yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
Then I guess the confusing part is why you posted that comment in this thread..

You have an opinion about tasker, and you post here about task killers (irrelevant to the thread topic) and don't even offer an answer or your opinion about tasker to the OP..

And yes, you are correct about FroYo making Task Killers useless. You can still use them to manually kill off apps but apparently the kill-all intervals don't work like they did on 2.1

This is getting OT of the OP, but if you want a task killer on 2.2 then check out the app "autostarts". It's not a task killer, it's a task preventer. It's pretty cool and works great.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
been using Tasker for a few weeks now and i love it. and i'm still playing in the shallow end of what it can do.

configured quiet times based on if i'm oncall or not. also to toggle radios based on gps zones. (and to ensure i have a work appropriate desktop image :D )
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
man you arent looking to make friends. every post i see from you, you are acting like a true ****. maybe you should calm yourself and be a little considerate of the other people on the forum and stop with the act.

As for tasker. I agree with many many others that have said it is a great app once you get it set up. I have it do mostly basic things such as when car charger is plugged in turn on bluetooth start navigation app. when near work turn ringer to vibrate and turn media volume down. when home turn ringer on media volume on and wifi on turn bluetooth off. stuff like that. I havent noticed it giving me extra battery but i love that i dont have to remember to mess with all my settings.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igotsthemagicinme:
i have a post count of like 4, only obama himself could make enemies that quickly. add me to your blocklist, or dont read my posts. im not hyped about anything, no need to calm.

my first post stated my question clear as day. my second post dumbed it down. wat more can i do?

google to the rescue
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
You could always try posting something relevant to the thread that you're posting in, or possibly starting a new thread on the subject that you wanted to discuss, instead of bringing your off topic complaining here...or hey, even acknowledge that people answered your off topic questions pretty well, and gave you some leads. Oh, and I love how you brought Obama into a tasker thread. What's next, godwin? At least you now realize that you should search first, and ask questions after. Which is good - it shows that you can comprehend some things if you put your mind to it.

Anyway, back on topic. I've started to play around with the different settings and profiles that tasker gives you, and the only thing that's become clear to me is why they give you a weeks free trial. Damn! This app has a lot of options!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igotsthemagicinme:
someone. somewhere. brought up the fact that froyo took away the capability to kill tasks (unleas your rooted, right?). my question is perfectly legitimate, and i think with the topic at hand is qualifying of a question about my original question. i didnt get hyped or flamed up in anyway. my OP was crystal clear, mirroring a statement someone said earlier, and the person confused it aint my fault.

your robosnapdragonintelligant mr.obama vs. godwin analogy

ok, now im a d!ck

EDIT.

ok i didnt see the post with the guy ansswering about froyo vs task killers. thanks to whoever that was. lets start a petition for a thankyou button!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Yeah, that was me, I came right out and said I was confused as to why you were bringing it up in my other post (all polite like, I might add), because you didn't use the quote feature, and I missed where it had been mentioned before - it looked like you just started talking about some random topic in a thread about tasker. Instead of clarifying that it was brought up in a previous post, you got all internet tough on the thread, and it all went down hill from there. See that? Simple misunderstanding. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
popcorn?... anyone?

where's werxen when you need him.. (oh wait, you never need him..)

will somebody find werxen and let him know my post count just got a little bigger?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
At least you got a thank you this time :)

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
Haha, score!

I get extra points for that right? I mean I know my post count gives me super powers but do thanks to "that guy that.." count towards something else? (if I'm relatively certain it's me) Maybe just towards more super powers? That would be cool..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
Sorry for the derailment the_ahmadzais,

Tasker looks awesome, and it looks like a pita to set up but I imagine it would be worth it :)

I've always assumed location based functions would destroy battery life but some of the other conditionals would obviously be very helpful. It's actually pretty remarkable what all you can do with it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Back On Topic

starplaya93 started a pretty decent guide thread a while ago that didn't really take off over here, but I'm going to condense that thread into this post to keep thing simple;

Since tasker is also the latest darling of the Lifehacker productivity blog, you can find articles on various profiles there at the following links;

How to Turn Your Android Phone into a Fully-Automated Superphone

Push Your Automated Android to Awesome Heights with These Tasker Setups

Three Handy Tasker Profiles from Our Readers

And of course the Tasker site itself, where you can explore the wiki (in the links on the left) for detailed walkthroughs

http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scev5:
i dont mean to be a ****, but you have got to be stupid to not see an amazing potential in tasker.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igotsthemagicinme:
ok so....

thats getting internet tough? i watched all you guys from afar, cause i had the hero, your all the REAL douches on here and the silent ones knows it.

pe@ce
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
well, yeah...I mean, I don't think I was the only one who read it that way...but no worries, sorry if I misunderstood
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
you weren't fachadick. I read it that way too as well as his thread basically calling all the devs wannabes. he is obviously a troll.

As to us being the douches. I let everyone make there own opinions if thats how they feel i am (or facha or neb) then so be it. while i will agree we arent afraid to call people out if you visit the Q&A forum at all you will also see the people that take the correct route get a lot of help from us if we can help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
wow... you post off topic and then get pissy instead of just saying "oh..my bad...i thought you when you said 'tasker' you meant a 'task killer'".

you are not and have not added anything but angst to this thread and then you end you last post with name calling and a wrongly spelled "peace". that'd almost worth a laugh if it wasn't such a tragic example of you mental and emotional state.

Be Well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodelyfe:
when i try to send a text at a specific time, it never works??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
How's your profile set up?

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilentSummer:
I've got a good 8 or 10 profile set up.

Though most of them aren't all too complicated.

The forums over at Tasker's website is pretty useless unfortunately. I would really like to see a more advanced profiles/ideas section somewhere.

I'm sure there are a lot of things it can do I haven't even though of (or know how to do).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodelyfe:
i selected 'new'

then chose 'time'

then chose 'send sms' and to no avail does it work!!!

tried to turn on the GPS from a text message too

i know im probably missing something simple here
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
What are you trying to accomplish here? Can you clarify? Are you trying to send a specific text message to a specific number at a specific time?

to build this profile, do the following;

1 - choose "Event" as your main context, pick the "Phone" category, and select "Received SMS" as your event.

2 - leave sender blank (but if you want to specify that the text has to come from a specific number, enter it here), and add the message that will turn on the GPS - something like GPSon. Remember, this is the complete text message - so if GPSon is between some other words, it wont work. Also it's case sensitive, so if you set it to GPSon, then GpsOn won't work. Hit done when you've entered the message

3 - hit + and go to the misc category and select GPS, and set it to on. then hit done. Why stop there though? Hit plus again, go to the alert category, and select vibrate. Leave the settings there as you find them, and just hit done. Hit plus again, back to alert, and this time select popup. In the text field enter the text "Turning on GPS" then hit done.

4 - make sure Tasker is set to on at the bottom right, and hit apply.

And that's it - from now on when you get a text message that says GPSon, your phone will vibrate, a message will popup on the display that says "Turning on GPS", and the GPS will be turned on.

not quite sure why you would want that profile, but there it is. You can also set it up so that if the phone gets that text message it will turn on gps and text message its location coordinates to another phone number (in case it's missing or gets stolen or something), but that's a bit more complicated, and there are other apps that do that already. But let me know if you want me to spell that one out also.

BTW, to anyone wondering about my own question from early in the thread, I don't think that tasker can be used to start playing pandora when it gets paused by nav - it appears to use it's own media player for media playback, or it can be set to launch any app on a condition, but not hit play in a specific app (unless its a tasker plugin, which a whole other story, that I won't get into now) :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Bump because I'm really digging tasker, and I need some profile ideas to play with/figure out.

Anybody have a profile that they want to set up, but can't figure out?

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodelyfe:
thas exactly what i did

basically i just wanted to setup sending certain text messages (edited each time of course if varying) on a schedule... but to no avail

and as for the why i would want a profile option like that for gps.... could be anything..... lets say a person normally leaves his gps off, and he missplaced his phone or something to that effect and he wanted to use wheres my droid app or wavesecure or lookout, etc etc but cannot because of gps off or taking too long because the gps is off by utilizing tasker im able to do it like so, however just running into walls

BUT dont get me wrong, i love tasker, i just have to figure it out a little more...im sure its something simple as i look at code and screen for most of the day and im probably overlooking the simples but ill give her a go again soon
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodelyfe:
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

yep what i tell ya?

purely simple!!!

didnt even THINK TWICE about hitting the toggle 'off' button.... woulda thought it turned it off since thats what it said... duh!!! that's what i get for messing with it while i was sleepy!!!

no wonder why it worked some days and didnt /facepalm
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hairongreenfire:
Some really good Tasker info and tips
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadFlava:
I do.. between the hours of 5:30PM and 7:00AM, Id like to be able to switch my brightness to auto whenever Lattitude, Navigation or Maps is run and then switch back to manual brightness when theyre not.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Awesome! I tested something very similar to this, so check this post again later. We just picked up starcraft2, so that has presidence this morning. :D

edit - separate profile each for nav, maps, and latitude with the following;

1: add the context - application (nav, maps, or latitude)

2: add the task - go into display, select auto-brightness, set to on. Press done to save the task, and end up on main screen

3. Add the second context - press on the context of the profile you just created, and select "add" under "context" in the menu that pops up. Select time and set your timeframe (17:30 - 07:00). Done to save.

That's it. No exit task is needed because when the both contexts are no longer being met at the same time, the profile will end, and tasker will automatically revert to previous settings. If you want, you can set it so that it will specifically set a brightness level when the profile ends. To do this, press on the task of the profile you just set up (should say auto brightness on), and select add exit task. Go to display then display brightness, and pick a level - don't go below 20.

Sent from my blah blah blah blah

edit - Damn, take a look at what some real tasker jockeys are up to. I haven't even looked at any of the script or variable stuff yet.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7806039
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
sure.

every "X" days or weeks -> when in attached to wifi named "xyz"

copy predefined files/folders from local sdcard to network share

(ie: backup my nandroids, downloads, pics, etc)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
nice - the only tricky part on this one is the network share. Let me play around with it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VI's got an EVO:
Here's an easy one I want to do: have my WIFI turn on when I come home, and have it turn off when I leave home.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
you can use a combo of the following..

Context = GPS location OR "State - Wifi near"

Options = Toggle Wifi or Turn on Wifi

we'll use GPS locaiton + wifi on

Step 1) New - Location (we'll use GPS) ... set radius and location. click done

Step 2) click the + sign at the bottom left

step 3) Select "Net"

step 4) Select "wifi"

Step 5) Select "On". click done

now once you have reported twice within the assigned gps radius you wifi will turn on. if your phone has a default state of "wifi off" then this is all you need since tasker will undo the changes when the profile is no longer active. (ie: turn on phone...wifi is off....drive into gps radius...profile activates...wifi turns on...drive out of area and profile deactivates...and wifi turns off.)

i have a Work and Home profile.

work is based off 'near wifi'. (i'm testing the wifi context for battery usage)

home is based off gps location.

remember to make the gps radius large enough that it kicks in when you want. ie: it takes two gps 'ticks' insie the radius before the profile is executed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Based on your reply to VI's got an EVO, I'm assuming you have the first part down, and that you were getting stuck where I was, moving files to the network drive (simply moving them to somewhere else on the sdcard would be easy, like to a dropbox folder, maybe). tasker won't let you do this natively. So what to do?

How's your scripting?

First find the app Locale Execute Plug-in by Michael Mauch in the market.

Then go here, and install the ASE plugin (there's a newer version, but it doesn't look like it works with tasker yet)

What does this do? It integrates Tasker with Python, Perl, JRuby, Lua, BeanShell, JavaScript, Tcl, and shell scripts. My scripting sucks, but I'm thinking you should be able to set up a task that runs a script to backup the files (maybe in conjunction with ftp), when you connect to your ssid on specific days.

You'll have to create a folder /sdcard/ase/scripts to store your scripts, then go to misc -> run script when you set up your task.

Tasker + scripting FTW
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
yup. when it came to moving the files i ran into a wall. but it sux cause it's one of those walls that you know 'can' be overcome...but not with you current skill set. :)

don't like dropbox so i'm waiting till SpiderOak drops their android client. which will be handy and would also accomplish the task of backing up info. but that puts a lot of data directly onto servers that it does not need to be on. and it'd only take a few nandroids to max out my free monthly allocation.

i've been thinking about studying up on JAVA and Ruby. perhaps this is a good project for that. thanks for the lead on that script tool. i can see that being a handy lil doodad.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
tell me about it - trying to brush up on scripting while learning java - but there's so much out there. What do you like about Ruby?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
no idea. I've never used it. I'm an infrastructure guy running windows networks...vbscript is about as much code as I've ever mussed with.

i commented on ruby cause i've seen it and off the cuff it appears to be a language that i could use elsewhere.

:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
can someone explain how to make a freekn widget to toggle on/off a profile?

detail:

i have a geolocation reminder to stop at the fish store to get water.

i have the profile and context created. so that when i enter into the gps radius i get an alert. but i have to go into Tasker to enable/disable the profile.

i would like a button on one of my desktops that would allow me to toggle (enable/disable) this profile. I've read quite a bit, but i am no developer and seem to get lost in the variables and " trying to tie them to anything useful". i keep ending up with useless crap and filled with a frustration fueled rage. (ie: please use precise wording for this one if you would)

maybe someone should write a Tasker for Dummies book.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
In order to activate and deactivate cetain profiles on the fly, you have to use variables, which are confusing as all hell - but this one's pretty basic, when you get down to it. Look at what I put below and break it down - you can see how the different components work.

do the follwoing for your set up;

Set up your profile the way you want and name it something simple, like "FishStore" and make sure it's set to disabled

now set up the on/off toggle widget - name it ToggleFishStore

Tasks:

Variable->Variable Add - %TOGGLE, Value: 1, Wraparound: 2

Tasker->Profile Status - FishStore, Set: Toggle

Tasker->Set Widget Icon - ToggleFishStore (pick your "profile on" widget icon)

If %TOGGLE ~ 1

Tasker->Set Widget Icon - ToggleFishStore (pick your "profile off" widget icon)

If %TOGGLE ~ 0

this should do what you're looking for, and allow you to turn that profile on and off on the fly.

And by the way, I'm still thinking your other profile, the one that autosyncs with your shared drive is possible using a componation of scripts and an ftp app that will open and close based on the profile setup
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melissapugs:
This worked well...but I would like to turn off one profile when I toggle another widget. Is this possible? Ex: I click 'home,' and the school profile shuts off and home turns on. Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derekao:
Tasker question?

I have just downloaded Tasker and I have download a few tasks from: http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index

but for some reason they are not working. My question is on my phone it says "No Active Profiles" Do I have to setup a profile first before I download tasks?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] the_ahmadzais:
Anyone here using it? what is this app for? is it worth buying? does it give u battery life? im really interested but i cant find no videos on it on youtube. please share your thoughts.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zhousibo:
Yeah, I have it. First app I bought for my SGS. Tasker allows you to automate a lot of actions on an android phone based on conditions like time, location, application usage, a lot of stuff. It is very powerful but may be complicated at the start. There are a lot of good ideas on the web.

It doesn't give you battery life but you can automate settings which can help battery life.

Some of the things I have set up:

- Turn on GPS when I start Google maps. Turn it off when I exit.

- When I plug in headset, bring up a dialog which allows me to turn on radio, music player, or podcast player (this is worth the price of software).

- Turn on the internet every 2 hours for 5 mins to automatically sync gmail, etc when at work.

There are plenty of other examples on the web. My suggestion is to look at Tasker or Locale as these are two of the main products which do this. Tasker from what I hear is more powerful but Locale is simpler to use and has a heap of Locale plugins.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robnil:
extremly helpful and cool program. But i have turned it off now for a while to se if it caused heavy lagg. Have anyone else with sgs experienced lagging caused by tasker?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zhousibo:
I have not noticed any lag but I have Ryan's Lag fix installed. I do have a sneaking suspicion that if you have a lot of profiles running particularly time based, it may slow your phone down. FYI, I have 13 profiles I have set up and 6 of those are time and date based and I don't see any performance slow downs. I have this set to ignore on my task killer so it is always on.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoop19b80:
Hi,

I have downloaded a movie in MP4 format and while playing it on my Samsung Galaxy S, i can see the picture but there is no sound coming...

Picture quality for the file is very good no problem in it..only thing is sound is missing.

Is it some problem? Or some settings needs to be changed?

Seniors..plz advise.

Regards,

Anoop.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AXIS of Reality:
Remember that media volume is independent of ringer volume, so make sure you turn the media volume up.

I have run into a bug a few times where the sound on an mp4 won't play, but then I just exit the video player and try again and it works.

Otherwise, it may be the sound codec of the mp4 isn't compatible, although that is unlikely as the Galaxy S seems to support every major codec under the sun. Does the sound work on your computer?

I'm also unsure of if the Galaxy S is able to playback 5.1 encoded sound, so perhaps the sound is beyond the Galaxy S's playback capabilities. That would probably only be the case with a huge bitrate however.

Finally, you can always just encode the video into another format using a tool such as the excellent free Handbrake program (for Windows and OSX). Settings that work flawlessly for me are H264 .MP4 at 800 x 480 (the screen resolution of the Galaxy S, can crop videos if needed) with bitrates up to 2000kbps and AAC audio at 128kpbs, 48000hz stereo.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonci:
How the f.. a 1ghz Humingbird can beat a 1.6Ghz Intel atom??

I had the same problem with some 720p Mp4 video,

I also tried Rockplayer, but the playback freezes badly,

with the default Galaxy video player HD video is smooth, while on my intel atom netbook, HD is unwatchable..

How the f.. a 1ghz Humingbird can beat a 1.6Ghz Intel atom??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEagleson:
Because the Hummingbird supports GPU hardware accelleration for H.264? ;D

Just grabbed myself a Galaxy S and im in the prosess of flashing official Froyo btw.

Best phone evah! (With lagfix)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonci:
Nice update now in Froyo,

I see my MP4 HD movies now have audio,

Well at least they did smth right..