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I wanted to create a workflow to turn on bluetooth and turn on personal hotspot (and vice versa), but couldn't make it do either step. I also want a 'weekend m
by scrumper 12y ago
I wanted to create a workflow to turn on bluetooth and turn on personal hotspot (and vice versa), but couldn't make it do either step.
I also want a 'weekend mode' workflow which shuts off banners and lock screen notifications for my work email (a poor man's Blackberry 'profile' feature), but I couldn't do that either.
I'm sure I'll find uses for it but I haven't yet. It's undeniably clever and I'll keep playing, but it's not the magic scripting bullet I've been craving.
Edit: I created "loud" and "quiet" volume preset workflows; they're pretty heavy - tap the home screen icon and the phone launches two apps, sets the volume, then leaves you in the workflow editor. Feels clunky for simple stuff like that. I think it's of more use for orchestrating multi-app flows than doing simple tasks like that. It's actually quicker to just press the volume key a few times.
- wingerlang 12y agoYou might be totally unintersted but if you jailbreak your phone you can automate just about anything with Activator (etc).
- nmcfarl 12y agoSo far the double app doesn't bother me (we'll see if it gets wearing ) - but staying in Workflow is clunky, so I finished my "Nighttime" workflow with opening safari. There's at least some chance I'll want to do that, and it's certainly better than staying in WorkFlow.
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- tomf64 12y agoNone of the things you mentioned are possible without jailbreaking, but I think workflow's creators are planning to bring extra features like those to it through a jailbroken plugin of some kind.