I wondered if any of the tasker expers could advise a way around an issue I have.
I have 2 cars, both with bluetooth conected to my Pixel 6.
I also have a Garmin watch connected via bluetooth used for alerts etc.
Since I've started working from home, I have an issue which is drivng me crazy. If my wife goes out or return in either of the cars, but phone will connect to the car outside whilst I'm in the middle of a call.
I could just turn off bluetooth, but then I'd lose connectivity to my watch.
What I really want is the ability to enable/disable individual bluetooth devices based on my location. So if at home, the cars are disabled, if away from home (i.e. driving) they are enabled. However bluetooth seems to be all or nothing.
I could forget the connections, and re-pair whilst out in the car, but thats a pain.
So I wonder if even if tasker cannot disable individual connections, maybe it can change the settings of those connections. If I go into the car setting, I have 3 toggles which can be set off/on. Phone Calls, Media Audio, Contact Sharing.
Is it possible for tasker to change these settings on an individual bluetooth device based on location? So basically, if I'm home, disable phone calls and media audio on my cars.
And if this is possible, what is the best event trigger? Presumably GPS is one way. I also have wifi at home, but dont use it on my phone (4g is quicker and more reliable)
Can tasker scan for wifi networks and use as a trigger without actually connecting to wifi? Are there any other ways of detecting I have left home?
And if Tasker cannot do this, any ideas how to get around this issue outside of tasker?
Thanks in Advance.
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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
Hi All,
I've done a quick search and cant find anything relating to this. It may seem like an odd request but i like things to be automated
I have a broadit active cradle in my car for charging the kaiser, and a parrot car kit. Ideally what i am trying to achieve is when i dock the phone in the active cradle, an automatic profile kicks in and turns bluetooth on for the while its in the cradle only, and then turns it off once its undocked/disconnected from the car.
At the moment, i cannot get it to pick up when its in the cradle. SPB automatic profile does not change. If i put bluetooth on manually, it will switch over to Car. When i turn the car off, the parrot deactivates and the phone switches back to normal and turns bluetooth off.
Does anyone know of any other automatic profile apps which detect when the phone is on charge only (i.e. no data), or if it is possible in SPB at all?
Thanks
DC
PhoneAlarm is quite good for this I think. I currently have it, and it toggles profiles based on time and appointment categories really well. How I use it:
07:00 switches to 'work' profile vibrate only, bluetooth off
07:30 switches to 'bus' profile, similar to work, but activates WiFi (and internet explorer, you can chose 1 program to be activated per profile if you wish) since the bus I commute on has free Wifi on board)
8:40 back to 'work', auto deactivates WiFi
17:15 back to 'bus'
18:20 back to 'work' as I get a local bus at this time without Wifi
19:00 'Home' profile, all sounds on, and bluetooth
23:00 'night' profile, as per home, but the back light dims
and start again the next morning.
On weekends, it auto switches between day (07:00) and night (23:00)
If I have an appointment scheduled under the meeting category, it sets itself as per the 'work' profile, switches off the phone, auto activates Word. At the appointment end time, it goes back to whatever profile it was in before hand.
There are also settings to auto switch profiles based on activesync, external power (but no activesync), headset connection, appointment category, and geographical location (based on the cellsite ID that your connected to, both entering and leaving). Apart from the appointment category switch, I haven't tried these, but if they work aswell as the time and appointment options, it sounds like the power no activesync option could be exactly what your after? And I bet you will spend hours playing with all the different options to totally tailor profiles to every minute of your day!
Fantastic! That worked really well. The app seems to take 15 seconds to pick up that its on power without activesync, but it works really well!! Excellent app.
There are so many options too!!! That appeals to me
The fact that it actually does the profile switching makes it a killer for me. Several others I tried seemed to forget to do things.
The options, yeah, there seems to be thousands. I'm not even sure what half of them do! I think this is the profile tool to end all profile tools. Oh, and you can navigate the today plugin with your d-pad. Just click on the bluetooth, Wifi, data connection icons to toggle on/off. If the you like options, I think I was correct that you'll be playing with it for hours! Almost a shame your limited to about 7 profiles really...
I'm using NFC tags and Trigger to enable various things in the car and at home. Trigger only seems to do a couple of the dozen things I set it up to do (in the car, turn on bluetooth, turn off wifi, turn on hotspot, etc). It writes the tags and recognizes them, but doesn't perform most of the actions it's supposed to, like disabling bluetooth, hotspot, wifi, etc. No error popups either. Anyone else ran into this or have any ideas? I can't figure out how to use Tasker with NFC tags, so that's not an option.
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I've been messing around with Tasker and I found the same issue. Tasker will turn on the hotspot but won't turn it off. I find it hard to believe that I'm the only person having this problem.
You didn't mention whether or not you are rooted. Some system level things require root.
In settings I see WiFi and Bluetooth.
WiFi
Don't know why WiFi is even there. Does it use that to communicate with the phone instead of however it communicates normally? I presume the advantage would be you could have more distance between the phone and watch.
But, when I select WiFi, it 'connects' to my WiFi, but it does not offer the opportunity to enter the key.
Bluetooth
Not sure why I would hook the watch to Bluetooth.
Any thoughts on above?
ewingr said:
In settings I see WiFi and Bluetooth.
WiFi
Don't know why WiFi is even there. Does it use that to communicate with the phone instead of however it communicates normally? I presume the advantage would be you could have more distance between the phone and watch.
But, when I select WiFi, it 'connects' to my WiFi, but it does not offer the opportunity to enter the key.
Bluetooth
Not sure why I would hook the watch to Bluetooth.
Any thoughts on above?
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Bluetooth is needed to send info between phone and watch such as notifications. Wifi does the same thing but across more distance. For example at work I'll leave phone on my desk I can walk away, my Bluetooth will disconnect but lhome and watch will stay connected through wifi.. Should ask you to enter WiFi key on your phone.
anthonyg45157 said:
Bluetooth is needed to send info between phone and watch such as notifications. Wifi does the same thing but across more distance. For example at work I'll leave phone on my desk I can walk away, my Bluetooth will disconnect but lhome and watch will stay connected through wifi.. Should ask you to enter WiFi key on your phone.
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Thanks. Thats what I expected, although it does not ask for the key.
I think it learns the WiFi keys from the phone.
ewingr said:
In settings I see WiFi and Bluetooth.
WiFi
Don't know why WiFi is even there. Does it use that to communicate with the phone instead of however it communicates normally? I presume the advantage would be you could have more distance between the phone and watch.
But, when I select WiFi, it 'connects' to my WiFi, but it does not offer the opportunity to enter the key.
Bluetooth
Not sure why I would hook the watch to Bluetooth.
Any thoughts on above?
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Bluetooth IS how it communicates normally. In addition, you can now pair a bluetooth headset to the watch and use it to play music from the device, if you hate your battery.
Wifi is used if you happen to have the watch out of range of the phone, such as around the house or office.
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.