I use my phone with wifi for streaming video at home, if I put the phone into airplane mode and then turn wifi on I obviously save battery but then can't turn on bluetooth to use my BT stereo headphones anyone know of an app that will either just turn off the phone radio or let me turn on both wifi and bluetooth when under airplane mode.
I have spent hours in the market and tried dozens of apps but nothing lets me turn off the phone radio and not lock bluetooth off.
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Question: I just got my first Bluetooth ear piece around Christmas time and have been using it on my drive in to work most days. Beyond that I just shut the earpiece off and stash it in the car, but I've been leaving the Bluetooth turned on, on my Tilt. What do most people around her do? Do you just leave Bluetooth on or do you shut it off and only use it when you need it? If you do turn it off regularly, what's the easiest way to go about that? Just curious what others are doing. Thanks!
only turn on when i need it [then again i used wired headsets], my wifi is always on tho
I heavily use my BT headset, I leave mine on all the time, even on the weekends when I don't have my headset with me - doesn't really matter since I recharge every night anyway...
I turn BT off when I know I won't be needing it for at least the next 3-4h.
I first assigned short press of the voice dial key to display the comm manager and later found a great little piece of software btIO:
http://www.silentservices.de/btIO.html
It will place a small BT icon on your Today screen and you can turn BT on/off by just hitting that icon.
You can also use it to switch all audio to BT handsfree ("Audio2BT" in the menu), for example if you wan't to listen a podcast via your BT handsfree and not the speaker.
I usually leave my BT on all the time as well... Only when I know I won't be using BT all day do I turn it off.
On a related note with the Comm manager. I added a 3G icon to the Comm manager and on days where I anticipate heavy voice call usage, and little data I turn off 3G and operate on GSM to extend the battery.
I usually charge every night as well.
-Jay
I always have my Wifi on, I am definitely addicted to browsing the web wherever there may be a hotspot or pen network. I've found that having more than 2 radios on at any given time will severely drain the battery as opposed to just the two (the radios being cellular, wifi, bluetooth, and the GPS receiver). So as far as headsets go, I only enable Bluetooth when I know I will be using my headset.
The simplest method for me is to have some shortcut to the comm manager. I personally like the Systray HTC uses on the 8525, and so installed it on my 8925 tilt, so all i have to do is tap the little icon to bring it up. takes 2 seconds
I have problems with Bluetooth which I can't start.
From Comm manager if I start it it turns off after 2 seconds.
If I try from Bluetooth settings Mode, Turn on Bluetooth works the same (it turns on and then off after 2 seconds(at Timeout I have Never).
Also in Mode if I turn it Discoverable this setting is not saved.
Any solutions ?
Please help !
When I am using a Bluetooth earphone, and turn on the WIFI, the WIFI will be turned off by itself after several seconds. And then the Tethering or hotspot is active. If I don't turn on the Bluetooth, it won't occur.
So, I think maybe the Bluetooth can make the Tethering or hotspot to be active, and then force turn off the WIFI. That means I can't turn on the Bluetooth and WIFI at the same time !!!!
Have anyone ever met this issue ?? Anyone who knows how to fix it ?
Hello All,
Just getting to use tasker for the first time. Though it is not the most user friendly app to use, I want to get the hang of it a bit more.
I want to create 3 tasks.
Task 1:
When disconnected from Bluetooth device CAR
and
When location is within 30m of Home address
do
Turn On Wifi, Turn Off Bluetooth, Turn Off Location
Task 2:
When disconnected from Bluetooth device CAR
and
When location is within 30m of Work address
do
Turn Off Wifi, Turn Off Bluetooth, Turn Off Location
Task 3:
When connected to Bluetooth device CAR
do
Turn On Location
I've got Task 1 and Task 2 configured, but cannot figure out how to configure Task 3.
My dilemma is, if when leaving from home or from work, the all services are turned off (Bluetooth, Wifi, Location), so what can I use as a trigger to Turn On Bluetooth in order to continue the trigger to Turn On Location?
Instead of turning off location you could use battery saving mode?
or if you get off work to your house near certain times add a time profile that turns bluetooth on for like 30 minutes or however long it takes to get to your car?
When i had my pixel 5, the Bluetooth automatically turned on after a few minutes of driving, i can't find how to do that in pixel 7. Options does not looks to be the same...
How can i do that or what can i use as an alternative?
Android Auto as alternative
That's why i want Bluetooth on, if it's activated android auto will connect directly.
You can probably do it in Tasker, but I am not sure how you would detect you are in the car. Constant GPS checking would be power hungry.
Assuming you have home WiFi, a partial solution would be to turn Bluetooth on when it no longer sees your router. You can even turn it back off when you get home.