phone power on automatically

murat

New member
hi

Is there a way to automatically power on my phone as scheduled with Macrodroid?

i try to use alarm app but it (zenfone 6, lollipop 5) doesn't power on automaticly when i set alarm.
 

dhj49er

Well-known member
When the phone is off, Macrodroid and all your other apps aren't running.
I have had a few phones that have a system setting to turn off and turn on the phone at user specified times. However, I never used it.

Why are you trying to use this feature?


I prefer to keep my phone on all the time.

I have a macro that turns off WiFi, Bluetooth etc overnight to reduce the battery drain
 

Endercraft

Moderator
I tried doing this too as my device supports it however I did not find a way to change this setting using MacroDroid.
 

murat

New member
When the phone is off, Macrodroid and all your other apps aren't running.
I have had a few phones that have a system setting to turn off and turn on the phone at user specified times. However, I never used it.

Why are you trying to use this feature?


I prefer to keep my phone on all the time.

I have a macro that turns off WiFi, Bluetooth etc overnight to reduce the battery drain
i am controlling my old phone (zenfone 6) , that connected to my 3d printer, remotely with AirDroid app.

I want to turn on zenfone 6 only while connecting to 3d printer and then turn it off (because of battery consumption)

i can set macrodoid on zenfone 6 to power off (or reboot function), but how can i power on again ?
 

dhj49er

Well-known member
Do you remotely control powering on and off the 3D printer or is it powered on all the time?

I don't know any way of powering on a smartphone from within the phone, apart from the system setting, if available.

Why not keep the phone on charge, as this would negate the need to turn off the phone?
 

murat

New member
Do you remotely control powering on and off the 3D printer or is it powered on all the time?

I don't know any way of powering on a smartphone from within the phone, apart from the system setting, if available.

Why not keep the phone on charge, as this would negate the need to turn off the pho

3d printer is connected to smart plug, so i can remotely control it's power

it is dangerous to keep the phone on charge, sooner or later the battery will be swollen
 

dhj49er

Well-known member
Keep the phone on.

Connect the phone to the 3D Printer smart plug, so it charges while the printer is on.

If that isn't sufficient time, use a second smart plug that charges the phone an hour or so a day.

Would that work for you?
 

dhj49er

Well-known member
Right. Unless the phone has such a built-in feature, it's quite impossible to power it on programmatically.


Right too!

So only solution is to keep the phone on.

Use a smart plug to replicate a daily charging regime based on the phone / 3D printer usage.

Problem solved?
 

dhj49er

Well-known member
You could use MD to control the smart plug.
That way the phone is charged when the battery falls to say 20% and charger turned off at say 80% to maximise battery life.

No daily charging regime.

Charging is autonomous, controlled by a macro.
 
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murat

New member
You could use MD to control the smart plug.
That way the phone is charged when the battery falls to say 20% and charger turned off at say 80% to maximise battery life.

No daily charging regime.

Charging is autonomous, controlled by a macro.
thank you for your reply, good idea, i will try 🤝
 

murat

New member
Right. Unless the phone has such a built-in feature, it's quite impossible to power it on programmatically.


Right too!
it might actually be using the alarm on the phone but I couldn't do it, because (i guess) zenfone 6 is an old phone with android 5.

i am searching for an alarm app, that turns phone on scheduled.
 

dhj49er

Well-known member
i am searching for an alarm app, that turns phone on scheduled.

If you do find such an app, what do you do as the phone battery discharges?

It's not attached to a charger, so needs user intervention to connect to a charger and later remove the charger.

The smart plug charger controlled via a macro circumvents user intervention AND you don't need an app that probably doesn't exist.
 

Dm114

Well-known member
As you suggest, this app cannot exist because to power on a device it's a matter if hardware, not software. Unless the device is in a standby state and not powdered off. Which is not the same at all and @murat seems to confuse these two states...
 

murat

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As you suggest, this app cannot exist because to power on a device it's a matter if hardware, not software. Unless the device is in a standby state and not powdered off. Which is not the same at all and @murat seems to confuse these two states...
but some phones automatically power on when charger is connected, with this command :

fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0
 

murat

New member
If you do find such an app, what do you do as the phone battery discharges?

It's not attached to a charger, so needs user intervention to connect to a charger and later remove the charger.

The smart plug charger controlled via a macro circumvents user intervention AND you don't need an app that probably doesn't exist.
you are right, I just thought the battery would last longer when it was switched on and off as planned.
 

Dm114

Well-known member
but some phones automatically power on when charger is connected, with this command :

fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0
It's quite possible indeed in 2 cases. Either the device is in a standby state, but it seems not to be the case in your example. Or when plugging in a charger it acts exacty like the power button to switch on the device: it's a kind of "hardware trigger". Then, if the setting has been previously set to the adequate value, device boots. Otherwise (setting not set), I guess nothing happens: device returns to its initial off state.
 
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dhj49er

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if my phone (poco x3 nfc) is turned off and the alarm is set, the phone will automatically turn on at the alarm time and the alarm will sound.

so I can use the alarm as a trigger for the phone to turn itself on.
I think you mean if my phone is powered on in standby with the display off and the alarm is set, the phone will automatically turn on the screen at the alarm time and the alarm will sound.

So you are using the alarm to wake up a phone that is in standby ie powered on with the screen off.

This will require the phone to be powered on all the time.....but this is what you are trying to avoid.

What you suggest will not work with the phone powered off.
 
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