Countless hours with Tasker, combined with programming experience.
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Countless hours with Tasker, combined with programming experience.
Lock-N-Load
Android Expert
nope. it does not make them. to make them, you have to long press on the DT and select Manual Intents and make shortcuts.
either way, I gave up.
clintiepoo
Well-Known Member
I started using tasker and I like it. I have some problems with it being flaky at times, but I wonder if that's my fault.
Here's what I'm doing with it:
When I plug into my car dock, it turns on bluetooth, turns the media volume all the way up, turns the keyguard off, and loads up my podcast app.
When I put it into the desk dock, it turns auto brightness off, turns the brightness all the way down, turns the volume to 1, opens a .pls file for streaming radio, and goes back to the alarm clock screen.
Here's what I want to do:
I was using timerrific to turn the phone to vibrate from 8-4 on M-F. Is there a way to do this with tasker? I see where you can do it every day, all day, or where you can do it based on location, calendar entry (which i can't get to work on a repeating entry), but I can't figure out how to do it just on mon-fri, 8-4. Help?
Here's what I'm doing with it:
When I plug into my car dock, it turns on bluetooth, turns the media volume all the way up, turns the keyguard off, and loads up my podcast app.
When I put it into the desk dock, it turns auto brightness off, turns the brightness all the way down, turns the volume to 1, opens a .pls file for streaming radio, and goes back to the alarm clock screen.
Here's what I want to do:
I was using timerrific to turn the phone to vibrate from 8-4 on M-F. Is there a way to do this with tasker? I see where you can do it every day, all day, or where you can do it based on location, calendar entry (which i can't get to work on a repeating entry), but I can't figure out how to do it just on mon-fri, 8-4. Help?
I started using tasker and I like it. I have some problems with it being flaky at times, but I wonder if that's my fault.
Here's what I'm doing with it:
When I plug into my car dock, it turns on bluetooth, turns the media volume all the way up, turns the keyguard off, and loads up my podcast app.
When I put it into the desk dock, it turns auto brightness off, turns the brightness all the way down, turns the volume to 1, opens a .pls file for streaming radio, and goes back to the alarm clock screen.
Here's what I want to do:
I was using timerrific to turn the phone to vibrate from 8-4 on M-F. Is there a way to do this with tasker? I see where you can do it every day, all day, or where you can do it based on location, calendar entry (which i can't get to work on a repeating entry), but I can't figure out how to do it just on mon-fri, 8-4. Help?
Can't you start a new profile and use the the context to pick Mon-Fri as your days of the week, then add another context for the times and then as your task have the phone set to vibrate??
clintiepoo
Well-Known Member
yes i'm sure this is possible, but i dont know how to do it. when i make a mon-fri context it wants a task. i'm just not sure how to make it work.
clintiepoo
Well-Known Member
Wow, I feel dumb now. I created what I wanted, but didn't realize you can just add another context to it. I clicked it, clicked add, then set up the time. Thanks!
First:
Create a profile named ReadSMS, with these tasks:
Bluetooth ID (its name entry should exactly match that of your car's bluetooth device)
Say (text entry should be: %SMSRF sent the following text message: %SMSRB). When using SAY, you need to select SYSTEM as the Stream. The default is CALL which will send the sound through the ear piece rather than over the speaker.
Now, short click on ReadSMS and select profile under the options, then name the profile TTS SMS
Ok, you should now have a nicely grouped profile named TTS SMS with a task group named ReadSMS which has the tasks Bluetooth ID and Say
Second:
Create a profile named Bluetooth Connected
Create a Task within Bluetooth Connected called Car Bluetooth with the following:
Profile Status (its name entry should be TTS SMS and it should be set to ON)
Now you should have a task group named Car Bluetooth, short click for options and select Add Exit Task
Now, select new and create a new task group called Leave Car
Now, click on the + to create a new task
Add Profile Status (the name entry should be TTS SMS and it should be set to OFF
Now, if you want to add screen brightness or something else you can just add them to either list of tasks in those two groups, i.e., ON and OFF.
Save it all. You'tre done. Now when the phone connects to the car's bluetooth, any text message that comes in will automatically be read aloud. When the phone disconnects from the bluetooth, it turns the service off and return to normal.
I can't stress the danger of this if you have a passenger in the car and a message comes in that was meant for your ears only. You could create a widget to turn it on and off that would solve that problem though. Anyway, give it a whirl. I think I got it all correct. If not, you'll be close enough to figure it out.
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I have a bunch of these that I have been toying with. I have mine change wallpaper and volume when I enter certain locations based upon wifi and cellular towers (just like Locale was suppose to be able to do but can't). When I am close to the location, the phone vibrates once, when it get close to the wifi, it turns wifi on, connects, and then plays a sound. It also shuts off bluetooth and GPS if either is on. I have another one that makes a soft clock chime sound every hour. One that when I am home it automatically connects to my wireless and does the same at work. One that when the phone is placed in the dock, that British female voice (using the Say task) welcomes me home and tells me what a stud I am. LOL. Just some idea of what Tasker is capable of and what it's doing for me. Awesome app. A bit techie but you pick it up pretty fast by playing around.
varaonaid
Android Enthusiast
What's up with the Tasker website? (tasker.dinglisch.net/) Does anyone know? It's been unavailable for most of the day. I've been trying to download Tasker (I know I can d/l it from Market but it's less $$ directly and more of it does to the developer, plus you get more frequent updates that way). I had it on my previous phone (had to get it replaced) but want to get it for this phone and for my husband's new DX as well. Has he moved to a different website or any ideas??
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gaetawoo
Guest
Hi everyone, I hope this can be a place where people get together to solve problems using tasker. One thing i've been working on is getting it to read out who is calling or sending me a text message, and i have a widget to switch on/off the reading of the text message itself. HOWEVER, for the caller or texter, it only reads the 10 digit phone number, it does not read the Contact name associated with that number. I know there are plenty of apps that can do this (SMSReader, SayMyName Dessert) so how can we do this in Tasker?
Also, I have never gotten the Change WIdget Icon or Change Widget Label to work for me. I implement it correctly, even copying it from the tutorial online, and it never changes anything on the screen. Any help??
Also, I have never gotten the Change WIdget Icon or Change Widget Label to work for me. I implement it correctly, even copying it from the tutorial online, and it never changes anything on the screen. Any help??
To change the label or icon associated with a Task widget, the widget must be associated with a named task (as opposed to an anonymous task). That's the only thing I can think of that might be an issue.
As for the caller/sender name, you would have to contact the developer, as it's not currently possible. He would have to create a new variable that contains this information for the current caller/sender.
As for the caller/sender name, you would have to contact the developer, as it's not currently possible. He would have to create a new variable that contains this information for the current caller/sender.
diceman
Lurker
Hi everyone, just started using Tasker a few days ago and love it's possibilities. I have a problem though - my housemates are doing "their bit for a planet" and keep switching off Wifi overnight... Does anybody knows how to switch off Wifi in my mobile when I'm losing signal using Tasker? Can't figure it out and at the moment I think it will be easier to switch housemates ;-)
gaetawoo: as to the caller or sender, you could have the task set a variable of your making to the incoming phone number. Then set another task that runs IF that variable matches the name you're looking for (like Say Name IF %yourvariable matches the caller number). You'd have to set one up for each phone number, however, typing in their name in a Say task, and then the IF clause at the end with their phone number to compare it to.
I use a profile to this effect (though it only has one e-mail address) to make my phone extra annoying when I receive a notification from work while on-call.
diceman: I would try using Wifi Near(State), using the "invert" variable towards the bottom, and set it to turn WiFi off. The invert does the opposite, so it would go off when the SSID is unavailable(not near).
I actually made a widget that lets me turn Wifi on/off manually at my discression. It toggles the icon so I can tell at a glance if it's enabled, and displays a "Flash" telling me the state of %WIFI (on/off) when the icon is pressed. I built a delay into it, of 4 seconds, so it toggles wifi, gives it a chance to power up/down, and then reports its state.
I use a profile to this effect (though it only has one e-mail address) to make my phone extra annoying when I receive a notification from work while on-call.
diceman: I would try using Wifi Near(State), using the "invert" variable towards the bottom, and set it to turn WiFi off. The invert does the opposite, so it would go off when the SSID is unavailable(not near).
I actually made a widget that lets me turn Wifi on/off manually at my discression. It toggles the icon so I can tell at a glance if it's enabled, and displays a "Flash" telling me the state of %WIFI (on/off) when the icon is pressed. I built a delay into it, of 4 seconds, so it toggles wifi, gives it a chance to power up/down, and then reports its state.
For now I'll assume that you're manually turning on Wifi and just want to automate turning it off when you've had a connection at home and then lost it when your housemates turn of the router/ap.
Context: Wifi Connected <yourWifiSSID>
Exit Action: Wifi Off
You can't create a profile with an Exit Task to start with, but just create it as the Enter Task. Once you have the profile created, touch the enter task and select "move to exit".
This will only turn Wifi off after you've had a connection at home and then lost it, which could be caused by your housemates turning off the router/ap, or by venturing too far from the router/ap.
I'm using it mostly for widgets to toggle things like wifi and keyguard on and off.
In case anyone frequents the Tasker homepage, Tasker for Android is back up and running.
In case anyone frequents the Tasker homepage, Tasker for Android is back up and running.
Mine doesn't seem to take much of a toll at all. I typically only have one or two profiles running at any given time, and I get about 36 hours with occassional use out of each charge on my LG Ally. I took the approach of using Tasker to set up widgets primarily, being paranoid it would impact power consumption.
The Tasker homepage is back up, btw. Tasker for Android
TambourineMan
Well-Known Member
I am trying to get Tasker to turn on wifi and to turn 4G off at my house and to turn 4G on at my office and turn wifi off and to turn mobile network and Bluetooth off at both places, and when not at those two places to turn wifi and 4G off and turn mobile network and Bluetooth on.
It does not work.
It does not work.
Couple questions, because I'm doing something similar and it's working pretty well:
1. What type of context are you using? If using the Wifi Near state, do you have "Toggle Wifi" selected in the settings?
2. How long are you waiting for the toggles to occur before giving up?
VolsMcFalls
Well-Known Member
I really like tasker, but it seems like a pretty difficult program to fully understand. Can someone help me out?
I want my phone to turn the ringer and notifications off to vibrate only while I am at work, and then turn them back on when I leave. How can I accomplish this? I seem to be able to make it work when I get to work, but how do I set a task for when I LEAVE a location?
Also, do location based items eat the battery? Seems like it would if it is turning the GPS on and off throughout the day.
I want my phone to turn the ringer and notifications off to vibrate only while I am at work, and then turn them back on when I leave. How can I accomplish this? I seem to be able to make it work when I get to work, but how do I set a task for when I LEAVE a location?
Also, do location based items eat the battery? Seems like it would if it is turning the GPS on and off throughout the day.
SVTBlackie
Newbie
If you have a location set up, it should go back to your default phone settings once you leave the location. Leaving GPS on in my opinion doesn't really affect the battery as much as the apps that are using it, but I could be wrong, I'm no expert in the subject. If you go to menu > preferences you can adjust how much time it takes between each location check. The longer between checks, obviously, the less battery consumption
VolsMcFalls
Well-Known Member
I do not leave GPS on. I just wondered if Tasker triggers it on periodically so it can determine your location, or if the GPS is not on by default if Tasker then just uses cell tower location.
In other words, does Tasker use cell tower location by default unless the GPS is manually activated on the phone, or does Tasker handle the GPS activation periodically to determine location?
SVTBlackie
Newbie
Pretty sure you can set it up to do as such, I'm still new to the whole thing as well though, so I don't really know how to do it. Slowly reading through the user guide on the official site at the moment haha
VolsMcFalls
Well-Known Member
I am figuring more and more out about this app...
As for my GPS question, I have found the answer in playing with the device and checking the user guide.
Apparently if you have a location based item and you select Net and GPS, tasker will check your location by GPS every so many seconds (or minutes) depending on whether the phone is awake or asleep. You can define this check period in the settings. The alternative is to use Net location only (which uses cell towers) and expand the radius to allow for location discrepancies.
Now, I have another question...can you create a Yes / No dialog box? For example, I get near the grocery store, I have the phone notify my (based on location). I want a popup that asks something along the lines of "Do you need anything at the store?" with a Yes / No dialog box. If I select Yes, load OurGroceries app. If I select No, stops the task.
I know I can change the Open App action to a menu, but it is just a popup menu that you have to either click on to launch the app, or wait for it to time out. I would like to be able to just click no and stop it there without waiting for the menu to timeout. The menu interface also isn't very clean, as it just says the name of the action and doesn't provide for custom text entry (that I can find).
As for my GPS question, I have found the answer in playing with the device and checking the user guide.
Apparently if you have a location based item and you select Net and GPS, tasker will check your location by GPS every so many seconds (or minutes) depending on whether the phone is awake or asleep. You can define this check period in the settings. The alternative is to use Net location only (which uses cell towers) and expand the radius to allow for location discrepancies.
Now, I have another question...can you create a Yes / No dialog box? For example, I get near the grocery store, I have the phone notify my (based on location). I want a popup that asks something along the lines of "Do you need anything at the store?" with a Yes / No dialog box. If I select Yes, load OurGroceries app. If I select No, stops the task.
I know I can change the Open App action to a menu, but it is just a popup menu that you have to either click on to launch the app, or wait for it to time out. I would like to be able to just click no and stop it there without waiting for the menu to timeout. The menu interface also isn't very clean, as it just says the name of the action and doesn't provide for custom text entry (that I can find).