I was hoping for a mod or app that would alternate Bluetooth & WiFi because I only ever need one at a time and want to save power! Eg: I leave the house, my WiFi signal is lost as I move away from router, so WiFi turns off and Bluetooth turns on - as I would be leaving in my car and use BT handsfree... then, when BT connection is lost after engine is, turned off... you have an option to have WiFi switch back on! (or not!)
Anyone heard of such a thing, or know how to create it as a profile?
Thanks!
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I use Battery Saver for WIFI control and TASKER for (1)bluetooth on (2)screen always on (3)max brightness when phone on charge in the car (for me I need bluetooth off the moment I get out of the car as I use speakerphone. When I''m in a customers home I don't want phone still connected to car).
Battery Saver, like many other apps (inculding TASKER itself), uses cell phone positioning rather than GPS to determine where the rememebered wifi point is. It will turn it on when in range. TASKER and bluetooth control is very basic, based on USB/AC charge.
For me, what you want is achieved flawlessly with the above 2 apps. TASKER is an excellent app, with the potential to do far more than the bluetooth control I use it for.
Cheers mate! I'll give them a go!
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You can use Locale for that and for so much more.
My locale is set-up as to when i enter my house it detects which cell tower i'm locked on to and enables wifi and autosync, if the battery is higher than 20% and i'm in the 8:00am-01:00am schedule.
Use widgets? Does it for me. Go into settings if you do in Widgets or use the Power Control
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Hi guys!
I started GarminXT, wait for it to fix, start traveling ... and when I arrive at my destination I take the Touch HD out of my pocket and see it has recorded just the beggining... it switched off so I dont see the travel data. How can I make the device to not go to sleep while using GarminXT ?
GPS works also in suspended mode. Try something else than GarminXT
settings -> energy settings -> while battery using don't switch off the hd
^ but it will never switch off the HD...I have to do it manually.
I also have same problem.
I want this automatic thing...but it should not switch off while Garmin XT is on...
I think its the problem of Garmin XT.
then use previous version 5.010.
With the previous version also the same problem.
Does anybody find another solution as changing the energy settings as I suggested?
This is not a solution, but another workaround.
I usually set my PPC not to turn off after x minutes of inactivity if its plugged into the power source.
And I will leave the automatic turn off under the battery power.
Whenever its in my car and I use the navigation software, I just plug in the car charger. That way, it charges the PPC and the navigation software continues to work and the PPC will not go off.
OK, google Maps/Now is taking a fair bit of my battery every day. The problem is that I use Latitude (as does all my family and friends) and Google Now's location based features
Does anyone know a good balance for these?
I've started turning off "Report From This Device" and "Enable Location Sharing" in Latitude and I have Backitude running which updates my location and uses a lot less battery, I switch these 2 options back on when I want to see where others are.
Does anyone have any other tips I can use to help?
I'm using the Modaco ROM and matrix kernel
if you turn off the gps when not in used it saves alot too. cause google now poll location alot.
I'm using Latitude nonstop since my Nexus One, S, GN, N4
Currently my settings are - Latify for Google latitude (for it's profiles). Home profile is set to check if I moved 100 meters once in half-hour (optimal for home-work lifestyle ) via Cell+WiFi and if I do - post it to Latitude. If not - repost same location every 5 hours.
When I'm in a car - detected by Tasker - switching to Driving profile witch is using GPS every 30 second for better tracking.
I know that settings is very personal but I'm finally able to correctly track "At home" "At work" weekly time statistics in Latitude without using Google Maps location autoupdate.
xenjke said:
I'm using Latitude nonstop since my Nexus One, S, GN, N4
Currently my settings are - Latify for Google latitude (for it's profiles). Home profile is set to check if I moved 100 meters once in half-hour (optimal for home-work lifestyle ) via Cell+WiFi and if I do - post it to Latitude. If not - repost same location every 5 hours.
When I'm in a car - detected by Tasker - switching to Driving profile witch is using GPS every 30 second for better tracking.
I know that settings is very personal but I'm finally able to correctly track "At home" "At work" weekly time statistics in Latitude without using Google Maps location autoupdate.
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Hi mate, not used Tasker before, how does it know you're in the car?
the auto update every 30 seconds sounds good for when I'm in the car/on the bike
There are not much options to let Tasker know that you are in the car. First one is NFC tag in a car, second is a car dock, and mine option is a bluetooth connection with a car hands free system. Not a common option though :/
But you always could just use a widget to toggle profiles.
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xenjke said:
There are not much options to let Tasker know that you are in the car. First one is NFC tag in a car, second is a car dock, and mine option is a bluetooth connection with a car hands free system. Not a common option though :/
But you always could just use a widget to toggle profiles.
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ah, cheers, I have NFC in there already and a bluetooth car stereo
Nice! Go ahead and make some sexy Tasker profiles
Mine is switching bluetooth on when there is no active wifi connection so I could connect to a car automatically and switch to a GPS related stuff
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I have an android tablet installed in my car running Torque, and it's worked well for the months I've had it in my car.
Now though, I want to utilize my phone wifi tether to allow the tablet to pretty seamlessly do navigation as well since I don't have the 3g version of the n7.
I already have a tasker profile set up to kill Torque and launch maps when I am connected to my phones hotspot. Problem 1 solved. The things I need now is a way to activate google voice search remotely. The way the tablet is installed it sits flat on the upper dash when not in use and pops up when in use, which puts it just outside of comfortable arm reach when in use to activate voice search.
Now, I could set up a tasker profile to launch voice search when it connects to the correct wifi, however the timing is never consistant as to how long it takes from hotspot activation to voice search, and as well it only activates once when it connects to wifi. If I miss the window to speak or need to get it search again I have to either poke at the screen or turn off the hotspot and turn it back on. Less than ideal.
Any ideas are welcome. Bluetooth remote control isn't my first option since Torque uses my bluetooth connection to connect to the OBD sensor. Ideally it would by a one button widget from my hotspot phone I could hit once the tablet is connected to push a command to activate voice search to the tablet.
Caferacer said:
I have an android tablet installed in my car running Torque, and it's worked well for the months I've had it in my car.
Now though, I want to utilize my phone wifi tether to allow the tablet to pretty seamlessly do navigation as well since I don't have the 3g version of the n7.
I already have a tasker profile set up to kill Torque and launch maps when I am connected to my phones hotspot. Problem 1 solved. The things I need now is a way to activate google voice search remotely. The way the tablet is installed it sits flat on the upper dash when not in use and pops up when in use, which puts it just outside of comfortable arm reach when in use to activate voice search.
Now, I could set up a tasker profile to launch voice search when it connects to the correct wifi, however the timing is never consistant as to how long it takes from hotspot activation to voice search, and as well it only activates once when it connects to wifi. If I miss the window to speak or need to get it search again I have to either poke at the screen or turn off the hotspot and turn it back on. Less than ideal.
Any ideas are welcome. Bluetooth remote control isn't my first option since Torque uses my bluetooth connection to connect to the OBD sensor. Ideally it would by a one button widget from my hotspot phone I could hit once the tablet is connected to push a command to activate voice search to the tablet.
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You could try set up a nfc tag or something similar so that when you move it near the tab it activates the voice search. But I don't know how practical it would be for your install...
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I've been using the Belkin Bluetooth Car Hands-Free Kit for the last year with my Nexus 4.
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-BlackBerry-Smartphones/dp/B004CLYJ2I
For the most part it has worked great. However, my new Note 3 will not connect automatically to the device, I always have to turn the screen on and select the bluetooth device to connect to it. My Nexus 4 would simply connect to it automatically if the bluetooth was switched on.
Any ideas?
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I've been using the Belkin Bluetooth Car Hands-Free Kit for the last year with my Nexus 4.
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-BlackBerry-Smartphones/dp/B004CLYJ2I
For the most part it has worked great. However, my new Note 3 will not connect automatically to the device, I always have to turn the screen on and select the bluetooth device to connect to it. My Nexus 4 would simply connect to it automatically if the bluetooth was switched on.
Any ideas?
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I had similar issues with my bluetooth headset. When I would press the connect button on my bluetooth it wouldn't automatically connect, and the only solution I found was re-arranging my quick toggles in the notification bar so when I pull it down I can quickly access bluetooth settings and devices.
Yep am having problems with note 3 bluetooth. For a top of range phone, this bluetooth is crap. 2 headsets works when it wants and 6 works wagons only works in some! Am surprised no one else as commented on the bluetooth
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I had the same issue that my N3 didn't connect automatically to my BT-devices. I stumbled over a thread where I found some one else having the same issue who recommended the app "Bluetooth auto connect". I downloaded the app and now it just works. If you have the BT-scan dialog enabled, you see how it switches between the different paired devices in the list until it locks on to the one that's in range.
If you don't like that dialog, you can disable it using wanam (I think). Hope this helps.
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I had the same issue that my N3 didn't connect automatically to my BT-devices. I stumbled over a thread where I found some one else having the same issue who recommended the app "Bluetooth auto connect". I downloaded the app and now it just works. If you have the BT-scan dialog enabled, you see how it switches between the different paired devices in the list until it locks on to the one that's in range.
If you don't like that dialog, you can disable it using wanam (I think). Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try. Does this app have any affect on your battery life?
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try. Does this app have any affect on your battery life?
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Not for me. But I may not be the average user. I'm getting 3 days of battery life out of my N3. I only turn wireless (3g / wifi) on when I need it and do the same with BT. But I found it really inconvenient to have to select my connected BT device. For switching BT on and off, I use tasker. I have a setting that checks for the music app of my choice, and when I start it and have no headphones connected, tasker turns on BT.
Hi there,
I have a use case which I haven't found a perfect Android App or solution that can handle it perfectly. I'm currently looking at possibly using Tasker, but since it doesn't offer trial/lite version so I can't tell for sure if it would work or not.
Here is my use case and some of its characteristics (and limitations):
1. Normally when I'm at home, I want my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3, running Android 5.0 Lollipop) to automatically:
Turn ON Wi-Fi
Turn OFF GPS (location) - to save battery
Turn OFF Bluetooth - to save batter
2. When I'm driving, I hope my Android phone can automatically detect that I'm driving (moving over 10 MPG+), and will automatically:
Turn OFF Wi-Fi (so that it won't keep searching for Wi-Fi signal)
Turn ON GPS (location) so that I can use Google Map or Waze
Turn ON Bluetooth so that it would automatically connect to my car stereo
3. When I'm at work (M-F) or "indoor", I want my phone to automatically:
Turn ON Wi-Fi
Turn OFF GPS (location)
Turn OFF Bluetooth
I have tried several Android apps, but none of them can do this perfectly. "Geo-location" or "time-based" triggers would not work well (based on my current testing). I also tried to use NFC Tools, but unfortunately since I have a thick case for my Note3, so the NFC tags did not work. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. Thanks!
Hi,
Tasker should do this job pretty well.
Where I would not afraid of battery drain when GPS is on. When no app uses GPS, it is switched off.
My wifi, bt and GPS is switched on all-time and with my new battery I have perfect battery life...
Cheers big
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