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Need some advice with Tasker.

I am unsure if this is the correct forum or not but i need some assistance with Tasker. I can get it to turn on music with a text but I can't seem to get it to do other things, like read my texts aloud or adjust brightness/volume at specific times. I have followed several tuts i found on YouTube with no luck. I'm sure i have something that overrides tasker but i don't know where to look. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

you are right this is not the right forum. there is a forum called tasker for noob/beginner that will answer simple question like these. however tasker might behave a lil different on the galaxy s5 (you do have a s5 right?). so I'm willing to help you out here. please explain all your tasker problems in details

ok, thank you
I am wanting to have my phone (S5) read text messages to me when I am in my vehicle. I found this tutorial on youtube: http://youtu.be/GMuvSY7Car0
I followed the directions to have it read the text to me, here are some screen shots.
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I have also looked at that thread you referenced and my knowledge of Tasker is so limited I'm sure it will take me forever to filter through it. (which I plan on doing soon, but I want to get this task set up so soon.
Anything you need to know specifically? I am using the samsung messaging app, no 3rd party app. And I'm not rooted. Just updated to 4.4.2 the other day.
Thank you for giving me a hand.

Sithlyone said:
ok, thank you
I am wanting to have my phone (S5) read text messages to me when I am in my vehicle. I found this tutorial on youtube: http://youtu.be/GMuvSY7Car0
I followed the directions to have it read the text to me, here are some screen shots.
I have also looked at that thread you referenced and my knowledge of Tasker is so limited I'm sure it will take me forever to filter through it. (which I plan on doing soon, but I want to get this task set up so soon.
Anything you need to know specifically? I am using the samsung messaging app, no 3rd party app. And I'm not rooted. Just updated to 4.4.2 the other day.
Thank you for giving me a hand.
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ok going to help you now, but I want you to change the post title to tasker for s5 if that's ok, I think It will be useful for others that way
but this is what you will do for me now.. when you open tasker press the menu button (on the s5 that's long pressing the recent key button or touch the 3 dot at the top right hand corner) when you do that select enable. this will enable tasker as you have it disable now. I notice that the tasker icon is full gray which mean its disable, when its enable the lighten in the tasker icon will be orange....do that and make me know if it work

Whatsapp scrolls up by opening keyboard

Hi Guys,
I have a annoying problem with whatsapp.
When i receive a new message i open it and i see the latest message.
Then i open the keyboard to send back a message and thats when the problem kicks in whatsapp scrolls up a bit so i cant read te coversation, unless i scroll down.
This is only happend with new incomming messages.
When i open an older conversation whatsapp doesnt scroll up when i open the keyboard.
Im using custom rom cm13
I am nog sure if this is a specific whatsapp problem.
Anybody has a solution? Or maby more people with the same problem?
Thanks in advance.
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I've noticed the exact same issue - I've even joined their beta program thinking that maybe they have already fixed the issue in beta (they didn't, it still exists). No real work around that I've found.

no44specialk said:
I've noticed the exact same issue - I've even joined their beta program thinking that maybe they have already fixed the issue in beta (they didn't, it still exists). No real work around that I've found.
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Thanks fort the response!
I made a new clean install and now it's working fine again.
I think it had something to do with immersive mode.

?? (wish they had a male version) I didn't even think to do that. Funny how you get ahead of yourself sometimes trying to find a complex solution... I'll give that a try.

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���� (wish they had a male version) I didn't even think to do that. Funny how you get ahead of yourself sometimes trying to find a complex solution... I'll give that a try.
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Did it work for you?
After a while my prone started doing the same thing..
Still havent found any solution

I noticed the exact same thing. Initially it seemed fine, but it's gone back to needing to scroll to the bottom to see the latest message. I've tried using both swiftkey and Swype keyboards with the same result.

Strange.
Well maby a new update will fix this in the future, i hope sooner than later though..
I also have a problem with playing a video from the chat screen.
When i receive a video and download it, i cant play the file straight from the chat screen.
If i go back and reopen the chat then press the video it does play.
I is a little annoying when i receive a video, i have to close the chat, reopen it and then be able to play the video.

common battery hogging culprits? What is crc7

can anyone suggest services like AASA services, ANT+HAL, beaming service etc. to disable? i know that 'Android System' will always use up x% of battery but would like to minimise that as much as possible
Also, i want to know if im on crc7/crd7. im not sure what exactly they are. my baseband version says AQH3 at the end, dunno if that means anything

You can disable bixby services except bixby voice so phone still knows there is a button and install bxactions. Set it up with adb commands and have an additional button for your common actions and save battery with the bixby gone. You can also try disabling facebook and all services that come with it (everything contains facebook in package name) and use another 3rd oarty facebook feed client if you use it. Stock facebook app is a serious drainer.
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MydVDZ said:
You can disable bixby services except bixby voice so phone still knows there is a button and install bxactions. Set it up with adb commands and have an additional button for your common actions and save battery with the bixby gone. You can also try disabling facebook and all services that come with it (everything contains facebook in package name) and use another 3rd oarty facebook feed client if you use it. Stock facebook app is a serious drainer.
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thanks for the quick reply, but i have done quite a lot of research so ive optimised my phone in the aspects uve mentioned.
ive mapped the bixby button to go to home (go back with 2 presses, and app switcher with long press) and disabled all bixby services
ive deleted all facebook related things and instead use samsung internet to check my feed

You can try that, but sometimes it opens automatically after reboot. Be sure to keep that off.
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Google voice with wired headset nag

I have US Cellular XT1768 running Resurrection Remix. I often get the nag posted below when listening to music at the health club...usually fumbling around trying to switch tracks...I think is when it happens. Sometimes the google chick even talks to me saying that I can use my voice to perform certain actions. Getting her to shut up is sometimes a hassle, plus she overrides my tunes! I've been on RR for quite a while, but I remember the same thing happening with the stock ROM as well. Is there a way to disable the Google nag, and/or remove the "feature"?
Thanks!
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Sounds like your headphones are accessing the home button. I have 1 headset that does that.

Why would that happen? The headphones are plain ear buds...no attached microphone., volume buttons, or anything for that matter.

mn1968 said:
Why would that happen? The headphones are plain ear buds...no attached microphone., volume buttons, or anything for that matter.
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The headphone jack has three inputs though. Something may be touching it. It happens. You can go into settings for the Google app and disable the hesdset recognition. It may help. Google app -
Settings/voice/hands free . Haven't tried it myself

madbat99 said:
The headphone jack has three inputs though. Something may be touching it. It happens. You can go into settings for the Google app and disable the hesdset recognition. It may help. Google app -
Settings/voice/hands free . Haven't tried it myself
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Madbat is right, the same thing happens when I'm hard wired to the Aux input in my car, and that jack only has two bands on it.
It seems to be Google Assistant/Spy/Tracker being activated. The only way I've found to get rid of the accidental activating is to disable Assistant completely, which I wanted to do anway.
The setting is actually kinda hidden...
On Nougat, at least: Settings... Google... Search... Settings (under Google Assistant)... (then, if you haven't done so already: ) click thru the next two screens with 'No Thanks' or 'No' or 'Continue' or whatever.... now you are in yet another 'Settings' screen.... then, under Devices, click Phone.... there is the setting you need to disable Assistant.
This worked for me, anyway.
HTH

@beachfl
Thanks! Found the setting and turned it off. Hopefully it takes care of the issue.

Well, there has to be more to it than the Google settings because the damn nag keeps popping up. I've now resorted to disabling all notifications from the Google app. I'll see if that stops it!

Galaxy S10+ - Google assistant calling someone not in my contacts

Good evening!
I will forward this issue in hope that a solution will be found.
For several hours I have been confronted with the following situation described in the following chronological order:
1) In Google Assistant, I saved and set up the following command "Call my girlfriend"* - following the action of the assistant to be "Calling D??" - until today things went normal
2) Today I asked Google Assistant the same thing* "Call my girlfriend," and the action of it was* "Calling Conpet D, Whatsapp" followed by dialing "0723272822". - Here's the problem!
3) This contact called "Conpet D" does not exist in my contact list, the phone number assigned to it "0723272822" is not found in the phone.
I specify that I've searched for both the phone number and the contact's name in the sync agenda of my Google account,* also in my phone's memory, e-mails, facebook, whatsapp. No result!! It doesn't exist!
4) In Contacts, when I'm trying to save this "Contact D", the agenda suggests that there are duplicate contacts, but the list is empty.
How do I delete this Conpet D? Or how do I reset all memory of my Google Assistant and start all over again?
P.s Screen shots added down were made now, after I tried to "remove D??" as my girlfriend. As you see, Google don't recognise a name for my girlfriend, than found a contact in my agenda when i ask for the phone number, and finally calling that Conpet D.
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Happy April fool's day! And welcome to XDA...

@galaxys
Hello!
Nice to meet you! I'm new here, actually my problem got me in this community, but I'm glad and hope that I will find a solution for my problem.

Are you sure you weren't outed by Google in front of your girl, and you posted this "mystery" here to escape her wrath? ?

@latino147 Actually dealing with my girlfriend wouldn't be so bad.
I can't say that i use so much google assistant function, but it makes me crazy when I find something that doesn't work and can not find a solution. I also called Samsung for this problem but I have to go to a Samsung service. Until than, I'm trying to fix it by myself...

This guy is on xda... you really believe he has a girlfriend? Google knows everything......
Ontopic: I dont have my s10+ so i cant check ( send it in for camera issues)
But old phones had the option of saving contacts on sim or phone or google account. Maybe there is a conpet d on the sim?

@Valinorian
I have checked them yet. Internal storage, accesed google contacts on PC, and SIM also. I went at an Official Samsung Service today. They told me they could keep the phone for some tests, but honestly this function isn't so important for me to leave my phone for a few days.
I actually realised that Voice Commands are different to Writing Commands. Voice commands have more bugs.