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looking for an app similar to moto assist?

Switched to this phone from the Moto X...just looking for an app thats similar to moto assist in the aspect i can set up a silent profile at night and have anyone that calls more than once go through? I've seen tons with lists of contacts to allow to ring but I need something that will allow anyone calling more than once in a row to go through like the assist app has. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance and not sure if this could go here to start a discussion in case someone is in the same boat or if it needs to go in Q&A

Yes, questions should go in Q&A. What you're looking for is Agent:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tryagent&hl=en

The "Nights Keeper" app on the Play Store might do what you want. In addition to the whitelist which you said you are not really looking for, you can use "emergency call" mode and specify the number of times a contact must call before ringing through.
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I use the preinstalled Smart Connect app for quiet mode during sleeping hours, but I don't think it can be configured to let calls ring after first attempt.

amujee said:
I use the preinstalled Smart Connect app for quiet mode during sleeping hours, but I don't think it can be configured to let calls ring after first attempt.
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One word: Tasker. ?

been very happy with agent so far.

Nights keepers is really good!

Tasker

I'd have used smart connect if it had better functionality but its too basic. So Tasker for me too.

[Q] Remove disconnected notification

I have to use an iPhone during the holidays so I disconnected my watch from my Android phone and now it shows this little cloud in the middle of the watch face, telling me it is disconnected. Is there any way to turn this little notification cloud thingy off, because it really bothers me and ruins the watchface I have set up?

Planins said:
I have to use an iPhone during the holidays so I disconnected my watch from my Android phone and now it shows this little cloud in the middle of the watch face, telling me it is disconnected. Is there any way to turn this little notification cloud thingy off, because it really bothers me and ruins the watchface I have set up?
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You can, but it won't work if there is an iPhone nearby

Spark1223 said:
You can, but it won't work if there is an iPhone nearby
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Yeah, I am not sure you really understood what I was asking... Regardless of the iPhone, if the watch is disconnected from the phone it shows this cloud in the middle of the display and it gets in my way of seeing the time.
Sorry if this was meant as a joke, but I actually really need an answer for this. Thanks anyway!

Nope, I don't think that's possible, but you can change the symbols position on some watchfaces (look at watchmaker or pujie).
I'd like to disable the symbols too...

bump! I would like some help on this too

Phone calls won't mute even with setting on Asus zenwatch2 selected

Hi everyone,
I have done a search on the forum and have not found a thread that is similar to the issue I am having. I recently bought an asus zenwatch 2 and after hours of extensive research I think it may be a known issue, now I am posting to see if people have found a way around this or an app that can do it. Basically, I understand that Android wear watches receives notifications based on what the phone receives. If phone is on silent I wont receive any notifications either. So here are a few questions I have:
1) I have mute phone notification setting on my Asus zenwatch 2 selected on the android wear app, However, this does not apply to phone calls, if I get a phone call it will not mute the ringtone and will ring on my phone. Is there a known solution or an app that can stop this?
2) Is there a way or an app to separate the notifications setting so that the watch and phone can be controlled separately? Something similar to Pebble method of notification settings?
3) I was wondering if there is a face designer app that allows you to customize watch faces with unlimited widgets on the watch face, instead of just 3? Is there one that is compatible with wear mini launcher?
Cheers!

1. I use Tasker for this. I noticed that option didn't work for me either.
2. I don't know what you mean by this but you can set the notifications for every app in the application notifications settings menu on the phone and block apps from the android wear setting.
3. Try the Watchmaker app.
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jahciple said:
1. I use Tasker for this. I noticed that option didn't work for me either.
2. I don't know what you mean by this but you can set the notifications for every app in the application notifications settings menu on the phone and block apps from the android wear setting.
3. Try the Watchmaker app.
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Thanks Jahciple,
Still learning about tasker, but it seems like it is a saviour for android users, I'll definitly look into it, thanks for the idea. Will I need to root?
In regards, to the second question, I meant is it possible to be able to control the notifications separately from the watch? Such as having the phone on silent and the watch still vibrates? Or say, having the watch to silent and the phone on vibrate? hopefully this makes sense.
Yep, found watchmaker and am using, definitely what I need.
Cheers!

I don't think there is way to control the notifications like what you are stating. I used Tasker to just turn off the vibrate on the phone when my watch is connected through bluetooth and then just put my watch in theater mode when I don't want to receive anything on the watch at the moment, but once you disable theater mode, you should still see the notifications. I really wished there was a way to turn off the vibrate on the watch, I just want to hear my phone, when a call is coming in and then look at the watch to see who it is.

jahciple said:
I don't think there is way to control the notifications like what you are stating. I used Tasker to just turn off the vibrate on the phone when my watch is connected through bluetooth and then just put my watch in theater mode when I don't want to receive anything on the watch at the moment, but once you disable theater mode, you should still see the notifications. I really wished there was a way to turn off the vibrate on the watch, I just want to hear my phone, when a call is coming in and then look at the watch to see who it is.
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Hi Jahciple,
Are you able by any chance to show me what profile/action you set up to achieve this?
Cheers!

Tasker Users on Pixel

I am a relatively new Tasker user but I'm already a Tasker addict. I have like 8 - 10 plug-ins and no clue how to even wrap my brain around what I can do with them all! I do have about 20 profiles already and absolutely love it.
I thought maybe we could have a thread in here devoted to using Tasker with our Pixels. Some phone specific things may apply, considering our Android version and the existence of our Assistant. I'll share some profiles I have and feel free to share ones you find helpful!
1) When I go to Target, it automatically opens up Cartwheel app and my shopping list app, turns off GPS, and increases screen on time to 2 minutes before timing out. When I leave Target, it sets things back to normal and texts my wife that I'm leaving Target.
2) At work, my phone goes to vibrate mode and my WiFi/data are turned off along with location. I can't use my phone during work anyway (I teach) so it just kills my battery all day usually due to bad signal in my room.
3) If I text "FINDME" to my phone, it turns up the volume, blasts a song, turns on the screen and the flashlight. Upon finding it, a quick shake back and forth resets everything to normal.
4) My night mode turns sounds all off and turns on Blue Light filter.
5) If I open up Google Maps, my GPS goes to high accuracy mode and volume is turned up.

This is an awesome thread idea. I'm going to be messing around with it so I'll post once I come up with some good ones. Interesting to see what other people use it for.
For number 5 is it possible to have GPS turn on when opening google maps and then turn it back off when I fully quit the app? I keep my GPS off at all times.

aholeinthewor1d said:
This is an awesome thread idea. I'm going to be messing around with it so I'll post once I come up with some good ones. Interesting to see what other people use it for.
For number 5 is it possible to have GPS turn on when opening google maps and then turn it back off when I fully quit the app? I keep my GPS off at all times.
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Absolutely, you just toggle "Location Services" instead of "Location Mode". You'll need the free plug-in "secure settings" to accomplish this. That's a tremendous app, so I'd get the pro version if you don't mind the $1.50 charge. It opens up so many possibilities.
Speaking of which, I hope to see some awesome integration with the Google Assistant. Between the Assistant and Tasker, that would be an amazing duo.

PsiPhiDan said:
Absolutely, you just toggle "Location Services" instead of "Location Mode". You'll need the free plug-in "secure settings" to accomplish this. That's a tremendous app, so I'd get the pro version if you don't mind the $1.50 charge. It opens up so many possibilities.
Speaking of which, I hope to see some awesome integration with the Google Assistant. Between the Assistant and Tasker, that would be an amazing duo.
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Is there even a free version? I'm only seeing one version for $2.99

aholeinthewor1d said:
Is there even a free version? I'm only seeing one version for $2.99
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Tasker is $2.99. Are we talking about the same app?
Secure Settings is free. I had it for weeks before I bought the pro version this week. I think the pro version was $1.50 though. Definitely not $2.99.

PsiPhiDan said:
Tasker is $2.99. Are we talking about the same app?
Secure Settings is free. I had it for weeks before I bought the pro version this week. I think the pro version was $1.50 though. Definitely not $2.99.
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Ah sorry read your other response wrong I thought it was saying tasker had a free version and the pro version was $1.50

aholeinthewor1d said:
Ah sorry read your other response wrong I thought it was saying tasker had a free version and the pro version was $1.50
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Tasker does have a free trial though. It's not available on the Play Store but you can download the APK on the developer's site. You can Google it and try it out. That's how I got addicted! Bought it within 12 hours. Haha.

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Tasker does have a free trial though. It's not available on the Play Store but you can download the APK on the developer's site. You can Google it and try it out. That's how I got addicted! Bought it within 12 hours. Haha.
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Haha yup.I just got it. Watching YouTube tutorials now to learn the basics

6) One of my other profiles is when I plug in my headphones, it launched my music app (Gonemad Media Player) and turns the media volume to the level I like. Upon unplugging, the media volume is restored to normal and Tasker kills the app.

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4) My night mode turns sounds all off and turns on Blue Light filter. .
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How specifically did you use Tasker to turn on the blue light filter?

Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.

I love using having Tasker on my Pixel! I still haven't made as many plugins as I need to but once I get my head wrapped around its full potential I'll certainly make more tasks.
Right now I have: Off Mobile Data @ Home & On Wifi
Lower media volume after 10pm for my mobile games.
Turn off all sorts of things like bluetooth, wifi, location, when battery is below 25 (kinda defeats the purpose of android's built in power saver right?)
I like your Google Maps idea, and I think I'll do something like that too.
Hope to learn more task tips on this thread!

aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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Systemless root.
Try the fix here, I believe it's the one that worked for me last time I had this issue.
https://dammit.nl/p/962
Edit.
Btw, I haven't had this issue since the original version of SuperSU was released for our phones.
Are you using an old version of root?
Or maybe it's because I'm on custom ROM's lately (selinux = permissive)
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Tasker + Secure Settings = automation heaven.
I want to get into AutoApps someday too. Just haven't really sat down and learned the extra functionality though.
Been waiting for better OK Google functionality to come around before I bother learning anything heavy duty.
As it is, I have six Tasker profiles that meet most of my needs.

aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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Secure settings hasn't been updated in a long time and that's what the problem is here. It doesn't know about systemless root so it looks in the wrong place for it. There is a work around for it but I don't have a link handy at this time. Some say it works for them and some say it doesn't. I haven't tried it yet so I can't say one way or the other. If I can find a link to the thread, I'll post it here unless somebody else does first.
I used to use it all the time for turning on GPS whenever Maps or Ulysee Speedometer was started. It worked great.
Also use Tasker to return to the home screen after hanging up a call. I always hated that hanging up the phone would return me to the phone app and I'd have to press the home or back button to get out of it. A small annoyance, I know but it was just one of those things I got sick of and with necessity being the mother of invention, I took care of it with Tasker.

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[/COLOR]Tasker + Secure Settings = automation heaven.
I want to get into AutoApps someday too. Just haven't really sat down and learned the extra functionality though.
Been waiting for better OK Google functionality to come around before I bother learning anything heavy duty.
As it is, I have six Tasker profiles that meet most of my needs.
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AutoApps is worth it. Opens up so much more. I listen to music all day long and had a profile made up where you could text me "#current" and it would respond back what I was listening to or if no music was playing. Then I found AutoSpotify. So, if nothing was playing you could text "#listento" and a song/artist/album, it would check to make sure headphones were in and that I wasn't in a call, then open whatever was suggested in Spotify. I primarily use Pandora but create playlists in Spotify so had another profile that I could long press volume down and it would pull the track info from Pandora, give me a list of my current playlists on Spotify, and give me an option to add it to one of them or create a new playlist.
I started noticing that I was missing texts (I would get the notification sound but would have no notification and no new text in Textra) so I scrapped anything that needed to intercept new texts. Created a little pop-up with %SMSRF and %SMSRB and sure enough it would display a new text but there'd be no trace of it on my phone.

aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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Look at this, worked for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...ersu-v2-05-t2868133/post68700891#post68700891

Most of my Tasker use with my previous phone was to save battery for longer standby times, or to automate routine tasks. I've been using the phone for a couple months without Tasker, but these are probably what I'd like to put back on first.
1) Automatically turn off Wifi when not plugged in after a set time with the screen off. I've had the Pixel chew through my battery a few times from accidentally leaving Wifi on, so this is the biggest one to start using again.
2) Turn autobrightness on or off depending on light sensor reading when screen turns on. I'm generally not a fan of autobrightness, so I had my prior phone use a set brightness in lower-light situations and to turn on autobrightness when the light sensor reading exceeded a pre-selected value.
3) Turn off Bluetooth after set parameters. My previous phone couldn't cast to the TV, so my prior routine will need to change to allow casting.
4) Turn on Bluetooth in the car and launch navigation or another app. My prior phone had a phone-specific car dock that I used to launch the car-specific task, so I'll need to come up with some other way to determine the phone is in the car.
5) Automatically sync when plugged in and connected to home Wifi. I have sync turned off, so I just have Tasker automatically sync when charging at home.
6) Toggle 4G LTE on or off to save battery when not needed. I used Gravitybox for this sort of thing previously, so right now I'm not sure what I could use for changing the cellular settings on the Pixel.

aholeinthewor1d said:
Hm. I opened secure settings and saw this..
but root works for multiple other apps.
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Look at this, worked for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...ersu-v2-05-t2868133/post68700891#post68700891
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This is what I found worked as well. Straight from the man himself (ChainFire?).

spursdude said:
How specifically did you use Tasker to turn on the blue light filter?
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You can use AutoTools. Worth the $1 or whatever it costs.

7) If the screen is on, the phone is in landscape mode, and Google Maps is open, the phone kicks into driving mode (not all my cars in the family have BT so I went a different route so I can use this wherever with my universal phone mount). This increases volume, turns on GPS, increases screen brightness, and allows me to wave my hand past the proximity sensor to turn off the screen (not locked though, so it will still open hands-free with my trusted voice plus OK Google). That last part required a shell command and root access. It's awesome though.

Can We Enable System UI Tuner

Ive googled the hell out of LG G6 System UI Tuner, and searched all of the LG Specific forums on XDA, and came up with nothing.
Ive read that its possible to enable it on EMUI Devices, but havent found a way to enable it on the LG G6. Is this something we will have to wait until root/bootloader unlock is fully achieved, or something we can enable with ADB commands?
The main reason Id want access to the Tuner, is to disable these damned Peek/Heads Up notifications.

If the G6 is anything like the V20, LG has just removed the content of the activity altogether, which means short of recreating it in Smali, it's not going to work.
If you want, you can give my replica a shot: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-systemui-tuner-t3588675

You can edit what apps can show notifications by going to Settings>Apps and then edit each apps permissions and notifications

Sure can, but what a ballache

Is it possible through Nova launcher activities? I can access it on my htc m9 through that. I don't have a g6 yet, but looking to acquire one soon....
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megamanfre said:
Ive googled the hell out of LG G6 System UI Tuner, and searched all of the LG Specific forums on XDA, and came up with nothing.
Ive read that its possible to enable it on EMUI Devices, but havent found a way to enable it on the LG G6. Is this something we will have to wait until root/bootloader unlock is fully achieved, or something we can enable with ADB commands?
The main reason Id want access to the Tuner, is to disable these damned Peek/Heads Up notifications.
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Yes it's possible and I've done it with this app. I've disabled the alarm, Bluetooth and the Wi-Fi icon on my G6
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s7/themes/ui-tuner-apply-ui-tuner-settings-t3559277

sunny_j said:
Yes it's possible and I've done it with this app. I've disabled the alarm, Bluetooth and the Wi-Fi icon on my G6
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s7/themes/ui-tuner-apply-ui-tuner-settings-t3559277
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That's probably the closest we're gonna get until root is achieved, but it works for me.
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Zacharee1 said:
If the G6 is anything like the V20, LG has just removed the content of the activity altogether, which means short of recreating it in Smali, it's not going to work.
If you want, you can give my replica a shot: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-systemui-tuner-t3588675
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That looks like it's just for DPI scaling? I'm fine with the stock DPI.
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megamanfre said:
That looks like it's just for DPI scaling? I'm fine with the stock DPI.
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No, it doesn't even have a DPI Changer.

Zacharee1 said:
No, it doesn't even have a DPI Changer.
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I maybe clicked the wrong link lol. Seeing it properly now. Gonna give it a shot. Thanks!
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No, it doesn't even have a DPI Changer.
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Works like a charm, I think. I get my notifications, without a stupid annoying ass popup!!
Cant actually change the notification level of individual apps though. But everything is on the level I wanted, I think its 2, where it allows all alerts, but doesnt allow peek or full screen notification, which is what I HATE!

megamanfre said:
Works like a charm, I think. I get my notifications, without a stupid annoying ass popup!!
Cant actually change the notification level of individual apps though. But everything is on the level I wanted, I think its 2, where it allows all alerts, but doesnt allow peek or full screen notification, which is what I HATE!
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If you reboot, the notification level control should work. You need to tap the "A" icon to turn it off auto mode.

Zacharee1 said:
If the G6 is anything like the V20, LG has just removed the content of the activity altogether, which means short of recreating it in Smali, it's not going to work.
If you want, you can give my replica a shot: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-systemui-tuner-t3588675
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Not OP, but I just tried your app, and it worked exactly as expected after granting the permissions via ADB. Finally got the clutter (BT, NFC, Alarm) hidden from my status bar. The only thing I noticed was that after reboot, the Bluetooth toggle reset to on, but the icon was still hidden (reseting blacklist restored it). I didn't try playing with the other options.

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Not OP, but I just tried your app, and it worked exactly as expected after granting the permissions via ADB. Finally got the clutter (BT, NFC, Alarm) hidden from my status bar. The only thing I noticed was that after reboot, the Bluetooth toggle reset to on, but the icon was still hidden (reseting blacklist restored it). I didn't try playing with the other options.
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I'll check the Bluetooth toggle out. That's definitely weird...

Zacharee1 said:
I'll check the Bluetooth toggle out. That's definitely weird...
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If there's anything I can do to help you, just let me know.

skielbasa said:
If there's anything I can do to help you, just let me know.
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I should be uploading a build within the next hour that'll fix your problem. The method I was using was ignoring the first item in the blacklist string (ie the first switch you used).

I really can't understand why companies like LG find it necessary to remove these things...I mean, it's not like it's a feature that can confuse some people (which is the only good reason I've heard for this type of thing) cuz this is pretty hidden to begin with.

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I really can't understand why companies like LG find it necessary to remove these things...I mean, it's not like it's a feature that can confuse some people (which is the only good reason I've heard for this type of thing) cuz this is pretty hidden to begin with.
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I can't figure it out either. I decompiled the V20 System UI and saw that they'd basically just removed all the code from the Tuner activity, like a second thought.

Nvm i got it to work. Just cant get rid of that battery icon it seems,. darn it

The app helped me as well, though I couldn't get it to hide the WiFi Calling indicator. Also, I'd love for a way to get a battery icon with the numbers inside the battery...wtf my first ever android phone from 2011 had that as an option, the heck LG?