Is There An App For Enabling Bluetooth?

[15Pony]

What I would like to do is be able to enable bluetooth on my phone when I get in or start the car instead of leaving it on all the time, draining my phone battery. How can I do this, is there an app for it?

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[Varekai]

Bluetooth drains very little battery if you have a newer phone running Bluetooth 3.0 or higher. I use to disable/enable all the time. Still do for WiFi so it doesn't keep trying to connect to other networks. But regardless, there's a couple different ways. If you have NFC, you can get some of these http://tagsfordroid.com/ and put one in your cup holder bottom and set it to turn on bluetooth, and turn off again when removed. If you don't have NFC you can download the app Tasker which you can program to do things such as turn on/off bluetooth at certain times/intervals of the day or your GPS location, but those two would be assuming you left/got in your car at the same time every day.

 

[15Pony]

So you actually have to touch the phone to the tag, right, or just be within a proximity of it? Mine runs BT 4.0 but I always wondered if I was draining it faster with BT always enabled.

 

[fionic]

What I would like to do is be able to enable bluetooth on my phone when I get in or start the car instead of leaving it on all the time, draining my phone battery. How can I do this, is there an app for it?

yes.

android?

try tasker or the like. you can also use tasker in conjunction with a nfc tag as the guy above stated (very close proximity/touch). I've done them before and they work perfectly.


leaving it on all the time could drain your battery quicker. (not by much, but could be noticable)

really though, is it that hard to just swipe the nofication bar and turn it on when you need it?

edit: shit, varekai posted basically everything I said.

 

[Sal33n]

You can also download a free blue tooth toggle widget to put on your home screen to turn it on or off. A one step process instead of having to swipe to get to your settings. I really like the NFC tag idea too. Of course then you have to have NFC enable and if you are worried about blue tooth always being on then you are probably worried about NFC being always on.

Which phone do you have and how old is it?

 

[Varekai]

yes.

android?

try tasker or the like. you can also use tasker in conjunction with a nfc tag as the guy above stated (very close proximity/touch). I've done them before and they work perfectly.


leaving it on all the time could drain your battery quicker. (not by much, but could be noticable)

really though, is it that hard to just swipe the nofication bar and turn it on when you need it?

edit: shit, varekai posted basically everything I said.

Idea thief! Get him!

 

[15Pony]

Its a Droid Razr Maxx HD and its battery is 2 year old so it isn't the "beast mode" battery that it once was! I'm considering a new phone upgrade though. This Mustang was my first car to have built in bluetooth and I really like it, I never want to use the phone by itself when in the car anymore!

 

[Varekai]

So you actually have to touch the phone to the tag, right, or just be within a proximity of it? Mine runs BT 4.0 but I always wondered if I was draining it faster with BT always enabled.

Really depends on the phone. Samsung Galaxy phones being plastic seem to have a bit better range. My phone is a metal HTC and you tend to have to find the sweet spot on it. But the tags should fit comfortably in the cup hole and should work find just resting the phone in there. Of course then you have to worry about a cardboard/paper cup with condensation there, or moving your phone from there for a drink in general would then theoretically turn it off. Here's a little article on using it for car audio http://www.shekhargovindarajan.com/google/android-use-an-nfc-tag-to-connect-to-your-cars-audio/ Because NFC is low range broadcast leaving it on using very, very little battery. I leave mine off just because I never use it. But if more places start accepting Google Wallet and tap and pay I'll leave it on.

 

[ilkhan]

Just leave the BT on. The battery drain is minimal and its not worth the hassle of turning it on/off when you want to drive.

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