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[Q] Gnote Screensaver which works while screen locked needed

Hi
When ı was using Nokia n8 there is a screen saver app which is very useful when ı locked the screen it shows some animation and time.
In additon to this you can adjust time interval for night and it become more visible that hours so you can use it as a digital clock.
However although I downloaded a number of application for my note. These applications works like aother applications I mean if you close the screen by pressing power button then screen totaly offline. You can only see the digital clock while screen is on.
So I am sure iti is my mistake but if you can show the right setting I can use it.
Thanks

Then wait for ICS to come..

omersah said:
Hi
When ı was using Nokia n8 there is a screen saver app which is very useful when ı locked the screen it shows some animation and time.
In additon to this you can adjust time interval for night and it become more visible that hours so you can use it as a digital clock.
However although I downloaded a number of application for my note. These applications works like aother applications I mean if you close the screen by pressing power button then screen totaly offline. You can only see the digital clock while screen is on.
So I am sure iti is my mistake but if you can show the right setting I can use it.
Thanks
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install NoLED from the market. its free and has very good features. go to settings and enable '"Display Time" feature.

Screen off with timed prox sensor

I've looked for a solution but none of them work.
I'm looking for a simple Profile to turn the screen off when the proximity sensor is covered, which is simple.
But I don't want the profile to trigger if the sensor is just briefly covered so I want to add a task to only trigger the profile if the sensor is covered for 5 seconds.
I've tried adding a Wait task but that doesn't work. According to the tutorials I've seen, a Wait task should work. When I pass my hand over the sensor instead of turning off immediately, it waits 5 seconds then turns off.
I'm looking for similar functionality to the F-Droid app F2L.
Thanks.

i'm in the same, what i do is when the sensor and no light switch time of screen to 15s. I set time of screen to 2m.
Using your way you have to make 2 profiles 1 with sensor on off variable, the second with a entry task with wait 5 seconds and screen off and exit task to stop the first one. the second profile must be activate when the variable of the first one is set to true (or what ever you want)
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Spookymyo said:
I've looked for a solution but none of them work.
I'm looking for a simple Profile to turn the screen off when the proximity sensor is covered, which is simple.
But I don't want the profile to trigger if the sensor is just briefly covered so I want to add a task to only trigger the profile if the sensor is covered for 5 seconds.
I've tried adding a Wait task but that doesn't work. According to the tutorials I've seen, a Wait task should work. When I pass my hand over the sensor instead of turning off immediately, it waits 5 seconds then turns off.
I'm looking for similar functionality to the F-Droid app F2L.
Thanks.
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Proximity Sensor.prj.xml
Download the project and import it.
A code shell is used to power off the screen, so root is needed. If you don't have root, then use System Lock tasker action.
I hope it's working as you want.
EDIT: Ops, someone already replied. I was writing this post.

#Henkate said:
Proximity Sensor.prj.xml
Download the project and import it.
A code shell is used to power off the screen, so root is needed. If you don't have root, then use System Lock tasker action.
I hope it's working as you want.
EDIT: Ops, someone already replied. I was writing this post.
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Thanks for the reply. I downloaded your XML project from media fire but when I tried to import it I got an error saying it failed to import data. I checked the XML in a text editor and noticed a lot of text strings with "media fire" and "Google". I don't think that should be the case.
Edit: Nevermind. I opened it in a different browser and it downloaded the proper file. I'll test it and see if it's what I was taking about.
Edit 2: That's money dude! That's so much easier than I thought. I had 4 different tasks and a few different variables. Thanks a ton!
Edit 3: I added a notification sound when the screen actually turns off. That way I'm not wondering if it did or not.
I noticed that when I turn the screen back on the flash text (Please wait 5 seconds) always displays. Does this mean that your project is always polling the proximity sensor even when the screen is off? In Tasker preferences, under the monitor tab, I have the proximity setting at No.

Spookymyo said:
Thanks for the reply. I downloaded your XML project from media fire but when I tried to import it I got an error saying it failed to import data. I checked the XML in a text editor and noticed a lot of text strings with "media fire" and "Google". I don't think that should be the case.
Edit: Nevermind. I opened it in a different browser and it downloaded the proper file. I'll test it and see if it's what I was taking about.
Edit 2: That's money dude! That's so much easier than I thought. I had 4 different tasks and a few different variables. Thanks a ton!
Edit 3: I added a notification sound when the screen actually turns off. That way I'm not wondering if it did or not.
I noticed that when I turn the screen back on the flash text (Please wait 5 seconds) always displays. Does this mean that your project is always polling the proximity sensor even when the screen is off? In Tasker preferences, under the monitor tab, I have the proximity setting at No.
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I'm glad I helped you. I'm still a noob
I've tried again and it seems that you're right about the flash text. And I've figured out why: because when screen was going on after it was off, the variable %PROX still had value 1 (so it was triggering the profile), but then it was going to 0. I think that's it. In any case, I've made some changed and now that problem is gone.
I've made following changes:
- added two profiles to know if the screen is locked or unlocked. When it's unlocked, it also means that the screen is on
- added a state not call any, so the screen won't turn off when you're in a call (because when you have the phone at ear, the proximity sensor stays on, so we don't want our profile gets triggered that time)
- added a state display on at proximity profile which play with the %PROX variable, so the proximity sensor won't get triggered when you have the phone in pocket for example. It will trigger only if the screen is on
NEW version here
PS: let me know how it goes with the battery drain , if is minor or major. I'm just curious because i didn't use a profile with proximity sensor and I don't need this one.

#Henkate said:
I'm glad I helped you. I'm still a noob
I've tried again and it seems that you're right about the flash text. And I've figured out why: because when screen was going on after it was off, the variable %PROX still had value 1 (so it was triggering the profile), but then it was going to 0. I think that's it. In any case, I've made some changed and now that problem is gone.
I've made following changes:
- added two profiles to know if the screen is locked or unlocked. When it's unlocked, it also means that the screen is on
- added a state not call any, so the screen won't turn off when you're in a call (because when you have the phone at ear, the proximity sensor stays on, so we don't want our profile gets triggered that time)
- added a state display on at proximity profile which play with the %PROX variable, so the proximity sensor won't get triggered when you have the phone in pocket for example. It will trigger only if the screen is on
NEW version here
PS: let me know how it goes with the battery drain , if is minor or major. I'm just curious because i didn't use a profile with proximity sensor and I don't need this one.
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This version didn't work at all. It won't display the flash text. And it won't turn off the screen, it only dims. I'll just modify the first one with some of your new code.

Spookymyo said:
This version didn't work at all. It won't display the flash text. And it won't turn off the screen, it only dims. I'll just modify the first one with some of your new code.
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Huh, it worked for me.
Do like you said.

I tried something a little different with the exception of using two profiles.
Profile one: Cover Closed
State-Proximity Sensor -> Task: Screen Off(Wait; one sec.,Turn Off; Dim off, Lock on)
Profile two: Cover open
State-Not Proximity Sensor -> Task: Screen On(Stop; Task Screen Off, Turn On; Block Time five hundred)

[HELP] Launch app on security lock screen

How launch app when screen is off and security lock? (I want the radio to wake me up) I try: 1. Secure settings --> Configuration:Screen & Keyboard Light On (10sek) 2. Wait 1sek 3. Show Scene --> Name: Popup ,Display As: Activity 4. launch App: "(in my case is "eskaGO" This task try launch this app but can't launch to the end. When Task is end nothing happened. But when I manually unlock screen and see what app work in background I see this app. It's look like this task try launche app but can't launch it to the end.
I try too with AutoLunch but is this same.
Can anybody help??

Can you use Smartlock to prevent your device from locking at home?

lauralbaby said:
Can you use Smartlock to prevent your device from locking at home?
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This not solves the problem. I don't need this only in home. I a lot travelling.
I try with secureTask plugin with off and on keyguard but this disable all securelock.

Well it sounds like the app just can't launch over the keyguard, so the task can't complete till the phone is unlocked. If you're comfortable with it, you can change the timeout (time it takes for the lock to be activated) to a really high number before you go to sleep, then after the app wakes you up, have it changed back to normal.

Thanks for solution but this not solve the problem. In Your idea every day before I go to sleep (when I activate alarm) I should count how many time screen should be unlock. I not everyday wake on this same time or it's time when I stay 1-2 weeks in this same place and wake up every day in this same time.
Every time when I set alarm I must count and set unlock screen Is not good idea.
Maybe somone else have Idea how to launch it?

gonzolex said:
Thanks for solution but this not solve the problem. In Your idea every day before I go to sleep (when I activate alarm) I should count how many time screen should be unlock. I not everyday wake on this same time or it's time when I stay 1-2 weeks in this same place and wake up every day in this same time.
Every time when I set alarm I must count and set unlock screen Is not good idea.
Maybe somone else have Idea how to launch it?
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which counting are you talking about? I think he meant setting the grace time of lock screen to something like 7*24 hours, that way even if screen is off, you don't really engage the lock.
This could be a security drawback and might affect your Moto display/Samsung Always screen on function if you have them.

OK maybe I something wrong understand.
Maybe You can write how I should configure this task? It will be very helpful to me
Now in task profile I set time to start and end my alarm task.

alienyd said:
which counting are you talking about? I think he meant setting the grace time of lock screen to something like 7*24 hours, that way even if screen is off, you don't really engage the lock.
This could be a security drawback and might affect your Moto display/Samsung Always screen on function if you have them.
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Well it sounds like the app just can't launch over the keyguard, so the task can't complete till the phone is unlocked. If you're comfortable with it, you can change the timeout (time it takes for the lock to be activated) to a really high number before you go to sleep, then after the app wakes you up, have it changed back to normal.
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Can You help me understand this and write how should look like this task?

gonzolex said:
OK maybe I something wrong understand.
Maybe You can write how I should configure this task? It will be very helpful to me
Now in task profile I set time to start and end my alarm task.
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When the screen is turned off, it takes time to activate the keyguard/lock. Usually it's set to 1 second or less, so as soon as the display is off, the lockscreen is on. This can be changed (and in fact this is what Smart Lock does) so it won't activate as fast. Smart lock won't work in your conditions, so we can use Tasker plugins.
You need to get the plugin Secure Task if you are not rooted, Secure Settings if you are. Secure Task needs permissions granted in ADB, but the Help will explain the process.
Once you have it working, you can add the "secure settings" action for lockscreen timeout (see screenshots, it may be called something different on your device.)
There's a read action as well as write, you should read the initial value before changing it, save it, and restore it after the alarm goes off.
(In the Secure Settings plugin it's called Device Settings but other than that similar.)

Thanks for this
Now I undarstand that:
I have other profile where is task what will launch my app and where I set time to start this profile.
If I want that profile work - app launch correctly - I must before I go sleep launch other task (this what You wrote) what don't secure lock my screen.
Right? Did I understood correctly?

Yes, if you have a sleep profile, or if not, set it to activate at 2230 or whenever your bedtime is. The task will simply be Secure Task - secure settings - Read secure lockscreen_timeout (or whatever your device shows), so you can have a global variable of the typical timeout. Then Write secure lockscreen_timeout 99999999, as I posted in the screen shots.
And then have your wake up task activate at 7 or whenever, and then redo the lock timeout to the saved variable.

Ok,
But for example:
1. If I set this task to start 23:30 but since 23:10 i will not touch my phone this not work because screen still wil be secure lock ?
2. If I set this task to start earlier for ex. 21:00. On this time my phone is not protect if some one stole it and any one who get my phone will be have full access. Not always in this same time I will in the home.
Idea to solve my problem is good maybe someone else will need it.
For me is not good
It's not solve my problem
Maybe somone else have any idea how I can launch app when screen is secure lock

+ wifi condition
+ cell location

alienyd said:
+ wifi condition
+ cell location
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yes, yes
+ anti theft application
I don't know what happened because to March everything working in my phone. In March I musted do factory reset and launch app in secure screen stoped working ;/
Earlier I use to tasker autoinput plugin and was working , now it write that autoinput can't unlock screen :|
So maybe something was changed/app had update and to launch app in secure screen now is other plugin

hmm that's weird. You must have done/changed something. I don't think any app, especially Tasker has changed anything since then.

alienyd said:
hmm that's weird. You must have done/changed something. I don't think any app, especially Tasker has changed anything since then.
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I know that that is weird. But I don't know what happened because I done nothing special. Just made a task and profile and that was working. Earlier when I changed Rom and restore task everthing work good. Now stop working and I dont know why :|
Better... When this stop working I had try allone and try searching solution.
I made task like this:
1. Secure Settings - Configuration: Screen & Keyboard Light 10sek
2. Status Bar Set Expanded
3. Launch App: eskaGO
4. Wait 10 sek
5. Autoinput Action - Configuration Type: Text Value: Tasker
6. Autoinput Global Action - Configuration Action: Home
And this WORKED! it worked but every second time. Exactly the second time.
Because I thinked that is problem with my phone I made factory reset one more time and this it stopped working completely.
So I don't want belive that so powerful app like Tasker where is so much plugin and a lot of people who very good know this aplication that no one find solution for this.

Sorry I still don't understand your explanation...
If I have it right, you are trying to make an alarm clock out of the radio app.
Here is what I did to implement this idea:
trigger:
- display off
task:
launch app: notepad
alert: beep
result:
as soon as the screen turns off, I heard the beep. When I turned on the screen, I saw notepad app in the foreground.
requirement:
you will need to add something to trigger this during screen off. That extra condition should not turn on the screen. If it does, you should re-consider this whole condition.
The fact that notepad is running in foreground after unlocking means that the task was carried out as intended. If you can run the radio app, the playing should be turned on automatically the moment the app starts, or error you will have radio app running without actually doing anything.
if all these fail, please post a screenshot of your profile, task and log.
good luck!

How about using Appcloner for this? You clone the app and give it the capability to run on to of the lock screen. That's it. Good luck.

jdelcaribe said:
How about using Appcloner for this? You clone the app and give it the capability to run on to of the lock screen. That's it. Good luck.
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I will try It
Can You tell me where in this app is this setting?

gonzolex said:
I will try It
Can You tell me where in this app is this setting?
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Sure. Under display options, then choose " show app on lock screen".

[GUIDE] Device Settings Menu | Part III - Display, Lock screen, Biometrics, Security

Device Settings Menu Guide, Tips & Discussions
Part 3 - Display, Lock screen, Biometrics and security​
If you're new to this series or want to see the index, please read the Introductory Post first.​
Display
Auto brightness: When you change brightness in Auto mode, your device is smart enough to learn your usage patterns to determine the best level according to the environment as per your preferences. 'Reset usage patterns' in case you think your phone is drunk when in Auto mode.
Blue light filter: Learn why you should use it here. I've set it to 'Turn on as scheduled' > 'Sunset to sunrise'. You can toggle it from the notification panel as well.
Night Mode: (Pie update) Enable it to make use of true blacks on your AMOLED screen, save battery and put less strain on eyes. I know you want it to only enable at night, so hop up to developer mode and set 'Night mode' to Automatic. I don't know why Samsung has put up such a useful mode here.
Screen mode: I've set it to 'Adaptive Display'. Do play with other modes and toggle them when needed. Customize 'Full screen colour balance' (and Advanced) when 'Adaptive Display' is enabled in case you don't like the default setup.
Font size and style; Screen zoom: I've set 'Screen Zoom' to 'Small' and 'Font Size' to Level 2 in order to get more content in a screen view. Please tell if there's any better font on Galaxy Apps.
Screen resolution: By default, you don't get the resolution enabled what your Note9 is capable of. I've changed it WQHD+ for getting the most out of the best display in the market. I've the resolution set to HD+ in Medium Battery Saver mode in case I'm on Survival mode.
Full screen apps: I customize it when needed for an app.
Screen timeout: Mine is set to 10 minutes. You know, pro users!
Home screen: Self-explanatory and I use Nova Launcher. Do enable 'Quick-open' notification panel.
Edge screen: Do you need a seperate guide for this? Or can anyone provide a link to one. If you use it right, this can make your life much simpler.
Edge panels: You can set a maximum of 9 panels. Explore options of each panel and try more of them from the Store. I've enabled Apps edge (also make app pair and folders), People edge (upto 10), Smart select (take portion screenshots, make screen GIFs, pin a screen's content), Clipboard edge (auto-categorizes items), Reminder, Device maintenance (useful to review device performance OTG), Tasks edge (explore all available tasks), Quick tools (must have), Calendar. Tap Menu and 'Reorder' the panels as per your needs. In 'Edge panel handle', I've set the Transparency to highest and Size to smallest. I've dragged the handle to Right near power button so that I can always guess where the handle is.
Edge lighting: For me, it feels great to have it for some very important notifications that too 'when screen is off'. Do note that if you enable it for screen on as well, it will disable heads-up notifications. Play with 'Edge lighting style' as it shows the effect generated as you customize one. For me, {effect=basic, color=app_color, transparency=low, width=narrow} works. You can customize the lighting color for each app separately as well. In 'Manage notifications', you can define those apps for which you want this effect enabled.
Menu > Quick reply: Do define a reply because it can be useful in cases where you can't or don't prefer to type or check messages.
Navigation bar: I've enabled 'Hard press Home button' (great alternative to physical home button) and set the pressure to lightest (since I don't want to hurt my screen). With Pie, you can enjoy the immersive display by setting 'Navigation type' to 'Full screen gestures' and disabling 'Gesture hints'. I eventually got used to this. You can use Nav bar button on Quick Settings by dragging down the notification panel to toggle showing navbar then.
Accidental touch protection: Really useful because I keep my phone screen faced to my leg side when inside pocket so that it's protected from the outside cruel world.
Screensaver: In case phone is your life even when it wants to get charged peacefully.
Lock screen
Screen lock type: I use Pattern with Biometrics (Intelligent Scan and Fingerprints or sometimes Fingerprints only). Fingerprints remain the best security and battery-efficient method till date atleast for me. Use Iris for more security than regular face recognition. Also, with Iris, your device won't get unlocked while you're sleeping or with your photo. Use 'Intelligent Scan' for bit more ease (read about it here).
Smart Lock: It's a Google feature that can unlock your phone via On-body detection, Trusted places/devices and Voice Match. I used it once with On-body detection but couldn't impress me. Read about it here.
Secure lock settings: Disabled 'Make pattern visible'. Set 'Lock automatically' to 15 seconds in case I want to turn on the screen immediately without unlocking it. Anyways, 'Lock instantly with power key ' is enabled when I explicitly want it to get locked. Use 'Auto factory reset' carefully as someone could initiate this by simply making incorrect attempts. I've enabled 'Lock network and security' especially for theft use-case.
Always On Display: For customizing it, go to 'Clock style' below. Guide on AOD here and video here. With Pie, you now have new display mode as 'Tap to show' AOD for 30 seconds. I've set it to 'show as scheduled' such it doesn't glow when I sleep. Also, I get an idea that it's time to get to bed when AOD stops showing up (same for wakeup).
Content to show: 'Home button and clock' feel elegant for me.
Double tap Home button: Changed to 'Quick launch Camera' since I want it more often and I can turn on the screen by hard pressing anyways.
Auto brightness: Enabled. If you are okay with manually controlling this brightness less often by double tapping the AOD clock, disabling can save you some battery.
Show always; Set schedule: If you often check clock at night, you can enable the former. I've disabled AOD during my night sleep schedule so that I additionally get a hint when it's already time to go to bed and whether it's time to get up or not.
Turn off to save battery: Enabled. Do you need AOD in survival mode too?
Clock style: You can customize AOD with different clock styles, pictures, GIFs, Calendar and roaming clocks. Blue 'colour' gives a soothing effect every time I look at the clock for me. Similarly, you can customize your Lock Screen clock style here.
Roaming clock: I had to disable it as every operator in India puts SIM to Roaming mode when you're out of your circle (mostly defined to a state) and I get two identical clocks whenever I travel out of state.
FaceWidgets: Enabled all available choices and will decide about the reordering or need of each of them after I arrive at the use-cases. Same goes for you maybe.
Contact information: Do fill it. I've include my name and number on it. Can be useful when stolen, lost or misplaced. You can include email or alternative mobile number as well since the primary number would probably be in the device itself.
Notifications: I've kept the defaults. 'Hide content' if you don't want people to read your notifications. I rather do this on per-app basis (like messages for OTPs, sensitive apps). 'Notifications icons only' makes it similar to AOD style notifications and I want description of notifications once I go over my AOD screen. Toggle 'Transparency' if you find it difficult to read notification over the wallpaper or want your wallpaper to expose. 'Auto-reverse text colour' makes it easier to adapt with the wallpaper. You can define 'Where to show' your notifications here (AOD or Lock screen or both).
App shortcuts: Define the two shortcuts you see on the bottom screen corners while on lock screen. You can choose any app though default (phone and camera) works for me.
Biometrics and security
Biometrics: You can remove biometrics data and configure 'Samsung Pass' to use these here. You can enable 'Screen-on' scan for making the device scan for your face/iris as soon as screen turns on. This increases brightness immediately while it's scanning (can be annoying) and will drain some battery. 'Samsung Pay' works only with 'Fingerprint' and 'Iris Scanner'. Try different ' preview screen mask' for 'Iris Scanner'. In 'Fingerprint Scanner', you can add as many as 4 fingerprints (reserve one for Secure Folder). Put your finger on the reader and you can see the detected one highlited.
Screen transition effect: Disabled as I want things at fastest.
Google Play Protect: Enabled. Read more here.
Find My Mobile: 'Remote controls', 'Google location service' and 'Send last location' enabled. This should be the first things to review once you buy the device. Prepare yourself with a demo on findmymobile.samsung.com.
Security update: Shows the patch level and gets updated with 'Software Update'.
Samsung Pass: Similar to 'Google Smart Lock' for passwords but with biometrics and less support as of now.
Install Unknown Apps: Allow/Disallow existing apps to install apps from APK.
Secure Folder: The replacement for Samsunh My Knox. Must use feature to serparate your very private and confidential part of the phone. Guide here and video here.
Secure startup: Disabled for me. Should be enabled if you want your SIM, notifications, alarms and anything related to device startup not to start without passing the lock screen after the device boots up. For the kind of short-term memory loss I have, I want to call my phone or want it recieve inputs if in any case it gets misplaced with maybe low battery.
Encrypt SD card: Okay, so your phone is secured by Knox or 'Device encryption'. What about your SD card? Anyone can take it out and access your data, right? Encrypt it here and it won't be accessible to any device beside yours. Be careful to decrypt it in case you want to use it somewhere else or even when you are going to format your device.
Other security settings: 'Set up SIM card lock' disabled (same reason as in 'Secure startup'), 'Make passwords visible' disabled, 'Security policy updates' auto update enabled (Here is what are these), 'Send security reports' enabled. Set 'Device admin apps' with care (Learn about them here in case you haven't). You need to remove an app from here before uninstalling it. 'Creditial Storage' for CAs and user certificates (Learn more about CAs here). 'Pin windows' is a very useful feature for me. In cases where you need to give your device to someone (for like watching a movie or seeing the gallery), if this is enabled with 'ask for pattern before unpinning', when you 'pin' that app (video player or gallery), people will have to pass the lock method to get out of that app. Configure which apps can have 'Usage data access', 'Notification access' and 'Do not disturb permission'.
Location:
Allow apps and sites to detect your device's location. I've enabled it since I use too much location-specific content. You can turn it off if you suspect your dad working in NSA (approx locality can still be tracked through IP, use VPN).
Locating method: Change the method as per your requirements. I use 'High accuracy' while you can use 'Battery saving' to save a significant amount of battery that GPS uses. I simply turn off 'Location' from the notification bar when not needed or during survival mode.
Improve Accuracy: You can turn this off for WiFi and BT in case you don't want apps to override your decision of not making them search for WiFi or BT when you have explicitly turned them off!
Recent Location Requests; Location Services: Do review the apps that your girlfriend may have installed in your phone; Do review Google Location History and Sharing settings.
App permissions; Permission usage monitor: You can review the 'Permission History' here and enable/disable notifications for permission access on per-app per-permission basis. You suspect an app tracking your location occasionally and want to prove this instead of not granting it the permission? You can do it here.

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Why are you posting this??
There's a very good "USER MANUAL" on the "Samsung"-site available:
User Manual Samsung Galaxy Note9

henklbr said:
Why are you posting this??
There's a very good "USER MANUAL" on the "Samsung"-site available:
User Manual Samsung Galaxy Note9
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You have commented the same query on each of my parts. I have already answered you here where the similar discussion is already going on. Let's discuss there and keep this thread clean. Also, the 'why am I posting this' is already described in the Introductory Post.

thanks, op for the posts, very useful

Can Tasker create an icon to set the volume to a specific value...

...and to set the brightness to a specific value? I can do this easily in Windows, but not in Android.

Perhaps you figured it out by now, but just in case, the answer is definitely yes, I use that very functionality for brightness on my phone:
1. Create a new task
2. Add a "Display Brightness" action to this task (the value in this action doesn't represent percentage, so you might need to experiment with the number to get the desired brightness)
3. Add a "Tasker Shortcut" widget to your home screen. It will lead you to select the name of the task you created.
-It will also require you to select an icon for the widget, which you will do with the 9 squares at the bottom of the task edit screen (I already selected an Android robot icon in the picture).
-When adding the widget, you may also encounter an error message requiring you to open Tasker and exit with the back button to close it out properly in order for the widget to work.
There would be a similar process for volume, but you'd have to choose the appropriate action for which volume you want to adjust: ringer/system/media, etc.

Yes, I did figure it out, but thanks for posting that clear explanation, which is rare. It will probably help someone.
My most interesting program so far is a reliable way to turn the display off and on automatically to save battery power and, more importantly, to extend the lifetime of the power button.
Even with a reliable program, though, Tasker sometimes delays responding when it is closed and the display is off, so I've found that Tasker must be left running all the time. This is easy to arrange: in Android task viewing mode, click the lock icon at the top right of the screen view pane so that it becomes solid.
Such locks persist forever, I think, and are therefore quite confusing to newcomers to Adenoid, I mean Android.

You're welcome. Hopefully it might. I sympathize with the new user, since often it's difficult to get a solid, helpful answer from an advanced user regarding a beginner's topic.
As for Tasker being killed on occasion, unfortunately the circumstances surrounding that vary dramatically between devices. For example, whatever lock icon you're talking about to fix the issue on your device is not on my phone at all, so it would not work as a solution for me.
Do you have the option to "Use reliable alarms" in Tasker? I'm not sure if its presence varies between Android versions. I have that option set to "always"*, and I've never had a single time where Tasker fired late or was killed. It uses a persistent system alarm to keep tasker "in mind" all the time.
*And battery optimization for Tasker turned off, of course
david0001 said:
Yes, I did figure it out, but thanks for posting that clear explanation, which is rare. It will probably help someone.
My most interesting program so far is a reliable way to turn the display off and on automatically to save battery power and, more importantly, to extend the lifetime of the power button.
Even with a reliable program, though, Tasker sometimes delays responding when it is closed and the display is off, so I've found that Tasker must be left running all the time. This is easy to arrange: in Android task viewing mode, click the lock icon at the top right of the screen view pane so that it becomes solid.
Such locks persist forever, I think, and are therefore quite confusing to newcomers to Adenoid, I mean Android.
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Enabling Use Reliable Alarms doesn't help. I think at this point I would say that getting Tasker to work when the display is locked is not obvious. Perhaps it is documented somewhere.
Basically, the bad symptom is as follows: after the display has been locked for a few minutes, moving the device fails to turn the display on again. Something kicks or locks Tasker out, but only after more than just a few seconds.
Sorry about not realizing that locking an app in memory is not part of Android. I'm using an inexpensive TCL A3 device sold by Tracfone. Locking is nice when you want to avoid startup delays for a task.