Unable to enable Tasker accessibility service in Lollipop 5.0.1

[Kellen Steffen]

Great app, been using it for over over two years now. Since the 5.0.1 update to my Nexus 5, I've been unable to enable the Tasker accessibility service.

I use a profile to disable the display rotation lock when in certain apps. When I go to enable it, a message comes up saying that the service needs to be enabled. It takes me to the accessibility settings menu, but when it brings up the confirmation box with the permissions, tapping OK does nothing. The only way to dismiss the box is to press Cancel.

Screenshot of the dysfunctional permissions box:
http://imgur.com/A9Kb4V2

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Pent]

Seems like an OS problem to me. Or you have a plugin like AutoInput running. Or rooted device ?

Pent

[Kellen Steffen]

Hmm no, not rooted and not running any special plug-ins that I know of. Would doing a clean flash or something be the way to go? I've only done OTA updates since I got it.

[Pent]

Sorry, I have no idea, except to restart the device or reinstall Tasker to 'kick' the system into reexamining things.

Pent

[ninja smurf]

Greetings Kellen Steffen.

I have the same problem. Did you have any success in fixing it?

I tried uninstalling, rebooting and reinstalling without success.

Perhaps we can team up to have our Tasker back.

Ian

[John Doe]

Have you got Lux installed? If yes, uninstall.

[ifC]

wow, i've been searching for a solution going on two days now, uninstalling Lux was the solution, thank you thank you!

[Kellen Steffen]

I did have Lux installed and uninstalling it allowed me to enable the service!

I like Lux a lot, so I then reinstalled it and it does not seem to be interfering with the service any longer.

Thanks, John!

[SMcC]

I've seen this a few times now. Root access requests run into the same problem. Just stop lux (hit stop button in the notifications drop down), interact with screen as needed, then restart lux. No need to uninstall. My understanding is that lux puts a screen over the android screen to control the brightness. Android now sees this as a potential screen capture risk and doesn't allow it anymore but there is no downside to turning lux back on once the screen capture is completed.

[Duck Redbeard]

I'm not running Lux, but I also keep finding my accessibility turned off for Tasker.

GS4 rooted, GPE 5.0.1 ROM.

[Pent]

>I'm not running Lux, but I also keep finding my accessibility turned off for Tasker.

Finding it turned off is not the same as being unable to turn on.

Android has some kind of bug where it drops the enable on an Accessibility Service.
Till now I've only seen it (sometimes...) after an install but can't discount other
events disabling it too.

Pent

[vgiangi]

Same here... lot of useless thinking :)

Thank you very very much

[Esger Jellema]

Just disabling Lux was enough for me to be able to set the accessibility setting. (HTC one M7)

Thanx John D.

Op maandag 5 januari 2015 11:14:49 UTC+1 schreef Kellen:

[Wepiha Te Ata]

Yes I found the same thing - I was able to enable taskers accessibility service after disabling Lux temporarily.


Cheers.

[Joel Marchesoni]

I'm using Twilight screen filter and was having the same problem. Pausing Twilight allowed me to tap OK when enabling Tasker. Thanks!

[supergipas]

I had the same problem, but I didn't use any Lux or anything similar..and found what was causing it.
On SGS4 Lollipop, Rooted. The problem was that I uninstalled Samsung TTS and replaced it with Google TTS. So the solution was to restore the Samsung TTS.

[mr4...@gmail.com]

THANK YOU!!!
It worked for me to

[Jon Burmeister]

John Doe you're a genius...I disabled Twilight (similar to Lux), and that did it.  Thanks!

On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3:15:22 AM UTC-5, John Doe wrote:

[dingus]

Seriously! This bugged me for THREE days. Thanks!

[Jonathan Lehrfeld]

Just encountered the same problem. I use Bluelight Filter, which I'm guessing is similar to Lux or Twilight. I don't understand why one button (Cancel) works fine, but the other one (OK) doesn't, but at least the problem is solved.

[Joel Marchesoni]

I'm guessing it's because the OK button would perform an action while the Cancel button would not.

[Robert Ryan]

You don't need to uninstall Lux, just disable it when necessary. I added the Settings app to Lux's sleep list which took care of the problem 90% of the time. I have Tasker scripts that disable Lux in the few places it still causes problems.