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[APK] Bluetooth Launch v2.0.1 Beta (11/19/2010)

So this started in the Cognition thread, but I figure it probably is useful for other ROMs and people.
So are you like me? You've hooked up your bluetooth mic, and pressed the voice action button and your phone looks at you stupidly? Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way you could start Google Voice Actions or possibly Vlingo's Recognize and Execute?
Here's the thing, currently Google Voice Actions and Vlingo can't hear over the bluetooth mic. Still, this will launch the voice app, and allow you to speak through your phone's mic.
I've considered creating a version where you can select any app; however, unless there's some demand for a feature like that I don't want to go through that kind of pain and suffering.
Feedback is appreciated.
Oh and finally, this is a very early version, so you won't find it on the app market or such. If I have time, I'll polish it up, but for now, this is good enough to fix the issue for most people.
If you find this useful, please let me know. There's no reason to polish something no one needs/uses.
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1.5 Beta
So this is a little rough around the edges but it is functional. The first load will be slow, but application names are cached after that load. Still need to indicate what the user has selected in the past as well as sort the list.
2.0 Beta
Fixed the rough edges, nice radio buttons in the list. Sorted alphabetically. Oh and TheYar suggested waking up the phone to run the action. Not only is it doing that, but it'll bypass the screen lock.
Now some are saying, but wait isn't that a bad thing? Well yes and no. First the screen lock comes back when the action is complete, or bluetooth launch closes. Second, bluetooth headsets must be paired first to get access, so a thief would have to know to grab your headset and phone to get into your phone. The risk is low but not 0, so in the next version, you'll have a way to turn that feature on or off.
2.0.1 Beta
As TheYar pointed out, there's a bug where you may have to hit the bluetooth button twice. This is a bug in the underlying framework and there's nothing my app can do about that. That said, I added a vibrate on launch feature to this new version. No other changes were made.
Change Log:
11/19/10: 2.0.1 Beta Vibrate on launch
11/18/10: 2.0 Beta Choices shown, remembered in the list, sorted alphabetically (so learn your ABC's) and phone wake, lock screen disable.
11/17/10: 1.5 Beta Select any activity, better icon
11/12/10: 1.1.1 Updated some text, added icon
11/11/10: 1.1 Added Settings and Vlingo
11/10/10: 1.0 Initial Revision

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Sweet!
Unfortunately it doesn't do anything for me, running Cog 2.3.3. I've turned my headset on/off, BT on/off, no response to button.
Pressing "Confirm Selection" doesn't do anything either, should it?
Update - Rebooting makes it work, stupid me...THANKS!

pkley said:
Sweet!
Unfortunately it doesn't do anything for me, running Cog 2.3.3. I've turned my headset on/off, BT on/off, no response to button.
Pressing "Confirm Selection" doesn't do anything either, should it?
Update - Rebooting makes it work, stupid me...THANKS!
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Confirm selection saves the settings. I should change the name, thanks.
It shouldn't require a reboot, but there may have been something subtle going on that a reboot fixed.

Updated!
Added some polish. Launcher icon + text changes to make things more clear.

I think it would be handy if there was some text to confirm that the settings were set.
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I think it would be handy if there was some text to confirm that the settings were set.
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If I understand what you're asking for, I think the text at the bottom is just that. I'll see if I can re-word it to be more clear.

Coming Soon
So I had some time to play with things over the weekend, I'll be releasing a new versions soon.
Features will include:
Selecting the activity you want to launch
Better icon (not washed out)

This app works very well. You did a great job man.

Teaser
Got this working today, takes way too long to load right now, and only shows the names right now.

Hooray. I am happy to report that I can now use my BlueAnt T1 to control the Google Voice Commands. Awesome! Even though it passes the audio to the phone my headset still thinks my phone does not support it. But it works well enough for now till I can get an updated firware on my T1 headset.
I'm using Cognition.v2.2.Beta7.UCJI6 at the moment.

Beta Version Up
New version up, calling it beta because of the rough edges.
Enjoy!

Updated to the new 1.5 BETA. I switched back to my Plantronics Voyager 855 until I can update the firmware on my T1. The beta works. Thanks again for releasing this.

Wow this is great. I've been wanting to voice dial on my Captivate ever since I got it and this is the first time I've been able to do it.
I've noticed that often it doesn't respond until the second time I try to activate it. Maybe this is just a delay, not sure.
Any thoughts on how this could function when the screen is locked? Google voice actions are pretty powerful, so I doubt that full voice action functionality would be possible from a locked device. But maybe someone has some 2.2 source from another platform that includes how a call might be initiated over BT even when the screen is locked?
Thanks for this app. Loving it.

TheYar said:
Wow this is great. I've been wanting to voice dial on my Captivate ever since I got it and this is the first time I've been able to do it.
I've noticed that often it doesn't respond until the second time I try to activate it. Maybe this is just a delay, not sure.
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It appears to be a bug in the handling of bluetooth with the system, I can reproduce it without my app. Basically it appears that the system isn't releasing the bluetooth handle in a reasonable way, as my headphones that do bluetooth to both an iPod and a phone at the same time won't start playing again. I wish I could fix this.
TheYar said:
Any thoughts on how this could function when the screen is locked? Google voice actions are pretty powerful, so I doubt that full voice action functionality would be possible from a locked device. But maybe someone has some 2.2 source from another platform that includes how a call might be initiated over BT even when the screen is locked?
Thanks for this app. Loving it.
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This is a good idea. Look for it in a few minutes.

I just got done adding 1.5 to another DG ROM zip and decided to check here before flashing it. I'm am so psyched!!
Since you seem to be greased lightning on feedback and improvements, I'll throw another one out there - voice feedback into the headset speaker to let you know it is ready. I know that this functionality might better sit with the launched app (and sometimes does), but perhaps a configurable option to detect when the launched app has launched at least, and then react by saying "ready" or such in my ear. Then I'd care even less than I already do about the handle release problem with the bluetooth stack.
As for the lock screen bypass... yeah. I'm a security pro myself, but I agree that the risk there is low and acceptable, compared to the risk I face trying to security-unlock my screen while driving. Watch out though, people tend to freak out on this issue. The press went wild when the Droid opted for default Voice Action access through the lock screen, referring to it as a major security bug and design flaw. Of course, in that case it was accessible even without a headset, just a long-press of the search.
Let me know when this hits market and charge money for it, or at least offer a donation. Gladly pay. Considering this is the first time I've been able to accurately bluetooth dial since 6 years and three phones ago, you are officially a genius.

TheYar said:
I just got done adding 1.5 to another DG ROM zip and decided to check here before flashing it. I'm am so psyched!!
Since you seem to be greased lightning on feedback and improvements, I'll throw another one out there - voice feedback into the headset speaker to let you know it is ready. I know that this functionality might better sit with the launched app (and sometimes does), but perhaps a configurable option to detect when the launched app has launched at least, and then react by saying "ready" or such in my ear. Then I'd care even less than I already do about the handle release problem with the bluetooth stack.
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Your previous comment came in at just the right time to add an extra piece to the development cycle. The feature was easy, so I got it in. That said, playing through the bluetooth device appears to be a hard thing, I'll see what I can do about this. The easier thing to do, which I'm going to put in place soon, is to simply vibrate the phone, so that'll be the first step.
TheYar said:
As for the lock screen bypass... yeah. I'm a security pro myself, but I agree that the risk there is low and acceptable, compared to the risk I face trying to security-unlock my screen while driving. Watch out though, people tend to freak out on this issue. The press went wild when the Droid opted for default Voice Action access through the lock screen, referring to it as a major security bug and design flaw. Of course, in that case it was accessible even without a headset, just a long-press of the search.
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This is why I want the user to explicitly configure if they want this behavior. I'll look at adding a menu with settings. I want to get that done before I add in playing though the headset.
TheYar said:
Let me know when this hits market and charge money for it, or at least offer a donation. Gladly pay. Considering this is the first time I've been able to accurately bluetooth dial since 6 years and three phones ago, you are officially a genius.
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Actually, this is my first app, so I haven't paid the fee for developers to the app store. This is relatively simple, but I may put in a paypal link for development supplies. You know the standard: sex, drugs (beer), rock and roll.
I don't want to tip my hand for the other ideas I'm going to work on, but once this is mostly complete, I'm going to start on my next couple of apps, which I'm affectionately calling "Ring Rules" and "When I Get Home" right now. Those will likely have free and paid versions in the app store. (Assuming I get enough time to write them.)

Word, vibrate on launch. Dug. My handset is usually in a cradle or empty seat or sliding around the floorboard somewhere, so I might not get to use it much. But definitely a worthy X.X.1 enhancement. Looking forward to the other two apps you tease there; if my guesses are correct then they would both be of value to me.
On the lock-screen bypass: definitely, making it configurable would be preferable and snazzy. But on the old Windows Mobile Voice Command, this was configurable and disabled by default and it still got a good bit of bad feedback as a security bug. My 2 cents would be to make the setting work like the USB debugging setting in a stock ROM. Enabling it requires you to acknowledge a pop-up that warns and explains the risk. This might limit the number of armchair professional comments you get in the Market that are all caps and scream about how your app has security bugs and allows people to hack androids and steal all the datums and megahurtz off of them.

Hey thanks for this app, used voice dialing and commands all of the time on my Tilt with WinMo 6.0, only real downside of Android is not implementing this feature in an easy to use format IMO. I'm still figuring out vlingo but I can finally use my BlueAnt ST3 the way I used to, or almost anyway. Thanks again.

I started with yur earlier version that did Google Voice only, then the one that you could choose between GV and Vlingo.
Just installed latest version, and getting FCs.
I don't know if it is because I am selecting wrong COM item under (I've tried several under Vlingo, and get double vibrate, then FC each time) the app, or this application itself. But bringing up a long list of all the different components of various programs makes it immensely more difficult to get an operational program.
Going back to earlier version for now.
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I was able to get it to work with Google Voice, but never did with Vlingo.
I now realize that 3 vibes is normal. I'd prefer an option to turn that off.

Bad battery life, high Android OS drain

I'm experiencing very high battery drain on my phone, most of it attributed to "Android OS" in Settings -> Battery. For example, my battery is at 62% after 6 hours off charger, with 19min screen-on time. Any help, please? I tried reading various guides for dealing with the issue, but most of them refer to older versions of Android.
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Mmm thats weird, did you try to uninstall some apps that may be wakelocking your device ?
Wakelock its an excellent app but sadly you need root
Try unisntall some "fishy" apps that could be doing it

That's the problem, since I'm not rooted, I can't use wakelock detector It is kinda crippling.
I can't think of any fishy apps off the top of my head.. is there a list of "known bad" apps?

List some less popular apps you have installed. Apps like Tinder gave me ridiculous wakelocks. Screw that app BTW.

Interesting, I do have tinder installed! Is there any easy way of getting all installed applications on the phone?

rohandhruva said:
Interesting, I do have tinder installed! Is there any easy way of getting all installed applications on the phone?
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Check for which devices are set to actively sync. Turn off all the apps that don't need to sync in the background. Also, turn off syncing for all the google apps that you don't use.
If you're logged into multiple accounts, you have might location tracking and history on for all. I disabled both and it doesn't affect google now.

Try a factory reset,I had my Google Services on high and I did a factory reset and it was fine from there on.

erikiksaz said:
Check for which devices are set to actively sync. Turn off all the apps that don't need to sync in the background. Also, turn off syncing for all the google apps that you don't use.
If you're logged into multiple accounts, you have might location tracking and history on for all. I disabled both and it doesn't affect google now.
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What do you mean by devices to sync? I have only one google account synced on my device. I'll try removing crap like tinder.

ry_t said:
Try a factory reset,I had my Google Services on high and I did a factory reset and it was fine from there on.
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I've been holding off on a factory reset simply because it's so disruptive I should probably get around to it...

rohandhruva said:
What do you mean by devices to sync? I have only one google account synced on my device. I'll try removing crap like tinder.
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Under settings/accounts.
You'll see google and other apps like twitter, dropbox, waze, etc

Not sure if this is what you're asking, but you can go to Settings, Apps and the initial list you will be presented with is only the apps you have downloaded

CUBENSIS said:
Not sure if this is what you're asking, but you can go to Settings, Apps and the initial list you will be presented with is only the apps you have downloaded
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Yes, however that would need me to take multiple screenshot to list all apps that I have installed. I was looking for something which exports a text list of all my installed apps, maybe...
I've removed tinder and hinge for now, to see how it might affect battery. Any other ideas?

rohandhruva said:
Yes, however that would need me to take multiple screenshot to list all apps that I have installed. I was looking for something which exports a text list of all my installed apps, maybe...
I've removed tinder and hinge for now, to see how it might affect battery. Any other ideas?
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Sorry for late responding but I'm pretty sure it's a third party app. But another suggestion is to boot into Safe Mode and see if the high drainage still occurs. If it stops, then we know it's a third party app.

I have solved the majority of this problem on my phone.
Go into apps, reset data for the app "Moto"
Now enter Moto, do NOT accept "Yes I'm in" (or whatever it's translated to for you)
It appears the car detection chews through battery like mad, they apparently use ambient audio to detect driving if there's no location service running.
You will have to go into camera and click/unclick the wrist flick feature, same with alarm clock, you have to click/unclick in the Moto app, and launch alarm clock at least once. You will also need to do this on the "approach to activate" set of features.
This obviously kills the four assistive features and always on voice activation. But it appears this drains a ton of battery.
And even if you don't use voice activation any more, (I enabled it to test it out), but the DSP that handles it is never disabled.
Also always set GPS to "device only" as this google data farm "feature" completely murders battery life.

DroidOnRoids said:
Sorry for late responding but I'm pretty sure it's a third party app. But another suggestion is to boot into Safe Mode and see if the high drainage still occurs. If it stops, then we know it's a third party app.
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Thanks, I'm going to try using my phone in the Safe Mode today! It's incredibly crippling.

rohandhruva said:
Thanks, I'm going to try using my phone in the Safe Mode today! It's incredibly crippling.
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No problem. My issue with battery is the Cell Standby bug that seems to be a bug with this build for Verizon Moto X. There's nothing I can do about it except wait for Lollipop.

Shadowdancer123 said:
I have solved the majority of this problem on my phone.
Go into apps, reset data for the app "Moto"
Now enter Moto, do NOT accept "Yes I'm in" (or whatever it's translated to for you)
It appears the car detection chews through battery like mad, they apparently use ambient audio to detect driving if there's no location service running.
You will have to go into camera and click/unclick the wrist flick feature, same with alarm clock, you have to click/unclick in the Moto app, and launch alarm clock at least once. You will also need to do this on the "approach to activate" set of features.
This obviously kills the four assistive features and always on voice activation. But it appears this drains a ton of battery.
And even if you don't use voice activation any more, (I enabled it to test it out), but the DSP that handles it is never disabled.
Also always set GPS to "device only" as this google data farm "feature" completely murders battery life.
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Thanks. I'd try that, but it feels like it's disabling all the useful features of the Moto X. Kind of negates the reason I purchased this phone

DroidOnRoids said:
No problem. My issue with battery is the Cell Standby bug that seems to be a bug with this build for Verizon Moto X. There's nothing I can do about it except wait for Lollipop.
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I'd this same problem for the first few days I had the phone for! I am not sure what fixed it, but I don't see Cell Standby up there now (I'm on AT&T).

rohandhruva said:
I'd this same problem for the first few days I had the phone for! I am not sure what fixed it, but I don't see Cell Standby up there now (I'm on AT&T).
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Hmm interesting, I'm gonna have to search to see if there's a fix.

Shadowdancer123 said:
I have solved the majority of this problem on my phone.
Go into apps, reset data for the app "Moto"
Now enter Moto, do NOT accept "Yes I'm in" (or whatever it's translated to for you)
It appears the car detection chews through battery like mad, they apparently use ambient audio to detect driving if there's no location service running.
You will have to go into camera and click/unclick the wrist flick feature, same with alarm clock, you have to click/unclick in the Moto app, and launch alarm clock at least once. You will also need to do this on the "approach to activate" set of features.
This obviously kills the four assistive features and always on voice activation. But it appears this drains a ton of battery.
And even if you don't use voice activation any more, (I enabled it to test it out), but the DSP that handles it is never disabled.
Also always set GPS to "device only" as this google data farm "feature" completely murders battery life.
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I have all of these enabled. I use approx 45-60 min of GPS per day, minimal talk time, >50% of my time spent with no cell signal. I consistently get ~3.5 hrs of screen on time.
Maybe you did improve your battery life, but I don't think the moto features were your problem.

[TASKER] Looking for some tasker profile ideas. Post your tasker profiles here!

So I just discovered the magical world of tasker, and am loving it! Totally worth the money, and one of the best apps to have (the best if you know how to maximise its use)! I have been experimenting a bit with it, so I don't have many profiles. I'm sure many folks here will be using tasker and would be having some great profiles, so I'm looking forward to hearing some suggestions! The profiles I use are:
1. WiFi off at night, from 00:45 to 08:00, except WhatsApp, Play Store, Quora
2. Airplane mode at night, from 00:30 to 07:00
3. Use of interactive CPU governor when using Real Racing 3, and revert to lionfish governor after exiting app(Kernel adiutor profiles do this for me). I also added a condition to use auto-rotate when playing the game, and revert to portrait orientation after closing the app.
4. Auto-sync every two hours, from 08:00 to 20:00 (I would like to improve this to auto-sync only Gmail, would welcome suggestions on how to do this from any tasker experts out here )
I would love to implement more profiles and automate my phone, so looking for ideas.

Need a tasker profile which can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps.it means If I start those apps then my mobile data would automatically disabled and when I close them Data service should be enbled.If u can help on this then That wud be very helpfull

Nothing very fancy for me - right now just have it turning on my wifi hotspot when it detects my car's bluetooth connection so my stereo can use the internet.
It sounds like you are taking it pretty far, @varunadi. You should check out https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker for more cool ideas.

koimr said:
Nothing very fancy for me - right now just have it turning on my wifi hotspot when it detects my car's bluetooth connection so my stereo can use the internet.
It sounds like you are taking it pretty far, @varunadi. You should check out https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker for more cool ideas.
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Yep, I am looking to maximise the use of this app, so thanks for that link, will check it out!

anks095 said:
Need a tasker profile which can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps.it means If I start those apps then my mobile data would automatically disabled and when I close them Data service should be enbled.If u can help on this then That wud be very helpfull
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I'm still finding my way around tasker, reading a lot of tutorials so once I figure it out I'll let you know.

anks095 said:
Need a tasker profile which can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps.it means If I start those apps then my mobile data would automatically disabled and when I close them Data service should be enbled.If u can help on this then That wud be very helpfull
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I don't know if you can disable mobile data entirely (not just background which Android can do already) for just certain apps.
Perhaps it would be easier to use something like Netguard.
I've never used it but the description says "Applications can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection."

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I don't know if you can disable mobile data entirely (not just background which Android can do already) for just certain apps.
Perhaps it would be easier to use something like Netguard.
I've never used it but the description says "Applications can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection."
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Can't the secure settings plugin be used for that purpose? Toggle data on/off I mean.

varunadi said:
Can't the secure settings plugin be used for that purpose? Toggle data on/off I mean.
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I was actually going to suggest that as I have it installed already but when I tried it didn't work.
The "Mobile data" toggle was unavailable because it claims I don't have root. However, I'm definitely rooted and there's no listing (saying denied or otherwise) in SuperSU for Secure Settings so it didn't even ask for root. I'm not too surprised as SS hasn't been updated in over a year and a lot of the Play Store comments mention mobile data toggle specifically not working either (among other things). Too bad as it was pretty powerful and of course I think I paid for it right after its last update.
Not getting SS working for me might just be my problem and perhaps someone else can get it going.
I was also going to suggest [APP][2.2+][ROOT] Toggle Data 5.0 (xda-exclusive free version) but then I read more about what @anks095 said which was "can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps" so I'm guessing he just wants certain apps restricted and not all (although the next sentence seems to say otherwise but I might be reading it incorrectly). I'm not too sure that can be done via Tasker/SS - my guess is that it's an "all-or-nothing" kinda thing for mobile data so the VPN thing might be the only way.

I use a similiar app called automagic but some of the things that I got my tasker like program to do are: lockscreen enable/disable through wi-fi at trusted places (don't like geofencing due to battery), when connected to the bluetooth of my car. Auto silent 5 min before a meeting, but if not connected to my smartwatch then vibrate. And lastly sms emergency location request where my family can send a keyword and my phone will automatically send location.

joeanca said:
I use a similiar app called automagic but some of the things that I got my tasker like program to do are: lockscreen enable/disable through wi-fi at trusted places (don't like geofencing due to battery), when connected to the bluetooth of my car. Auto silent 5 min before a meeting, but if not connected to my smartwatch then vibrate. And lastly sms emergency location request where my family can send a keyword and my phone will automatically send location.
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How is the lockscreen one working for you? I find the built-in SmartLock to be really unreliable but when I tried to do lockscreen stuff before (last year) there was some bug in either Tasker or Secure Settings that would sometimes keep your screen black with just the nav buttons visible present. I'll have to re-try now.
That sms emergency request thing sounds cool! Can the recipient open the location in Maps to see exactly where you are?

Without issues I set it so that it clears the password. Makes it so that I have to swipe to unlock. As for the location, yes it sends coordinates and the user in the other end taps it to bring up Google maps.
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joeanca said:
Without issues I set it so that it clears the password. Makes it so that I have to swipe to unlock. As for the location, yes it sends coordinates and the user in the other end taps it to bring up Google maps.
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Thank you very much - clearing the password was the key! I had been trying before to disable the keyguard entirely so I wouldn't even have to swipe but that's where the problem/bug came in. Thinking about it that makes more sense to have at least a swipe because I'd end up calling people from my pocket by mistake. So thanks again!

Tasker...hmmm. Bought it, but much to complicated for me. Macrodroid is much easier to understand and can also do complicated automation with a normal user friendly interface. I tried to like Tasker, but the more and more I tried the more stupid I felt.

Spectacular results with Package Disabler Pro and Greenify on MM

I was never convinced about package disabler until I tried it. Many folks running stock with latest MM update and non rooted may be facing average to poor battery life. Try this combination in the subject and don't go wild on disabling thing. I just disabled rudimentary bloat ware from Samsung and Google, applied standard greenify logic mentioned on XDA and I am back to pre MM battery level or for that matter much better. Also running two corporate accounts plus my personal accounts and messaging. Just thought I share for those facing similar issues.
Also the phone is remarkably snappier, I can feel it with all the apps i use. Also I moved my magazine and news apps to my Nexus 7 2013 goodness, so this is just the perfect setup.
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Me too, except I am using EZ Package Disabler and Greenify. Attached is the XML file listing what I have disabled using EZ Package Disabler, just the things I don't need and don't use. CAUTION: I have disabled Touchwiz Launcher using this, so make sure you have an alternate launcher (like Nova) installed before importing this XML file and disabling.
I use Aggressive Doze in Greenify and manually hibernate using the Hibernate Shortcut. With these two apps (and Good Lock), I currently see no need to root this phone. I'm getting 6+hrs SoT (WiFi and Bluetooth on all day) and the phone runs very smoothly with no noticeable lag.

Yeah, so darn refreshing to see apps launch with a spunk! Any memory or battery usage tools that are good? I am now doing a bottom up clean up of all that I do not use. And in my efforts, I found naked browser replacing chrome and UC that I was using. Dropped memory usage for browsing by 50% (I wish naked browser pro was not that expensive 7.5 cad.). Also any launcher that is more efficient than Nova? No issues with Nova but have used it for so many years that I have lost track if any other efficient launcher.
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I think Nova is pretty much still top of the pile as far as features and customisation are concerned, not sure about efficiency though. I use GSAM Battery Monitor Pro (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm.pro) - one feature I like is that it allows you to see when and how long your phone was in 'Doze' state (overall time and as a graph), which helps illustrate how well Greenify's Aggressive Doze is working.

Well tried both of your recommendations used the xml file was given by kinsman and samsung package disabler by hashiba enabled couple of apps that i use the most.. i have to say the screen on time was not that impressive but the standby was v.good
I'm normal user couple of calls usually i use Bluetooth only when I'm driving connected to my car stereo *i travel alot*
I'm using greenify with aggressive doze enabled. Stock rom not rooted using sm-n910G variant with the latest "august" security update..
Used the package disabler when my phone was on 70% and these are the result
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Ps. I was not trying to archive the best sot or standby time just normal usage
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Amar.B said:
I was not trying to archive the best sot or standby time just normal usage
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Impressive! I see you seem to have the same 'Bluetooth Time On' bug I've noticed on mine - see thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/bluetooth-time-incorrect-t3418241 - or had yours actually been on for over 3 days?

Kinsman-UK said:
Impressive! I see you seem to have the same 'Bluetooth Time On' bug I've noticed on mine - see thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/bluetooth-time-incorrect-t3418241 - or had yours actually been on for over 3 days?
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Yeah i noticed that Bluetooth keeps my phone awake all the time even when its off tried everything but no solution "hopes" for the future updates they might fix the issue.
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Amar.B said:
Yeah i noticed that Bluetooth keeps my phone awake all the time even when its off tried everything but no solution "hopes" for the future updates they might fix the issue.
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Nope, mine doesn't keep the phone awake, just reports the wrong 'Time on' . No wake locks and battery life is fantastic.

Kinsman-UK said:
Nope, mine doesn't keep the phone awake, just reports the wrong 'Time on' . No wake locks and battery life is fantastic.
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For some reason i used to think the same bbs and gsam is not showing any wakelocks but it actually running in background.. I'm loosing at least 6-8% during the night(charging the phone before i sleep to 100% waking up with 94 to 92%) but in the same time my battery last all day long with 5:30 to 6 hrs of sot.. i should consider factory reset might solve the problem. I just don't want to loose all app data that i have
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Amar.B said:
Well tried both of your recommendations used the xml file was given by kinsman and samsung package disabler by hashiba enabled couple of apps that i use the most.. i have to say the screen on time was not that impressive but the standby was v.good
I'm normal user couple of calls usually i use Bluetooth only when I'm driving connected to my car stereo *i travel alot*
I'm using greenify with aggressive doze enabled. Stock rom not rooted using sm-n910G variant with the latest "august" security update..
Used the package disabler when my phone was on 70% and these are the result
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Ps. I was not trying to archive the best sot or standby time just normal usage
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Another thing I did was disabled the system app power saving / optimization mode, see that running on your phone for 55 apps or so letting greenify take over. Obviously cannot manage system apps as not rooted (I would root but my corporate mail is on Good for Enterprise, which detects root and will not work).
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Hashiba Hoo Haa said:
I was never convinced about package disabler until I tried it. Many folks running stock with latest MM update and non rooted may be facing average to poor battery life. Try this combination in the subject and don't go wild on disabling thing. I just disabled rudimentary bloat ware from Samsung and Google, applied standard greenify logic mentioned on XDA and I am back to pre MM battery level or for that matter much better. Also running two corporate accounts plus my personal accounts and messaging. Just thought I share for those facing similar issues.
Also the phone is remarkably snappier, I can feel it with all the apps i use. Also I moved my magazine and news apps to my Nexus 7 2013 goodness, so this is just the perfect setup.
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While I am definitely seeing good results with Package Disabler pro, but I have not been able to find any documentation on how this application works internally? Does anybody on the forum know or has had access to view it's source? Really can't get my head around this app and how am I able to disable system apps without needing root permissions.
I really want to understand what this application is doing to my device or for that matter it is greenify that is actually doing the real work.
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Hashiba Hoo Haa said:
Another thing I did was disabled the system app power saving / optimization mode, see that running on your phone for 55 apps or so letting greenify take over. Obviously cannot manage system apps as not rooted (I would root but my corporate mail is on Good for Enterprise, which detects root and will not work).
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Well I'm not sure how they did it but keep in mind you can only disable apps and services not removing them which is definitely requires root access.. app manager is limited for a reason not everyone is allowed to disable a service or an app without having problems so they will end up blaming phone manufacturers for screwing up their phones. Well i was about to disable power saving/optimization mode and let the greenify take the lead but I'm testing the current settings will give it a try next week.
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Day 3..
Network 2G. Switched to 4G for 2 hrs
I was using WiFi most of the time
greenify is disabled / app power saving only enabled these are the results
Day 4 i will disable app power saving and use greenify only
To be continued. .
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1.I use only greenify with agressive doze and all settings enabled incl xposed setting .
2.long press location and press improve accuracy and swichoff wifi and bluetooth always scan.
3. Setting>lockand security> other security>security policy update off >device administrator> android device manager swtich off... usage data access play services play store off
4. Wifi > keep wifi on during sleep >never
5.privacy and safety > app permissions > swich off all
Applications that use body sensors
6. Shealth > pause steps counting and setting detect workout >swichoff
7. Developer option > all animations swich off
9.Accounts Sync off. I manually sync occationaly.
10.Advance features direct calll .easy mute .smart alert off .
11. Display >touchkey light duration >off
12. Turn off application notification which i can never want notification like youtube calculator etc.
With 2hrs of internet browsing with apus browser turbo which is less battery consumtion browser compared to others
13. Location always off
With above settings i get more than 6hr sot with 2hrs browsing .

RaipurBoy said:
1.I use only greenify with agressive doze and all settings enabled incl xposed setting .
2.long press location and press improve accuracy and swichoff wifi and bluetooth always scan.
3. Setting>lockand security> other security>security policy update off >device administrator> android device manager swtich off... usage data access play services play store off
4. Wifi > keep wifi on during sleep >never
5.privacy and safety > app permissions > swich off all
Applications that use body sensors
6. Shealth > pause steps counting and setting detect workout >swichoff
7. Developer option > all animations swich off
9.Accounts Sync off. I manually sync occationaly.
10.Advance features direct calll .easy mute .smart alert off .
11. Display >touchkey light duration >off
12. Turn off application notification which i can never want notification like youtube calculator etc.
With 2hrs of internet browsing with apus browser turbo which is less battery consumtion browser compared to others
13. Location always off
With above settings i get more than 6hr sot with 2hrs browsing .
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Great tips, I have similar settings or disabled some of the above apps. Have you tried Naked browser? The best and most lightweight browser ever (Apus seems like a bloat). It will take you back to Linux lynx/links days, but this one only has a GUI which is bare minimum and fully functional. With its ad block, simple links mgmt I have literally deleted all news apps that have an online source which now flies on naked, without any issues.
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Kinsman-UK said:
Me too, except I am using EZ Package Disabler and Greenify. Attached is the XML file listing what I have disabled using EZ Package Disabler, just the things I don't need and don't use. CAUTION: I have disabled Touchwiz Launcher using this, so make sure you have an alternate launcher (like Nova) installed before importing this XML file and disabling.
I use Aggressive Doze in Greenify and manually hibernate using the Hibernate Shortcut. With these two apps (and Good Lock), I currently see no need to root this phone. I'm getting 6+hrs SoT (WiFi and Bluetooth on all day) and the phone runs very smoothly with no noticeable lag.
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I am so pleased with the changes I have made. If the phone is not used, I have minimal battery drain, phone holds the charge count. What I am now looking for is a lightweight mail client for my personal mail. I have to use Samsung email and Good for my corporate emails, not a very big fan of Gmail app which does not have night mode.
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Amar.B said:
Day 3..
Network 2G. Switched to 4G for 2 hrs
I was using WiFi most of the time
greenify is disabled / app power saving only enabled these are the results
View attachment 3869796View attachment 3869797View attachment 3869798
Day 4 i will disable app power saving and use greenify only
To be continued. .
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Are you on MM? Your Android system usage is remarkably low that what most folks have reported post mm upgrade.
RaipurBoy said:
1.I use only greenify with agressive doze and all settings enabled incl xposed setting .
2.long press location and press improve accuracy and swichoff wifi and bluetooth always scan.
3. Setting>lockand security> other security>security policy update off >device administrator> android device manager swtich off... usage data access play services play store off
4. Wifi > keep wifi on during sleep >never
5.privacy and safety > app permissions > swich off all
Applications that use body sensors
6. Shealth > pause steps counting and setting detect workout >swichoff
7. Developer option > all animations swich off
9.Accounts Sync off. I manually sync occationaly.
10.Advance features direct calll .easy mute .smart alert off .
11. Display >touchkey light duration >off
12. Turn off application notification which i can never want notification like youtube calculator etc.
With 2hrs of internet browsing with apus browser turbo which is less battery consumtion browser compared to others
13. Location always off
With above settings i get more than 6hr sot with 2hrs browsing .
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Hashiba Hoo Haa said:
Are you on MM? Your Android system usage is remarkably low that what most folks have reported post mm upgrade.
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I m on mm 6.0.1 dr ketan rom m6

Hashiba Hoo Haa said:
Are you on MM? Your Android system usage is remarkably low that what most folks have reported post mm upgrade.
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Yes I'm on MM, never had any problem with android system usage
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Hashiba Hoo Haa said:
Great tips, I have similar settings or disabled some of the above apps. Have you tried Naked browser? The best and most lightweight browser ever (Apus seems like a bloat). It will take you back to Linux lynx/links days, but this one only has a GUI which is bare minimum and fully functional. With its ad block, simple links mgmt I have literally deleted all news apps that have an online source which now flies on naked, without any issues.
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Sure i will try naked browser and tell you results

[CLOSED][APP][5.1+] VPN/Sentry - Virtual private network with firewall [DISCONTINUED]

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VPN/Sentry
Virtual private network with firewall
Encrypt the internet traffic of all your apps
Allow or block internet traffic per app or address
Mix your internet traffic with that of others for increased privacy
Simple to use while still offering advanced features
Blocking access to the internet can help to:
reduce data usage
save on battery usage
increase your privacy
VPN/Sentry is designed for minimum battery usage and maximum network speed. It does not require root permissions.
VPN/Sentry supports all IP protocols. You'll even have IPv6 connectivity when you normally don't have.
There is a free data allowance of 50 MB per day to try the app. Unlimited data usage is available with a subscription.
This app is in beta testing stage, but seems to be pretty stable so far.
Download:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.faircode.vpnsentry
Website:
https://www.vpnsentry.net/
Terms of service (draft):
https://www.vpnsentry.net/tos/
Privacy policy (draft):
https://www.vpnsentry.net/privacy/
Frequently asked questions:
https://www.vpnsentry.net/faq/

Hi What's the difference with NetGuard?
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steakhutzeee said:
Hi What's the difference with NetGuard?
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I was prepared for this question
See here: https://www.vpnsentry.net/faq/#FAQ16

Hi Marcel,
VPN/Sentry does not auto-start on reboot. Is this by design?
device: Nexus 6P/Oreo
- set VPN/Sentry as Alway-on VPN
- Upon reboot, VPN/Sentry is not auto connected.
- has to touch the VPN/Sentry icon in the Status bar to manually connect.

hiaig said:
Hi Marcel,
VPN/Sentry does not auto-start on reboot. Is this by design?
device: Nexus 6P/Oreo
- set VPN/Sentry as Alway-on VPN
- Upon reboot, VPN/Sentry is not auto connected.
- has to touch the VPN/Sentry icon in the Status bar to manually connect.
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Start on boot works properly, but I can reproduce your problem if I set VPN/Sentry as always on VPN like you did. I will look into this tomorrow.
Thanks for reporting this.
Edit: correction: if I wait long enough, it works. Android starts VPN/Sentry soon after boot, but it takes some time until Android reports "boot completed" to VPN/Sentry.
Can you please check what happens if you wait a little longer?

M66B said:
Start on boot works properly, but I can reproduce your problem if I set VPN/Sentry as always on VPN like you did. I will look into this tomorrow.
Thanks for reporting this.
Edit: correction: if I wait long enough, it works. Android starts VPN/Sentry soon after boot, but it takes some time until Android reports "boot completed" to VPN/Sentry.
Can you please check what happens if you wait a little longer?
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Yes, you are correct. If I wait long enough, VPN/Sentry will auto connect.
Thanks

hiaig said:
Yes, you are correct. If I wait long enough, VPN/Sentry will auto connect.
Thanks
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I have just released beta version 0.18 which will start the VPN earlier when VPN/Sentry has been set to always-on VPN.
It may take a few hours until this release is available in the Play store.
Edit: the release type has been changed from alpha to beta, since recent releases seems to be pretty stable.

Will speed be impaired?
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sulasno said:
Will speed be impaired?
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VPN/Sentry was designed for minimal battery usage and maximum speed. The server bandwidth, currently 100 Mbit/sec, is shared though. See the terms of service (menu, help, about) for more information.

This looks like a great app! I do wish you would reconsider your position on releasing the source code, both for the Android VPN client and the server. If I could, I would love to run my own, private server instance, even if this means sacrificing some anonymity. I also have to imagine that if this app takes off (which I hope it does), server bandwidth costs would become prohibitively expensive for you to maintain yourself, which means you will start having to charge users for bandwidth. I also think it doesn't make sense to always route everything through France when the majority of the time I'm at home, on my own local WiFi network.

Cannot run alongside with Blokada*
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hackel said:
This looks like a great app! I do wish you would reconsider your position on releasing the source code, both for the Android VPN client and the server. If I could, I would love to run my own, private server instance, even if this means sacrificing some anonymity. I also have to imagine that if this app takes off (which I hope it does), server bandwidth costs would become prohibitively expensive for you to maintain yourself, which means you will start having to charge users for bandwidth. I also think it doesn't make sense to always route everything through France when the majority of the time I'm at home, on my own local WiFi network.
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I have no plans to open source VPN/Sentry at this moment. One of the reasons is that I don't want to support running own serves, since this will inevitably result in all kind of questions I don't want / can't put time into at this moment.
Related FAQ: https://www.vpnsentry.net/faq/#FAQ8
This thread is for a reason in the XDA paid apps main forum. Data usage is free at this moment and will stay free up to a limit (to be determined), but will / need to be paid later on.
If you would run your own server, your internet traffic has to pass through your local Wi-Fi network as well, so this is not really an argument. I will add a server in Canada soon, also to have a proper backup, if you are worried about latency.
If you are concerned about your privacy, this is what I wrote in the NetGuard forum:
"I can imagine people asking themselves if I am trustworthy and they should. Therefore a little about my motives: developing VPN/Sentry is mainly a technical challenge to me (although the app looks simple, it is in fact a lot more complex than NetGuard under the hood). VPN/Sentry is something I want to use myself to reduce battery usage while still having full filtering capabilities. VPN/Sentry already has profiles and will have wildcard and global filtering (including ad blocking) in the near future.
I am just a independent developer and not a big company. IMHO you should be more worried about big companies anyway. Run the Android Booking.com app with NetGuard with filtering enabled or with VPN/Sentry enabled and take a look at what is being accessed for an example.
I have no interest in your data and not even the time to analyze your data. I might take a look at your data in the testing phase, but this will be just to debug problems.
Anyway, you have to make up your own mind about this, but I hope this helps."
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73943716&postcount=5493

sulasno said:
Cannot run alongside with Blokada*
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Only one app can use the Android VPN service at the same time, so this is not surprising.
VPN/Sentry will have it's own ad blocker in the near future.

The server data (rules/conditions) will be backed up daily from now.

Possible to trigger VPN with apps without using 3rd party tools?
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sulasno said:
Possible to trigger VPN with apps without using 3rd party tools?
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I am not sure what you mean, so can you explain in more detail what you want?
What do you mean by "trigger" ?

Turn on VPN when I use Facebook. Off when I shut down FB
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sulasno said:
Turn on VPN when I use Facebook. Off when I shut down FB
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Without root permissions it is not possible to monitor the state (active or not) of other apps, so what you want is not possible. Note that VPN/Sentry was designed to not require root permissions.
I don't see the added value either, since the VPN is there to secure all connections, not only those of Facebook. If you really want, you can enable the VPN and exclude all apps except Facebook from using the VPN.

I'm very excited to see you working on another privacy app, thankyou M. - I will be happy to assist by testing as far as my time allows.
Is there any public repository of issues where to check before asking stupid questions or reporting duplicate 'bugs' ?
At my first trials, I noticed odd app behaviour regarding defaults of blocking/permitting. Are you aware of any issues in that area?

Gerolianis said:
I'm very excited to see you working on another privacy app, thankyou M. - I will be happy to assist by testing as far as my time allows.
Is there any public repository of issues where to check before asking stupid questions or reporting duplicate 'bugs' ?
At my first trials, I noticed odd app behaviour regarding defaults of blocking/permitting. Are you aware of any issues in that area?
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Thanks for helping.
Just comment here if you have any question or remark. Everything is still deliberately low profile.
What odd app behavior did you notice?