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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samah:
My EVO has becoming slower. This was obvious through Quadrant, but also slightly through daily use. It was snappier on the first day.

I am rooted; I'm currently on the MikG v1.0 ROM with Gingerbread 2.3.3 and Sense 2.1/3.0 . I take care of my phone: I run a cache cleaner each day for internal storage as well as the SD card. My internal storage is 45% free (194MB) while my SD card is 58% free (4.35GB). My microSD card is a Sandisk 8GB Class 4.

Now, I don't blame any ROM for my low scores / slightly sluggishness. My first ROM was Myn's Warm 2.2 RLS4, then switched to RLS5 within a week once it came out. i used to get scores fluctuating near 1300, even 1400 some times. I don't think I had ever gotten a 1200 back then. I've played around with other ROMs too, including Mikfroyo's ROMs, CM ROMs, and Virus's ROMs etc.. I always properly wipe data, cache, & dalvik cache as well. I've tried custom kernels, mostly being attached to Netarchy's kernels. However, on my currrent ROM I can't use his kernels because there is a specific kernel for this ROM that prevents Wi-Fi and Sprint WiMAX 4G from breaking / being unusable. But you see, the problem isn't even the kernel, because even when I was on a Netarchy kernel on Myn's ROM, I started getting scores nearing 1000 (I've even got around a ~950).

So what's to blame for these low scores? Just the phone becoming old? I'd prefer not having to use a new kernel or ROM, because I've had this problem with most ROMs regardless of kernel. Also, what can I do to speed up my phone?

Thank you so much in advance to anyone who provides help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hazelfoot:
I'm pretty sure quadrant scores mean jack ****. That's what all the devs say, at least.

Mik's 2.1 sense w/ some 3.0 also runs considerably slower than stock if that's what you're noticing.

Probably just paranoia and your ROM.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samah:
That'd make sense, but I've actually gotten slightly better scores on this ROM.

Also, I started getting lower scores on Myn's ROM first - from 1200s-1300s to 900s-1100s.

EDIT: By the way, I've seen scores in 1700s. Does this just range from phone to phone? Makes me feel like my phone sucks comparatively, lol.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Your phone is like a computer. Sometimes, you just need to start over to clean everything up.

Mine got like that a few months ago, so I ran S-OFF, RUU, re-rooted, etc and started from stock. It made a big difference.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeau2004:
Same thing that was happening to me!! But Im gonna re-root and see what happens
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeau2004:
BTW how do u run S-OFF?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDM Civic EG8:
I think he meant S-On,RUU then Reroot

Sent from my Synergy Powered EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Yeah, my fault. The S-ON tool is for use when you used Unrevoked to root your phone. You can d/l it on the unrevoked website.

Flash it in recovery before you run RUU
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] life64x:
I am finding out from using different roms and getting a feel and see of how fast or slow the actions on my phone has not does not always agree with quadrant...if you run quadrant multiple times you will get different results....not changing anything...so is that a indicator of how good or bad your phone is? Or could it be that quadrant is flawed to use as a gauge. I don't use quadrant anymore near the frequency I did it the past...I would flash a rom every other day it seemed like and over clocked..under clocked...smart ass/interactive/ etc...every setting under the sun to make it faster...smoother and so on just for a few more bars on quadrant or speedtest...ot fps...then I realized I was just wearing out my batteries and buttons and wasting time..quadrant is not even a speed test...it is really a judge at how the darn quadrant feels like the score it wants to give you. Maintenance of the phone is needed.but a few hundred points that could vary after hundreds of hours literally of trying to max out poerformance.....ask yourself...is it really worth it...that is what I now tell myself...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwc3b:
according to titanium backup it seems 90% of my system ROM is being used. This is still shown after reboot. Is this normal?

I'm not sure exactly what this means
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjjensen23:
Perfectly normal AFAIK
[Android General] brandall:
My motivation for writing this thread is seeing the sometimes negative feedback on the Market about Tasker and the lack of simple beginner documentation to get users up and running.

I’m a massive fan of the application as you may already know, but once I too was thrown in the deep end as a noob, being pointed only to the technical documentation and the rather lacking and out-of-date step-throughs on the Tasker Wiki. There was too much head-scratching involved and it’s unsurprising that some users will give up before they’ve even started.

The dev of Tasker will hold his hands up to this, but he also has a very, very large list of things to do, that more seasoned Tasker users would like him to focus on, rather than spending his time writing a much needed how-to-guide

So, over the coming months I will gradually add to this thread with basic and useful profiles and explain them in as much detail as I possibly can in the hope that you will pick up on Tasker tips and tricks, which then may give you a step in the right direction to using this application to its full potential.

If you are already a regular Tasker user, please do get involved and volunteer to share and explain a profile that will help the beginners; as you once were. Collectively, it won’t take us long to demonstrate the basic building blocks that all profiles are built from. Your Tasker community needs you!

Let’s get started then! :eek:

New to Tasker? Download a free trial here

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Index

The Concept of Building a Tasker Profile - by strictlyrude27

Finding Your Way Around Tasker by neo1691

Using Tasker for your SMS Notification Management by brandall :eek:

Creating Useful Variables | SPLITS | SETS | FLASH | LISTS | CLEARING & MORE! by brandall :eek:

Using Tasker with the Minimalistic Text Plugin by brandall :eek:

Variable Split Demonstration by strictlyrude27

Your First Speaking Clock by Sokudoningyou

Using Tasker for Media Control by Deejaylobo

Basic Linux/Shell Commands to Create a Technical Battery Widget by brandall :eek:

Advanced Flow Control and IF concepts by strictlyrude27

BIG thanks to all those that have contributed so far. Please don't forget to use the thanks meter on their individual posts, it'll keep more helpful tutorials coming :)
[Android General] torsrex:
Great initiative! I am a total noob at using Tasker, and tutorials like this (with lots of explaining) is excactly what we need to learn it. Thanks :D
[Android General] brandall:
Glad to hear it :) Be more coming when I find the time...
[Android General] fl4r3:
I second that! Although I would like to request tutorials for using tasker with minimalistic text....I have never got this to work :confused:
[Android General] brandall:
I'll put one together for you :)
[Android General] ccadi:
Thanks for the tutorial. It's been very helpful. After your explanation of pattern matching I was able to make a profile to control my phone using Diary Events
[Android General] brandall:
Pleased it's helped you to make a profile you wanted. That's what I wanted to achieve :)
[Android General] ke3pup:
I have a question regarding Tasker:

I have SGS 2 and have Pin Lock enabled.

I've created an Event where :

On display unlocked: KeyGuard: off --> Wait : 2Mins --> Keyguard On.

Its my version of Delay lock without Wait Until since i want the phone locked after two minutes regardless of usage pattern . Problem is when screen goes off before two minutes is reached, Even though KeyGuard is set to on, pressing Home button or unlock button bypasses the pin unlock and goes straight to Home Screen!

To fix it i tried by using : If %SCREEN matches Off --> System lock

but it didn't work.

Note that if the two minutes have elapsed and i unlock the phone myself whilst screen is on everything is ok, problem only occurs if the screen goes off before two minute wait is reached and that's when bypassing pin lock happens. How can i fix this?

thanks
[Android General] brandall:
You confused me there - if the screen goes off before the two minutes, then from what you explained above, you set the keyguard to 'off' and it will be until the 2 minutes has passed??

Have I misunderstood..? :confused:
[Android General] neo1691:
Thanks a lot. Exactly what I needed. I somehow managed to make some simple profiles but I hope to become a tasker ninja soon. :D

Will try everything after my exams..

subscribed ..

[indroid 4.2] ;)
[Android General] brandall:
Ninja status awaits you :cool:

Pleasure :) Just checked out your sudoku video - brilliant! Didn't know it could do that... Wish it could do the same with cross-words!
[Android General] mi3x:
Great great work!!! I cannot thank you enough brandall! Subscribed!
[Android General] brandall:
Pleasure :)
[Android General] ke3pup:
currently I have:

ON Display Unlock -> 1) Set KeyGuard : off
2) Wait : 2 minutes
3) Set KeyGaurd: on

So when the display is unlocked , the keyGuard is set to off, waits for two minutes and sets the keyGuard back to on.

This is fine if screen is ON when step 3 happens. but if screen has gone OFF when step 3 happens, it appears that KeyGuard remains off because when i press the Unlock or home Button I'm taken back to home screen bypassing the Pin unlock screen (or slide unlock screen for that matter).

How can i fix this?
[Android General] brandall:
Ok! I'm with you now... There are issues with some lock screens and Tasker, so don't get your hopes up that we will be able to solve it; but let's try.

1) Add an 'Alert', 'vibrate pattern', pattern 200,200 - as action number 4

2) Set you wait time down to 30 seconds for testing so you don't have to twiddle your thumbs!

Switch your screen off before the 30 seconds and see if you feel the device vibrate at the 30 second point. At least we'll know then if the task is running fully.

Report back! :eek:
[Android General] fragargon:
hi brandall,

it's very kind of you doing such thread.

i m new user on tasker, the best app on the market.

actualy i ve got 3 main profil which were inspied by wiki tasker (extended profiler widget) - minimalstic tex (i like) sms-mail-call with a peach text for each ones and a really simple profile -auto gps- on for some apps.

in a near, a project to built a alarm clock which your would drive me ;) with your alarm clock and a auto sms sender when sms or call are received while i am on my bike... so no worry with responds... i plan to used some like %locspeed include into the sms and others stuff... one step by step

I hit the button ;) tks
[HTC Inspire 4G] shr0omz:
hey guys. i upgraded to launcherpro plus and root explorer and deleted my previous launcher and the stock rom file manager through titanium back. when i try to replace dock icons through launcher pro with my custom ones, it goes straight to my gallery instead of giving me the option of which apk i want to select the new icon from. in this case, i want to select my custom icon through root explorer but its not showing up as an option through launcherpro. any advice or possible fix? thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] MartyLK:
Have you tried restarting LP?
[HTC Inspire 4G] shr0omz:
yeah. i've tried restarting lp with no luck. then went to app settings and restored to default for both root explorer and lp... still with no luck. cant seem to figure out what it could be. my other apps such as desktop visualizer give me the option of which apk to select the custom icon from but for some reason launcherpro just goes directly into the stock gallery browser
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] themathers:
Hi guys and devs,

I just wonder that if could anyone know the way to mod CRT animation on the pure sense, I'm using Orange Glacier rom. I have modified the status bar, and things else, but this one is a hard ass one and I can't find the way to do it. Any idea? :o:D;)

THANKS IN ADVANCE!
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] aznpr1de808:
Virtuous Fusion utilizes CRT animations so i dont see why not since its Pure Sense as well
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] TrueBlue_Drew:
You could flash Royal Panache
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] themathers:
yea, thanks guys, totally agree with you. I tried both of them before but I prefer the original sense of mytouch 4g :D but btw virtious and royal, i go with royal :) so, really there is no way to put crt animation to the original sense? :)
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] TrueBlue_Drew:
My next project is to bring Royal Glacier up to date so we will see. Keep your eye out for it ;)
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] TeeJay3800:
Terms like "pure Sense" and "original Sense" to most people mean the version of Sense that is on all HTC phones except the myTouch line. If you're looking for the CRT animation for the type of Sense that comes on the MT4G stock, I'd call it "mySense" or something similar. That way folks will know what you're talking about. :)
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] TrueBlue_Drew:
Damn TeeJay, that was quik, I was going to edit my post to let him know the same thing. MySense is one of a kind (Made for t-mobile MyTouch Line) where as Original Sense is what is on most if not all other HTC devices.

I normally stay mostly in my little cave/thread but I did read a little about the MT4G Slide that might have Sense 3.0 but I have to assume it will be MySense so I am kinda wanting to see what that is about. I am actually probably one of the few that do like MySense. I think it has some UI things that I like about it.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] TeeJay3800:
We must have hit "submit reply" at the exact same time. ;)
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] themathers:
That is... AWESOME!!! for sure, I'll keep my eyes out for it :) I just went to the UOT kitchen and added some seasonings into Royal Panache, it tastes good now :P
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] themathers:
Thanks TeeJay for the correction, much appreciated ^^ I almost forgot that our Sense is one of a kind, MySense, good to remember :) Cheers!
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] option94:
Its gonna be hard on any 2.2 roms. Like, almost impossible hard. Would have to port the whole 2.3 frameworks for it to happen. Adding it to the stock 2.3 rom, not as hard.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] themathers:
Thank you for your information, I didn't know it's that impossible hard :( But correct me if I'm wrong, I think I saw some MySense roms which are 2.3.3 but the Sense is still 2.1 ... :D
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] cnote74:
He's referring to android operating system 2.2 froyo and 2.3 gingerbread, not the sense version
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] themathers:
Hi, I totally got what he refered to, say, Orange_Glacier rom, that is mySense and its android version is 2.3.3 :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhxkinMassacre:
edit:wrong section. sorry. someone close this thread or delete it...
[EVO 4G Android Development] sirmx:
see next post O_o
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhxkinMassacre:
s**t wrong section. sorry. someone please move this if you see it...
[EVO 4G Android Development] sirmx:
doh, you ruined all the fun lol.

Post it over in Q&A and i'll see if I can help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhxkinMassacre:
my bad haha
[Android] dsb9938:
Okay, I've looked everywhere for this.

Can somebody throw me a bone?

I've diff'd a coulpe files and there's too much changed to do just the one mod that way.

Thanks

D
[Android] Shoulon:
PM "The Dub". He had modded our sprint's 6bar's into 4bars for his Simply AOSP ROM, so reverse engineering? Hope that gives u a better lead.
[Android] dsb9938:
Yeah, he just modded the 4 bar images. There is a hack to make it actually accurate with 6 bars.

That's what I'm looking for. Thanks though.

D
[Android] Shoulon:
Thats how He did his on the ROM. reverse engineering will give you the 6bars your looking for. NOT just a visual look. you would just need to do some math.
[Android] Overstew:
I believe it's part of an XML file. Find where the file loads the signal icon, depending on signal strength. You'll have to decompile framework-res.apk. It's different per phone, but most people just use the same two images for 2 signals when going from 6 bars to 4. (for example, signal 1 will have a 1 signal icon, signal 2 and 3 will have the signal 2 bar, signal 4 and 5 will have the 3 signal bar, and signal 6 will be the full signal bar. You can take a look @ my MattedReds theme, download it, open up the framework-res.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > search signal and find the one that says Sprint. There will be a total of 14 icons. inside the AOSP version, you'll find I simply used the same image for a few.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surv:
Hey, first time poster, long time reader (search button is good!).

I just wanted to document the issue I had in case someone else could learn from it.

I flashed from Continuum 5.5 with Talon 0.1.7t15 to the new Serendipity 7. After booting Serendipity (and account setup/tibu restore/etc), I rebooted to download with the keycombo and flashed Talon 0.2.1 via ODIN. It seemed to go off without a hitch (love the new Talon splash screen), and my usual barometer for a successful kernel flash (voltage control extreme) seemed to be behaving, so I thought I had a successful kernel flash. However, when I launched voodoo control plus, it showed:

Module needs to be loaded

Device or kernel not supported

Name: SGH-I897

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7.I9000XWJVH-CL184813

I tried a dalvik clear and re-flashing Talon with ODIN again, same thing. After not finding anything searching the forums, I sent existz a pm (thanks again for your rapid response) and he suggested dalvik and cache (tried, no success) or otherwise uninstalling and re-installing the app.

I uninstalled Voodoo plus, but couldn't remove the voodoo cooked into Serendipity via the application management screen. Then tried to re-install from the market, and it failed silently (showed up in the status bar as a download for a fraction of a second and disappeared). So I rebooted, and tried again, and it installed successfully.

Voodoo now shows that the v9 module is available in kernel (although it still says the app module is incompatible with the kernel), but I can listen to my voodoo-enhanced music, so I'm happy.

I figured I would contribute my experience back in case it would help someone.

Thanks,

-surv
[HTC Sensation] swissman:
Hello!

I just received my HTC Sensation one week ago and must admit that it's a great device.

But I still have an annoying problem with it. I'm experiencing unwanted reboots (reports sent to htc OTA). It seems to happen when I want to lock the device (power button) with a single hand and probably pressing by mistake at the same time the volume down button. It just turns the device off and reboots (htc logo plus carier logo). Quite annoying as I'm using it with a single hand.

I do not think there's much to do for the time being but wanted to know if you are as well experiencing the same problem? Or is it a specific problem with my device or the carrier version of the software?

In any case, I've contacted HTC for that and waiting for a response but really wanted to know if someone else experienced that
[HTC Sensation] swissman:
Well I received an answer from HTC.

"Thank you for contacting HTC regarding your HTC Sensation I understand that you are currently experiencing difficulties with the device rebooting when you press the power key off accidentally touching the volume keys. I believe that the reason for this is because this is the way that you perform a factory reset using the hardware. I apologise there is no fix for this."

Ok, I know that this is the key combination for a factory reset but how come it does this when pressing shortly (it happens when both buttons are pressed at the same time but less than one second)... Any one else experience the same? For a reboot (bootloader) shouldn't we keep these buttons pressed longer?
[HTC Sensation] EnhancerFIN:
In my nexus, you have to push power+volume down+trackball to achieve this soft reset. In Sensation they have left the trackball out of it, as it doesn't have one.

The purpose of this function is to force reset of the phone in case of system hangup, so there is no need to pull the battery. It's not factory reset, weird if they told you so :D
[HTC Sensation] swissman:
Ok, I told them that I knew how to enter in bootloader mode but this wasn't definitively the same way...here the answer :-(

"Thank you for your email, and the information provided. I would advise you to try this on another device. As this could be a software issue. As the device is under 28 days old I would advise you to take the device to the retailer and get a replacement device."

I'll probably get an unlocked one this time? ;-)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] fondoo:
what podcast app do you guys use? im looking for a automatic downloader, like itunes.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] armychris28210:
10 characters
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
You could use Juice and have it download podcasts into a folder that Audiogalaxy, subsonic, or google music beta is watching and then just listen to them as they download and appear automatically.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] El Daddy:
Google listen works great for me.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] solarnz:
Doggcatcher is amazing, however I am probably going to build one myself.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mobilehavoc:
DoggCatcher. Period.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] cboy82:
i use google listen with bbc browsecast
[Xoom Themes and Apps] lostsynapse:
<- i've been using BeyondPod for the last year. Downloads podcasts and can sync with google reader. Free trial on the market. 6.99 for license.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] shmigao:
+1 for beyondpod. Used it for 2 yrs almost. Does a great job with scheduling podcast refresh and downloads
[Xoom Themes and Apps] fondoo:
im liking tunein alot! you can add preset podcast channels online and access your list on the xoom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] blue13x:
Yeah same here, really like it.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] flippingout:
What does Dogcatcher and BeyondPod offer that Google Listen doesn't? I've started listening to podcasts a lot and curious if I should try these other apps.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] dean_fx:
Question: Any of these allow you to mark for offline listening/watching? Sort of like a..."Download now" button? Rather stream it...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] diaa08:
doggcatcher is by far the most feature rich of the apps. i listen to at least 40 weekly podcasts (long commute, lots of driving for work) and I have tried all of the major apps. It even has a honeycomb layout (although that needs polishing). As far as the distinctions, it allows you to set both universal and podcast specific settings as far as autodownloads, listing, delete policies, etc. Its podcast search features are also outstanding. Another feature I use its backup and import/export abilities which means I can keep my settings between rom flashes, devices, etc... I could go on...

I encourage the other poster who said he was building his own (something I did a while back, but abandoned) to keep pushing the improvement. Things that would be cool are cloudsync (just track progress, read/unread, etc), better tablet layout, and better widgets.

but simple answer to OP: doggcatcher :D
[Xoom Themes and Apps] diaa08:
Most of the ones mentioned do, including doggcatcher
[Xoom Themes and Apps] dean_fx:
Just purchased DoggCatcher, and I must say. WOW.

Worth every penny, Kind of a turn off that there wasn't a lite version that I could test with, but you know..15min window. but everyone reading this...believe me....WORTH IT 100%.

Thank you diaa08 for recommending this application. I am now using it on my Tablet as well as my Phone. ;-)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] solarnz:
Yeah, I want to be able to sync my phone and tablet at the same time. However I also want to go one step further and sync the downloaded file locally over wifi :-P