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On the latest versions of Android you can select a trusted device to unlock the phone. I thought I would share how I use this feature to automate unlocking the phone, as it might be of interest to other users. Google has named this feature Extend Unlock. You will need to go to Settings...

I'm trying to set a variable with country code, but couldn't find the magic text. I'm on the latest version from the Play store. Anybody else having the same problem?

I have found that a wait until trigger action continues or the macro is cancelled as follows 1. The trigger fires and the macro continues. 2. If a regular interval is added, the macro continues on timeout. 3. If the new timeout is set, the macro is cancelled when the timeout is reached. 4...

This is a simple macro that I find invaluable, so I thought I would share it. I run it from the MD Drawer. On first run, keep device awake is enabled until either the screen is off or the regular interval timeouts. I set the latter to 30 minutes, as this prevents the screen staying on until...

I'm trying to work out wether what I see is the correct operation of this new feature or not. When the set timeout is reached the trigger doesn't fire and the following actions are not executed. The system log shows waiting until trigger. Is this the correct operation? Previously I had used...

This macro toggles the status bar display of the screen refresh rate. It uses UI integration to toggle the setting that is usually found in Developer options. The gesture is likely to need to be configured for phones with different size displays and slower SOCs. It can be found in the template...

I've just installed version 36 for the first time. I used 36.5. I cannot add files to a forum post. All the files in all folders are greyed out and cannot be selected. I'm not sure if it's related to 36.5, but it started after 36.5 and helper 1.9 had been installed. I have reset the phone...

I'm not sure how to use this new feature. What I would like to do is find the usb device id when a usb drive is connected. Is this possible? Writing the usb device id magic text into a variable after connecting a usb drive, initially writes a 4 digit number, but subsequent running of this...

I frequently check the variables list for variables that are only used in 1 macro and can be converted to local. I also make extensive use of the MD drawer to display the contents of variables - the green section in the attached screenshot. Why check first before converting to local? If the...

I noticed the above feature in the latest update from the play store which installed today So far I haven't been able to find out how or where I can use this feature and would appreciate help in its use. TIA

My phone recently updated to Android 13....wasn't sure whether to allow it or not. Apart from the well known changes introduced in 13, I have found the following issues relating to MD. 1. The UI integration actions, apart from gesture do not work on the lock screen. I have a macro that turns...

In 2021 Samsung introduced a feature called RAM plus which allocates phone memory to be used as RAM. Unfortunately, RAM Plus can slowdown the phone and lead to performance issues. To prevent this RAM Plus needs to be disabled. Unless your phone is on UI 5.0, the option is not available in the...

I think there is an I ssue with the file names - see attached screenshot of the files I have just downloaded. I was expecting the beta number to be reflected in the filename.

I am posting this in case other users are experiencing the issue. The MD Accessibility service settings periodically change from On to Not working and MD macros stop working properly. MD does not appear to be aware of the change. There are no errors in the system log and MD does not ask to turn...

Downloaded from the Play Store and the installation completed with no error messages. Everything seemed ok, until I tried to use MD. Launching MD and there were no macros. The first time this has happened. No problem I thought as I had last night's backup and restored that. Unfortunately MD...

I recently acquired a Huawei P30 Pro New Edition and after importing my macros from my previous phone, I found the macro that toggles ADB via system settings wasn't toggling the USB Debugging setting. Somewhat disappointed as I thought I would have to use a UI macro, I started to experiment and...

If you are using Android 10 or 11 (quite possibly 12 as well but I'm on 11, so I can't check) and use face and or fingerprint to unlock the phone, then you will have come across a Google security feature that prompts for the PIN to unlock the phone every 72 hours. I think it's unnecessary...

Renaming an Action Block is not reflected in the Action Block action in a macro. Also the macro does not flag an error as the old name action block no longer exists. My work around is to reconfigure the Action Block action and select the new name action block. The downside is that I have to...

1. Are Action Blocks included in Autosave? 2. Are action blocks restored with variables set or cleared? 3. Is there a way to save individual action blocks like you can for macros and categories? 4. I've noticed that action blocks are not included in the variables list only macros. Will this...

With the introduction of the new tiles for Action Blocks and Videos, all of the tiles exceed the height of the screen on my Oppo phone. In the attached Home page screenshot the first and last row tiles are incomplete, having the scroll up and down to see the full tiles. It would be better to...