Has anyone gotten any of the car mode enabler apps to work with ICS?
edit: I don't even see a car mode app installed...
Try Motorola Smart Actions
In the past I used Smart Actions to launch Car Mode by the time my RAZR connected to the Car's BT. Have you tried this? BTW: I also cannot find the link to car mode on my phone...
Yeah, I did the same thing and it worked great on GB...I ended up installing a 3rd pary car mode app which works awesome...
Did you try on smart actions?
same result - nothing launches..the screen just flickers...
If you're still looking for this I found an app called Car Mode Control where just enables car mode, not a dock shell, it will actually on load a shell if you already have one built into your phone. my problem was that I couldn't figure out how to get out of car mode and had to reboot the phone to get out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.cwfk.ig88.carmode
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Hello, I recently purchased a universal car dock off eBay and I would like to be able to use car dock mode with Pandora and possibly other configuration by only pressing one button. Basically it would turn on car dock mode, turn on bluetooth, gps, pandora, and whatever else I would like to open by just selecting the car preset. Then reverse it all when I leave my vehicle. Does anyone know of the best app to do all of this with the Mytouch 4G's car-dock mode?
Thanks much!
I recently purchased the I grip car dock for my EVO 3d and can't seem to figure out how to use the car mode application on the phone. I've downloaded the app car home and can't figure out how to set it as the default car mode app. Also, when i first hooked my phone up to the car dock the phone would launch what in assuming was the native car mode app but recently when hooking up my phone to the dock it no longer automatically launches car mode.
Just received my car dock thanks to Sikety. I find that immediately docking the Amaze to the Car Dock it will launch HTC Locations.
This is annoying because you can't exit the app and your phone is in dock forever, meaning all calls made would automatically placed to speaker.
Has anyone figured out a way to resolve this without rooting their phone? When I dock it, I don't want it to launch anything.
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I don't have the car dock, but I do have the desk dock. I know that when the phone is on dock mode, you can press the menu button to pull up settings for the dock mode. Maybe you can play with the settings there?
Got my car dock yesterday and I have the same problem as described above. There is no setting for disabling the auto start of htc locations. Within the locations app you have to manually close locations (probably you have to turn GPS on before or you won't come into the locations app)
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Hmm, this is interesting. I've got the car dock as well, but I don't seem to have the HTC locations app on my phone. When I put my phone in the car dock, it puts the phone in "Car Mode", but didn't really do much else. I bought Car Home Ultra from the market, now when I put the phone in the car dock, it puts the phone in Car Mode and Car Home Ultra launches when the phone is in Car Mode. So, it works just like you'd want. I'm completely stock, which is why it's curious you have HTC locations and I don't.
I had a Droid X and loved the car dock app that came with it. Now I have the RAZR Maxx and just hacked my old physical car dock to fit the new phone. Unfortunately the car dock app doesn't load, the phone just charges. I'm even using the same wiring that was inside the dock but it just acts like i plugged it in to the normal car charger. Does anyone know a way to open the car dock app manually?
Search in Google Play Store free app called Razr Dock or you can type there com.redsulfur.razrdock
I saw RAZR Dock before but it looks like it just loads Desk mode, or is there no difference? I've actually started using Car Home Ultra and really like it but car mode would still offer some additional features.
You can try install Android System Info app (com.electricsheep.asi) - there you have Apps tab where you can try to search oryginal car dock app and lunch it.
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I had a Droid X and loved the car dock app that came with it. Now I have the RAZR Maxx and just hacked my old physical car dock to fit the new phone. Unfortunately the car dock app doesn't load, the phone just charges. I'm even using the same wiring that was inside the dock but it just acts like i plugged it in to the normal car charger. Does anyone know a way to open the car dock app manually?
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Have you tried using SmartActions to automatically open the car dock mode when you plug it in? SmartActions, I know, can be set to open certain applications or phone modes when you do certain things to it or it detects that it is any sort of docking mode.
This works -- there's even a default SmartActions widget called "Drive" that you can use to configure how you want to trigger Vehicle mode as well (tap on the left of the widget to launch car mode, tap on the right to configure car mode).
With that being said, though, I think the SmartAction triggers are a little limited, so I do the same with Tasker -- when my phone is charging + landscape mode, it launches the desk clock; charging + landscape mode + Bluetooth connected launches the vehicle mode.
Hi all,
I got my XTZ with docking station the other week.
When I first connected to the cradle it started some app I just dismissed and didn't really care about at the time.
Now its started every time I dock the tablet, but there is a bug I think. The volume starts to go crazy ON/OFF on the tablet.
As if the volume down button is hold, but when I try to volume up with the HW the button it automatically gets down again. When I remove the tablet everything is OK.
I didn't find it to be a known issue and any way to resolve it.
Is there a workaround?
Hate to use the tablet just as photo frame when docket, I would like to use it as a player also.
Rozamar said:
Hi all,
I got my XTZ with docking station the other week.
When I first connected to the cradle it started some app I just dismissed and didn't really care about at the time.
Now its started every time I dock the tablet, but there is a bug I think. The volume starts to go crazy ON/OFF on the tablet.
As if the volume down button is hold, but when I try to volume up with the HW the button it automatically gets down again. When I remove the tablet everything is OK.
I didn't find it to be a known issue and any way to resolve it.
Is there a workaround?
Hate to use the tablet just as photo frame when docket, I would like to use it as a player also.
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Take a look at Smart Connect - in the "View" tab it allows you add start and end actions when charging via the dock - this includes starting apps, open webpages, playing media tracks etc ... I suspect your offending app is being triggered by this - simply delete it and add your own (or have it do nothing like I did).
hth
Rozamar said:
Hi all,
I got my XTZ with docking station the other week. When I first connected to the cradle it started some app I just dismissed and didn't really care about at the time. Now its started every time I dock the tablet, but there is a bug I think. The volume starts to go crazy ON/OFF on the tablet. As if the volume down button is hold, but when I try to volume up with the HW the button it automatically gets down again. When I remove the tablet everything is OK. I didn't find it to be a known issue and any way to resolve it. Is there a workaround? Hate to use the tablet just as photo frame when docket, I would like to use it as a player also.
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The misbehaving app is most likely the Crackle app (see THIS THREAD) that came pre-installed on the tablet and currently, no amount of tinkering with it or Smart Connect will cause it to not start when the tablet is placed into the charging cradle. My research has found it to be a Crackle bug, not a Sony bug. You can solve the problem by uninstalling the pre-installed Crackle app and then installing the Crackle app (version 3.0.2) provided by Amazon.com. Do not install the Crackle app provided by Google's Play Store, it is the same version (3.0.11) that is pre-installed on the tablet. The main difference I have experienced between Crackle 3.0.2 from Amazon.com and Crackle 3.0.11 from Google's Play Store is 3.0.2 displays its selection screens in portrait mode whereas 3.0.11 displays its selection screens in landscape mode. Both versions of Crackle display videos in landscape mode.
Its actually Smart Connect (LiveWare™ Mgr) I think. I downloaded and tested some other apps for cradle like Night clock and even when not docked it behaves the same way if started - Smart connect was not started.
Any workaround? Seems like XTZ issue to me if other apps from the market behave like this as well. I think I found a menu where I can set what to happen if connect to dock/charger, but it has no option to remove auto Silent mode.
It seems strange as my dock station is completely controllable. My XTZ behaves exactly the way I want it to.
Maybe you can try to uninstall ane reinstall Smart Connect. Then go to Dock tab, set the sound to normal whenever your tablet is docked
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Haha thats funny.
I actually can't find SmartConnect as an app. Tried to tinker a bit more with the settings, but realized it is only accessible if started by docking in the cradle. Not in either app browser or app management .
Didn't have access to the cradle yesterday, and when I have access I usually don't have the time.
Today when I connect it automatically started with music playback (still muted) and gallery slideshow. I found it has 4 types of events connect to dock (labeled View??), When on Mobile, When in Home, etc. But none had added option to turn sound OFF. When I added clock to View event, it didn't start the clock, but actually turned on the music player
Any idea how the app is labeled in App managed, or if it is in the app browser with a different name?
Go to Play Store and search for Smart Connect. If it is not installed, install it. If it is, you will see an option to open it.
So far I cannot think of any other solutions for you except Smart Connect. Sorry if I am not helpful
I don't know if Smart Conncet is pre-installed because apps are automatically installed when I link XTZ to my Google account. All apps in my Xperia phone are downloaded to XTZ.
Whenever I dock my tablet I get a popup asking me to choose one of my dowloaded bedside clock/alarm apps. I went into Smart Connect and deleted all events but the popp continues to show. Any ideas what could be causing the auto launch? Thanks.