I would like to ask whether can a phone without NFC task launcher or any similar apps can run tasks from a programmed NFC tag (in this case, Facebook check in)
I haven't tried one myself and I would like to have one.
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Is there an app that can be programmed to launch an app on certain events. For instance, I would like to launch slacker when connected to a specific Bluetooth device?
Tasker can do that, among many other things.
So here's the issue. Google maps is great and useful, but even when you're not using it, it's running in the background and hogging up ram. Now, before you give me the old "android uses ram in a different way" speech, it's pretty obvious that maps doesn't take long to reopen even if it's been cleared from the ram. So it'd be better to have that ram freed up for multitasking purposes.
Also, constantly running in the background means it's draining some battery too.
The solution to this would be to disable maps when not using it and then reenable it when required. However, this takes time.
So, I was wondering if anyone could make a shortcut/app which let's us disable and enable the maps app with just the press of a button.
Freeze it using titanium back up
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I have a list of apps I freeze n unfreeze regularly - like easy ums or paragon ntfs - I have the unfreez all widget to aim in quick access - but if you spent the time to make a filter in titianium your could have it unfreeze a particular app
Just go application manager > all > disable it, I'd saw uninstalled update then uninstall it and disable
Else, use titanium backup freeze it, don't be lazy keep on asking developer to do such thing
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Titanium has a widget that lets you disable and enable a specific app. No need for a different app.
Tasker? It does wonders.
For me, it makes a new application called (New Maps) that unfreezes google maps, waits until it is unfrozen, launches it.
If maps has been inactive for the past XX minutes, it will automatically freeze it. (also set to be frozen on boot)
After this thread I found the TiBu action widget that will cycle through Freeze/Unfreeze&Open.
Pretty handy! Use it now for Facebook and Maps.
seanpr123 said:
After this thread I found the TiBu action widget that will cycle through Freeze/Unfreeze&Open.
Pretty handy! Use it now for Facebook and Maps.
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Yep, been doing this since I had the GS2
trein91 said:
Tasker? It does wonders.
For me, it makes a new application called (New Maps) that unfreezes google maps, waits until it is unfrozen, launches it.
If maps has been inactive for the past XX minutes, it will automatically freeze it. (also set to be frozen on boot)
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Am a fanatic tasker user myself, but never spend time on the 'new' app factory.
Would you care to share these profiles/scenes, waste of time to reinvent the wheel twice
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2 profiles two tasks
Export new maps as an app and use it whenever you want to launch maps from a frozen state.
Set your own athome variable or modify it if you don't need two different timeout settings
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Ok, after analyzing BBS past few nights I've determined even when you freeze something in TiBu, it doesn't actually remove the alarm wakeups from Alarm Manager. You need to do a restart to clear after freeze to truly remove its footprint.
Restart is rather annoying, anybody have any other thoughts on how to better accomplish the freeze process?
Been getting used to the N7100 over the last few weeks, and there's one issue I'd like to explore. The device is running 4.1.2, and has not been rooted yet, I don't know enough about going into those areas yet, as I'm very new to Android. memory is 12 Gb, and have a 64 Gb card also on board, so plenty of space for a while
Among other things, I have Sygic Navigation app running, using the Samsung Text To Speech option for voice guidance, and ideally, I'd like to be able to run a text to speech option at the same time that will speak a caller name if an incoming call arrives, which also in theory uses the default Samsung TTS driver (or app).
When I first set the device up, I installed a name talker, but discovered that it was blocking the TTS of the navigation app, so I uninstalled the Name talker, and that got the Navigation TTS working. I have then tried installing a different TTS name talker, but it doesn't work at the moment, which I suspect is that the Navigation TTS is memory resident even though it's not active at the moment, as I'm not on the move as such.
So, I guess my question is, first, is it possible to run multiple TTS apps at the same time, and second, if it's possible, how is it set up, and do I need to make changes at a deeper level to the phone to make this work.
If it is not possible, is that because of an Android limitation, and if that's the case, is there any way for the developers to work on a multi tasking version of TTS that will allow for multiple apps to share the driver, if that's the way that this needs to work.
Hope that makes sense
Steve
Very new to Android, and once again I'm not sure if this is Android or an OGP function...
I'm confused as to what the purpose is of all of the separate tasks, task manager, and running app screens that are on the phone....
When I hit and hold the home button, I get a list of recently used apps. Are they running in the background, or is it just a list of closed apps (or a combination of the two)? Is this solely so I can get to a recently opened app a bit faster? It seems to be just as fast to re-launch these apps from the home screen.
If I hit "Clear all" the list empties. But, if I then hit the button directly to it's right "Task Manager", I see a list of apps that are still running, with the option to "stop" each one separately or "stop all". I thought I had just stopped everything when I had "cleared" the list. I guess not.
So, after hitting "Stop all" I get a message on the screen that says "No applications". There are 0 applications running, and the Ram numbers are: RAM 1.46GB used, 550MB free. So, i'm guessing that even though I stopped all of these running apps, there is still stuff running like the OS and other programs. What then is this Task Manager supposed to be used for? Why are the apps I just "stopped" on this screen, and not on the Settings/Apps/Running page?
I then immediately go to Settings, Apps, Running. This list shows 22 apps currently running. I'm assuming these are things that need to run so the phone doesn't crash, and so it will perform properly. But, of the 22 that are running right now I have Redbox listed (The DVD movie rental kiosks), Norton Mobile Security (which I can understand why it is still running), Google Maps (this is listed twice with different amounts of memeory and time open listed), On-Screen Phone (no idea what that is), and a bunch of Google, LG, AT$T apps and some others like weather, VuTalk, Google Play music, Email, Media and a few others.
Why are some of these running? Things like Redbox? AirDroid? Why two instances of Google Maps? LG Keyboard (it's not on screen, but its using 36MB), Same thing with "Media".
Also, whats the difference between processes and services? Some of the mentioned apps have 2 processes and 1 service, while others will have the numbers in the reverse order.
Would someone please explain what the differences are between all of these different task manager/app screens and their purpose. And whats the story with processes and services?
As far as yor ram goes in task manager its just a paused apps stored data. You can clear it but it doesnt really do you any good. The way android works is it pauses an app when you leave and info is stored in ram, if your phone runs low on ram it just starts taking from the longest paused app so you will not run out of ram and get choppy. So it isnt necessary to clear it. Your recents list is just that.
There is also a setting in task manager to auto clear ram regularly.
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After deleting several applications, the "NFC Services" service always stays in the background (even without NFC being active)
I have tried to clear data, cache, debloat the application and restore it and nothing seems to work.
Even with activity manager, it forces the background app to close by restricting it and it stays open.
Start the phone in error proof mode and it kept starting, maybe the process got stuck.
I also deleted the data from google play and google services in case it was something related to gpay but it didn't work
The NFC works correctly, but that's it, it stays in the background and it doesn't happen to others.
I have asked friends who did not debloat and in forums with the same phone and it does not happen to them.
Maybe remove some application that controls that? either maybe some application from the debloat list is making a call to the NFC API and that causes it to not close?
you can look at settings, applications, manage applications and in Search you put NFC (maybe it won't come out and you have to enable see hidden applications)
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