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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Download NFC ReTag. You can save NFC tags, which can be used to trigger Tasker tasks. Wifi is easy to set up, under Net. Mobile data cannot be toggled without root. You can use Secure Settings if you're rooted to toggle mobile data. Auto-sync can be set on/off under Net too. Having the bluetooth paired previously with the car should mean it connects automatically when bluetooth is turned on using the task. As for turning off, set up another profile, where you set a timeout for bluetooth not being connected for certain amount of time, then set the task to turn off bluetooth.

Pausing music can be done by setting up a profile with context for receive SMS, task setting a user variable to something. another profile to monitor the variable and stop music when a certain value is set. I'm not too sure whether that'd work on the music player you have though. exit task as pay music again.

As for reading SMSes, this link might help. http://tasker.wikidot.com/readsmswhileincardock

Just add a bit at the end clearing the variable to trigger music playback.

I'm unsure whether tasker supports voice input. There is an option for sending SMS automatically (without location) but I'm unsure how to get it to reply to the person who sent it. You may want to ask the developer directly.

Hope this clears at least some of the questions you had. I'm no expert on Tasker myself so take all this with a grain of salt :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mayhemrules:
You cant get that to work on +4.0 if I recall.

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If you still need it. SecureSettings has an action for expanded desktop. You should check it out!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] shadabt:
I have a habit to dismiss alarm in the morning. So I have a profile which detects when alarm rings then tasker rings the alarm every 5 min until I get up and switch on the lights.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Caporeira:
Hi,

I have a JZO54K.I9300XXELKC soft version and 4.1.2 Android.

When I want choose input action, Dpad or Button I have info "Sorry, that action is unavailable on this device"

Question is why, and how can I enable this options ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] hls811:
I'm not sure if this is do-able, I just started messing around with Tasker (and Llama) to see if this works for either.. What I'd like to do is have a button/widget, when when I press it it'll clear all notifications from the Notification bar along the top as well as the pull down and then it'll disable any new notifications from coming in until I press it again to disable that profile.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
backup data, wipe data and reinstall app. It worked for me. You might not even have to uninstall. Just wipe data first and see if that works.

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I'm not sure. I can't find an option dealing with notification panel. Maybe there might be a plugin?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dostname:
Thanx :good::good:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Caporeira:
I will try, but Kies have problem to backup my Apps and Messages.

Which version task do you have ?

And how can I backup my apps ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Oh nono you don't need to reflash the whole rom. Just go to settings in tasker and it gives you an option to backup your current profiles. Then wipe app data from applications setting, uninstall tasker and reinstall. I'm using the latest version. I installed the beta version on top but went back to the latest on google play after I had that issue.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Caporeira:
Ok also, I going to apps, found Tasker, clean his data (all clean) and after this uninstall.

After that I was downloaded Tasker4.0b9 and instal on my phone.

The result, I still have Dpad, Button nad Type options in Red color and when I click to run this option - info "unavailable on this device" :(

What I'm doing wrong ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Don't use the beta version. Download straight from google play and install. That sorted my problem out. If it doesn't work, you'll probably have to contact the developer
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Caporeira:
Still dosen't work. Do I need acces to root or somethink ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
If you didn't need it before, I don't see why you need it now, but yeah I'm rooted.. I suggest you contact the developer
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Caporeira:
Yes i'm didn't root my phone, but it is first time when i want used Dpad and Button function.

Probably when i'm rooted my phone i will lose guarantee ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] starbucks2010:
Is there any possibility to:

1. Not disconnect the bluetooth if is still connected?

2. Use differently the rules for weekend days and weekdays?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] NHS2008:
I was missing 'Smart Actions' from my Motorola Atrix 2, Now I got this!! Thank you!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Yes you will lose your guarantee. Your phone forum will have more details on this.

1. You can set a variable to be set when bluetooth connected. That way it won't trigger whatever task you had. Clear variable once disconnected.

2. Profile has time context.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Caporeira:
How to add to this profile: http://tasker.wikidot.com/wifi-automator

When WiFi turn off, than Data GSM turn on ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Context: wifi state off

Task: Mobile data on

Exit: mobile data off
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Caporeira:
I'm begginer, can you tell me how do did and where write a comends ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Go to profile tab, add new profile, choose context name, select net => wifi status (or something similar). Choose task name, add task, net => mobile data => off.

Long select the created task and select exit task, choose name, do the same as above but choose "on"

Comends?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DanceOff:
Guys the app doesn't work :confused:

It used to work on stock ROM I don't use any taskiller still clueless it automatically closes after some time :confused:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Try leaving the notification on. It forces the app to stay on memory.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DanceOff:
Yeah it works thanks for it
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jessesam:
Can any one help me with a profile ? ........ I want to do titanium backup of my whats app messages using tasker. I know titanium backup has the scheduled back up option,but I want to use it using tasker.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] kmoore11:
Haven't seen much talk about people creating apps using Tasker, so I thought I'd share mine I'm working on. It's fairly simple. I flash ROMs fairly often, but hate having to go back through the settings and get everything just how I like it. So I'm working on a task that will do things like change my ringtone to a certain sound, turn haptic feedback off, etc. I have no experience with exporting these things as apps, but I'll let y'all know how it goes!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xddd00:
Is there any way to disable WhatsApp from firewall when I open it and then when closing it enable again? (to hide last seen)

I mean automatically with tasker?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Creating an app is just a matter of exporting a task using the app factory app from google play :)

Not entirely sure what you mean by firewall..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DanceOff:
Firewall ?

Sent.....just sent
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Greedyfly:
Thanks for this. Just downloaded it and have been messing with it (currently it's learning my locations) but have you noticed any battery drains with it?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] winwiz:
can you share this profile please? sounds useful!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jezarius:
Check out the Tasker Wiki - there are loads and loads of examples, downloadable profiles and step throughs - tasker.wikidot.com

Also, Llama drains battery, Locale is limited to location based actions whereas Tasker is hugely more powerful. I am a beta tester and in the new version that will be out soon you can create installable APK applications from your Tasker projects, that can run without tasker needing to be installed. Pent is a killer developer and created the best app on android.

100% worth the learning curve
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Greedyfly:
Why does Llama drain the battery but Tasker doesn't?

I'm less and less convinced about the ease of using Tasker after reading this thread and I'm not willing to pay the £5 whether I can or not.

Unfortunately in other news Llama DID change my profile when required but DID NOT turn off my WiFi like I wanted....Which is really what I am after.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DanceOff:
Tasker really doesn't drain battery, because it doesn't really do anything until the trigger conditions (for your task) are met.

It's not sitting waiting for the trigger conditions, the condition happens and it wakes up Tasker.

It's really quite well done.

Press the "Thanks" button below if I've helped.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DanceOff:
And one thing more

If tasker switches on wifi when conditions are met, tasker switches it off when conditions no more meet

Press the "Thanks" button below if I've helped.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DanceOff:
So it is better than other app you mentioned

Press the "Thanks" button below if I've helped.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Greedyfly:
Is it not looking for the network I want it to connect too though? Surely that's a battery drain?

I am not being deliberately obstructive by the way. I just like to know
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DanceOff:
If you create a task to connect to network (lets say when time is 6:00 pm)

It will excite on 6:00pm sharp and give a command to connect to network.

If you switch on wifi, you dont go inside the phone to do it right?

Similarly tasker just gives a signal

And, every app uses battery

Drainin means consuming battety at high rate

So it doenst drain it

Press the "Thanks" button below if I've helped.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] danarama:
It doesn't use wifi to scan for the network or anything. Your phone is either connected to the network or not. Tasker listens for that event. It doesn't actively seek the network.

This means a network connection event trigger uses the same battery as a time trigger. Or like an alarm clock. That's a time trigger too.

To put it in context, tasker runs all day. My launcher used 2% battery. My sdcard used 2% battery. Tasker is not even listed. The battery use is THAT minute that it hasn't even registered.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ArbiterGR:
I wonder, is there an option to enable/disable Power Saving feature that our phone has ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] cgcrute:
Tasker doesn't hit your battery, in fact it can be used to extend it by switching off things like bluetooth when not needed. It doesn't constantly poll GPS it relies on the reported position from when the phone polls it, negligible battery drain - trust me!

I use it to do the following:

1) When on external power it turns on bluetooth and increases the screen timeout (on my rooted Nexus it also turned on 3G, but I have yet to root the S3).

2) When it connects to my bluetooth car kit (which it will when in the cradle due to condition 1, above). It turns on swiftreply to txt people who txt and call to tell them I'm driving, turns on the option to read txt messages aloud, increases the screen timeout to 10 minutes, loads Radardroid to warn me of speed traps and finally loads Google's Car Home app. When it disconnects it turns all that off but also logs my current position which I can then call up in google maps using a widget on my home screen (never have trouble finding my car!).

3) When an incoming call comes in it turns on bluetooth in case I'm driving and haven't stuck it in the dock.

4) When I'm at home it turns on wifi, turns it off when I leave home.

5) When connected to my home wifi it turns on autosync and desksms (so I can send SMS from my PC but they don't pop up when I'm out).

6) I have a Tasker widget set for meetings which the phone on silent, instantly rejects calls, txts callers and txters that I am in a meeting and gives a notification to tell me who called (you don't get a missed call notification if you actively bounce a call).

7) Turns off auto sync at night and dims the screen using screenfilter.

8) Using the Application foundry you can make stand-alone apps, I used this to get around the fact that Google's Car Home doesn't support the S3's direct dial shortcuts. I made a tasker action to call specific numbers then bundled them as an app, then added them to Car Home.

On my rooted Nexus I used to use it to extend battery life by limiting the processor when the screen was off and dropping the processor down when battery hit 40%, further at 30%, again at 20%.

I've plans to use it for more but never seem to find the time, additional features get added all the time. There is a learning curve, I used to use Locale which was easier but lacked the power to do everything I wanted!

Tasker is great, and it makes iPhone owners jealous - one colleague swapped from Android just for Tasker!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Greedyfly:
Oh. Wow. That's pretty good. I have just downloaded the trial version seeing as though it's getting some pretty good reviews on here.

However, and this is a pretty big ask I realise (but I am struggling with the technicalities of this already and I have some patience issues today :D ) but could you help provide the steps for creating 4) and 5) (without desk SMS)? NO worries if not but if someone could point me in the right direction for learning how to use this powerful app I would be very grateful!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] paranoid2007:
Great ideas! I'm also using taker for some years now and am very happy. Would you mind sharing your tasker profile?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Greedyfly:
Ok got it. Installed it. And got WiFi on/off working which was what I was after. So good news there. It isn't all that tough to figure out which is another bonus.

UNFORTUNATELY now my BetterBatteryStats is showing a "Multidpd" Kernel Wakelock battery drain (not heavy but enough to be annoying). Any ideas as to if Tasker is causing that issue and how I resolve it as this is exactly what I was on about with regards to an app turning wifi off/on but becoming the reason for the battery drain instead of the Wifi always being on.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Zisworg:
So it's another AutomateIt Pro, but (maybe) with more features. Less updated.

Anyway, I'll give it a try coz it seems more integrated :) Thanks for the share!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] SunjinSak:
A rudimentary search of this forum seems to suggest the Multipdp Wakelock thing is a bug with ICS. Theories seem to vary as to whether it's an issue with WiFi, mobile data or both.

General consensus though is that the phone wakes up for a 6 second period after receiving each packet - thus keeping the phone in a partially awake state when it should be asleep. That's what seems to be causing the battery drain.

Tasker doesn't appear to factor into it but your experience suggests differently. Perhaps it's just coincidence?

Hopefully someone with more knowledge on the subject will comment.

I can't say I've had any battery drain issues with Tasker though and I use it for the same purpose you do.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] cgcrute:
Sure can later this evening, can I do that by just posting my backup (having changed the location based stuff for privacy)?

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Those are pretty simple really.

Wifi at Home:

1) Press the big green +

2) Name the profile, 'home wifi on' maybe? Press the tick button.

3) Choose location from the list that appears.

4) Choose your home location from the map. Set the radius too. GPS doesn't work as well indoors so I have mine set to 500m, but you may get away with less.

5) Give the context a name, 'home'.

6) Select new task from the list that appears.

7) Give it a name, 'Wifi On'.

8) Click the plus button on the next screen to add an action.

9) Choose 'Net', then wifi, then change 'Set' to 'On'.

10) Press the green tick from the 'Task Edit' screen.

11) You then be back at the main screen. Click and hold on the action (it should say WiFi On on it) until the menu appears.

12) Choose 'Add Exit Task'

13) New Task

14) Name it 'Wifi Off'

15) Click the + sign, then 'Net', then Wifi, change 'Set' to 'Off'.

16) Test.

Sync.

1) Create a new task, name it 'Wifi Connected'

2) Choose 'State'

3) Choose 'Net'

4) Choose 'Wifi Connected'

5) Press the Magnifying Glass and select the SSID of your network

6) Choose 'New Task'

7) '+'

8) 'Auto-Sync'

9) 'Set' to 'On'

10) 'Green Tick'

11) 'Green Tick'

12) Long press on the action and choose 'Add Exit Task'

13) Repeat the above but set Auto Sync to off.

14) Test

15) Rejoice/ Cry depending on result of 14.

It's easy once you've done a couple!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] T.K.B:
Wonder if anyone can help me! I just installed Tasker and trying to setup a profile that would allow me to auto-start Wifi when I come home and vice-versa; but when I get to set the location, the map screen is blank- it only shows the grid lines; and when I push the gps button to locate my home location only a blue flag comes up with a message saying Fix Accuracy: xx meters (gps). Any idea what's going on here? My maps and gps work perfectly on Google Maps... so have no problems gps-wise.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] navymoss35:
I have the ultimate security profile! I've been using tasker for years now. Check this out. You need secure settings installed with helper downloaded along with tasker of course.

1. When not connected to WiFi, security pin lock enabled.

2. Anyone who tries to unlock a d fail twice next will happen

I. Phone will vibrate at custom vibration

II. Phone will play pre recorded message. ex "say the magic word" or whatever you want.

III. Phone discretely uses the front camera and snaps a photo.

IV. Phone begins to record the perpetrator voice.

V. Phone display turns off then back on.

VI. Phone lock is disabled and the perpetrator can get into the phone.

VII. Phone shows the perpetrator the photo it took for 10 seconds.

VIII. Phone display turns off and relocks it. Pin is back on.

3. Photo is saved in gallery and can be automatically uploaded to Google+.

4. Sound recorded is stored in what ever folder you want.

Totally secure and amazing. I'm working on adding the ability to send the photo, the GPS location, and voice recording automatically to any email you want. If anyone is interested in this I can share it and walk you through.

I have so many more. I have one where if you wave at the proximity with the screen on it turns off auto brightness and turns it up all the way and stays that way until you wave it again.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ray3andrei:
How the bloody hell do i disable the icon in the notification, this was posible before, im on the new ui btw, also option menu seems to be containing much less than before, help

Sent from my GNexus
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Uncheck run in foreground under settings > monitor

Or you can always disable notification for tasker in applications settings
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ~RoN~:
Sounds good, but doesn't it drain battery?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xddd00:
Sorry my bad english, but I mean by rooting device then installing a FireWall like

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jtschohl.androidfirewall&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qdHNjaG9obC5hbmRyb2lkZmlyZXdhbGwiXQ..

and create a profile to disable and enable it when using WhatsApp
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ray3andrei:
Yeah its in the preference menu im just blind, but thanks! :)

Sent from my GNexus
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xcly:
Well there is a way but it's rather annoying to use on a daily basis. Reason for that is because you can't run apps in background. And that WhatsApp is messenger app that can run in the background, which tasker doesn't detect. So this method will only work if you have it on screen.

Context: WhatsApp open.

Task: kill firewall

Exit task: load firewall, input back (how many times you need it)

As I said this will load firewall every time you close WhatsApp from your screen.. and that will be really annoying..

Well you know what I meant :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] blazinazn:
Here's a profile I've made to auto respond to texts while driving (Connected to Cars bluetooth). Also reads text output (optional)

Profile: Auto Respond -Driving

Context: State > state > Net > Bluetooth Connected (Specific connection can be specified based on ID name and MAC Addresss of your car by having bluetooth turned on and pressing the magnifying button for both)

+ Context: Event > Phone > Receive Text > Any

Task: Anon

+ Say > "%SMSRF sent the following message: %SMSRB" (without quotations)

Task: Anon

+ Phone > Send SMS

- Number = %SMSRF

- Message= Whatever you would like auto reply with goes here

If you don't want the phone to read text output, you can leave off the first task created. I leave bluetooth on at all times except for at night and when I'm charging my phone. I've tried to incorporate bluetooth into my home and work profiles but since they are based on location, bluetooth wouldn't kick on until I left the area and by that time I would be driving and I wouldn't be able to connect since I'm driving.

Also, my home profile would always would re-check itself (location based context) and then turn bluetooth off while at home if I had it in the task, which made things really annoying. So this was my workaround. Just thought I'd share
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sqlpro:
works

Hi ArbiterGR

thank you very much for posting this , i was looking something like this! it works !

One question though, how are you triggering this? you definitely don't want to trigger when phone in use so obviously it has to fire when screen is off. when i tried that its repeating itself again and again !!

just wondering how are you triggering this in your night profiles ? thanks for the advise.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ArbiterGR:
It has been a very long time since i posted this dirty little method and to be honest it's more of a hassle than a real solution whatsoever.

However, recently i found out i could easily achieve the same results and even better(!), by using tasker, autoshortcut plugin and NFC Task manager (yes you need to install 2 more apps just for this, but they wont drain any battery on their own and will do the trick just fine!) more on this below:

Download and install NFC Task launcher & AutoShortcut for Tasker

Run NFC Task launcher, disable any notifications in the settings and create 2 rules based on whatever trigger you want (i used bluetooth but it wont matter because we'll use tasker to trigger them).

Create a New Task -> Add Actions -> Samsung -> Power Saving -> enable

Create another task and do the same thing for power saving -> disable

Go to Tasker, create a new task called "power saving mode on" or something

Add Task -> Plugins -> AutoShortcut -> Edit -> Run Task -> select the task you created on NFC Tasklauncher for enabling the power saving mode

Create a Second task, this time called "power saving mode off" or something and do the same as above for the task you created to disable power saving mode.

This is just a one time procedure and will give you 2 tasks. One for enabling and one for disabling power saving mode. That way there are no keyevents involved thus no need to wake up the screen and you can use those tasks anywere in your profiles :)