yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
that's what i did, wifi then add time, time then add wifi. when i look at tasker, it says 'no active profiles'. if remove one or the other (time or wifi) then it works.

strange.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Okay so just to be sure.. EITHER one of them matches, but both together fails? That's certainly a bug that should be reported on his Google Groups forum if not already there.

I keep prodding him to get a bug tracker, forums suck for bug reporting :)
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
kewl, will post on there. hopefully it's just something i'm doing wrong :)
[Android Apps and Games] Solomente:
Did you try putting a WAIT UNTIL step in your task, and set it to 30 mins? Or a WAIT for 30 minutes, followed by a GOTO ACTION? I don't know what task you are trying to do but you could try a context of Wifi Connected or Wifi Near, and a task with step 1, do something, step 2, WAIT 30 mins, step 3, GOTO ACTION 1.
[Android Apps and Games] parker09:
With the 'Wait' function, can the phone be in 'sleep' mode, eg. when the backlight goes and the lock screen comes on? for example 'Wait 5 minutes - screen backlight goes off after 1 minute which leaves another 4 minutes when the screen is turned on again'
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
i didn't (got it working now though).

will check out your way though. might be useful :)

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edit

got it. thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] Solomente:
That's a good point. I'm not sure if WAIT works when the screen is switched off. You could force the task to keep the device awake by setting that in the task properties. That might be ok for a one time task with a few minutes wait, but not something that's basically running in a loop. You could try it and see what happens to your battery life
[Android Apps and Games] fracmo2000:
Can i setup file associations with tasker? I could easily do this in Windows Mobile

(Resco > Long press file > Open With...select app done!)

I would like all movies file types to use Rockplayer instead of stock android movies app and htc movie player

Does anybody else not want this? I have asked this in various parts of xda, mobilism and else where...never get an answer (cue the violins)
[Android Apps and Games] m2thedeep:
I'm using the trial right now from the developer's website and so far I'm impressed.

I use my Droid X as an mp3 player docked in my car so I added a profile that would open the music app and keep the backlight on whenever the headphone jack is plugged. When the jack is unplugged the phone returns to the homescreen.
[Android Apps and Games] Fedburin:
Tried that...

Thanks for the advice; however, I tried that earlier. It would wait the specified time and then execute the application rather than canceling the task.
[Android Apps and Games] Solomente:
Deleted because helpful suggestions are forbidden
[Android Apps and Games] DaWeav:
Whatever.

The WiKi is there to promote and provide a foundation of ideas of the possibilities that Tasker can perform. Please, may I suggest that you post your idea's on the WiKi too then?
[Android Apps and Games] Solomente:
I tried to post to the Wiki but don't have permission. I posted to the official Tasker forums as well.

Sorry for trying to be helpful though. Please feel free to use the examples on the wiki.
[Android Apps and Games] rsbianchi:
Tasker to put phone on silent and use the red render effect from CM6

Hey I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me on this one. I got tasker to put my phone on silent when i'm at the movies but i'd love for it to turn the screen to the red render effect from CM6 also. Would anyone know how to do that?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
If you can find a Locale plugin or something like that which has an API that Tasker can talk to, then that'll work. I highly doubt the Tasker author would program something like that, but you could always ask him on his Google Group.
[Android Apps and Games] Tom Kellogg:
I'm new to Tasker and can't seem to figure out how to remove or delete one action from within a task without deleting the entire task and starting over. Some of the tasks I've developed have over ten actions and starting from scratch is a pain. Can anyone help? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Hold the task down and drag it to the trash can at the bottom, like in the launcher. Same way to rearrange them, except obviously don't toss it in the trash.
[Android Apps and Games] rsbianchi:
Cool thanks, I'll try that
[Android Apps and Games] Tom Kellogg:
Silly me. Perfect, thanks so much.
[Android Apps and Games] ATownI20:
Help Downloading profiles

I just bought tasker. I'm having problems downloading profiles from my phone. I go menu->browse profiles-> to the profile index and click download. All I get on my phone browser is one line of text and not an actual downloadable file. On my pc I get the complete code that I then have to copy and paste to a text file then create a .prf.xml file that I then have to copy over to my SD card.

I know that there has to be a more simple way to import profiles.

Any guidance would be appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] dullknives:
when you click on the download link for the profile you want to dl - do you get a prompt asking if you want to dl using the tasker app or the web?
[Android Apps and Games] ATownI20:
No I don't all I get is for example with the NightSMSResponder profile is:

"NightSMSResponder 999999 12 0 0 7 23 true 0 7 12 41 Zzzzzzzzzz %SMSRF 0 1.0.4b4"

Can I not download with a 3rd party browser set as my default?
[Android Apps and Games] Mr Mufakka:
I haven't read through ALL of the pages but I just wanted to add some love for Tasker. I've been messing with it for just a few days and love it. There is a learning curve when you first start but stick with it.

One thing I wanted to remind people of is the orientation state as a trigger to execute a task. I know the "reduced work volume" task is a popular one but many people have issues with using the location setting. It may not work for everyone but instead of location, I use "face up" orientation. This allows for the task to be active while the phone is sitting on my desk but if I happen to but out and about during work hours, the volume will be normal.

My profiles:

Profile: Work day

Context: Time: 8:15 till 18:00, Day: weekdays, State: Orientation - Face up

Tasks: Audio: Notification/Media/System set to 0. Ringer set to 1.

Profile: Work - No sync

Context: Time: 9:30 till 16:30, Day: weekdays, State: Orientation - Face up

Tasks: Net: Media: Autosync: Off

Profile: Night time

Context: Time: 23:00 till 8:00, State: Power - AC

Tasks: Audio: Notification/Media/System set to 0. Ringer set to 1.

I would like to figure out a way to turn off 3G automatically during work hours as well.

Another task I'd like to figure out. Many times while at work, I'll receive messages on Google Talk to both my pc and the phone. I'd like to figure out how to turn off Google talk during working hours. Apparently it's not controlled by autosync.
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
ok,

i asked this on the google groups but didn't really get anything working.

does anyone know how to get tasker to turn on 3g data? tried using apndroid and it doesn't work at all.
[Android Apps and Games] Mr Mufakka:
Apparently there is "autosync" and "background sync". Anyone know how to turn both off?
[Android Apps and Games] esgiii:
mute in meeting

i downloaded and installed the "mute in meeting" profile. i added my exchange calendar via google. now tasker thinks i'm always in a meeting, even when i have no items scheduled on my calendar. this only affects my exchange calendar. my google calendar has no problems. i've searched for this issue and can't find any reference of it. anyone have any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] plaktoets:
yes me wants this! Many people seem to be trying to find a way to set Rockplayer as the default app especially to use it to stream movies from a lan share! But so far it simply doesnt seem possible...however since tasker is supposed to do nearly everything google brought me here

so..Anyone? Is it possible to use tasker to set up file associations ?
[Android Apps and Games] jr1125:
Im trying to set a task so when i activate my app Car Dock V2.1 it

will turn on speakerphone, as well as GPS. And then turn off of course

when i exit the app. This works.

But in Car Dock V2.1 when i select my Maps app for navigation purpose,

it sees as exiting car dock and turns GPS off (because when i enter

maps it cant locate where i am, and if i quickly go to home screen it

shows GPS off). And also if i click on dialer from Car Dock v2.1 and

try to make a call, its not in speakerphone.

All help is appreciated! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] lawnie:
Hate to bring back an old thread but I need a little bit of help setting up a program in tasker. When plugged in to a power source, I want it to turn off vibrate and sound for e-mail ONLY. I have a gmail account and a regular email account configured, and I want notifications for those two accounts to be silent. However, I want my phone to still vibrate and audibly notify me for SMS messages and phone calls. Any help on how to set this up?
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
You can set any of the volumes based on power source or other contexts, but exactly what volumes you want to change I'm honestly not sure.. I'm not sure that those aren't tied together.

I guess what you're really asking is if Tasker can change the actual notification settings for your email, and it can't as far as I know. You can control the various volumes, but I think SMS and Email would be tied to the same Notification volume.

One thing you could do is somewhat convoluted but could work.. Basically the phone is muted, except that when the phone is ringing it runs a task raises the volume, and when you get an SMS it run a task that raises the volume and makes a notification sound to alert you. Hopefully someone else has a better idea, you might also ask on the Tasker google forums.

Mute On AC (example context name)

Power Source: AC

Task: Set all the volumes to 0 or whatnot, whatever else you want to do

Ring on Call (context name)

Event: Phone->Phone Ringing

Task: Set volume higher

Notify on SMS (context name)

Event: Phone->Received Text

Task: Set volume up, play some notification sound to alert you of an SMS
[Android Apps and Games] lawnie:
This was my line of thinking, as well. Will Tasker automatically revert back to silent after the call or the text is received, though?
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
You'll probably have to tinker with that.. No is the immediate answer, but it's fixable..

In your Mute On AC (example context name) task, set a variable, acmuted=1 or something. Then in each of the alert tasks, set the volume you rasied up back to 0 if acmuted=1

I think you might run into volumes getting into weird settings occasionally, I know I do.. But what I do is I have a widget on my homescreen with my main profiles, home, work, meeting, night.. And if sounds seem.. wrong.. too loud or quiet, I'll just re-run whichever task. Happens sometimes, not all the time.
[Android Apps and Games] Tirinoarim:
Fun fun fun!

Having all sorts of fun with Tasker now im getting used to it.

Phone silent when facedown at home

Aeroplane mode & silent from 11pm - 6am

Bluetooth on during commute hours

Auto wi-fi on when on AC power at home

Auto GPS on for GPS based apps

auto silent when location is local cinema

Auto speaker-phone when face-down during a call

Auto find car!!!!

The last one (thanks to Paul O'Brien), records current location & time when the car bluetooth disconnects. It then updates a 1x3 TextWidget (tampiss) with the time parked (to keep an eye on any parking/ticket time limits!) with another Tasker icon next to it that launches google maps to the recorded location (so you can find your car again in large carparks/somewhere unfamiliar)!
[Android Apps and Games] Wodge80:
I'm also looking for a work around for "Bluetooth Near" on Tasker. Is there an app available on Android that will do this and output a file to trigger Tasker to work?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dc41:
It seems that if I use BdB Tweaks to enable rotation for any Sense app (such as text messaging or weather, it enables it for all Sense apps. This creates a problem with the music and docs tabs that are already set up to rotate. Now they rotate 180 degrees.

Anyone know of a work a round that would exempt the apps that already rotate?

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] leepriestenator:
Sense and all of it's little knick knacks (music tab, photo's tab, email, messaging... all of it) is one big fat package that shows up as a process called manila. All that stuff is one big program, so if you add one of them... they all get added.

No workaround for this. Sorry :(
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
Both are based off the original RUU. Both come in odex'ed and deodex'ed varieties, and come with Apps2SD. They can also use DarchKernel. Both sound great, I just want to know how to choose, or at least what their differences are.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smstutler:
Not sure. I am running icedhoneybun v3.5 and it is smooth.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urushiol:
Biggest different I know of is that beezy implemented the gumbo.sh script on the honeybun roms, which is a script that automatically changes the settings for androids build in lowmemkiller. It essentially does the same thing as the app "autokiller" from the market, except its auto-magic.
[G1 General] Macrophage001:
If there is one then MODs close this thread

If not...

If you want...

You can post here the time of death of your G1

Here's mine:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krosemm:
I was wondering if anyone else has this issue. I think most people know by now the issue we all ran into with 4G after we flashed roms with the new OTA update. The 4G would just be stuck at "scanning...." and never connect.

Anyways, I did manage to fix the 4G issue using bigbiff's steps here. So now the 4G connects with no issues but there's one problem: when I leave 4G area or go indoors and come back into 4G area it won't reconnect by itself. I have to either turn on and off 4G or hit the "Scan" button.

If anyone can give me any insight or ideas as to what's going on that would be very awesome.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sw99:
I have the same problem, and I have seen at least one other person mention this problem (it's kind of hard to search the forum for this problem, since all you get are the folks having problems connecting to 4G).

This started after the OTA update. If the 4G signal fades out, the 4G status remains in "scanning" even in known 4G areas. I made one 4G change to try and fix this - I changed the wimax_idle_sleep time from 10 to 300 as was recommended in the 4G problem posts.

I am wondering if anyone knows what the other 4G settings do and if any of them would fix the problem. So far the only way I know to reconnect to 4G is to turn the radio off and on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
I posted this in another forum, the more frequented one. I thought it was more applicable there since this might be an issue concerning rooting, custom ROMs, home ROM flashing, or all the above. Until I see a wave of non-rooted users complaining about this, I think Sprint has found a gotcha for rooters and flashers. Input from some ROM developers would be nice if they happen to visit this forum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bedoig:
I also think it's related to one of the images we have to flash to get root, as the behavior is definitely different than stock. I noticed this after I first rooted / nand unlocked my phone, but before I applied the new radio & wimax. On my phone, however, 4G does eventually come back up. It might take 5 minutes or more, but it does eventually reconnect.

I'm not sure that it's really a bug though. I actually prefer this behavior because it results in fewer dropped connections when switching between 3G and 4G. For streaming apps (Rhapsody, Pandora, Youtube, etc) the frequent switching forces you to have to start the stream over. I think it might have been an attempt to increase the stability of the data connection at the expense of having a 4G connection less of the time. Could be a hold over from one of the older engineering builds we had to flash during the rooting process? It's strange that the behavior persists after flashing a new radio/wimax, but maybe it's actually controlled elsewhere.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
Add me to the list. This is from my post about 20 hours ago which hasn't received any bites:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sw99:
Some Observations:

I've noticed the following differences since the OTA (with Root-from the "How to Start over with 1.47.651.1" thread):

1. The 4G reconnection problem.

2. Bluetooth no longer auto connects when my headset is in range.

3. I have been getting "Error 67 Data Connection Lost" errors. This error blocks me from 3G data connectivity for a few minutes. During this time, "Mobile Networks" shows "Turning On" in the settings.

I suspect it is one of the following:

a. There is still a radio problem with the rooted OTA

b. the PRI that has not been updated since the root crack matters with this release.

c. Sprint/HTC introduced some new bugs.

d. Some hardware settings need to be tweaked (like the timeout that folks are changing from 10 to 300).

So we need to figure out who is having this problem, and under what circumstances.

I did however note something very interesting. I have repeated this 4 times today. If the 4G disconnects and stays in scanning, if you then place a call it will immediately reconnect. This leads me to believe that it is indeed a setting, and a voice call triggers it (if you recall in May, Sprint was saying that they hope to have Simultaneous Voice and 4G - so there is probably some code to trigger 4G at this point).

What do you folks think.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
I would take C out because I have not read complaints by non-rooted users.

The latest PRI is 1.40_003. Right?

Who can bring this over? ROM developers say those features are not part of what they do. If not them, then who?

I think being rooted currently sucks. One of EVO's greatest strengths, connectivity, has been crippled.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
sw99, did you try the move the xml file with your mac address solution? If so, I guess it didn't make any difference.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
I will try making a call tomorrow when this happens and report back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burt Reynolds:
I had the same problem pre-root.

I wont be able to help anybody too much with technical stuff 'cause I'm basically a non-technical guy, but I've had the same problem with wimax dropping & not reconnecting ever since the OTA update (1.47....). I went to a Sprint store & the guy just went cross eyed, so it may not be too common.

In my case the connection will SOMETIMES come back on its own with a really strong signal, but rarely.

I just rooted tonight so I have no idea if it's worse or not, but I'll find out tomorrow, eh?

I've also had difficulty with Bluetooth automatically connecting, but I have a new stereo so I don't know where the issue lies.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
Interesting. So this may have nothing to do with rooting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sw99:
Nope. Didn't touch the xml file, as my 4G was connecting, and the fix was for 4G just scanning.

I still think we can tweak the WIMAX settings and make it come back faster.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
This is basically the only thing I haven't tried.

I tried making a call to reconnect to 4g three times this morning. IT WORKED ALL THREE TIMES! Odd....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sw99:
Well at least its faster than toggling the 4G radio ;) - just find a friend with a mobile phone so you don't waste any minutes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
Just dial your own number which takes you to voice mail and shouldn't waste minutes. I'll probably put a direct dial shortcut on my home screen until a solution comes along. Not that I'm worried about wasting my regular minutes....I used 29 of 450 on my last bill!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
I can now confirm that moving/deleting the xml file does nothing for our problem. At least not on my EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sw99:
So, I've been looking at the WIMAX settings (using ##DATA# and my MSL).

There are some settings that look like they could be effecting this problem. Be forewarned, however, that some of the values preset are not considered "valid" when you make a change (leading me to add credence to my theory that HTC/Sprint goofed), so I'm hoping a nandroid backup will recover them. Open each parameter and deleting the values, gives you a popup of the valid values and units.

Here is what I tried so far:

wimax_idle_sleep(s) changed from 10 to 300 seconds - effect: little to none.

wimax_scan_attempt_timeout(s) changed from 1 to 20 seconds - effect: little to none. (note only 5-300 are valid values after this change).

Other parameters that look interesting and their default values:

Wimax_scan_retry(s): 300 Seconds

Wimax_entry_delays(s): 300 seconds

wimax_exit_delay(s): 2 seconds

idle_mode_timer: 60 seconds

Standby Time: 10 Minutes

handoff Threshold: 6

Anyone willing to mess with these (at the risk of losing Wimax, of course)?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
That is one place I'm not going to mess around. I saw a stern warning about that recently on the dev forum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
I still have my doubts about that. I put a link in the General forum to this thread, and we have one response. I read around the non-tech sites with 4G forums like SprintUsers, and I don't see these complaints.

I would like to hear from a tech oriented non-rooted user.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sw99:
I'm hoping someone who knows what the settings mean can shed some light. I have not had any luck googling any of these fields.

I did see a couple of non-root complaints, but I can't find them now (not on your standard sites).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saintsfan:
you are not alone

I to am having the same 4g issue. I am not howver having an issue with the bluetooth connecting yet (fingers crossed). I wonder if peps on the new fresh and DC roms are having teh same reconnect issues.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
I've never had the BT issue and am now running Fresh 1.0.1.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sw99:
Anyone else having the "Error 67 Data Connection Lost" issue. I don't know if it's because I am paying more attention now, but it seems to be happening at least twice a day.

And this problem is the worst, because I have no data connection at all during this time, and it can take 10 minutes (or a reboot) before I can get my data service back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
I have not seen that one.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] initial:
This happened to me a few times today at around 3:00 PST. Haven't seen it since.

I've read reports that it was occurring yesterday a few times as well