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What Tasker profiles is everyone using?? (This thread is NOT for requesting help with profiles)

cabbie said:
Set up into three widgets:

Work profile:
Wifi off, 4G on, bluetooth off, ringer off

Home profile:
Wifi on, 4g off, bluetooth on, ringer on

Car profile:
Wifi off, 3G on, bluetooth on, ringer on

Then one to augment the car profile with a choice to launch car panel
Context: bluetooth on, 3g on
Menu: launch carpanel
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Have you tried making a menu task and a widget with a 3 way menu? You touch the widget and a profile menu comes up. 2 touches instead of 1 but only 1 widget!

Widgets with menu tasks are sweet.... I have a games widget that pulls up a menu (arcade, skill, cards, puzzles) and each individual menu was a link back to the main games menu too
 
Hi all.
I'm new to tasker and it gives me some headaches.
Is there anywhere to find the list of commands, such as %PACTIVE or %BATT ?
 
LfcFan1977 said:
Hi all.
I'm new to tasker and it gives me some headaches.
Is there anywhere to find the list of commands, such as %PACTIVE or %BATT ?
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Absolutely! Check out: Tasker for Android which lists all the variables you can use as well as how to create your own. After you read through that site, check out the Wiki which has many examples and profiles you can download and modify to fit your needs.

After you create a few of your own profiles, it will make a lot more sense and get easier. I just can't say enough good about this app. It is my absolute favorite Android app.
 
Cheers Maris,
I had looked on both "Tasker for Andriod" and the "Wiki" pages but not found it.
How I missed it last time I'll never know. But found them now.
Typical that we ask a stupid question, then find the answer that was staring us in the face the whole time.
*blushes*
LOL
 
I have a couple that I use but need help tweaking a couple. I got the 4G Locale Plugin so I have it activate 4G when I open browser or facebook and turn off 4G when I exit. And of course the standby of turning on WiFi at home. Themore complicated ones are giving me trouble.

What I am trying to do:

1. Turn GPS on when turning on the screen and turn GPS off when the screen turns off UNLESS a program is using it. i tried launching GPS with Navigator, but it immediately gives me an error that GHPS is not on and sends me to settings.

2. Turn on Bluetooth when I turn the screen on and turn Bluetooth off when the screen turns off UNLESS a blurtooth device is connected.

I tried looking at the Tasker forums but cant seem to figure it out.
 
bwsmith said:
I have a couple that I use but need help tweaking a couple. I got the 4G Locale Plugin so I have it activate 4G when I open browser or facebook and turn off 4G when I exit. And of course the standby of turning on WiFi at home. Themore complicated ones are giving me trouble.

What I am trying to do:

1. Turn GPS on when turning on the screen and turn GPS off when the screen turns off UNLESS a program is using it. i tried launching GPS with Navigator, but it immediately gives me an error that GHPS is not on and sends me to settings.

2. Turn on Bluetooth when I turn the screen on and turn Bluetooth off when the screen turns off UNLESS a blurtooth device is connected.

I tried looking at the Tasker forums but cant seem to figure it out.
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For #1, you would have to list the apps that might use GPS. There's no way for Tasker to tell if another app is using GPS or not. Something like this:

Context: Display On
Task: GPS On

Context: Display Off
Context: Application [ Apps:Maps Invert:Yes ]
Task: GPS Off

For #2:

Context: Display On
Task: Bluetooth On

Context: Display Off
Context: Bluetooth Connected [ Invert:Yes ]
Task: Bluetooth Off

In either one of the above cases, you may want to substitute 'Display Unlocked' for 'Display On'.
 
That worked PERFECT for Bluetooth. For the GPS, I found that only Navigation gets bitchy about the 1 second delay. So i just used Tasker to create a widget that enables GPS and then launches Navigation.

Coming from Locale, i am impressed with everything that Tasker can do but good Lord what a learning curve. They need to add some common presets like a few sound profiles and one of the task sections as "common" like volumes, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, ringtone, etc that people use more often. It is a pain to check all those folders for something simple like Alarm volume. They REALLY need to work on being more user friendly. Maybe a simple mode like Locale is set up and an advanced mode like Tasker is currently set up. That would let new users or basic users get going on it quickly but leave all the features for advanced users or for the basic users to learn on.
 
gizbug said:
How do you import the profiles off the wiki into the app?
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Save the profiles to the /sdcard/Tasker/profiles directory on your phone. In the Tasker app main page go to menu -> 'Profile Data' -> 'Import One Profile' and you will be presented with the profiles saved above to select.
 
cjr72 said:
Save the profiles to the /sdcard/Tasker/profiles directory on your phone. In the Tasker app main page go to menu -> 'Profile Data' -> 'Import One Profile' and you will be presented with the profiles saved above to select.
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Thanks a lot
 
CodeMonkey said:
Currently I've got the following profiles..

5. OverrideSleeping: overrides Sleeping profile for a whitelist of callers
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How did you create the whitelist of callers?
I've setup tasker to activate "silent mode" at night (from 23:00 to 07:00) but I want the phone to ring for a few callers.
 
I got one more I can't figure out. How do I set it to turn GPS on for 2 minutes every 15 minutes? This way Tasker can get my fix for my location based profiles without leaving GPS on all the time.
 
biggdaniell said:
How did you create the whitelist of callers?
I've setup tasker to activate "silent mode" at night (from 23:00 to 07:00) but I want the phone to ring for a few callers.
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The easiest way to make a whitelist of callers that will ring no matter what is with an app called selective silence by chainsDD. I'm on my phone right now or I would post an appbrain link.
 
Any chance someone, who has the "Find my phone" profile working, post the steps. I've tried the ones posted on tasker.wikidot.com. No luck.

I would like to be able to get a reply msg w/gps coordinates and open google maps to show, but I gotta feeling that's asking a lot.

I want to add this to my wife's phone in case of any emergency, I could track her down.

Thanks for any help.
 
Xmeoff said:
Any chance someone, who has the "Find my phone" profile working, post the steps. I've tried the ones posted on tasker.wikidot.com. No luck.

I would like to be able to get a reply msg w/gps coordinates and open google maps to show, but I gotta feeling that's asking a lot.

I want to add this to my wife's phone in case of any emergency, I could track her down.

Thanks for any help.
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On the HTTP Get task

Server: port should be

is.gd/api.php?longurl=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%LOC

There was an error on this line in the profile on the tasker wiki
 
My first post on Android Forums,

Just tried tasker for 3days and i find its one of the best profile apps i've been using.

Some of the profiles i use:

GPS Auto On
Switch on GPS when apps like sportypal, Maps, etc is launched.

Mobile Data Auto On
Switch Data On for apps that require data, switch off after 2-3min of exit app.

Sleep
Put phone to silent
Off mobile data
Off Wifi
Disable all other Profiles except Emergency Calls
On exit
enable some profiles
AutoReply to SMS

Emergency Calls during Sleep Mode
Disable silent mode for 3min for caller numbers that fit criteria



The combined profile i'm trying to make work together, but does not seem to work perfectly, yet....

Near Cell *this profile turns my mobile data on to get location via network when i'm near cell tower near my home
- turn mobile data on
- turn profile status "Near Home" on
- get location, Net <--task 3
- go to task 3, if %nearhome isn't 1

Near Home(location 200m, net) *When location via network is within 200m of my home, this profile turns GPS on to get more accurate location.
- set %nearhome = 1
- turn mobile data off
- turn GPS on
- turn profile status "50m Home" on
- turn profile status "Near Cell" off
- get location, GPS <--task 6
- wait 30sec
- go to task 6, if %50mhome isn't 1

50m Home, (location 50m, GPS) *this profile turns Wifi on when GPS detects i'm within 50meters of home.
- set %50mhome = 1
- turn GPS off
- turn WIFI on
- turn profile status "Wifi Con" on
- turn profile status "Near Home" off
- wait 30sec


Wifi Connected SSID+MAC
- turn profile status "30m Home"

Wifi Disconnected SSID+MAC *this profile turns Wifi Off when it's disconnected, ie when modem off or i leave home.
- turn WIFI off
- Clear %nearhome
- Clear %50mhome
- turn profile status "Near Cell" On



Suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
I just want my wifi to be auto on when i'm home but not to always keep GPS and data on.. So since cell location is the least accurate, then Net, then GPS.. i switch them on incrementally... But i still can't get it work 100% of the time
 
cyben76 said:
I just want my wifi to be auto on when i'm home but not to always keep GPS and data on.. So since cell location is the least accurate, then Net, then GPS.. i switch them on incrementally... But i still can't get it work 100% of the time
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Is there a reason you aren't using a single profile with a Wifi Near context to turn wifi on and off???

Context: Wifi Near (home wifi)
Task: Wifi On
Exit Task: Wifi Off


This is basically what I use. Make sure you check the "Toggle Wifi" option. Your phone will turn on Wifi briefly every few minutes to look for your home wifi, and if not found, turn off.
 
bwsmith said:
I got one more I can't figure out. How do I set it to turn GPS on for 2 minutes every 15 minutes? This way Tasker can get my fix for my location based profiles without leaving GPS on all the time.
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You don't need to setup a profile to do this. If you have location contexts setup to use GPS, Tasker will turn it on occasionally to find your location.

In the Tasker settings, under Monitor, you can set the time between GPS location checks. There are two settings, one for when the screen is off and one for what the screen is on. Click the ? buttons to get descriptions of all of them, it's helpful.

Edit: I highly recommend you don't use GPS for location contexts, unless you plan to plug your phone in multiple times during the day. It uses a lot of battery.
 
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