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Toggle NFC with tasker...

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to put this question in so please forgive me and move it where it belongs and I would greatly appreciate it.
I can't find an NFC option in tasker and I'm thinking because maybe since NFC is relatively new, then it might be awhile before we see it in there. Or maybe I'm just blind and overlooking the thing.
What I want tasker to do is turn on NFC when a program named Isis wallet is opened and turn it back off when it is closed. Since this is the only thing I use NFC for, I don't want to drain battery.
If anyone can help me I would appreciate it, but thanks either way.
Later,
M. Walden
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mcw801 said:
I'm not sure if this is the right forum to put this question in so please forgive me and move it where it belongs and I would greatly appreciate it.
I can't find an NFC option in tasker and I'm thinking because maybe since NFC is relatively new, then it might be awhile before we see it in there. Or maybe I'm just blind and overlooking the thing.
What I want tasker to do is turn on NFC when a program named Isis wallet is opened and turn it back off when it is closed. Since this is the only thing I use NFC for, I don't want to drain battery.
If anyone can help me I would appreciate it, but thanks either way.
Later,
M. Walden
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note III
with the XDA Android app
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Great idea, after seeing this I wanted to get it setup for myself. You're right, I didn't see a setting within Tasker to control the NFC state, however using the Secure Settings plug in, available in the Play Store I was able to get this working. You will also need to enable System+ within secure settings. Here are some screens of my setup...Tasker allows a lot of different implementations for the same actions so YMMV
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Task- NFC On
Select Plug - in
Select Configuration
Scroll down to NFC and select, then select the 'NFC on' radial button and save... save Task
New Task- NFC Off, same process for NFC On, just select the 'NFC off' radial button this time and save Task
Set up new Profile for ISIS that will use the NFC on and NFC off tasks... Assuming that your already familiar with Tasker some quick screens should be enough.
I will probably add new Applications to this profile, or change the setup completely should I need to. But this should definitely work for your description.
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All man, thanks so much. I've been searching for a way to do this for awhile now. I really appreciate this. I owe you one.
Later,
M. Walden
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note III
with the XDA Android app

Great thread! One minor note on this. Your device must be rooted to set this up since you need to enable system+ within secure settings app

Enable VOLTE on Verizon Nexus 6

These were a couple things I had to get Advanced Calling 1.0 (VOLTE) working on my device. This is for either Lollipop or Marshmallow
Step 1 - Make sure you the feature added to your plan.
You can call Verizon and have them add the feature or you can do it yourself from logging into your account and adding it as a feature
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Step 2 -
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How to flip the VOLTE Provisioning Flag
From the Dialer, enter *#*#4636#*#*
From the resulting menu, choose Phone Information
Scroll down to TURN ON VOLTE PROVISIONING FLAG
Click to enable it, back out and you need to reboot.
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I didn't need to enable the VOLTE provisioning flag. I didn't even need to reboot my phone, the toggle showed up in the menu shortly after I enabled the feature on my plan.

it was auto enabled on M

iissmart said:
I didn't need to enable the VOLTE provisioning flag. I didn't even need to reboot my phone, the toggle showed up in the menu shortly after I enabled the feature on my plan.
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Can you screenshot it for me plz
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iissmart said:
I didn't need to enable the VOLTE provisioning flag. I didn't even need to reboot my phone, the toggle showed up in the menu shortly after I enabled the feature on my plan.
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sfld said:
it was auto enabled on M
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Just because it worked for you guys already, doesn't mean it worked for me out of the box. I actually had to do this to get mine to actually provision

Three in the UK recently started rolling out VoLTE so I'm left wondering how the option can be enabled in the UK.
The VoLTE Provisioning Flag is already showing as off but I can't see the menu in Network Settings ?
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Jygar said:
Three in the UK recently started rolling out VoLTE so I'm left wondering how the option can be enabled in the UK.
The VoLTE Provisioning Flag is already showing as off but I can't see the menu in Network Settings
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You want the provisioning to be enabled, not off..... Also, you carrier has to have it enabled on your account and it working on their network

It's free for all customers as of the beginning of September.
From the screenshots I've seen everything looks okay, guess it's not enabled on international carriers in the rom.
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Thanks. Always been meaning to look up what I need to do to turn it on.... But haven't really cared enough to do it

Disable Auto Hide Softkeys

I had this app installed that provided the ability to autohide the softkeys, but decided to uninstall it. After rebooting the phone it still has the softkeys autohiding, and I am not sure where to look to disable this function.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
I emailed the programmer but haven't heard back as of yet, and wonder if anyone else has an idea where to look to restore softkeys to default.

dratsablive said:
I had this app installed that provided the ability to autohide the softkeys, but decided to uninstall it. After rebooting the phone it still has the softkeys autohiding, and I am not sure where to look to disable this function.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
I emailed the programmer but haven't heard back as of yet, and wonder if anyone else has an idea where to look to restore softkeys to default.
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Did you restore the soft keys before uninstalling the app? That would be my first step. If that does not work, you'll have to reflash your rom.
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Actually there doesn't appear a way to disable the auto hide in the app.

dratsablive said:
Actually there doesn't appear a way to disable the auto hide in the app.
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Looking at the screenshots in the Play Store, it gives me the impression that you can toggle them on or off.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Looking at the screenshots in the Play Store, it gives me the impression that you can toggle them on or off.
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Those screens in the App Store are no where to be found, not even in the paid version.

So I reflashed:
system.img
boot.img
vendor.img
But the softkeys are still autohiding. Looks like I need a complete wipe to get rid of it. I find it disheartening that the screenshots shown on the Appstore that show a way to disable the app are not actually part of the installed app.

dratsablive said:
So I reflashed:
system.img
boot.img
vendor.img
But the softkeys are still autohiding. Looks like I need a complete wipe to get rid of it. I find it disheartening that the screenshots shown on the Appstore that show a way to disable the app are not actually part of the installed app.
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Unfortunately, that's on the developer to maintain and they appear to be unhelpful. Everything should go back to normal after a factory reset. I suggest using a custom rom to auto hide those keys, if you are so inclined.
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Thanks. Looks like I'll have to factory reset.

Found thread that provides solution. Had to tap an unmarked icon. Button has no information on what it does. These are the in app screens I get.
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Definitely not what's shown in App Store.

dratsablive said:
Found thread that provides solution. Had to tap an unmarked icon. Button has no information on what it does. These are the in app screens I get. View attachment 3677876
Definitely not what's shown in App Store.
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All's well that ends well!

WiFi turning on and off automatically

I need help with my WiFi coming on and off automatically its driving me crazy. I haven't messed with any settings on my phone. But I did notice that when I go on location settings and turn off WiFi scan the problem goes away. It was on by default. Never had a problem before. Help please.
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It do to your location settings. If you want it to stay off go to your location settings and select GPS only. For some reason some of the apps are turning on Wifi to find your location. I had the same issue but could not figure out which app was doing it.

Thanks dude this was happening to me too

The latest Google Play Services has a bug; the above workaround is all we can do until they roll out an update.

andrewNY said:
The latest Google Play Services has a bug; the above workaround is all we can do until they roll out an update.
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Thanks I was just about to ask if any one knew why this was turning it self on

I updated a few apps thru the play store yesterday with Android System Webview being among them. Afterwards, looking at my wifi tab, I noticed it's not blinking with like before. I think the latest "Android System Webview" may have fixed this issue.
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princeasi said:
I updated a few apps thru the play store yesterday with Android System Webview being among them. Afterwards, looking at my wifi tab, I noticed it's not blinking with like before. I think the latest "Android System Webview" may have fixed this issue.
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Thanks for the heads up. So far so good [emoji106]
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Changes in router's Wireless Security had caused it in my case
I had this issue and was causing me real headache. I initially thought it was hardware failure of my phone but later I found reason is something else.
For some reason I had changed Wireless Security of my WiFi router from WPA2 Personal to something else (I guess WEP).
That was causing my phone (intex cloud 4g) often to turn on and off WiFi on its own. I changed the Wireless Security back to WPA2 Personal and phone is now back to normal (not turning WiFi on and off on its own)

OK Google is Haunting Me

I intentionally turn off OK Google detection so my phone is doing one less thing, but it still is working and the options are disabled. I've only recently started to notice this. Tried to enable and disable the options again... no joy.
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Anyone?
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jgruberman said:
I intentionally turn off OK Google detection so my phone is doing one less thing, but it still is working and the options are disabled. I've only recently started to notice this. Tried to enable and disable the options again... no joy.
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This may be painfully obvious, and I'm not trying to sound sarcastic at all, but:
Have you tried saying OK Google to see if it's actually working? How about just removing the widget from your home screen and replacing it with one that isn't voice activated? Or perhaps both..

paulhansen said:
This may be painfully obvious, and I'm not trying to sound sarcastic at all, but:
Have you tried saying OK Google to see if it's actually working? How about just removing the widget from your home screen and replacing it with one that isn't voice activated? Or perhaps both..
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Yes, it does work when saying OK Google. Also, would removing it prevent the mechanism on the backend that's listening from working also? Or would the service still be running?

I know that when I removed it, there didn't seem to be any listening going on. I think it uses this process in Maps as well as a couple other GApps, so after removing it you can try it in there/disable it in there as well. If you have root, you can always freeze it with TB. I completely removed it from my phone, so I don't have it to play with to try to find these things out. That's always the first thing I do, so I know very little about tinkering with system apps without root.

You can enable OK Google in settings.
try disabling your google account in settings.