Anyone using Tasker on their Pixel?

[cydewaze]

I've used Llama for years, and every time I get a new phone, I transfer all my settings and tasks. This time however I've noticed one of them not working, and it's the one that enabled/disables WiFi when I enter/leave my home cell area.

I'm considering trying Tasker for this, but before I buy it, I'm wondering if anyone else has used it for cell tower location-based tasks. I'm not sure if it can even do this.

Is anyone here using something like this (or a different app altogether) on their Pixel?

 

[Golfdriver97]

I'm not sure if it can even do this.

It can. I don't use it due to there is a tower around me that I haven't been able to pick up when setting Tasker up. My phone occasionally picks that tower up and drops my wifi connection.

I have a wifi profile set, but what I do instead is set it for about the time I usually get home from work.

 

[cydewaze]

It can. I don't use it due to there is a tower around me that I haven't been able to pick up when setting Tasker up. My phone occasionally picks that tower up and drops my wifi connection.

I have a wifi profile set, but what I do instead is set it for about the time I usually get home from work.

Hmm, interesting.

I usually have good luck with the cell tower method because I live in a small town that's in the middle of a rural area (basically farmland). There's not much in town, so either I'm here (and at home) or I'm far away.

I think I'll try Tasker and see how it works, but I'll wait until I'm at home tonight so I can test it right away.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Golfdriver97]

Hmm, interesting.

I usually have good luck with the cell tower method because I live in a small town that's in the middle of a rural area (basically farmland). There's not much in town, so either I'm here (and at home) or I'm far away.

I think I'll try Tasker and see how it works, but I'll wait until I'm at home tonight so I can test it right away.

Thanks for the reply!

I'm in a smaller town too, but I think the tower that I pick up is on the far end of town that the cell occasionally gets a piece of. The idea is a good one, but the time frames work for me as well.

 

[loraque]

I do use tasker on my pixel, but not for cell tower location. I could certainly try something and report back though. Did you try to recreate the Llama action? It is possible that the wifi toggle changed perhaps between Android versions, and you just need a do-over.

 

[cydewaze]

I do use tasker on my pixel, but not for cell tower location. I could certainly try something and report back though. Did you try to recreate the Llama action? It is possible that the wifi toggle changed perhaps between Android versions, and you just need a do-over.

Not a bad idea. I had it re-learn my home area, but I didn't try recreating the task. I'll try that next.

I got side-tracked last night because my wife got a flat tire, so I didn't get to try Tasker.

 

[cydewaze]

So, Tasker works, but it took some fiddling. I ended up having to enable "new cell API" to get a usable cell tower ID. I transferred my other import Llama task to Tasker and froze Llama because I don't want to have two task routines running.

Thanks for the tips!

 

[TavisB]

I do, but I have it set to which wifi it sees instead of cell towers. More accurate that way.

 

[cydewaze]

I do, but I have it set to which wifi it sees instead of cell towers. More accurate that way.

Don't you have to leave wifi on always for that to work?

 

[TavisB]

I'm using Fi so I keep wifi on . I have not noticed that leaving wifi on is a battery drain in the past, even with my S5.

I use Tasker to mute my volume (and some other stuff) when I got to work, not switch wifi.

 

[Impulses]

Phones typically suspend Wi-Fi (electrically) even if you leave it on, at least until the OS decided to scan for hotspots or use it for location services. I stopped trying to micro manage mine quite a while ago...

 

[cydewaze]

Interesting. Leaving WiFi on on my S5 seemed to drain the battery, but maybe that was because we have several closed WiFi networks at work that I never connect to. I'm wondering if it kept seeing those and trying to connect or something.