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Top Profiles for Tasker on Nexus 5

Hi. As far as I can see there is no thread like this in the Nexus 5 subject. What Profiles do you guys find useful? I myself is pretty new to tasker and has mostly just browsed around the web to find some useful profiles for my everyday living. I will soon post my examples here.
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I'd love to have a profile that enables sync when connected to a charger and WiFi/data is enabled. I haven't been able to figure it out though. Also I feel like it drained my battery a bit.
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krazeecracker said:
I'd love to have a profile that enables sync when connected to a charger and WiFi/data is enabled. I haven't been able to figure it out though. Also I feel like it drained my battery a bit.
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Try:
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Context { Power: ANY + WiFi Connected: <insert your SSID> }
Action { Auto-Sync: ON }
Exit Task { Auto-Sync: OFF }

parker09 said:
Try:
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Context { Power: ANY + WiFi Connected: <insert your SSID> }
Action { Auto-Sync: ON }
Exit Task { Auto-Sync: OFF }
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Thanks I'll give it a shot, and how would I go about disfavoring sync when disconnected from charger?
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The exit task handles that.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552570
Battery saving tasks.

help with profile?
I'm trying to set a profile that silences my phones various volume and setting it to vibrate when I get to work. Only problem is that the work wifi has "dead zones" and will disconnect if I go to certain places causing the profile to unnecessarily turn on and off.
I'm wondering if I can use a "wait" command as a delay followed by an "if" statement to double check if all the conditions are met before tasker actually does anything (Example: Did I go to the bathroom with no wifi for a minute or did I actually leave work for good?)
If anyone could help me with the variable aspect of this I think I could get it done.
As it stands I have "Wifi connected to work network" as the context, turn down all volumes and set to vibrate as the enter task and restore all volumes as the exit task.

evinkay said:
I'm trying to set a profile that silences my phones various volume and setting it to vibrate when I get to work. Only problem is that the work wifi has "dead zones" and will disconnect if I go to certain places causing the profile to unnecessarily turn on and off.
I'm wondering if I can use a "wait" command as a delay followed by an "if" statement to double check if all the conditions are met before tasker actually does anything (Example: Did I go to the bathroom with no wifi for a minute or did I actually leave work for good?)
If anyone could help me with the variable aspect of this I think I could get it done.
As it stands I have "Wifi connected to work network" as the context, turn down all volumes and set to vibrate as the enter task and restore all volumes as the exit task.
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Use "time" as the trigger for the task instead of Wifi..like if u reach your workplace by 9 and leave at 5:30 then set this time period as the trigger for your silent profile..this would save your battery too..
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Techimplant said:
Use "time" as the trigger for the task instead of Wifi..like if u reach your workplace by 9 and leave at 5:30 then set this time period as the trigger for your silent profile..this would save your battery too..
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That is useful...Thank you! My schedule can vary but I think it might accomplish what I need. Now I have a separate question
I'd like the media volume to only turn down if music ISNT playing. I noticed that the MTRACK variable might be able to help me with this but I'm not sure what to use as the second part of the if statement.
What I have now is if %MTRACK!=playing then set media volume to 0 but Tasker is telling me that "the variable is not being monitored" any ideas?

evinkay said:
That is useful...Thank you! My schedule can vary but I think it might accomplish what I need. Now I have a separate question
I'd like the media volume to only turn down if music ISNT playing. I noticed that the MTRACK variable might be able to help me with this but I'm not sure what to use as the second part of the if statement.
What I have now is if %MTRACK!=playing then set media volume to 0 but Tasker is telling me that "the variable is not being monitored" any ideas?
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Well ..if u listen to music via earphones then set the condition for a particular level of high volume "when the earphones are plugged in". .when u plug them out then set an " exit task on removal of earphones" to bring the volume down..so when u plug out the media volume will be zero or whatever level u want
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And i am not a pro in tasker ..this is what I think should do it.. Coz I have started using Tasker from yesterday only..so if anybody who is an expert can help u out..
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Techimplant said:
Well ..if u listen to music via earphones then set the condition for a particular level of high volume "when the earphones are plugged in". .when u plug them out then set an " exit task on removal of earphones" to bring the volume down..so when u plug out the media volume will be zero or whatever level u want
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And i am not a pro in tasker ..this is what I think should do it.. Coz I have started using Tasker from yesterday only..so if anybody who is an expert can help u out..
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That did the trick... I never would have though about that solution because I had my head so deep into this one method that I thought HAD to work... Thanks so much for the help!
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evinkay said:
That did the trick... I never would have though about that solution because I had my head so deep into this one method that I thought HAD to work... Thanks so much for the help!
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No problems.. Glad I could help..I am trying to understand this app myself..the possibilities are endless with this amazing app..thank u developers ..
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Anyone can tell me the difference between tasker and IFTT? I've been using IFTT and it seems to make these tasks a little less complicated. Then again I don't do too much crazy stuff, just silencing at work, loud when I leave, etc
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justinisloco said:
Anyone can tell me the difference between tasker and IFTT? I've been using IFTT and it seems to make these tasks a little less complicated. Then again I don't do too much crazy stuff, just silencing at work, loud when I leave, etc
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Iftt is just like you said, less complicated than tasker. While good it lacks the ability for more complicated tasks. With tasker you can have your phone do pretty much anything you want. That is if you can figure out the complicated programming language to make it happen. In addition tasker has many useful plugins that tie in with some of the best apps such as lux, gravity screen, secure settings, etc. etc. For instance...With tasker you can have a custom alarm message played when you wake that polls information from a weather site, and reads your current location and the weather aloud in a Jarvis like voice. Super complicated to set up...For me that is...but totally awesome. With tasker sometimes I think...I wish my phone could do this...And with research and some effort I can make it happen.
Edit: I almost forgot the coolest thing about tasker. If you install the Google search api app, and link autovoice to it, you can activate tasker tasks with okay Google now. For instance if I say, okay Google reboot, the phone reboots. Or okay Google turn on Bluetooth, it turns on Bluetooth.

Lokke9191 said:
Iftt is just like you said, less complicated than tasker. While good it lacks the ability for more complicated tasks. With tasker you can have your phone do pretty much anything you want. That is if you can figure out the complicated programming language to make it happen. In addition tasker has many useful plugins that tie in with some of the best apps such as lux, gravity screen, secure settings, etc. etc. For instance...With tasker you can have a custom alarm message played when you wake that polls information from a weather site, and reads your current location and the weather aloud in a Jarvis like voice. Super complicated to set up...For me that is...but totally awesome. With tasker sometimes I think...I wish my phone could do this...And with research and some effort I can make it happen.
Edit: I almost forgot the coolest thing about tasker. If you install the Google search api app, and link autovoice to it, you can activate tasker tasks with okay Google now. For instance if I say, okay Google reboot, the phone reboots. Or okay Google turn on Bluetooth, it turns on Bluetooth.
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How how would you do that?! please teach us :angel:

Try apps like app config & utasker. You can specify what to happen on launching what app & what not.
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zubsz said:
How how would you do that?! please teach us :angel:
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The weather profile would take me pages of typing to explain, but the okay Google interaction is quite simple. First you need root. Then xposed framework and the module called Google search api 1.1. Once that's done install autovoice. Autovoice should now show up in google search api app. Next make a profile in tasker to reboot your phone or whatever you want. To do this you will need to have "secure settings" installed for tasker. Now make the trigger for this profile an autovoice command. And voila say okay Google and your autovoice command and the tasker profile will activate.
Armando has a demo on YouTube titled "autovoice integration with Google now demo" it won't walk you through the steps to set it up, but it shows some of the cool stuff he does with it.

Hey guys, pretty new to Tasker, but I'm been brainstorming new profiles to add to my phone. I have a problem however with my latest idea. I am trying to build a "Quick charge" profile that triggers Airplane mode when connected to power (AC) but also retains Wifi radio (as I use GV/Hangouts as my primary use of communication). However using the Secure settings plugins, Wifi gets turned off regardless of my setting the the SS [Airplane mode] state to "Wifi". Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: Fixed it, Secure Settings----System+------Airplane Mode Radios, Check all the DONT want to keep on, and put the task in front of Airplane mode on.

Call Blocker

Just wanna know is there any call blocker app that when people call to my phone, i want them to hear a sound like my phone is in switch off mode? I dont want a rejected sound. I know every telco operator provide you with many different kind of sound when someone try to call you when your phone is in switch off, like unable to reach the phone bla bla bla. I wanted my phone to fakely appear offline or in switch off mode and on the other hand i can still play with my phone, surfing internet and so on.
is there any app or xposed module that can make our phone to do that?
Sorry for my english. :laugh:

Um curious to know who you are trying to block??
Have you tried 'Call blocker' in xposed framework, maybe you can customise the block mode. Failing that Google (Store/Web) is your friend.
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ddogishere said:
Um curious to know who you are trying to block??
Have you tried 'Call blocker' in xposed framework, maybe you can customise the block mode. Failing that Google (Store/Web) is your friend.
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I already try that but that doesnt have the feature that i want. I just wanted to block some of my private client that usually disturbing me at night. I dont want to use samsung blocker that give reject ring/sound when someone try to reach me, i dont want my client to feel like i am rejecting their calls and instead i want them to think that i am switching off my phone.

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IzArsha said:
Just wanna know is there any call blocker app that when people call to my phone, i want them to hear a sound like my phone is in switch off mode? I dont want a rejected sound. I know every telco operator provide you with many different kind of sound when someone try to call you but your phone is switch off, like unable to reach the phone bla bla bla. I wanted my phone to fakely appear offline or in switch off mode and on the other hand i can still play with my phone, surfing internet and so on.
is there any app or xposed module that can make our phone to do that?
Sorry for my english. :laugh:
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You can either use all volumes and vibration to silent (in which case people calling you will get the same feedback as when you are not near the phone) or you can use use airplane mode (more like when you outside of the coverage area or out of battery). I am actually all 3 (2 mentioned + blocking mode) depending on what I want to achieve.
For the first mode if you will use a program like LLAMA you can even set exceptions (and a different set of exceptions could eventually be set for blocking mode).

xclub_101 said:
You can either use all volumes and vibration to silent (in which case people calling you will get the same feedback as when you are not near the phone) or you can use use airplane mode (more like when you outside of the coverage area or out of battery). I am actually all 3 (2 mentioned + blocking mode) depending on what I want to achieve.
For the first mode if you will use a program like LLAMA you can even set exceptions (and a different set of exceptions could eventually be set for blocking mode).
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That's not what i want if you can read my post carefully. Never mind case close. I dont think the apps are available yet.

IzArsha said:
That's not what i want if you can read my post carefully. Never mind case close. I dont think the apps are available yet.
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1. You can not hide from your telco, you are either connected to them or you are not.
2. If connected the telco gets to decide what other people hear after a rejected call.
3. If not connected (airplane mode) you can still be connected to WiFi and browse the internet.

IzArsha said:
That's not what i want if you can read my post carefully. Never mind case close. I dont think the apps are available yet.
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AFAIK atm there is not such app that can do a job as you require. I'm also searching for this kind of app for a long time, but have not found yet. In the older Symbian phone, I've used the app "ACM - Advanced Call Manager" and it does this job exactly what you need.
If there was an app like that, it should work in the following manner: When there is an incoming call from a number in the blacklist, this app will answer the call automatically and then play the preset announcement (e.g 'The number you've called is not available at the moment, please try again later' blah blah...).
Atm the best call blocker app on Android I've used is 'Call Master', it is very powerful and flexible. But it doesn't has this feature yet.
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xclub_101 said:
You can either use all volumes and vibration to silent (in which case people calling you will get the same feedback as when you are not near the phone) or you can use use airplane mode (more like when you outside of the coverage area or out of battery). I am actually all 3 (2 mentioned + blocking mode) depending on what I want to achieve.
For the first mode if you will use a program like LLAMA you can even set exceptions (and a different set of exceptions could eventually be set for blocking mode).
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xclub_101 said:
1. You can not hide from your telco, you are either connected to them or you are not.
2. If connected the telco gets to decide what other people hear after a rejected call.
3. If not connected (airplane mode) you can still be connected to WiFi and browse the internet.
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Please do read the question carefully before answer.
And this is a smart-phone, not a dump-phone so it needs a smart-solution.

vndnguyen said:
AFAIK atm there is not such app that can do a job as you require. I'm also searching for this kind of app for a long time, but have not found yet. In the older Symbian phone, I've used the app "ACM - Advanced Call Manager" and it does this job exactly what you need.
If there was an app like that, it should work in the following manner: When there is an incoming call from a number in the blacklist, this app will answer the call automatically and then play the preset announcement (e.g 'The number you've called is not available at the moment, please try again later' blah blah...).
Atm the best call blocker app on Android I've used is 'Call Master', it is very powerful and flexible. But it doesn't has this feature yet.
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Please do read the question carefully before answer.
And this is a smart-phone, not a dump-phone so it needs a smart-solution.
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Yeah, Finally a very good and professional answer to me. Thank you my friend :good: I'll thank you later. Im limited to 8 thanks already. Yes i use this feature in symbian phones years ago before i take my step to android, like you said the app really do the job. But there are no apps that similar to ACM for our Android atm. I really wish they make one in a short time. For me, it's the best and a must have app for workers like me who dont want to give bad customer service to the clients by not rejecting their calls using samsung blocker.

Root call blocker. Used to use it on my old nexus s. If I recall correctly it made it look like you are out of coverage. But, as the app's name says, you have to be rooted.
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lvnatic said:
Root call blocker. Used to use it on my old nexus s. If I recall correctly it made it look like you are out of coverage. But, as the app's name says, you have to be rooted.
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Nope, it does not and it can not made it looks like you are out of coverage. The ONLY way this kind of app (if any) works is by auto-answering the call and auto-playing the announcement, that I have said in the previous post.
Root call blocker is just a simplify version of Call Master app, that I have mentioned above. They are from the same developer.
I'm currently using Call Master. Call Master is more powerful and more flexible than Root call blocker.

lvnatic said:
Root call blocker. Used to use it on my old nexus s. If I recall correctly it made it look like you are out of coverage. But, as the app's name says, you have to be rooted.
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I've tried all apps calls " Call Blocker" on android before posting my question here, and it doesn't seem to give me the feature that i want. I guess we just have to wait.

Notification when I press Power Button

Hello ...
I have the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) with Android 6.0.1 from Saturday (NOT rooted ... yet). After a lot of hours searching and setup I have this "problem":
When I press the PowerButton for 2-3 seconds to show the options: Reboot/ShutDown/SafeMode it sounds the Messages notification !! How can I disable this?
Thanks in advance.

I still cannot disable it (without reset the phone)
I wonder if this notification is by default ....???
Thanks

zavag said:
I still cannot disable it (without reset the phone)
I wonder if this notification is by default ....???
Thanks
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Dunno if you can remove it without root, but you can do it with root. You find system sounds at /system/media/audio/ui. There you should find the sound file regarding power menu, then delete it and reboot and that's it.

@zavag
I try to turn it on to reproduce your problem but In my case, I can not even find out how I can turn it on.
Can you tell me...
How you activated it?
On which build are you?
@Henkate
I think it would be rather embarrassing for Samsung if you can not even personalize a notification tone without major changes to the system.
By the way, even if I do not actually think of TouchWiz. For me it's just ugly and overbloat!

I really don't know how it activated. The phone is new and ... you know ... I was searching a lot of settings in order to setup as I like. I googled it ... I found some infos but it didn't work.
On the other hand I don't want to reset (and most I don't want to root it from now) because I spent a lot of hours to set it up.
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@zavag
I try to turn it on to reproduce your problem but In my case, I can not even find out how I can turn it on.
Can you tell me...
How you activated it?
On which build are you?
@Henkate
I think it would be rather embarrassing for Samsung if you can not even personalize a notification tone without major changes to the system.
By the way, even if I do not actually think of TouchWiz. For me it's just ugly and overbloat!
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Know what you mean! I think if there is really no other way you are at minimum able to backup your settings in almost any app.
Maybe you like to inform about adb based backup solutions like declared here:
https://www.droidwiki.de/wiki/Backup/Ohne_Root
I also found a tool called Ultimate Backup on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844032
If you don't have access to a Linux or at least Windoof computer you can maybe search for how to use adb through androids buit in Linux command shell. Don't know if there is a workaround.
But in my opinion it is already poor from Samsung if one must operate such an effort in order to turn off a notification!
zavag said:
I really don't know how it activated. The phone is new and ... you know ... I was searching a lot of settings in order to setup as I like. I googled it ... I found some infos but it didn't work.
On the other hand I don't want to reset (and most I don't want to root it from now) because I spnt a lot of hours to set it up.
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zavag said:
Hello ...
I have the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) with Android 6.0.1 from Saturday (NOT rooted ... yet). After a lot of hours searching and setup I have this "problem":
When I press the PowerButton for 2-3 seconds to show the options: Reboot/ShutDown/SafeMode it sounds the Messages notification !! How can I disable this?
Thanks in advance.
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It's related to some accesibility services. Try to disable them in settings!

MaDaLiNoSt said:
It's related to some accesibility services. Try to disable them in settings!
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I found this while searching internet for other phones. But ... I think that is general infos and no specific....I couldn't disable it.

MaDaLiNoSt said:
It's related to some accesibility services. Try to disable them in settings!
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You are right!
Settings => Accessibility => Vision => Accessibility Shortcut
Was On and I changed it to OFF
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zavag said:
You are right!
Settings => Accessibility => Vision => Accessibility Shortcut
Was On and I changed it to OFF
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I am happy that I helped you.

is there a way to split ring volume and notification volume?

Hi i was wondering if anybody has any way of changing the ring and notification volume separately, this is a feature im missing coming from samsung is there any fix for this?

No, that's a new "feature" of Android 9. No separation anymore.
What I did was to download the sounds I use to my PC, lowered/raised the volumes where needed, and put them on the phone again.

I was just trying this same thing a few days ago, i swear i thought you could do this on older phones.
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jackennils said:
No, that's a new "feature" of Android 9. No separation anymore.
What I did was to download the sounds I use to my PC, lowered/raised the volumes where needed, and put them on the phone again.
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That's a nice new feature thanks for that tip

app - Phone ring control
you may try this app "Phone ring control" - works for me

jackennils said:
No, that's a new "feature" of Android 9. No separation anymore.
What I did was to download the sounds I use to my PC, lowered/raised the volumes where needed, and put them on the phone again.
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How can it be called a feature if you don't want it?

Volume Limit Removal Mod No Longer Works on Pie on Note 9?

Hi all
I've just upgraded to Pie this week on my Note 9, and wish I hadn't. Apart from various annoying bugs, the biggest issue I have right now is that the mod to remove the volume limiter using Tasker no longer seems to work.
It didn't work straight after the upgrade, so I reapplied the steps using this guide (https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-automatically-disable-the-high-volume-warning-without-root/)
But doesn't work.
Does anybody have any suggestions please? It's driving me nuts. Thanks

Downerhouse said:
Hi all
I've just upgraded to Pie this week on my Note 9, and wish I hadn't. Apart from various annoying bugs, the biggest issue I have right now is that the mod to remove the volume limiter using Tasker no longer seems to work.
It didn't work straight after the upgrade, so I reapplied the steps using this guide (https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-automatically-disable-the-high-volume-warning-without-root/)
But doesn't work.
Does anybody have any suggestions please? It's driving me nuts. Thanks
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So curious, where is it failing? Do you get any toast pop up notification?
I'm really happy you asked this, as I followed the link and set this up on oreo, but I want to be able to get it working on pie as well once I have the update.
The things I would check:
The ADB commands, connect and send them again, yes if not working, send even again, again.
Did you get the settings for AutoTools all set, there was one that I missed until I tried to run it, then it gave a warning.
The author posts a picture of the final set-up, did you double check that all that matches?
Is it possible we would need to re-install AutoTools and re-set all it's privileges?

So I've discovered the following.
The Tasker script is working. When examining the variable at boot, the safe_audio_limit is set at 3. Tasker then manages to change to a value of 2. But when you try to increase volume on a Bluetooth headset it still asks for permission
After that, it seems to work, until the next reboot
So my conclusion is that there is a new variable that needs setting at.boot time in conjunction with the safe_audio_limit value.
More investigation required.

Super easy fix is grabbing Samfix on XDA Labs.

HurricaneXDA said:
Super easy fix is grabbing Samfix on XDA Labs.
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Are you sure? That thread says otherwise.
Plus I don't like apps that don't check for available root, but ask for adb root privileges. That's just sloppy
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Downerhouse said:
So I've discovered the following.
The Tasker script is working. When examining the variable at boot, the safe_audio_limit is set at 3. Tasker then manages to change to a value of 2. But when you try to increase volume on a Bluetooth headset it still asks for permission
After that, it seems to work, until the next reboot
So my conclusion is that there is a new variable that needs setting at.boot time in conjunction with the safe_audio_limit value.
More investigation required.
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Global.settings there is this value
unsafe_volume_music_active_ms

Nochlab1 said:
Global.settings there is this value
unsafe_volume_music_active_ms
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I was wondering if we could add "unsafe_volume_music_active_ms" using autotools?
just like the previous "audio_safe_volume_state" but don't know what value to try? Were you able to see what the value was set at when you found this?
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rusty.gh said:
I was wondering if we could add "unsafe_volume_music_active_ms" using autotools?
just like the previous "audio_safe_volume_state" but don't know what value to try? Were you able to see what the value was set at when you found this?
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Thought it was working, on reboot it failed.