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My Solution to Help Stop Screen Freezes (Tasker app)

Since a lot of people suggest disabling the g-sensor to prevent the screen freezes I thought I'd try something.
I don't want to have my rotation disabled as it's very handy to have. So what I do is use an app called Tasker. It's not free, but there is a 7-day trial available.
Basically I have it set to disable screen rotation every time the screen is off..and so far I haven't had any screen freezes. It may be coincidence, it may not be. I'm not exactly sure if the app does disable the g-sensor or does something else, but so far so good.
For those that don't know about Tasker...it's probably the best app that will ever be made for Android. You can make your phone do almost anything.
For example, I use it to:
When I get home, Wifi turns on and 3G is turned off. When I leave home, Wifi turns off and 3G turns on....same for work.
I have it disable wifi, 3g and screen rotation at night when I'm in bed.
It enables GPS when I launch maps or navigation, and disables GPS when I close the app.
And those are very basic ones...
The Tasker wiki has many more advanced "profiles" you can use:
Code:
Lock An Application
Start the Day with a Particular Application
Battery Full Alert
Launch Music App When Headset Inserted
Launch Menu of Music Apps When Headset Inserted
Keep screen awake when using the keyboard
Speaking Clock for Android 1.5
Control Keyguard (scroll to unlock) when Power is Connected/Disconnected
Keep Multiple Backups of Tasker Config
Change Ringtone on Every New Call
Mute in Meetings
Hold Ringer Volume Down
Auto-Respond To SMSs At Night
Change Volume Levels during Different Times of the Day
Check Data/SMS/Minute Usage With Carrier While Sleeping
Temporarily max brightness of screen during Incoming Call
Auto (Silent) Sleep Mode with Exceptions
Intermediate
Power Plug In - Choose Car/Home/Night Mode
Generic Toggle Widget
Open the keyboard and start texting
Set volume then Launch menu of music apps
Alarmclock without Snooze
Alarms with Snooze and Vibrate
Geburtstagserinnerung (German)
Car Locator
Notification Reminder Pulse
Locate your phone using SMS and google maps
Lock your phone and locate it by SMS and sound
A full talking clock
Act like a docking station when plugged into USB
Auto answer calls when your bluetooth headset is connected
Extended phone profile changer with Notification and Widget
Turn your cell phone into a Voip phone
Advanced
Periodic Data Check (Juicedefender Replacement)
Creates profiles similar to S60 devices and changes them depending on variety of factors
U.S. Navy Ships Bells (Using Tasker's OR '/' feature) * Pattern Matching *
Changing background image depending on current weather (Using HTTPGet)
Or you can simply create your own...there is a learning curve, but once you get a feel for it, it's VERY powerful! It can control almost every part of your Android phone.
There's a decent thread with more examples on xda in this thread.
I realise this is a software post, but it's main aim was to point out a way of disabling rotation to help with screen freezes

Hey,
thanks for this thread, i have downloaded tasker now.
Can you post your code for disabling gsensor when screen is off?
//EDIT: Sorry, its very easy.. i think i can create it by myself

HTC_HDD said:
Hey,
thanks for this thread, i have downloaded tasker now.
Can you post your code for disabling gsensor when screen is off?
//EDIT: Sorry, its very easy.. i think i can create it by myself
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Hehe yep, it's an easy one.
New Event profile > Display off is the Event. Action is disable rotation

I have done it like you and added a task which enables the rotation if screen is on, is this correct?
I have used the phone now and i got freezes again, but not so much.. i think.
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HTC_HDD said:
I have done it like you and added a task which enables the rotation if screen is on, is this correct?
I have used the phone now and i got freezes again, but not so much.. i think.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Yep, you also have to create another to say disable screen rotation when the screen is off.

@the_scotsman
Thanks for the suggestion, I've seen a few people mention this app before but now I finally downloaded it. I'll play around a bit to figure out some combos, but one quick question..
Is this going to be something running in the background sucking up battery and memory or is it just like running scripts? What do you think? I'll run current widget once I get some tasks going to see happens, just wondering if you've found anything out yet.

tgtoys said:
@the_scotsman
Thanks for the suggestion, I've seen a few people mention this app before but now I finally downloaded it. I'll play around a bit to figure out some combos, but one quick question..
Is this going to be something running in the background sucking up battery and memory or is it just like running scripts? What do you think? I'll run current widget once I get some tasks going to see happens, just wondering if you've found anything out yet.
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It depends on what profiles you set up...if they involve wireless, it will enable wireless every so often to check access points etc....or if you are using a location profile, it will enable gps every so often to check your location. You can change how often everything polls in the settings.
I have mine as per the first post, so it does scan for wireless every so often, and I havent seen any change in battery usage.

the_scotsman said:
Yep, you also have to create another to say disable screen rotation when the screen is off.
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Can you go step by step what you do to set up display off and rotation off?

Hi,
the last NetRipper Kernel has no freezes!!
Is not overclocked, is not undervolted, has no axi and has no freezes.
with friendly greet
starbase64

starbase64 said:
Hi,
the last NetRipper Kernel has no freezes!!
Is not overclocked, is not undervolted, has no axi and has no freezes.
with friendly greet
starbase64
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Thanks, but i prefer to have axi and undervolt
And I have no freezes

the_scotsman said:
Hehe yep, it's an easy one.
New Event profile > Display off is the Event. Action is disable rotation
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I can find everything else exept "disable rotation" in Actions. I only found "display rotation" in settings. Any help?

tzic said:
I can find everything else exept "disable rotation" in Actions. I only found "display rotation" in settings. Any help?
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Yea, thats the one..just choose that one and set it to "off" in the settings for it

ty for the quick reply scotsman, I ll report back in a day or two.

Tried this, but didnt work
I tried many different versions of kernels but in all if I keep my phone on standby (screen off) for a long time, say 20 mins, my phone freezes, My hardware buttons still glow on press, but phone never wakes up, any Ideas??

Even you disable display rotation, the sensor is still active, just use Gscript and disable sensor, you won't get any more freeze.

justwonder said:
Even you disable display rotation, the sensor is still active, just use Gscript and disable sensor, you won't get any more freeze.
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I was just about to write exactly the same words!
Scotsman - can you tell if Tasker can run a custom written script, upon some event? Then we can use it to turn off the gsensor!

Finally seems to be workin!!I made 2 changes:
1) Upgraded my radio from 2.08 to 2.12 (I recommend this one)
2) Stopped GSensor with Gscript

Another issue,
After I restart the sensor via script, photos in album wont rotate anymore!!
I did a `ps -ef|grep akmd` and the process is running, any thoughts??
edit: it works after restart!!

did you use the free gscript? cause mine says needs su:true

Your solution is great thanks... i did something slightly different : using tasker, autorotation is enabled only for apps that I want too, like gallery. Rest of the time, its off and working great that way too.

Launch Daydream with a Shortcut

Has anyone figured out a way to launch Daydream using NFC launcher, either directly or using Tasker or any other shortcut app?
I am using a wireless charging solution and would love to launch Daydream using NFC as I put the phone on the charger, but do not want to have daydream on all the time when it is plugged in to a wired charger.
I tried Daydream Launcher in the app store but it does not work on the S4.
Thanks.

Reviving an older post I know but....I'd also like to see this possible rather than having to go through the Settings>Display>Daydream rigmarole

I also would like to know if there is a quick or even automatic way to start daydream rather than lock screen.

Yes, daydream mode is a nice feature of Samsung, but very cumbersome to activate.
I'd like to see quick way to activate too.
Hummmm that gives me an idea, maybe a custom shortcut maker might help. Will give it a go..
Edit, I used quick shortcut maker and made a shortcut easy.
In quick shortcut maker you can do a search, so I just typed "day" and daydream showed up on the list all on its alone I hope this is what your all looking for.
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ranger4740 said:
Yes, daydream mode is a nice feature of Samsung, but very cumbersome to activate.
I'd like to see quick way to activate too.
Hummmm that gives me an idea, maybe a custom shortcut maker might help. Will give it a go..
Edit, I used quick shortcut maker and made a shortcut easy.
In quick shortcut maker you can do a search, so I just typed "day" and daydream showed up on the list all on its alone I hope this is what your all looking for.
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Thanks ranger4740. :good: A shortcut sure does help.

I moved from a Galaxy Nexus to the Galaxy S4. The pogo-pin desktop dock was one of my favorite things about the GN. With Daydream, it made it into a perfect clock. So one of the first things I did when I got the GS4 was to figure out how to get as close as possible to what the GN was like in the dock.
The app Daydream Launcher launches Daydream and I was able to set up an NFC task for it using NFC Task Launcher. I also installed a clock replacement called Clock Plus that has more features than the stock clock app, such as allowing an adjustable brightness range for night mode that allows for extreme dimness--which I prefer.
I place my phone into a little plastic stand in landscape mode on my nightstand and was having problems getting Daydream to go into landscape, so I use an app called Rotate to make sure I have landscape Daydream mode when I plug in my phone and set it in the stand.
So now, I plug in my phone, unlock it, and touch an NFC tag to get where I was with my old GN and the pogo dock. Not quite as elegant, but it works fairly well.

The Secure Settings Tasker plugin allows you to toggle daydream too.

The best I was able to do with Secure Settings was go directly to the Daydream Settings page, but not launch Daydream directly, which was exactly what Quick Shortcut Maker did. This thread is about the GS4, so it shouldn't be Touchwiz that's the problem. Am I missing something?
I know there's a problem with Touchwiz messing up the simple way other versions of Android get to Daydream. Daydream Launcher is listed as incompatible with the GS4 and would not let me download it. Daydream Launcher Pro force closed. The only other daydream launching app I found let me download it and then gave me a message saying my device was not supported.
I tried using a touch-recording macro that could possibly be used in a Tasker task, but the stop button was hidden by Daydream's fullscreen window, so it wasn't useful.
I've even been looking for Xposed Framework mods to make a direct path and I couldn't find anything.

Just found this thread because I wanted to do the same
Found a solution:
Tasker + Secure Settings (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin&hl=de)
--> Install Secure Settings, Enbale System+, Set DayDream to "always", Set a Task in Tasker if Power + Wireless --> SecureSettings Toggle DayDream
So it will be on if you wireless charge and if you don't charge wirless the DayDream gets deactivated.

chrisonline said:
Just found this thread because I wanted to do the same
Found a solution:
Tasker + Secure Settings (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin&hl=de)
--> Install Secure Settings, Enbale System+, Set DayDream to "always", Set a Task in Tasker if Power + Wireless --> SecureSettings Toggle DayDream
So it will be on if you wireless charge and if you don't charge wirless the DayDream gets deactivated.
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And I just found your post because I want to do the same! I have DayDream set to activate while charging or docked on my Nexus 6. The problem is that when the phone is fully charged, the current stops on my wireless charger and so does DayDream. Does your Tasker task fix that or does the Toggle keep it active until you manually toggle it off?

Puh.. Good question.
I don't use it anymore because my Nexus 5 are getting extremly hot if I do this...
So I can't remember how it was if the battery was full charged... But I think it worked all the time.

chrisonline said:
Puh.. Good question.
I don't use it anymore because my Nexus 5 are getting extremly hot if I do this...
So I can't remember how it was if the battery was full charged... But I think it worked all the time.
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Thanks Chris, I guess all I can do is try it. Ideally I'd like it to activate for my wireless charger at home, but not for my wired chargers at home and in my car. If just that part works, it will be worth it.

Yeah with Tasker this should work of you have Bluetooth in your car. Tasker can than check if in car.

chrisonline said:
Yeah with Tasker this should work of you have Bluetooth in your car. Tasker can than check if in car.
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you can also launch it from home screen its easy you have to have nova launcher installed...go to gestures & input now select a swipe gesture for example swipe up now head to shortcuts then activities now scroll down until you see system ui now tap on system ui and select day dream and you're done

App or feature to schedule UPSM

Day 1 with phone and first charge didn't make it through the night. The ultra power saving mode sounds really promising - anyone seen an app or feature that could set UPSM on and off on a schedule? Or auto-enable it at say 10% power? I hope that's not obvious in the settings and I missed it, I couldn't find anything like it.

Tasker maybe?
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It's hard to believe Samsung didn't build that feature in. But they didn't. Taker is a good idea, someone give it a try.
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I bought Tasker and installed to try it out. I was able to set up a profile with tasks for standard settings like radio, bluetooth, mobile data. But I don't see a way to access UPSM as an action. The ability to launch Settings and click a button seems to require root. SecureSettings plugin didn't seem to add any new abilities that would help with this. I'm not too familiar with Tasker so if anyone has an idea on a method to execute upsm I would try it. Seems like samsung would at least put in the option to auto-enable at a certain percentage battery remaining.

Close but no cigar
While im no tasker guru, i have had slight sucsess through starting UPSM. The profiles starts when the batery is below 10% but only launches the UPSM setting screen. Its found under: App/Launch App and you need st select all in the bottom left. This only launches the setting screen, you then need to enable it and select okay. I have been trying to find a way to pass arguments to UPSM but lack the knolege...

I was going to ask the same questions.
Have you had any success on making UPSM turn on automatically at night?

[Q] Keep app stay open after turning screen off.

Hi!
I'm trying to help a guy building an disc golf score input app for Android Wear to find a solution to force the app to stay open/in front while active. This to save battery, so you can turn off the screen between holes/baskets and when waking the screen the app is there again.
Now every time the screen goes off you will get back to the watch face when waking it up. Then you need to navigate back to the app to be able to continue your score input. This make it all inconvenient.
The same goes for example Google Keep. If you have a grocery list you use while shopping you want to go right back to the list. Today you must turn on the screen, go into your launcher, and re-enter the app, not really convenient right?
Anyone good at this stuff, and have any idea how to code this right?
//Soren

nnevynn said:
Hi!
I'm trying to help a guy building an disc golf score input app for Android Wear to find a solution to force the app to stay open/in front while active. This to save battery, so you can turn off the screen between holes/baskets and when waking the screen the app is there again.
Now every time the screen goes off you will get back to the watch face when waking it up. Then you need to navigate back to the app to be able to continue your score input. This make it all inconvenient.
The same goes for example Google Keep. If you have a grocery list you use while shopping you want to go right back to the list. Today you must turn on the screen, go into your launcher, and re-enter the app, not really convenient right?
Anyone good at this stuff, and have any idea how to code this right?
//Soren
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Within your own app:
https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/wakelock.html
android:keepScreenOn="true"
But you can just do this with another app:
Pin An App for A.W.
Bubble Launcher

sirrelevant said:
Within your own app:
https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/wakelock.html
android:keepScreenOn="true"
But you can just do this with another app:
Pin An App for A.W.
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Thanks man! "Pin an app for A.W" is a good workaround for now. It made it faster to access the app, but still I only get to the app "homescreen".
//Soren

I already tried to make such feature, simply using WAKE_LOCK and I had the same issue (will have to check again).
I did not make any new attempt to solve this (in standby ), but I think that we should do this with handled app that keeps WAKE_LOCK and run/update android wear app when you turn on watch screen.

[Solution] Start Tasker after head unit sleep

I was asked by @rigattoni if I could write an app that allows to trigger Tasker after head unit wakes up from sleep (aka fast boot).
Why? Android has no reliable way for apps to be triggered when the device resumes from suspend-to-RAM state (aka fast boot).
Therefore a lot of Tasker users are missing a way to achieve that any Tasker jobs are started in fast boot.
My small little app tries to solve this.
This topic was first mentioned here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82596933&postcount=6133
How it works:
When a USB mass storage device is attached, the app will be triggered by Android, both in cold boot, and also in "fast boot".
Then the app waits for 10 seconds and then fires a Tasker specific intent to Tasker and the app will finish itself.
This allows that any Tasker tasks will be triggered.
In the attachment you find both a ready APK and the source code of it.
Note: I will not maintain this app.
If the APK does not fit your needs, adapt the source code yourself.
If you want to send other intents additionally, adapt the source code yourself.
If you want to change the timeout of 10 seconds, adapt the source code yourself.
If you don't know how to do so, take an online Android App Development training.

Thanks for your effort and this post ?

I've simply used tasker with "Display on" event for starting the app I need, turning wifi on, etc.
Working flawlessly for cold boot or resume... why not this method?

themissionimpossible said:
I've simply used tasker with "Display on" event for starting the app I need, turning wifi on, etc.
Working flawlessly for cold boot or resume... why not this method?
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For me and others, the Tasker background process is killed on resume so it's not "active" to know that the screen is on or otherwise.

In my case tasker always runs on start.
But if for somebody tasker is killed on resume, how another app instead should be able not to be killed as well?

This app here is started by Android itself if a USB stick is present and so resistent against the 'kill all running apps' issue.

Missing Accessibility activation
On CSN2, CSN2-D, RL7Ac units another issue is visible, according to the Android restrictions starting with Android 8, that accessibility settings are not stored. That means that Tasker is not allowed to work in background... This is a no go for us...
This can be "fixed" if the unit is rooted!
What is needed:
Preparation:
Unit is rooted
Tasker installed
Secure Settings installed and activated
Workflow:
Secure Settings:
Switch to tab "SYSTEM+"
Press the button "DISABLED" and wait until the system is set to "ENABLED"
Close the app
Tasker:
Open "Preferences" in Tasker, switch to tab "MISC", activate "Allow External Access" and deactivate "Reduce Resource Usage". There might be some popups afterwards when closing Tasker about battery usage... As we don´t care about that, please accept these changes.
Task:
Create a profile, Example:
"Screen on" with higher priority (otherwise the task may be scheduled)
Create new task
Press the "+" button to add a command
Choose "Plugin and there "Secure Settings"
Press the stylo and open "System + Action"
Choose "Accessibility Settings" and search for Tasker in the list (on some units, the field is really small to find any app)
Press the "DISABLED" button to get it changed to "ENABLED" and safe the setting.
You can add other accessibility changes too. In this case you need to add a wait of 100ms between the commands.
(FCC needs it, because otherwise some functionality of FCC does not work (automatic light, volume....))
Example added to import in Tasker.

not working for me on android 10 (( (825X_pro)

magicm3n said:
not working for me on android 10 (( (825X_pro)
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Would you please precise what is not working?
What happens if you start the app manually?
...some information as given would really be useful, right?

rigattoni said:
Would you please precise what is not working?
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Tasker does not start after waking up.
rigattoni said:
Would you please precise what is not working?
What happens if you start the app manually?
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If I start app manualy its OK, tasker starts

You need a USB stick being attached to the head unit. Have you done this?

realzoulou said:
You need a USB stick being attached to the head unit. Have you done this?
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Yes, of course, USB stick attached

magicm3n said:
Yes, of course, USB stick attached
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If you pull out the stick and put it back in again. Do you get the popup to start the StartTasker automatically?

rigattoni said:
If you pull out the stick and put it back in again. Do you get the popup to start the StartTasker automatically?
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So, here's what news.
After a long sleep (the car sleep for about 2 hours), I turned on the ACC and received a notification asking whether to launch the StartTasker when the UDisk device was connected. I checked the "allow" box.
But now if I turn off the car for just a couple of minutes, then nothing happens: the unit wakes up, all applications are killed and the StartTasker does not start.
When I take out the stick and insert it again, then OK, the StartTasker starts - I see the correspond popup notice below.
But now there is another problem: the StartTasker itself does not start the Tasker ((. Even if I manually start StartTasker , I can see the startup notification at the bottom, but the Tasker won't start. Hm...

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So, here's what news.
After a long sleep (the car sleep for about 2 hours), I turned on the ACC and received a notification asking whether to launch the StartTasker when the UDisk device was connected. I checked the "allow" box.
But now if I turn off the car for just a couple of minutes, then nothing happens: the unit wakes up, all applications are killed and the StartTasker does not start.
When I take out the stick and insert it again, then OK, the StartTasker starts - I see the correspond popup notice below.
But now there is another problem: the StartTasker itself does not start the Tasker ((. Even if I manually start StartTasker , I can see the startup notification at the bottom, but the Tasker won't start. Hm...
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StartTasker is NOT for starting Tasker, it´s to activate Tasker working in background. It just send an Intent, nothing else.
Check if in Accessibility settings Tasker is activated and in Tasker settings if "Allow External Access" is activated and "Reduce Resource Usage" deactivated.
Add a new profile with Display Orientation Landscape, write a short task with a Wait for 10 sec and add a Flash with some text and retest.
This should automatically activated after boot. and should show this flash on your unit.

Yes of course, a profile is written in the Tasker to launch another application. It works. When I rebooted the device, the StartTasker saw the connected USB and launched the Tasker, which completed the task.
But all this does not happen for some reason after exiting sleep mode.
I'll check settings tomorrow. Tnx!

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StartTasker is NOT for starting Tasker, it´s to activate Tasker working in background. It just send an Intent, nothing else.
Check if in Accessibility settings Tasker is activated and in Tasker settings if "Allow External Access" is activated and "Reduce Resource Usage" deactivated.
Add a new profile with Display Orientation Landscape, write a short task with a Wait for 10 sec and add a Flash with some text and retest.
This should automatically activated after boot. and should show this flash on your unit.
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My Head unit have not Accessibility settings (
All other is on.
Did not start after sleep.
If I reattach USB stick manually then Starter had starts, I see pop up message, but Tasker is not.

magicm3n said:
My Head unit have not Accessibility settings (
All other is on.
Did not start after sleep.
If I reattach USB stick manually then Starter had starts, I see pop up message, but Tasker is not.
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I assumed that....
See my posting here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82627859&postcount=7
You can import the task and then export as app afterwards.
In this case you just need a launcher which supports this app on start up. I use Fcc Car Launcher for that.

rigattoni said:
I assumed that....
See my posting here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82627859&postcount=7
You can import the task and then export as app afterwards.
In this case you just need a launcher which supports this app on start up. I use Fcc Car Launcher for that.
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FCC Car Launcher does not work on my Unit. No widgets support.

magicm3n said:
FCC Car Launcher does not work on my Unit. No widgets support.
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Which unit?
Please don´t let us tear all information in small parts out of you.
which Unit, MCU version, Android version... please.
Use this app to configure the Accessibility settings and check if this is still activated after deep sleep.
Just now I don´t know any unit which does not work with Fcc... not completely may be with some missing features, but the standard things are working.
...and please read at least the first thread of the Fcc Car Launcher thread...
This thread gives a solution to rework the Tasker issue... and is a real Tasker fault.
I added a solution for getting it working if any Android unit forgets the accessibility setting in deep sleep.
Your problem now is a complete different thing, which needs to be discussed in the related thread.... and this is for fact the Fcc thread.