Flip Phone

roughnecks

Active member
Hello,

I have a macro with the flip (any=>down) event.. My problem is that it's working when I flip my phone only if the screen is on.
So, screen off, no dice, not triggered.

Is this how it's supposed to work?
Thanks
 

420

Active member
Hello,

I have a macro with the flip (any=>down) event.. My problem is that it's working when I flip my phone only if the screen is on.
So, screen off, no dice, not triggered.

Is this how it's supposed to work?
Thanks
you can set it to work with screen off in macrodroid settings - settings for triggers - flip device trigger.
 

roughnecks

Active member
you can set it to work with screen off in macrodroid settings - settings for triggers - flip device trigger.
Thanks, unfortunately it says the it can drain the battery fast.. And my battery is just 3000mah, so it doesn't last very much.
Will keep the macro disabled for now.
 

420

Active member
Thanks, unfortunately it says the it can drain the battery fast.. And my battery is just 3000mah, so it doesn't last very much.
Will keep the macro disabled for now.
yes, that is the reason it is not enabled by default.

i have used that trigger myself though, and i did not notice any difference in battery usage. (4000 mah battery)
the problem i had with it was that it (unintentionally) triggered every time i sat down with my phone in my pocket.
 

roughnecks

Active member
yes, that is the reason it is not enabled by default.

i have used that trigger myself though, and i did not notice any difference in battery usage. (4000 mah battery)
the problem i had with it was that it (unintentionally) triggered every time i sat down with my phone in my pocket.
eheh, well, thanks for sharing, maybe I'll give it a whirl :)
 

MacroDroidDev

Administrator
Staff member
The battery drain will be quite dependant on your device. Some devices may have little effect but others may drain a lot. I have to put this severe warning else I get a lot of bad reviews from people complaining the app kills the battery.
 

roughnecks

Active member
Anyway, after a few days using this function, I had to turn the macro off because my phone detects screen down very easily, even when I'm using the phone vertically. It happened a few times and it's no good especially since I have my music player start playing when facing down.

@MacroDroidDev do you have any idea if this is solely my phone fault or if there's something I could try to mitigate the bad effect?

Thanks
 

Pseudocyclic

Well-known member
Try this:

T: face down
T: not face down
A: cancel macro actions [this macro] IF trigger fired = not face down
A: wait 2 seconds
A: play media
 

420

Active member
Anyway, after a few days using this function, I had to turn the macro off because my phone detects screen down very easily, even when I'm using the phone vertically. It happened a few times and it's no good especially since I have my music player start playing when facing down.

@MacroDroidDev do you have any idea if this is solely my phone fault or if there's something I could try to mitigate the bad effect?

Thanks
you could try to put a general constraint on the macro of "device facing - face down"

i'm not sure how accurate the device facing constraint will be though if your phone thinks it's face down when you are using it vertically...
 
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