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Specific [Custom Setting] seems glitched, you can enable, disable but not read current state or toggle

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G with (unrooted) Android 12 here.

My S20 has a feature called "Extra Dim" (to dim the display even more than the default minimum) which is identified by the Custom Setting "Find Setting" as (secure) "reduce_bright_colors_activated" with value 0 or 1.

I can ENABLE or DISABLE this specific setting without any problem using tasker, but surprisingly I cannot READ the current state, as Custom Setting doesn't return a value to the variable referred to by the "Read Setting To" setting (it returns the name of the variable, as usual when using uninitialized variables).

Furthermore while on finding this setting tasker informed me that it's possible to toggle the setting, the toggle doesn't work and throws an error msg in the error log, at a guess because it cannot toggle when it can't retrieve the actual state.

The peculiar thing is that the "find" mechanism on identifying the respective setting by manually changing the setting via android settings, is able to identify the name of the setting as well as the type of values it uses (0/ 1), so Tasker internally seems to be very well able to retrieve the values.

Btw: I do use Custom Settings for other settings like "Enhanced Processing" (Global sem_enhanced_cpu_responsiveness) and it works without any issues, I can ENABLE, DISABLE and READ current state just fine, so doesn't seem to be a general problem of Custom Settings.

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Hmm, I just tried this on my Galaxy Tab S7+ and it worked as expected...

Can you please export your task's description (not xml) so I can take a look? Long-click the task in Tasker->export description Thanks in advance

TC

oops, seem to have commented at the wrong place - please see 2nd posting

TC

Thanks for the VERY fast reply.

I forgot to mention in my previous posting: the Tasker version in use is 5.14.6

The Task to read the current value is

  Task: Extra Dim Test
    
    A1: Custom Setting [
         Type: Secure
         Name: reduce_bright_colors_activated
         Read Setting To: %return ]
    
    A2: Flash [
         Text: %return ]
    
    

Flash shows "%return%

I recreated the Toggle task too, letting the find functionality select Type, Name and Value entries

   Task: Extra Dim Test Toggle
    
    A1: Custom Setting [
         Type: Secure
         Name: reduce_bright_colors_activated
         Value: =:=toggle=:= ]
    
    A2: Flash [
         Text: %return ]

Flash again showed "%return"

After running the 2nd task, closing the tasker window and opening it again Tasker greeted me with this:

Hope that helps.

And again: I use the custom setting to enable, disable or retrieve the current state of at least half a dozen different settings with no problems whatsoever, this is so far the only setting that was correctly identified by tasker but doesn't let me read the current state, only enable or disable.

Thanks for the effort of looking into this

Thanks! Are you able to run ADB commands on that phone by any chance? If so, could you try runinng the 

adb shell settings list secure

command and see what values shows up there?

Thanks!

TC

Sorry, took me longer than expected 'cause I had to get the USB debugging working again - after updating the platform developer tools & the samsung win usb drivers it was the custom Razor mouse USB cable with adapter that was the problem ;)

I've [---REMOVED---] some few entries but this is what I got:

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wifi_hotspot20_useable_vendor_usim=1
wifi_mwips=1
wifi_poor_connection_warning=1
wifi_sns_visited_country_iso=de
zen_duration=-1
zen_settings_suggestion_viewed=0
zen_settings_updated=1

Thanks! Just as a test, are you able to get the value for the reduce_bright_colors_persist_across_reboots setting?

TC

reduce_bright_colors_persist_across_reboots doesn't work either, just returns the variable name

btw: sorry for the confusing reply structure but for some reason I don't seem to be able to reply to your postings directly, only to my own ones - hope that doesn't interfere with you getting notifications whenever I post something new here

Edit: like with the original setting, the custom settings lists this one as available AND shows a value (1) too in the list box

Thanks! You can continue replying to yourself :) I get the notifications this way.

Is it possible that all settings after plugin_lock_event_dump are not being read correctly?

TC

I just checked "secure" typed "plugin_lock_wallpaper_type" and "power_menu_locked_show_content" and both returned values (0 and 1 respectively)

Does everything below reduce_bright_colors_activated not work though? Can you find what is the last one that does work?

TC

> Does everything below reduce_bright_colors_activated not work though? Can you find what is the last one that does work?

That's quite a list that'll take a moment to check - I'll try to get it done by tomorrow

Please don't check all of them 😅 If, for example, the next 5 settings all come back blank that's enough to establish a pattern... Thank you very much!

TC

Sorry, took me a bit longer but here it is - I left the original values as shown by the list in there for comparison and to know what to expect - I just added the respective return value from testing at the end of the line - the values I deem suspicious I highlighted as %var - the %var results not bold/italics/underscore are ones i expected to get no result als the original listing already showed entries without values - and a couple of settings were "n/a for testing", i.e. I couldn't select them from the list of available settings.

As you can see it's only VERY few suspicious cases.

BTW & unrelated: for a while now there seems to be a glitch in the selection list of variables iIwas just reminded of doing this: if the incremental search in the variable list returns more results than fit on in the window and a scrollbar appears, I often can scroll down to the end of the list but not fully up to the beginning, i.e. the first few entries cannot be seen or selected until I change the search pattern/ term

reduce_bright_colors_activated=0 %var
reduce_bright_colors_persist_across_reboots=1 %var

refresh_rate_mode=2 2
reminder_exp_learned_hint_last_shown=0 0


reminder_exp_learning_event_count=0 %var
reminder_exp_learning_time_elapsed=0 %var

roam_guard_call_domestic=0 0
roam_guard_call_international=1 1
roam_guard_data_domestic=0 0
roam_guard_data_international=0 0
roam_guard_data_lte=0 0
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roam_setting_call_international=1 1
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roam_setting_data_international=1 1
roam_setting_data_lte=0 0
roam_setting_data_lte_international=1 1
rtt_calling_mode=null n/a for selection
screen_brightness=100 100
screensaver_activate_on_dock=0 0
screensaver_activate_on_sleep=1 1
screensaver_components= %var
screensaver_default_component=com.android.dreams.basic/com.android.dreams.basic.Colors
com.android.dreams.basic/com.android.dreams.basic.Colors
screensaver_enabled=0 0
secure_vset_enabled=1 1
selected_input_method_subtype=1891618174 1891618174
selected_search_engine=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
selected_search_engine_aga=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
selected_search_engine_chrome={
"name": "Google",
"keyword": "google.com",
"search_url": "{google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding}",
"suggest_url": "{google:baseSuggestURL}search?{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}client={google:suggestClient}&gs_ri={google:suggestRid}&xssi=t&q={searchTerms}&{google:inputType}{google:omniboxFocusType}{google:cursorPosition}{google:currentPageUrl}{google:pageClassification}{google:searchVersion}{google:sessionToken}{google:prefetchQuery}sugkey={google:suggestAPIKeyParameter}",
"favicon_url": "https://www.google.com/images/branding/product/ico/googleg_lodp.ico"
}
{
"name": "Google",
"keyword": "google.com",
"search_url": "{google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding}",
"suggest_url": "{google:baseSuggestURL}search?{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}client={google:suggestClient}&gs_ri={google:suggestRid}&xssi=t&q={searchTerms}&{google:inputType}{google:omniboxFocusType}{google:cursorPosition}{google:currentPageUrl}{google:pageClassification}{google:searchVersion}{google:sessionToken}{google:prefetchQuery}sugkey={google:suggestAPIKeyParameter}",
"favicon_url": "https://www.google.com/images/branding/product/ico/googleg_lodp.ico"
}
selected_spell_checker=com.samsung.android.honeyboard/.base.spellcheckerservice.HoneyBoardSpellCheckerService
com.samsung.android.honeyboard/.base.spellcheckerservice.HoneyBoardSpellCheckerService
selected_spell_checker_subtype=0 0
sem_chooser_multi_device_support_pkg=com.samsung.android.app.sharelive
com.samsung.android.app.sharelive
sem_sp_edition_flipfont_changed=1 1
send_action_app_error=1 1
serial_blacklist= %var
settings_secure_routine_enabled=0 0
show_first_crash_dialog_dev_option=0 0
show_ime_with_hard_keyboard=1 1
show_keyboard_button=1 1
show_media_when_bypassing=null n/a for selection
show_notification_snooze=1 1
show_zen_settings_suggestion=0 0
silence_gesture=0 0
skip_gesture=0 0
sleep_timeout=-1 -1
sm_connectivity_disable=0 0
sm_connectivity_time_id=2 2
smart_tethering_db_migration=1 1
smart_tethering_db_ver=1 1
sms_default_application=com.samsung.android.messaging com.samsung.android.messaging
snoozed_schedule_condition_provider= %var
speak_password=1 1
spell_checker_enabled=1 1
ssl_session_cache=file file
swipe_bottom_to_notification_enabled=0 %tmp
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sysui_do_not_disturb=null n/a for selection
sysui_keyguard_left=null n/a for selection
sysui_keyguard_right=null n/a for selection
sysui_qqs_count=6 6
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sysui_rounded_size=null n/a for selection
sysui_tuner_version=4 4
sysui_volume_down_silent=null n/a for selection
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touch_exploration_enabled=0 0
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tts_default_rate=100 100
tts_default_synth=com.samsung.SMT com.samsung.SMT
ui_night_mode=0 0


ui_night_mode_last_computed=0 %var

ui_night_mode_override_off=0 0
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unknown_sources_default_reversed=1 1
unsafe_volume_music_active_ms=1320001 1320001
usb_audio_automatic_routing_disabled=0 0
usb_migration_expected_version=1 1
user_full_data_backup_aware=1 1
user_setup_complete=1 1
user_setup_personalization_state=10 10
verizonwireless_store_demo_mode=0 0
voice_interaction_service=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.voiceinteraction.GsaVoiceInteractionService
com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.voiceinteraction.GsaVoiceInteractionService
voice_recognition_service=com.google.android.tts/com.google.android.apps.speech.tts.googletts.service.GoogleTTSRecognitionService
com.google.android.tts/com.google.android.apps.speech.tts.googletts.service.GoogleTTSRecognitionService
volume_hush_gesture=1 1
wake_gesture_enabled=1 1
web_autofill_query_url=http://android.clients.google.com/proxy/webautofill
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wifi_ap_Tss_handled=1 1
wifi_ap_chip_maxclient=10 10
wifi_ap_chip_support5g=true true
wifi_ap_chip_support5g_baseon_country=true true
wifi_ap_customer=ALL ALL
wifi_ap_first_time_wifi_sharing_dialog=1 1
wifi_ap_powersave_mode_checked=1 1
wifi_ap_provision_success=0 0
wifi_ap_smart_d2d_mhs=0 0
wifi_ap_smart_tethering_settings=0 0
wifi_ap_wifi_sharing=1 1
wifi_client_smart_tethering_settings=0 0
wifi_hotspot20_enable=0 0
wifi_hotspot20_useable_vendor_usim=1 1
wifi_mwips=1 1
wifi_poor_connection_warning=1 1
wifi_sns_visited_country_iso=de de
zen_duration=-1 -1
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Thank you very much! Wow, that must've been a lot of work. And just to confirm, those values all show up correctly when selecting the setting from the list?

Ok, I gave it a shot! Can you please check if this works?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19w0kkEle9oinGusDHMe-1f1u6_xuuifD/view?usp=sharing

If you want you can also check any previous releases here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GW55YKFiuOZhJVswnt_BQUCJoGm36ugF?usp=sharing

TC
·a day ago

Thank you very much! Wow, that must've been a lot of work. And just to confirm, those values all show up correctly when selecting the setting from the list?

No worries, it was just somewhat tedious & boring. Your part is the more challenging, especially when not being able to reproduce the issue on your mobile yourself. I checked them all 'cause it became clear only very few entries seem affected, and the more entries I uncovered the higher the likelyhood to find anything they have in common.

·a day ago

Ok, I gave it a shot! Can you please check if this works?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19w0kkEle9oinGusDHMe-1f1u6_xuuifD/view?usp=sharing

Unfortunately the beta didn't resolve any of this - all values still missing

5.15.8-beta

reduce_bright_colors_activated=0 %var %var
reduce_bright_colors_persist_across_reboots=1 %var %var
reminder_exp_learning_event_count=0 %var %var
reminder_exp_learning_time_elapsed=0 %var %var
ui_night_mode_last_computed=0 %var %var

Thanks. :( I really thought I had it. Can you just confirm that Tasker itself can see the values when you're selecting the setting from the list?

Thanks! I can't figure out how that's possible so I've added a few logs to try and figure out.  

Can you please try this version and use the "Report Issue To Developer" option to send me the logs when you do that? https://drive.google.com/file/d/19w0kkEle9oinGusDHMe-1f1u6_xuuifD/view?usp=sharing

Please make sure to capture both setting up the action with the helper and running the task and make it fail getting the value.

Thanks in advance!

TC
·an hour ago

Thanks! I can't figure out how that's possible so I've added a few logs to try and figure out.  

Can you please try this version and use the "Report Issue To Developer" option to send me the logs when you do that? https://drive.google.com/file/d/19w0kkEle9oinGusDHMe-1f1u6_xuuifD/view?usp=sharing

Please make sure to capture both setting up the action with the helper and running the task and make it fail getting the value.

Thanks in advance!

Before trying, a quick question: would it make a difference if I'd disable all my active profiles before logging? Not sure what exactly you're logging but I've got a ton of stuff running and monitoring in the background and that might clutter whatever log you'll be looking at

Yeah, I'm sure that's helpful 😅 Thank you very much for thinking of that!

TC

My sincere apologies for going incommunicado for a couple of days, but some real life issues kept me distracted - I'll try to install the special test-/ log- version of tasker soon and send you the data

Thank you! :) No problem!

SD

@Joao

I am having this issue a year later with Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. I can't find a way of enabling or disabling "extra dim" mode.

I can do this manually via the quick panel or via accessibility > visual enhancements > extra dim toggle.

Is there any development for this to understand this issue?

Here is some debug information that may help understand this issue. When I filter custom settings for dim, the only entry's shown are:

  1. Under system, dim_screen, which when toggled 0/1 it does nothing
  2. Under secure, sysui_qs_tiles, a huge list appears with the following entry embedded as one ofbthe quick tile options, custom(com.samsung.accessibility/.vision.viewclear.extradim.ReduceBrightnessTileService)

Any ideas on how to resolve this issue?

Hi. Unfortunately not all issues will be able to be toggled with this, sorry. Sometimes it's just not possible because there's no corresponding setting to change this way.

SD

Thanks for your comment, is there a way to change any accessibility settings related to visual enhancements, as it seems this is the way this is controlled?

accessibility > visual enhancements > extra dim toggle