I am looking for a simple app to automatically schedule my phone to be silent (no notification, no vibration) except for phone calls during the night, with different schedules for weekdays and weekends.
What is my best option?
Thanks
See if there's a version of "Sound Schedule" for Froyo. On 2.1, it does pretty much what you ask for $3.
Actually I just installed and set up timeriffic. Seems to do all I need, I'll test in the next few days. And it's free.
Yep ^^ i was going to suggest timmerific! Locale is another good alternative
I use the free version of Audioguru. Timeriffic's user interface was too confusing for me.
I was going to suggest Tasker. It can do that and a whole ton more.
I also vote for Tasker
I'm going to check out timmerific myself. I'm a Tasker lover, but my wife has zero use for Tasker but her freaking SMS and Email notifications drive me nuts all night, especially when she puts the the phone on the headboard.. blleep bleep bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
In case anyone else has trouble finding it (from the spelling ) here's the appbrain link:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/timeriffic/com.alfray.timeriffic
I have my custom battery profile to turn off data after 15-30 mins and that does the trick at night without having any apps. Might want to look into that.
I use an app called Profile. I have a weekly schedule to adjust volume, bluetooth, wifi, notifications, etc based on time. Has worked flawlessly for almost a year, with plenty of updates & added features.
http ://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.noimjosh.profile
won't let me post a link, because I haven't posted enough. Sorry.
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Another vote for Tasker. Although I'm not sure I'd call it "simple".
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Thanks to everyone for the vote of confidence re: Timeriffic.
We love hearing your feedback. For the poster who thought it was a bit confusing, as we look to make it better your thoughts are encouraged. We realize it can always be better, though in most cases it runs silently with no need for an interface other than occasional adjustment to a profile. Looking forward to hearing from everyone.
And thank you for using and sharing our little app.
As I said in another thread, I get a lot of use out of "Good Night!". You can set it to receive phone calls only and even narrow it down to who can call in. Set it to happen during certain hours and certain days of the week.
Phone Schedule
I wasn't satisfied with available apps, so i decided to write my own app that would do all the volume/wifi switching and other stuff automatically according to my own schedule. Several weeks ago i uploaded "Phone Schedule" to google play. It's free and free of ads as well.
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OK, I would love to find a way to turn off all notifications, with the exception of one app. My wife has a weather app installed and wants to use the weather alerts for that app at night but we don't want any other notifications coming across. Is there an easy way, or app, that will do that? I've not been very successful at figuring this stuff out in Tasker. Tasker looks extremely useful but the couple of minutes I get per day to look at it, I just can't get what I want to work.
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+1 for Tasker
I have mine set on silent at night, but I've also got a list of "VIP" numbers set up that it will allow through.
That's fine, but I'm not talking about cell numbers. That's a different ballgame all together, IMHO.
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+1 for Tasker
I have mine set on silent at night, but I've also got a list of "VIP" numbers set up that it will allow through.
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That's fine, but I'm not talking about cell numbers. That's a different ballgame all together, IMHO.
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I think you may be confused. I was replying to OP question.
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Just saw this on Gizmodo, it's called Profile Valet. Basically you can set up your system to change based on location or time. Need your ringer off at work, set the time for vibrate only. Want your wifi to come on automatically when you get home, set it for that location. It does more (Dispaly, Sound, Wifi, and Bluetooth. Location, Time or manual. Check it out here...http://gizmodo.com/5728106/app-of-the-day-profile-valet-for-android . I just installed it and will report back. Oh and it's free.
this was one of the main features on the g1, now having a mental block on the name of the app way back then.
It was locale it use to be free also but now they charge 9.99
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this was one of the main features on the g1, now having a mental block on the name of the app way back then.
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It was locale it use to be free also but now they charge 9.99
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Doesn't Tasker do the same thing only better? It's a little more complex, but once you figure it out it can do some crazy stuff. I personally don't use any of those features much anymore. Never really seemed to help me 100% of the time. I do miss the old G1 free Android Market launch titles. It was so fun to watch the platform grow.
I haven't used any other app like this nor do I really have a need but I have seen some on here asking for something like this. I tried it out and the UI is real simple and straightforward, couple of clicks and you have different profiles set up and hey it's free which is always good. Strike that! Almost always good.
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Doesn't Tasker do the same thing only better? It's a little more complex, but once you figure it out it can do some crazy stuff. .
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Yeah tasker does the same there's even a tread on here to share your tasker set up but thats a paid app also . I miss my g1 also got it when it first launched my things change
the interval on the gps check for location profiles seems to be very long. i left a given location to have my wifi on and it stayed on about a hour and a half after i left that place. maybe i have to set something up to turn off wifi once i leave the place?
Hey,
So I've heard some pretty good things for Tasker. I like the options available, and the configuration seems very detailed and customizable. I've searched on these forums, but some people say that it caused their phone to freeze, and they had to re-flash their system. I'm not sure if it was because they added some stupid setting, or if Tasker genuinely messed up. Does anyone have any input they can add?
i love tasker. been using it for about a year now. i have set up several different tasks and automations....excellent app
I have no issues with Tasker, though I'm barely scraping its potential. Basically using it with Minimalistic Text to give me weather, missed calls and missed SMS notifications.
used it on my captivate for a year and now my S2 for the past 9 days. been very solid. i do some cool stuff. for example:
1. plug in phone between the hours of 10pm and 7am do the following:
phone says: silent mode on
then it does the following:
silent mode on
system, media, incoming call, notification volume all go to 0
when i unplug or go outside of the time window it says silent mode off and reverts back to my original volumes.
2. location based sound settings
when i leave my house it turns wifi off and all sounds up. when i get to work it turns wifi on and all my volumes to half so i dont blast people while in a meeting.
3. paging
at work we use sms as a pager. when u send something to ur att txt email address it comes through as 410 something something. so whenever i see a 410 number, it turns all volumes up, plays and repeats a sound 3 times, then puts the phone back in the state it was. i.e. if at night silent (see item 1) and if during the day whatever location based profile i was in.
basically, tasker is bad ass. it has a big learning curve. i am a programmer so conditional based logic comes more natural.
Very stable here.First time using it, there is definitely a learning curve but out it's quite logical and obviously powerful.
Used it on my Captivate and now on the SGSII, absolutely no problems. I just use it for turning on my Wifi when I'm at home, turning auto-rotate on when I turn on my browser and turning GPS on when I open up maps.
Tasker has been stable on every device I've used it on, including this one. It just may be my best paid app. Expensive (in comparison to other apps) and complex with a learning curve, but the immense functionality and potential make it worth it.
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bms231 said:
used it on my captivate for a year and now my S2 for the past 9 days. been very solid. i do some cool stuff. for example:
system, media, incoming call, notification volume all go to 0
basically, tasker is bad ass. it has a big learning curve. i am a programmer so conditional based logic comes more natural.
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Bla Bla, if it all came so natural you should set the phone to silence mode instead of setting all volumes to 0, its more logical.
I have Tasker... but I'm still trying to figure it all out. I'm new to android and to Tasker... I would LOVE to find a tutorial or a list of really useful "tasks" and how to set them up.
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I have Tasker... but I'm still trying to figure it all out. I'm new to android and to Tasker... I would LOVE to find a tutorial or a list of really useful "tasks" and how to set them up.
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If you google tasker wiki you will find just that...
WGSXFrank said:
I have Tasker... but I'm still trying to figure it all out. I'm new to android and to Tasker... I would LOVE to find a tutorial or a list of really useful "tasks" and how to set them up.
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If you google tasker wiki you will find just that...
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http://tasker.wikidot.com/
If set wrong it will murder your battery ESP. Location services fyi. Other than that it's the ultimate customization tool.
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I been using it for about a month now. Love it. No problems what so ever. If u need to turn GPS on or off u need to download "secure settings" from the market and integrate it into ur tasks. This app is bad ass. Worth ever penny IMO.
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hi all,
i'd like to choose to be called by my boss during the working hours and couple of more people, but not by everybody. are there any apps that i could program to do so automatically for certain hours/days?
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hi all,
i'd like to choose to be called by my boss during the working hours and couple of more people, but not by everybody. are there any apps that i could program to do so automatically for certain hours/days?
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This might be accomplished using Tasker. I'm not really sure, I haven't used that app much...
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I haven't use them in awhile but there are call filter apps that will allow you to block calls and whitelist certain contacts at scheduled times. Check out the market.
Before I flashed a new rom what I used was AutomateIt and Selective Silence. AutomateIt to silence my phone between certain hours at night when I sleep. Selective Silence to whitelist certain numbers (family and certain friends) so that when they called my phone will still ring even in silent mode. However, now that I'm on ICS, Selective Silence no longer seems to work.
folks thanx for taking the time.
none of the above does it for me.
i really looking for an app that filters calls on scheduled hours.
u guys may know CoolLoserTech from youtube. i had seen the guy demoing such an app. but he has almost a hundred vids with hundreds of reviews.
i'm writing to him too, but the guy gets a 1000 questions every week, i dont think he'll have time.
anyways, if anybody comes across such an app, plz leave a note
Try Ghost Phone. it isn't a real call blocker...it just "hides" sms or call of a chosen number. Give it a try
i dont thinnk that any of the free android market apps can do this, but check out ipmart-forum.com android section and there you will find plenty of apps designed for privacy/security/organisers/ect.. im using it for a long time without any problems...
trial and error my friend ;]]
hope it helps...
thanx a lot guys.
I shall surely give them a try
Tasker can certainly do this, but it's not a simple one click operation. Check out their recipe pages - you can script nearly anything with Tasker and some of its addons.
Well, bad news folks. It seems that while we can indeed get to Blocking Mode, it doesn't appear to be fully functional. When I first found it and tested it out, it successfully blocked the calls I made from my computer via Gmail and Skype. But after some further tests this afternoon, it didn't actually block any calls made by some friends via their cell phones. So, while it's there, it doesn't seem like it's fully functional. At the very least, maybe this gives us some hope for someone out there to find a way to get it working consistently or that Verizon will enable it in a future update.
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I was playing around with one of my favorite apps Any Cut. Regrettably, Any Cut (which isn't available in the Play Store any more) doesn't work correctly on Jelly Bean, but it works enough to be able to take a look at many of the shortcuts it's able to find. And low and behold, Blocking Mode was in the list. Since Any Cut is problematic on Jelly Bean (it kind of works, but not completely), I found another app on the Play Store that operates in much the same way that Any Cut does - QuickShortcutMaker.
No root required!
Here's how to get to it:
1) Download QuickShortcutMaker from the Play Store. (Note: the app closed on me a few times while trying to use it, but it eventually worked)
2) After QuickShortcutMaker installs, open it up.
3) Type Blocking Mode in the text field. The app is pretty slow when it comes to populating the available shortcuts, so it might take a little bit. Once it finishes, tap on the first result at the top (It will say "Settings" with Blocking mode underneath it.
4) Rename the shortcut to whatever you want. It's named "Settings" by default, and I changed mine to "Blocking Mode."
5) Tap "OK."
6) You'll now have a shortcut on your homescreen that will take you right into Blocking Mode (the icon will be a cog just like the Settings icon). Open it up and and block away! (Note: the shortcut on your homescreen will be the only way to access Blocking Mode, so if you delete it, you'll have to create a new one in order to get back into the settings for it)
Known issues:
The app will force close when trying to add contacts to the custom allowed contact list. But it seems to work fine when selecting "Favorites" as opposed to creating a new custom list. So if adding contacts to a custom list is force closing for you, add the contacts that you want to come through to your general favorites list when Blocking Mode is enabled, and then use the Favorites option in the Blocking Mode settings.
Thank you!! Now lets figure out how to get the S Planner widget on this thing.
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Nice find! When I add custom contacts or force closes.any of yall havingthat problem?
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Nice find! When I add custom contacts or force closes.any of yall havingthat problem?
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I am as well. It's probably due to the fact that Verizon doesn't have it fully implemented. Try adding the contacts you want to come through to your general contacts favorites list and then select the favorites option in Blocking Mode. That worked for me. I've updated the original post to reflect this.
I didn't think of that. Thanks!
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Cant help but think Samsung left it in on purpose so we'd find it and shove it to vzw.
Alot of speculation was they leaked the insecure bootloader for the gs3 as well.
This is a great find, thanks.
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OK im a bit lost . can someone pls tell me what blocking mode is and what it does?
Thanks for the tip!
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OK im a bit lost . can someone pls tell me what blocking mode is and what it does?
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Blocking mode allows you to set a specified period of time during which the phone will not ring. But you can set it so that the phone will still ring for certain contacts during the time it's enabled.
For instance, I don't want to be disturbed while I'm sleeping by random calls or texts, but I don't put my phone into silent mode while I'm asleep because I'm worried that I'll miss an emergency call from family. With Blocking Mode, I can block all calls/notifications from coming through except calls/notifications from certain people. So calls/notifications that I feel might be important, like from family or certain friends, will come through, but all others won't. That way I'm only woken up by people who I feel are important enough to wake up for.
It's also helpful in other situations when you're busy and don't want to be disturbed except by certain people.
Wow EXCELLENT find OP!!! Much kudos to you!
I can't help but feel so offended by Verizon and how they butchered this great phone, or rather tried to...
After almost a month solid holding it back from us, they finally release it and what do you know? They strip it of features that are intended to be part of the phone as sold by Samsung. The fact that it's still there but HIDDEN is proof of this concept.
We need to send this info to all the big phone journalism sites out there like Engadget, Gizmodo, Droid-Life etc and blow some serious smoke up Verizon's ass. Let them know we are disgusted by their attempts to remove features from our phones that no other carrier has done.
Hopefully they realize they were wrong and to fix the negative publicity they decide to send out an update that adds the missing features back. They better
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Wow EXCELLENT find OP!!! Much kudos to you!
I can't help but feel so offended by Verizon and how they butchered this great phone, or rather tried to...
After almost a month solid holding it back from us, they finally release it and what do you know? They strip it of features that are intended to be part of the phone as sold by Samsung. The fact that it's still there but HIDDEN is proof of this concept.
We need to send this info to all the big phone journalism sites out there like Engadget, Gizmodo, Droid-Life etc and blow some serious smoke up Verizon's ass. Let them know we are disgusted by their attempts to remove features from our phones that no other carrier has done.
Hopefully they realize they were wrong and to fix the negative publicity they decide to send out an update that adds the missing features back. They better
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I sent it into Droid-Life this morning after I found it, and a short time ago they posted a story about it - How to: Enable "Blocking Mode" on Verizon's Galaxy Note 2
I doubt this particular issue will get enough coverage to cause any measurable negative publicity, but hopefully it can at least bring some of the stuff Verizon is choosing to do to light for a greater audience.
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Blocking mode allows you to set a specified period of time during which the phone will not ring. But you can set it so that the phone will still ring for certain contacts during the time it's enabled.
For instance, I don't want to be disturbed while I'm sleeping by random calls or texts, but I don't put my phone into silent mode while I'm asleep because I'm worried that I'll miss an emergency call from family. With Blocking Mode, I can block all calls/notifications from coming through except calls/notifications from certain people. So calls/notifications that I feel might be important, like from family or certain friends, will come through, but all others won't. That way I'm only woken up by people who I feel are important enough to wake up for.
It's also helpful in other situations when you're busy and don't want to be disturbed except by certain people.
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Cool thats what i tought. Thanks for verifying for me!
tried this, and like others got the force closes when trying to add contacts to "custom". Problem is, this isn't working. I even tried allowing no contacts (to block everything), and every call or text still goes through!
I tried this by calling from my work phone (that isn't anywhere in my contact list), and even call or texting from my regular contacts. These should all be blocked, but they all get through- texts and calls.
I've tried rebooting, but nothing seems to be blocked.
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Cool thats what i tought. Thanks for verifying for me!
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This can also be achieved using a custom Launcher like Nova or Apex. To do this, long press on the home screen, click "Shortcuts" --> "Activities" --> "Blocking Mode".
Granted, the OP way uses the stock TouchWiz, but just offering another solution.
Enjoy!
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tried this, and like others got the force closes when trying to add contacts to "custom". Problem is, this isn't working. I even tried allowing no contacts (to block everything), and every call or text still goes through!
I tried this by calling from my work phone (that isn't anywhere in my contact list), and even call or texting from my regular contacts. These should all be blocked, but they all get through- texts and calls.
I've tried rebooting, but nothing seems to be blocked.
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Yeah, the original post has been updated to reflect the fact that it's actually not fully functional.
At least it gives us some hope that perhaps someone can get it functioning or that it will be enabled in the future.
bummer. I hoped I was just doing something wrong
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Even setting it to favorite contacts doesn't work for me
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works on my Verizon SGS3
Confirmed it works. Nova Launcher's built-in shortcut mechanism also lists Blocking Mode.
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Confirmed it works. Nova Launcher's built-in shortcut mechanism also lists Blocking Mode.
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does it actually block calls? mine seemed like it was activated, but calls and notifications came through anyway
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I'm still feeling my way through this app, but its awesome. Anyone here using it with confidence and proficiency want to share some of your custom tasks and settings?
When I get a calendar notification for work (3 hour reminder) tasker automatically sets my alarm for my preset times. Never forget to set alarm again!
Spen helper works great for some customization as well.
I use ivona text to speech engine to tell me when some of my automation is happening. Makes me feel like James Bond, and makes my wife role her eyes.
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harajyuks said:
I'm still feeling my way through this app, but its awesome. Anyone here using it with confidence and proficiency want to share some of your custom tasks and settings?
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I bought tasker when it was on sale but never got it to work very well. I watched the how-to videos, followed the directions, etc, just couldn't get it to do what I wanted. I recently starting playing with Automateit and have found it to be a lot easier (at least for simple stuff, which is all I wanted). I was easily able to set up a handul of rules (1. maps open, gps on; 2. maps closed, GPS off; 3. MX Player on, screen to 100% brightness; 4. Call ends, go to homescreen, 5. 11:30 PM silence all). They also have a "market" where you can download rules other people have uploaded.
Tasker seems more powerful, just beyond my grasp apparently.
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I bought tasker when it was on sale but never got it to work very well. I watched the how-to videos, followed the directions, etc, just couldn't get it to do what I wanted. I recently starting playing with Automateit and have found it to be a lot easier (at least for simple stuff, which is all I wanted). I was easily able to set up a handul of rules (1. maps open, gps on; 2. maps closed, GPS off; 3. MX Player on, screen to 100% brightness; 4. Call ends, go to homescreen, 5. 11:30 PM silence all). They also have a "market" where you can download rules other people have uploaded.
Tasker seems more powerful, just beyond my grasp apparently.
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Yeah I can understand the frustration with the learning curve, just spent the last couple hours trying to set up auto profiles for when GPS and WiFi should activate only to realize I was failing because I'm pointing tasker to open the GPS or Wi-Fi settings menu instead of the state change toggle.
I'm going to stick with it though...hey I can't get any worse than I already am. It's funny because I'm really feeling like a super geek again...takes me back to the good old days off my OG DROID. Love Android, I will never understand iOS users.
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When I get a calendar notification for work (3 hour reminder) tasker automatically sets my alarm for my preset times. Never forget to set alarm again!
Spen helper works great for some customization as well.
I use ivona text to speech engine to tell me when some of my automation is happening. Makes me feel like James Bond, and makes my wife role her eyes.
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That's awesome, I'm trying to get on that level of automation. Are you able to do the calendar entries because it's a enterprise or Google account. I might need to go back to Enhanced Email so I can sync my calendar events to my Google calendar from 3rd party servers.
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I love this app! Only thing is that I wish it came with some profiles already.
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I love this app! Only thing is that I wish it came with some profiles already.
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Check out the tasker wiki on his website (google tasker or go there from playstore entry). It includes lots of examples both of profiles you can just download and use, and also step throughs of how to set up specific tasks yourself.
I use it to turn off keyguard (pin lock) when I'm at home or in the car, adjust volumes in those places, and silence everything except alarms at night, also to autorotate to landscape when in the smartdock.
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Check out the tasker wiki on his website (google tasker or go there from playstore entry). It includes lots of examples both of profiles you can just download and use, and also step throughs of how to set up specific tasks yourself.
I use it to turn off keyguard (pin lock) when I'm at home or in the car, adjust volumes in those places, and silence everything except alarms at night, also to autorotate to landscape when in the smartdock.
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I will, thanks
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You can do the same things as this with "automate it" and it's free. Just throwing it out there
My favorite thing I ever did with Tasker was on a previous phone, I had a fully functional bluetooth timeout system working, where if the bluetooth was switched on, it would automatically switch off after 5 minutes if nothing connected. If something did connect, it would wait 5 minutes after disconnecting before it turned off. It would also switch to always on in certain situations (such as being in a car dock). It required multiple profiles, multiples tasks, and multiple variables to pull it off, but it was a thing of beauty. I don't use that anymore, because I don't need it on this phone...the battery doesn't even seem to be affected by bluetooth.
Currently, I use it to do simple stuff, like launch my desk clock app and silence notifications when plugged in and on the left side between 9PM and 9AM, silence notifications when in the car dock, and kill audio apps when removed from the car dock. I think it's a lot easier to learn when you already understand a lot of the fundamentals of coding, because a lot of it translates, though it requires a different manner of creativity and mental acrobatics to do certain things since there's no direct "OR" clause that would be really handy in a profile definition.