Tasker profiles for ringer/notification volume syn and media silent mode

[MCL1981]

These two handy Tasker profiles will help with some common nuisances with how ringer and notification volume is handled. By default, the ringer and notification volumes are not connected. So when you use the volume rocker to adjust the ringer, it leaves the notification volume as is. This to me is useless. If I turn the ringer down, there is a reason for that. I don't want the text / email notification to blare out at full volume.

The other thing that may or may not be an issue for you is how media volume is handled when you go into Silent Mode. Specifically, it does nothing. Silent mode has three modes. Off, Vibrate, and Silent. Off is normal ringers and such. Vibrate is vibrate only, no ringers. And silent disables the ringers and vibration. But none of this effects the media volume! So you've put the phone on silent mode, either vibrate or completely silent. Fire up a game, and out comes the sound blaring at whatever volume you were last using it at. Not good.

This tasker profile called Volume Sync is absurdly simple. When the ringer volume changes, it will set the notification volume to match it. No user intervention required. It will behave just like previous versions of the Andriod OS where the two volume sliders were linked on change.
Volume Sync Profile

This other profile called Silent Mode will do the following: On vibrate, it will reduce the media volume to 1. So it's still on but it will be quiet when you fire up an app. If you go completely silent (no ringer and no vibrate), it will set the media volume to zero. So it will be truly silent. When silent mode is turned off, the media volume reverts back to its previous setting. I have it saving the old media volume to a custom variable, so it can restore that.
Silent Mode Profile

 

[d0g]

Awesome, thanks!
But how do I import these into tasker?
Sent from my SPH-L710

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Aha, Google is my friend.

You have to click on the profile tab label then choose import.

Sent from my SPH-L710

 

[MCL1981]

Yep. Put the XML files on the SD or internal storage. Default location for Tasker profiles is internal storage\tasker\profiles. Long press the profiles tab and you'll get the import option.

 

[Will32]

Thanks for this! It's working great, I can finally use tasker.

I have a question that's slightly off topic. I know this isnt a tasker q&a but hopefully you can help me out.

I would like to make a homescreen shortcut for a "driving mode" toggle. Its located in settings/language and input/text-to-speech output/driving mode (toggle).

I have tried this myself and I think the solution will be very easy but tasker is just overwhelming to me right now. The only reason I bought tasker was so that I could make this shortcut.

Sorry for the off topic. As I said, I know this isn't a tasker q&a. Tia.

Edit... I see that the rom I'm on (moar) has a widget for driving mode. Most roms I've tried don't have this so it would still be nice to know how to make a shortcut.

 

[MCL1981]

You're welcome.

To do what you want, you'll need to download "Driving Mode Widget". It's a simple little widget you can put on your screen to toggle driving mode on and off. The widget can also be commanded by Tasker. It will show up in the plug-in or third-party actions once you install Driving Mode Widget. Works perfectly, and I use it for exactly that.

 

[Will32]

You gotta be freakin kidding me! Hahaha, that's so funny. Wonder how long that's been in the market. I've needed that for so long and had no idea that it was in the market. Thanks again!

 

[solaris10]

You're welcome.

To do what you want, you'll need to download "Driving Mode Widget". It's a simple little widget you can put on your screen to toggle driving mode on and off. The widget can also be commanded by Tasker. It will show up in the plug-in or third-party actions once you install Driving Mode Widget. Works perfectly, and I use it for exactly that.

Can not find it in plugin or 3rd party actions



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[MCL1981]

Can not find it in plugin or 3rd party actions

Oh, oops. Forgot that doesn't have direct integration. It has "exposed intent". Click Driving Mode Widget in the app drawer (the app, not the widget). It will give you instructions for sending commands to it with tasker. You configure it by adding a task that it in Misc > Send Intent.

This post has pictures of the settings
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29428764&postcount=30

 

[Wildo6882]

I was just directed here but it looks like I can't download the XML files. When I click on the links it has what appears to be in the XML files but no way to download it. What could I do?

 

[SallyC]

These two handy Tasker profiles will help with some common nuisances with how ringer and notification volume is handled. By default, the ringer and notification volumes are not connected. So when you use the volume rocker to adjust the ringer, it leaves the notification volume as is. This to me is useless. If I turn the ringer down, there is a reason for that. I don't want the text / email notification to blare out at full volume.

Thanks you so much for the xml that links ringer and notification volumes! This has been driving me nuts! Your instructions and file worked like a charm!!! :victory:

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I was just directed here but it looks like I can't download the XML files. When I click on the links it has what appears to be in the XML files but no way to download it. What could I do?

Have you tried right clicking on it? You should get a context menu that will offer you the option of saving it.

 

[SallyC]

MCL1981, I have another Profile I would like to export in xml as you did with the volume sync profile, but I can't figure out how to do it. Can you explain how to do this? Thanks.

 

[phillysdon04]

Thanks!

 

[FourPointedFreak]

These two handy Tasker profiles will help with some common nuisances with how ringer and notification volume is handled. By default, the ringer and notification volumes are not connected. So when you use the volume rocker to adjust the ringer, it leaves the notification volume as is. This to me is useless. If I turn the ringer down, there is a reason for that. I don't want the text / email notification to blare out at full volume.

The other thing that may or may not be an issue for you is how media volume is handled when you go into Silent Mode. Specifically, it does nothing. Silent mode has three modes. Off, Vibrate, and Silent. Off is normal ringers and such. Vibrate is vibrate only, no ringers. And silent disables the ringers and vibration. But none of this effects the media volume! So you've put the phone on silent mode, either vibrate or completely silent. Fire up a game, and out comes the sound blaring at whatever volume you were last using it at. Not good.

This tasker profile called Volume Sync is absurdly simple. When the ringer volume changes, it will set the notification volume to match it. No user intervention required. It will behave just like previous versions of the Andriod OS where the two volume sliders were linked on change.
Volume Sync Profile

This other profile called Silent Mode will do the following: On vibrate, it will reduce the media volume to 1. So it's still on but it will be quiet when you fire up an app. If you go completely silent (no ringer and no vibrate), it will set the media volume to zero. So it will be truly silent. When silent mode is turned off, the media volume reverts back to its previous setting. I have it saving the old media volume to a custom variable, so it can restore that.
Silent Mode Profile

Found this post via Search. When I save the file and add it to that folder, upon attempting to import, it does not appear there.

Any clues?

 

[SallyC]

Found this post via Search. When I save the file and add it to that folder, upon attempting to import, it does not appear there.

Any clues?

I have it in my internal storage\Tasker\profiles folder and imported it from there. I also have some profiles I got from here in the auto-import folder.

Either way, I had to manually import them first by pressing Profiles>Import from Tasker.

Are you saying you've done that and Tasker won't import them? Do you get an error message?

If that doesn't make it appear in your Profiles, I'm not sure what the problem is as I'm not very experienced with Tasker.

Hopefully MCL 1981 or someone else will respond.

 

[FourPointedFreak]

I have it in my internal storage\Tasker\profiles folder and imported it from there. I also have some profiles I got from here in the auto-import folder.

Either way, I had to manually import them first by pressing Profiles>Import from Tasker.

Are you saying you've done that and Tasker won't import them? Do you get an error message?

If that doesn't make it appear in your Profiles, I'm not sure what the problem is as I'm not very experienced with Tasker.

Hopefully MCL 1981 or someone else will respond.

When I go to import them in Tasker, it doesn't even appear at all. I cannot select it at all.

 

[SallyC]

When I go to import them in Tasker, it doesn't even appear at all. I cannot select it at all.

Is the file you're trying to import named Volume_Sync.prf.xml

If not, you may need to rename it.

 

[FourPointedFreak]

Is the file you're trying to import named Volume_Sync.prf.xml

If not, you may need to rename it.

That's exactly how it's named, verbatim. No difference.

 

[SallyC]

Are you starting from the Profiles or Tasks tab. I start from the Profiles tab but I have read of some folks who had trouble that way and long pressed on the Task tab to import from there.

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I'm not sure my last message was very clear. You need to do this from the Profiles tab, not the Tasks tab, as it is a profile.

Projects = .prj.xml, tasks = .tsk.xml, profiles = .prf.xml

 

[diggitydogg]

So I know that this is a dead thread, but I figured I would post the XML since this is gone. Super simple profile.