Toggle GPS
You can use Tasker to enhance your battery life in many different ways. Here's a simple way…
Turn GPS off when not in use
Things like Google Latitude generally work quite happily when forced to only use the cell tower location, for example - and, frankly, that's enough for Latitude. You only need to activate GPS properly when you really need it. Here's how…
- Start a new profile - call it "GPS turned on"
- Click 'Application', and select those apps that use the GPS. I've chosen Maps, London Cycle, Navigation, Plane Finder… but just keep selecting the ones that you want to use GPS.
- Click 'Done'
- In the new task, under 'Misc', select 'GPS', and select 'on'
- Set an 'exit task' - and in this, under 'Misc', select 'GPS' and select 'off'
Turn GPS off when not in use for Gingerbread and above, requires ROOT source
- Make sure you have ROOT access
- Install SecureSettings and give it Superuser permission
- Start a new profile - call it "GPS turned on"
- Click 'Application', and select those apps that use the GPS. I've chosen Maps, London Cycle, Navigation, Plane Finder… but just keep selecting the ones that you want to use GPS.
- In the new task, under 'Plugin', select 'Secure Settings', and select 'Edit' under configuration and select on.
- Set an 'exit task' - and in this, under 'Plugin', select 'Secure Settings'', and select 'Edit' under configuration and select off.
page revision: 2, last edited: 30 Dec 2011 13:39