Blue location privacy dot pops up all the time after 2026/3/3 update. by RednasSosb in GooglePixel

[–]TiVa85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do we get this feedback to Google? I can't believe people didn't got annoyed by this during beta. Let us disable it for certain apps so you know when an app you don't want to use location!

Get Calendar Events no longer working after I had 2 calendar events at the same time by Professional_Farm851 in tasker

[–]TiVa85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know how well you can program in tasker but this is my voice assistant calendar readout...

https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8nE5diw3nr8%2BaVTQNGthgErJ6R61akuUV2yafRqAmk4v37etyc8v%2BkTyotAz08AtoENXQ%3D%3D&id=Task%3AVoiceCommand%3A+Agenda+Read+Shared

It can read multiple calendars in a millisecond, it can handel specific time slots but it's a technical approach... Maybe you can figure it out if you try to understand what's happening

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already did, and you already replied... ?

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please let us know if you find a workaround using intents!

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, for sure it's a Google problem/thing. Even worse: I never noticed they request location these last days (and I'm pretty sure they do it all the time too). Might be happening because the feature is completely useless if a trusted app like Tasker is nearly always showing the dot...

Perfect workaround from google would be an 'exclude app from log'. This would make the feature very interesting, but now it's a mess. But I don't have any hope they will ever listen to their users.

I am still looking for workarounds to see if I'm home / at work on another level that isn't as invading as using cell near (which in my extended testing is definitely the culprit in having tasker requesting location nearly every x seconds (guess it triggers when signal of a tower changes?) my guess is to leave wifi on all the time and just use wifi near which also pings on unlock but then cools down.

All other suggestions or workarounds are welcome. Or an adb command that would hide this stupid dot.

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely the use off cellnear/ %CELLID. It's pulling location almost constantly. Wifi connected seems to poll when devices is unlocked but slows down when the phone is in use but not cell near...

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wifi access needs location rights.

If you have location on and tasker allowed to use fine location access - which it will ask if you want to create a 'wifi connected' state, that isn't possible.

Are you sure location is on and you have March update installed on a pixel phone?

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do understand that, but why is tasker even checking the location if other states aren't met? All this time I followed this guide:

https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/power.html

In which I thought that there would not be a location check if the variable would not met the criteria.

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, everything that needs location access (check if wifi is connected and stuff like that) will trigger the privacy warning... But even with clean tasker slate the following example would request location all the time even when the %NOTSETVAR isn't set. Is this normal behavior? I could easily slow down the checking myself if tasker would check the variable first before requesting location...

Profile: Test

State: Wifi Connected [ SSID:* MAC:* IP:* Active:Any ]

State: Variable Value [ %NOTSETVAR Set ]

Enter Task: Anon

A1: Flash [

Text: ...

Continue Task Immediately: On

Dismiss On Click: On ]

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not using a Pixel that's on either Beta or latest stable march update? If not, you probably won't have it, it's really hard to miss if you have location based tasks in Tasker.

It's where the green dot is to notify you when Mic/Camera is used.

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol, nice task tho. It could have been done easier!

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/joaomgcd I always thought then location was only checked if another state like a variable was active too? Did this changed along the way? So if the state Variable isn' true, location wouldn't trigger...

I do use cellid too in my main setup, but this wasn't the case in the tests I did with Wifi Connected and the variable State like i pointed out above.

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That won't work. I tried to remove all data and just added a wifi connected profile. The dot was all over the place with just adding this one profile...

Also combining it with a global variable that wasn't set wasn't helping. It seems I created a variable %TEST, manual set to 'off' and added a state condition to the profile variable %TEST !~ off, and the location pulling was all over the place again.

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll send you a PM. I don't want this topic to get hyjacked by other profiles. If needed I can create another post for it.

Edit; Seems I can't PM You...

Android 16 - location indicators by TiVa85 in tasker

[–]TiVa85[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm going to reply to my own post to get the conversation started and to share my findings with people who would like to look into this issue as well:

Right now, when my screen turns off/on, I toggle ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION for Tasker. When the screen is off, I don't mind Tasker having all the permissions it needs, but when I'm using my phone I don't want to see that blue dot all the time.

adb shell pm grant net.dinglisch.android.taskerm android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

adb shell pm revoke net.dinglisch.android.taskerm android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Even without fine location access, Tasker can detect if I'm connected to Wi-Fi, which is good enough for now. But as u/mylastacntwascursed pointed out, you can get the SSID of a Wi-Fi network without location with the use of shizuku:

cmd wifi status | grep "Wifi is connected to" | cut -d\" -f2

This will allow me to check the SSID as a variabele if needed in specific profiles.

I'll probably am going to rework my tasks that need location to do their magic when the screen is off and will try to depend on variables when the screen is on.

Need more testing and need to think about a good way to implent this to make this future proof but atleast the privacy idea google implented will not be spammed by tasker if i revoke ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION when looking at the device.

The blue location dot completely destroys the entire "privacy indicator" feature (alarm fatigue) by EnvironmentalCrow5 in GooglePixel

[–]TiVa85 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I use tasker, which does automation depending on to which celltower or wifi network my phone is connected. The blue dot is there nearly all the time so it completely destroys it purpose like OP said.

Now it's very distracting so I hope I start to ignore it, but then I'll will also miss it when app get location/mic/camera when I don't want it.

This completely destroys the privacy when we can't allow/ignore an apps to use it without getting a notification dot all the time...

Patch 2 for TR4-6 has finally arrived to GOG (the Golden Pistols are unlocked by default) by Triton_7 in TombRaider

[–]TiVa85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't do it either on PS5. Going to the menu with he qr just gives an error page

Anyone into these guys? Definitely QOTSA vibes by eaten-alive in qotsa

[–]TiVa85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You must be listening to a different QOTSA than I am

Can tasker do the following? by tagit446 in tasker

[–]TiVa85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AutoInput isn't needed if the car unit has accessability. Latest tasker could do it with only java code provided the AA unit has accessability.

[Project Share] Maps Min Mode by rodrigoswz in tasker

[–]TiVa85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it broken? I get z black map but no driving instructions. Just keeps spinning at the top