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[myTouch 3G, Magic General] knny1491:
Flashing a 32a rom or recovery will not brick radio n spl is another story though lol.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weezymagic:
Hey guys,

after looking around the interwebz for a few days, this looks like one of the best spots to sit on and learn from. I have had my evo from launch and it is fully updated. Recently, i have heard much talk about full rooting and froyo coming soon officially.

I am new to "hacking" phones. not sure if thats the correct word but i "hack" or have fun (not the bad way) on computers and used to on xbox360.

could someone please point me in the right direction?

The only reason i ask this is because i have seen several rooting tutorials that are not identical so i was curious if one is better than the others.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M@XLOL:
This is not a q and a forum. There is one butter this is not it. I suggest reading a lot more and then formulating a real question. There isn't a best method that is why there is more then one.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaron130:
Do toastcfh root part 1 then unlock nand part 2. this is the best and official way to root in my opinion. And its really not that hard. But I think theres a few new ones floating around that are even easier! My honest opinion is to just read, and then read some more. And when your done reading, read even more! Youll be sooo surprised how much you will learn in this forum!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] campchi:
if you've appplied the latest OTA update (1.47.651.1), then you have to wait for dev. to come up with ways to unlock it (root). if you did not update the OTA then using toast method 1 and 2 would work fine....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fifoloveritas:
If you found this site, you are already pointed in the right direction.

Don't take personally, since obvisouly I don't know you, but if you can't follow the guides here you really should not mess with your phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weezymagic:
I do understand (90% sure) most of the terms and processes for rooting. I do have the latest update (1.47.651.1). So i guess ill have to wait until another root for this version.

Is there a certain time gap between update and root for current update that i should wait to look for. i know people come up with the root so its not exact time gap. im more asking does it usually take closer to a week or like a month. just so i can keep it in the back of my head
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyronnster:
Just upgraded to 2.2but i cant find an option to add my photo in the ME section of SMS

Anyone able to help out,

Ty
[HD2 General] Arkalos13:
Hi, i have a HD2 unlucked using it with AT&T US. the signal is quite bad, i dont have 3g at all, ive realised the bands dont match up but is there any way to increase signal strength or something. The signal is ridiculous at times where i have no signal at all in my house.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
try different radio

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=669733
[HD2 General] mazzarin:
Unless you bought a T9193 (look below the battery cover, is there a "Next G" or "T"?), you won't get 3G.

You might have luck playing with different radios to see if you get better coverage. See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=713977 for more info. If you have a TMobile HD2, then you might want to check the other HD2 forum: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=631

If you have any questions, read up on the Q&A forum either way.
[HD2 General] mojohio:
thats why I was asking about best/latest Radio Version for AT&T. Is your Radio Version the same as mine, identified in earlier post about AT&T Radio Version?
[HD2 General] ryuu55:
I have at&t (but I am using a t9193), I am having good results battery & signal w/ radio 2.12.50.02_2 (link in my sig)
[HD2 General] Arkalos13:
what exactly do i do with these radio roms?

sorry im new to this whole thing and dont know alot. thanks
[HD2 General] ryuu55:
HSPL from here

grab a radio file from here

follow the steps here
[HD2 General] skim56732:
Non-U.S. HD2 are not compatible with TMOUS 3G regardless of the radio Rom being used. A more current ROM may provide a better basic 2G/GPRS signal.
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Hrmmm, there's not much reviews for the app. I'm interested in trying out but I wish there was a trial or something.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
I hadn't looked at his market version yet, but it shouldn't need validation for 14 days..

He sells it on the market and off of the market. If nothing else you could install it from his website. I'll ask on his forum, it shouldn't require purchasing to use immediately.
[Android Apps and Games] The_Tech_Ninja:
Everytime I try it I get a FC when setting up my profiles, and I lose all my changes. Gets annoying fast. I uninstalled and did refund.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Weird, I've seen that like once when I first tried it.. You might want to get on his forums and see what he can do to help fix it, as if you're interested I don't think there's anything else out there that does anywhere close to what Tasker does.

Come to think of it, yes, I did see that maybe 2-3 times, especially when first messing around, but I haven't seen it in weeks, even though I've set up multiple profiles since then. Interesting. You could always set up some stuff, Apply, re-enter the app. At that point it's saved. If it crashes, you won't lose anything. However it'd be good to get logs from alogcat or such to figure out the crash problem.
[Android Apps and Games] shantzg001:
Awesome.. tasker is too good and much better than locale and setting profiles (though UI could get a bit better)... I've been waiting for it to arrive on the market..
[Android Apps and Games] The_Tech_Ninja:
I guess I'm the only person who has troubles with the app.. ::sigh:: I want to love it..
[Android Apps and Games] ValhallaSky:
I've actually been using the app for a little over two weeks, and I've found it to be indispensable! GPS drains my battery too fast, so I love coordinating tasks with calendar events in conjunction with network-based location. Not to mention auto starting GPS for specific apps and then shutting GPS back off when I exit said app. There are simply SO many uses for tasker, and its compatible with locale plug-ins.

Btw. Try using Foxy Ring's ambient noise feature to auto adjust ringer volume. It works great when constantly moving from quiet study areas into a loud common room. :)
[Android Apps and Games] CitizenLee:
Does anyone know how I can set up Tasker to switch to 2G at midnight and then back to 3G/H at 8am?

I have looked throught the options and I can see the settings for 2G, but when I add Time as the 1st context I then can't find anything relating to 2G for the next context.

I understand it's probably just me being thick but if any one could help it would be much appreciated!

Loving this app otherwise, well worth the small fee.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Sure, Tasker doesn't have a "Default" profile, when a profile ends it returns what settings it changed back to what they previously were.. So if it's H going into your night profile, switch off 3G, then when the profile is over it'll return to H. The big difference here is that most likely you're going to have to run an external program, maybe APNDroid or something, to toggle 2G/3G, as apparently it's not in the API directly and Tasker can't do it. So you have an entry task and an exit task.

Yep, I just looked for apps that can do this, they all launch the option in the menus, can't do it directly... So doing this doesn't seem (directly) possible, but maybe there is something out there.. I just glanced. http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=3g&market=android

Profile

Context: Time 00:00 to 08:00

Enter Task

Run Program APNDroid (?)

Exit Task

Run Program APNDroid (?) (to toggle it back on, since it's not a setting here)
[Android Apps and Games] psych2l:
Found a nice review and guide for tasker here:

http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone

Looks powerful, and superior to locale.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
I kind feel sorry for Locale ;) Tasker has it 100x over, plus it can use Locale plugins.
[Android Apps and Games] moonrock:
I haven't done much digging, but... maybe someone could help me with this one:

I have the Samsung vibrant which does not have a hardware camera button. Would there be a way to use this app to remap the power button when in the camera.app to use it as the shutter button?

Thank you:)
[Android Apps and Games] warmthsound:
Anyone else having force closes when trying to set backgrounds for app menus? Don't dig the bland menu background that comes stock in the app.
[Android Apps and Games] UrbanMuppet:
Great app except the fact it is using 1/4th of my battery for two profiles. :mad:
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
You have something misconfigured or you have insanely good battery usage then. I have Tasker using the GPS every 10 minutes, uploading that GPS data to my website. It reminds me every 2 minutes of missed email, phone calls, sms... It goes speakerphone if I flip it on a call. It changes profiles for home, work, work meeting, running GPS in the car... I think I have a profile to wash the dishes too, but I'm waiting on an enhancement from Pent to make that one function. :)

Seriously, post on his forum with the exact context and task, I bet something is done wrong.
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Man I still have difficulty trying to make Tasker do simple things because I'm not really savvy with such stuff...
[Android Apps and Games] ImSoHungry:
I have been trying to get Tasker to automagically switch keyboards based on orientation for like a few days now, no luck. I want to have Swype when in portrait mode, and then a custom HiRes keyboard in landscape...

can anyone help with this or if someone has done it already, please lend some advice...

Also, maybe this thread can become the official Tasker profile thread, if not, maybe a sticky with user created profiles?
[Android Apps and Games] parker09:
Been trying to a place where people dump their profile examples for the inept people who can't work out half the settings, like myself :P
[Android Apps and Games] gogol:
Tasker works perfectly on my phone: HTC Desire, stock ROM, official Android 2.2 update

My profiles:

Profile: Running Navigation

Context: Application: Load app Sygic

Tasks:

- Misc: GPS ON

- Audio: Set Media Volume to max

- Display: Set Brightness to 200

- Set Speakerphone to ON

Profile: Silencing Hidden Caller-ID

Context: State: Incoming Call

Tasks:

- Audio: Set Ringer Volume to 0 - if %CNUM ~ 0

- Audio: Set Vibrate to OFF - if %CNUM ~0

Note: for the second profile, you need to use at least 1.0.6 beta 5 (%CNUM bug fixed).
[Android Apps and Games] Yorgul:
khaytsus, can you share the profile for missed calls reminder, please?

I need a starting point to approach Tasker and this one seems useful enough. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] gaetawoo:
This is not possible. I wanted it too, but Android does not allow this to happen. The best you can get is to have the Select Keyboard option pop up.
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
hope someone can help

i want a profile for work and home - without using gps or wifi.

can i do this? maybe with cell triangulation?

i've tried but without turning on these options, tasker says it can't use maps
[Android Apps and Games] moonrock:
Use a time/date option?
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
I use a time for this... I have 0800-1700 as a Work profile, after than it returns to my Home profile. If I'm at work at 5pm I don't care if my notifications are a little loud etc.. as most likely I'm just in the office wrapping up some stuff.

But you could do WiFi near, but requires Wifi on and uses some battery, how much I can't guess. I'm not sure if he was able to make "Bluetooth Near" work yet or not, but that might be possible too if you have a bluetooth device you can use for this, such as a laptop or such.

Why don't you want to use GPS? Right now honestly Tasker has some somewhat recent weirdness with updating the GPS location, it seems like it doesn't update sometimes, but I'm 99% sure it did a month or so ago, so probably something Pent needs to find and fix. In terms of battery usage, it's minimal. I have my GPS being gotten every 10m and uploads to a website of mine and the battery usage is nominal, MAYBE adds 1%/hr at most.
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
i want to use a location (through cell towers like locale) to be able to turn on wifi. leaving wifi on all the time uses power, so does using gps :(
[Android Apps and Games] parker09:
I think for some people, well me atleast data costs a fortune, eg. I only get 150mb a month and it's like $2.75 per MB if I go over that 150MB, if I had GPS running it would send me over the cap for sure.
[Android Apps and Games] Das IceDice:
How are GPS and data traffic related? Google maps uses data, but there are a lot of map-apps that doesn't.
[Android Apps and Games] parker09:
Oh I thought they all used data. My mistake.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Perhaps you missed the line in bold? GPS used like this uses minimal power, it turns it on every 10m, gets a fix, stops. It's not like the GPS is running 24/7, it's really easy.. Set a context to run every N minutes from X to Y time. Add a context of GPS location to it. It'll only get a GPS fix every N minutes.
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
that might do it, but would need to be more precise. i'm not meant to have my phone go off in work and it would just be typical that before the 'work' profile kicks in, that my phone would go off. same thing in a cinema or something

i'll give it a shot though :)
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
ok,

think i've got it now.

had a thought though, can tasker read google calendar? as far as work goes, my shift patterns are in there. if it could read 'early' or 'late' (if 'early' then xxx, etc) then tasker would know i'm in work that day and at what time.
[Android Apps and Games] gogol:
Profile to turn off HTC boot sound

Profile: Shutdown Process

Context: Event: Device Shutdown

+Task: Audio: Set Silent Mode ON

Profile: Boot Process

Context: Event: Device Boot

+Task: Audio: Set Silent Mode OFF

Tested on my HTC Desire, it works flawlessly :)
[Android Apps and Games] parker09:
And this will use no mobile data?
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
hey, question for you if you don't mind. need a little help with this :)

i've got it setup to do this with gps, is there a way of adding an exception? as in, get to work, gps locates me and the 'work' profile kicks in. i want to then turn gps off until i disconnect from wifi there?

---EDIT

aha!! found the SSID option! :D
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Certainly! It's in the contexts, you can have it key off of a particular calendar, busy/not busy, etc... I have my phone nearly mute during meetings.

BTW, for the generic 'Work time', I just set mine a bit around the normal timeframe, ie: I rarely get into work before 9, sometimes 8:30, but I go ahead and go to the Work profile at 8.

Ah, I didn't think you wanted to use Wifi. :) It's possible to turn on a "Work" bit by detecting something specific to work, later detecting home similarly, and the profile matching.. But it's not straightforward as far as I'm imagining it, since once something is no longer detected it deactivates. But you could do a time context if SSID matches XYZ, work=1, disable wifi, do work-stuff (make it quiet?). And for home, another similar time context, if SSID matches ABC (your home router), work=0. And then another profile which runs every N minutes that decides which profile task to run.

A little more complicated, and probably more complicated then need be.. Have you looked on the Tasker google groups page? Honestly I really dislike the google groups interface, but there's info accumulating there and it should be useful, work/home profiles are clearly a big thing. :) Also check out the Wiki if you haven't, lots of prefabbed profiles there.
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
i managed to get a basic wifi profile going (turn on every 30 mins, turn on autosync, wait for 2 mins, turn off auto sync and wifi). the SSID it picks up determines which 'area' i'm in.

i'll have a look at the wiki tonight, had a quick scan through but can't see in there how to get it to scan through my google calendar :confused:

--edit

aha! yet again. nothing in the wiki, but the google groups helped :)
[Android Apps and Games] ewingr:
Excited about Tasker...used Livehacker Example, -> No Go

I'm still on the 14 day trial but expect to purchase this. Looks very promising.

I thought a good starting point would be to try the examples in the first article on Tasker over on Lifehacker. Especially liked what it was to do: activate GPS when launching Navigator, for example

I followed the instructions, and first time I tested it it seemed to work. Today though I went to use Navigation, and I think it is coming back with a message about GPS being off quicker than Tasker can turn it on. I still get the message about GPS not being on, but when I get there after pressing OK to go to the settings, it is on, I presume because of Tasker. But then when I leave there, of course it doesn't go back to Navigation (what's up with that, anyway?). So, of course, Tasker turns GPS back off.

I ended up deleting the profiles.

I'm anxious to understand this, but still a bit confused. But I'll figure it out.

I wonder if there is any way for the Tasker Community (I'm sure there will be one) could share / upload / download Tasker profiles. Any idea if that is possible, or in the works?

So far, I haven't found very many examples, just suggestions of what you can do with it, but not how.

One of the things I'd love to be able to do with it is have my phone forward based on location. But I'm on AT&T, and its not as simple as just have it dial a number to do it. You have to go to settings for forward, let the phone contact the network and find the settings (requiring a pause of course), then enter the number, and save back for it to contact the network again. Not sure if it is even possible.
[Android Apps and Games] gogol:
Yupe, I got this too when I use Sygic.

But, simply CANCEL that dialog :) And let Tasker continue turn on the GPS.

It works perfectly.

Have you tried the "Call Divert" task?
[Android Apps and Games] eeney:
For the GPS with Navigation app I have just created a Tasker task widget on one of my homescreens, the task starts the gps, waits a couple of seconds, and then starts CoPilot.... I have been using Tasker for most of my shortcut widgets, mainly for stuff like this, and the fact that you can apply your own icons.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
I didn't find the LifeHacker profiles to be very useful and at least one of them to me didn't look like it would work at all, but I didn't try typing them in..

http://tasker.wikidot.com/ has a bunch of example profiles, as did the old Tasker forums but it looks like he had to remove them.
[Android Apps and Games] ewingr:
I don't recall a cancel option. I presume you use the Back key, or whatever its called.

[EDIT] Just set it up again, and tried. There is no cancel option on the version I am using. the "no gps" box comes up, no cancel. When I hit the back button it cancels the whole launch of Navigation.

I haven't looked at call refert yet. I just got this downloaded and haven't even identified that task. I presume it is a function of tasker, rather than a task created by someone. I will be exploring.

Other two posters after mine: thanks for the input, and link. I'll explore. I am hoping this thread becomes productive for all of us, and that ultimately that I can provide some helpful input :)

Oh, by the way: on the task for turning on GPS when launching navigation: how are you handling turning GPS back off? It seems to me in the test I did referenced in my original post, that if I just move the screen away from navigation (while letting it continue in the background), it woudl turn off the GPS.

In meantime, I'm going to set that up again and experiment with the cancel suggested.

....

back again: one more thing I'm wondering about. I've been reading the stuff on location, starting with the reading from Tasker author. Seems pretty deep, and I see several posts with struggles on that topic.

On my WinMo device, I had just used cell towers pretty successfully, albeit not perfectly ideal.

What are you doing for location, while minimizing battery usage?

[LATEST UPDATE]

I created a widget on the desktop to launch navigation as suggested earlier. Doesn't work. I posted a query about it here on the Tasker Google Forum (I wish they had a forum here instead...can't post pics, or anything on that Google forum).
[Android Apps and Games] gogol:
You know what, forget about using "Application Context" to launch your navigation system.

Read this:

http://groups.google.com/group/tasker/browse_thread/thread/2a89f43fcd76939e#

Currently, it is a limitation on the app context.

When incoming call occur, the Dialer will trigger Tasker to "exit" your current app context profile that is active. So, the GPS and all settings will be reverted back. Of course it will be activated again as soon as the call end.

I am now thinking to workaround this using widget ... like toggle.

As I mentioned above, I am using Application Context to detect the navigation app running (using Sygic).

If you use Application Context for example, as soon as the profile is not active (you closed the app), Tasker will restore back all settings, including the GPS.

So, you don't need to specifically ask Tasker to do that.
[Android Apps and Games] Fedburin:
Phone Quiet Down When Face-Down - pause prior to initiate

For the "Your Phone Quiet Down When Face-Down" on lifehaker.com how would I add a pause prior to initiating the action? There is no variable for orientation so I can't use that unless I set a variable? I don't want the action running every time I flip the phone over. I want it to wait two seconds in face down mode to initiate the action and if the phone's orientation is changed during those two seconds it aborts the task. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] ewingr:
Uh...sounds like there's no way right not to do what we want.

Yeah, so I see. i've tested and it works...albeit not driving yet, so haven't see the problem you referenced at top.

...............

The other thing I'm studying right now is trying to figure out how to create the location that combines NET and WiFi near. I guess because I'm not quite up to full understanding (Ok, a long way from understanding :p )...I'm confused on it. I posted a query to a thread in the Google support page. (I don't think his documentation is very understandable. Maybe its because there is an assumptoin that the reader understands all the various concepts utilized when they read the docs.
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
ok, thought i'd kracked this one, but no joy.

i know how to setup an acion when connected to a specific SSID on wifi, i know how to get a task to occur every 30 minutes, i don't know how to do both.

i originally setup the wifi one, then added (press on the 'state' icon on the left) then setup a timed event. i assumed it would combine them to do a task every 30 minutes, when connected to that SSID

it doesn't work :(

help please
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Is there anyway to get Tasker to switch off Autosync when I turnoff data connection via the HTC Sense widget?
[Android Apps and Games] gogol:
I don't think so ...

But you can create that kind of widget your self pretty easily with Tasker :)
[Android Apps and Games] gogol:
Hi,

I am now using Tasker widget for this.

It works and better.

Got the idea from here (first post):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=740397&highlight=tasker

Think like TOGGLE :)

I need to find a good "icon" for the navigation !
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
You can't create a context that's a time context, tap the time context you just made, then add the Wifi context to it?

I haven't done anything with Wifi in Tasker, as I rarely use it myself.
[Android Apps and Games] Muaddib69:
I think is task-Tasker-wait- then seconds, mins...