I've encountered a few weird things with my O4X (Stock v10h / Android 4.0.3), which were confirmed by at least one more user. As LG complains I were a "single case", and they don't know of any problem like that, I seek more confirmation. So could some of you running stock please check whether they can reproduce some of the issues, and state so (together with the ROM version, as it might as well affect more recent versions)?
Orientation in Exif data: portrait images are marked "landscape", while landscape images are marked "unknown" (strangely, the gallery app shows the images in correct orientation, so it seems the media database has separate data on that)
energy saving mode: one can set the device to enter such at a given percentage, so several energy settings should automatically be adjusted (configurable; e.g. WiFi off, screen brightness reduced, etc.). Unfortunately, when reaching the given level one just gets a popup "Do you really want to enter energy saving mode?" -- which makes absolutely no sense, as one might miss that if the device is e.g. in the pocket
Similar thing with network selection: I've set that to "automatic", but all the while get a popup "please select" when signal gets weak (see: Annoying popup to "select network")
Another issue is the mafia-ware "Remote Call Service", which (after device initialization) asks your confirmation that LG might access your data. The user only has two choices: "Yes" or "Later". Chosen later, the popup re-appears after ~30 minutes. So one cannot say "No" without rooting the device and freezing/removing that "Remote Call" app. LG support claims they've got no complaints so far, so they see no reason to act. Is really everybody happy with that?
Together with your checks, if you can confirm the one or other of above listed items, would you please complain to LG as well -- so they see some "force"?
Thanks!
At least one other annoying thing I was able to work around: the incomplete battery stats, which were missing the "bars" (for network signal, display, awake, etc.) below the graph. Here LG obviously screwed up the call. If you want the correct graph, it's found in the Settings app's ".Settings$PowerUsageSummaryActivity"; if you're using Apex or Nova launcher, you can easily create a shortcut to that via "Shortcuts -> Activities".
As for the Exif Data and image orientation: a closer look revealed how the gallery apps manage to figure whether an image is portrait or landscape. "width" and "height" of the image are swapped correspondingly, and most likely the image is auto-rotated if you take it "upside down". That sucks. At least 3rd party camera apps seem to do this correctly (indicating via Exif data instead of rotating the image itself), so it definitly is the camera app itself messing around, not the system.
The other two issues are still open, so I'd be thankful for any hints!
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A few days ago I updated to JF's 1.5. I installed the radio update first, wiped, installed 1.5, wiped again (sounds gross I know), and now I'm ready to roll. Overall it's VERY snappy, VERY stable, and I'm highly pleased with it's feature set. However, there are a few lingering questions.
Feel free to add your own to this list-- this post is intended to be a campfire discussion about Cupcake (of sorts). As always, if I posted in the wrong place...mods do your thing.
What I do like:
-The improved integration across the apps (messaging, Gtalk, Dialer, etc). I like that when you're signed into Gtalk, you can see which of your contacts are signed in as well from the contact list, the messaging app....this is very handy. Also the menu's have been cleaned up VERY well, and it's just generally more pleasing to navigate. It feels way less clunky than RC33.
Good job Google.
-The Browser. I'm noticing a big speed increase over the last version of Chrome-lite.
Not much else to say, I just felt like that should be mentioned.
-Bluetooth pairing. I noticed that when I paired my BT headset, I didn't have to enter a key this time.
Very nice.
-Live folders kick ass. I see a lot of potential here.
-Overall speed of Cupcake, the transitions and so forth. The menus flow nicely from one screen to the next, and the new transitions add to the whizbang factor that Android will need to gain more mainstream appeal. Enabling 'Fancy transitions' in Spare Parts is good for wowing your friends too.
Show em...then ask them if their iPhone can do that
Now onto the gripes:
-What happened to the Undelivered messages functions in SMS? Meaning, if a message fails to send, while we do get a prompt saying so, we dont have a way to resend the message (past retyping it). I don't know if it will attempt to resend after a certain period of time on it's own, but I don't think so. I've let undelivered messages sit for hours...and they never resend.
-No auto rotate on the home screen. I don't know if this is something JF chose to leave out of his build, or if this is just the way Cupcake is...but that seems kinda weird from a usability standpoint. If I'm using an app in landscape mode, and hit the home button...why would I want it to rotate back to portrait?
...Just to open the app again, and have it rotate back to landscape?
-I'll wait before T-Mo releases the RC version of Cupcake before submitting this as a feature request but I noticed that all phone numbers, addresses & such in the browser are not clickable. Meaning if a run a search for a business...and the phone number shows in the results field, I can't always click on it to dial. This was the one thing I always loved about the Blackberry browser (though Chrome kicks it's ass in every other regard).
...Your thoughts?
just to say i have not had the issue with clicking on phonenumbers on webapages.
rigamrts said:
just to say i have not had the issue with clicking on phonenumbers on webapages.
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i have and its even more frustrating with phone numbers in emails. maybe its set to pick up US number formats and not UK. i'm not sure.
thefunkygibbon said:
i have and its even more frustrating with phone numbers in emails. maybe its set to pick up US number formats and not UK. i'm not sure.
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Let me see if I can explain this properly...
I run a google search for say, "Pizza Hut Baltimore." In the list of results, I can click the phone number to dial for the top result only. If one of the results further down has a number in the description field, I cannot click it. Nor the address for that matter. Now if I click the link of the result, and go to the page...I can then click the number, address etc.
To me personally this is not a HUGE deal. In fact I considered it as normal since I noticed that same thing in RC33.
Overall, it's what i wanted. I will say that having the home screen autorotate might be a bit of a battery drain. It seemed to when i had it running on rooted rc33. Whenever i turned it off there was a noticeable improvement in battery life. I'm just saying.
The home screen didn't auto-rotate in the adp 1.5 build either. That's just how it is.
Messages not being sent:
Long click the message that didn't send, press edit, then send again.
No 'Home' button in the browser now. I've been clicking space + menu for awhile now but not having it makes one handed navigation slightly more difficult.
For SMS that are unsent, it will show an envelope with an exclamaition point to the right of it correct? Well what you can do it tap on that icon and it will put it back into the text field. that way you can just tap send again without retyping it.
the.snks said:
No 'Home' button in the browser now. I've been clicking space + menu for awhile now but not having it makes one handed navigation slightly more difficult.
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That's a HUGE gripe of mine as well.
I wish there was an easy html or xml file that we could edit and change every one of those buttons. The GO button is a waste of space too since you basically can just type any url and hit enter and there you go. That GO could nicely be replaced with HOME.
Just to update this thread:
-Several apps I have installed show as no updates being available (in the Market). As a workaround, I have to select the app, then click 'View more applications' and then the update shows. Very annoying...
-WiFi perfomance is very flaky. I routinely have to toggle it on/off a few times before it picks up an IP. This happens at multiple locations, across different brand routers, so it has to be the phone.
I do not have anything special going on aside from running JF's v1.51. No apps2sd, themes...none of that, and I did wipe before and after installing the update.
....but I think the majority of these problems are cause by the recent radio update. If you search around...the issues are well documented.
I have a Samsung GS2 (with 2.3.3) and I just got a P970 which I upgraded to (2.3.4) for use with a foreign SIM.
I didn't do much research and thought 'they're both Android GB, they'll be the same' - ho ho. Had a bit of a fight with the p970 but eventually got all my apps etc installed so it's very similar to my GS2 which is what I want... Not that the GS2 way of doing things is particularly better I just want them both to be usable in exactly the same way to avoid frustration.
I've noticed some things that I really want to fix:
1. The GS2 leaves wifi on all the time, whether it is asleep or not. I want this because I use push email with K9. The p970 turns the wifi off when the phone is asleep - so K9 uses mobile data for email, which is a pain. I used titaniumbackup to move the K9 install and settings from the GS2 to the p970 - I also later removed it and installed it through the market. No difference. Can I force wifi on while the phone is asleep?
2. The scroll feel of the p970 was very light with no friction - pages scrolled on forever gradually coming to a stop. I managed to fix that (removed the lgscroller in the build.prop) but the p970 has a 'glow' effect when you try to scroll beyond the end of a list (the list doesn't move any more, the bottom of the list glows blue) whereas the GS2 has this 'elastic' effect (you can scroll the list right off the screen but it moves at half speed and springs back into place when you let go.) Can I replace this somehow?
3. In Dolphin HD, the GS2 scroll snaps to axes - if I scroll vaguely vertically, it knows I mean 'scroll vertically'. The P970 interprets anything other than a very deliberate vertical scroll as meaning 'scroll diagonally'. It's a pain. What on earth causes this?
4. The included mms.apk is crap. Can't insert contacts as plaintext? I want the GS2 mms.apk - I tried to adb install it but it failed on dependencies. Is it possible? I am using Handcent on the p970 now after trying Go SMS, tbh not really liking ether.
Apart from all that it's fine albeit a bit slow. Biggest gripe is the positioning of the unlock button.
Any advice?
I really don't know the others, but for #1 you go to settings>wireless>wi-fi settings>advance[press menu button the square one]>wi-fi sleep policy there you can choose to never sleep
Thanks for that, didn't even know there was a submenu to the wifi menu. Wifi now remains on regardless!
#2 you would have to install a Cyanogen ROM, there you can choose what to happen when you scroll past the end of the list (Glow, Bounce or Glow+Bounce). The official Rom (and those built on it) don't support changing the way the "scroll past end of list" animation, it's only present in ROMs built on Cyanogen (for example the MIUI one).
Now, i don't know how stable the Cyanogen ROMs are, you'll have to read about it in the forum and decide if it's worth it for you or not.
#3 i saw that the Optimus Black interprets pressing/dragging on the screen a little different from other phones, probably comes from the way LG implemented the digitizer interface, i don't think you can change that (i very often drag icons on the launcher instead of starting the apps even though i do the exact same movement as i do on my Samsung Spica and there i never had this problem).
#4 the applications bundled with the SG2 have dependencies on libraries on the phone, you would have to also copy the files from /system/lib the problem is that you can't just copy all the files since many will be present on both phones but with different version and dependencies.
You would probably have to experiment by adding different libs and seeing if it works or not.
I tried only once to port and app and after several hours i got to a point where the lib required by the app was already present on the phone but a different version, i tried adding the other version which crashed many of the already existing apps so i gave up
Thanks for that - I understand the Cyanogen ROM isn't stable yet (?) so I'll wait a bit before trying that... need the thing usable as a phone, can't keep bricking it!
For the last point, is there a way to identify from the APK which libraries it's looking for? Something like the 'ld' command in Linux?
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hello everybody!
I can't use bluetooth.
I open settings, open wireless and network settings, tap bluetooth, enter access bluetooth settings, tap make discoverable, (untap make discoverable then), but:
1.) I can't scan for devices: tap and press but nothing happened,
2.) I can't modify my device name, I have one, but can't rename,
3.) I have a long list of bluetooth devices discovered but not paired, but I never allowed, and
4.) I can't remove these devices from my Bluetooth pairing list:
when I press and hold on the name of the device I want to remove, applications close and get out from settings.
5.) I can't discover and pair my bluetooth headset.
Get out the baterry, get out SIM, get out micro sd: not working!
I have 2 same smartphones. the another optimus black in working very well, including the same headset.
can you advise me, please?
thanks.
oalgvi17 said:
hello everybody!
I can't use bluetooth.
I open settings, open wireless and network settings, tap bluetooth, enter access bluetooth settings, tap make discoverable, (untap make discoverable then), but:
1.) I can't scan for devices: tap and press but nothing happened,
2.) I can't modify my device name, I have one, but can't rename,
3.) I have a long list of bluetooth devices discovered but not paired, but I never allowed, and
4.) I can't remove these devices from my Bluetooth pairing list:
when I press and hold on the name of the device I want to remove, applications close and get out from settings.
5.) I can't discover and pair my bluetooth headset.
Get out the baterry, get out SIM, get out micro sd: not working!
I have 2 same smartphones. the another optimus black in working very well, including the same headset.
can you advise me, please?
thanks.
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Is it on another ROM maybe? If so, which one do you use? Or did you maybe restore a backup of another phone?
Sent from my LG-P970 using XDA
Hello. I have a nokia lumia 520 and I have a little problem with my menu (that menu that apears after I swipe to left).
I don't know exactly what I do but now in that menu my apps are sorted by letters. I mean in front of apps that starts with "A" I have a letter "A"... How can I remove that letters? I just want to have my apps without that letters in front.
I hope you understand my problem...
This feature has existed for like 1.5 years and is well documented, by the way... it's called a jump list, and enables you to skip around in your app list (for example, get to apps that start with "T" without needing to scroll through most of the alphabet). It is enabled automatically once you have at least 45 items in the list (this includes things like email accounts, but not stuff that isn't in that list such as individual games, Settings apps, or so forth). To the best of my knowledge, there's no way to turn it off again short of resetting the phone, though. I wouldn't want to - I believe my app list has over 100 items by now - but to each their own (or not, as the case may be here). Try it; you'll probably find it's a lot faster than scrolling or typing a search query.
Yeah, with the list indexed as it is, it is much easier to get to WPCentral or WPTorrent now. Tap the letter, then W.. Boom, you're there!!
Greetings everyone,
https://youtu.be/T9aKmLTujik
What you see above is a "Control Panel" for my own Galaxy S7 Edge. I host this on my own website.
This means it can be seen and accessed from anywhere in the world, on any browser and/or device.
For privacy and security, I will implement a login system in the near future.
It has a couple of neat features, but since they are written in Dutch I will translate them to English:
Information:
Check battery level/percentage and check if your phone is being charged or not
Warns the user from the control panel if the battery is low.
Warns the user from the control panel to pull out the plug out of charging when it is fully charged
Check if your phone is in a light or dark place. I have optimized the light sensor as best as I could, The results are pretty accurate
Clipboard of your current copied content on your phone
Shows the phone model and the date and time of the last update sent from your phone
Check if Bluetooth is enabled or not
Check if Wifi is enabled or not
Show the current WiFi name, Wifi Speed, Wifi Channel & Wifi Signal Strength
Show the current Data Carrier / Mobile Signal strength (Weak, Normal, Strong)
Shows the current Call Volume percentage
Shows the current Media Volume percentage
Check if the screen of the phone is turned on or off
Check if GPS is enabled or not ( There is also a Live Google Maps on the right side, showing where the phone is right now )
Checks if the phone in call / calling / or getting called. ( in other words, it shows the user is busy with a phone conversation )
Checks if the user is browsing on the internet on the phone or not. ( It will check if a browser is open, needs more adjustments for more accurate readings )
I am surprised at the speed of the operations.
It takes a total of 3 to 4 seconds after clicking on "take a picture" button to take a picture from the front-camera and Upload it to my google drive.
It also removes the picture from my phone after it has been uploaded. WIth combination of SMS control this can be a great anti-theft option.
The "Record Audio" function works great too. after clicking on it on the control panel, it starts recording audio, waits 10 seconds ( records for 10 seconds ), stops recording audio and then uploads it to a special folder in my Google Drive.
The "Send SMS" function is very fast. after clicking on it, it will take about 1.5 seconds to send the SMS from your phone.
For now, the number to send the SMS to is hardcoded, but I will make it a variable so that it will be possible to type in the number on your web control panel and send the SMS to the number from your browser.
The "LOCK your phone" function immediately lock your phone remotely, even when your screen is turned off. You can unlock it with the code that has been set up in the Tasker Event.
Clicking on the Wifi, Bluetooth & GPS icon will toggle them( on / off )
Clicking on the Phone (screen) Icon, Will toggle the phone screen ( turns it on and off )
Clicking on the Clipboard icon will copy all the content to your own clipboard.
Not only the text but the icons also change dynamically.
Grey icons represent a false variable (turned off / dark / not in call & etc ) and the blue icons represent the true variables.
For example, in the screenshot above, Bluetooth is turned off and wifi is turned on.
When the battery gets at 15% or less, the icon will turn red and green when it's fully charged (100%) and the user will get an alert box warning with a notification sound straight from the browser about the low battery / full charge . ( Sound and notification can be turned off if you wish).
I have wrote a script with AJAX (Asynchronous JavasScript and XML) to do all of this in Real-time and without page-reloads. AJAX refreshes the page information every second (or whatever the user wants) without reloading the page.
The controls in this control panel are in many cases and in my experience a lot faster than Android Device Manager or other apps like Cerberus and Airdroid.
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- On Tasker, I have used Taskers own variables but also created my own variables to be created/changed on certain triggers.
For example, when the lx level ( light sensor ) gets low, it will set a variable to "false" as boolean, meaning there is not enough light == it is dark.
- Next I use this variable in my HTTP POST Request URL to a very simple PHP script on my website I wrote..
The HTTP POST Request URL will post to my PHP Script.
My PHP script grabs the URL, strips certain parts of it, turns it into PHP variables and then sends it to my MySQL database ( all on my own hosting).
- I again use the wonderful Tasker to do all of this this every 2 seconds.
You can get (almost) real-time information about your phone if it's set to be updated every 1 second.
This will not be very heavy on the database so it's possible.
- I then made another webpage containing another simple PHP script that grabs all the variables ( those we saved in previous steps) from my Database and echo's (shows) it on the screen.
This is the very same page you see on the screenshot, This is the Control Panel.
In the last step, all we have to do is visit the webpage on my website.
It will show the control panel as seen in the screenshot. You will also be able to control your phone from here.
I am making a simple login function where users can login.
this means a single database can hold more than 1 user if you wish to.
This will also protect others to see/control your phone from the web as they will need login credentials.
My script will then grab the corresponding variables of your phone when you login, using your ID and checking it on my database.
I know this may sound complicated for a lot of you who think that this is too much work, but I am planning to finish this and make it a some kind of a Open-Source thing available to every android and (rooted) tasker user.
All you need is:
- My Tasker project files ( all you need to do is import it to your own Android )
- Your own webhosting with MySQL database and PHP.
There are TONS of FREE online webhosting that will offer exact this. I'd love to post all the links here, but i'm not sure if it will be seen as advertising, so let me know.
- My PHP script(s), all you need to is simply upload it to your own website.
- My MySQL database configuration file - After importing this single file, the whole database will be created automatically on your website. ( using MySQL on your hosting )
After that, and when my Login function is complete, you could create an account for your self and/or others where they can login from anywhere in the world, on any browser or device and check their phone status and control their phone in Real-Time.
Sicariux said:
Greetings everyone,
i63.tinypic.com/20jsimh.png
What you see above is a "Control Panel" for my own Galaxy S7 Edge. I host this on my own website.
This means it can be seen and accessed from anywhere in the world, on any browser and/or device.
For privacy and security, I will implement a login system in the near future.
It has a couple of neat features, but since they are written in Dutch I will translate them to English:
Information:
Check battery level/percentage and check if your phone is being charged or not
Warns the user from the control panel if the battery is low.
Warns the user from the control panel to pull out the plug out of charging when it is fully charged
Check if your phone is in a light or dark place. I have optimized the light sensor as best as I could, The results are pretty accurate
Clipboard of your current copied content on your phone
Shows the phone model and the date and time of the last update sent from your phone
Check if Bluetooth is enabled or not
Check if Wifi is enabled or not
Show the current WiFi name, Wifi Speed, Wifi Channel & Wifi Signal Strength
Show the current Data Carrier / Mobile Signal strength (Weak, Normal, Strong)
Shows the current Call Volume percentage
Shows the current Media Volume percentage
Check if the screen of the phone is turned on or off
Check if GPS is enabled or not ( There is also a Live Google Maps on the right side, showing where the phone is right now )
Checks if the phone in call / calling / or getting called. ( in other words, it shows the user is busy with a phone conversation )
if the user is browsing on the internet on the phone or not. ( It will check if a browser is open, needs more adjustments for more accurate readings )
I am surprised at the speed of the operations.
It takes a total of 3 to 4 seconds after clicking on "take a picture" button to take a picture from the front-camera and Upload it to my google drive.
It also removes the picture from my phone after it has been uploaded. WIth combination of SMS control this can be a great anti-theft option.
The "Record Audio" function works great too. after clicking on it on the control panel, it starts recording audio, waits 10 seconds ( records for 10 seconds ), stops recording audio and then uploads it to a special folder in my Google Drive.
The "Send SMS" function is very fast. after clicking on it, it will take about 1.5 seconds to send the SMS from your phone.
For now, the number to send the SMS to is hardcoded, but I will make it a variable so that it will be possible to type in the number on your web control panel and send the SMS to the number from your browser.
The "LOCK your phone" function immediately lock your phone remotely, even when your screen is turned off. You can unlock it with the code that has been set up in the Tasker Event.
Clicking on the Wifi, Bluetooth & GPS icon will toggle them( on / off )
Clicking on the Phone (screen) Icon, Will toggle the phone screen ( turns it on and off )
Clicking on the Clipboard icon will copy all the content to your own clipboard.
Not only the text but the icons also change dynamically.
Grey icons represent a false variable (turned off / dark / not in call & etc ) and the blue icons represent the true variables.
For example, in the screenshot above, Bluetooth is turned off and wifi is turned on.
When the battery gets at 15% or less, the icon will turn red and green when it's fully charged (100%) and the user will get an alert box warning with a notification sound straight from the browser about the low battery / full charge . ( Sound and notification can be turned off if you wish).
I have wrote a script with AJAX (Asynchronous JavasScript and XML) to do all of this in Real-time and without page-reloads. AJAX refreshes the page information every second (or whatever the user wants) without reloading the page.
The controls in this control panel are in many cases and in my experience a lot faster than Android Device Manager or other apps like Cerberus and Airdroid.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- On Tasker, I have used Taskers own variables but also created my own variables to be created/changed on certain triggers.
For example, when the lx level ( light sensor ) gets low, it will set a variable to "false" as boolean, meaning there is not enough light == it is dark.
- Next I use this variable in my HTTP POST Request URL to a very simple PHP script on my website I wrote..
The HTTP POST Request URL will post to my PHP Script.
My PHP script grabs the URL, strips certain parts of it, turns it into PHP variables and then sends it to my MySQL database ( all on my own hosting).
- I again use the wonderful Tasker to do all of this this every 2 seconds.
You can get (almost) real-time information about your phone if it's set to be updated every 1 second.
This will not be very heavy on the database so it's possible.
- I then made another webpage containing another simple PHP script that grabs all the variables ( those we saved in previous steps) from my Database and echo's (shows) it on the screen.
This is the very same page you see on the screenshot, This is the Control Panel.
In the last step, all we have to do is visit the webpage on my website.
It will show the control panel as seen in the screenshot. You will also be able to control your phone from here.
I am making a simple login function where users can login.
this means a single database can hold more than 1 user if you wish to.
This will also protect others to see/control your phone from the web as they will need login credentials.
My script will then grab the corresponding variables of your phone when you login, using your ID and checking it on my database.
I know this may sound complicated for a lot of you who think that this is too much work, but I am planning to finish this and make it a some kind of a Open-Source thing available to every android and (rooted) tasker user.
All you need is:
- My Tasker project files ( all you need to do is import it to your own Android )
- Your own webhosting with MySQL database and PHP.
There are TONS of FREE online webhosting that will offer exact this. I'd love to post all the links here, but i'm not sure if it will be seen as advertising, so let me know.
- My PHP script(s), all you need to is simply upload it to your own website.
- My MySQL database configuration file - After importing this single file, the whole database will be created automatically on your website. ( using MySQL on your hosting )
After that, and when my Login function is complete, you could create an account for your self and/or others where they can login from anywhere in the world, on any browser or device and check their phone status and control their phone in Real-Time.
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It looks like a great project.
Checks if the user is browsing on the internet on the phone or not. ( It will check if a browser is open, needs more adjustments for more accurate readings )
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What about checking the network traffic to know whether the user is browsing or not?
I know this may sound complicated for a lot of you who think that this is too much work, but I am planning to finish this and make it a some kind of a Open-Source thing available to every android and (rooted) tasker user.
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Even Open Source? That rocks.
XDA's Tasker subforum isn't that popular. You might wanna post your project on reddit too, where the Tasker community is way bigger and more popular:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/. Let us know if you'll post it there too.
I'm looking forward for this project. Personally, I don't think I would use this as I don't think I really need it (although it doesn't hurt to have an anti-theft), but I'd like to see how it is done, if you're gonna make it Open Source.
Good luck!
Hi and thanks for your reply!
What about checking the network traffic to know whether the user is browsing or not?
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Do you mean any random network traffic? in that case, a simple incoming whatsapp message could trigger the browser variable and set it to "true".
I will try reddit ... I have tried posting it in the official Tasker forums, but the my post is still awaiting moderator approval after a long time.
Since i've posted this thread, I've created new functions already like video recording (microphone audio included) the phone screen for 10 seconds and upload it to google drive.
I haven't seen this option on any other anti-theft yet. In a case of emergency, you could literally watch the thief do things on your phone and also hear him talking.
Since it's going be to open-source, it's highly customizable. You could change the icons, add new functions, remove functions , change the styling to your own wishes and improve the "web app" overall.
For those interested, Since the first post, I've added more options and starts looking good
https://youtu.be/T9aKmLTujik
For rooted users, you could make an add-on app that the user puts in the /system partition and, in case of factory reset, installs Tasker and restores it's data.
That way, the user has a chance of finding their phone even if the thief performs a factory/hard reset.
EDIT: Are your files available? I can't seem to find them.
Vagelis1608 said:
For rooted users, you could make an add-on app that the user puts in the /system partition and, in case of factory reset, installs Tasker and restores it's data.
That way, the user has a chance of finding their phone even if the thief performs a factory/hard reset.
EDIT: Are your files available? I can't seem to find them.
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With the new Android versions, this is not a reliable thing anymore. This is the same reason Cerberus App stopped offering a special APK that could be installed in the /system by flashing it.
Also, it would be very difficult to have an add-on app install Tasker, AutoRemote, FolderSync and other plugins it needs automatically and configure them too.
I haven't made my files available yet. I am still perfecting it and awaiting community tips and input to expand the app more before releasing the source-files.
I've been using Mock Location (enabled through developer options) to occasionally change my location appearance to apps. What I'd like to be able to do is to enable it selectively for only certain apps. For example, I want Google Maps to always see my real location, but Facebook and Instagram to always see the same location no matter where I am. That way I can still take advantage of general localisation (by setting it into the middle of the city centre) without it knowing specifically where I am.
So far though I haven't found anything that's able to do this. I've been using Fake GPS but that does it for every app, there's no way to set it to specific ones. I've also tried setting up Secure Folder (no way to do Mock Locations within Secure Folder that I could see), I've tried using Island and Parallel Space but couldn't find any way to do it through that either.
I've also thought about having a Tasker/Automate setup that turns on Fake GPS each time I open one of the apps on the list, but that seems somewhat clumsy and likely to cause issues.
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas I might have missed? I feel like this should be easy but it doesn't seem to be.