How to Use Locale on the G1 for a Better Night’s Sleep

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Mostly a location based app, pays attention to your GPS, calendar, time, battery level, and even who’s calling (if you want) to ringer volume, adjust network , change your wallpaper or ringtone, or send a tweet to Twitter on a per basis. The following are some suggested to consider adding to on your to make life easier. Keep reading for the setup.

The Plan

This involves setting up two situations, one for the normal time you and a second for people that might call you if there is an emergency.

  1. Open up and press the Add button. Enter ‘’ for the name. Next press ‘Add Condition’ and select ‘Time’, enter a Start time that you are usually trying to catch some shut eye and an End time for when you are usually awake, don’t forget to select the appropriate AM/PM setting. Additionally you can choose to have this active on certain days. Press the Menu key and select ‘Save’.

    Slide the screen down so you can see the ‘’ portion and press ‘Add Setting’. Select ‘Ringer Volume’ and slide the volume slider all the way to the left. Uncheck the ‘Vibrate’ checkbox if you like. Press the Menu key and select ‘Save’. Press the Menu key again and select ‘Save’ again. Congratulations! You have now set up to insure you get a solid night’s even if you forget to turn off the ringer.

  2. Now if there are people in your life that might depend or need you during an emergency in the middle of the night you will want to create an exception for them in the Plan . To do this you will need to create an additional similar to the one above. From the main screen press ‘Add ’, name it something like ‘Emergency During ’, press ‘Add Condition’, select ‘Time’ and enter the same times you entered while setting up the ‘’ . Press the Menu key and select ‘Save’ to save the ‘Time’ setting.

    Now to select the contacts for which this applies, again press the ‘Add ’ button and select ‘Contact’. You will be shown your phone’s contacts, select the contacts you want and when finished press the Menu key and select ‘Save’. If the contact you want isn’t listed in your phone yet you can add them by pressing the Menu key and selecting ‘Add Contact’.

    Slide the screen down so you can see the ‘’ portion and press ‘Add Setting’. Select ‘Ringer Volume’ and slide the volume slider to the desired volume you want. Press the Menu key and select ‘Save’, then press the Menu key again and select ‘Save’ one more time. Now is set to allow the phone ringer volume to increase if the selected contacts call during the selected time period.

Other you might want to consider are:

  • adding to the ‘Emergency During ’ an annoying Ringtone setting to really wake you up.
  • adding a Networks setting to the ‘’ to turn off your Wifi and GPS (since you aren’t using it while you ) to save battery life in case you forget to plug in the to charge.

If you use already and have some handy situations setup that you would like to share feel free to do so in the comments. Enjoy your restful !

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Monday, November 10th, 2008 G1 How To, G1 Software

5 Comments to How to Use Locale on the G1 for a Better Night’s Sleep

iwantflash4g1
November 10, 2008

Wow nice breakdown! I never knew it could do all that, thanks Mike

Barney
December 7, 2008

Didn’t work for me!

Boss
December 15, 2008

Amazing post. I would have emailed you directly to let you know how helpful this was. I was used to Blackberry profiles where I could have a custom “sleep” mode, this is the next best thing under the G1 platform.

I knew about this app from a friend on the IRC, but I didn’t know I could program in EXCEPTIONS (like emergency calls from family at night) — I found this to be a most-amazing artcile, highly informative.

I do hope more G1 articles come soon, becuase I found this to be very helpful and I’m looking for helpful tips.

For what it’s worth, I will add a tip here:

You can soft-reboot your phone without pressing-and-holding the red-hangup button waiting for it to power off, then powering it back on.

Instead, just do the 3-finger Google salute: Green-pick-up-call button (press and hold), then press & hold Menu and the Red-hangup-button: Like Ctrl-Alt-Del, that will instantly reboot the phone.

Cheers!

JG
January 26, 2009

I love this application. Question though… Which settings take precedence when you have Locale AND Power Manager running? For instance, if I say turn on WiFi when I’m at HOME (in Locale), but I say I want Power Manager to turn OFF Wifi whenever I’m below 30% battery power…. I want them to both work in harmony… Any tips?!

Ab
July 9, 2009

Now, I assume you have to set the priority for the “Emergency…” higher than the Sleep one.

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