So I've got the problem where when my phone is off/standby I don't get a notification or alert until I turn the phone on at which point it plays the standard alert and vibrate (this is of course useless).
Playing around and I noticed that this problem goes away when I uncheck the setting 'Turn device off after X mins'.
Now, at first I assume that there were 3 modes on the HD (and presumably on all htc phones) and they are: Power off, standby, on. Those states seem self explanitory. Give that assumption, I always thought that there was just a problem with the sms program doing a notification.
With this new solution, ie, disabling auto turn off, all my text messages come through with a notification within 6 seconds of sending it on the other end. But I played around with it some more. Some of you may know of a program called psshutxp. This program can do three things: display off, turn off, and reset. Now I never used this turn off feature before because I assumed it just turned the phone off. I activated this function with the auto turn off setting disabled (the phone doesn't auto turn off) and end up not receiving messages (exactly like the original problem).
What I've concluded then is that the device actually has 4 states: Power off, standby, display off, on. Now if you read the whole thing you may have noticed that I'm implying the solution is to disable auto off and thus leave the device in what would appear to be 'display off' mode. It works, certainly, but I'm starting to think that battery life is going to suffer immensely. (I'm going to test this tonight)
It seems we're back to square one, but wth a little, and albiet minor conclusion: SMS messages should wake the device but leave the screen off. There have been some intermediate solutions that say to change the 'disable device wake on sms' registry from 1 to 0 or use HD tweak to achieve a similar effect then combine this change with a good screen locker.
My question then is, is it possible to wake the device but leave the screen off via registry or via resident program?
Investigating the resident program option some more, is it possible to run compact framework programs while the device is in standby?
Finally, I know that the Touch Diamond 2 had a recent hotfix for this exact issue. Considering the similarities between the two devices, is it possible to port a solution? I'm going to see if I can try it out myself (but I'm not as experienced at platform modifications as I am in software development). I also noticed that a lot of Diamond 2 users still report the problem wasn't solved with that hotfix.
check out the HD Tweak app, i think it has a "wake on SMS" tweak you can apply to the phone. would also help if you mention if you're using a Stock or custom ROM. in my case, i'm using a custom ROM with SMS Chat and i'm gettting SMS notifications with my device in stand-by mode. fyi, i'm not using the HD Tweak app...
Yeah, the Wake on SMS on HD tweak as mentioned in my post basically modifies the registry for device wake on SMS.
However, this is not, and should not be normal behaviour as waking the device turns the screen on as well. (unless your device is different in that it doesn't turn on the screen at the same time as waking up from a SMS, if this is the case, then... that's a pretty significant finding.)
just tested my device... screen is off (e.g., hit the power button to turn it off) sent myself a txt via my email account, heard the SMS notification and screen is still off. i'm using a custom ROM miri v26.2.
I can achieve the same effect by disabling auto turn off. As in: my device remains off and the SMS notification is properly sounded. (everything works as it should)
However, I worry that the device isn't actually in standby and rather just has the display off (which means that background apps are still running). A possible concequence could be that it would drain my batt pretty fast ( this is my cheif concern).
Hi everyone,
I'd like to know if there's a program or some type of feature in the phone that allows an Auto On/Off at a specific time. My Bold 9000 had this option and it helped greatly improve battery life as I would set the phone to turn off while I'm asleep.
Also, the alarm does not come on when the phone is off. Is this normal?
Other than these little things, I am completely happy switching from Blackberry to Android!
well the phone needs to be on standby in order for any apps to be working, so yes it is normal that the alarm isnt going off when the phone is off.
So I bought tasker months ago and barely ever used it. It's soo ridiculously powerful but i'm way to lazy to take the time to get a hold of the very steep learning curve (at least for me).
I really want to utilize one of these days because it's really a remarkable app that shows off the power of our phones.
I was just curious if any of you use it and what some of your favorite profiles are.
Also, is there some sort of 'how to use tasker for dummies" out there that I could check out? lol
Tasker does have a learning curve. I think it would be easier if they had a desktop environment to create profiles on, but I digress.
Yes, I was like you and bought the app and shelved it since I didn't have time to mess with it. I ran into some free time and dusted the app off. This is what profiles I've setup so far.
1) GPS turns on when apps that I've designated (ex. maps, navi, weather, etc) are launched. GPS turns off when the apps close.
2) Battery <5% turns screen brightness all the way down (coupled with setCPU with an under-clock with the same criteria will have my phone last as along a possible for emergencies). There's more functionality I want to add to this profile.
3) When a headset is plugged in, it sets my media volume and pulls up a menu of music apps for me to select.
4) Home Wifi (overly complicated). I search for the cell tower that I get reception at home (as long as I'm not in airplane mode). When in range of it, the phone search for my network SSID. When found Wifi turns on and connects to my home wifi and turns off the cell tower search (so if my cell signal goes to crap, wifi stays on). When I leave out of my network SSID, wifi shuts off and cell tower search is turned on. This code required some debugging as it wasn't so stable at first attempt.
5) Find phone (my favorite). I can send a text to my phone from any other cell phone. When the text is received, the phone will turn on GPS to find the coordinates and will return a text message to the originating cell phone with a link to google maps location (its bad ass!). Once the message is sent, the speaker volume gets turned all the way up and an mp3 of my choosing gets played (you can bet its an long, annoying, loud, and noticeable song). The final straw is the screen gets locked with a code. I need to investigate the possibility to remote wipe my personal data if necessary.
Best thing to do is to go into the app menu and select browse profiles >> user wiki. Check out the profiles they have there. Download them to you phone. Then go to app menu >> profile data >> import one profile (or task). Select the ones you just downloaded. Check them out, alter them to fit your needs, and you start to learn the syntax, what commands are available, and what's possible.
Good luck! Its a time sink when you get started.
GPS automatically turns on when I open a GPS-centric app.
Wi-Fi automatically turns on when I open a Wi-Fi-centric app.
When I connect my bluetooth headphones it asks me which music app I want to open.
My screen goes as dim as possible when I open my alarm clock at night.
It makes Widgetlocker open whenever my phone goes idle... since it doesn't always want to work.
1) I have a night profile that turns down all the notifications and ringer except the alarm for night time, then returns the settings to normal in the morning.
2) When It connects to the specific bluetooth unit in my car, wifi turns off (no need in a moving car), 3g comes on and media audio goes up for my streaming music. After disconnect wifi comes back on.
3) I have a google maps gps text message in case I misplace my phone
4) I have home and work profiles that turn on and off 3g once they connect to wifi.
Been toying with variables and setting text widgets from minimalistic text. works nice.
All in all very handy application.
Their website has some sample profiles on their wiki at:
http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index
1) Shut off "Low battery LED" when battery is at or below 14%
2) Turn off capacitive buttons backlight (home, menu, back, search) and keep it off
3) Since I use the notification pulldown power mod, I have a profile that checks if my wimax is on or off when I reboot or shutdown my phone so it can shut it off when the phone boots if it was off before the shutdown/reboot.
4) Tasker switches my governors for me. No setcpu for anything. Governor is switched to conservative when the screen is off, interactive when the screen is on, smartass for all games, and ondemand for web browsing and anything the other governors don't cover.
5) GPS turns on and off when it's needed (maps, navigation, sky map, etc.)
6) Incoming call LED blinking is stopped (since I leave my phone on sound mode almost all the time)
7) All notification LEDs are stopped (especially since gmail still triggers the LED)
8) Display rotation is turned on and off when it's needed (when in the sense ui it is off and when in web browser, certain apps or games it is on)
9) When my phone boots, tasker checks a variable for my wimax and shuts it off if it needs to
10) When I'm done with a phone call tasker sends me back to my main homescreen
11) Widget that changes my hosts file for adblocking or no adblocking on the fly. The name of the widget also changes according to its status (Enabled or Disabled)
12) When charging, the left LED is shut off and the Wimax LED is used instead.
13) If my screen has been off for more than 2 hours (when I am sleeping) the sound is silenced and airplane mode is activated.
I have more that I don't use but these are my daily profiles.
If I receive a text message from 11pm - 6:30am, I do not get notified and my phone responds with a ZZZZZZZ I am sleeping and will check in the morning.
I would love to get a hold of the profiles you guys are running. Lots of these would be helpful, at least as a learning tool.
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4) Home Wifi (overly complicated). I search for the cell tower that I get reception at home (as long as I'm not in airplane mode). When in range of it, the phone search for my network SSID. When found Wifi turns on and connects to my home wifi and turns off the cell tower search (so if my cell signal goes to crap, wifi stays on). When I leave out of my network SSID, wifi shuts off and cell tower search is turned on. This code required some debugging as it wasn't so stable at first attempt.
5) Find phone (my favorite). I can send a text to my phone from any other cell phone. When the text is received, the phone will turn on GPS to find the coordinates and will return a text message to the originating cell phone with a link to google maps location (its bad ass!). Once the message is sent, the speaker volume gets turned all the way up and an mp3 of my choosing gets played (you can bet its an long, annoying, loud, and noticeable song). The final straw is the screen gets locked with a code. I need to investigate the possibility to remote wipe my personal data if necessary.
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Mind sharing these?
Wanted to try #4 but didn't have any success the first few times (months ago)
I have #5 but it doesn't lock screen (never noticed that) nor does it give me a maps link (tried but failed)
I have setup a Dropbox folder we could drop profiles into. PM me your emails and I will send you an invite to the folder with a link. Profiles are small so shouldn't chew up much data.
Please name your profiles descriptive so we know what it does etc.
Can the profiles be grouped in the dropbox? I have tasks that use multiple profiles.
From my EVO when I should probably be doing something else instead.
Here is my GPS text message finder XML profile (zipped). simple but effective. Sends google maps link.
Just change the "findmyphone" text message to what ever you want to trigger the response message.
View attachment GPS1.prf.xml.zip
1) Silence all sounds and put on vibrate during work hours (9-9PM).
2) Turn on GPS for specific apps (Navigation, Maps, Antenna, etc.)
3) Turn off when closing those apps.
4) Pop up menu with PowerAMP, Pandora, FM Radio options when inserting headphone.
5) Close those apps when remove headphone.
6) Pop up PowerAMP, Pandora when connecting with BT headphone.
7) Close those apps when disconnecting.
8) TXT my BB the coordinates, batt. life if I TXT S.O.S. to my phone (in case it's lost/stolen).
1) when i get w/ 50 meters of the office (or home). home and office are slightly different but the same idea.
- turn off bluetooth
- turn on wifi
- turn off 4G
- change wallpaper
- reduce ringer volume
(when i get out of 50meters...radios toggle)
- Bluetooth and 4G are on
- wifi is off
2) Quiet Time
- between 2300 and 0700
- notification sound 0
- notification vibrate is off
3) Quiet Cam - currently the AOSP camera has an obnoxiously loud CLICK.
- when camera app is active
- system sounds = 0
4) OnCall
- monitors my work calendar for the "OnCall" appointment.
- notification volume = 6
- change wallpaper (i'm on call for days at time, so this is handy reminder)
* wish i could increase only the 'work email' notification alert (i use two email clients so i can at least have a 'work email alert' and a 'personal email alert'...sadly, tasker doesn't seem able to take advantage of that.)
Can you guys actually put in steps on how you got these profiles. I'm trying to figure tasker out but its a lil overwhelming.
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I do the following:
1. Turn off sound/ringers at certain locations, during certain times (Church, kid's school, etc).
2. Turn on WiFi at home or at work.
3. Overnight mode - automatically turn off WiFi & BT, lower screen brightness, filter calls from all but family, throttle CPU down to min 128000 max 256000. (uses max 1% battery and kept off charger for 8 hours).
4. Overclock CPU 10% for normal operation, underclock (min 128000 max 256000) when screen off (really good on batt).
5. Automatically ramp down CPU clocks as battery charge diminishes.
6. Turn down ringer volume when BT headset connected.
7. Silence phone when meeting in calendar with busy status.
A few others, but this is the main group of profiles.
1.) Turn on GPS when using Maps, turn it off otherwise
2.) Silence ringers during work hours
Not much, obviously I could do a lot more with it.
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I do the following:
1. Turn off sound/ringers at certain locations, during certain times (Church, kid's school, etc).
2. Turn on WiFi at home or at work.
3. Overnight mode - automatically turn off WiFi & BT, lower screen brightness, filter calls from all but family, throttle CPU down to min 128000 max 256000. (uses max 1% battery and kept off charger for 8 hours).
4. Overclock CPU 10% for normal operation, underclock (min 128000 max 256000) when screen off (really good on batt).
5. Automatically ramp down CPU clocks as battery charge diminishes.
6. Turn down ringer volume when BT headset connected.
7. Silence phone when meeting in calendar with busy status.
A few others, but this is the main group of profiles.
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I know this is a pain but anyway you can put the steps you had to do to achieve these? Thanks in advance!
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Anyone using it with Roam Control? I would like to use it to force roam while I am at work. I do it manually now since the 3g at work is horrible. Full -65dbm signal with 50 kilobit downloads. 3g roaming is awesome!
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I know this is a pain but anyway you can put the steps you had to do to achieve these? Thanks in advance!
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A lot of these are usually pretty simple, but some can get pretty complicated.
Have you looked at the tutorials / walkthroughs / user listing around the web?
Think of the context as the 'in this instance' and the 'task' as the 'do this.'
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index
These can give you some suggestions and can also shed light on how to use the app in varying scenarios.
A lot of people are using ones that are easy enough to figure out, or have been listed as basic but popular tasks (and can be found at either those links or elsewhere - google 'tasker profiles').
For instance, silencing ringer at night; Context - Time / 2200 to 0600. Task - Ringer Volume Zero / Notification Volume Zero / AutoSync Off.
That's obviously an extremely simple one, but again - context (trigger) and task (desired action).
I've put Do Not Disturb mode on when I'm driving, so that I don't get disturbed by notifications (e.gm whatsapp, Facebook, messages) popping up in bubbles at the top of the screen.
It's simply doesn't work - they still pop up! (albeit it doesn't vibrate).
I've selected the "hide visual notifications" option (see screenshot) but it doesn't work either way.
Anyone else have this issue? Any potential solutions?
Mine still give audible notifications in the night when it should be on do not disturb!
I have a much larger issue. My Galaxy S8+, I will turn on the setting to keep alarms on, one night it will work and the next night it won't so my alarm never goes off in the morning. Therefore I stopped using DND, turned all the setting to off even deleted the days it will operate to none and the setting STILL comes on every night at 1030. I go in to check my settings and they are all back on to the day before. Android is starting to get pretty poor with its updates.
if your display is on and in an app while in dnd calls will still come through if youre display is off they will not come through if youre display is on but not in an app the calls will not come through. No work around i can find as of now
This is so typically Samsung.. They finally fixed it, but only when the screen is off and when on the home screen
Ugh.. My Do Don't Disturb is dysfunctional.
If I'm listening to an audio book, watching Netflix or jamming to my tunes and someone calls what ever I'm listening to/watching pauses while the phone silently rings that's B.S. DND means exactly that DND. All calls should go straight to VM. when DND mode is on. Otherwise I can just turn the darn ringer off. DND is worthless.
For me works well. Only when the screen is off, like iPhone. Have you make the settings propperly? Because you can put if you want that calls don't show on screen.
A similar issue was fixed by hard-reset. Have you tried a factory reset? Factory reset stepMod Edit
Is there still no fix to this?
It seems like a pretty important malfunction and is super frustrating every night.
Anyone manage to get it working properly using Tasker?
On my S4, then S6 Edge I had a Tasker profile to turn on Do Not Disturb automatically when I plug my phone in to charge at night, and it worked a treat.
Not with the S8, no matter what I try, it still vibrates and activates the LED notification, even though it is showing as Do Not Disturb mode on, and in the settings I have ticked all the options to hide notifications when the screen is on, and off, and set no exceptions, or alarms only with the same result.
Any ideas?