Ok so I think the Smart Action app is pretty cool so let's post our Triggers & Actions here
One of mine here:
Trigger:
Wi Fi Connection: mine
Action:
Mobile Data = Disable
Ringer Volume = 6%
Brightness = 0%
Post yours
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Thanks for the idea going by WiFi (or Bluetooth) connection. I was using local, which isn't too accurate.
using it to turn off GPS and mobile data at home and at work now.
Will use it to turn off WiFi and turn on mobile data when connecting to the car's bluetooth to listen to some MotoCast music streamed from my home server.
ianford10 said:
Ok so I think the Smart Action app is pretty cool so let's post our Triggers & Actions here
One of mine here:
Trigger:
Wi Fi Connection: mine
Action:
Mobile Data = Disable
Ringer Volume = 6%
Brightness = 0%
Post yours
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pOOBAH1973 said:
Thanks for the idea going by WiFi (or Bluetooth) connection. I was using local, which isn't too accurate.
using it to turn off GPS and mobile data at home and at work now.
Will use it to turn off WiFi and turn on mobile data when connecting to the car's bluetooth to listen to some MotoCast music streamed from my home server.
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This is the reason for this post, can be useful and we can share the battery saving tips here.
Glad you found Wi Fi tip a good one
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I'm waiting for my RAZR to arrive, but I use Tasker on my current phone and these are some of my settings... not sure if they will translate to Smart Actions or not yet.
turn on GPS when Google Maps or Navigation is on - turn off when closed
will have it turn from 3g to 4g when surfing the net (hopefully)
launch pandora when blutooth headset is connected
turn off wifi when connected to car blutooth - turn on wifi and turn off bt when disconnected from car (plus some brightness and volume settings)
Auto respond to texts while I'm connected to car bt that I'll respond later
And as was mentioned when I'm at work I have it turn off syncing and data when connected to wifi at work.
Ok, so had a bit of a read and play with Smart Actions. A few ommisions or design choices that to me, make a few basic things difficult to accomplish..
1) When at home switch WiFi on, GPS off, Bluetooth off, 3G radio off
2) When leaving/away from home, switch WiFi Off, 3G radio on etc.
Quite a simple requirement but not sure how it can be accomplished with the current design restrictions. Due to location based triggers only working off WiFi (not even Cell tower coarse location), it means that you can't use a combination of GPS and WiFi to fire triggers and turn each other off as and when for example
e.g. At home with WiFi on.. leave home, go out of WiFi range so turn GPS on.. arrive at destination (e.g. work) which is determined by GPS at this point, so turn that off on "arrival" and fire up WiFi. To do this, I think you would need a "NOT" feature that could be applied to triggers.. Of course, if you have a regular routine this can be more easily accomplished with Time based triggers, but not everyone keeps a schedule..
On a side note, given that when you enable and make a valid WiFi connection on a phone, any data traffic uses that connection as it superceeds any 3/4G connection.. am I right in thinking that the 3/4G radio is still enabled even if its not doing any data transfers in this case?
As you can only determine location via WiFi at the moment, it means that has to be on all the time (not ideal, but better than GPS being on all the time no?)
I'm confused???
So if you turn off the 3G radio at home, doesn't that prevent you from receiving calls? Or text?
Thanks,
Razr John
Just data over 3/4G. Calls and SMS are unaffected.
On a different note, small update on the stability of Smart Actions (for me).. after a reboot, one of my Smart Actions that was only due to start on Tuesdays and Thursdays was running.. my "Default" action and my "Home" action which should have been running, weren't.. had to disable the Tues/Thurs Smart Action before the others would restart and then I could re-enable it (after which point it went back to "ready" not active)
Might be worth keeping any eye on those..
I use juice defender to toggle wifi on for one minute automatically every time I unlock the phone. That way if I am home, smart actions picks this up and registers me home. If I'm not home juice defender turns it back off a minute later.
Another major omission, is the absence of a dock trigger. So that when I get in my car, I can disable wi-fi, enable bluetooth, enable gps. I don't use Bluetooth outside of the car so I don't need it on otherwise.
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djamloops said:
Another major omission, is the absence of a dock trigger. So that when I get in my car, I can disable wi-fi, enable bluetooth, enable gps. I don't use Bluetooth outside of the car so I don't need it on otherwise.
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You could set the trigger to charging > usb
But then would enable all your requirements when connected to pc, unless of course you set another trigger to connected to wifi disable bluetooth
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ianford10 said:
You could set the trigger to charging > usb
But then would enable all your requirements when connected to pc, unless of course you set another trigger to connected to wifi disable bluetooth
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That would be fine if the car charger recognized as USB. But its not like the capability isn't there. Motorola's car finder app triggers based on whether the phone is inserted or removed from the dock.
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djamloops said:
That would be fine if the car charger recognized as USB. But its not like the capability isn't there. Motorola's car finder app triggers based on whether the phone is inserted or removed from the dock.
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Yes but if its in the dock wont it be classed as usb rather than a wall charger?
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No sir. Its still wall charger. It only registers usb if its plugged into something that requests usb functionality like mass storage or sync.
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djamloops said:
No sir. Its still wall charger. It only registers usb if its plugged into something that requests usb functionality like mass storage or sync.
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Ok so set the trigger as charging > charger, enable all the things you want.
Then another new rule with 2 triggers, wifi > yours, charging > any, disable bluetooth and whatever else
These are just ideas, sure I read also that the rule created first will win in a conflict so might be worth creating the rule with 2 triggers first.
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Can you set triggers when launching applications?
stevessvt said:
I use juice defender to toggle wifi on for one minute automatically every time I unlock the phone. That way if I am home, smart actions picks this up and registers me home. If I'm not home juice defender turns it back off a minute later.
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Yep, though I've found quite a few freebie apps that do the just that one feature.. Should work nicely in conjunction with the existing smart actions
for example "Wifi Auto Toggle"
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.andappfun.android.wifiautotoggle&feature=also_installed#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwNCwiY29tLmFuZGFwcGZ1bi5hbmRyb2lkLndpZmlhdXRvdG9nZ2xlIl0.
Also, the Timeframe based triggers are DEFINITELY buggy... I had a timeframe set for Tues & Thurs only (0700 - 1800).. yet this morning (Friday) they kicked in. Checked my phone datetime and its definitely got the correct date set. I know its only v1.0 of the app for want of a better phrase, but with a few fixes AND Cell Tower based location for WiFi toggling built in, it could be really cool!
Trigger on Calendar Events
Hi - My current phone is dying a slow death and I'm looking at this phone to replace it later today or tomorrow. What I'd like to know about Smart Actions is this:
Can I set a trigger based on a calendar event? In other words, when I show to be in a meeting or busy, can I set the wifi off and the ringer off? As an example, that would be a basic event.
Thanks
OracleBlue said:
Hi - My current phone is dying a slow death and I'm looking at this phone to replace it later today or tomorrow. What I'd like to know about Smart Actions is this:
Can I set a trigger based on a calendar event? In other words, when I show to be in a meeting or busy, can I set the wifi off and the ringer off? As an example, that would be a basic event.
Thanks
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The answer is no, the app is not that granular at present although I do see them adding more and more options to it in the future
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djamloops said:
That would be fine if the car charger recognized as USB. But its not like the capability isn't there. Motorola's car finder app triggers based on whether the phone is inserted or removed from the dock.
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I agree. It's pretty stupid I can't trigger and event based on if it's in the desktop dock or the car dock. And no triggering when something is charging is not the same. I only need bluetooth when I'm in my car not when I'm at my desk. I don't need wifi in the car dock but do need it at my desk, etc, etc, etc.
I think it's a nice addition to the phone, but it is lacking some important options which will hopefully updated in future updates. I'm sticking with Tasker since I already paid for it.
Since I started making and receiving calls and texts via wifi I thought about how nice it would be to actually carry the tab with me in my laptop bag and have it automatically connect to open wifi spots without user interaction. Is this possible.
If I can get a notification of an open network, someone should be able to add code to or from to auto connect and disconnect without storing a thousand networks addresses... PigBak app... or something...
Sorry if this has been discussed couldn't find anything on site wide search..
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after a little more searching I found an app that functions the way I'd like it to... Wefi pro seems to do what I need for seamless calls.
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I've searched and tried 10-15 of the apps or toggles on the play store and have yet to find a working toggle for the mobile hotspot. I have a Verizon S5, and apparently they have disabled the tile from the drop-down menu for some reason. So as it stands, I have to open settings, more networks, mobile hotspot, then I can turn it on. The apps that I tried would actually check the subscription status, but wouldn't turn it on or even take me to the screen where I could turn it on myself. I would prefer to not root my phone.
Thanks for any assistance or information
Power toggles free on plays tore.. Might..
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I was hoping to be able to disable the wifi when in my office and enable it when on the tube / at home, but it would seem I can't set a wifi network as a device or event in this app.
Any thoughts?
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SavCom said:
I was hoping to be able to disable the wifi when in my office and enable it when on the tube / at home, but it would seem I can't set a wifi network as a device or event in this app.
Any thoughts?
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I think smart connect connects to Wi-Fi you've stop once it is in range and disconnects when out of range. What you'd need to do is turn it off and have a button to toggle Wi-Fi on/off when at work.
HTH
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Well it helps, so thanks, but it's not what I want - nor what smart connect should be about.
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