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[Android Apps and Games] Jsilver73:
Disable google maps and location provider and enable them when you want rather than when google thinks you should

Required:

Tasker

Secure settings (free - but consider supporting through a donation because this makes tasker even more awesome)

How to:

Enable secure settings helper

Profile 1:

Profile: screen off & variable - Nav = 1

Task:

plugins/secure settings/maps disabled (user)

plugins/secure settings/location services disabled

variable set Nav to 0

Profile 2

Profile: apps/navigation & waze (or whatever other gps apps you use)

Task: GPS on - plugins/secure settings/GPS enabled

Exit task: GPS off - plugins/secure settings/GPS disabled

Tasker task (you need to use this when you want to use nav (or whatever GPS app)

Unfreeze maps

plugins/secure settings/GPS enabled

plugins/secure settings/location services enabled

task/wait 4 secs

plugins/secure settings/maps enabled

variable set - Nav to 1

I have created this how to because several members have shown interest when I have spoken about it - this is a very rough and ready guide and I'm not sure that there isn't a better way to take back control of maps/location services but this works for me and has done for quite some time. I am very happy for people to add their own suggestions to improve this concept or let me know if its not needed because it is posted else where -I searched and couldn't easily find anything.

I use other bits and bobs also and will include these as options as and when I get time to update this thread, I will also try to make this how to a bit prettier as I get time but for now the instructions suffice because they work.

I hope some people find this useful and if not don't use it ;)

Feel free to ask questions here and I will do my best to help - I do this because so many kind XDA'ers have helped me so I like to try and give back what little I can :)
[Android Apps and Games] Jsilver73:
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[Android Apps and Games] doctordroid:
So it's just not enough to turn off gps and location services?
[Android Apps and Games] Omen of Peace:
I have something similar, yet different. I noticed that I would sometimes use Maps, switch to a different app briefly, then switch back, which caused the GPS to ping-pong inefficiently, so I added a little timer :

Context:

Map app

+

Screen On

Entry task ("Location On"):

Stop Location Off task

Secure Settings/Location Services enabled

Secure Settings/GPS enabled

Exit task ("Location Off"):

Wait 10s

Secure Settings/Location Services disabled

Secure Settings/GPS disabled

I realize my current version doesn't have the freezing, but I figured the timer (one should customize the time!) might be of interest. It's not too hard to mix and match the two.

Also, I recommend using the Disable Google Network Location Consent Xposed module with this. The alternative is using dpad to take care of the dialog that comes up when you activate Location Services:

Input action: Dpad, Right, 1

Input action: Dpad, Click/(Press?*) 1

*not sure about the English command in Tasker.
[Android Apps and Games] Jsilver73:
That's really interesting, I have had similar glitch and your method send to be a good solution using timer. I used to use xposed module pre 4.4 but km seems to change something and xposed disable network location consent do toast no longer works. I am really interested in your other solution - using Dpad - please could you expand on how to do this?
[Android Apps and Games] Omen of Peace:
Sure. I didn't invent it, I found it somewhere else. :)

If the dialog is still the same in 4.4, the button selected by default is the left one, but you want to click the right one.

So, in the task listing:

+ > Input > DPad > select Right in the menu,

go back to the task

+ > Input > DPad > select Click/Press in the menu

The text export for Location On:

Location On (64)
A1: Stop [ Avec erreur:eek:ff Tâche: ] Si [ %BATT < 6 ]
A2: Stop [ Avec erreur:eek:ff Tâche:Location Off ]
A3: Secure Settings [ Configuration:Location Services Enabled Paquet:com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin Nom:Secure Settings Délai (Secondes):0 ]
A4: Secure Settings [ Configuration:GPS Enabled Paquet:com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin Nom:Secure Settings Délai (Secondes):0 ]
A6: Dpad [ Bouton:Droite Horaires de répétition:1 ]
A7: Dpad [ Bouton:Appui Horaires de répétition:1 ]

edit: forget about the export above, it's localized (French) and it got mangled when I first posted it without the (code) tag.

The last two lines are only for people who don't/can't use the XPosed module. I seem to remember you need to be rooted to use Dpad.

(I don't trigger Location when the battery is weak, hence the A1 - I hadn't mentioned it.)
[Android Apps and Games] E--Man:
Does the Tasker mod above work with Android 4.2.1 or 4.3?

As far as I know the Secure Settings plugin only allows location services to be toggled on 4.4+.
[Android Apps and Games] Jsilver73:
It always used to work for me on 4.2.x onwards, don't know about 4.1 (that seems a very very long time ago now ;))

BTW: since kk has matured, and ROMs /kernels become much more stable I no longer have the need to kill maps/location provider since my system tends to take care of itself nicely with my set up and I always have plenty of power left over at the end of the day (not that much difference with everything being killed), actually I'm quite enjoying what Google has to offer nower days, it's quite useful ;). Maybe if I was ever going away and not be near a power source for some days I might consider locking it down tight.

Thought I'd just share this as I was really paranoid about Google power drain in the past until a dev whom I respect said she used to do the same but doesn't have the need anymore - I was amazed to see she she was right (at least for newer devices ;))
[Android Apps and Games] E--Man:
Hi,

Has anyone succeeded in creating a Tasker profile with 4.4.2 that disables/enables location services automatically without having any confirmation dialogue to click on and without having to install xposed?

Please advise, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Jsilver73:
I use e robot now to enable and disable location when on maps or GPS, works really well, no annoying toast either ;)
[Android Apps and Games] E--Man:
Jim Silver,

Thanks for your reply! Just to confirm, you able to disable/enable location services without installing xposed just root and e robot, and no toast notification?

Also, how would you rate e robot in comparison with Tasker? Is it safe to install?

Lastly, I'm not sure why Tasker can't do this either I'm baffled.
[Android Apps and Games] Jsilver73:
E robot is good, very good dev - author of widgetsoid which I have been using for years;)

Sorry, I may have been a bit confusing, what I have set e robot to do is to change the modes of location from battery saving to high accuracy and then back again to battery saving. This is working well for me with my set up.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpalomba3:
Hi all I've had my g2 for about 2 days now and I'm really loving it. The only thing I don't like about it is that I cannot get the status and navigation bars to be transparent in all apps. On my s4 I was able to get the status bar to be transparent all the time. Does anyone know how to make both the status and navigation bar transparent on the g2?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
You don't. The apps have to specifically allow for transparencies. And only Android 4.4 has an official call method.

So it won't happen on stock.

Unofficially, root, install G2 Xposed, and check it out! This is what you need.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Dgly:
I was wondering if it is a way to enable Magnifier Gestures in Galaxy Gear with NullRom... It's not working for me and I really need a screen magnifier because I can't see a thing.. any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] jackmi22:
I have a HTC One SV boost mobile, I attempted to root it today. I got as far as installing CWM with fastboot. I unlocked the bootloader, copied over the superuser zip files. after installing CWM i go into to where fastboot is, and the phone says **Unlocked** **tampered**. I cannot over write the recovery with the original, or any other. I can boot into CWM, but its all glitchey, i can still run some commands. I tried to run factory recovery, and now the phone will not boot. if any can help me, I would be deeply grateful. At this point I dont care about root, just want the phone to work.
[General Questions and Answers] bitTeRmiN:
That's weak that no one offered any suggestions or help with this. We all started somewhere and at some point were all mentored in some facet. Hopefully I won't be ignored when I ask for guidance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ron31:
i have my friends sg4 when i try to reinstall what we saved from is original samsung operating system i did titanium backup it locks up i try torestore with cwm recovery and it says cant mount storage sd card ésdcard 1 the card is mounted i checked any ideas or am i going to set phone back to stock and start over tnanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sropedia:
Hi, I've had my G2 for a couple weeks now and I absolutely love it. The only thing is that I've gotten so sick of the loads of bloatware and useless junk that I've decided to root it. I've rooted 3 or 4 phones before and the methods for the G2 seem just about as easy as it gets. I found 2 guides, one for actually rooting and one for installing TWRP recovery. I was just wondering if it matters what order I do this in, and also whether or not these guides are all I need to get my phone all ready to flash roms and all that other fun stuff. I've included the links to the videos below. Thanks in advance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZBHZQEI96o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKuedInhdjU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sent from my LG-D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr4nk1yn:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45692679#post45692679
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sropedia:
Yes I know about this thread. But in regards to installing TWRP, should I do this before or after rooting the phone?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr4nk1yn:
After you root, follow the link to ioroot19, you should be able to simple use freegee to install twrp.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoreyC:
I have a Lumia 920 and the account I've been using with it has started to get flooded with spam mail. I've created a new account but before I switch the phone over to use it I'd like to make sure there's a way to restore/transfer my SMS messages. Is there a way to do this? The only WP8 app I've found that claims to backup/restore/transfer SMS messages is the Nokia app and that appears to only work over Bluetooth to another phone. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
What does spam mail have to do with the account you sign into the phone with? You don't have to sync the email account to the phone. Heck, my "Microsoft account" uses an email address that I couldn't sync directly even if I wanted to (it's a personal account that I sync separately using IMAP/SMTP, not a Hotmail/Outlook/whatever account)! Just stop syncing mail on that account and stary synching another one. That way you don't have to tell everybody to start using a different Skype or Messenger or anything else account, either...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Tmd:
Has anyone ever run into the problem of typing in a url in windows media player for a radio station, and it saying "locating" "connecting" and then "playing" but no sound. I can play audio files that are stored on my device, but not ones I am trying to get from a stream .asx like this page "http://www.woxy.com/stream/wma20.asx Am I doing something wrong?

My info:

siemens sx66

rom: 1.42

ext:1.42.126b1 (Fr:sx66 cust. page)

radio:1.13

I have tried it with the factory rom & ext. and radio also. no luck.
[Motorola Droid X2] JSBrooks81:
Hello all,

I've been reading here off and on for a long time and decided to join. Hoping I can get some help with my wife's phone. It's a Motorola X2, rooted, and flashed with Eclipse. I activated it today and it's not working very well. The signal will go from 1 bar to 3 bars to full bars, then no bars. 3g connects and disconnects constantly. The service is disconnected most of the time. I've been scouring the internet for hours looking for a fix to this issue (which apparently is somewhat common).

Need some help here. I've tried wiping the caching, numerous reboots, etc. It always goes back to doing the same thing.

EDIT - just did a factory reset....same problem. GRRRR
[Motorola Droid X2] JSBrooks81:
Just tried doing an SBF back to 2.3.5 and that didn't help either. Is this thing junk?
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
if flashing sbf did not help, it maybe hardware.

did you verify md5 check sum for sbf?

[How to] Verify that your download is complete with MD5/SHA-1 Hash Checksums
[Motorola Droid X2] JSBrooks81:
Thanks for the reply. I did verify MD5. Also tried SBF down to 2.3.4 as I was going to try and flash up to an ICS rom. Read somewhere that gingerbread sometimes is finicky with the radio. Sounds like it might not be worth the trouble though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harajyuks:
Any questions, tips, etc? Let's talk here.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] purian23:
Thanks for the help on the pie controls! I really appreciate it, it's just something I never really used on the Nexus, nor used the LMT itself. But without a pure AOSP build, I feel it needs tweaked a bit to get back to a little more familiar grounds. (No Nexus 5 on Verizon .. grrr)

I think I was getting myself confused a bit thinking those tweaks could give me our 3 normal softkeys to replace my physical and capacitive ones. I know it was possible on the Note 2 from reading but it didn't seem to happen without a bit of troubles. Either way, I am rooted now and have removed some of the bloat apps. I am now considering going back into the custom realm on ROMS.

Thanks for the tips!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tennisshoeninja:
Im trying to map a shortcut for screenshots but so far none of them have worked.:confused:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37823525&postcount=3328

maybe i can just find an app and map that.

Nevermind updated to the newest build and screenshot is an option.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LillieBennett:
Is the default input device #4 the best for N3?

I replaced 1 pie button and the other defaults went missing, any way around that, I would like to replace them one at a time?

When blacklisting apps I have to scroll through ~400 app list to remove non ui sys services then select one at a time, is the list a file somewhere that can be edited by other means?

SM-N900V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harajyuks:
I'm not sure what you mean by 'default input device'. As you set up PIE you can customize the number of tiles (up to 5) and have up to 2 levels of tiles, for a total of 10 possible shortcuts. The first level is set by default to be Android navigation buttons (soft buttons), 'back', 'home', 'menu', 'search', 'multitasking'.

If these defaults have gone missing, or there are less than 5, PIE will reduce the number of 'buttons' that show up when activated, i.e. graphic UI will be adjusted

I could reduce each level of PIE down to 1 'button' if I choose.

Now that I'm thinking in this context, I'm guessing that is what you mean by "default input devices". If I am reading you right, you can set up to 5 and there will be no issue for the Note 3, likewise say that you only wanted three 'buttons' or 'input devices" (Home, Back, Menu) that wouldn't be a problem either. PIE will adjust the Graphic UI to match your settings, there won't be 5 'buttons' on screen if you only set 3 of them. I hope I'm being clear?

Honestly I don't blacklist any apps from from PIE

Can I ask why you want to Blacklist an application? Once I set the apps I want in my PIE I don't worry about the other apps I have installed on my device. I set those to be my most used apps, for the particular device om setting up. For instance, my Note 3 2nd level PIE app shortcuts are these

I have them set, and if I need to change them I just sift through the apps and replace them (I agree it does take some time to load, but once you have it set as you launch PIE it is seamless). I guess I don't understand why you want to Blacklist an application, when you only need to set the ones you want to have appear on the PIE launcher. Not that you need to validate your reasons to me, unfortunately I don't use this feature myself so I don't think I can be very helpful about this. Hopefully someone else might be able to lend some advice.

Let me know if I was on target about your question on setting the 'buttons' up.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LillieBennett:
Input device below, default is #4:

The reason I asked is the only pie position that works is bottom center, at first the default right worked but once I changed it, I can't put it back and have it work.

I guess the button setup as you described isn't so bad.

SM-N900V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harajyuks:
Oh, gotcha. Gesture input is a different set of features in LMT and not invloved with the the operation of PIE. This allows you to set actions that will launch when you complete a gesture.

Much like PIE once you select one of these options it will take you to the list where you can select the action to be completed.

You don't need to set any of this up in order to use PIE, The default for all gestures is 'None'.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LillieBennett:
You were right, I am using pie all the time now. It really shines for multi task where you can switch from one app to another directly, without going through recent first. Thanks for the turn on! :)

SM-N900V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmike6453:
LMT/PIE is really cool and I just wanted to drop in to let you guys know about an app that's very similar called Switchr

He recently implemented an "Arc" style that's just like PIE, and which one you choose to use is just preference IMO

Big difference is the "Live switching" just imagine using PIE but as you swipe over your overlay icons, the foreground app changes instantly vs PIE where you have to release your finger to trigger the switching
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legato Bluesummers:
To clarify, By blacklisting an app in LMT/Pie you aren't saying don't show up in the choices of apps. You are telling pie controls to not work or appear when using certain apps. So if i didn't want it to appear in Internet so I can still use its pie controls, I could black list Internet.

I don't use the feature but some people do. I never use ISA or gestures. But have been using pie since beans in the s3. Had it in my note 3 a day after the first root exploit came out after launch. So Worth it

Sent from my GlaDos Baked Potato
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harajyuks:
I never used blacklisting. Thank you for the clarification.
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[Sprint HTC One (M7)] supernet2ec2:
I hate to ask but im coming to the understanding that SPRINT CleanROM SPR 2.5. was dropped.

So i was trying to find the new rom Benny3 was working with.

The OMJ's Sprint ONE ROM | 1.31.651.2 is the new one he is working with right?

Is it drastically better than SPRINT CleanROM SPR 2.5?" I know it is i just mean, what drastic changes are different from the SPR 2.5 because i grew acustomed to using SPR 2.5 and i really do not wish to aggressively be running diagnostics to reflash the rom to my device after straight wiping it if its gonna be a major hassle, and by major hassle i mean up to 1-3days of continually running tests and trying to break the rom to confirm what i can, and cannot do (and if it would cripple from my daily habits with the device)

Hope this isn't asking to much, as this question thread is specifically ment to help me determine if i will be migrating to BadBoyz Rom.. if it is the better one then ill be using with alot less hassle, then ill most likely be using TitaniumBackup to restore all missing user applications i had on my CleanROM SPR 2.5 flash, and performing a entire wipe after backing everything up. Worst case scenario for me is to run the RUU to reset my device, unbrick it in the worst possible situation, and restore my backup flash copy.

I am aware CleanROM SPR 2.5 has been discontinued --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2309274 , and im pretty sure benny3 has moved onto working with OMJ on Bad Boyz --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470693

More so hoping to get feed back on people whom have reflashed their devices with sprint and if it was a major gui overhaul making it hard to migrate, or any noticeable key changes beyond what is listed in the forums and shown on the Bad Boyz forum post --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470693. I seen their was a custom kernel but last time i checked messing with the kernel made the sprint HTC One camera cease to function/work and resulted in numerous crashes when any camera app was run.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcg11:
I had posted this in the wrong forum so I moved it here.

Not sure what I want to do here. I currently have a Galaxy S3 and a Tab 7.7. I am somewhat happy with the setup, but I have an upgrade coming and know I want to have a member of the Note family. I run my own HVAC company and I am out on the jobsite doing a lot of estimates during the week. I have been wanting to streamline more of my jobsite notes from a tablet to my laptop/desktop. I was hoping for Tab 7.7 to help with a lot of that but it has fallen short of being easy enough to use. I find myself still taking notes on paper and converting to my computer once I get home. The Tab has been regulated to more of toy (which has been great) instead of a useful tool.

I really like the form factor of the 7.7 though. I use it for a Kindle app to do reading, although only at night. I have an older Kindle Touch which is great during the day but at night or in low light I find myself reach for my 7.7 more. I am thinking about getting the new Kindle Paperwhite depending on what I upgrade to.

I really like the form factor of the Note 8.0, but compared to the 2014 10.1 it is seriously lacking specs. The positive on this, is I could probably pick one up for half the cost of the 10.1. Plus I feel that if I get the Note 3 there isn't going to be much of a difference between both devices. I am also a bit apprehensive about having such a large phone.

I know I am all over the board here, but let me know what you think.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
If money isn't an object, the 10.1 2014 edition and the Note 3. - Both are poweful beasts with great battery life.