Custom Tasker Profiles

[AndroidRaven]

I personally don't use it, but I know it is a powerful app and since it can be set up to do many things,, I was wondering what custom thing's users are doing with it.

I'll maybe jump on board as well.

List your favorite things you use Tasker for.

 

[pepdavies]

I use it to silence my phone whenever my calendar says i'm working. That's about it really. Some of the things I bought it for are built into Android now but I paid for it so I make myself use it lol

 

[sbenson1226]

I personally don't use it, but I know it is a powerful app and since it can be set up to do many things,, I was wondering what custom thing's users are doing with it.

I'll maybe jump on board as well.

List your favorite things you use Tasker for.

I use it primarily to automate my phone's security.

When I'm home ---> phone connects to home wifi ---> tasker + secure settings turns off my pattern lock; turns bluetooth off and adjusts my volumes
When I leave home ---> phone disconnect from wifi ---> tasker turns my pattern lock back on; turns bluetooth on and adjusts my volumes
When I get in my car ---> phone connect to car's bluetooth ---> tasker + secure settings turns off my pattern lock; turns volumes all the way up
When I leave my car ---> phone disconnects from bluetooth ---> tasker turns my pattern lock back on; adjusts volume
When I get to work ---> phone connects to work wifi ---> tasker + secure settings turns off my pattern lock; turns bluetooth off and turns of vibration mode
When I leave work ---> phone disconnects from wifi ---> tasker turns my pattern lock back on; turns bluetooth back on

For me, this makes my phone secure when i need it to be and insecure when I know I'll be using it. At home, in my car and at work are all times that I have my phone on me and actively using it. I don't need a secure screen so I turn it off automatically with Tasker. When I'm away from any of these places I know I'll have a pattern lock in case I lose my phone. Piece of mind and very easy to set up.

I use tasker for a ton of other things (including quiet hours) but security is my most important use.

 

[AndrasLOHF]

Here are some I have:

2 sound profiles to put the phone into silent mode at night and during work hours.

An auto off bluetooth profile that turns bluetooth off if it is disconnected for more than 15 minutes.'

3 music profiles all of which auto launch Google Music and auto play and set volumes depending on which bluetooth device or headset is connected. Line in headset also disables lockscreen, car bluetooth puts phone into landscape in the car dock, bluetooth headset disables lockscreen.

360 degree rotation when charging.

Overheating warning.

 

[Lucke]

when it connects to my work wifi > adjust ringer volume to half
when i'm within 100m from the gym > turn BT on
when phone is docked/charging > turn BT on

that's all i've had a chance to dig into as of now. i know there are tons of other more advanced profiles to use/set up, but i haven't bothered with learning them.

 

[danarama]

1) turn pattern lock off when on home wifi

2) take a photo of anyone putting pattern lock in wrong (twice) and email me the photo

3) when closing the camera app,.look for all photos less than 15 minutes old and upload them using foldersync to my NAS via sftp

4) Schedule Nandroid backup every 4am on Saturday morning (ensure previous nandroid backup has been uploaded to NAS)

5) backup /sdcard every night to NAS

6) (Task only) - homescreen shortcut to flash all zips in alphabetical order in folder /sdcard/AFlash/zips

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[Taubin]

I use a profile to turn off the lock when I'm home, and turn it back on when I'm away.

One to turn off the Wi-Fi when not home and back on when I get back home

And another to download the national geographic photo of the day and set it as the wallpaper every morning.

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

[aznxk3vi17]

Launch car mode when plugged in and connected to my car's Bluetooth

Pattern lock when not home or in car

Quiet hours with emergency contact exceptions

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Here are some I have:

2 sound profiles to put the phone into silent mode at night and during work hours.

An auto off bluetooth profile that turns bluetooth off if it is disconnected for more than 15 minutes.'

3 music profiles all of which auto launch Google Music and auto play and set volumes depending on which bluetooth device or headset is connected. Line in headset also disables lockscreen, car bluetooth puts phone into landscape in the car dock, bluetooth headset disables lockscreen.

360 degree rotation when charging.

Overheating warning.

Do you mind sharing those so I can use them?

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

[markp99]

For those with Tasks relative to being in the car, how are you determining that location?

I've been using the invert of my Home location, but that's not quite refined enough.

Can Tasker detect the uConnect BT in my Jeep? Or maybe by detecting accelerometer motions?

Curious.

 

[gsrrr]

For those with Tasks relative to being in the car, how are you determining that location?

I've been using the invert of my Home location, but that's not quite refined enough.

Can Tasker detect the uConnect BT in my Jeep? Or maybe by detecting accelerometer motions?

Curious.

Tasker can use your connect to BT to trigger actions.

You can have your device turn on BT (for a set number of minutes) when you disconnect from your Wifi. Then when it connects to your car via BT, it can turn off Wifi and/or open up your music player and increase the volume. Or do any number of things.

 

[kimocal]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23301459&postcount=3

That list is a bit old list but I'm always adding or trying differnet things. Starting to use Scenes more now. Like the Sleepy Time one is now a Notification that pops up only during certain time then when I click it there is a small Scene with simple buttons, see attached images.

Also use Tasker to give me info in DashClock. Using OpenMic+ to launch Tasker stuff will make for some fun stuff too.

 

[MontAlbert]

i use nfc tags associated with my car and home stuff. a tag has a tasker task linked to it. I also use a gym task/profile where when i get within 300m of the gym it turns bluetooth on adjusts volumes etc.

 

[thommy5583]

I use it primarily to automate my phone's security.

When I'm home ---> phone connects to home wifi ---> tasker + secure settings turns off my pattern lock; turns bluetooth off and adjusts my volumes
When I leave home ---> phone disconnect from wifi ---> tasker turns my pattern lock back on; turns bluetooth on and adjusts my volumes
When I get in my car ---> phone connect to car's bluetooth ---> tasker + secure settings turns off my pattern lock; turns volumes all the way up
When I leave my car ---> phone disconnects from bluetooth ---> tasker turns my pattern lock back on; adjusts volume
When I get to work ---> phone connects to work wifi ---> tasker + secure settings turns off my pattern lock; turns bluetooth off and turns of vibration mode
When I leave work ---> phone disconnects from wifi ---> tasker turns my pattern lock back on; turns bluetooth back on

For me, this makes my phone secure when i need it to be and insecure when I know I'll be using it. At home, in my car and at work are all times that I have my phone on me and actively using it. I don't need a secure screen so I turn it off automatically with Tasker. When I'm away from any of these places I know I'll have a pattern lock in case I lose my phone. Piece of mind and very easy to set up.

I use tasker for a ton of other things (including quiet hours) but security is my most important use.

Hi,
how do you trigger the "quiet hours" setting with tasker? I want to have different startiing/ending times for quiet hours - including white list for calling. So I thought I try to find a way to trigger it from tasker.
Any ideas here?
cheers,
Tom