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Anyone Using Tasker?

Anyone here using it? what is this app for? is it worth buying? does it give u battery life? im really interested but i cant find no videos on it on youtube. please share your thoughts.

I have it because it's the only app Ive found that can turn the GPS on remotely. I have it set up to turn on the GPS whenever it receives a certain text msg and then text back the phones location.
It's really useful once you learn it, plus the GPS feature alone is well worth the money.

I'm just about done with my week trial and I will probably wait to buy it. Android 2.2 drops the ability to kill apps which is a huge deal breaker for me when it comes to this app. The author has stated that a fix for root users is possible, but it's not high on his todo list.
That being said this app it great for automating things. When I plug in my car charger the phone automatically sends calls to speakerphone, reads any incoming texts out loud, turns off the display timeout, goes to auto brightness, and loads my speedometer app. Now if only it could kill the app when I unplug the phone!
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I've been using it for about three weeks now. It replaced several other apps that were not playing nice together and does much more. I noticed an improvement in battery life, but that could also be because I am running fewer apps now.
It can either increase or decrease your battery life. It depends on what you have it doing. Check out the Power page on the website for more info.
I mainly use it for changing settings based on location. Different profiles for home, work, in the car, and everywhere else.
I did find that it is better to use network location for "Near" which then enables the GPS location for "At" to save battery and yet still get precision.
I also have it setup to do things based on battery level.
The coolest is that I have a profile based on plugging in the headphones that brings up a list of media players. No more poking around just to listen to music.
Overall I am very happy with the app.

Altair68 said:
I've been using it for about three weeks now. It replaced several other apps that were not playing nice together and does much more....
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I've been dying to ask this of someone who's played around with it - I'd pick it up and try it myself, but just can't swing it right now.
Do you know the issue with Google navigator pausing Pandora tracks? Would it be possible to set up a profile that would fix that? Something like "if nav pauses Pandora, when nav stops talking, hit play in Pandora"?
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fachadick said:
I've been dying to ask this of someone who's played around with it - I'd pick it up and try it myself, but can't swing the cost right now.
Do you know the issue with Google navigator pausing Pandora tracks? Would it be possible to set up a profile that would fix that? Something like "if nav pauses Pandora, when nav stops talking, hit play in Pandora"?
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I haven't tried it yet, as this is the first I've heard of Tasker. But, if you go to the website:
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/index.html
you can download a trial good for 7 days. The developer even says you can uninstall and reinstall if 7 days isn't long enough. So, I'm going to try it out myself.

smarcin said:
I haven't tried it yet, as this is the first I've heard of Tasker. But, if you go to the website:
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/index.html
you can download a trial good for 7 days. The developer even says you can uninstall and reinstall if 7 days isn't long enough. So, I'm going to try it out myself.
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Awesome! Just downloaded it myself, I've been wanting to play around with it.
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so let me get this straight? froyo cant kill apps? estrong or advanced doesnt even work? wat about force stop in settings??

igotsthemagicinme said:
so let me get this straight? froyo cant kill apps? estrong or advanced doesnt even work? wat about force stop in settings??
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Sorry, confused. What does any of that have to do with tasker? Are you asking about task killers?
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Well, i am a tasker user and love it. it can change and setting your phone has, well almost, but still more than an other app like it. Locale is far less useful and costs more. The other one i forget its name i have not used but tasker from what i read pwns it. I recommend this app for anyone who needs to tell the phone to do things automatically or based on locations.

xHausx said:
I have it because it's the only app Ive found that can turn the GPS on remotely. I have it set up to turn on the GPS whenever it receives a certain text msg and then text back the phones location.
It's really useful once you learn it, plus the GPS feature alone is well worth the money.
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Please PM me that profile, quite handy.

fachadick said:
Sorry, confused. What does any of that have to do with tasker? Are you asking about task killers?
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it has nothing to do with tasker, which is a cruddy app anyway. i thought my post was perdy clear... 2.2? you cant kill apps... unless your rooted? ? ?

igotsthemagicinme said:
it has nothing to do with tasker, which is a cruddy app anyway. i thought my post was perdy clear... 2.2? you cant kill apps... unless your rooted? ? ?
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Then I guess the confusing part is why you posted that comment in this thread..
You have an opinion about tasker, and you post here about task killers (irrelevant to the thread topic) and don't even offer an answer or your opinion about tasker to the OP..
And yes, you are correct about FroYo making Task Killers useless. You can still use them to manually kill off apps but apparently the kill-all intervals don't work like they did on 2.1
This is getting OT of the OP, but if you want a task killer on 2.2 then check out the app "autostarts". It's not a task killer, it's a task preventer. It's pretty cool and works great.

been using Tasker for a few weeks now and i love it. and i'm still playing in the shallow end of what it can do.
configured quiet times based on if i'm oncall or not. also to toggle radios based on gps zones. (and to ensure i have a work appropriate desktop image )

igotsthemagicinme said:
it has nothing to do with tasker, which is a cruddy app anyway. i thought my post was perdy clear... 2.2? you cant kill apps... unless your rooted? ? ?
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man you arent looking to make friends. every post i see from you, you are acting like a true ****. maybe you should calm yourself and be a little considerate of the other people on the forum and stop with the act.
As for tasker. I agree with many many others that have said it is a great app once you get it set up. I have it do mostly basic things such as when car charger is plugged in turn on bluetooth start navigation app. when near work turn ringer to vibrate and turn media volume down. when home turn ringer on media volume on and wifi on turn bluetooth off. stuff like that. I havent noticed it giving me extra battery but i love that i dont have to remember to mess with all my settings.

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insert moronic qoute here
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i have a post count of like 4, only obama himself could make enemies that quickly. add me to your blocklist, or dont read my posts. im not hyped about anything, no need to calm.
my first post stated my question clear as day. my second post dumbed it down. wat more can i do?
google to the rescue

igotsthemagicinme said:
my first post stated my question clear as day. my second post dumbed it down. wat more can i do?
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You could always try posting something relevant to the thread that you're posting in, or possibly starting a new thread on the subject that you wanted to discuss, instead of bringing your off topic complaining here...or hey, even acknowledge that people answered your off topic questions pretty well, and gave you some leads. Oh, and I love how you brought Obama into a tasker thread. What's next, godwin? At least you now realize that you should search first, and ask questions after. Which is good - it shows that you can comprehend some things if you put your mind to it.
Anyway, back on topic. I've started to play around with the different settings and profiles that tasker gives you, and the only thing that's become clear to me is why they give you a weeks free trial. Damn! This app has a lot of options!

fachadick said:
You could always try posting something relevant to the thread that you're posting in, or possibly starting a new thread on the subject that you wanted to discuss, instead of bringing your off topic complaining here...or hey, even acknowledge that people answered your off topic questions pretty well, and gave you some leads. Oh, and I love how you brought Obama into a tasker thread. What's next, godwin? At least you now realize that you should search first, and ask questions after. Which is good - it shows that you can comprehend some things if you put your mind to it.
Anyway, back on topic. I've started to play around with the different settings and profiles that tasker gives you, and the only thing that's become clear to me is why they give you a weeks free trial. Damn! This app has a lot of options!
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someone. somewhere. brought up the fact that froyo took away the capability to kill tasks (unleas your rooted, right?). my question is perfectly legitimate, and i think with the topic at hand is qualifying of a question about my original question. i didnt get hyped or flamed up in anyway. my OP was crystal clear, mirroring a statement someone said earlier, and the person confused it aint my fault.
your robosnapdragonintelligant mr.obama vs. godwin analogy
ok, now im a d!ck
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ok i didnt see the post with the guy ansswering about froyo vs task killers. thanks to whoever that was. lets start a petition for a thankyou button!

igotsthemagicinme said:
my OP was crystal clear, mirroring a statement someone said earlier, and the person confused it aint my fault.
your robosnapdragonintelligant mr.obama vs. godwin analogy
ok, now im a d!ck
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Yeah, that was me, I came right out and said I was confused as to why you were bringing it up in my other post (all polite like, I might add), because you didn't use the quote feature, and I missed where it had been mentioned before - it looked like you just started talking about some random topic in a thread about tasker. Instead of clarifying that it was brought up in a previous post, you got all internet tough on the thread, and it all went down hill from there. See that? Simple misunderstanding.

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popcorn?... anyone?
where's werxen when you need him.. (oh wait, you never need him..)
will somebody find werxen and let him know my post count just got a little bigger?

[Q] is there a way to get ringtones onto marketplace for ourselves to download?

for free?
i still can get over the fact that i have to give up using my 10 year old wave file for my incoming messages

blanket said:
for free?
i still can get over the fact that i have to give up using my 10 year old wave file for my incoming messages
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This will be one of the first things for us to hack I'm afraid. OEMs can add ringtones but I don't think you can download them or otherwise add anything that didn't come with your phone... yet. I have to assume that they'll enable this in the Zune client before too long though.

Was thinking this myself. Have all my own ring tones and those specific to contacts. I'll want to be able to continue to use these

RustyGrom said:
This will be one of the first things for us to hack I'm afraid. OEMs can add ringtones but I don't think you can download them or otherwise add anything that didn't come with your phone... yet. I have to assume that they'll enable this in the Zune client before too long though.
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Yeah, OP, I wouldn't worry about it. Hell, I'm still using an old ass FF7 Jenova battle theme for my ring tone, lol! Lemme see if I can find the song..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kGaw216HM

You can get new ringtones, but you have to get them off the marketplace
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/start/ringtones-and-sounds.aspx
As far as I know they are just MP3s stored in a specific location, so once a file explorer or a way of accessing this on your computer is hacked, then it will be possible.

I hope someone figures this out soon. I've been using the same ringtones for 7 or 8 years. I'd even pay for them if anyone sold them in except that I know that they are so quirky (and I guess dated) no one would think of creating or selling the ones I have. I'd even buy an app that let me import them.

so wait theres no way of HTC puttin out a MP3 trimmer and using our own mp3's as ringtones? wtf

ericc191 said:
Yeah, OP, I wouldn't worry about it. Hell, I'm still using an old ass FF7 Jenova battle theme for my ring tone, lol! Lemme see if I can find the song..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kGaw216HM
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hahaha
mine is also an old final fantasy tune

loomx said:
You can get new ringtones, but you have to get them off the marketplace
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/start/ringtones-and-sounds.aspx
As far as I know they are just MP3s stored in a specific location, so once a file explorer or a way of accessing this on your computer is hacked, then it will be possible.
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which is why i doubt ms will ever let us have proper access to the file system
xda is just too....'dangerous' for them

Whats up with that, buggIN ?

need to bug Out. Soo get this, news to me, ive been finding problems with stock apps, my music, movie, and pictures have all been altered eg. Erased ¡ So I tried a new player hoping it would grab my files, ghost town player, or similar by name, which is pretty access worthy. Anyhow, it worked.... Until my samsung sph-d700 informed me that I seem to have a Bug, a sprint bug, that prevents music streaming. Whats up with that ¿ I cant believe it bites the hand that feeds, are you kidding as much as ive contributed over the last 20 or so years to glorify "Nextel" into A.K.A, sprint. They have to put a crimp on music to my ears! So can anyone tell me how to get the orkin man to squish this infestation? Thanks, and what can be done? Hardreset was a topic suggestion, is that the only?. Hope some1 feels my suttle irritation. Help stop the bleeding. Thank yall .
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badmoment said:
need to bug Out. Soo get this, news to me, ive been finding problems with stock apps, my music, movie, and pictures have all been altered eg. Erased ¡ So I tried a new player hoping it would grab my files, ghost town player, or similar by name, which is pretty access worthy. Anyhow, it worked.... Until my samsung sph-d700 informed me that I seem to have a Bug, a sprint bug, that prevents music streaming. Whats up with that ¿ I cant believe it bites the hand that feeds, are you kidding as much as ive contributed over the last 20 or so years to glorify "Nextel" into A.K.A, sprint. They have to put a crimp on music to my ears! So can anyone tell me how to get the orkin man to squish this infestation? Thanks, and what can be done? Hardreset was a topic suggestion, is that the only?. Hope some1 feels my suttle irritation. Help stop the bleeding. Thank yall .
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Just back up the things you want to keep using Titanium Backup or MyBackup, assuming you're rooted. Then reset or ODIN to stock.

badmoment said:
need to bug Out. Soo get this, news to me, ive been finding problems with stock apps, my music, movie, and pictures have all been altered eg. Erased ¡ So I tried a new player hoping it would grab my files, ghost town player, or similar by name, which is pretty access worthy. Anyhow, it worked.... Until my samsung sph-d700 informed me that I seem to have a Bug, a sprint bug, that prevents music streaming. Whats up with that ¿ I cant believe it bites the hand that feeds, are you kidding as much as ive contributed over the last 20 or so years to glorify "Nextel" into A.K.A, sprint. They have to put a crimp on music to my ears! So can anyone tell me how to get the orkin man to squish this infestation? Thanks, and what can be done? Hardreset was a topic suggestion, is that the only?. Hope some1 feels my suttle irritation. Help stop the bleeding. Thank yall .
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You appear to have 3 or 4 threads going re this same or similar issues. You have been given some good advice in those threads. You are having sd card issues. Maybe you have a bad sd card? Have you tried any of the advice you've been given?
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Can some1 help. Confusion is awry.

Pics wont even remain in gallery for any time. And forget the entertainment players. Simply.. Why and now whatt?
Why yall playin. Is there a booger on my page or am unedicately posting ¿ Where's all the input? A spade is only that. Everybody knows this....surely-
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badmoment said:
Pics wont even remain in gallery for any time. And forget the entertainment players. Simply.. Why and now whatt?
Why yall playin. Is there a booger on my page or am unedicately posting ¿ Where's all the input? A spade is only that. Everybody knows this....surely-
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Nobody has a clue as to what you are using as far as a setup goes. That may help you to get some answers.
Also, try being a little more descriptive as to what is happening.

More explination,more feed back?
thanks..and as far as setups go.... I am not running any modifications, roms, roots, flashing or whatever other tricks that most are. My sprint samsung galaxy s epic4g sph-d700 is moified no different than the day I purchased it. 100% factory settings, not even an ota upgrade done. As far as what's happening, the music player/ers don't seem to remember some 200 tracks I've been playing since I found my mp3 download capabilities. No files exsist, even after I play them from the file, in which they only exist, through the players their instantly gone once I close the player, although they still remain in the original file they were downloaded to. The media, movie, player is doing the same with the handfull of movies I've installed. My movie player was full , like music players were, yesterday, now "no files exist", says the according app. To add all of my camera pics and image downloads are wiped clean from the gallery. If I snap a new pic it will show up in the gallery, until I close it. When I return their gone, but again still exist in its folder. I don't get it and need a bit of advise on my next move to fix. Thanks people. I hope I've explained my issue good enough for diagnosis.
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Download quickpic from the market and try that. May be a problem with your Gallery app.

Rite on... Will try.
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ESPN radio app

Anyone else using this app?
On my old Droid when I opened the app, it would give me a homepage where I can select the different ESPN stations as well as podcasts.
On the Nexus, however, there is no homepage to make other selections and it simply plays the national ESPN station and thats it.
Anybody know why this is the case on the Nexus?

T-Mac, I thought I was the only one who noticed this! I got the same thing bro, and I really wanna figure it out, because the way the app used to run on my incredible was...incredible. I really wanna be able to listen to the podcasts and have the huge menu selection that we used to have. I dont really understand how it could have been this much affected by ICS. On an unrelated note, T-Mac should do good on ATL, they got a decent squad. I hope he get further than his cousin Vinsanity at least. I grow tired of him.
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I'm glad someone else is having the same problem (sorry haha). It is really annoying, its easily my favorite app and I listen to the podcasts commuting to and from work and I can't seem to find any info about this at all.
I hope TMac has one last run in him before he has to hang em up, he was my favorite player back in the day but now I just use the name so I can remember it lol