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Locate your lost phone with SMS / Sick MUST have app: Tasker

I know there are threads on tasker, but i have to say, this is one sick app.
all you have to do is send sms with secret word from any phone and Tasker will enable wifi, gps, and send back a link to google maps with phone location.

That is amazing, but...
Pity the GPS, Compass and Google Maps implementation is completely ****ing broken!
I would definitely love to use this when (or if) the locational services ever do function. Thanks for the heads up -- I had no idea this existed.

There are multiple apps like "Where's my droid" that do this as well.

KerryG said:
There are multiple apps like "Where's my droid" that do this as well.
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Maybe, but tasker does thousand other things. For me gps works fine, but there is a problem with compass

KerryG said:
There are multiple apps like "Where's my droid" that do this as well.
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And doesn't 'where is my droid' only rings the phone if u send sms ?

If its not too long, would you mind posting your contexts and tasks to achieve just that exact same you just described? I'm trying to get better with the program although at a very slow pace
Thanks a lot mate!
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Yeah i was interested in how you did it as well. I am just learning this tasker app and it doesnt seem that you can import and export tasks easily.

Texag2010 said:
If its not too long, would you mind posting your contexts and tasks to achieve just that exact same you just described? I'm trying to get better with the program although at a very slow pace
Thanks a lot mate!
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you can find it here: http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index
the guy is using GPS only, but its pretty straight forward to include WIFI in this as well (WIFI is for better location without GPS). The time to wait for GPS to get a lock is up to you, I have 1 min.
and as you can see there is a profile there if you wish to lock you phone with SMS and/or play sound. (havent tried that)
For now I have these tasks: 1. If power ON, screen timeout is set to 45 sec (from 15), and lockguard is disabled 2. from 7:30pm to 8am screen brightness set to min and to AUTO other times. 3 Created a widget for "Vibrate" and "Bluetooth" since Vibrant is missing easy access to those functions (in a nice menu widget to save space). 4. I have several tasks killed at boot since they are useless anyway. (for this need to insert WAIT command with whatever time needed since some tasks start after the phone boots)

Thanks a lot for that link! Was able to create my own widget too now!
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Worked for me too. Thanks a ton. Too bad you can't hide the sms message.
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Lookout does this - good program I've been using since WinMo days.
-bZj

down8 said:
Lookout does this - good program I've been using since WinMo days.
-bZj
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Read that Lookout drains battery, one of the features of Tasker is to actually save battery.

you already have a good standard version on the sgs
http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/entertainment/featured-applications/mobile-tracker.do

sareen said:
you already have a good standard version on the sgs
http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/entertainment/featured-applications/mobile-tracker.do
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Any idea how to get this installed? I don't have it showing on my phone. Also, it shows it is only available in Germany and the UK. Do you have a work around to allow it to work anywhere?

Shane_pcs said:
Worked for me too. Thanks a ton. Too bad you can't hide the sms message.
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Actually, since the latest update, you can hide the SMS.

Any APN disabler works with Vibrant?

I'm having trouble disabling my 3G with APN disablers such as APNDroid/APN Onoff... you can click to turn it off but the 3G will still work
I've searched around and I saw that quite a lot of people are having this problem and there isn't a solution yet...
So that's the reason I'm here, looking for a disabler that would work with the vibrant.
P/S: If the apndroid works on ur Vibrant, can you post your firmware version? I'm on stock

Juicedefender does. I think you need root though.
Vibrant vibrating nicely now,Kthx!

"Quick settings" apk had that feature. You can find it on the market for free.
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I have found out that problem. It seems that the APN changes wouldn't affect anything until you reboot your phone... that's the reason why APN disabler doesn't work because it actually just changes the setting of APN to disable it but the changes were'nt taking effect.
Is there any way to fix this?

Did you try quick settings? It works for me.
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Martezgarki said:
I have found out that problem. It seems that the APN changes wouldn't affect anything until you reboot your phone... that's the reason why APN disabler doesn't work because it actually just changes the setting of APN to disable it but the changes were'nt taking effect.
Is there any way to fix this?
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I can back this one out, I too get my APN settings off/on after I reboot.

DC Switch works great for me.
Juice Defender slowed my phone down really badly and SwitchPro widget never turned my data back on until a reboot.

Keslynn said:
DC Switch works great for me.
Juice Defender slowed my phone down really badly and SwitchPro widget never turned my data back on until a reboot.
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Same here. I've been giving juice defender lots of chances but it just kills my phone everyone time. I've decided to manually mange it!
Been using quick settings for months. Great app.
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lostwhat83 said:
"Quick settings" apk had that feature. You can find it on the market for free.
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lostwhat83 said:
Did you try quick settings? It works for me.
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rbirg said:
Same here. I've been giving juice defender lots of chances but it just kills my phone everyone time. I've decided to manually mange it!
Been using quick settings for months. Great app.
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LISTEN to these guys... Quick settings.
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Quick setting wouldn't work either... and that's because it disables APN the same way - by editing the APN and that wouldn't take effect until reboot is done

I had tried APNdroid a couple weeks back and it worked for me, or at least seemed to. But I wanted to integrate it into Tasker, and it would disable fine, but would not re-enable until I restarted my phone. I uninstalled and then saw that the setting had been added into Quick Settings, but it didn't seem to work, but I did note that it does the same thing as APNdroid (changes my APN), so I decided once again to try APNdroid and Tasker combo, but now APNdroid is acting the same way, not actually doing anything until a re-start. Oh well. I did flash the leaked ROM and signal seems less dodgy at home (which was why I wanted to turn of my network so it wouldn't keep trying to scan for a signal).

Martezgarki said:
I'm having trouble disabling my 3G with APN disablers such as APNDroid/APN Onoff... you can click to turn it off but the 3G will still work
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APNdroid does work you have to reboot for some reason after you disable.
im also on stock ROM

Hello guys... those of you having the same troubles as I had... I've found an app called Smoda widget from market that could disable data transmssion for Vibrant... it doesn't do it by renaming the APN and I don't know how it does the job... but at least it works for me now.
It's just a simple widget that turns off and remove data transmission after clicking on it... It's kinda slow... takes like 2-3 seconds but at least it works now.

Martezgarki said:
Quick setting wouldn't work either... and that's because it disables APN the same way - by editing the APN and that wouldn't take effect until reboot is done
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Quick settings has two different ways of disabling. One is changing APN settings, like APNDroid (which won't work without a restart). The other way, however, just turns off the data, which does seem to work.

[Q] How to prevent wifi from disconnecting when the screen is off?

It seems that the network is disconnected when the screen is off. It's a problem if you have something running (like a torrent download).
Anyone knows how to fix this?
I'm rooted and I have no problem editing system files...

lowpis said:
It seems that the network is disconnected when the screen is off. It's a problem if you have something running (like a torrent download).
Anyone knows how to fix this?
I'm rooted and I have no problem editing system files...
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i think i may have found a way to fix it. testing now

lowpis said:
It seems that the network is disconnected when the screen is off. It's a problem if you have something running (like a torrent download).
Anyone knows how to fix this?
I'm rooted and I have no problem editing system files...
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have you set wifi sleep policy to never..? Else.. Do this: under wifi settings, go to advanced tab, select wifi sleep policy and select never....
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Athavan said:
have you set wifi sleep policy to never..? Else.. Do this: under wifi settings, go to advanced tab, select wifi sleep policy and select never....
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actually amazon removed access to the wifi sleep policy setting.

Set the screen to not sleep. Widgetsoid is awesome for their widget to control this.
//Tapatalk.KindleFire//

Hack into the database of the settings like what was done to enable some other settings?
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Fixed it!
[FIX] Wifi Sleep Policy

blauciel said:
Set the screen to not sleep. Widgetsoid is awesome for their widget to control this.
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I'm doing that now (aDownloader has this option too). But it isn't the best solution, since the screen remains on consuming power.
Since this option is present in standard Android (my SGSII has too), maybe we can just edit some hidden settings file. Any idea?

This worked for me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19592319
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death2all110 said:
Fixed it!
[FIX] Wifi Sleep Policy
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WOW! Nice work!
And maybe a simpler way is to edit the settings.db directly in Fire with SQLite Editor?

lowpis said:
WOW! Nice work!
And maybe a simpler way is to edit the settings.db directly in Fire with SQLite Editor?
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I'm sure you could. I just like to do things manually Lol.

Wake lock powermanager from the Android market. It allows you to take out a variety of locks on the system one of which is the wake lock. Since the device isn't sleeping wifi shouldn't go off. It can also take out a lock for the screen to keep it on if that's what it takes on the Fire. I use it on my old Archos tablet running 1.5 (cupcake) which needs the wake lock to keep any music player working. But I think one of the lock types it supports should be something that works on the Fire. The only apps I use that need wifi also keep the screen on like the video player so I've not installed it myself on my Fire.

Apps to control data

Hi. I just started using mobile internet but my telco only give me 250MB per month. What apps do you recommend that can control the data usage? For starters I've been using android firewall to block some apps from using my data. But I would like to know more apps. And how do I block the system update OTA from using my data to check for updates?

Why not just turn off the data radio until you actually need it?
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i have been using macrodroid to turn off data when screen off(and other things). But you can do this a number of ways, through settings, and long pressing on the tile in quick settings will bring up a screen to turn off mobile data to

chrisrozon said:
Why not just turn off the data radio until you actually need it?
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because i need to rely on whatsapp and LINE. by turning off data I wont know when I recieve message.
BrianDigital said:
i have been using macrodroid to turn off data when screen off(and other things). But you can do this a number of ways, through settings, and long pressing on the tile in quick settings will bring up a screen to turn off mobile data to
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thanks. will check it out
anyone has more to recommend?

Try This.
CALL TIMER CONTROL PRO
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5Ub3VjaFNwb3RzLkNhbGxUaW1lclByb1YyIl0.

Just use Greenify. Best app and has really good response. If you try this you'll never go back. It hibernates lots of apps and stops them from draining batt/data in the background remember to disable notifications in the background for all internet-related apps.
Greenify also works for ALL apps. Just add it to the grenify list.
It's the only app you're gonna need and is gonna solve your problem.
Also in settings, set the Data usage limit so you don't exceed it. Good luck
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify

Odp: Apps to control data
3G Watchdog Pro

I find that the built-in data usage monitor under Settings - Data Usage works really well.
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GPS keeps turning on

My GPS keeps turning on randomly. I have location services and such turned off, but they keep turning back on. Anyone know what's causing it, or how I could track down if an app is doing it?
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Thanks Christ for create this thread as I am about to post the same question.
It has happened in the last couple days. I wouldn't say 100% but surely 98% every time I turn the screen on, there is "searching for GPS" pops up.
It keeps running for from a few seconds to minute then turns back off.
Yes, I DID set to disable GPS.
Does anyway we can figure out which app is actually searching for GPS, gurus?

Facebook does for me and I don't know how to prevent that **** from doing so.
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Just disable Location in FB/Messenger app.

vPro97 said:
Facebook does for me and I don't know how to prevent that **** from doing so.
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How do you know it's the FB?

It used to search for gps whenever I received a Facebook notification. It might not be the same issues for you. What about the weather widget?
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I don't set any notification ON and FB isn't running at all.
I suspect the G+ but don't know for sure.
Weather widget is not a culprit.

For me, it was Carrier IQ. Once I disabled that, my random GPS wakes stopped.

redpirate8 said:
For me, it was Carrier IQ. Once I disabled that, my random GPS wakes stopped.
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Took the words right out of my mouth

redpirate8 said:
For me, it was Carrier IQ. Once I disabled that, my random GPS wakes stopped.
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Sounds reasonable but I do have CIQ enable from day one w/o any issue.
It just happens in the last couple of days. Maybe 2014 isn't the year for me?

Maybe GSam Battery Monitor can help pinpoint which app is causing the GPS wakes. Or Wakelock Detector.

I also have been noticing the location icon popping up on my status bar every now and then. I cant find what app is triggering it. I dont see cIQ in my application manager to disable it...
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Running Applications > Android System > IQ Agent Service. Hit stop there and then hit stop for Android System. You'll have to do that at each boot unless you're rooted. If you're rooted, you can use System Tuner.

Here's my shots.
This is probably directly related to the issue or NOT.
Clearly, Location Manager Service goes crazy.
What it is is yet to figure out.

At one point, I saw Google Messaging Service kicked on so I turned off Hangouts SMS feature and along with a reboot, my battery is now better but the "searching for GPS " still pops up.

Is location services turned off also in Google Settings and Maps?

redpirate8 said:
Is location services turned off also in Google Settings and Maps?
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Absolutely YES

Those photos... completely baffling. Wow. My guess would be all the recommendations above and going through all apps requiring location and disabling it.

Could try Greenify. I use it. It hibernates apps so they won't run until you tell them to