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Hey guys,
Here's the scenario: I'm driving along. My Desire is in the car holder performing GPS duties. The Keepscreen app is keeping the display alive. All is good in the world. Then, I get a call. I answer it on my bluetooth headset. It's my agent telling me the UK and US leaders would like my opinion. Same as always.
Now here's the problem. When I hang up, I'm taken back to my lock screen, not the maps that I want to go back to.
Is there any way to automatically get back to the maps (without having to go through the faff of turning off the security lock screen every time I want to use the GPS then turning it back on when I finished)?
dont use keepscreen smu.
google leaves the screen on anyway.
i bet your app is bringing you back to the lockscreen after call since i never had such experience...
i dont have this problem.
snudel said:
dont use keepscreen smu.
google leaves the screen on anyway.
i bet your app is bringing you back to the lockscreen after call since i never had such experience...
i dont have this problem.
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Does it? I got KeepScreen because my Google Maps didn't stay on. I can't test it right now because my phone is in for repairs, but this is interesting. I was pretty sure Google Maps didn't have this feature.
Cleargrey said:
Does it? I got KeepScreen because my Google Maps didn't stay on. I can't test it right now because my phone is in for repairs, but this is interesting.
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No. Google maps does not keep the screen on. Google navigation does though.
doinbox said:
No. Google maps does not keep the screen on. Google navigation does though.
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where can i find google navigation software??
samy.3660 said:
where can i find google navigation software??
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It comes free with google maps.
Don't know what countries it supports though.
GB is supported by the Nav app afaik, otherwise search for maps.brut14.apk in here!
Cleargrey said:
Does it? I got KeepScreen because my Google Maps didn't stay on. I can't test it right now because my phone is in for repairs, but this is interesting. I was pretty sure Google Maps didn't have this feature.
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There's an option in the settings to keep the screen on when plugged into a power source.
use tasker app so that when in car dock and the call is ended google maps opens.
supasye said:
use tasker app so that when in car dock and the call is ended google maps opens.
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How do I do this? Because though it is a car dock, the phone has no way of knowing as it's simply in a holder with a charging cable that goes into the cigarette lighter charging port.
brummiesteven said:
There's an option in the settings to keep the screen on when plugged into a power source.
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True. But this is a bit of a bodge and more for developers. One of the things is that I don't want to spend my time going in to settings and changing settings everytime I want to use it as a gps, and then have to change it back when I come out of my car. I wouldn't want this feature on constantly as it would excessively wear out the screen since I'm charging the phone outside the car much more than inside the car.
You could use Settings Profile app to change the settings based on the conditions in the car.
I use this to detect that I'm not at home, not at work, and plugged into a USB charger, so must be in the car.
I can then set the screen always on, start the Car Dock app etc...
Works well for me.
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couplands said:
You could use Settings Profile app to change the settings based on the conditions in the car.
I use this to detect that I'm not at home, not at work, and plugged into a USB charger, so must be in the car.
I can then set the screen always on, start the Car Dock app etc...
Works well for me.
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Good idea.
Though one thing has just come up. People are getting Froyo now, which has a car mode built in. Anyone have any experience with it? I'm still hoping to get my phone back by tuesday so can't check it out.
I don't know if anyone else has come across this, but it seems that I can't get Tasker to actually stay running in the background - it loads up and allows me to create profiles etc, and after clicking the green tick to apply, the Tasker notification appears (to allow it to stay running), but after a few seconds it disappears. I've tried this both with profiles in the app, and after a clean reinstall of the app with nothing setup, and have the same experience.
I'm going to email a bug report to the developer, but just wanted to see if anyone else had also had this issue, to try and figure out what the cause is.
ROM: MCR Ir4
Tasker Version: 1.1.1u2m
Don Vincenzo said:
I don't know if anyone else has come across this, but it seems that I can't get Tasker to actually stay running in the background - it loads up and allows me to create profiles etc, and after clicking the green tick to apply, the Tasker notification appears (to allow it to stay running), but after a few seconds it disappears. I've tried this both with profiles in the app, and after a clean reinstall of the app with nothing setup, and have the same experience.
I'm going to email a bug report to the developer, but just wanted to see if anyone else had also had this issue, to try and figure out what the cause is.
ROM: MCR Ir4
Tasker Version: 1.1.1u2m
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I haven't installed Tasker on my Gnex, but it worked fine on my Nexus S with ICS.
Luxferro said:
I haven't installed Tasker on my Gnex, but it worked fine on my Nexus S with ICS.
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Interesting - I had assumed it was an OS incompatibility, but maybe it's something else...
Tasker works for me on G Nexus
Same here....
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DDM123 said:
Tasker works for me on G Nexus
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rijin said:
Same here....
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Could you tell me - are you both running stock ICS, or a custom ROM?
Stock Galaxy Nexus CDMA
There's a number of threads on the Google support group for Tasker re ICS issues, including notification icon disappearing. Pent's waiting on ICS for his Nexus S to look into it further.
I'm due to receive my GN tomorrow and am a *very* heavy Tasker user so will be interested to see whether I hit any issues..
Either way I have faith that Pent will sort it; he's never let us down before
the icon disappears sometimes for me but when a profile kicks in the icon comes back, so I think it does actually run. For me anyway.
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Running fine for me, stock ICS, light usage (very new)
As for alsex87 I only have an icon when a profile is doing something.
Tasker work perfect in my phone.
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Works fine on my GN too. Agree with other comments that it comes back when profiles change. So I'm pretty sure it's still running.
Well it's looking good so far for my setup; had to tweak tasks setting volume levels as I moved from an Atrix but everything else seems intact (including deactivating the lock screen when in 'sleep' mode). Will know for sure by the weekend.
Re: the notification icon, I have run in foreground unchecked and no icon showing. Doesn't seem to have had a negative effect so far..
It doesn't work for me. Same thing. Allows me to create a profile, but then keeps crashing.
Won't run at all for me, I was assuming it was an ICS compatibility issue. I kept waiting for an update but when I never got one, I figured I would google it. Well, I found here that it's working for most people, so I don't know what it is that's wrong.
I am a heavy Tasker user too. Just got my profiles installed. The "home" profile (wifi near) activates, then both the Tasker icon and my "home" icon disappear.
As a side question is there an easy way to copy the backup files from an old phones sd card to the Nexus? The SD card folder doesnt show up when I plug into my computer.
gotbeer said:
I am a heavy Tasker user too. Just got my profiles installed. The "home" profile (wifi near) activates, then both the Tasker icon and my "home" icon disappear.
As a side question is there an easy way to copy the backup files from an old phones sd card to the Nexus? The SD card folder doesnt show up when I plug into my computer.
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I've seen some people leaving it in MTP mode, but I have the best luck transferring files in PTP mode. When you plug it in to a computer, select the various modes by clicking on the USB symbol in the notification tray. Just don't switch it up while moving data.
This isn't immediately pertinent, but Locale (which I'd consider the predecessor to Tasker) seems to work fine. The only problem I have is that I can't split notification volume from ring volume (I silence emails at night but leave ringer on), but that's not Locale's fault as ICS itself doesn't seem to offer the option.
CodeMonkey said:
There's a number of threads on the Google support group for Tasker re ICS issues, including notification icon disappearing. Pent's waiting on ICS for his Nexus S to look into it further.
I'm due to receive my GN tomorrow and am a *very* heavy Tasker user so will be interested to see whether I hit any issues..
Either way I have faith that Pent will sort it; he's never let us down before
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Pent now has ICS - expect reported / found issues to be resolved with the upcoming v1.2 release of Tasker per http://groups.google.com/group/tasker/browse_thread/thread/e3a1ec4dd8e30a0a
Tasker crashes for me when I try to launch it. Running a Sensation with Android 4.0.3.
Any devs want to try porting Smart Actions from the RAZR to our beloved GN <3 ?
I purchased Tasker but it's just not quite the same.
I'm sure a lot of people would be pretty excited to have the app on the nexus; it's a pretty f***in sweet app ;p
bump .. nobody? not even curious or considering trying.. or have any thoughts on the matter ? This really is an amazing app ...
Try Tasker
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swapnil said:
Try Tasker
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well, least you tried ;p
and i saw you had 0 thanks.. not that it matters, but there ya go XD effort is appreciated
Ha! My first thanks, haha. Didn't really deserve it though..
I thought Tasker had more features than SmartActions. From what I've seen though SmartActions is more intuitive and user friendly. Is that why you prefer it?
swapnil said:
Ha! My first thanks, haha. Didn't really deserve it though..
I thought Tasker had more features than SmartActions. From what I've seen though SmartActions is more intuitive and user friendly. Is that why you prefer it?
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Many reasons, and the community have asked for Smart Actions on various devices a lot.
so what is the difference between the 2??
Look into Locale. A lot of the plugins are cross-compatible. It's a slightly different mindset (one that I actually prefer), and IMO the interface is more intuitive. Tasker profiles seem to be more event based (e.g. triggered when I connect to wifi) whereas Locale is more state based (e.g. triggered while I'm connected to wifi).
keyboardr said:
Look into Locale. A lot of the plugins are cross-compatible. It's a slightly different mindset (one that I actually prefer), and IMO the interface is more intuitive. Tasker profiles seem to be more event based (e.g. triggered when I connect to wifi) whereas Locale is more state based (e.g. triggered while I'm connected to wifi).
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Heard of it, dunno why I haven't looked into it yet..hm
Thanks, will check it out for sure
Tasker is a massive pain in the ass lol
Edit: Gonna stick with Tasker for now, Locale seems to be too basic (lacks a lot of functions/conditions)
SmartActions .. really jelly of the RAZR for that one thing lol
anyone tried Llama? Still my favourite...
There's also Settings Profiles … it supports Locale-plugins for some weeks now.
last shot at this before I let the thread fade away
...Any word on the possibility of a SmartActions port
thanks.
I too would be interested in smart actions.
I've tried llama, juice defender, and a couple other similar ones. I want rules like when my home wifi gets disconnected, turn on BT (to work in the car), turn off wifi to save power. Once I'm at work turn off BT, and turn wifi back on. The issue I have is llama isn't accurate enough. By the time it triggers I'm half way to work because of the cell tower distances.
Im looking into this as well. I've tried tasker and Im not willing to shell out more money for apps that probably wont work.
I want a few things:
When Im home I want wifi to automatically turn off, when I leave home I want it to turn off.
When I am home I want 3/4g to switch to 2g, and back to 3g/4g when I leave home.
Also want gps to turn on, on its own when I launch mapsm/nav/places.
Any ideas??
Tasker has failed me on more than one occasion and it's just too unreliable to use daily.
Seriously is it that hard to port over an app?
Why don't you just use tasker, you can do almost anything with it. Smart Actions is extremely limiting. Anyone who roots their phone and is truly a power user uses tasker.
If you would like i can make you some profiles.
dandyd449 said:
Why don't you just use tasker, you can do almost anything with it. Smart Actions is extremely limiting. Anyone who roots their phone and is truly a power user uses tasker.
If you would like i can make you some profiles.
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That'd be cool
But I've set up a few profiles and sometimes my mobile data wouldnt be turned back on, or my brightness, or sync..etc ... and i wouldnt notice until the next day...
Thats not good..
You might need to set up exit actions? When the task finishes it runs an action on exit. ie turn back on your data after the time period is over.
dandyd449 said:
You might need to set up exit actions? When the task finishes it runs an action on exit. ie turn back on your data after the time period is over.
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Yeah, I did.. thats what I meant.. sometimes, the exit action wouldn't be activated and so I would be stuck on Data-off or sync-off .. etc
weird, cant say ive ever heard of or had that problem unless maybe you disabled the notification icon at which point the OS might kill it.
I'm currently running Re-Calked.E4GT.0.2.1.FI25. For the most part everything is solid, and getting some of the best battery life I've ever gotten out of the phone (24 hrs with ~2hrs screen time no problem if in a good signal area).
The one little problem I'm having is any time I finish a call using my in-car bluetooth device, the screen blacks out for a while then I get a message saying Com.android.phone has stopped.
The device is still connected to bluetooth (music starts streaming again, etc...), but if I try to make another call, the dialer won't enable bluetooth (a lot of weirdness about finding a bluetooth device when you tap the bluetooth button on the dialer UI). A hot-boot puts everything back again the way it should be until my next call. This happens 100% of the time on bluetooth, never on a regular call - speaker or otherwise.
I don't think it's Re-Calked's fault, I've experienced the same problem on the stock ROM (FH25). It was fine on FH13, and I'm fairly certain FI03 was good too, but I got dismal battery performance on these kernels.
Any suggestions? This is a real downer for me ... I'd hate to have to try an older ROM since everything else is effin' fantastic! (BIG thanks tdunham!!)
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If anyone else runs into this problem, flash the FF18 Phone from THIS POST (thanks tdundham)
The problem appears to be related to the phone being in landscape orientation, which is only available during a call when docked in a car dock.
I'm using the Official Samsung Vehicle Mount
Wish I had an answer for this for you but...
I've seen several frustrated posts concerning Bluetooth pairing with vehicles on ICS with no clear workaround/solution. I don't have a vehicle with onboard Bluetooth to troubleshoot the issue. I bet it's a doable fix too if it's just a matter of porting over some older library files or something from FI03. Maybe we can experiment with some file replacements to see if we can get it working.
You listen to music over Bluetooth too? I wonder if the media player is conflicting too somehow. What happens if you don't have streaming music and recieve a call?
Edit: It would help if you could backup and flash back to FI03 to verify if the problem still exists on that version.
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Wish I had an answer for this for you but...
I've seen several frustrated posts concerning Bluetooth pairing with vehicles on ICS with no clear workaround/solution. I don't have a vehicle with onboard Bluetooth to troubleshoot the issue. I bet it's a doable fix too if it's just a matter of porting over some older library files or something from FI03. Maybe we can experiment with some file replacements to see if we can get it working.
You listen to music over Bluetooth too? I wonder if the media player is conflicting too somehow. What happens if you don't have streaming music and recieve a call?
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Actually it's not a built-in bluetooth. It's a "Belkin Bluetooth Car Hands-Free Kit for Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry,and Android Smartphones, US Version" ... search for that on Amazon ... tried to post a link, but I'm too much of a noob to post links yet, apparently.
I have the phone in a Samsung windshield mount, and the Belkin device ports all audio through the aux-in jack of my car stereo. It also has a built-in microphone so that I can use it for calls.
I have experimented a bit to see if it was a conflicting app, but it still happens even if I'm using nothing else. Worked fine on the older kernels, even with multiple apps running (Car Home Ultra, Waze, and Play Music are typical) went wonky as of FI25. I even tried disconnecting it from the dock and disabling car mode. The only thing that causes it is being connected to bluetooth and ending a call, and then it happens every time. Doesn't matter if I initiate the call or receive it. (Which is useful, because I could easily test by calling 611)
I wish I had another Bluetooth device to test if it was specific to the Belkin ... but that's all I've got.
No problem. I live out of Waze. Glad I found the fix for the full navigation voice cutoff for that (and Google Voice) and included it in the FI25 rom. I'll look into posting a couple of flashable zips for you to experiment with for the Bluetooth library files.
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No problem. I live out of Waze. Glad I found the fix for the full navigation voice cutoff for that (and Google Voice) and included it in the FI25 rom. I'll look into posting a couple of flashable zips for you to experiment with for the Bluetooth library files.
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Thanks for that ... can't wait to try. Going to flash your new Re-Calked update soon too.
On a tangent regarding Waze ... did you install the latest update? I can't stand the way they use 30% of the screen with that black bar ... even worse when you get close to your destination and that other menu bar pops in above it. 50% of the screen covered with useless info.
I rolled back to the prior version from my Titanium backup.
I only used Waze this morning once after the update but didn't really check it out.
Backup your phone.
Flash this first - FI03.flash.first.zip
Test bluetooth, if it isn't working move on...
Flash this second - FI03.stock.lib.zip
Test bluetooth. Even if it is working, flash this next. FI03.stock.lib.zip
Very cool. I'll give it a shoot tomorrow at lunch if I get a moment.
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romgnascher said:
Very cool. I'll give it a shoot tomorrow at lunch if I get a moment.
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Yeah, don't forget to backup first.
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So, it looks like I was wrong with my initial investigation.
I did flash the first file ... everything connected fine. Placed and disconnected a call no crash. But what I DIDN'T do was put the phone in the car dock.
So, I think the problem isn't bluetooth at all. I think it's some interaction with the car dock. If the phone is connected to the car dock when I disconnect the call ... that's when com.android.phone crashes (I can start the call connected, just need to disconnect before I end the call). I also had a suspicion that Car Home Ultra might have been a factor, but it happens even if Car Home Ultra is not running. I thought I had tested this scenario originally, but I guess I missed that one.
I'll flash back to my nandroid later and reconfirm these results. In the mean time ... any thoughts on what the car dock might be doing to trip up the phone?
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Now that I've narrowed it down to the dock, I found this bug report that appears to be related to my issue (yay, I'm not the only one):
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34612
Down the end of that thread, it appears that the issue seems to be related to the phone being in portrait mode ... not necesserily the dock, it's just that you can only get portrait mode during a call when docked.
Just curious. Does your dialer rotate when docked so you can make a call?
Anyway, I sent you something in a PM check it out.
Edit: I'm working on one more thing to add to that. Give me a little while.
Cool, I'll look at it afterI get the kids to bed.
Yes, the dialer rotates in the dock. Also, when in a call, the contact's photo is also rotated and moved left.
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Ok we're running out of choices I guess. Try this older stock dialer and if that doesn't work, I guess that's it for now.
Thanks for your efforts whatever the outcome!
I'll flash this tomorrow and see how we go.
I just flashed the new Re-Calked update by the way. No problems, good stuff and it's been idling at around 1.6%/hr.
Changing out the phone did the trick!
OP updated with resolution.
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Hold your horses there cowboy.
That is a totally unmodified phone.apk. Let me upload a modfied one you can try too. This one is FI03, disabled ascending ringtones, roaming notification fix. Might be something else too but I can't remember.
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Hold your horses there cowboy.
That is a totally unmodified phone.apk. Let me upload a modfied one you can try too. This one is FI03, disabled ascending ringtones, roaming notification fix. Might be something else too but I can't remember.
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Cool, I'll look at this one too. Have an answer for you by lunch time.
tdunham said:
Hold your horses there cowboy.
That is a totally unmodified phone.apk. Let me upload a modfied one you can try too. This one is FI03, disabled ascending ringtones, roaming notification fix. Might be something else too but I can't remember.
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So I tried that phone. Crashes on disconnect just like the others. Back to the FF18 phone and it works like it should.
romgnascher said:
So I tried that phone. Crashes on disconnect just like the others. Back to the FF18 phone and it works like it should.
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That's fine, as long as we got it working for you.
so, there is no root, yet, and I think xposed wont work on the device for now.
is there another way to separate the volume of notifications and the ringer?
I want the notifications to be almost quiet but the ringer to be strong.
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so, there is no root, yet, and I think xposed wont work on the device for now.
is there another way to separate the volume of notifications and the ringer?
I want the notifications to be almost quiet but the ringer to be strong.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgg.soundmanager
Thank you for this. It was something i was missing from my Galaxy S5.
didi_ghost said:
Thank you for this. It was something i was missing from my Galaxy S5.
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No problem!
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No problem!
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Another thing that is from S5 is the wifi scheduler. That option was available that i could define at what time i wanted the phone to turn ON or OFF the wifi. Since this is not possible in G4, what's the best app for this?
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Another thing that is from S5 is the wifi scheduler. That option was available that i could define at what time i wanted the phone to turn ON or OFF the wifi. Since this is not possible in G4, what's the best app for this?
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You can always visit the play store and search for a WiFi scheduler. Test which ones work best for you
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I use an app called profile scheduler. You can schedule all kinds of things on it based on time, whether or not an app is open, if you're connected to a specific bluetooth, location, etc. I've used many of these types of apps and this is the one I've stuck with for the past 5 or 6 years.