Common Problems

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    Completed tasks replay when TaskService is restarted if the task was started following a long running task

    Sean · 3 · Last reply by Sean

    Tasks that are running when the TaskService is killed are resumed when the TaskService can be recreated (as they should).  In addition completed tasks that should not resume are incorrectly replayed if they were started after a task which should resume.

    Example:

    • Task "Long" requires a long time to finish.
    • Task "Short1" and "Short2" are done quickly.
    • User starts tasks in the order Short2, Long, Short1.
    • Tasker finishes Short2 and Short1 but is still working on Long.
    • Android terminates the TaskService
    • Tasker recreates TaskService
    • Tasker resumes Long and Short1 even though Short1 had already finished.

    Expected behavior: Tasker resumes Long

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    Calendar event variables have default value

    Arnaud Boussaer · 0 · Posted

    Hi, 

    I think there is a small bug in the calendar event handler. Let me explain.. 

    My user story

    When a calendar entry (meeting) is starting, I would like to mute my phone. But I want to exclude the meetings where the location is set to 'DSN'. These are all-day events that remind me to work on a different work location, so they are not really 'meetings'. I have a calendar event profile with location set to '!DSN' . 

    The problem

    The calendar event variables are set to a default value when not present in the event.

    Example: I have

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    Tasker exit task UI problem

    Samuel · 2 · Last reply by João Dias

    When I create and add an exit task in Tasker it appears in the UI as a standard starting task (green arrow pointing to the right). I  created many exit tasks before and it seems after a Tasker update Tasker has this UI bug where the exit task never shows with the red arrow pointing to the left like it used to.

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    Material Design Pictures

    Torsten · 0 · Posted

    Hi

    in Scene Layout we can replace Pictures (Scene>>Object Picture).

    In my Scene´s i replace many Material Design Icons with the same, but in a other Color.

    e.g. "car.picture" in white, replace with "car.picture" in green.

    The Problem:  When i would replace it live in the active scene with a button, it dont change the Object Picture, because the Filename dont change, only it´s Color.

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    Custom Setting: "Continue Task After Error" does not work

    schlimbo · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    I have imported a tasker project from my mobile phone to an Nvidia shield TV, when I execute the task I get an error message by a "Custom Setting" action:

    A1: Custom Setting [ Type:System Name:screen_brightness_mode Value: Use Root:Off Read Setting To:%autobright Continue Task After Error:On ]

    results in error:

    21.29.47/E Custom Setting: missing 'modify system settings' permission, start proxy 21.29.47/E start proxy ProxyTransparent, wait, time limit 20s 21.29.47/E add wait type Proxy Group time 20 21.29.47/E add wait type Proxy Group done 21.29.47/E set proxy: true (startProxy) 21.29.47/E add wait task 21.29.48/E Error: 1

    What I'm wondering is why

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    Lock and Screen Images Revert Back to Default

    Gordon Newell · 2 · Last reply by Gordon Newell

    Hi,

    It appears that from tasker V5.6 causes custom set live wallpaper and lock screen image to always revert back to defaults when reset or screen turned off.

    I'm running Ironman Rom V1.2.0 on Note 8 NS950F Android 7.1.1. 

    This issue did not occur prior to V5.6.

    Thanks Gordon

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    Security bug: Full access to Tasker without lock code from home screen icon

    Antti Pinomäki · 4 · Last reply by João Dias

    Lock code protection is not functioning properly in Tasker and security is compromised:

    1. Tasker is lock code protected

    2. Long-pressing Tasker icon on the phone's Home screen opens a popup with options such as Settings, Run Log, Edit Task.

    3. Tapping Edit Task, for example, takes the user straight to the editable Tasker task with no lock code prompts

    4. Now, selecting Cancel from the task takes the user to the task list, i.e. giving an unauthorized user full access to do whatever (s)he wants with Tasker

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    Tasker Notifications Can Not Be Expanded

    Robert L Ryan · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    Tasker 5.6

    Android 8.0

    Notifications created by using the Notify, Notify Sound or Notify Led can not be expanded and will only show the first line of text.

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    notification action buttons had been missng

    Lazypawn4012 · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    Can I arrange them vertically?

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    Samsung Galaxy S9+ Display brightness/rotate not working

    Das Mitteilungsheft · 0 · Posted

    Hi!

    Just purchased Tasker and really like the possibilities. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S9+ and want to rotate and change display brightness when launching a defined app. But no actions is executed. Also used the ADB Tool (Galaxy S9+ Developer Settings activated, USB Debugging enabled) to send the command to activate android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS like recomended in the guidelines. Still no success. Simple Tasks (like Beep, Pop-Up) work perfectly. Also activated logging - don't see any Errors there.  

    What am i missing?

    Regards, Martin  

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    Media Play Dir sometimes plays nothing

    egg · 0 · Posted

    I want to play a random song from a folder when I shake my phone and it usually works but sometimes it just doesn't play a song. I turned off random to see if it always happens at the same place and it happens after all the other songs have been played once.

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    scan media not working on Oreo

    Fred · 3 · Last reply by Fred

    Hello,

    The "scan media" action does not seem to work on my "Note 8" with Oreo. I believe this is a bug that needs to be addressed.

    Instead, I am using the following shell command with root:

    am startservice --es volume "external" com.android.providers.media/.MediaScannerService

    There is also an app that works for the "scan media":

    https://github.com/zhuowei/scanmediaplz

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    Enter / Exit tasks not in sequence.

    Lange_666 · 3 · Last reply by Lange_666

    I've noticed that since the last upgrade(s), there's a problem with the sequence of the enter/exit tasks.

    I wondered why some of my profiles didn't work exactly as they used to work and suspected some tasks not to be performed or performed more then once.

    To check this i added counters to each enter and exit tasks on the profiles which gave a problem. These counters count one up each time a task is executed.

    This confirmed my assumption that sometime the enter tasks where performed but that the exit tasks never where executed when the profile was deactivated and

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    Userguide problem "Not Found"

    Donald · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    On this web page { https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/activity_main.html } if you click on "menu options" you get to { https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/menus } which says "The requested URL /userguide/en/menus was not found on this server."

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    Enable tasker from menu not working properly

    Adrian Barbu · 1 · Last reply by Adrian Barbu

    If tasker is disabled and I wanto to enable it I touch "Enable Tasker" from app menu. This doesn't enable the app. To actually enable it, after enabling tasker from the menu, I have to click on any profile and then to confirm the action through the tick that appears on top bar. At this point Tasker enables itself and everything works right

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    %DEVTID stopped working in v5.5

    Griffin 3 · 2 · Last reply by Griffin 3

    Does not work on Moto E4 or Samsung S8+ %DEVID returns NQ... correct value %DEVMOD returns SM-G955U %DEVTID returns %DEVTID

    same behavior in v5.6 I don't know how far before v5.5 this stopped working

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    End call action disabled erroneously

    cerk · 1 · Last reply by cerk

    I have an Android 5.1 phone where the End Call action works properly. I have another Android 5.1 phone where Tasker shows the End Call action as disabled. However, in the past I was able to import a task that included the End Call action into the disabled phone and the End Call action would still work. Now when I attempt this, the End Call action just brings up a notification saying (paraphrasing) "End Call action is disabled on this device." It would be nice if Tasker attempted to perform the End Call action even if it is deemed disabled

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    Get voice action brings tasker to foreground.

    Rich D · 0 · Posted

    When a 'get voice ' action is run and Tasker has not been closed (by backing out) and is in the background,  the action will bring tasker to the foreground and show the get voice input promt. This will not happen if tasker has been closed by using the back button prior to the action running.

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    Help pages in German often don't exist

    bege · 2 · Last reply by bege

    When I tap on the help button in Tasker I often get "page not available". Because I use German system language Tasker help links to German help pages. That's nice, but many pages seem not to be translated.

    Please, if there is no German help page but an English one for an item redirect to the English page.

    Thank you very much.