Android app to put phone on silent?

geon106 · 6 Sep 2011 at 15:13

I always have my phone on silent because I cannot use my phone at work. But I want a way of my phone going on silent when at work but on loud every other time.

I've heard of LLama which uses location services and seems a bit complex just for what i need, is there an app that you can just put in certain times of the day for the app to go to silent?

geon106 · 6 Sep 2011 at 17:33

Richie said:
Meh I have one major problem with Llama in that it will not register cell changes unless the phone screen is active. Sure, the time changes work great (perfect for the OP) but I can be at work all day and, unless my phone screen comes on, the phone still thinks I am at home if I have not touched my phone between leaving home and getting to work.

Kudos to the creator though as he is trying to sort this problem out.

Llama is great apart from this and would suit the OP perfectly.

Another problem i'm having with it is with the location part as i live and work in the same valley served by 1 mast on one side. So it cannot tell when i'm at home or work

i'm not sure how to sort out the timer on it but not had a sit down and looked through it yet to be fair

geon106 · 6 Sep 2011 at 18:28

al4x said:
tasker is what I use, my favapp

here's how I do it

use cell signal triangulation to turn my phone to silent within 1 mile of work

also you can tell the phone to switch on GPS for 5 mins at say 825-835 when I start work, then the phone knows I'm at work within 100m and turns phone to silent then

easier but not so useful is turn phone on silent between work hours on weekdays

I also use it to turn on WiFi when I get home
silent at night time
turn mobile internet off at 20%battery
when put headphones in turn my music app on and set media volume to 9
when I launch maps turn on GPS
if I am at work and on lunch hours turn WiFi on
even more complex ,, if I am at work and I am already listening to music when I push wake up pause the music.. If someone comes in the room

the one my gf hates is type.. Pinch punch first of the month at midnight on the first of the month and send it to her lol

it is amazing

hmm tasker sounds quite good. I'll give it ago and have another look at Llama as well

Thanks for everyones help

geon106 · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:21

Scam said:
I personally use widgetsoid. Unlock phone, click widget, done

i always forget though lol plus if i have my phone out at work i'd get walked off the premises.

we can't have them out nor use them due to the sensitive data we handle

geon106 · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:44

derfderfley said:
Put phone in boot of car when arriving at work?
Put phone in locker at work?

Most sites I've been on that specify "no mobile phones" offer secure storage when you arrive on site...

yeah we have lockers, just effort thats all lol. Rather leave it in my pocket but on silent.

i could i guess just leave my phone at home

geon106 · 6 Sep 2011 at 22:06

Masterdog said:
Another vote for Tasker. So many different ways to set the trigger for silent that one must work. You could use time as easy as anything else. But you could do it automatically...Is there a wi-fi connection there, even if you can't connect to it? A specific cell tower? An app you always use when getting to work? So very many options.

Llama has found another cell at my home with slightly different code, hopefully iwll work shall find out over the next day.

But if not i'll try tasker, there is secured wi-fi at my office so I can use that if not by the timer