I'm using iGuidance 4; works great but the screen dims after 30sec or so.
when I'm driving and it's bright it makes it difficult to see the map.
Any settings to keep the screen bright.
On my N95, while navigating the screen remained on.
Thanks
On the 8125, my solution for this was to plug it in. The brightness and auto off can be set seperately for when it is plugged in. Not a great answer though. My old iPaq (and that's way before the iPhone), they had a nice profile feature where could could set up home/car/work profiles and do things like set wireless connections, volume/vibrate, screen brightness, etc. So then you had a quick way to make multiple adjustments. This would still be a very usefull app if any of the developer here would like to take a crack at it.
In theory, it seems like it would be a pretty easy thing to do and could be assgned as one of the new home screen icons so it would be very handy to get to.
This is a failing of iGuidance because TomTom keeps the backlight on and stops the unit from going to sleep as well.
I made a very compact vent clip holder for my Kaiser, use a BT headset (and often use "BTAudio.exe" to direct all sounds to headset while navigating), and use a charge cord while navigating in the car. I use a prog from my HP, "Today Panel Pro" to have a up front key to tap to get to disp settings. I set the display to stay on with external power when driving during the day. At night I don't set it to stay on because the Kaiser's display just dims after the timeout, it doesn't turn off. I actually like this at night.
In any case, iGuidance won't let the Kaiser turn off while navigating, it just doesn't control the brightness which I'm OK with.
So where can I find "BTAudio.exe" and does it direct all sounds thru bluetooth?
Cheers.
NavM3/5 said:
So where can I find "BTAudio.exe" and does it direct all sounds thru bluetooth?
Cheers.
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Here's the files, I use BTaudio toggle, mapped to a key. Yes, when toggled all sounds come thru bluetooth. If a call should come in while mapping, you can answer, when done the map resumes. It works well!
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Hi,
I generally only need to use bluetooth in my car, so I was wondering if there was any way to automatically turn bluetooth on when my phone get plugged in to the cradle? All that is needed is to detect whether the phone is charging or no and to turn bluetooth on/off appropriately
I'm sure there was some phone management software that did something like this, but can't remember its name
hi, eg sbsh phone weaver know how to do it..
I know TomTom does it automatically. When you startup TomTom it turns on bluetooth then when you exit TomTom it shuts the blue tooth off. So there I am sure if there is a need someone will write an app.
Lots of other navigation software do not turn BT automatically on or off. The simplest way to do it is with a mortscript. Mortscript is a free program that allows creating files very similar to autoexec.bat or config.sys in the good old DOS days.
Another way is with pocketmax phone alarm, you can create a car profile (as well as other profiles...)
Just few of the many possible ways
Thanks for the replies guys,
I have found phoneAlarm by PocketMax which will automatically detect when I put the phone on its cradle i.e. power but no active synd. IT will then switchon bluetooth for me. As soon as I disconnect from the cradle i.e. go back to battery power, BT gets turned off
SPB PhoneSuite could do this as well if you wanted.
Here is a little script that automatically turn BT on then pair with the BT headset as strereo headset and handfree kit and after launch mort player.
Maybe, you will have to modify it a little.
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#Demarrage Bluetooth
Run \Windows\CommManager.exe
Sleep 2000
MouseClick 60,100
Sleep 3500
MouseClick 190,307
Sleep 1000
MouseClick 163,264
MouseUp 50,139
Sleep 1500
MouseDown 30,140
Sleep 1500
SendKeys A
Sleep 500
MouseClick 227,12
Sleep 500
MouseClick 227,12
Run \Windows\CommManager.exe
Sleep 1000
MouseClick 190,307
Sleep 1000
MouseClick 163,264
MouseUp 50,139
Sleep 1500
MouseDown 30,140
Sleep 1500
SendKeys D
Sleep 3000
MouseDblClick 227,12
Sleep 1500
MouseClick 42,307
#Demarrage MortPlayer
RunWait \Program Files\MortPlayer\MortPlayer.exe
#Relance Comm Manager
Run \Windows\CommManager.exe
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The last line re-lauch Comm Manager after quiting mortplayer for switching BT on or off.
Hope it help
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SPB PhoneSuite could do this as well if you wanted.
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As I said, just a few of the many posibilies. What I like about Mortscript is that it's free and can do an awful lot, your skil's the limit.
What I like about PhoneAlarm is that it can configure just about everything I'd like to configure without even using my Mortscript skills. Most important for me:
-it makes sounds a lot louder than normal Hima maximum volume.
-it reminds me of my missed calls, appointments etc as often as I want.
Wasn't disgreeing/contradicting by any stretch of the imagination, just pointing to another alternative. I've found SPB's stuff to be both amazingly useful and rock solid over the 2-2.5 years I've been using their stuff so I figured I'd point to a reasonable solution.
I do like that MortScript's free, but I'm one of those that tends to be better at hurting oneself with scripting than helping out. I don't have the time to play with it as much as I'd like. Isn't PhoneAlarm also a paid package?
And I'm not sure what you mean by "louder than normal Hima..." - do you mean PA is kicking the volume louder than you can set on the phone directly?
For what it's worth, PhoneSuite can also remind you of missed calls and SMS messages. The rest it leaves to WM. For me, I don't mind it being quiet about missed appointments.
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Wasn't disgreeing/contradicting by any stretch of the imagination,
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Neither was I, come on. You're perfecly right that SPB makes perfect and rock solid software. I don't know their PhoneSuite well, just from reading their site it looks to me like much less value for a buck than my personal favorites.
Yes indeed, phoneAlarm can make all sounds from key clicks up to ringtones and speaker phone, even navigation software much louder. That doesn't improve sound quality, but when I walk through noisy Amsterdam it does increase the chance that I hear an incoming call or appointment reminder.
And Just in case I'd still miss them, it keeps reminding me every 5 or 10 minutes. For me indeed very important.
Our devices can do just about anything (I'm trying to learn it to make coffee), it's just a matter of taste which software to use (black, 2 sugar)
I found PA to be overpowering, so we're just on different areas of the spectrum. Plus, I picked up PhoneSuite as a part of a package from them (Mobile Shell, Insight, GPRS Monitor, Phone Suite) and that saved about 40% of the total buying them individually.
Does PA let you set notifications to vibrate as well as play a sound? That's the feature that saves my butt for Appointments - PhoneSuite lets you do that. I prefer that to just louder.
You don't have a hot key to pull up Starbucks.com?
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Does PA let you set notifications to vibrate as well as play a sound? That's the feature that saves my butt for Appointments - PhoneSuite lets you do that. I prefer that to just louder.
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PA can vibrate anything. I once accidentally turned on the vibrate on accepting a call, very weird sensation. But vibrate doesn't work too well in a full hand bag.
You don't have a hot key to pull up Starbucks.com?
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I don't like Starbucks, the coffee is way too strong, then they mask that with lots of whipped cream, spices, flavours and a check that could buy me a nice SPB suite.
Hi all...
Just got my Tilt a few weeks ago and thus far have been enjoying every moment. I have run into an issue that is a bit irritating, wondering if anyone has any ideas.
Streaming audio over the phone works great, but I can't figure out how to keep the music playing when the phone goes into sleep mode.
I get connected, it plays for a couple of minutes then the sound turns off along with the screen. I hit the power button to wake the phone up, the screen turns on and the music comes back. It appears that the phone is staying connected to the website, it is just the sound that goes away.
Ideally I would like to have the screen off to conserve battery power, while listening to the radio. I am having this issue when using the built in speaker and while using headphones connected through the USB port.
Any help or suggestions would be appriciated.
Yeah, I just tried it with mine and I get the same results - turning it to standby causes the music to stop but the stream seems to stay active. So, I would suggest getting a hold of a program called AE Button Plus, which allows you to remap all of the buttons on the front of the device. There are options in there to disable the standby mode when a button is pressed, and then you can turn off the screen but keep the device running with a different button press. Check it out and you'll understand what I mean, and I think that would be your best bet.
wktask
use wktask to minimize streaming apps for audio to stay on.
Speaking of AE Button Plus, also make sure you read my related Button Enhancer Bible for more tips & tricks.
In my experience, the music will still play through Bluetooth A2DP headphones when the phone goes to sleep.
anybody know of any freeware to do this? I searched around a little but no luck.
Huh. Can you expand on this a little please. So I know what Im looking for?
I think he means he wants bluetooth to be turned on automatically with incoming calls so he can use his headset, and afterwards for it to go back off to save battery.
Sounds like it would be useful, I'm interested too... if anybody knows...
I use a H300 motorola BTooth device as hands free. Since I don't want it to continuously transmit when I'm having it on my ear, I keep it switched off. When the phone rings I push the button to power it on and automatically as it powers on, it answers the call. When I finish I just push the button to power it off.
By that I mean that you can actually power on and off the BT everytime you receive a call. It doesn't have to be automatically powered on and off by itself.
Probably more than you want but phoneAlarm http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.html does what you want. My experience though is that it takes too long for Bluetooth to turn on. Not too long that you miss the call but a good few extra rings.
Joe
I use the phone a lot handsfree for work and it bugs me when the screen times out and locks on a handsfree call. I can't then easily mute, unmute, look at call durations, enter digits etc. without interacting with the phone in a clunky manner.
As an example i might be on a long conference call on speakerphone, mute my audio input to get up and walk around a little and then have to quickly unmute. To do this i have to press the side volume button and then the on screen unmute which sounds easy but can make for an awkward second or so of silence.
Basically i want the screen to stay on when in call and the proximity sensor detects it's not against my face.
Samsung has a phone app option for this i remember (keep screen on during calls).
Any suggestions ?
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Any suggestions ?
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Use a bluetooth earpiece/headset and add that as a trusted device. All the time it is on and connected the phone won't lock. Then just set screen sleep to something more appropriate like 5 minutes..
you could try something like this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ndtsoft.sensor&hl=en
i haven't tried it, but i think it could solve your problem
EDIT: i just tried an app called "WaveUP" and it did the trick. also has a lot of other cool features, as well.
I'm finding Bixby routines to be a real treat. I have several set up already.
When I get to work, it turns on airplane mode, activates wifi and bluetooth, connects to my speaker, sets volume to a low level, opens my play music and starts playing.
Listening to headphones - it turns off bluetooth, sets the volume to a certain level and starts playing Samsung music.
YouTube and Google maps - automatically rotate.
I have several others too. Pretty amazing in my opinion.
Agreed. They are a treat that they have that, but i still feel tasker is a bit more advanced, but not easy to use as bixby routines.
I like them, but lack of integration with smart home is a wasted opportunity
If I can use Bixby voice to turn my lights on why can't I use a routine for example
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Any notices on battery drain? Especially with the location switch?
Full working here
With root (yes i rooted it)
Anf full acces obtained by pc.
No battery drain
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Any notices on battery drain? Especially with the location switch?
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I haven't noticed a difference.
Running the AOE notifications app, I set the screen to 100% brightness while that app runs in bixby routines. Notification around the notch is awesome.
Thought of this one yesterday -
20% media volume on 9gag, Instagram, Reddit and YouTube. I hate clicking something to play sound and the creator thought it'd be funny to blast whatever sounds are with it. This ends that issue. ?
I noticed something...
when connected to my car bluetooth I set up to enable the GPS and to open the WAZE app. when it is opened I can see the GPS icon but when I receive a whatsapp or so and I click on it, it puts WAZE to the background but the GPS icon goes away...when I bring WAZE to the foreground again, I see it needs to update where I am as it gets GPS signal again...which is quite strange as the GPS icon in the quicklaunch remains active as long as I am connected with my car...
and an other question: is there some sort of priority setting for routines?
Liquid Li0n said:
I noticed something...
when connected to my car bluetooth I set up to enable the GPS and to open the WAZE app. when it is opened I can see the GPS icon but when I receive a whatsapp or so and I click on it, it puts WAZE to the background but the GPS icon goes away...when I bring WAZE to the foreground again, I see it needs to update where I am as it gets GPS signal again...which is quite strange as the GPS icon in the quicklaunch remains active as long as I am connected with my car...
and an other question: is there some sort of priority setting for routines?
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You don't have the battery settings to put Waze to sleep immediately or to not allow background running right?
Nice try, not helpful:
I use Tasker for many tasks. Among them these:
- when Waze active and power on AC, turn on volume
- When both Waze stops while no AC power OR power stops while no active WAZE, turn off volume
This cannot be done with Bixby
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You don't have the battery settings to put Waze to sleep immediately or to not allow background running right?
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I''ll turned allow background running on and let's see if that will be the case
Bright.Light said:
Nice try, not helpful:
I use Tasker for many tasks. Among them these:
- when Waze active and power on AC, turn on volume
- When both Waze stops while no AC power OR power stops while no active WAZE, turn off volume
This cannot be done with Bixby
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indeed, Bixby is quite basic, I hope them will make it a Tasker competitor over the months.
Thanks. I completely disabled all Bixby (via ADB) and am using Tasker and bxActions