Anyone using Tasker?

[chrlswltrs]

Does anyone know of a plug in or another way for tasker to delete SMS. I am looking to find a way to delete messages from certain contacts every night automatically.

 

[Eris1981]

Yeah ... it is. I have a menu widget set up for my games. Eventually I will have to cascade. I also have a profile set up that I think I found on the Tasker Wiki that pops up a menu of my audio apps when I plug in my headphones.

This has fast become my favorite app and has consumed the majority of my time with my phone since I got it. Being able to show my grocery list when I get within range of the store is my favorite profile so far. So handy and amazes my friends when my phone suddenly says, "I have your grocery list ready, would you like to see it?" and then displays the list. So cool.

I need to play with this more, How did you go about doing this one? I have only made 3 profiles so far. I guess I need to dig deeper.

 

[Maris]

I need to play with this more, How did you go about doing this one? I have only made 3 profiles so far. I guess I need to dig deeper.

Similar apps for the menu widgets are on the Tasker Wiki, but the Store/Shopping List one isn't. I have Astrid installed and noticed when poking around Tasker that it was listed in the Plug-in area, so I started experimenting with it. I also have it show me a list of my favorite TV shows coming on for each day so I don't miss them. I'll try to explain it here.

For the store one:
First I used Astrid to create a list of items I wanted to see for a particular task by entering a "tag" for the item list. The nice thing is you can have more than one tag per item, so if it's something you can buy at a few stores, you can make a tag for each one and the item will show when the list for that store is needed.

Then in Tasker:
The Context is location based for my grocery store (or K-Mart, whatever). For the Task, I used the plug-in, selected Astrid, and a window opens to allow you to configure the plug-in. You will see a list of the tags you set up in Astrid, so pick the one you want for this task, for example, "Groceries." Be sure to use the menu to save your configuration (that step wasn't obvious to me at first because it is hidden out of site).
I also added a "Say" (Under "Misc") and set the text to let me know I was near xxx store and my list (grocery in this case) was ready.
Tap Done and you're all set.

The next time you're within your location range, you will be alerted by the "say" statement and there will be a notification to tap that will pull up your list of items, filtered by whatever tag you used.

My TV show one was just slightly more complicated because I filtered the list further by using the @DAYW variable so it would only show me items for that particular day by using IF statements in the task. That way I didn't have to make separate tasks for each day of the week, but could put it all into one named Task and then set up the profile for a specific time and the profile's task just calls my TV show task. I have it run at 7:00 PM every night so I don't miss my favorite shows.

 

[DaWeav]

Yep, I basically went through the same thing. Looking in the superuser permissions, I found that it needed /bin/. Interesting that you can't make it work at all, though. Mine will work once I open the wireless tether app, but not until then.

Well, I recently reflashed my phone and was able to get your procedure to work with one exception. I have Tasker using the plug-in to send the 'start' command and then have Tasker launch WiFi Tether which enables WiFi Tether. BUT, when I have Tasker send the 'stop' command via the plug-in and then launch WiFi Tether, my phone reboots. Interestingly, when I try to manually 'stop' WiFi Tether after I have Tasker enable it, it also reboots my phone. But, if I manually start WiFi Tether and then manually stop WiFi Tether, no reboot. Too weird.

 

[DaWeav]

For your purposes, you may need to add a Day context (selecting Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri), and Calendar Entry context using the Invert check box (to specify "not vacation").

Once again, I found this very useful setting the 'invert' on a calendar status event.

Needless to say, there are some Tasker profiles that I don't want running when I'm off, but some of my day's off are a 'Holiday', like today, which I don't want to add to the calendar as 'Day Off' or 'Vacation' for every Holiday. So, since I have the Google provided U.S. Holiday Calendar syncing with my phone, I simply added an additional calendar state context to these profiles for 'INVERT' so that if there are any matches in the Google Holiday Calendar, the profile won't execute. Very simple, but so nice!

 

[ewingr]

I've been away for a while. Was without a phone for a while. ANyway, I'm back, and my locatin is not working well on my new phone.

I"m using a Hom Location profile, and the context is NET. It is not triggering. Right now it has NET green, and Radius 200m. I read in the instructions on the device that if it wasn't working to set the radius larger. But no matter what I do, it comes back to 200. For example, I selected a radius of 1KM, and it cambe back saying Accuracy 58M, and set the radius to 200.

Any suggestions?

 

[UncleMike]

I've been away for a while. Was without a phone for a while. ANyway, I'm back, and my locatin is not working well on my new phone.

I"m using a Hom Location profile, and the context is NET. It is not triggering. Right now it has NET green, and Radius 200m. I read in the instructions on the device that if it wasn't working to set the radius larger. But no matter what I do, it comes back to 200. For example, I selected a radius of 1KM, and it cambe back saying Accuracy 58M, and set the radius to 200.

Any suggestions?

After changing the radius, tap Done. If you tap Get Fix it will get a fix and reset the radius based on the accuracy of the fix.

 

[ewingr]

Thanks!

I changed it and it worked on the first try, albeit not as quickly as I expected. But good enough. I'll do some experimentation. It may take a larger radius yet, But looks like I'm on track now.

 

[Soybomb]

Spent a little while playing around with tasker this evening and seem to dig it so far. Lots of little things that it can be used to do that add to the experience. I've been using k9 mail and had it sent to sound and audible alert and set the notification light everytime I got an email. Only problem is I get my fair share of spam and so lots of "false alarms."

So I turned off alerts in k9 and set tasker up to doing a tts alert and set the notification light for email from some specific people (a white list essentially). Its beautiful and works great, announces the name of the sender and everything.

The only problem I have is that if I hear an alert, turn the phone on, reply or read in k9 and turn the screen off the notification light is still lit unless I remember to manually clear it. K9 was nice that once I entered the app, it cleared the light. Is there any way that I could automate the clearing of the notification after I read the message or something like that?

Thanks

 

[ewingr]

I have tried the profle from the Tasker Wiki that activates GPS when launching Navigator, or any other program put in the list that needs GPS. Maybe it isn't a good one, as I can't find it there this morning to link to. (I just looked at it an set it up last night).

Here is what it contains:

Context: Various apps that use GPS, ie Nav, and Maps
Task Option: GPS ON
Task Edit: GPS Off

I find that quite often it does not turn on the GPS. At least not before Google Navigator launches and needs it (in which case it puts up the message box about GPS not being on). Also, once it is working, if I leave the Navigator screen for some reason, the exit task turns off the GPS, when my anticipation may be that I'm just momentarily doingi something else...not while driving of course )

Is there a more useful way to accomplish this?

 

[theslik1]

I find that quite often it does not turn on the GPS. At least not before Google Navigator launches and needs it (in which case it puts up the message box about GPS not being on).

The problem with the message box in Nav is solved by making a substitute Nav widget from a task. You have to insert a "wait" between GPS ON and starting the Nav app (1 sec wait did the trick for me), then use the widget to start nav instead of the app itself.

Edit: I've also noticed that my direct Nav shortcuts (i.e. Home etc) do not have this problem. They simply start GPS with no message box.

 

[tuftslax]

Hey everyone, new to tasker but trying to do something pretty complex. I have a droid x and I'm having problems turning off the LED notification light among other things. The best way to describe it is to tell what I want it to do (basically dock my phone and pull up talktomyphone)

This is the general outline of what I want:
Context: Phone is docked (done via a homemade desk dock, no problems here)
Task:
1) Start talktomyphone (no problems, although I'd like it to connect too, but thats not possible with the current app. Maybe work a script into it?)
2) Shut off ALL notifications (since they go to my computer) - lights,sounds,vibrate (Here is the major problem, I cant get the LED to turn off with txts, tried notification pulse =off but that just keeps the light on steady. The only workaround I can think of is manually going into the messaging app to turn off notifications [which does everything I want] and then creating a task that runs whenever I'm not docked to basically replace the standard notification. Is there an easier way?)
3) Screen timeout to 7 (no problems)
3) Clear "unread" text message to "read" status (This is ideal but not necesary, is it possible? I read them on my computer so when I am done its useless to have txt appear as unread on my phone)
4) Return to normal after I remove it (not a problem)


Am I asking to much of tasker or is this at all possible? Like I said I have figured out a workaround that should work but seems much more difficult than I would like.

 

[godslayer]

Is it possible to set the hp to 2G/GPRS while display is off and back to 3G/H when display is lit again.

This should help to conserve immensely since majority of the time, the hp is in sleep mode.

Best I can do is to set APN to OFF while in sleep mode. Would this have the same effect?

(Edit: its not good having setting APN to OFF. This would mean disconnecting from any IMs)

Any idea?

 

[mclad]

2. I'm using Touchdown & K9 for mail (Touchdown for exchange). K9 shows up under third party apps so that I can control what type of notification I want when I get mail however, Touchdown does not. The problem is that I want notifications of calendar reminders but not notifications of emails (depending on my ring setting), without having to go into Touchdown to make this change all the time. Any thoughts on how to do this?

I want to do the exact same thing! Except I'd like to turn off Touchdown email notifications outside working hours, but leave calendar notifications on all the time.

 

[sharkerbaby]

I've managed to set up a number of different profiles and am loving the automation Tasker has given me. I am not a programmer so I have struggled to set a few up but have managed up until now. I am trying to set a profile that when USB connected I get a menu that allows me to select whether to

Synch DejaOffice - done sort of
Mount SD - I'm rooted so hoping I can use term emulator or other to do it
Do nothing - easy no help on this one needed

I've got the synch DejaOffice app to load but not to automatically start synch (this particular aspect is low priority at this time). I haven't added the Do Nothing option yet but this one is easy so no help needed on that one but I can not for the life of me figure out if it's possible to mount the SD. I've searched multiple forums including the tasker forum and can't find a thing. I know mount SD is not built into tasker yet but I'm rooted so was hoping to be able to use root tools to accomplish this. In effect right now I've got a menu of one (lol). I'm gonna add the do nothing option this pm but in the mean time, does anyone have any thoughts on the mount SD option?

tia

 

[thelastname]

Remember, the next time some iJerk says to you, "Yeah, so what? Your OPEN operating system does what for you?"

Show them Tasker. My god - all other apps bow to your master...

I'm a Tasker noob, but from the Wiki site I'm getting better by the hour. Here's what I want to do. I want to be able to get my ConvertPad app to talk to my RealCalc app. When I convert some units I want to be able to effectively "copy" the answer and "paste" it into RealCalc.

I was hoping to do this by having my Volume Up button be my VariableSet and VolumeDown to be the paste and VariableClear. So far it doesn't look as though Tasker will accommodate the volume buttons.

Any ideas?

 

[reno55]

Anyone want to try stepping me through setting a profile so when the phone is on usb or ac power the screen doesnt time out and lock screen doesnt turn on?

 

[chrlswltrs]

Anyone want to try stepping me through setting a profile so when the phone is on usb or ac power the screen doesnt time out and lock screen doesnt turn on?

Context: State
-Power - Any

Tasks:
-Display - Stay on - with AC or USB Power
-Plug in - Password lock -> configuration -> off

You need to buy this plug in to control the lockscreen:
Locale Password Lock Plug-in - Android app on AppBrain

 

[reno55]

Uh that's a locale plugin not tasker? Do I have to have it even though im using tasker?

 

[chrlswltrs]

Uh that's a locale plugin not tasker? Do I have to have it even though im using tasker?

Most of the locale plug ins work with tasker, you just don't need them because they are built into tasker already.

The Plug in does work in tasker because I have it and use it with tasker. In the app description it even says it requires Tasker or Locale

 

[balpers]

One of the few things that bug me with my Droid is that when calling or receiving a call, the display automatically goes to a screen that requires an extra press to get to the dialpad. This is a nuisance when navigating in a phone menu system that requires you to select an option by pressing a number key.

I would like to accomplish the following:

WHEN [Phone is offhook] SWITCH [Display to Dialpad]

Can this be done in Tasker or any other application?

Thanks,

Burt

 

[markz68]

I am having mixed luck with Tasker.

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I have tried a couple of the profiles listed in this thread and the Tasker wiki for allowing certain callers to ring through at night even though the phone is set to silent.

The one I currently have loaded is the Sleep Mode and Sleep Mode Emergency Numbers profiles. When the allowed callers call, it does not turn the volume back up and ring.

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I do have a great wifi profile loaded that I found somewhere online. Every 5 minutes it turns on wifi to see if any of my known access points are available and if so, stays connected to it. If not, it shuts down wifi and checks again every 5 minutes. It works great and automatically connects me to wifi at work and at home without having to do any location-based checking.

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I also have a GPS Apps profile that turns GPS on when I open certain apps and off when I turn off the app. Instead of making separate profiles for each app, I put them all on one profile. Works pretty well.

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What I really want is a profile similar to my wifi profile, that if I lose a phone signal (which I frequently do at work), that will go into airplane mode (but leave wifi on), and then come out of airplane mode every few minutes to see if I have a signal again. I had an app on my Palm Centro that did that for me. It saved my battery all the time going to the server room (which is my office), or basement of the hospital where I have no signal.

What I am using right now to kinda accomplish that is the Setting Profiles Lite app. When it sees my WAP SSID at work, it goes into airplane mode with wifi left on. That is working okay. When I get to my office and lose signal, I have wifi so it switches to that mode. Then when I leave the hospital to go to another clinic, the airplane mode goes off and the wifi goes off. That allowed me to end up with about 70% battery strength at the end of the work day instead of 3% like I did without it. It is better than just being in airplane mode all day which means I can't get any text messages, vm, or calls. However, it based totally on seeing the wifi in various places around the hospital and not based on whether or not I have a cell signal.

I am hoping someone can help me with that. At the least, I'd like to do this with tasker instead of the Setting Profiles Lite app. Otherwise I will have to end up buying it too.

And for the record I have a rooted Samsung Epic on 2.1.

 

[UncleMike]

I want to do the exact same thing! Except I'd like to turn off Touchdown email notifications outside working hours, but leave calendar notifications on all the time.

This won't actually stop the notification, but it will silence it...

Within touchdown, can you separately specify which ringtone to use for email notifications and calendar notifications? If so, you can copy the ringtone you're using to TouchdownEmail.ogg (or mp3, depending on the original ringtone format) on your memory card, and configure Touchdown to use that ringtone. Then when you want to silence the notification, use Tasker's Copy File action to copy a silent ringtone over the TouchdownEmail.ogg. When you're ready to unsilence the notification, just copy the original file over TouchdownEmail.ogg.

Alternatively, you could just use a silent ringtone for Touchdown Email notifications all the time, and use Tasker's new Notification context to sound an alert whenever the Touchdown Email notification appears in the notification bar, only during work hours. With this method you could also control vibration settings for the notification.

 

[UncleMike]

I am having mixed luck with Tasker.

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I have tried a couple of the profiles listed in this thread and the Tasker wiki for allowing certain callers to ring through at night even though the phone is set to silent.

The one I currently have loaded is the Sleep Mode and Sleep Mode Emergency Numbers profiles. When the allowed callers call, it does not turn the volume back up and ring...

...What I really want is a profile similar to my wifi profile, that if I lose a phone signal (which I frequently do at work), that will go into airplane mode (but leave wifi on), and then come out of airplane mode every few minutes to see if I have a signal again. I had an app on my Palm Centro that did that for me. It saved my battery all the time going to the server room (which is my office), or basement of the hospital where I have no signal.

What I am using right now to kinda accomplish that is the Setting Profiles Lite app. When it sees my WAP SSID at work, it goes into airplane mode with wifi left on. That is working okay. When I get to my office and lose signal, I have wifi so it switches to that mode. Then when I leave the hospital to go to another clinic, the airplane mode goes off and the wifi goes off. That allowed me to end up with about 70% battery strength at the end of the work day instead of 3% like I did without it. It is better than just being in airplane mode all day which means I can't get any text messages, vm, or calls. However, it based totally on seeing the wifi in various places around the hospital and not based on whether or not I have a cell signal.

I am hoping someone can help me with that. At the least, I'd like to do this with tasker instead of the Setting Profiles Lite app. Otherwise I will have to end up buying it too.

And for the record I have a rooted Samsung Epic on 2.1.

I've seen a report from another user who is having similar problems with changing ringer volume while the phone is actually ringing. He says he's tried Ring Scheduler, which has a similar feature, and that it works fine. I don't know if the developer of Tasker has tracked down what the issue is yet.

Regarding the cell signal issue, try this:

Context: Variable Value %CELLSRV Matches nopower/noservice
Enter Task:
Phone > Radio OFF
Wait 5 minutes
Phone > Radio ON
Wait 30 seconds
Goto 1 If %CELLSRV Matches noservice

This looks to me like it should work, but on my device (Droid 2.2 CDMA) I regularly get %CELLSRV = unknown, so hopefully you'll have better luck.

 

[amlothi]

Question regarding Desk Clock application and Tasker. (Desire, HTC Sense)

I recently got a docking station, but the phone doesn't recognize it as a dock. Just as A/C power. So, what I want is to dock the phone and have it show the desk clock (black screen with the time).

I set up a profile as follows:

Context: Power (AC)
Task: Load App Desk Clock
Exit Task: Go Home

The exit task I am using is in place of "Kill app" which I tried and doesn't work on Froyo.

The results?

1) If I dock the phone when the screen is on (phone unlocked) the profile works exactly as I want it to.

2) If I dock the phone when the screen is off (phone is locked) it lauches the app but it brings me into the time app itself (where I can change settings and set alarms) but not the black screen showing only the time.

Why is the task working differently when the screen is off? Any fix for this?

You could try having Tasker turn the display on before launching the app.

Hi Uncle Mike,

Sorry to resurrect this old question, but I'm again tinkering with this same problem.

Here is what I currently have, and what is happening as a result:

Context: Power, Time, Display Off (event)

I added the event context, because I don't want it annoying me if I am using the phone by popping up the clock app.

Tasks:Screen On, App > Desk Clock

When the profile activates, the screen comes on. Then, the desk clock appears for a second (black screen, clock only) and then it automatically kicks out to the regular Clock app (with buttons, weather, etc.)

I cannot seem to get it to go to the Desk Clock by itself.

HTC Desire with Sense. Using pre-installed app for the clock.

In my applications I have "Clock" and "Desk Clock". If I manually start "Desk Clock" I get exactly what I want. If I manually start "Clock" I get the clock page with weather and buttons. However, if I ask Tasker to start the "Desk Clock" app, I get the "Clock" screen instead.

Any advice? I've tried other clock apps, but none that I really like. The stock app is fine if it'll work correctly.