes "Calendar not found" error
1.5.2
- Adds Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) supported
- Removes support for Android 2.1 and below
- New icon
- Manually override ringer during a meeting
- New notification setting
- Fixes potential crash
Just my two cents:
It would be nice to have an option to change to vibrate some configurable amount of time before the actual calendar event (e.g., 5, 10, 15... minutes before), as some events may start earlier than planned, or have a "quiet time" before starting.
Regarding this feature
* Returns ringer to normal afterwards
Sometimes meetings, classes, or other scheduled events run longer than the scheduled time. Perhaps an option to delay returning to normal would be a good idea, or an option to have it NOT return to normal would be good. After all, the first thing most people do after a busy event is check their phone.
When I added the option to go into vibrate mode 5 mins before or after a meeting starts or ends, I tossed around the idea of making this time configurable, but I hadn't made it a priority. I think it's a good idea that I'll add soon. It wouldn't hurt to make the option to set the ringer back to normal configurable as well.
Thanks for the feedback.
capitalf said:
When I added the option to go into vibrate mode 5 mins before or after a meeting starts or ends, I tossed around the idea of making this time configurable, but I hadn't made it a priority. I think it's a good idea that I'll add soon. It wouldn't hurt to make the option to set the ringer back to normal configurable as well.
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Could you make it keyword based as well? #vibrate for example? and #silent if you really don't want to be disturbed.
Cheers,
Bart
Very cool app. Will be giving it a go today. Will let ya know how it goes.
Thanks for sharing!
I've been after an app like this since I got my Android phone. Just installing now and will report my findings......
Digi
Is it possible just to pick silent or vibrate. I like the idea of it vibrating before and after an event time, but I would like it silent during my busy time. Also I saw that you called it lite do you have a donation version as well?
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FEATURES
* Checks calendar for events and sets ringer to vibrate
* Event options: Busy (default), Available/Free, All Day events, events by keyword in title
* Can ignore events based on keyword
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USING THE "USE KEYWORDS" FEATURE
1. Add "#busy" anywhere in your event's Description field.
2. Or, add your own list of keywords to look for in the event's Title (e.g., doctor, class, game, etc). Just separate your keywords by a comma and avoid anything that isn't a letter or number.
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The Keywords feature, can you activate the vibration when a certain word is in the event name?
My calendar is closely connected with my work, so when I add a threeletter word in the start followed by a ":" my office phone is transferred to our answering machine.
All my meetings is like this: "MØT: Meeting title". If I could use the keywordfunction to activate vibrate whenever MØT is in the name that would be aewsome!
-sblindheim
bambam82 said:
Could you make it keyword based as well? #vibrate for example? and #silent if you really don't want to be disturbed.
Cheers,
Bart
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Right now only the #busy keyword is supported, but I will be adding additional ones. Adding #busy is the equivalent of what you want #vibrate to do. Thanks for the suggestion.
ladykaya said:
Is it possible just to pick silent or vibrate. I like the idea of it vibrating before and after an event time, but I would like it silent during my busy time. Also I saw that you called it lite do you have a donation version as well?
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I'm working on an option to select whether to go silent or vibrate when an event is found.
Regarding donate version, I don't have one.. yet. I'll add several more features to this version to make it usable by most people. And then some cooler, more major features (e.g., SMS auto-reply) might wait for to be brought exclusively to a paid/donate version.
sblindheim said:
The Keywords feature, can you activate the vibration when a certain word is in the event name?
My calendar is closely connected with my work, so when I add a threeletter word in the start followed by a ":" my office phone is transferred to our answering machine.
All my meetings is like this: "MØT: Meeting title". If I could use the keywordfunction to activate vibrate whenever MØT is in the name that would be aewsome!
-sblindheim
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@sblindheim this is actually exactly what the Keyword option is for. I'm not sure if it will work with your "Ø" character though. Let me know. However, remember that if you use the keywords option, Busy Me will react to ONLY those meetings with those words in the title.
Another option is to have a Work calendar and have Busy Me address events on that calendar rather than using the keyword.
capitalf said:
Another option is to have a Work calendar and have Busy Me address events on that calendar rather than using the keyword.
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Since I already have my calendars set up this way (I have a specific calendar for my Pilates teaching schedule) this will work well for me, I hope!
Competition is good. I use a different app called "Setting Profiles" that seems very much like this.
How is this different / better than that app?
timehunter said:
Competition is good. I use a different app called "Setting Profiles" that seems very much like this.
How is this different / better than that app?
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Busy Me focuses solely on your calendar so it really isn't a competitor to Setting Profiles. Setting Profiles' competition is more less Locale, Tasker, etc apps that manage a lot more settings on your phone under a lot of different "conditions." I personally use Locale.. or at least I used to. It no longer has a free calendar condition (until I make one).
Since you're a Setting Profiles user and it has a calendar condition, how about you try out Busy Me for a bit and share your thoughts?
I used Busy Me yesterday for the first time. It worked, it set my phone to Silent when it was supposed to - but then it kept doing it for the rest of the day. I don't know what would set it off, but I'd hear the bzzzt and my phone was on Silent. I'd switch it back, and it would do it again. Last night it was sitting on the charger, I wasn't touching it, screen was off, and bzzzzzt when I picked it up and checked it was on silent. So I've disabled it for now (I'm not busy today anyways. Do you want me to enable it and try to get a logcat for you?
reinbeau said:
but then it kept doing it for the rest of the day. I don't know what would set it off, but I'd hear the bzzzt and my phone was on Silent.
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A couple questions..
What settings do you have enabled in Busy Me?
In the Calendar app's settings (usually Menu button > More > Calendars), do you have any calendars that show "synced, not visible"?
Did you have any All Day events on your calendar yesterday? You may even want to actually look on http://google.com/calendar rather than the phone.
I'm thinking you have an all day event on your calendar and have the "All day events" option checked. Or, you have a calendar synced (but maybe not visible) with your phone which has events.
capitalf said:
A couple questions..
What settings do you have enabled in Busy Me?
In the Calendar app's settings (usually Menu button > More > Calendars), do you have any calendars that show "synced, not visible"?
Did you have any All Day events on your calendar yesterday? You may even want to actually look on http://google.com/calendar rather than the phone.
I'm thinking you have an all day event on your calendar and have the "All day events" option checked. Or, you have a calendar synced (but maybe not visible) with your phone which has events.
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I have set vibrate early and end later, and I am only having it 'watch' one calendar, my work calendar. All the others are not checked (I have a personal one, and then Astronomy, US Holidays and Birthdays, but they are unchecked. Nothing else is checked.
I have nothing like 'synched, not visible' checked at all. No all day events. I am very careful with my calendar data, I use Pimlical, and need things to be accurate because I base my billings on it (I'm a Pilates instructor, teaching at various studios). The only calendar active in Busy Me is my Pilates work calendar.
@reinbeau - That's strange. I can't duplicate it but I'm trying to come up with a few hunches. If you disable your other calendars except Personal, does this still happen? Likewise, does it still happen with them enabled?
capitalf said:
@reinbeau - That's strange. I can't duplicate it but I'm trying to come up with a few hunches. If you disable your other calendars except Personal, does this still happen? Likewise, does it still happen with them enabled?
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I'll fiddle around with it this week. I really can't disable my work calendar for very long, I need it As far as 'personal' calendar, do you mean 'My Calendar' the one that comes with the Captivate? I never, ever use that calendar. The one I use for my personal stuff is called 'Ann_Name' (my name, which isn't name).
Hi,
Looking for an App that will force a loud ringtone (even when on silent) when an email arrives (into Gmail box) from a specific email address (or addresses).
Basically a 'prioiry email' type application. I have had a nosey round the market and various apps seem to offer partial results but nothing concrete.
This is needed for overnight support at work - to make sure that any incidents wake up the on-call guys
in other words it needs to be a pretty stable app
Any thoughts ?
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.hubris.gmailnotifierpro&feature=search_result should be the solution, you'll need to set up a rule in gmail to put the mail in a certain label and then use this app
You might also be able to do something like that with Tasker. I know it is possible to trigger alarms and other changes/activities with SMS messages, so email may be as well.
Thanks Guys .... Ill have a tinker with both
im trying to make tasker my default app to replace a bunch of apps in 1. im having a bit of trouble making a reminder profile/s. here are some features im looking for...
*read a .txt file with the list of reminders.
*say them from the .txt file.
*have a continues reminder if no action has been taken. aka respond to it.
*have the option to remind me later (like a snooze for alarm, remind me again in 15min)
*dismiss reminder/mark as "done" (for that day, until the next day/time).
*be universal as in having the reminder tasks anonymous so its easy to "clone" the profile to add another reminder. and no conflicting if multiple reminder profiles are active for that day.
i will post my current settup later on today. it works ok but still some things dont work like if i set the reminder to "later", it does pop up the reminder options to remind me later or dismiss but the problem is that it wont show what the reminder is for. again, will post later. just wanna start up the thread... thanks!
Tasker Profile Help
Hi,,,,
I am new-bee using Tasker, and I find it very useful application.
I am struck with a situation.
1) I want to reject incoming call and send sms during a particular time i.e. 6 pm to 7 pm.
I am confused how to use AND operator between two context.
Please help me.
thanks
Call Planner is a program that lets you quickly and easily schedule a phone call or create a list of calls to be handled. The application offers the following features:
- scheduled phone calls by time (working on ability to schedule phone calls by location)
- to-do calls and sort them by priority and/or category
- ability to schedule phone calls repeatedly (daily, weekly, monthly)
- automatic creation of a planned call for contacts that have birthdays on specified day
- monitoring your missed calls and automatically create a to-do call
- the history of calls (both voice calls finished through the application and all calls in the device)
- and more
Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mi3.callplanner
Nice app
I think this is a must for me...always forget to call persons and i have some problems....nice app keepongoing...
Sound like some spam telemarketers or debt collectors must have app.
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Looks like a great app especially for the numerous conference calls I have.
Only suggestion is on the recurring planned call is for, Daily for just weekdays Mon-Fri.
this app looks so nice looking. Keep on the good work.
mjelinek said:
Call Planner is a program that lets you quickly and easily schedule a phone call or create a list of calls to be handled. The application offers the following features:
- scheduled phone calls by time (working on ability to schedule phone calls by location)
- to-do calls and sort them by priority and/or category
- ability to schedule phone calls repeatedly (daily, weekly, monthly)
- automatic creation of a planned call for contacts that have birthdays on specified day
- monitoring your missed calls and automatically create a to-do call
- the history of calls (both voice calls finished through the application and all calls in the device)
- and more
Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mi3.callplanner
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Why does a Call Planner app requires internet permissions? To download ads? To by synced with somewhere?
acilsekirlet said:
Why does a Call Planner app requires internet permissions? To download ads? To by synced with somewhere?
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Sync with facebook or google+ for the birthday calls.
acilsekirlet said:
Why does a Call Planner app requires internet permissions? To download ads? To by synced with somewhere?
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Internet permissions are required for Google Analytics only, but we will probably remove this in next version (I understand that some people may be concerned that an application that works with contacts requires an Internet connection). We don't send any private data from your device to our servers or 3rd party servers.
Hope this helps. Have a nice day.
jrmars07 said:
Looks like a great app especially for the numerous conference calls I have.
Only suggestion is on the recurring planned call is for, Daily for just weekdays Mon-Fri.
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Thanks for feedback, I will put your suggestion to our backlog Have a nice day!
Sync between phones
Hi and thank you for this great development...
After some weeks of using I just miss one thing: Syncing between phones
What do you think about this?
Thanks in advance!
Holger
funholy said:
Hi and thank you for this great development...
After some weeks of using I just miss one thing: Syncing between phones
What do you think about this?
Thanks in advance!
Holger
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Hi, thank you for your feedback and suggestion. Yes, sync between devices and with calendar is something we have in our plans for next versions. Have a nice day!
Thanks for a nice app.
I wanted to schedule recharge via USSD codes, but when I enter like
#100*7*0417125125#
it will not let me save as invalid number format
Please consider allowing USSD codes, thanks
abbots said:
Thanks for a nice app.
I wanted to schedule recharge via USSD codes, but when I enter like
#100*7*0417125125#
it will not let me save as invalid number format
Please consider allowing USSD codes, thanks
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Hi, thank you for reporting this issue. Validation for phone number format has been removed in some 1.0.x version, but we were validating length of phone number (max. 15 chars). Today we released quick small update (1.1.4) that removes this validation / restriction. Please let me know if app now works correctly for you. Have a nice day
mjelinek said:
Please let me know if app now works correctly for you. Have a nice day
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Thanks for such fast response, I can enter ussd string ok now, I'll try next few days, I think it should 'just work'.
Thanks again
abbots said:
Thanks for such fast response, I can enter ussd string ok now, I'll try next few days, I think it should 'just work'.
Thanks again
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Good news Thanks for info. If you find another issues, please let me know here or directly at [email protected]. Enjoy app and have a nice day. Many thanks for your review on Google Play.
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Good news Thanks for info. If you find another issues, please let me know here or directly at [email protected]. Enjoy app and have a nice day. Many thanks for your review on Google Play.
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Ahem, a dumb question, if it's covered in docs, I apologize
Is there a way to actually execute a call, rather than, have a screen with 'call' button pop up?
IN my usage, I just want to send the ussd string/dial the number at scheduled time with no further interaction
Of is not there, what do you think of such option, do able? Of any real use, worth considering?
Thanks again for the app, and, your help.
abbots said:
Ahem, a dumb question, if it's covered in docs, I apologize
...
IN my usage, I just want to send the ussd string/dial the number at scheduled time with no further interaction
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Looking into this further, apparently the carrier won't allow final digit included in the string, it gets ignored, and, needs to be entered 'interactively', so, my 'automated' used might need some interaction...
Anyhow, I'll try and see, thanks for your help
abbots said:
Looking into this further, apparently the carrier won't allow final digit included in the string, it gets ignored, and, needs to be entered 'interactively', so, my 'automated' used might need some interaction...
Anyhow, I'll try and see, thanks for your help
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Thank your for info Have a nice day.
Is the application down?
mjelinek said:
Call Planner is a program that lets you quickly and easily schedule a phone call or create a list of calls to be handled. The application offers the following features:
- scheduled phone calls by time (working on ability to schedule phone calls by location)
- to-do calls and sort them by priority and/or category
- ability to schedule phone calls repeatedly (daily, weekly, monthly)
- automatic creation of a planned call for contacts that have birthdays on specified day
- monitoring your missed calls and automatically create a to-do call
- the history of calls (both voice calls finished through the application and all calls in the device)
- and more
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Hello,
I was wondering if the application is still available on google play store? As the above-mentioned link has expired I guess.
Thanks,
Apurv Sibal