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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
Hmmm...I set mine up exactly the same yesterday (but with zooper). However it seems phone never receives message. Am able to send messages phone to gear though
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] chuman72486:
I like the options made available in the new version 1.0.9, however the layout is so different it broke all my previous notifications. The custom icon is now taking up half the screen and the text is offset to the right and below the icon.

Is it possible to go back to the layout from 1.0.7, but keep the new icons? (Sized the way the TasGear icon was before)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
I'm on KK.

Have you ticked allow external access on BOTH Tasker preference Misc settings ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Yep, Done that. First I just did it on the Tasker installed on phone per instructions, then later got to thinking it would need to be the same on the Gear's Tasker install. Rebooted several times with dalvik & cache clears on both phone and gear and even uninstalled Tasgear a few more times from the phone which always removes it from the gear when I check and re-read instructions and started over = same issue (Tasgear spinning icon like it never loads when trying to load on the gear.) :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I'm on 4.3 stock with my S4 and 4.2.2 stock (default) with my Gear.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
You can send notifications Phone>Gear with stock firmware. To send a message Gear>Phone you will need something cabable of sending the message (ie Tasker) installed the Gear. This will require Null ROM.

Edit: Misunderstood. Reread.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Lol, well thanks for that confirmation. Guess it rules out my theory about KitKat requirement. If it's a fault on my phones end, then it must be the ROM, but I run Gear Manager, other apps, ect... just fine so the mystery still remains.

Offtopic: This makes the 3rd thing I'm not able to get accomplished now with my gear and setup though.

1st was the offline Google Now Search bit.

2nd was the SMS app from this same forum/section.

3rd now is tasgear.

:p
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Sounds like an issue getting the Samsung SDK to run. Probably a conflicting bit of Software. If that's the case I can only suggest removing some stuff until you find the culprit. What apps do you have for the Gear? Where did you get them from? And how did you install them? (Phone or sideload)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
So you are tending to think the problem is on the Gear's end rather than the phone?

I have quite a few things installed on the gear and have sideloaded most of them from downloading externally via play store using that chrome extensions trick.

Maybe I should clear System/data/caches and re-flash NULL and start from scratch and try these few mentioned issues/apps that are failing before restoring anything with TIBU that I have saved.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
It could be either the Gear or the Phone. You can send me the logcat for both the Gear and the Phone and I can check for errors if you like (I'll need both sides, just after you open TasGear and get the loading spinner). I won't be able to do this until Tuesday though as I'm away for the weekend.

But a reflash and reinstall would be ideal.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
It's a pity Tasker only accepts 2 extras per intent...

For now, just testing out different stuff, I use one extra to send phone battery level to GEAR and the other extra to send the temperature from my phone Accuweather widget (using sqlite3 to pull the data from the database ) and sending the resultant variable across to my GEAR as an extra. ..

You can use sqlite3 to pull data such as WhatsApp message count, unread mail count etc (lots of Tasker tutorials on the topic)

Below is my one Tasker config to extract data from weather .db file ( I then use variable split to get current temperature - but there are several things you can get such as current weather conditions description, maximum temperature, minimum temperature etc )

All resultant variables can be sent as extras to the GEAR and used in UCCW or ZOOPER widgets...
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] fOmey:
Use "Run shell" in tasker, execute the intents from there you can use more extra fields that way.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
Thanks [MENTION=1620550]fOmey[/MENTION]

Any chance you could show us a sample shell script format or a link to learn
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
[MENTION=1620550]fOmey[/MENTION] Would this format work for command shell ?

am broadcast -a com.orbonis.gear.tasker.MESSAGE_GEAR -e GEAR_BATT:%BATT

I want to send a whole load of Global variables as extras
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] fOmey:
am broadcast -a com.orbonis.gear.tasker.MESSAGE_GEAR -e "GEAR_BATT" "%BATT" -e "GEAR_TIME" "%TIME" -e "GEAR_BLAH" "%BLAH"

In tasker you can use the extra fields as variables in the given action on the message receiving device, %GEAR_BATT, %GEAR_TIME & %GEAR_BLAH.

Try with the quotations first, if that doesnt work try removing them.. The advantage of using quotations is you can use spaces. Its good practise, although I'm a bit rusty you see. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
Thanks [MENTION=1620550]fOmey[/MENTION] this is the syntax that works for me using Command Shell to send multiple extras within a single intent in Tasker

and, upon receiving the intent on my Gear, Tasker automatically populates my Gear UCCW widget with the multiple 'extras' variables...

resulting in this UCCW widget on my Gear
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] chuman72486:
Not to seem like spam, but I was still wondering about this. I preferred the notification layout of 1.0.7. Since I installed 1.0.9, my notifications are thrown off and the icon size is inconsistent and makes half the screen unusable for text. I used TasGear to relay better notifications than Gear Manager's built in functions and now I have the same trouble I had with Gear Manager.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] xerxes2k:
How can I make tasgear speak my gears battery... I'very got it to speak the note battery but I'm a tasker newb
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] vingar:
Happy Easter for @ll! Happy Null, Happy Tasgear!!! :)

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
You can put as much text as you like in a notification. The icon scales the fit around the text (Though I did put too much padding around icon).

I have been away for the weekend, but when I get back I'll add in the option to use "large icon" or "text based" notifications.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] doubleohzero:
Thank you so much for this app! Quick question, if i have multiple notifications in a task how do I specify the order in which they appear on the gear? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
TasGear making headline news. .well done [MENTION=5796803]Orbonis[/MENTION], very deserved

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/tasgear-a-tasker-extension-for-the-samsung-galaxy-gear/
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] chuman72486:
In general, higher in the list will appear first. Bottom of the list last.

Depending on the size of the notifications, if more than one is sent at the same time (one immediately after the other), I could imagine the second message could display first if it's much shorter. It may be worth adding a delay of some kind like a wait command or having the task do something else between notifications.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
Sent altitude (elevation) via intent to my Gear UCCW watch

The line on the right is battery bar

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Last nite I made a Whatsapp counter..

When phone receives a new Whatsapp, it sends an intent with Whatsapp details extracted from sqlite3 database. The counter adds the unread Whatsapp messages. On tapping the icon, it opens a scene with the message and also speaks out "you have a new Whatsapp from % whoever .. "message is % blah blah blah", closing the scene resets the counter

Okay, not gonna bore you any more, it's just that I am having so much fun experimenting with TasGear [emoji7]
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] PrucholHD:
doesn't work

Doesn't work with Galaxy Mega 6.3. Just i can't connect tasGear with phone....
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] hurdlejade:
am i the only one with battery problem? the battery literally goes to zero within hours if i keep this installed.. and i only used it few times to start a task on my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I can guarantee TasGear is not using a noticeable amount of battery life. It will use no additional standby battery on the Gear itself.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
That's a shame, but I'm gonna need some more info so I can help.

What does the notification say on your device?

Are you using Null on your Gear?

What does the TasGear app do on your Gear? (Error message, infinite loading, etc)

Have you tried restarting both devices?

Have you enabled all the necessary permissions (see OP)?

If you could also get me the logcat for both devices that would be very helpful, though I understand that's not always doable.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] conmonks:
Does this work on the Gear 2 / Neo ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
It will not. The newer Gears use a different system to the original Gear.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] hurdlejade:
what am i doing wrong then?

as soon as i uninstalled tasgear, battery went back to normal..
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I'm afraid I don't know. Are you referring to the battery on your Gear or your Device?

Also what device are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] mnstrLabs:
In my work with Tasker, certain profiles, as well as monitoring times, can severely effect the battery. Is this happening with blank/no profiles on both devices? That's where I'd look as Tasgear doesn't seem to be making a hit on the battery for anyone else.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] hurdlejade:
My battery on Galaxy Gear goes to zero within few hours if TasGear is installed/connected.

I'm using it with Note 3. I'm on 22.1 NULL I believe on my Gear.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
mnstrLabs, thanks for the insight.

hurdlejade, I'd suggest looking into the profiles you're using. Your configuration doesn't suggest anything unusual.

To be clear: You are installing TasGear on your phone and not your Gear, right?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I have updated the app to allow for different notification styles (Currently "Large Image" & "Text Based").
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] 3ricoh:
Installation successful, but app won't show up

I would love to try out the app, but when I install the app on my Gear, the app doesn't show up in my Apps tray, but when I check if it is installed or not using Wondershare, it says it's installed. I tried both ADB and Wondershare to install the app, but both have the same problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
No, you only install on phone. Not gear
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] xerxes2k:
Thanks everyone for the hundreds of replys....
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
Using Tasker on your GEAR, add task, Misc, say %BATT

Then create a tasker shortcut to that task on your GEAR home screen.

If you want to be able to speak gears battery on your phone, then you need to send an intent with extra from your gear to your phone. ( you can search my previous posts and the OP of this thread for how to do it )
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
I'm liking your ideas :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
First off I would like to say thank you for developing this awesome utility for all of us to use! This blows the possibilities and everything right out of the water!

We should get together a list of examples for some people who are either noobs at Tasker or just simply want some clever ideas! Even if we put them into another sub thread. Could be a good learning experience for alot of users in the community and clear up alot of unknowns that float around the thread.

But regardless I wanted to say thanks and I'm definitely enjoying my GG! Only had it for a few weeks and I know a few people who earned a well deserved beer for making this thing a kick butt device!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
I was thinking the same:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52149228

PS. For those that find the app useful, I'd suggest buying the developer a beer or two :D
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
I'm planning on it first thing tomorrow!

Thanks for throwing the thread up there sir!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] 3ricoh:
I think the NULL rom is the one that drains the battery, but before you installed tasgear did it still drain the battery or not??
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] fOmey:
HOW DARE YOU.

My rom does not drain battery, you want proof huh huh huh !

Download betterbatterystats and figure out what is causing your battery drain.. its not hard people. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sdemills:
I had the same, but restarting my Note 3 did get it working perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
I've revisited this after re-installing Null Rom 23 from scratch.

Tasker on both phone and watch with "allow external access" ticked on both.

Installed Tasgear on PHONE and it showed up on gear.

When I press it on gear to load, it just spins the icon with orange bars up top and bottom forever and does nothing.

I have "Allow unknown sources" ticked.

What could be wrong?

My tasker version is: 4.3u3 if that has any bearing on this?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
The spinner will just sit there and spin if you have not completely created a profile yet. Say on the phone. I ran into the same issue when I first installed Tasker on both devices. I thought it was borked.

Try creating a simple profile say the gear battery widget on phone. And open up tasgear on ur GG. It will then not show the spinner and will show the profile u created.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Ok & Thanks but I'm stuck.

I'm trying to use the following example from the thread in General section for tasker examples.

When I create the part in RED and try to proceed to add the next variable, I get:

Error: %G_BATT to %gear_batt: must be a variable or array name.

I'm in the section labeled: Action Edit - Variable Set and inputting into the NAME field. What am I doing wrong? lol
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
This is how it should look
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Ok, I got that squared around and even completed the Zooper parts. Under the Profile section, the Intent Received com.blah blah blah shows On for the switch BUT in notifications on phone, Tasker is reporting "No active profiles"

How do I make the profile active?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Did you set the profile in Tasker on the watch as well? For display on? Then it'll send the intent. If it doesn't seem to be kicking try rebooting as that may help. If not double check all your variables and make sure external access is turned on. Then turn the display on on ur watch. As soon as I did that it refreshed and gave me my battery %
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
No, I didn't do nothing on the watch yet, lol, thanks for sticking with me on this as Tasker blows my mind but I'm learning. I thought the profile on the phone side once I did the steps should automatically become active. I will proceed with the "watch" tasker setup now as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Sounds good! And anytime! It's always good to help out!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Did all the steps. Even rebooted both devices. On phone's notifications, it says TasGear: Connected, Tasker: No active profiles

On Watch Notifications, it says: Tasker: No active profiles

When I try to load Tasgear on watch, still same problem, it just sits and spins. :rolleyes:

Oh and my Zooper Widget I created just shows: %G_BATT % in text on the widget, lolz
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Two things I don't get.

Why does Tasgear say "Connected" on my phone yet I can't even load it on the gear - just get spinning icon like it's trying forever.

Why don't my Tasker profiles both on phone and gear say "No active Profiles" even though I've set them up on each device?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
It really doesn't sound like u saved your profile sir. Tasker on ur phone would list the profiles if they were there. Would u like me to send you the xml files for the phone and gear and u can import them? I know that takes some of the fun away but it would at least tell u if they are communicating properly
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Sure! much appreciated you can PM them to me. :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] mnstrLabs:
Tasgear won't connect unless Gear Manager is currently connected to your watch, although I know the Tasgear notification still shows on your phone either way
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Double checked and Gear Manager is definitely connected.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Here they are. I'll just post them incase anyone needs them for some troubleshooting or just wants to use them

This is for the GG activates when the display goes on - https://www.dropbox.com/s/35ukvy1su9l41v5/Gear_Display.prf.xml

Here is the xml for the phone side - https://www.dropbox.com/s/000834fpuwpji3b/Gear_batt_phone.prf.xml
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
There in my downloads directory on my phone. Confirmed with Astro File Manager. When I select Home then Import then choose Downloads directory in Tasker, nothing is showing to import. I must be really stupid with this, grrrrrrrr

Ok, I just tried another way. I pressed on the xml file in Astro and chose Tasker for the apps that came up and it says: File Import: Failed to move import to my SD directory.

Edit/Try #3: Placed the phone xml file in the Tasker/auto-imports directory and selected that in tasker and nothing shows to import.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Put the xml files into the Tasker directory on your device storage.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Just tried that. Tasker still not seeing anything to import.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
[MENTION=650592]lazer9[/MENTION] how are you trying to import the files ? Tap Profile, import .... ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Ok that worked. I was trying to press the HOME button bottom left then choose import from there. Both xml files properly imported and showing on both phone and gear respectively.

Still says no active profiles in notification area on both phone and gear.

How do I get rid of the ones I made, they are still listed in Tasker...(Nevermind, I figured this one out - long press - trash icon) doh

Should I be rebooting both devices again?

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Rebooted both phone and gear. Gear Manager confirmed running. New files posted successfully imported to both devices accordingly. Both toggled to ON in Tasker. Both Gear & Phone Notification still saying "Tasker: No Active Profiles".

I'm completely stumped. :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
[MENTION=650592]lazer9[/MENTION], [MENTION=3483402]kashortiexda[/MENTION], [MENTION=3388697]freddy0872[/MENTION]

Sorry, this thread kinda got away from me haha.

For clarification:

The notification for TasGear will say "Connected." when the TasGear app has registered a bluetooth connection. For this to happen you need to have an active bluetooth connection through the Gear Manager. If this is the case and it still doesn't say "Connected." then there may be an error I can help you with :)

The spinning icon on the TasGear app (Gear-side) indicates that it is attempting to load information from Tasker. This can take up to a minute the first time. I actually don't know why, possibly because we usually try and open it just after the installation and things are still being set up :)

The fact that you can see this screen means that there is a valid connection to the host. If the connection is bad it will close and show a toast popup telling you that TasGear is not ready.

I had no idea that the loading spinner was infinite if there were no tasks. Thanks for pointing this out and I'll look into it as soon as I can :)

(Apologies if it's been mentioned before, I must have missed it)

If you are still seeing a loading spinner, even if there is a task in Tasker (and you are sure everything is set up correctly permission wise) then there may be a bug :( I'm afraid I will need logcats to help in that case though as it's not something I am able to reproduce myself.

PS

Thanks to everyone for all the support! It's a pleasure to develop for such a good community.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Have you tried "backing out" of Tasker? Sometime this works for me when Tasker is refusing to save my new Tasks/Profiles.

(By "backing out" I mean repeatedly pressing back until the app closes)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Hey no problem sir! Hope you enjoy that beer! I'd say u deserve it! Take an evening off and relax! Lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Sorry for cluttering your thread with my problem, yes it's getting a bit out of hand. I think I'm going to have to just give up on this again.

Yes, I have used the back button to exit tasker and just tried that repeatedly going back in and out multiple times. The notification saying no active profiles still remains... I even [Force Closed] Tasker in apps manager and restarted it from the app drawer to no help. I've also toggled OFF & ON the button for the profile in Tasker to no help. [Edit] I've also rebooted both phone & gear multiple times to no success.

And yes if it were teasing me, your app: TasGear on my phones notification says "Connected", however if I try to load TasGear on the gear it just sits and spins forever. I've let it do this over 10 minutes a few times hoping.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Hey sir no need to give up! Giving up is a weakness! Lol. If u want add me on Hangouts. I'll see what I can do to help you out. It's my day off so I got a few things going on but I'll help u get this situated if u want!

Hangouts: fredsinzjr@gmail.com

Twitter: Freddy0872
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Don't worry at all :) I'm sure we can help you sort it out.

Can you tell me how many Tasks and Profiles you have and which projects they are in?

Also the profiles need to be active (indicated by green text) for them to appear in the Tasker notification. Do they have green text in the Tasker UI?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Not trying to stomp in on u sir. Lol. Just wasn't sure if the thread was getting to cluttered for you. The hangouts add goes to anyone! I can try to help with most things. Or just shoot the breeze. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
It's fine, I can still follow it ;) Hangouts might be easier to solve the problem though if that's better for [MENTION=650592]lazer9[/MENTION]. Real-time conversations are always better for problem solving. I'm afraid I won't be able to join you, but I wish you the best of luck. Of course I am always available on here.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Thanks! :fingers-crossed: The On button area is green but the profile name isn't?

Oops, I'm getting my blues and greens mixed up. See screenshot, I stand corrected. This has totally consumed the life out of me today. I spent $2.99 for nothing :(
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Okay, if the text is green then the profile is active. The text is black, so the profile has seen no reason to turn on. What are the conditions?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
I'm just going to put it out there; but tasker is quite advanced and can take a little bit of time learn. I'd suggest checking out some tutorials first (perhaps video ones?) to try and understand difference between profiles, tasks, triggers, etc. Once you've started using it, you'll find it very rewarding and see the possibilities are endless

The sample I posted is step by step. Should just work. But if you try some simple tutorials, I think it'll help in understanding :D

Pm me if you need as this thread really isn't the place for tasker related stuff