Somehow my phone went into the car dock menu yesterday, and I don't know how? I don't see the program on my phone. Has anyone seen this happen, or know how to do it again?
Doitall76
Its a magnet triggered switch. It comes up when you stick in in the car dock. The actual program is called car panel. It doesn't seem to show up in sense launcher but it does show in adw.
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Let me preface this post by saying that I'm an uber-n00b. I haven't had my SF very long, and it's the first android device I've ever had, or smartphone of any variety for that matter. It's quite possible that an elegant solution to my issues already exists. Feel free to call me stupid and point me in the right direction.
So obviously, the fixed up version of the Car Cradle app in the SuperClean 2.9 ROM is a VAST improvement over the stock VZ Nav/Bing garbage. That being said, it's still not user customizable, so I tend to prefer to just use my own home screens. I've set one up that has my most used functions in the car, and some direct navigation shortcuts, etc.
So my understanding of what happens when the thing is docked - it goes into "car mode" and it launches the Car Cradle app. Exiting out of the app, but not "car mode" still makes your home button take you back to the Car Cradle app. So right now, I pop the phone in the dock, exit Car Cradle, pull down the notification bar and kill "Car Mode", and go on about my business using my phone the way I want to. However.this is far from ideal for several reasons.
First, "Car Mode" kept the screen lit up. I went in and checked "stay awake while charging" which keeps the thing on, but it still dims way down after the timeout period. While this is annoying, I could probably live with that if it were the only issue.
Second, it seems that the only way to get the sound out of the 3.5 jack on the dock and not through the phone speaker is to use the Car Cradle app. And even then, it takes some creativity to keep things going through the output jack instead of the speaker if you want to use navigation or other apps.
Is there a way to change what the "Car Mode" does? It would be nice if the thing recognized it was in the car dock, didn't launch an app and change the home button, but switched all audio to the dock output and kept the screen lit up. Then you could use your phone as you normally would, but have the advantages of having it mounted and the audio coming out of the dock jack. It would be awesome if these options showed up in a settings menu where you could configure what you want it to do when it senses that it's in the car dock.
I guess the other way to attack this is to continue to have it launch car mode and the Car Cradle app, but just make the app customizable like the homescreens are. Be able to throw shortcuts to apps you want, direct nav shortcuts, etc.
Am I the only one that feels this way? Are there already solutions in place? Can I specify just what "Car Mode" does? Thanks for reading this inexperienced man's rambling wish list.
Mike
Is there any way to disable the stock car dock app from popping up when docked?
And what is your favorite car dock app?
Note that I have tasker, could I use that?
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Never tried to disable the car dock app, so not sure if that is possible...
I do not use the default car dock, I use Car Dashboard(free) ...
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.mandaria.cardashboardfree&feature=search_result
Tennis11 said:
Is there any way to disable the stock car dock app from popping up when docked?
And what is your favorite car dock app?
Note that I have tasker, could I use that?
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
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If you have Titanium Backup Pro, you can freeze CarDock 1.0 which is the card dock app phone launches automatically.
CarHome has an option to make it default. Problem solved. It's a much better setup than stock.
Only problem is now: can't use the home button to return to the CarHome dock, because I have keyguard: off in tasker when phone is car docked. Any ideas so I can still have no lock screen, but be able to use home button?
I notice when I put my phone in my multimedia dock, it will pop up and show the new alarm clock. If I exit out for any reason (while still docked) I cannot get back to the alarm clock/dock screen. I've tried to access it from notifications, hitting home, hitting back, you name it. The only way to get it to pop back up is to pull the phone out and put it back in.
Any one else?
Me too, does the same thing.
For some reason, the X2 doesn't play well with the moto docks I have. It still says charging when I take it out of the car dock and I have the same issue you are having with the Desk Dock.
At least it isnt going crazy with notification sounds when I put it in the dock now.
Yep, I don't know what happened either. I'm glad they disabled the damn notification sounds while docking it though. That drove me crazy lol.
The dock was a rather large issue in testing but AFAIK there is not a known fix for it. We will just have to wait for 2.3.4 or a GB-based AOSP rom.
Is anyone using an alternate desk dock app? I have been looking for one that I can customize (adding my own widgets) but no luck.
I have the moto desk dock and can exit and enter the multimedia station widget with no problems at all. It's also nice to not have to listen to that damn dock sound over and over that was happening with Froyo when nothing was going on.
Dark_Wizard said:
Is anyone using an alternate desk dock app? I have been looking for one that I can customize (adding my own widgets) but no luck.
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I'd be curious as to this as well...
I'm curious to know if there is a way to show the "Dock Mode" app in the app drawer and/or create a shortcut?
I know the App exists on the phone (location: /system/app/VZW_Dock_Mode.apk ) and have looked for it in the App Drawer, by clicking on the Clock app (some older phones has a Desk/Dock mode in that app), and still can't get it working.
Using Tasker, I tried to get it to launch the app when plugged in, to no avail there. I even tried creating a "dummy" profile in Tasker that just launched the app at a specific time and no-go.
Anyone know if the app can be 'manually' run or do I just have to wait for the actual dock hardware to become available? (I'd actually like to activate it when on my Qi Charging mat at night...)
OK, I sort of figured this out...
First, I downloaded free App called "QuickShortcutMaker." Then, I long-pressed empty space on my homescreen and chose to add a "Shortcut" The very first icon says "Activities" Searched for "Dock" and chose the one called "HTC Dock Screen" Done.
Of interesting note, the Dock mode only stays in portrait mode for me... wonder if that means the docks for the DNA (if and when they are released) will only show the phone in portrait mode?
WorldOfJohnboy said:
OK, I sort of figured this out...
First, I downloaded free App called "QuickShortcutMaker." Then, I long-pressed empty space on my homescreen and chose to add a "Shortcut" The very first icon says "Activities" Searched for "Dock" and chose the one called "HTC Dock Screen" Done.
Of interesting note, the Dock mode only stays in portrait mode for me... wonder if that means the docks for the DNA (if and when they are released) will only show the phone in portrait mode?
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yeah, i noticed this too. ridiculous. every other HTC phone i've used with dock mode allows for portrait dock. ugh!
You can also find it through apex launcher repeating the same steps. It doesn't look to me like it's suppose to be a nightstand dock but rather an office type dock, I will investigate more
earthrocker said:
yeah, i noticed this too. ridiculous. every other HTC phone i've used with dock mode allows for portrait dock. ugh!
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You mean they allowed both portrait and landscape and yes they did, however previous HTC devices (Rezound, Thunderbolt in particular) had the USB port on the left side of the phone, so I would envision that HTC will eventually release a dock so you can flip open the stupid little 'flap' on the bottom and set the DNA in portrait mode into the base. My wife has a Moto Razr Maxx and though the USB port is on the top of that phone, the dock for that phone is landscape and you have to slide the male dock connectors into the phone. (Sounds kinky)
ML417 said:
You can also find it through apex launcher repeating the same steps. It doesn't look to me like it's suppose to be a nightstand dock but rather an office type dock, I will investigate more
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Correct. I believe the Rezound (and I perhaps the Thunderbolt) had two non-car mode Dock apps... one was accessable via the Clock app (was called Desk Mode or something like that) which was more of a nighttime dock with the clock, and then when you put the phone in the HTC branded "Multimedia" docks, it would start the HTC Dock Screen. Unfortunately the DNA didn't have the Desk Mode option, and there are no Multimedia Docks out there for them yet.
I also noticed that you can actually use the "Tasker" app to initiate the HTC Dock Screen app, as they allow you to start Apps that don't show up in the App Drawer. Unfortunately, Tasker doesn't have any support for Qi Wireless Charging states, so I had to create a profile that starts the Dock Screen whenever the phone is being charged until the Tasker Devs add the Wireless Charging support.
I had a few problems with my DNA it kept going into "Car Mode" not a car docking or dock mode. Anyways it would put my homescreen into landscape. Which is exactly what I wanted for my car. I believe the phone was thinking it was being connected to a certain device that would put it into this mode. So is there any way I can get my homescreen into landscape without the HTC's car docking feature. You can't use Google Music with it.