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entropy5

entropy5

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I've created a macro to wake the screen on my Moto G4 (2016) but it will only work once. Any ideas?
I've chosen...

Proximity sensor screen on
Fast wave as the action
Screen off as the constraint.

I've tried toggling these in various ways. Still can get it to fire once.
 
Hi

In
Settings (big button)
Trigger options
Proximity sensor trigger
Is work with screen off selected?

I also use macrodroid for this and found the proximity sensor "far" trigger to work better.
 
A little new to Macro Droid. What needs to be specified in each to do what you are discussing?

Triggers - Proximity Sensor
Actions - Screen On
Constraints - Screen Off
Settings - Trigger Options - Proximity Sensor Trigger - Works With Screen Off - Check

... Thom
 
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Action = screen on

And in macrodroid big green wrench button, trigger options, proximity sensor = work with screen off.
 
Yes,
when discussing macros, it is important that for each post that is added to a thread, the reason for that macro needs to be posted along with the macro items.

I am a long time MacroDroid fanatic, and each time someone posts up a need for help, or presents their way of using it, I learn something new.

Trying to provide answers to those who are asking makes me learn new things, because what they want to do, I have no need for, so I don't experiment with every possible way of using MacroDroid. IMO, that is an astronomical task and actually quite useless.

25 plus triggers and 25 plus actions that usually have multiple criteria available....

I think the guy who wrote MacroDroid just about has to live in the loony bin by now ;)
 
I'm now playing around with the shake trigger versus the proximity sensor so it doesn't wake up the screen when I put the phone into my pocket.
 
I'm also firing the clear logs @ 3am macro found under Templates.

Then I want to create a macro to auto send an SMS reply to incoming while driving enabled by a home screen icon.
 
entropy5 said:
I'm now playing around with the shake trigger versus the proximity sensor so it doesn't wake up the screen when I put the phone into my pocket.
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I am now using the Shake Trigger and it works like a champ!

I have a case on my Note 4 that hides the power button, so it is hard to lock the screen "right now".
so, I just made up a macro in MacroDroid to sense 'shake phone' and the action was to lock the screen.

Job 1 Done :)
 
I have a flip case on my note 4 with 2 macros that turn the screen on when I open it, and off when I close it. Also it re-wakes the screen after timeout (with the case open) by waving over the prox. sensor. Without the case, it works fine (off in pockets, on out of pocket) too. I added some time delays so that accidental offs dont happen. I can send these to anyone who is interested..
 
girolez said:
I have a flip case on my note 4 with 2 macros that turn the screen on when I open it, and off when I close it. Also it re-wakes the screen after timeout (with the case open) by waving over the prox. sensor. Without the case, it works fine (off in pockets, on out of pocket) too. I added some time delays so that accidental offs dont happen. I can send these to anyone who is interested..
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Sure! I'd be interested. Post the configs.
 
So, I'm using-
Shake as the trigger
Screen on as the action
Screen off as the constraint

Seems to work well, but, it appears that the longer the screen is off, the harder I have to shake it with the shake sensitivity at level 3 or 4. At level 5, even walking wakes the screen up. I'll continue trying it though.

Cool app.
 
I've been trying to use it in place of Llama to trigger off cell towers. It seems to identify them correctly (for my home and workplace) but falls to correctly trigger. Any recommendations?
 
GrouchoM said:
I've been trying to use it in place of Llama to trigger off cell towers. It seems to identify them correctly (for my home and workplace) but falls to correctly trigger. Any recommendations?
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I'm not quite sure what it is using to trigger from cell towers....
I do know, that it is spasmodic as to logging them....
I don't do it anymore, it makes a mess of my calendar.
 
GrouchoM said:
So, how do you use location triggers without wasting battery? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S7.
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I personally don't use Location Triggers at all. I don't have a need for them.
I only used the "Cell Tower log" which does not use "gps location", it only logs the cell sites that the phone can hear.

If you need a GPS location sensed, you will have expect some battery life loss... as the app that keeps turning on the GPS will be active. How fast the battery goes down will depend on how frequently the GPS is requested to get a location.
 
Hmmm. As I said, the cell towers failed to correctly trigger. It was correctly recognizing the cells towers assigned to the region but not triggering. I know this because I briefly made a new location while at the region and taught it the towers...it got the same towers as the original region.
 
In another app I use proximity to a specific WiFi signals to trigger. I found GPS to be too unreliable and WiFi to be totally reliable. Battery drain is not noticeable.

... Thom
 
I like to keep my wifi toggled off unless I'm at a very few locations (e.g. my home). I palnned on using Macrodroid or Llama to toggle wifi when I get/leave home.
 
The trigger would be you being close to the WiFi signal that is always on. You then toggle the phone appropriately.

In MacroDroid the trigger is Wifi SSID Transition

The down side is that sometimes there are areas near the WiFi router that do not receive the signal. This would result in a false trigger.

... Thom
 
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