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HTC Desire S Owner’s Guide – V1.02 | wnp_79
9. Now this bit is up to you. What do you want your phone to do when you get home?
When I get home and Tasker sees the ‘Cell Near’ has been satisfied, I have it turn
WiFi on, turn ringer volume up, and turn display brightness down. Try setting your
own up.
10. Now for the strange bit. Tasker will only do exactly as it’s told, which can
sometimes cause problems. Certain things don’t always turn off after Tasker turns
them on when the Profile context are no longer met. WiFi is one of these things. If
you ask Tasker to turn WiFi on when you get home, it won’t turn it off again when
you leave unless you tell it to! For that we need to add an ‘
Exit Task’
.
11. On the Home Mode profile, touch the right-hand-side where the tasks are, and
an options box will pop up. Select ‘Add Exit Task’. From there navigate to the WiFi
option and select it to ‘off’. Now when ever you get home WiFi will come on, and
when you leave (exit) the area, WiFi will turn off.
It’s a bit strange that other settings (such as screen brightness) don’t require an exit
task and will automatically revert to their previous setting. If you ever find something
not reverting after a profile has stopped, simply add an exit task for it.
Now the rest is up to you! Use your imagination. Other profiles I have include ones
that;
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Turn screen brightness up to max and turn GPS on when I activate the
Navigation App (via a widget.) and reverse it when I exit Navigation.
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Turn screen brightness up to 75% when on a Mains (not USB) charger.
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Launch the TuneIn Radio App when I connect to my Bluetooth Speaker Pod.
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Turn ring volume down after 10pm.
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Mutes the phone when I go to my local cinema.
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Decrease power drain with an “out-and-about” data profile, that turns Auto-
sync and 3G off, but turns them on for 5 minutes every 2 hours to check for
new e-mail and updates. (Not normally active, but use if away from civilisation
for a weekend.)
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Plays an amusing sound file when one particular friend sends me a text.
(Makes me smile.)
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Provides a pop-up menu for which app I want (PowerAmp, Youtube, Tune In
Radio, FM Radio) when I plug my headphones in.
Other ideas (aka recipes) can be found here:
http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index
The main Tasker homepage and complete guide is here:
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/