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Ok, built a new app phone switcher (flight mode on/off) based on the cell tower location.
System automatically switches the phone OFF based on the time you set when you are at predefined location (Say Home). When you are at home, say from 10:00 PM to morning 6:00 AM no one can call your mobile. But if you are not at home, then phone is ON even at night. This also saves your battery life and privacy too.
It is working on Hermes, and I have tested it on WM5 emulators. Will NOT work on WM2003.
Please check the link to the application under my signature.
I have a question, can it only change to "vibrate" instead of turning off the phone? That would be more appropriate for me. Thanks for your answer
Nice App! How about changing call forwarding (when busy, no answer, etc...) baased on location?
If the phone could forward all calls automatically, or forward when you press "hang up" based on location it would safe battery and reduce radiation using the phone.
szturchen_pl said:
I have a question, can it only change to "vibrate" instead of turning off the phone? That would be more appropriate for me. Thanks for your answer
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Nice Idea!, I will do my homework to find out what it takes to do that
ahlok_hk said:
Nice App! How about changing call forwarding (when busy, no answer, etc...) baased on location?
If the phone could forward all calls automatically, or forward when you press "hang up" based on location it would safe battery and reduce radiation using the phone.
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Since the application do not keep polling for location, if it does not know the current location for some reason(reason = In the original post) then there might be problems such as wrongly 'forwarded' calls...
But its a great idea. I keep it in mind
past 21:00 hours
does not seem to work if you go past the apointed hour? radio stays connected
david.dupuis said:
does not seem to work if you go past the apointed hour? radio stays connected
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Are you saying.. You were not at appointment time at sleeping location... And you came in late... and the phone does not turn off?
If so it is by design.. As i am not keep polling to find out the locaton. Just because then the application has to be running in the background or keep getting activated say for every 5 Minutes.
But let me know if you are saying the samething too.
not shutting off past sleep time
I think we're saying the same thing. Last night I installed the software set the home location and set the sleep time to 21:00 to 6:00. Actual time was 22:00. I expected it to shut down the radio and it did not.
Hi,
does not work for me
Install works fine, Test is OK, device went on Flight Mode and Back.
I set Sleep Location and Times and clicked Enable button.
When I want to save an error occurs lile: "InvalidCastException at Save. Please report this!"
The settings won't be saved then. I tried to manually edit the cnf file with
found cell values and True State, and saved this back to device, but when
time comes, nothing will happen.
I am on Schaps WM6 3.57a german and O2 Germany Provider.
What I was found out is, everytime I start the program it
randomly changes the location behind the dot.
Once it is xxxxx.8311 and the next time it is xxxxx.48311
May this be the culprit?
Any suggestions welcome bc I would really love this tool working
Olioaglio
david.dupuis said:
I think we're saying the same thing. Last night I installed the software set the home location and set the sleep time to 21:00 to 6:00. Actual time was 22:00. I expected it to shut down the radio and it did not.
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OK for this i have to implement a constant polling mode.. Which i will do it for next release.
Olioaglio said:
Hi,
...The settings won't be saved then. I tried to manually edit the cnf file with
found cell values and True State, and saved this back to device, but when
time comes, nothing will happen.
...Once it is xxxxx.8311 and the next time it is xxxxx.48311
May this be the culprit?
Olioaglio
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If you don't mind can you send me your cnf file?
Since your Location keep fluctuating... May be its failing to ON/Off
So when you are at home (Sleep Location) and if you keep refreshing the location (Button Refresh Location) you are getting diffent values?
Let me know
Something similar, sort of
I use Teog's CallFilter instead. What I like about it is that I can set the filter to only allow calls through from specific people. This way if there's an emergency in the middle of the night I'll get the call. It doesn't work on a schedule, you have to run it when you want it and disable it when you don't. But it is a simple app that runs with just a click after it's configured and has worked over several different operating systems. Would work well for meetings, movies, etc. too.
tytnguy said:
If you don't mind can you send me your cnf file?
Since your Location keep fluctuating... May be its failing to ON/Off
So when you are at home (Sleep Location) and if you keep refreshing the location (Button Refresh Location) you are getting diffent values?
Let me know
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Check PM
Olioaglio
Hi tytnguy,
thanks for fast PM. You were abolutely right with the idea of interfering date format. I customized my HTC Home with the SDTe Override string (by HTCustom Proggie) to display the week day, which turned out to be the culprit that your prog did display the error message at Save.
So I deleted this in registry and the app now saves without a glitch. So I set the time (1 minute in the future) again and saved. When the time comes, the turning wheel appears, but nothing happens. I figured out, that the Status page says: "Out of location so NOT switching off the phone", so this is maybe, why the program starts but do not turn to flight mode as suggested.
Since I set the home location and did not even move a meter from this position I cannot imagine, why it does display I am not in the sleep location?!?! Any ideas
Olioaglio
edit: It WORKED now for the first time !!!! Great!!
Just wondering, what happens when I just do the phone in another room in my flat, where maybe it is in another broadcast cell....
Think, it won't work then!! Is it possible to create, let's say, kind of a radius, where the program activates??
So my sleep or home location is maybe a bit more then just one room or even my desk
edit 2: May it work, if I set the SDTe string to override again, after saving correctly? Or will the app then stop working again? Sorry for those dumb questions though.
Thanks anyway!!! Great program!!
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OK for this i have to implement a constant polling mode.. Which i will do it for next release.
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Would constant polling mode affect the battery drain significantly?
If yes, I would suggest a check box in your proggy to toggle this option on/off
Just my 2 cents
Olioaglio
Olioaglio said:
...what happens when I just do the phone in another room in my flat, where maybe it is in another broadcast cell....
May it work, if I set the SDTe string to override again, after saving correctly? Or will the app then stop working again? Sorry for those dumb questions though.
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Olioaglio,
Can you set the home location from the other room?
If you change the date format to someother non standared format it will not work. Since program needs to keep saving the stuff on each try.
Update 1.0.1
Multiple location on the schedule: If you want to set more than one location as you 'Sleep Location' you can do it now. On the sleep location box bring the context menu up, and choose 'Append to location' now add the new location to the list. You can add any number of sleep locations!
Now if you were not at home at set time, system will keep polling based on the poll time you specify. So as soon as you reach home your phone will be switched off.
If you turned on your phone manually after the rk-Sleep set it to flight mode, then your phone remains on till next scheduled sleep session
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Would constant polling mode affect the battery drain significantly?
If yes, I would suggest a check box in your proggy to toggle this option on/off
Just my 2 cents
Olioaglio
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Olioaglio,
No it should not make any significant affect on the battery.
I have programmed it to poll only on sleep time if you are not at home. But since I am not running the program in the background, it is ok.
The new update I release just keeping your problem in mind. So you go to both your rooms where you get different towers. Update both as your sleep location.
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Olioaglio,
No it should not make any significant affect on the battery.
I have programmed it to poll only on sleep time if you are not at home. But since I am not running the program in the background, it is ok.
The new update I release just keeping your problem in mind. So you go to both your rooms where you get different towers. Update both as your sleep location.
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Thanks, will monitor it...
Olioaglio
UPDATE:
OK, tested it now... Dude, the 1.0.1 really works like HELL!! I'm totally satisfied for now.
The Append function is very good thing, since I found 8 (!) different cell locations (about 3 with GSM and 4 with 3G) in my 3-room flat. They are always fluctuating even at the same place, so maybe this was the problem of the others, who tested the program with having only one location saved. But with the Append function AND the new Poll function (which also works great), it absolutely ROCKS!! Had no problem with several tests. Battery consumption with poll function really does NOT seem to be more than without poll.
Just some suggestions if you plan to make updated release. The Append function is not easy to find, I had to read your instructions three times to get it. Maybe you'll find another way. Also an extra tab with a list of all appended cells would be appreciated.
I would have another idea for an "extended" flight mode. Maybe you could add some checkboxes for Phone, Bluetooth, Wlan and Beam for - lets say - "Extended Flight Mode" options. So one could save even more battery as with just the phone function off. With the checkboxes you would have the choice what to turn off/on, when rk-Sleep will engage.
Best regards,
Olioaglio
tytnguy what about vibration mode? have you had time to check into that? Regards
Do you know if it's possible avoid turn-off wireless in stand-by???
I'd like to use VoIP with my Artemis (with hand-free and wireless connection), but it's impossible becouse after 1 minute (my pda is set to turn-off after 1 minute) the phone goes in stand-by mode and plugs off the wireless antenna.
Can I set "Always on" to wireless connection???
as yet i failed to accomplish this. all i can do so far is turn off the monitor to save a bit power. not the same as standby mode at all though.
I've got this tweak from somewhere, I'm not sure (maybe wiki page):
"AUTO DISCONNECT WHEN GPRS IDLE
you can edit the registry key ...
HKey_Local_Machine/Comm/ConnMgr/Planner/Settings/CacheTime
Change from 600 to 60
it will disconnect after connection is idle for 60 seconds ...
There's also another key needed to be set. Otherwise, my PDA still has always on 3G data connection.
HKey_Local_Machine/Comm/ConnMgr/Planner/Settings/SuspendResume
Change from ~GPRS! - Always on
to GPRS_bye_if_device_off - switch off after timeout"
It may help if you make the changes THE OTHER WAY ROUND. For you the desired value in 'HKey_Local_Machine/Comm/ConnMgr/Planner/Settings/SuspendResume' is '~GPRS!' And the cache time value should be set to '0' (as infinite), if it doesn't work, set to a high value (i.e. 3600 - it means 1 hour).
I'm not sure it helps but it's worth to give it a try...
i guess he was talking about WLAN connection, not gprs or 3G. however, i might be wrong.
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i guess he was talking about WLAN connection, not gprs or 3G. however, i might be wrong.
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You are right, sorry. I've just misunderstood the problem, paying not enough attention to the first post...
So the only way is disable auto sandby and swith-off screen?
I thought a way to solve this situation could be keeping active OS during VoIP connection, just to avoid standby...
Its not enabled for a very good reason, it consumes so much power your device would last just a few hours before running out of power.
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Its not enabled for a very good reason, it consumes so much power your device would last just a few hours before running out of power.
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that is true. however, they could still give us the option
i think the real "problem" is that WLAN needs the OS running to work. the GSM unit is working differently.
Using S2U is a solution for me
Using S2U2 is the only solution for me.
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Using S2U2 is the only solution for me.
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It seems to be what I want, an application that avoid standby mode but preserve battery (setting lcd off, various device option off...)
I'll try it!
Thanks
Skype
I am not sure if this is still relevant, but in skype i think to have seen an option that says: "disable stand by mode when connected to Wlan" or something like that...
however of course the "batteryproblem" will still be there...
Please post your experiences with S2U2 once made, thanks!
Don't mean to "thread jack" but how can I tell the difference between the screen just being off and the phone being in standby mode?
I'm asking because I'm having a problem with my phone when I turn on Flight mode. Usually I turn on flight mode at night or in a meeting but I'm finding that the battery is still draining (rather quickly too) when I'm in flight mode and the device is off all night. If I'm at 40% batt level at 11:00pm and put the phone in Flight mode, by the morning about 6:30am, the battery is down to like 5%! And there are no programs running at all, screen is off, device is untouched all night. So when I saw this thread, I started to wonder if the phone was in really in standby or if the screen was just off.
Is S2U2 the option to keep the WLAN enabled when in standby mode?
I know i can disable going in to standby but would be nice if it can be done without this.
The power drain is most peoples concern but if i'm at work i have it plugged into the power anyway but would like to use one of the WLAN's here that isn't being monitored
I'm looking for a program that I can program to turn off the phone funcion on my HD at a predetermined time, and then turn it on without asking for pin code.
I searched alot on internet and here in this forum but I found nothing.
Thanks for the help.
Inesoft contact application does that I think.
SPB Phone Suite does it.
Enable automatic rules, and setup the "time base" mode as you wish.
i use it to turn the phone off at night and open it in the morning.
For that purpose I am currently using SKSchema which must be the most powerful scheduler for the WinMo platform out there.
Be warned that it requires quite some trial&errors depending of your final objectives but if it stay with shutting down the Touch HD, that will quite easy to configure even for the casual tweaker.
Try this free software:
http://ageye.de/index.php?s=gprofile/about
Works like a charme.
Hi Vanstra
how did you use the GProfile to schedule the phone to shutdown and boot up daily at specific time ? coz i was fiddling with GProfile , it can do time based events , but i couldnt find a way to tell it to shut the phone down
i was also looking for such a program.
The best for me and easy to use is RadioScheduler.
You can use it for Network and Bluetooth Control at special time.
Pin can be set, so that the phone automaticly turn on.
If you are looking for a prog for automatic softreset at time then use ResetScheduler. (but no support for saving PIN, i use may sim-card without PIN)
I'm using rk-sleep. Doesn't always wake the phone up though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1428076
Anyone notice problems with the NY Times app recently? I noticed some high network activity out of my Note Pro over the last few days, and dug into it last night. Turned out, my tablet never went to deep sleep, and looking at battery usage, the NY Times app was behind only the OS and System.
I can't uninstall the NY Times, but I can revert to the factory image, and that seems to have put a halt to the network activity, and also the tablet is now going into deep sleep again. So it looks like it was an app update, somewhere along the way?
What's deep sleep as opposed to sleep as opposed to going into airplane mode?? Your posting about the ny times and sleep is difficult to understand.
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Anyone notice problems with the NY Times app recently? I noticed some high network activity out of my Note Pro over the last few days, and dug into it last night. Turned out, my tablet never went to deep sleep, and looking at battery usage, the NY Times app was behind only the OS and System.
I can't uninstall the NY Times, but I can revert to the factory image, and that seems to have put a halt to the network activity, and also the tablet is now going into deep sleep again. So it looks like it was an app update, somewhere along the way?
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What's deep sleep as opposed to sleep as opposed to going into airplane mode?? Your posting about the ny times and sleep is difficult to understand.
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Not difficult to understand at all, this is apparently a wake lock issue with the application.
Tapping the power button to turn off the screen puts the device in sleep mode but CPU speed still varies as background activity continues. Application processes can place wake locks on the CPU to keep it from going into deep sleep which is the lowest power consumption setting. A device that never goes into deep sleep will experience higher battery drain with the screen off for extended periods than one that does go into deep sleep. Sleep has nothing to do with airplane mode, which turns off all radios and has no direct impact on CPU.
First thing I would try with the NY Times app is turn off all notifications for it. Personally I don't use it and have it frozen so I can't verify the wake lock issue on my device.
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First thing I would try with the NY Times app is turn off all notifications for it. Personally I don't use it and have it frozen so I can't verify the wake lock issue on my device.
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Much better explanation than I could have given, thanks! So wish I could root my tablet (a Verizon...), feel like I'm trying to debug things with both hands tied behind my back!
So far, the NYT problem hasn't come back - can't freeze or uninstall it without root, but have removed it from Magazine UI and basically backed out all updates by restoring it to its factory image and clearing its data. BTW, it was set to only get updates every 4 hours. Obviously it had a different idea.
Yeah I hate it when apps get like that.
It's times like that where I'll use Greenify sparingly to push the misbehaving app into hibernation. Otherwise I'll just let android do it's thing.
A few days ago, I noticed the NY Times app only it's you view 10 articles for free every month. I was going to say, why not trash that garbage? It requires root, though, since it's actually a system app. That is just profoundly stupid.
At least Samsung didn't pick CNN as it's news app, amirite?
Hi All,
Great forum, used it a lot with several devices.
So, I just got my Huawei watch and it is great!!
I do have some questions and tips that it will be great if you could help me with and I couldn't find answers to (sorry if its too long...)
1. Charging - what is the best way to charge it in order keep the battery life? like everyday few mins? everyday to full charge? let it drop until X%?
2. Always on option - is there an option to make it sleep at night? like I like this option very much, but as I don't sleep with it, I think it is better that the screen will be off at night.
in addition, do it harm the screen if always on working all the time?
3. Reset - do you reset the devise occasionally? like in purpose. I mean, on my Samsung S6 i know that once in a while I need to reset it to get a better performance.
3. Steps tracking - I was with the blue moon face and noticed that the steps showed is updated after few seconds, meaning that let's say I walked 50 steps, I stop, look at the watch, see the old steps count and after 2-3 seconds it is "jumped" and updated to the new count. in addition, if I stop, wait this few seconds and look at the watch, the count is ok - is this normal?
4. fitness app - which app to use with it that will sync the best with my phone? I installed Google fit and its not doing the job good. it looks like it count steps from the phone and not the watch, or mixed it together, In addition the distance and calories count is way not true, like it show the distance far low then the true (I updated my height and weight, over the app and on the watch) and the calories far more then it is.
In addition I installed the Huawei wear app and it looks much more accurate, showing the steps as the watch, and separate it to walking and steps, distance is accurate and calories as well. but the app doesn't look so good and looks like it missed a lot of other option.
In addition, I don't understand why the Huawei app on the watch is not showing distance but just steps count.
So, which app do you use? I basically want a nice app that will show my daily usage and if can, that will sync with the heart rate measure that i can take from time to time.
Can I sync it to S-Health that I have? or please recommend for another app.
5. Is there any nice watch face that shows not only the steps count but the distance as well?
6. Any other general recommendations?
I think that's it for now
Thank you very much for your help.
Neo810 said:
Hi All,
2. Always on option - is there an option to make it sleep at night? like I like this option very much, but as I don't sleep with it, I think it is better that the screen will be off at night.
in addition, do it harm the screen if always on working all the time?
Thank you very much for your help.
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Although the screen should not be harmed if always on is working all the time, at night you can use theater mode to turn your screen off without powering down the watch. The easiest method of going into theater mode is by quickly double pressing the button on the watch. You can also go into the pulldown menu from the main watchface and swipe over to theater mode to do the same thing. This can save some watch battery if you have the watch off the charger all night or if the battery is getting low during the day and you want to squeeze a few more hours out. It is meant for if you're in the movies and don't want the light from the watch screen to distract you or others from the movie. To exit theater mode and turn the screen back on, just single press the button on the watch.
Btw your post may be removed since we aren't supposed to post questions here in the general forum. There is a Q&A forum however where any questions can be asked about the Huawei watch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-watch/general/notice-post-questions-t3367506/page1
Enjoy your watch!
Neo810 said:
3. Reset - do you reset the devise occasionally? like in purpose. I mean, on my Samsung S6 i know that once in a while I need to reset it to get a better performance.
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From my experience, it is ok to factory reset your device once every two months or when you feel it has become quite sluggish although you mustn't expect the performance results to be visible right away after the reset. After the reset, all the applications from your phone will be resynced and the Google Play Services will begin to re-download its updates thus resulting in bad battery life and perfomance for that day until it settles down.
Great.
Thanks for helping.
I always charge the watch to 100% and wait until it goes below 10% to charge it.
When I take the watch off my hand I also shut it down and power it on again when I put it on. This gives me about 3 days of using the watch without charging.
Neo810 said:
2. Always on option - is there an option to make it sleep at night? like I like this option very much, but as I don't sleep with it, I think it is better that the screen will be off at night.
in addition, do it harm the screen if always on working all the time?
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If you put your watch on a desk the display will completely turn off after about 10 minutes, even if you chose always on.
If there is no movement detected for a certain period of time, the display will switch off. This can sometimes also happen if you are in a very steady position. My watch turns occasionally off while I'm playing Playstation and holding the controller in the same position.
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If you put your watch on a desk the display will completely turn off after about 10 minutes, even if you chose always on.
If there is no movement detected for a certain period of time, the display will switch off. This can sometimes also happen if you are in a very steady position. My watch turns occasionally off while I'm playing Playstation and holding the controller in the same position.
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I noticed that but as inconsistent.
Sometimes it did it exactly as you describe and sometime not. left it on the desk, half an hour and still always on worked.
I don't know the exact algorithm behind it, but I'm pretty confident that the display will switch off sooner or later. I always put my watch on my desk at night and every morning the display is pitch black.