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[Guide] scheduling extreme power saving mode using LLAMA!

This guide is for those who want to use this mode other than the battery reaching 20%
or want to automate this mode when screen is off as in this simple example where after 40 mins the mode will be activated
There are screenshots in post #2 step by step
First u need sense 6 rom and of cos u need to be rooted
U need "Llama" and "Secure settings" both being free apps from playstore
i am using Llama as its easier to use
Steps
1) Just open llama , new event
2) add condition as screen off ( with delayed event 40 mins) , choose action , local plugin, secure settings , options , launch activity , power , choose app first, then choose from dropdown list [Power].extremepowersaver.Extremepowersaveractivityconfirm ( if u can see the words being too long just tilt and use landscape mode)
Save yr llama event. thats it.
Edit: macrodroid is better to use than llama as it does it not do cell polling And can use shake device feature Just follow the same steps

Here are the steps

When I try to test the action I get a message saying that secure settings does not have permission. I'm also not rooted

racingmatt1 said:
When I try to test the action I get a message saying that secure settings does not have permission. I'm also not rooted
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U need to be rooted for some parts of secure settings to work and also Llama
However for now u can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2820169

Thanks for the post, it really helps me in Tasker, but I need to put an Exit task to do the opposite; i.e. to close the Power Saver mode?

mrtarrouk said:
Thanks for the post, it really helps me in Tasker, but I need to put an Exit task to do the opposite; i.e. to close the Power Saver mode?
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Unfortunately I haven't figured out how to do this. Try using the application state
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Thanks for your response, but I will appreciate if you told me what is application state?

mrtarrouk said:
Thanks for your response, but I will appreciate if you told me what is application state?
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well dont bother anyway , it doesnt really work .

Update : macrodroid app also works . Better to use macrodroid
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[Q] Airdroid 2.1.0 question

Hi guys this is my first post on XDA. I'm currently testing new apps, and I recently encountered a situation in my OPO with the airdroid.
I don't know if it's normal, but in Airdroid 2.1.0 whenever I log out the application, the process is still running in the background. How can I turn off that process without need to go to the Definitions > applications > In execution and stop it from there .
With Best regards

Have you taken a look in options to see if the appropriate options are checked.
I believe it runs in the background because push service a s push mirror to work

lol go back to app and press back button it will say exit say yes and its done

skedone said:
lol go back to app and press back button it will say exit say yes and its done
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That solved the problem. Thank you

screen overlay detected phone cannot acces drive with apps

Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,

A quick Google search for "screen overlay detected" found a lot of results indicating this is due to screen filtering apps that modify the screen brightness, such as Lux, Bluelight Filter, Twilight, etc.

alryder said:
A quick Google search for "screen overlay detected" found a lot of results indicating this is due to screen filtering apps that modify the screen brightness, such as Lux, Bluelight Filter, Twilight, etc.
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Yes, they also prevent you granting root access to apps too. Lux is the most common. These apps put an overlay over the UI. Android protection prevents you pressing "serious" buttons in case it is the overlay working to malicious intents.

xbatis said:
Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,
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I'm curious if you were able to resolve this issue and if it was resolved with what I found about the issue.

xbatis said:
hello, i'm having issues with my n6 after the marshmallow but i am facing a problem that for each application, i am getting screen overlay detected. If i follow on screen instructions, in settings, i can't change permission. I cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. Can you guys help solve this issue.
Thanks,
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okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d

jokeinc said:
okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d
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I was thinking going back to Lollipop, then you saved my days. This "Screen overlay detected" was driving me nuts as I have tons of apps that requires "Draw over other apps" such as Sidebar Launcher, SuperSU, Widgetsoid, Rotation Manager... almost 30 apps. So every time I install new app I virtually have to turn off the "Draw over other apps" for all these 30 then set the permissions then turn them on again. It's so frustrating. And if I stupidly reset permissions for all apps then virtually most are unusable. Now with Safemode I can grant an app all the permissions it requires without turn the "Draw over other apps" off.

jokeinc said:
okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d
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Best solution out there. Tnx.

@jokeinc I don't have twilight, lux, or any CM apps. Your solution is the only solution to have worked for me. Thank you so much!

I have a Samsung galaxy s6 and it didn't work for me, i have tried everythings but the only way is go into ultra power safe mode and from here i was able to activate permissions for whatsapp. For activate the other apps i don't know what to do.
Sorry for my bad english but i'm desperate??

@Zack909: Desperate and in the wrong forum. This is the Nexus 6 forums. You'll need to ask your questions in the Galaxy S6 forums, as your device has Touchwiz, which our devices don't run.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
@Zack909: Desperate and in the wrong forum. This is the Nexus 6 forums. You'll need to ask your questions in the Galaxy S6 forums, as your device has Touchwiz, which our devices don't run.
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Thanks but i solved the problemi. I just unistalled CM Locker

It's good you solved your problem. You shouldn't be running anything from Cheetah Mobile, as every single app they produce is pretty much junk.

Grrr
Omni swipe program can also cause this disable it or uninstall

For me it's just SwipePad that I use which has an always on overlay. If you know what apps are overlaying I've found a workaround you can setup. Ideally an app shouldn't have an invisible overlay permanently hogging resources so you should find and disable them permanently if they're unwanted anyway. An app like Elixir with it's "running" processes/services filtered to User can help finding the culprit.
So I use a workaround to quickly disable an overlay for permission toggling. A "Task Shortcut" that uses the Tasker Greenify plugin (don't know if pro is required) to Hibernate the overlay app/s, Wait for a configured time and then Wake. Note that the wake process takes five seconds to finish.
I open my shortcut from SwipePad itself for it to disable for ten seconds while I click away at permissions to my hearts content. When the time is up it resumes working normally and all is well :highfive:

Infy_AsiX said:
For me it's just SwipePad that I use which has an always on overlay. If you know what apps are overlaying I've found a workaround you can setup. Ideally an app shouldn't have an invisible overlay permanently hogging resources so you should find and disable them permanently if they're unwanted anyway. An app like Elixir with it's "running" processes/services filtered to User can help finding the culprit.
So I use a workaround to quickly disable an overlay for permission toggling. A "Task Shortcut" that uses the Tasker Greenify plugin (don't know if pro is required) to Hibernate the overlay app/s, Wait for a configured time and then Wake. Note that the wake process takes five seconds to finish.
I open my shortcut from SwipePad itself for it to disable for ten seconds while I click away at permissions to my hearts content. When the time is up it resumes working normally and all is well :highfive:
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I don't understand what you're doing. Your link is to a Task Manager Shortcut for Galaxy S3. I can see how Tasker could be used, but I don't understand how this app would be involved.

JimSmith94 said:
I don't understand what you're doing. Your link is to a Task Manager Shortcut for Galaxy S3. I can see how Tasker could be used, but I don't understand how this app would be involved.
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Oops, my bad. I'll fix my post. The app is AutoShortcut.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoshortcut
Task Shortcut is what the system shortcut it enables is called.

xbatis said:
Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,
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Boot into safe mode using hardware button combo. Enable all permissions, reboot normally

How to fix Screen Overlay Detected Error easily
xbatis said:
Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,
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This is because of the apps that are using "draw over other apps" feature. You can just turn them off from settings. If you want a head up on how to do this, you can go to this link here. Fix screen overlay detected

jokeinc said:
okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d
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i'm ready to put my phone in the garbage disposal over this error. i can't get rid of it and can't even download a simple APK file from chrome without getting it. I've done everything suggested in every youtube video and what you said above.
i turn off screen overlay for every app shown, which is about 30 and i have none of the so called problem apps installed.
i go into safe mode and try to turn on a permission and I STILL GET THE SCREEN OVERLAY ERROR. i have no idea what to do or what is wrong.

OpenVPN 3.0.X - Connect and Disconnect with Tasker (Solution)

Hi All,
It would appear that the interface / code changed rather a lot in the most recent update and the previous intents are no longer working.
I have figured out how to fix this. Please follow the directions below.
Important Note: Your profile name is now prefixed with PC. E.g. My profile of test.co.uk/example [user] would now be PC test.co.uk/example [user]
So, here are the settings (don't include the curly brackets):
Connect
Action: net.openvpn.openvpn.CONNECT
Extra: net.openvpn.openvpn.AUTOSTART_PROFILE_NAME: PC {Your profile name}
Extra: net.openvpn.openvpn.AUTOCONNECT: true
Package: net.openvpn.openvpn
Class: net.openvpn.unified.MainActivity
Target: Activity
Disconnect
Action: net.openvpn.openvpn.DISCONNECT
Extra: net.openvpn.openvpn.STOP: true
Package: net.openvpn.openvpn
Class: net.openvpn.unified.MainActivity
Target: Activity
Edit: As of the current version (3.0.4), OpenVPN no longer remains in the foreground on disconnect.

Awesome... Thanks for the fix.
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Thanks
Yes - It is very annoying that OpenVPN remains on the foreground on Disconnect.
Can Tasker's Kill App be used for this purpose?

jvillasante said:
Yes - It is very annoying that OpenVPN remains on the foreground on Disconnect.
Can Tasker's Kill App be used for this purpose?
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I tried this but it didn't seem to do anything.

mmotti said:
Hi All,
It would appear that the interface / code changed rather a lot in the most recent update and the previous intents are no longer working.
I have figured out how to fix this. Please follow the directions below.
Important Note: Your profile name is now prefixed with PC. E.g. My profile of test.co.uk/example [user] would now be PC test.co.uk/example [user]
So, here are the settings (don't include the curly brackets):
Connect
Action: net.openvpn.openvpn.CONNECT
Extra: net.openvpn.openvpn.AUTOSTART_PROFILE_NAME: PC {Your profile name}
Extra: net.openvpn.openvpn.AUTOCONNECT: true
Package: net.openvpn.openvpn
Class: net.openvpn.unified.MainActivity
Target: Activity
Disconnect
Action: net.openvpn.openvpn.DISCONNECT
Extra: net.openvpn.openvpn.STOP: true
Package: net.openvpn.openvpn
Class: net.openvpn.unified.MainActivity
Target: Activity
Annoyingly they have made it so OpenVPN remains in the foreground on disconnect. I have yet to look into this.
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Thank you very much!!!

mmotti said:
Annoyingly they have made it so OpenVPN remains in the foreground on disconnect. I have yet to look into this.
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:highfive: Thank you for finding this. I had to downgrade 1.1.27 to get my task to work, but now I've got the new UI and working tasks, so THANK YOU.
As a lazy workaround to the app remaining in the foreground I've added a 1-second wait then 2 AutoInput Back actions:
"Intent to end OpenVPN connection"
2. Wait = 1 second
3. AutoInput Global Action = Back
4. AutoInput Global Action = Back

mondohow said:
:highfive: Thank you for finding this. I had to downgrade 1.1.27 to get my task to work, but now I've got the new UI and working tasks, so THANK YOU.
As a lazy workaround to the app remaining in the foreground I've added a 1-second wait then 2 AutoInput Back actions:
"Intent to end OpenVPN connection"
2. Wait = 1 second
3. AutoInput Global Action = Back
4. AutoInput Global Action = Back
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Could you explain in tasker how to do it?
Thanks

xhenon said:
Could you explain in tasker how to do it?
Thanks
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You will need the AutoInput Tasker plugin for this to work. You can get it from here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoinput
1. Follow the above steps for the Disconnect task
2. Hit the + to add a new action
In the list that pops up, select Task -> Wait and change it to 1 second
3. Hit the + button to add a new action
In the list select Plugin -> AutoInput -> Global Action
Hit the pencil icon next to Configuration
Hit Action -> Select Back from the list
Hit the check mark on the top right, then hit the back button to return to the Actions list
4. Repeat #3
Your Actions list should look like the attached image.
I had to add the AutoInput 'Back' action twice since OpenVpn Connect backs out of the VPN Profile screen into the main app screen. The second Back action takes you to back into your last app/activity.
It's a lazy workaround so I'm sure someone will come up with something better in time.

Go Home tasker task
As another workaround for OpenVPN Connect staying in the foreground on Disconnect I added this tasks to my disconnect profile
Wait 5 seconds
Go Home
Tasker has a Go Home task built in that effectively works for this use case!

jvillasante said:
As another workaround for OpenVPN Connect staying in the foreground on Disconnect I added this tasks to my disconnect profile
Wait 5 seconds
Go Home
Tasker has a Go Home task built in that effectively works for this use case!
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Excellent - Thanks.

Thank you for this. BIG help.
I was wondering if anybody out there has a profile for disconnecting from OpenVPN but only after wifi has been in disconnected state for 30 seconds?
Thanks.

jvillasante said:
As another workaround for OpenVPN Connect staying in the foreground on Disconnect I added this tasks to my disconnect profile
Wait 5 seconds
Go Home
Tasker has a Go Home task built in that effectively works for this use case!
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Thanks to the OP and thanks to you,excellent info

Thanks for sharing, i was quite annoyed by that update.
Made my day

Hi.
Thank you for this.
Maybe i am just to noobish for this, but how do you make the command "Actions"?
Is that Secure settings?

betahelix said:
Hi.
Thank you for this.
Maybe i am just to noobish for this, but how do you make the command "Actions"?
Is that Secure settings?
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I originally followed a guide here: https://collinmbarrett.com/android-tasker-openvpn/
That should tell you where to find the necessary actions.
Use the updated values in OP instead of those listed on the site, though.

mmotti said:
I originally followed a guide here: https://collinmbarrett.com/android-tasker-openvpn/
That should tell you where to find the necessary actions.
Use the updated values in OP instead of those listed on the site, though.
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First of all, thank you for this post.
Currently I'm using "go home" to "close" open vpn after disconnect.
Latest change log says "* added minimize app on disconnect shortcut feature"
Do you think we can use it in Tasker somehow to natively minimize the app after disconnect?
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rodak said:
First of all, thank you for this post.
Currently I'm using "go home" to "close" open vpn after disconnect.
Latest change log says "* added minimize app on disconnect shortcut feature"
Do you think we can use it in Tasker somehow to natively minimize the app after disconnect?
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I was using: wait 1 second and go home.
After updating, it actually closes itself automatically now. It happens very quickly - I don't even see the OpenVPN UI.

mmotti said:
I was using: wait 1 second and go home.
After updating, it actually closes itself automatically now. It happens very quickly - I don't even see the OpenVPN UI.
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Thanks, will try it out.
Edit: It worked perfectly, maybe time to update the original post?
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rodak said:
Thanks, will try it out.
Edit: It worked perfectly, maybe time to update the original post?
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I popped an edit in there

mmotti said:
I popped an edit in there
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Hello,
I am using Automate its pretty much the same in terms of use like tasker.
But it's free and you Programm flows. But when I try this without using the back back option the disconnect interface didn't close it self.
Did you comment something new in the action blocks?
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Turn on / off SIM2 on Redmi Note 9 Pro

Hey
I´m pretty save around anything about rooting / flashing stuff, but got no idea about Tasker or even heard about it till today.
I want to use my company number on my private phone but want to automatically turn it off every day when the workday is over and automatically turn it back on the next day.
Can someone explain to me what i need to configure in tasker to do that?
Greetings, Schnoinsch

Schnoinsch said:
Hey
I´m pretty save around anything about rooting / flashing stuff, but got no idea about Tasker or even heard about it till today.
I want to use my company number on my private phone but want to automatically turn it off every day when the workday is over and automatically turn it back on the next day.
Can someone explain to me what i need to configure in tasker to do that?
Greetings, Schnoinsch
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{{{{ Required ROOT devices ))))
A1: Custom Setting [ Type:System Name phone1_on Value:0 Use Root:On Read Setting To: Continue Task After Error:On ]
in human language , create new task , name the task name, press "+"
input custom to make a search, there will be item "custom settings" appears from the search result. Click "system"
find phone1_on , in value input "0"
use root check mark box need to tick
when finish , manually play the tast and watch the upper right corner to see if phone signal is off to proof this task is working or not.
Hope this helps.

eeeemc said:
{{{{ Required ROOT devices ))))
A1: Custom Setting [ Type:System Name phone1_on Value:0 Use Root:On Read Setting To: Continue Task After Error:On ]
in human language , create new task , name the task name, press "+"
input custom to make a search, there will be item "custom settings" appears from the search result. Click "system"
find phone1_on , in value input "0"
use root check mark box need to tick
when finish , manually play the tast and watch the upper right corner to see if phone signal is off to proof this task is working or not.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks, gonna try it after root. Gonna unlock the bootloader this week (if there still isn´t the waiting time im MiUnlock). Guess there´s no other way without root, since it´s a system setting, right?

Schnoinsch said:
Thanks, gonna try it after root. Gonna unlock the bootloader this week (if there still isn´t the waiting time im MiUnlock). Guess there´s no other way without root, since it´s a system setting, right?
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unlock bootloader is matter of wait wait wait wait & wait,