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Any suggestions for paid one time purchase apps on the Google play store?

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[โ€“] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 36 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Tasker. Basically an interface for writing scripts for your phone. Even if you don't have a use case in the beginning you'll start finding things to do with it.

[โ€“] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago

I used it to identify the cell towers near my home and turn wifi off when I was out of their range and back on when I was in range. It seemed to help save battery by not constantly looking for wifi networks and I didn't have to remember to turn it off and on manually.

[โ€“] scott@lem.free.as 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I migrated to Macrodroid. Much more intuitive and straightforward.

[โ€“] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

You've reminded me that I have premium from like a decade ago. I should have another go with it.

[โ€“] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I used tasker to display an icon on my status bar to tell me whether auto rotate is enabled or not. I kept lying down on my side forgetting that I had auto rotate on and my display would rotate when I didn't want it to.

It's an incredibly specific and minor thing that was annoying me, but tasker let me fix it. It's a great tool, but can be complicated if you aren't familiar with scripting. Luckily it's got some presets and a "basic" mode.

[โ€“] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There's a completely free app (no ads, either) that prevents auto-rotate from actually happening unless you want it to. It pops up an icon when your phone wants to rotate, and it you don't tap it within the timeout (adjustable up to 3 seconds) then the icon goes away and the rotation never happens. It's highly customizable, and I just can't live without it since I found it.

[โ€“] abbenm@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What are some things you use it for if you don't mind my asking?

[โ€“] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 7 points 3 weeks ago

The main thing is a script to stop any media playing and turn off the screen after x minutes, so I can fall asleep watching YouTube or listening to something. There's probably already an app for that but this is pretty customizable.

Another stupid use is putting the phone on silent while using the camera app because Samsung won't let you turn off the camera shutter sound.

[โ€“] Alice 6 points 3 weeks ago

I used to get up at 5am and had to get ready for work in the dark so I didn't wake my family. I'm a klutz and fumbling with my phone's flashlight constantly just got annoying.

I ended up making a little script so that between 5am and 5:30, shaking the phone turned the flashlight on. After 5:30 the sensor turns off to save battery, since I didn't really need it at that point.

You can do all kinds of handy little things like that

[โ€“] Pringles@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

I completely forgot I bought that once during a discount, but didn't even have it installed. Started using it now, thanks.