When I first Installed my rezound car dock, I also installed an Aux Audio 3.5mm jack.
Later I upgraded to a bluetooth receiver, and stopped using the dock because It couldn't provide enough power to the phone due to bad design.
iBolt replaced the dock for me free of charge, and I started using it again sparingly when I need a charge, but there has always been a nagging issue I'm not sure how to fix.
When Car Mode is enabled, as in it says car mode enabled in the notifications, it pulls the bluetooth media (pandora HTCmusic or gmusic) to the external speaker.
The second I take it off the car dock, or click disable car mode in the notifications, pandora/gmusic/htcmusic goes right back to the bluetooth receiver.
Running Newt's ICS atm, but I've had the same Issue with Venasaur 3.0 to 3.2
I don't use the stock HTC car app, I have Carhome V3 set as my default car app.
So Far I've tried
1) going into the car app settings, and choosing my bluetooth headset as both the default phone and media device. Didn't work.
2) Disabling the stock car app in the app manager. Didn't work, the Notifications said car mode enabled, asked which app to use, and then pandora played over the external speaker.
I had already upgraded to ICS before I got the bluetooth unit, so I'm not sure if this happens in GB or not. Anyone able to test this?
This isn't a BIG issue for me, as I have two other power outlets to charge my phone from in my car. Just sorta an annoyance.
Hopefully I can let you know in a few days here. I have the iBolt dock too. Ssame story, got the replacement one from their support because of the charging issue. Anyway, I've been using a crappy old tape adapter in my car, just ordered a bluetooth adapter and should have it soon.
I wondering if it's a Sense thing. Back when I was on stock GB I couldn't figure why BT kept quitting on me in the car. I kept closing out of the HTC car dock because it was stupid. Well, it turned out that closing the dock app automatically shut off BT. I froze the HTC car home app (Car Panel?) in TB and didn't have any more problems. These are the kind of things that make we wish for AOSP/AOKP! I'm using con's rom now, though.
for me its not so much the Car home app, but being in car mode (Icon in the notifcations) that kills ONLY Bluetooth media.
BT works fine for me. iBolt dock, rooted/stock (GB), Carhome Ultra as the launcher. I use BT all the time in the car, for streaming audio (Subsonic/Pandora/etc.) through a Moto T605.
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Can it be done?
When I connect via aux cable with my car nothing happens when I press previous/next on the car radio.
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Probably bc the standard 3.5mm headphone jack is only for transmitting audio, not to control anything.
This should be possible if you have a radio with USB input for flash drives or ipods but not over an aux cable. Perhaps you could try to find an aux cable with the track forward/reverse built in to the cable? I know I've seen headphones with it but not sure about the cable alone..
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I had an aux in fitted in my car and was told the next/previous would work. When it didnt they said it would only work on a ipod. Interesting comment about the cable - anyone able to confirm whether the headphones lead is different?
To be honest, with the swipe action on the music player, this doesnt really bother me as its easy to do this whilst driving. However, I'd like to switch to another music app given the random function doesnt work properly....
I definitely know where youre coming from, I've always used an ipod for music, but want to use my mt4g now (or try to).
I messed around today and here's what I've came up with:
with the aux cable (standard 3.5mm headphone cable) you only have control of the tracks on the device, not with the radio's controls. you might be able to find cable with seek buttons built in (like some headphones) to make it easier but I've never actually seen one.
If your radio has a usb input on it you can connect your phone via usb, mount the sd card (as if using mass storage on a comp) and your radio should detect and read it as a flash drive. going this route your phone will charge, but you'll ONLY be able to control tracks from the radio head unit and you wont be able to listen to Slacker Radio or Pandora or other similar apps via usb. another plus is that the processing is done by the headunit, thus you could use your headunits random function.
The last option (that I think is king) is if you have a bluetooth enabled headunit, the HD2 can stream audio over bluetooth (a2dp) to your radio. You could then pair and stream music, Slacker, Pandora, etc and maintain control on the device (I would prefer control on device and radio, but i dont see this happening) wirelessly. One huge plus to me is that you can charge it while keeping fully functionality with only one cable.
I cant find a cable with anything other than volume controls, but I wonder if either of these options would help
micro usb to 3.5mm
http://www.cellphoneshop.net/syn2113.html
3.5mm to usb
http://bensbargains.net/deal/147822/
I've been using a BT Venturi Mini for about a year now and it works perfect. You can change streamed track/ stop start and it has no wires.So no mess, best investment ever. Plus, you can pick up calls/ voicemail via car stereo too.
Sound quality excellent, especially when you increase BT pool bitrate via HD2 tweak.
Perhaps if someone modded the headphones that come with the HD2 so that they go from 3.5 to 3.5 with the controls in the middle of the wire to use ?
I bought on of the fancy desktop docks for my samsung vibrant... after reading the simple instructions on how it works yada yada... it simply says that the audio output on the dock will not work until they release a 2.2 rom... so what im wondering is why i cant for the life of me see any settings to switch it on in my jk6 rom or have they just not gotten around to implementing audio through the usb yet? and does anyone know if there is a mod to get it to work?
Nobodys had an issue like this yet?
I just received the official car and desk docks today (ordered from Samsung mobile accessories page).
I'm running FROYO.UVJK2 (Kernel 2.6.32.9).
When I put the phone in the car dock, a "Car Mode Activated" icon (looks like a steering wheel) shows up in the task bar. The 3.5mm audio jack on the back of the dock does not output audio (Bluetooth Audio works fine). Also, the "Car Home" app does not launch like I would have hoped (I downloaded this from the Market as it was not installed with this build).
The desk dock does even less than that. When I put the phone in the desk dock, there is no indication that its docked at all. The charging port does work, but like the car dock, the 3.5mm jack does nothing (apparently).
There was a small red sticker on the back of the car dock that said that the 3.5 mm "headphone jack" would only work with Android 2.2 and later.
I'm hoping to have the same experience I had with my Nexus 1 in the Google Car/Desk docks (automatically go into car/desk mode and audio ports become active).
I'll keep digging around and see if I can figure out whats going on .
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I should also add that I'm currently running LauncherPro with this build
Also, Perhaps this thread would get more interest if it was in the Accessories section?
Updated to jl5 and then to nero³ issues still exsist... why sell a product that doesnt work properly because of the lack of software support from your company.... and how does it know its a car dock as opposed to a normal charger?
With the car dock, the phone is definitely detecting the dock when it's connected. The "Car Mode" icon (Steering Wheel) appears on the notification bar. However, the Samsung "Car Home" app does not automatically launch.
The Desk Dock appears to be nothing more than a charging cradle. With the build I'm using now, the phone doesn't change modes in any discernable way, and when the phone is docked, and the dock is connected to the computer, it doesn't detect the device (although it does charge). I have to take the phone out of the cradle and connect the cable directly to get get a connection (Odin/Kies, etc...).
As far as getting the phone to go into 'Car Home' or "Desk Home", I found an app called "Locale" in the marketplace that shows a lot of promise for being able to have the phone change state based on various conditions (location, connections, orientation, app state,etc....). I have it working successfully using the car dock to have it launch Car Home (or whatever app you want). Unfortuantely, I'm not having the same luck with "Desk Home".
Locale is really amazing, but it is pricey ($9.99 US), and a lot of the functionality depends on user provided plugins (there are plenty.. some free, some about $1 US).
Back to the hardware. I'm happy with it generally, but frustrated that the audio jacks don't work. I can work around this in the car, as I can sync to my car stereo with bluetooth, but I would prefer to use the 3.5mm jack for many reasons.
I was going to try the Nero v.3 ROM today (still may) to see if that worked, but someone posted here that it wasn't working.
I'm wondering if this the dock support is something that has to be built into the ROM? Or is it part of the core? I'm guessing the latter.
It will be my luck that this will start working right about the time I order my Optimus X2 when it comes out
I'm using the dock with an international i9000 with firmware XXJPY and the standard media player does actually put out sound through the dock. My problem is I use spotify for my music which doesn't happen to do the same thing. Would there be anyway to force it to play through the usb audio out?
I use the dock with an unbranded, unlocked international GT-I9000. Could not get the Home Desk app to work, it would always crash with or without the dock (ver 1.0.1 available from mediafire.com - can't post the link since I'm a "new user" ). Then somebody passed on to me directly rev 1.0 of that app (can't find it anywhere on the net) and it all started to work. First I was on froyo 2.2 (XXJPA) and now I'm on froyo 2.2.1 (XXJPY) meaning:
- Home Desk app automatically kicks in when the phone is inserted into the dock
- Music does pass on to the dock audio jack but first must un-select the "Internal Speaker" option in the Home Desk app
- Works with the stock GT-I9000 player which is accessed via the Home Desk app Music icon (that icon appears to be hard wired to the stock player)
- Works with a third party player (I use PowerAMP) which can not be accessed via the Home Desk app Music icon - but there is a limitation
The limitation I see is that since the 3rd party player can not be invoked or accessed via the Home Desk app Music icon, one must exit the Home Desk app to get to the music controls (like volume since the hard buttons are covered by the dock!!!) - and during that time the sound cuts off from the external audio jack . The sound returns once the Home Desk app is invoked again (with the Android Home button). But when the Home Desk app Music icon is used to get to the stock player the sound does not cut off. Sounds like the Home Desk app has the sound integration via USB and so when it is not active the music cuts off. Unfortunately I know of no option that would redirect that icon to an alternate player. Maybe somebody can figure that out?
BTW – UI of the Home Desk app that I use (rev 1.0) looks different than UIs posted by others . See the attachments.
WhatISee and AsPostedByOthers:
the fix is here for the desk/car dock!!
So I have been waiting for this moment for months sense I purchased my Samsung desk dock and car dock...
For all that are wondering go to the market and seach for samsung car home and / or samsung desk home.
When you do you will see that there are now two apps that will appear for each app that will look the same.
tap on them and read the discription. one of the apps will say that it is Froyo compatible to fix audio.
download them, when you click on the app to open it> select the samsung car home not the google car home that so many of us Nero/Bionix users love ;(
when that opens you will see that there is now a icon on the top right part of the screen that has a picture of a speaker. Tap the icon and it will switch to the docks 3.5mm out put!
P.S. if you listen to other music players aside from the music saved on the phone ie. (pandora) start the car home app or desk home app and hit the home button go to apps and open the app you want to listen to. Wish they had allowed us to add apps to the apps home screen but this work around will do the trick until someone incorparates it into google car home..
If this helped you please hit the thanks button! and enjoy!
@lovemysgs - I don't see anything for Samsung Home/Car Desk in the market . Is it because my GT-I900 is unbranded?
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@lovemysgs - I don't see anything for Samsung Home/Car Desk in the market . Is it because my GT-I900 is unbranded?
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What ROM are you using? I know that sometimes when I have flashed other ROMS the Dev has not or forgets to update market.
I am using Bionix V and it showed up there today.
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What ROM are you using? I know that sometimes when I have flashed other ROMS the Dev has not or forgets to update market.
I am using Bionix V and it showed up there today.
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Hm, I'm new to Android so be gentle. I did not do anything to the phone other than flash it to 2.2.1 via Kies. In About Phone it says:
Model: GT-I9000
Firmware: 2.2.1
Baseband: I9000XXJPY
Kernel: 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #1
Build: FROYO.XXJPY
lovemysgs said:
What ROM are you using? I know that sometimes when I have flashed other ROMS the Dev has not or forgets to update market.
I am using Bionix V and it showed up there today.
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Does it work for calls?
Seems not working for calls ( no 3.5 jack output when the phone it's conected to dock) any ideas ?
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Seems not working for calls ( no 3.5 jack output when the phone it's conected to dock) any ideas ?
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The dock has a 3.5 jack on the back. Sound is piped to it via phone's USB but only if the Home Desk app is running with the "Internal Speaker" option deselected (must have froyo as well). I don't think however that this works for phone functions, I think that it only works for music.
Just got my official one today, sitting at my desk trying it out. After a little saying "please" (and removing the Google Car Home that I loved), I got it to work, and gmail notifications are coming through the 3.5 mm on the dock.
I went into the market and downloaded the "Car Home Samsung Vibrant 2" (I could not see it in my phone market, so I went to the web market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.samsung.tmo.carhome1&feature=search_result )
This app has the speaker button on it, along with a brightness button,and an exit button.
When I turned off the internal speaker, the notifications seemed to work on mine (Bionix-v 1.3.1 with OverStock)
Hope that helps!
It's not elegant, but I just cut away that corner of the dock to make room for the audio plug, and that worked great for me. Instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40045623
I ordered a proclip mounting bracket for my car but they havent released the actual dock for the razr as of yet. So my idea is to use the proclip bracket and mount the verizon navigation dock to the bracket. My question is, can you remove the suction cup arm from the mount? What does the back of the mount look like?
Also, is it possible to launch the cardock app without actually having the dock?
Can you disable having the cardock launch automatically in the dock?
You can remove the dock from the suction cup it just snaps in to a ball and joint socket thingy. there is no car home app in the app drawer but im sure theres a way around launching it without the dock and i havent seen an option to disable the autolaunch of the car dock.
Cool thanks. I did find an app in the market to launch the bedside dock mode but no car dock mode.
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what app is that?
It's called "Razr Dock".
1. I didn't find yet a way to launch the CarDock app without actaully docking
2. I found that you can disable having the cardock launch automatically in the dock by diabling the SmartCarDockEventReceiver that is receiving the android.intent.action.DOCK_EVENT event with the "Autorun manager" app.
I have another question related to the cardock:
I have Plantronics K100 speakerphone in my car and it is used for the phone conversations via Droid RAZR's bluetooth.
At the same time the Droid RAZR's 3.3mm audio jack may be connected to the car stereo system and that's where the RAZR will play music.
That is the fine and correct way
However when in a card dock and connected through USB charger cable with special audio jack on it, the Droid starts to play both phone calls and music on the same output line.
If the bluetooth and speakerphone is turned on then both calls and music are played on speakerphone. If you turn this connection off it starts to play music on cars stereo, but also the phone calls are route there too.
Is there any way to fix it somehow ?
My new evo lte randomly connects and then drops bluetooth connection in my vehicle. (My OG EVO paired with it once and then ran perfectly every time i entered the vehicle) Anyone with similar problem? Suggestions?
My Audio would automatically dim after a while. As in the volume would go really low until I hit pause and play again. Was listening to an audio book and it would do this like every 40 minutes it seemed. Other than that it was connected to my car bluetooth for hours without dropping the connection. Like 6 hrs
I'm having the same problem connecting to my Pioneer car stereo. It connects fine at first, then randomly drops off, or won't re-connect without rebooting phone.
I think its HTC Car dock app. Because when I use the app CarHome ultra it works perfectly. That sucks because I actually like HTC Car dock, but I guess 3rd party apps for me.
Hello,
I have the HTC EVO 4G LTE and the official car dock that I purchased from the Sprint store. If I understand correctly, this dock should automatically send my phone into the HTC Car app when plugged in. This happens sometimes, but not all the time--it's hit or miss. I haven't been able to pinpoint exactly why it won't go into HTC Car mode sometimes, and it's becoming frustrating after only a few days. Usually I can just unplug it and immediately replug it--I do that once or twice, and then it works.
Does anyone know how/why this is? I read somewhere that the connectors on the dock are somehow different than the "standard" micro USB connectors, which is what alerts the phone that it is in a car dock. I really would like this to work automatically, 100% of the time, because I absolutely LOVE the HTC Car app. It blows away Garmin and TomTom GPS. And it automatically turns on bluetooth and connects to my bluetooth headset for any calls, and to my HTC Car StereoClip and resumes playing the last music or radio station.
Must fix this.
Dude, It's happening to me also. Hit or miss...hope they get this issue fixed. Very frustrating.
When in the car app click on the bottom bar with the white arrows and Bluetooth symbol to launch settings and make sure that auto-launch is selected and auto-connect if you want to connect to Bluetooth as well.
Also I have found you have to click it in all the way to get it to launch. Once the charge light comes on it does not necessarily mean it is completely docked. I was running into this problem as well but these 2 things have it working great for me so far
I have triple- and quadruple-checked...and yes, I have the option set to automatically go into Car Mode when docked. I have found myself pushing the phone down rather "hard," to ensure it connects "all the way." But yea, this is a very annoying little glitch. Last week, I found myself playing with it waaaaay too much, as far as taking it out and putting it back in to see if it would go into Car Mode. 1) This is dangerous, and I probably shouldn't be doing that much while driving. 2) In some instances, by the time I got it to dock automatically, I was just a block or two from where I was going. SMH...
I know you can always start car mode manually, but it's so inconvenient. If you weren't aware already, when car mode works automatically, it automatically turns on bluetooth and connects to my bluetooth headset for any calls, and to my HTC Car StereoClip and resumes playing the last music or radio station. And when you take it out of the dock, it turns off bluetooth and disconnects from your devices...saving you time and just making things more intuitive.
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I have triple- and quadruple-checked...and yes, I have the option set to automatically go into Car Mode when docked. I have found myself pushing the phone down rather "hard," to ensure it connects "all the way." But yea, this is a very annoying little glitch. Last week, I found myself playing with it waaaaay too much, as far as taking it out and putting it back in to see if it would go into Car Mode. 1) This is dangerous, and I probably shouldn't be doing that much while driving. 2) In some instances, by the time I got it to dock automatically, I was just a block or two from where I was going. SMH...
I know you can always start car mode manually, but it's so inconvenient. If you weren't aware already, when car mode works automatically, it automatically turns on bluetooth and connects to my bluetooth headset for any calls, and to my HTC Car StereoClip and resumes playing the last music or radio station. And when you take it out of the dock, it turns off bluetooth and disconnects from your devices...saving you time and just making things more intuitive.
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I do know what you mean it still doesn't launch automatically for me as well sometimes. I was just suggesting those if you hadnt known or tried them. I am not sure if it is a software issue with the phone or a hardware issue with the dock connections? Hopefully they can fix it with an OTA but if not I will be expecting a replacement dock for sure.
For now I solved the issue by making an NFC switch to turn on bluetooth and car app along with a few other things like turning my media volume up and turn off wifi if I forgot to leaving the house or work. Then getting out of the car a second tap reverses everything.
I've noticed this too and was just getting ready to search about this issue when I see it at the top of the list. I've seen it work about 1/3 to 1/2 the time, and if it doesn't, if I undock, turn screen off/on then unlock and try again, it seems to work most of the time (could be fooling myself, though).
I thought Locale could address, but problem is that phone is not recognizing the car dock, not that it fails to launch the app. I'd hope this is fixed in upcoming release if one of the awesome modders doesn't figure it out first.
Definitely hit or miss. Most of the time car mode doesn't launch at all. It is detecting the dock though or the screen wouldn't turn on like it does. Normal charging doesn't make the screen turn on. I'm still stumped though.
I don't have the official HTC dock but I have a 3rd party one set up with a custom NFC tag that launches car mode. You guys could probably do the same as a workaround for yours not launching automatically. Probably not the fix you want but it works. You can find more info over in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1673440