[Q] Car mode - HTC Rezound

Does anyone know how to trigger car mode without a dock? I just ordered a car dock and wanted to play around with car mode prior to receiving the dock. I'm running Scott's CleanRom Dev 1.4. I'm not sure that car mode is included in that ROM. On my Droid X2, I could run a battery across the back of the phone and it would trigger dock mode.

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MrWilliams2 said:
Does anyone know how to trigger car mode without a dock? I just ordered a car dock and wanted to play around with car mode prior to receiving the dock. I'm running Scott's CleanRom Dev 1.4. I'm not sure that car mode is included in that ROM. On my Droid X2, I could run a battery across the back of the phone and it would trigger dock mode.
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if it doesnt show up in your app drawer the rom doesnt have it

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MrWilliams2 said:
Does anyone know how to trigger car mode without a dock? I just ordered a car dock and wanted to play around with car mode prior to receiving the dock. I'm running Scott's CleanRom Dev 1.4. I'm not sure that car mode is included in that ROM. On my Droid X2, I could run a battery across the back of the phone and it would trigger dock mode.
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i will trigger car mode app. it is not good as X2 .
sense 4 rom car dock app is much batter.

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Po1soNNN said:
if it doesnt show up in your app drawer the rom doesnt have it
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That makes sense. If I were to install one from the market, would the dock trigger it? I guess a better question would be: What exactly triggers car mode?

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I am using CleanRom 4.3 and I know it is on that. The shortcut to it does not appear in the app drawer even though it is installed. If you go to settings and then apps, click on the "All" tab and scrol down. If you find "Car Panel", then you have a stock HTC car dock app. I miss my car dock from my Droid X. The one from the Rezound pales in comparison. I know that the Droid X used a tiny magnet in their dock to launch car mode. And also another magnet in their homedock switched in the opposite way to launch that. I am guessing that the Rezound uses a similar method. The solution I found was to download an app from another site called carhomelauncher.zip and then when extracted, you will have the carhomelauncher.apk. Just put that on your ext-sd card and install it. That will allow you to launch the stock car dock whenever you want. Also after finding this, I stumbled on the carhomegoogle.zip. When extracted, this gives you the carhomegoogle.apk which IMHO, is much better car dock than the stock one and very easy to customize and more screens than the Droid X had. It reminds me of my old Droid X one. My biggest issue with most car dock programs has always been in landscape mode and finding a decent dialer that works in landscape. The google one uses the stock dialer but allows it somehow to go into landscape mode.
Give these a try and see if they work for you. IIRC, after I installed it on mine, I had to remove the "music" button which wouldn't work and added shortcut to the stock music player. I also had to remove the "Maps" button and added the shortcut to google maps because I like it better. You may have to do the same. I included both zip files but because I am new, I don't know if I am alowed to add attachments.

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MrWilliams2 said:
That makes sense. If I were to install one from the market, would the dock trigger it? I guess a better question would be: What exactly triggers car mode?
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Yes, the dock should trigger it as well. What should happen if you install a car dock from the market, when you place it in the dock, a box will pop up asking you which one you want to use. It will also have a "default" box that you can select and from then on, whichever one you chose will automatically launch. Otherwise, don't select the default and the box will always pop up and you can always choose.
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The one thing that I really liked about the Droid X car dock app was when you selected "Maps" in the program, It would show you not only your location on the maps but your driving speed as well. The rezound doesn't do that and neither does the Google one. But other than that, I am much happier with the Google app than the Rezound one.

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I downloaded both files and extracted them, but I don't see an APK in either one. I'll try again when I'm near a computer.
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You know, I can be pretty stupid sometimes...... You are right, when extracted they are not apk files. Don't extract them. Just change the extension from .zip to.apk and then put them on the SD card. Then they will install. Sorry about the bad info.....
Better yet, I just uploaded them here as .apks

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I would like to completely get rid of car dock mode, I renamed the apk but the stupid notification icon still comes up when I dock my phone. Anyone know how to get rid of that? My phone works fine as is I don't need a special "short bus" mode for when I am driving.

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I would suggest trying to disable it. If you go into settings/apps and click on the "All" tab. Look for "Car Panel" and click on it. There should be a disable button. Click on that and it shouldn't come up anymore. I just tested it with the launcher app. After disabling it, my only choices were another car dock app I had previously installed from the market and the Google car app. When it is enabled, all three choices come up. So if the only one you have is the stock "Car Panel" app, just disable it and you should be good to go. I think the little car mode icon will still show in the notification bar but that should be all.
However, I must add that once you disable it, I do not know how you would reenable it later if you wanted to use it again. Maybe someone else can help with that.

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MrWilliams2 said:
Does anyone know how to trigger car mode without a dock? I just ordered a car dock and wanted to play around with car mode prior to receiving the dock. I'm running Scott's CleanRom Dev 1.4. I'm not sure that car mode is included in that ROM. On my Droid X2, I could run a battery across the back of the phone and it would trigger dock mode.
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To access hidden apps like car panel or mirror just go to your home screen hit search and start typing it in.It should pop right up even if its not in your app drawer
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA

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Thanks everyone. I finally got it working. The ROM i'm running is senseless and didn't include the carhome APK. Had to move it to system/app and set the permissions. I still can't figure out what triggers it. I understand the app can be launched by searching it, but the dock has to trigger it somehow. I've had no luck with a magnet. I've read on some other devices that the plug on the dock actually triggers car mode.