Tasker - I'm thick.

[Tom]

I bought Tasker for my phone because I wanted to turn autosync off at night, but to be honest I don't have the slightest fucking idea what to do. Every google result I find makes me feel like an imbecile.

I just don't understand how it's supposed to work, or what I'm supposed to do.

Can someone just tell me what buttons I press to make my phone automatically stop checking for emails between 2330 and 0730?

 

[MYstIC G]

Not my field of expertise but:

Data and Synchronisation Control - Tasker Wiki

might help

 

[soze]

If this is an android device I believe you can turn off all sync services by using the sync button on the standard power control widget. Just like turning wifi on and off.

 

[dysfunction]

I use

Timeriffic
by RDRR Labs
50,000 downloads, 5921 ratings (4.5 avg)
Free

Much simpler and so easy to setup!

 

[Tom]

Ok I think I figured out how to do it. I'm beginning to understand why old people could never set the timer on a VHS recorder.

Next job is to make it turn wifi off when I leave the house.

 

[Wij]

Ok I think I figured out how to do it. I'm beginning to understand why old people could never set the timer on a VHS recorder.

Next job is to make it turn wifi off when I leave the house.

Y5.

Not clever enough to link but you can search the market

 

[MYstIC G]

Ok I think I figured out how to do it. I'm beginning to understand why old people could never set the timer on a VHS recorder.

Next job is to make it turn wifi off when I leave the house.

Wifi Automator - Tasker Wiki

 

[Tom]

Cheers Meg, I did all it said so I'll check it out later on, when I leave the house.

 

[Tom]

Brilliant - that worked perfectly. Now why doesn't the app creator just include a button that does all that automagically?

 

[MYstIC G]

No worries dude. Only reason I even knew what you were talking about is because it's popped up in the news feed on Lifehacker before now. I think you might find some other useful stuff there if you search it. Use the UK site though, the US one is horrible to navigate now