Hello. For some reason, I cannot get automateit to properly work. It will not switch on gps (location) when I open Maps.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled it to ensure it had root privileges. It work automatically turn Wi-Fi off and on under set parameters. It won't enable or disable GPS when Maps are opened or closed. If I open rule and manually play it, it does have authority and does turn on or off GPS.
Thoughts?
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Hi guys. This is my first nexus and I am loving it. I'm also loving lollipop and it's features.
However, one feature I've hated since I got the n6 is the fact that, even though I've rooted and unlocked the bl, that I can't get Tasker or Automateit to turn the phone GPS from "battery saving" to "high accuracy" when I launch Google maps.
I have gone into "Security - Apps with usage access" and authorized Automateit but Tasker never shows up in there. I have also downloaded "Secure Settings" from the play store but I admit I have never used it before so I'm not sure if I need to do something specific with it.
All I know is that when I was using any other OS up as far as kitkat, all I needed to do was have root and grant root access to Automateit and it would take care of switching on and off the GPS when I launched or stopped Google maps.
Can anyone please help me figure this one out?
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Secure settings works. Once you enable the secure settings helper in the app you just use the plugin interface from tasker to toggle GPS.
Assuming you allowed root access to AutomateIt, you can configure a rule that uses the Set GPS State Action.
You might need to reboot your phone after that in order for the action to work properly.
Ok.... So here's something weird. Although I'd imported my rules into Automateit, they didn't work. I also could just not get Tasker to work no matter what.
But I uninstalled Tasker and secure settings, and uninstalled automateit. Then I restarted the phone, reinstalled automateit and manually created the GPS rules again from scratch instead of importing them and now it works perfectly!
I've never really liked Tasker, probably because I couldn't figure it out which is nobody's fault but my own, and I gravitated towards automateit but I thankfully got this issue sorted.
Thanks for the help guys
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getting a can't connect to google error when using navigation via android auto. google maps navigation works ok. gps tracking via android auto works ok as well. android auto on v1.6.281040 and maps on v9.39.2. i vaguely remember android auto asking maps for permission to use. where do i bring that prompt back up? i have a feeling maps isn't allowing android auto to use navigation.
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getting a can't connect to google error when using navigation via android auto. google maps navigation works ok. gps tracking via android auto works ok as well. android auto on v1.6.281040 and maps on v9.39.2. i vaguely remember android auto asking maps for permission to use. where do i bring that prompt back up? i have a feeling maps isn't allowing android auto to use navigation.
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Open the Settings app, then tap Apps under the Device subheading. Next, tap the Gear icon in the upper-right corner, and then tap App permissions on the following screen.
^awesome. thanks for that. never knew about it.
i think i've managed to fix it by deleting my head unit in the android auto app and have it connect again to go through all the permission prompts again. but i've also download the maps for offline use, so i'm not sure if it's because of that.
edit: turns out offline maps was the temporary fix. sigh. god damn google. it's always 1 step forward, 2 steps back with them.
My Android Auto was working perfectly until one day it stopped. I uninstall the app and install it again since it happen once before and was fixed. I' trying to do the same and it does not response. What can I do?
i want to understand on how to disable few things and how about would i be able to stop this.
So i know that beacon manager tracks our locations so what i want to know there are some apps that check mock location and kicks you out and if app is on expert mode it does not detect it because the mock location is empy but jumps from original location to fake location back and forth even though if i am on gps only and in expert mode. If i disable beacon manager in system file would that prevent this from happening? i tried disabling the fuse location but the maps do not work without it. how can i also disable wifi and Bluetooth location and keep it gps only i already know from the phone settings but i mean in the system and would this jack up my note 5. I have a note 5 is rooted as well i have disable service app very useful but i cant seem to figure this out how to keep it on that location without detecting me that i am using a spoof location. There got to be a solution for this to make it work.
What are these apps using to find out what we have under mock location how can they know there has to be something on our smartphones that is allowing this to bypass.
I am trying to get 2 apps working, so that when it gets a bluetooth connection from my car, the app automatically loads. The app is for a dashcam, however, when I have installed the apps, and select auto launch from within the settings, they never seem to launch
The apps are
Drivermatics Blackbox Dash Cam
AutoBoy Dash Cam
On my previous phone (Galaxy S7) I could get this function to work
Any ideas?
i used to use car home ultra which then started the dashcam software, but i now have a dedicated dashcam
I have issues with the app for my car also, it should start as soon as Bluetooth connects but rarely does.
I think using Tasker or something to do it would probably work, also set it to turn the BT volume to max after opening the app.
Yes Tasker would work, and without needing root for that type of activity I think. I have a similar action on my P20 Pro when it connects to my car, although I'm rooted.
If the apps have their own auto launch options though, you shouldn't need Tasker. Just make sure the apps are set to manual in Settings,Battery, App launch and Allowed in Settings, Apps, Settings, Special Access, Ignore Battery optimisation.
Don't know those apps specifically, but EMUI is a pain though for closing some apps and not letting them run schedules and/or auto launch type events even when the above settings are changed (Titanium Backup is a classic example - sometimes runs scheduled backup tasks, sometimes doesn't!), yet others run without issues.
So here's my conundrum:
I use aa on a rooted phone with aamirror.
I do this because I use overlays to display obd2 gauges and my music widget overlaid on Waze.
However, if android auto is running, and my default nav app is set to Waze, Waze won't run in phone mode. If my default map app is Google maps and I use Waze in phone mode, maps refuses to stop running, and slows the phone down because it's a bloated pile of ****.
So my options are:
A) find a way to make Waze run in phone mode when android auto is running and it's my default map app.
2) find a way to break maps so it appears installed to android auto, but won't actually run because I hate it.
iii) find some other app that will behave as a "map" android app placeholder that either does nothing, or at least has the decency to piss off when I'm not using it.
Any suggestions?