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[Droid X Themes and Apps] khakhi:
i have just installed tasker now so that it can turn on my wifi when i get into office...i dont know how to get it to work...a bit confusing...can any1 help with steps to get it to switch on wifi as i get to work from 8am and turn off wifi at 4:30 pm?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] miHah:
i have a problem setting my tasker that it turns on my mobile data when launching an app :s

i set: new profile > application > facebook > new task > NET > Mobile Data > set on > apply all

than when i launch an app, no tasks are done :s nevertheless if i only set a notification when i start an app, it doesnt work :( any help please?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] veitograf:
gps

hey guys,

i got 2 profiles, one for enabling gps whenever i start maps/navigation and one for switching it off again.

the problem now is, whenever i go to a different app or sms pops up, gps switches off.

is there a way, that gps stays active until i end navigation?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] supetawesomedude:
how can i make a profile that would turn on the screen when i get a text? im running htc aria on cm7, so i cant use the native "Turn On" function in tasker. please help
[Droid X Themes and Apps] xwing_5:
So Tasker has been great for the last few days until recently. Well I should say I "THINK" it is because of Tasker.

Here is the scenario: yesterday I had my phone with me the whole day, plugging into the car dock, taking out of car dock etc. . . and kept checking the top left to see if I had any incoming emails. . . no mail notification. So the day turned into the evening and I started to use my camera on the phone (HTC SENSATION). The application came up and within the application you have the ability to change from photo camera to video camera. I switched to video. I was recording some action when at the 45 second mark the screen dimmed and then went black: the phone went to sleep while I was filming!! I could not get it back on so I had to take the battery out in order to re-start the phone.

I repeated the steps a few times and got the same result: 45 seconds then it goes to sleep.

Getting back to my email: the next day I see that I still have no new emails in the upper left notification area of the phone. So I decide to go to the mail app, click it and see that I have about 7 new emails!!!!!

None of this happened before I installed Tasker.

I went into the email settings and see that it is set to check every 20 minutes. I went into the camera/video app and do not see a menu to change the sleep settings.

I do not think that I changed any other settings on the phone, it may be possible but not very likely.

Any suggestions?

I already uninstalled tasker and the same thing happens.

I did however find out that if I click the camcorder/video app directly(instead of opening up photo and then within the photo app, clicking camcorder/video) the 45 second sleep is no longer happening but still happens when I switch over from photo to video.

Instant email notification is still not happening.

HELP!! Anyone!!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] supetawesomedude:
This doesn't always work, but for me, instant email notifications ONLY worked when i had autosync on. i know some people say this drains battery, but i havent noticed it much. CM7.1 RC1 HTC Aria
[Droid X Themes and Apps] veitograf:
calendar

hey guys,

i need help with a calendar profile.

i want to create a task that silents my phone as soon as a calendar entry with a certain name comes up.

i created a profile with "calendar entry" with the title "xxx" and description "xxx".

next i setup a task that sets the ringer to silent.

whenever i create a calendar entry named "xxx" nothing happens. what am i doing wrong?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nawlage:
ussd code

i set up a small profile to run the ussd code to check my data usage which sends me a txt with my usage info. it seems to work but is there a way to have tasker close the dialog that pops up saying that the info is going to be sent to my phone? that dialog just sits there until I tap 'ok'. I thought that using the notification/notification click option would work but i dunno.

Sent.

Edited: Swype fail
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nawlage:
Bump?

Sent.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nawlage:
Wow, this party sure died.

Sent.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] hgghyxo:
Hello guys!

Can i use tasker, for automatization in titanium backup?

I want to make a button, or smthing else, for google maps.

i freeze maps always in titanium, coz it eats lots of battery....

want my button to, defroze maps, gps on, run maps -> when maps quits, freeze it back, gps off.

Is it possible to use tasker this way?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] akanealw:
I'm running CM7 and it has an option to hold Back to kill the app you're in. I do that when I exit google maps. I also use autostarts to keep maps from starting at boot.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] treubber:
Were is that setting to kill when holding back? I used it as well and in the latest cm74gb build, I can't find it after I wiped data.

Sent from my CM7-ified Droid X
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Bluewall:
Hello guys, i want to do a profile on my Tasker but now i can't find how. First i'm pretty new with tasker so be friendly :p

When i'm at home, i turn on the wifi and then turn off the 3G, and when i leave, i do the opposite (it's logical isn't it? lol).

So i want to make a profil that when i activate the wifi, 3G is turned off and when i desactivate Wifi, 3G is turned on ? Any idea guys ?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] serpent2005:
Enable/Disable Key Guard

Do you guys use Tasker to enable/disable key guard under certain conditions? If yes, does it work reliably for you?

I have a profile that disables key guard when connected to wifi at home and it works sometimes, but not always. It also will re-enable the key guard when it is still connected to wifi. I'm just trying to find out your experiences with this particular feature.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] JupeBullet:
could anyone help me make a toogle widget for brightness please?

I'd like the brightness to be 100 % when on, when off it goes back to original brightness or certain brightness

I googled it and what I could find is

1. 4 toogle widget brightness (annoying to keep touching your phone to change the brighness)

2. a way to make on/off toogle widget. It works fine with wi-fi on/off, GPS on/off, but when I implemented the brightness to the widget, the widget stopped working or could either do 1 brightness setting, not 2

thank's Guys :)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] frenccw:
Yes it works reliably depending on the triggers. In your case probably because your wifi goes to sleep sometimes (or just out of range for eg.) and it triggers the exit task and gets tasker confused. If you used a more stable trigger eg. when phone is plugged into power or by time slots, you'll notice that the feature works all the time.

I personally use the Location trigger to off my keyguard at home at it works 90% of the time so perhaps you can consider using that.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] frenccw:
As i mentioned in the above post i used the Location trigger - set it when you're at home and for the task go Net > Wifi > On. You can also add Net > Mobile Data 2g/3g to disable 3G if you are rooted (i haven't tried this though so do it at your own risk)

Tap the task again and add an exit task with the opposite ie. Wifi Off 3G On. Then you're set!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] R. Kamidees:
I've been using tasker for neigh-on a decade (hyperbole) and love more than certain members of my family (you know who you are!). Anyway, keep up the great work.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] dyetheskin:
can someone make a profile or instruct me for creation for setting up airplane mode from 4am to 10am but temp turn if off for an hour in between that timeframe to gather sms messages. something along this line would be fine too where i can just set the times myself. hate seeing a flood of sms in the morning
[Droid X Themes and Apps] COVERek:
Hi,

How I can take battery temp in tasker?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] mruno:
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

Everyone asking for others to write profiles should try it out on your own first. Tasker is not that hard to setup:

http://tasker.wikidot.com/step-throughs

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http://tasker.wikidot.com/airplanenight

just change the 15 minutes to 1 hour

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best way to do this is with a free app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.benhirashima.unlockwithwififree
[Droid X Themes and Apps] serpent2005:
I'm aware of this free app and I agree that it handles this "task" better than Tasker. I was hoping there was something in Tasker I could do that would give me equally good performance so I don't need two separate apps installed.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Myster:
Hi

I got a small problem with my device - an ACER Liquid Metal. Whenever i use the PC Sync function ( ACER Sync ) the screen timeout changes to 30 minutes instead the "1 minute" i have chosen

I would like to make Tasker script so that after every synching Taker will reset my Screen Timout to the desired "1 Minute"

Please help

Thanks in advance
[Droid X Themes and Apps] hulkhaugen:
I'm just learning Tasker, and my lack of programming skills isn't exactly a pro, lol. However, i'm following this guide: Add missed text/mail/call text to minimalisitc text (from tasker), and it pretty much works. But after i read my message(s), the text doesn't go away, just the textnumber. Eg: "one new message" becomes "new message" after i read it. To me, this sounds like there is a problem in the cleansms part of the code, and yes, i also found a misspelling where i was looking for it, where %MINTSSMSTEXT. After changing this, i got confident, but still nothing. Tried to make the MT widget over again, but still no luck. Can't seem to find any errors, only wrong output.

Any suggestions that might help me? I know this is hard for any of you to know without browsing my setup...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bt0904:
I got tasker setup to trigger some basic sl4a python scripts to integrate with my logitech squeezebox. The results are great. If anyone is doing or thinking of doing something similar, drop me a note.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] dementik:
Squeezebox + Tasker

Hi,

I have to profiles on Tasker:

1. Coming home

Detects correct GSM cell and puts WiFi on.

Exit task is WiFi off.

2. At home

Waits for that phone connects to my home wifi, waits for 5 seconds (waiting to connect network properly) then does with HTTP GET (to Squeezebox Server/Logitech Media Server) 'Play' -signal:

home-on.php:

<?php
$fp = fsockopen("localhost", 9090, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
$out = "00:04:20:26:XX:XX play\r\n";
fwrite($fp, $out);
$out = "00:04:20:26:XX:XX mixer volume 22\r\n";
fwrite($fp, $out);
fclose($fp);
exit;
}
?>

and exit task activates when it has been disconnected from home WiFi (as i leave home) and does HTTP GET to this php:

home-off.php

<?php
$fp = fsockopen("localhost", 9090, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
$out = "00:04:20:26:XX:XX pause 1\r\n\r\n";
fwrite($fp, $out);
fclose($fp);
exit;
}
?>

00:04:20:26:XX:XX is of course your squeezebox ID.

Result: When I come home, music starts with right volume. When I leave home, music stops. Quite handy.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] exempli_gratia:
Can the default Tasker notification icon be turned to something useful?

It's there all the time anyway (to make sure the app stays loaded). Would be nice if it could display the battery %, or something.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] endrus:
php help needed

Hi,

Can you help me with the following php?

I want to start a http get querry but the below php is giving an error.

<?php
$amount = $_REQUEST['amount'];
$currency = $_REQUEST['curr'];
$exchangeIn = $_REQUEST['incurr'];
$prec = $_REQUEST['prec'];
$googleQuery = $amount . ' ' . $currency . ' in ' . $exchangeIn;
$googleQuery = urlEncode( $googleQuery );
$askGoogle = file_get_contents( 'http://www.google.com/search?q=' . $googleQuery );
$matches = array();
preg_match('/= ([0-9]*\.[0-9]*)/', $askGoogle, $matches);
$rate = $matches[1];
echo round($rate,$prec);
?>
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Stevethegreat:
proper ICS support?

Any chance that we're going to get the Dpad actions functionality (user input) back in ICS? I've tried every rom in existence for my phone (i9000) and there is/was no Dpad support whatsoever, and it's so valuable to my scripts/profiles :( .

Tasker's bugs in ICS is what keeps from making the jump. I would be glad if I was to see them fixed...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] PappaFloyd:
This is a great app I agree. So many uses.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] jmbillings:
I'm after a little help with Tasker - just getting started.

I've used TFC Task launcher to turn on BT when I put the phone in the car mount. I want to use Tasker to turn off BT when it disconnects from the car radio.

I created a new profile, which uses "Bluetooth Connected", and specified my car radio in there. I then added an "Exit task" to set Bluetooth off.

But it doesn't work. And the icon in the toolbar just says "no profiles active" no matter if it's in the car or not...

Any pointers on what I'm doing wrong or how I can troubleshoot it?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] ricpdjrr:
new to tasker

I am setting a simple night time setting and whith the context to be

time ------------- from 2200 to 0900 the following day

days of week---- mon,tue,wed,thu,fri

when I first set the context tasker told me that this would result in

2200-midnight on tue and 0900- 2200 on tue (I think that was the message but i could not get it to give me the message again but whatever it said it was not going to work as i wanted)

Is there a easy way to do this or do I need 2 profiles one for

2200-midnight

and one for

midnight - 0900 ???
[Droid X Themes and Apps] maverickme22:
Tasker Profile Help

Hi,,,,

I am new-bee using Tasker, and I find it very useful application.

I am struck with a situation.

1) I want to reject incoming call and send sms during a particular time i.e. 6 pm to 7 pm.

I am confused how to use AND operator between two context.

Please help me.

thanks
[Droid X Themes and Apps] michalurban:
Id love to use that reject&send sms too ...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] confusedmuse:
SGS2 i9100 Tasker + WidgetLocker

Lock screen management/manual lock.

When you unlock the screen, the lock will be paused.

So you don't have to unlock the screen over and over if at home. (screen off only)

Before putting the phone in pocket, you press a shortcut that resumes the lock

and locks the screen simultaneously.

This also triggers a task that ensures if the phone gets unlocked by accident inside pocket, it will immediately lock again.

Tasks:

Pocket Security

1. Task -> Wait 200 MS

2. 3rd Party -> WidgetLocker -> Resume

3. Display -> System Lock

4. Task -> Wait 3 Seconds 500 MS

5. Tasker -> Profile Status -> Pocket Security -> Set Off

6. Tasker -> Profile Status -> Pocket Security -> Set On

Pocket Security On

1. Tasker -> Profile Status -> Pocket Security -> Set On

Pocket Security Off

1. 3rd Party -> WidgetLocker -> Suspend

2. Task -> Wait 8 Seconds

3. Tasker -> Profile Status -> Pocket Security -> Set Off

Lock the Screen

1. 3rd Party -> WidgetLocker -> Resume

2. Display -> System Lock

Profiles:

Pocket Security

First Context -> State -> Sensor -> Proximity Sensor

Add 2nd Context (long press the first) -> State -> Phone -> Incoming Call - Check Invert!

Assigned task: Pocket Security

Turn this profile off after creating!

Pocket Security On

Context -> Event -> 3rd Party -> WidgetLocker -> Locked

Assigned task: Pocket Security On

Pocket Security Off

Context -> Event -> 3rd Party -> WidgetLocker -> Unlocked

Assigned task: Pocket Security Off

Now for the toggle:

Create a shortcut on your home screen and select Task Cut.

Assign the "Lock the Screen" task.

You have to assign an icon inside Tasker.

(when the shortcut is finished, you can use icons sets compatible with your launcher)

I have this shortcut inside my dock, so i can lock from any home screen.

Note: After unlocking the screen, don't cover the proximity sensor for 8 seconds.

Then the sensor gets turned off.

And don't forget to press the lock toggle before putting the phone in your pocket! :)

You could also activate it based on your location... i personally don't like

location based events.

Explanation for step 4-6 of the Pocket Security task:

If the event was triggered and the sensor is still covered, it will not trigger

the event again till you reveal the sensor and cover again.

You can test this by taking out step 4 to 6 from this task.

Just lock the screen and turn it on several times while covering the sensor with your finger.

The wait and profile restart is a workaround for this.

This way if it fails the first time it will lock max. 5 seconds later.

(try to make a call within this time...:))

Don't set the wait shorter than 3 seconds, or it won't work properly.

When waking from deep sleep, it can take a few secs till things get active.

I've tested this for several hours, 3.5 secs is a save value.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] maverickme22:
Hi All ,

Please help me, I despirately need this:

Hi,,,,

I am new-bee using Tasker, and I find it very useful application.

I am struck with a situation.

1) I want to reject incoming call and send sms during a particular time i.e. 6 pm to 7 pm.

I am confused how to use AND operator between two context.

Please help me.

thanks
[Droid X Themes and Apps] michalurban:
I found out (was told to be specific) that you can reject phone and send sms from ICS - just drag the ring you can receive or deny incoming call up ... 4 possible texts appear (you can edit them in settings of the phone app), you choose one and it rejects the call and sends the message right away.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] iv00vi:
Detect connection attempt?

Hello,

first of all, let me express how I love the tasker. Even I found about the app only today, it is an excellent tool and I managed to create several useful profiles already. What I didn't manage to achieve is following: I didnt find a way to detect a connection attempt by an app. I already managed to make a simple script that fires up a connection when an app is launched and closes the connection when this app is closed or put into background, but this does not play well with a VoIP app I am using. I'd prefer if I could start and stop wifi/3g based on connection request, rather than on an app being in the foreground...

Is it possible?

Thank you
[Droid X Themes and Apps] itsLYNDZ:
Is there a way to download the premade profile and import it after saving it to the tasker folder? Im finding I cant get the GPS on/off profile to work for me, no matter what ways I try. Its frustrating and I thought there was a way to just save the file and do it.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] primetime34:
I want to be able to have an action quick in after I close an application. I use Morning Ritual. When I hit the home button, I want the bluetooth to kick on, and the amazon app store. I have no idea how to do the first part, but I do have the second part of it figured out. Any help?

EDIT: I got a response from Pent on how to do this. Here is what he said and it works great!

Create an app context. Check Morning Routine. Add the task Load App,

Amazon App Store. Back in the main screen, long-click on the task

(right hand side) and select 'Move To Exit', so it runs when the

profile (i.e. the app) deactives (i.e. upon leaving the app).

Pent
[Droid X Themes and Apps] steve austin:
hope this helps

I found this the other day. It is not time specific, but it does address sending the text.

http://tasker.wikidot.com/auto-respond-to-phone-call
[Droid X Themes and Apps] 2uk3y:
does anyone have task like Child Lock app.

the process look like this...

1. toggle profile via widget

2. child lock profile ON, display 'kid menu' with all kid apps

3. after finish play kid app, display again 'kid menu'

4. 'kid menu' got unlock action with password screen

5. if cancel, return back to 'kid menu'

6. correct password, exit 'kid menu' and child lock profile OFF

i try to create but stuck at number 3.....

hope someone share their task about this. TQ
[Droid X Themes and Apps] The McMurder:
Question

I'm still new here I've tried to find this answer a few ways I even looked at the tasker wiki guide. Here is the problem:

So I always forget to turn my wifi off when I leave my house, work, school, friends, apartments, etc. I've figured out the logic to get tasker to do what I want but I can't figure out how to do it.

Profile:

Conditions: Wifi is on - Wifi is not connected to any saved network

Task: Wait 2 minutes - recheck - If conditions are still true then Turn off wifi.

I've searched through the tasker options a dozen times but I can't seem to find a way to do this. Anyone have an idea? I'd rather not enter specific SSIDs because I use so many different ones frequently
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Cptnodegard:
Not sure if I get the problem correctly, but there's a WiFi Connected trigger in State -> Net. Invert it to make it WiFI NOT connected. Doesnt require an ssid to be entered

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Here is what I currently use Tasker for.

Profiles:

Outside

Trigger:

WiFi not connected to home WiFi

Actions:

Notify of any todo items matching "shopping" list.

Max screen brightness

Write "*Myname* is not home (since %TIME)" to status.txt. This file is then synced to dropbox using dropsync, where a range of family members have access to it.

Help

Trigger:

incoming SMS with code word

Actions:

Max media volume

Play pre-recorded message from me with info + asks for audio reply from anyone who has the phone

Record audio

Activate GPS location profile

Wait a few dozen seconds

Stop audio recording (the file is then synced to dropbox)

Get location

Write location + other things to a file (then synced to dropbox)

Play new audio recording from me

Deactivate GPS profile

Run dropsync (in case it didnt run automatically due to battery level before)

Sleep mode

Trigger:

%Sleepmode ~ on (%Sleepmode set by invisible icon+popup on homescreen)

Actions:

Write "*Myname* has been sleeping since %TIME" to status.txt

Display brightness 10%

Alarm volume max

Variable set %Lastsleep to "SM is on"

Make Your Clock Variable plugin. SLEEP = %Lastsleep

Variable set %Smactivation to %TIMES

Perform Task "Screen off" -> turns off my PC screens remotely (not my phone screen)

Exit actions:

Write "*Myname* is home" to status.txt

Variable Set %Lastsleep to "LS %TIME"

Make Your Clock Variable plugin. SLEEP = %Lastsleep

Variable set %Smduration to (%TIMES - %Smactivation)/3600

Flash "You slept for %Smduration hours"

Perform task "Screen on" -> turns on my PC screens remotely (not my phone screen)

My clock widget has a few small pieces of text that it pulls from Tasker, one of them being its SLEEP variable, which displays the last time Sleep Mode was deactivated or that it's currently on.

When sleep mode turns on, my phone screen dims, my PC screens turn off. When it's deactivated, my phone lights back up, PC screens turn on, and it displays a message saying how long I slept. With my random sleep cycles, I actually need to know that, and when I last slept xD

No Dad

My dad has a tendency to always call when I'm asleep. Never fails. Doesn't matter if I sleep during the day or at night, he will manage to hit that window right on the head every single time. hence why he's "singled out" for this profile.

Trigger:

Phone Ringing, "dad"

%Sleepmode ~ on

Actions

End call

Read Paragraph 1 from "status.txt" to %Sleepstatus

Send SMS to "dad", message "This is Myname's phone. %Sleepstatus, so he can't take your call."

I also have some much more complicated tasks that have close to 100 individual actions. Those are however work related and not relevant for anyone here
[Droid X Themes and Apps] The McMurder:
recheck

Another silly question. How do I recheck profile conditions in the middle of a task?