What have YOU done with Tasker?

[dbs179]

Create a new task that opens the app, messenging. the command is load app under the app menu.

Then in the popup task names the text should be the two variables and then press the magnifying glass for the task and select your messenging task you just made. If you need further help I will write out a step by step.

Got it that time. Thank you so much. I love this app, but it has a very steep learning curve for a novice like me.

Thanks again,
Dave

Edit: After playing around with this I did notice one issue. I am using Launcher Pro and have the "Unread SMS Count" turned on. When I use the pop to launch Messaging and read the text it does not clear the unread SMS notification from the Launcher Pro Dock Icon. I'm pretty sure that this is an issue with Launcher Pro though, because even if I go directly to the app draw and launch messaging from there, it still does not clear the unread SMS notification. The only way to clear the unread count is to actually use the Launcher Pro Dock Icon to launch messaging. A work around might to be have Tasker Launch Messaging using that App/Shortcut/Icon (I'm not sure of the right term) but I can't find anything in Tasks that looks like what I am looking for. Any suggestions?

Dave

 

[NebulaOcton]

Create a new task that opens the app, messenging. the command is load app under the app menu.

Then in the popup task names the text should be the two variables and then press the magnifying glass for the task and select your messenging task you just made. If you need further help I will write out a step by step.

Got it that time. Thank you so much. I love this app, but it has a very steep learning curve for a novice like me.

Thanks again,
Dave

There are two ways I became so good with the app.
One is this thread, the other was doing the step throughs on the wiki and trying to understand what I was inputing into Tasker.

 

[Microwave.]

Hi everyone, been keeping up with this thread as Pent's google group isn't often read, and the XDA thread about tasker is lacking!


Been using Tasker for about 6 months now, got some really useful profiles that I'm happy with.


My current idea is to turn off the notification pulse light when the phone has been left idle for longer than 30mins (as in at night).


Initial plan:


- task which sets a variable when the screen is locked

- increment the variable by +1 every minute

- when the variable = 30 disable notification pulse.



Can anyone help me in incrementing a variable based on time? This must be possible.



Thanks

Create a profile that repeats every minute
When you select time from the avaiable context press repeat and chose every 2 minutes (that the smallest increment you can do)

For its task you select variable add then increment it by 2, then turn notification pulse to off if your variable equals 30 then set it back to zero



You will need another context to start this otherwise it will just run all the time and if you get a message just before it triggers you will lose the light right away.

Thanks, that's a good idea.


The way I approched it:

- Screen Off: set a variable %SLOCKED to 1 when the screen is locked

- Idle Check: every 2 minutes run task which adds 2 to %IDLE if %SLOCKED is set

- Phone Idle: if %IDLE = 4 (for testing) notification pulse off, say "phone idle"

- Screen On: clear %SLOCKED and %IDLE when the screen is on



This doesn't work.

The %SLOCKED variable does work, however the 'Phone Idle' profile isn't triggering... :/


Any ideas? Thanks

 

[NebulaOcton]

Hi everyone, been keeping up with this thread as Pent's google group isn't often read, and the XDA thread about tasker is lacking!


Been using Tasker for about 6 months now, got some really useful profiles that I'm happy with.


My current idea is to turn off the notification pulse light when the phone has been left idle for longer than 30mins (as in at night).


Initial plan:


- task which sets a variable when the screen is locked

- increment the variable by +1 every minute

- when the variable = 30 disable notification pulse.



Can anyone help me in incrementing a variable based on time? This must be possible.



Thanks

Create a profile that repeats every minute
When you select time from the avaiable context press repeat and chose every 2 minutes (that the smallest increment you can do)

For its task you select variable add then increment it by 2, then turn notification pulse to off if your variable equals 30 then set it back to zero



You will need another context to start this otherwise it will just run all the time and if you get a message just before it triggers you will lose the light right away.

Thanks, that's a good idea.


The way I approched it:

- Screen Off: set a variable %SLOCKED to 1 when the screen is locked

- Idle Check: every 2 minutes run task which adds 2 to %IDLE if %SLOCKED is set

- Phone Idle: if %IDLE = 4 (for testing) notification pulse off, say "phone idle"

- Screen On: clear %SLOCKED and %IDLE when the screen is on



This doesn't work.

The %SLOCKED variable does work, however the 'Phone Idle' profile isn't triggering... :/


Any ideas? Thanks

If I get a chance I will look into it this afternoon.

 

[Microwave.]

Thanks, got it to work now.

I realised that my phone idle wasn't running every 2 minutes, so the check wasn't happening.

However, I thought it would just always be checking for a variable if that is what the task says....?



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I'm now starting to doubt my fundamental understanding of profiles / tasks! Haha. In the full list I have my profiles, each one carrying out tasks.

I know the profile has to be active for the tasks to perform...but what if you always want that profile active...for example it what I wrote above.... when a variable value is hit I want the tasks to happen, does that mean I need the profile with the associated tasks active all the time?

 

[dbs179]

There are two ways I became so good with the app.
One is this thread, the other was doing the step throughs on the wiki and trying to understand what I was inputing into Tasker.

Nebula,

I think I edited my post after you had already responded. I had one other question about the SMS thing, but I don't think there is anything I can do about it. Can you think of any work arounds to the problem below? I tried going through all of the walk throughs and I didn't see anything in there that I thought would help solve this one.

After playing around with this I did notice one issue. I am using Launcher Pro and have the "Unread SMS Count" turned on. When I use the pop to launch Messaging and read the text it does not clear the unread SMS notification from the Launcher Pro Dock Icon. I'm pretty sure that this is an issue with Launcher Pro though, because even if I go directly to the app draw and launch messaging from there, it still does not clear the unread SMS notification. The only way to clear the unread count is to actually use the Launcher Pro Dock Icon to launch messaging. A work around might to be have Tasker Launch Messaging using that App/Shortcut/Icon (I'm not sure of the right term) but I can't find anything in Tasks that looks like what I am looking for. Any suggestions?

Dave

 

[NebulaOcton]

There are two ways I became so good with the app.
One is this thread, the other was doing the step throughs on the wiki and trying to understand what I was inputing into Tasker.

Nebula,

I think I edited my post after you had already responded. I had one other question about the SMS thing, but I don't think there is anything I can do about it. Can you think of any work arounds to the problem below? I tried going through all of the walk throughs and I didn't see anything in there that I thought would help solve this one.

After playing around with this I did notice one issue. I am using Launcher Pro and have the "Unread SMS Count" turned on. When I use the pop to launch Messaging and read the text it does not clear the unread SMS notification from the Launcher Pro Dock Icon. I'm pretty sure that this is an issue with Launcher Pro though, because even if I go directly to the app draw and launch messaging from there, it still does not clear the unread SMS notification. The only way to clear the unread count is to actually use the Launcher Pro Dock Icon to launch messaging. A work around might to be have Tasker Launch Messaging using that App/Shortcut/Icon (I'm not sure of the right term) but I can't find anything in Tasks that looks like what I am looking for. Any suggestions?

Dave

I'll take a look at it as I also run launcher pro plus. its going to cost me some money since I don't have a text package (I use google voice) but shouldn't be too much.

 

[dbs179]

There are two ways I became so good with the app.
One is this thread, the other was doing the step throughs on the wiki and trying to understand what I was inputing into Tasker.

Nebula,

I think I edited my post after you had already responded. I had one other question about the SMS thing, but I don't think there is anything I can do about it. Can you think of any work arounds to the problem below? I tried going through all of the walk throughs and I didn't see anything in there that I thought would help solve this one.

After playing around with this I did notice one issue. I am using Launcher Pro and have the "Unread SMS Count" turned on. When I use the pop to launch Messaging and read the text it does not clear the unread SMS notification from the Launcher Pro Dock Icon. I'm pretty sure that this is an issue with Launcher Pro though, because even if I go directly to the app draw and launch messaging from there, it still does not clear the unread SMS notification. The only way to clear the unread count is to actually use the Launcher Pro Dock Icon to launch messaging. A work around might to be have Tasker Launch Messaging using that App/Shortcut/Icon (I'm not sure of the right term) but I can't find anything in Tasks that looks like what I am looking for. Any suggestions?

Dave

I'll take a look at it as I also run launcher pro plus. its going to cost me some money since I don't have a text package (I use google voice) but shouldn't be too much.

Nebula,

Thank you so much, you really don't have to do that though. It's really not that huge of an issue.

Dave

 

[NebulaOcton]

Nebula,

I think I edited my post after you had already responded. I had one other question about the SMS thing, but I don't think there is anything I can do about it. Can you think of any work arounds to the problem below? I tried going through all of the walk throughs and I didn't see anything in there that I thought would help solve this one.

After playing around with this I did notice one issue. I am using Launcher Pro and have the "Unread SMS Count" turned on. When I use the pop to launch Messaging and read the text it does not clear the unread SMS notification from the Launcher Pro Dock Icon. I'm pretty sure that this is an issue with Launcher Pro though, because even if I go directly to the app draw and launch messaging from there, it still does not clear the unread SMS notification. The only way to clear the unread count is to actually use the Launcher Pro Dock Icon to launch messaging. A work around might to be have Tasker Launch Messaging using that App/Shortcut/Icon (I'm not sure of the right term) but I can't find anything in Tasks that looks like what I am looking for. Any suggestions?

Dave

I'll take a look at it as I also run launcher pro plus. its going to cost me some money since I don't have a text package (I use google voice) but shouldn't be too much.

Nebula,

Thank you so much, you really don't have to do that though. It's really not that huge of an issue.

Dave

Before I do it, one thing that might work is using the swipe gesture to bring up a list of unread texts its a launcher pro setting for the specific icon. try that and let me know.

 

[dbs179]

Before I do it, one thing that might work is using the swipe gesture to bring up a list of unread texts its a launcher pro setting for the specific icon. try that and let me know.

Nebula,

I set the Launcher Pro shortcut gesture to do what you said "Show Popup>Unread SMS". When I get a text, if I use the gesture to show the unread SMS, and click on the popup, it does launch messaging and it does reset the Launcher Pro unread SMS count. But, I don't know how to use that in a Tasker Profile or Task.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[victoro]

Thank you for this post! how do you make gmail to send the message without prompting you to hit send?

Thanks again:greendroid:

Ever lost your phone? Ever had it stolen? I have. It suuuucks. And losing something like my Droid, which I spent close to $400 on and countless hours customizing, well that would just break my heart.

First of all, you should be aware of the number of security options out there – I use Locate My Droid. It only makes a GPS connection when you log into the site and ask it to, so it doesn’t drain your battery, and depending on how well your GPS works in the area, you’ll get a pretty accurate reading of where it is. This of course doesn’t help if your phone has died by the time you figure out it’s gone…

This is where Tasker comes in. With tasker, you can locate your phone via GPS, network, or WiFi. Here is a useful article on which applications to use when: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/userguide_loctears.html

Simply set up a profile that activates when your phone boots up, and set the following tasks:
Net > WiFi > On
This will turn WiFi on immediately when your system boots.
Misc > GPS > On
This will turn on GPS – now you will be able to locate your phone accurately almost anywhere it is.
Net > Compose Email
Now, send this email to your personal email account, at the very least. Place whatever you like in the subject. In the body, just put “%LOC” and “%BATT”, separated by a space.

Now you’re done! Every time your phone boots, tasker will set WiFi and GPS to On, and will send you an email telling you the location and battery power available.

 

[wil318466]

Could someone kindly explain how to change orientation off/on when under a certain state? I just can't find where to change the orientation setting.

 

[Jim 777]

I just opened this thread for the first time. Instead of going through 36 pages I thought I'd just ask. Is this something that will adjust notification settings beyond what's supplied by the app? More specifically Google Voice? Don't want the text messages showing in the notbar, but everything else is ok.

 

[takeshi]

Tasker can't adjust GV settings without the GV plugin for Locale. Even then, it can't change the notification the way you were asking in the other thread.

 

[ArtieD]

Reply to Post #702 - The Action to change Orientation is Display, Display Rotation. You cannot force the phone into Portrait or Landscape mode. But you get set "Auto Rotation" to On, Off or Toggle the setting. Hope that's what you were after.

Reply to Post #703 - Your question is a Google Voice question, not Tasker. But here is your answer. To turn off Google Voice Notification in the Notification Bar: Open Google Voice, Menu, More, Settings, Sync and notifications, Uncheck Inbox Notifications. Note that this will also stop the ringtone, vibration and light notificaitons. But you're best bet is to do that and check Notifications via text message. Then your text message service will give you the notifications for text messages. For Voicemails, use the App Missed Call to give you notifications for missed calls. You will get a notification whether or not someones leaves a message. And note you will not get a notification if you choose to ignore a call. The thinking there is you already know about the call since you pressed the Ignore Call button, so no need to remind you.