OK, I made a little mistake with 1.5.0 – seemed to crash on most devices. Fixed in 1.5.2 – please update now

Well, I’m now definitely back to work. I’ve had quite a stressful year at work (hopefully things will chill down for a while). Yes, some of my team’s work can be seen in the new Audi A3 (just revealed at Geneva Motor Show). Pretty proud of that, actually. Soon you’ll also see it in the new Golf 7

But anyhow, as I said I’m back to Android development – and hopefully without major breaks this time.
To start, I thank the 15,000 active Power Schedule users by releasing a new minor update: version 1.5. I’ve finally added one thing most of you asked for – “vibrate” instead of “silent” option.
Also, if you don’t mind, I’ve added an ad, as a splash screen. This is because my hosting costs some bucks / year. I hope this doesn’t upset anybody – if most users demand removal, I will.
You can find it in the form of a checkbox in the “Ring Profile” section.

So go on, update your app. And if you don’t use it already, what are you waiting for?

Some users are concerned about the permissions some applications require. Power Schedule requires some permissions too, so here’s why:

• RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED

Power Schedule is started for less than a second at startup, to be able to apply the schedule settings. This is because Android does not persist alarms when it’s rebooted. Therefore, Power Schedule needs to be notified when the system has started.

• MODIFY_PHONE_STATE

This is required to be able to activate /deactivate Airplane Mode (“Phone” means “Telephony” only, not your complete Android device).

• READ_PHONE_STATE

Same as above – this reads the current “Airplane Mode” status.

• WRITE_SETTINGS

Settings are written to the device when Airplane Mode is activate / deactivated

• CHANGE_WIFI_STATE

This is required to manage the device’s Wireless Lan status.

• ACCESS_WIFI_STATE

Same as above, this reads the current WiFi status

• MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS

This permission is required to change the “Ringer” profile (ie. silent / normal)

• BLUETOOTH

Required for general Bluetooth status management.

• BLUETOOTH_ADMIN

Required for general Bluetooth status management.

• INTERNET

Power Schedule needs access to the internet for updates

I hope this explains it all. If you have any other concerns, please contact me – I’ll be glad to explain everything.

I just uploaded a version 1.2. I added (preliminary) Bluetooth support – it can now be configure individually. Well, sorta. It seems that if Airplane mode is ON (therefore Phone is off), Bluetooth can’t be started. It’s an Android platform limitation – I’m not sure if it can be resolved at all (but I will do my best).
So, push your update button in the Market

PS. If you like this app, please recommend it and share your review with other people – I know, it’s far from perfect – but it will be .

I just updated Power Schedule to 1.1. I realized some people don’t want their phone turned off during the night, for example, but also don’t want to be disturbed by its ringing also. So the keep your “missed calls” AND your sleep undisturbed, I added the Ring Profile schedule as well.

Check your updates in the Market.