Recently my Car Home apps stopped launching when I dock into my Samsung car dock.
I figure it might be AOKP had something funky going on so I nandroided back to a month old version that I know used to work. It still didnt work.
Very odd I thought, and restored todays AOKP that I had just updated.
Then I started fiddling around with the power cord, unplugging it from the car. And the darn Phone switched to Car Home mode! What the heck! I plug the power back into the cigarette lighter port and it exited Car Home mode!
So apparently its somehow being triggered backwards. Has anyone had this issue? Is this normal behavior? I found nothing by searching 'car home backwards'.
I did a data wipe the first time I noticed it, and it didn't help.
I thought maybe the connector was dirty and was going to blow it out with some compressed air. Right before I got to that point I noticed the power plug made it switch so I didn't get to the air.
It may have started around the time I first flashed the Fluxi XX kernel but I have since flashed AOKP several times which flashes over the top so I doubt thats an issue.
Any ideas for me?
Ok, in case someone else has this issue with the Samsung car dock and searches, I fixed it.
I got out the compressed air and blew the bejeezus out of the connector on the phone and the dock. Now it functions as normal.
And as a reference for trouble shooting, If the phone is in the dock and the power plug is removed, the phone stops charging of course, but does not exit dock mode.
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My Atrix enters car dock mode fine. I have stock rom with root/unlock and Faux's kernel 1.2. I'm too lazy to upgrade and it seems to work fine for me.
My atrix can enter car dock mode fine, but sometimes when I remove the phone from the dock it does not register it as being removed. This means rotated lock screens, home goes to car dock, speaker on phone, and the appearance of it charging even though it is not. (It doesn't seem to sense the mA.., even if plugged into a different charger)
I have recently frozen the car dock app to see if this changes things, but it doesn't. It just now goes straight to home.
Anyone know how to kill the car dock... service? Thing?
Hi everyone. I just got my RAZR and have been fairly impressed with it, a big upgrade from my old SE X10.
I ran into a couple of issues though... I couldn't use the camera (no visual input from the camera, just black with the camera app overlay), and there seems to be a persistent HDMI alert, even though I haven't got a cable plugged in.
A factory wipe allowed the camera to function, but the HDMI menu is still there.
Any ideas?
I'm having the same HDMI issue. Seems to do it mostly when some form of media is running (XM radio app for me) and you move the orientation of the phone. Only started doing this recently though. A couple days. Coincidently around the first time I actually used the HDMI out. Any help would be great as this menu is very annoying and doesn't need to be running.
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I talked to Rogers and they're sending me a new device. It seems if i press lightly on the "M" in Motorola, the menu goes away. Must be a loose connection.
Ok, scratch that. It's doing it all the time now. It goes in and out of thinking an HDMI cable is connected. Also, it seems like since this has been happening my once great battery life is now diminishing, and is running slower, lags in answering phone calls, and also the camera issue is happening... but only when it thinks an HDMI cable is on.
On an interesting side note. it seems i've found a sweet spot. When I press on the edge of the phone directly above the two tiny light sensors under the "M" it goes away. When I release it, it immediately thinks the cable is connected. I can only assume that it's a bad connection on that port to the main board. I've never used the HDMI out until about a week ago and that's when the problem started.
G'day guys
On Sunday I noticed my SIII making random noises but nothing was ever on the screen when I checked. While playing with it, it made the noise again and I noticed the driving mode icon appear in the notification bar for a second. I decided to update to the latest version of Omega 9 to see if that would fix the issue. Did the usual, backup, wipe, flash - all good. Omega 9 was running fine but my phone did continue to make the noise randomly. Ignoring it and continuing on my day I plugged my SIII in to charge while playing music, I picked it up like an hour later and realised that the battery life had gone down rather than charge. Naturally I started plugging it into all the micro USB cables I could find, connected to the power adapter, connected to my PC, connected to my car charger, nothing would connect and give it a charge properly! I managed to get 1 cable to connect for a second but then it would just disconnect. While I was trying to get it to charge it was randomly displaying the message that appears when you connect a USB OTG cable too, 'USB connector connected' - or something a long those lines.
I pulled the battery out of my phone, let it sit for a bit, inserted the battery and it started charging fine. I powered it on and it booted up with the TW launcher (I normally use Apex) and a grey box in the lower left hand corner of the screen that said "Safe Mode". I was just thinking, WTF (should have taken a screen), rebooted my phone and it has since gone back to normal.
It is yet to make any random noises or refuse to charge as of today (Tuesday). I got a bit worried for a bit there as I was dreading having to take it all back to stock and send off for warranty plus the USB port in my cousins SGSII died for about a month and randomly sprang back to life.
If it happens again I will be looking at a warranty as soon as possible. It puzzle me though, I wonder if the cheapo USB OTG cable I purchased off ebay could have damaged the port at all, everything seems fine now though. Has anyone else had any troubles with their USB connection?
Notes* My phone is in perfect condition, no liquid damage or anything.
Sounds like it had a software glitch. Check if it appears again and report here, but you should be fine in most cases.
Btw: Pseudo-Dead (disabled) USB-ports can usually be revived by powering off the phone and inserting a Jig. At least that's how I revived my brother's old Galaxy Ace several times already
I was working on my wife's note 2 last night, modifying the phone to use a wireless charging pad. Everything went fine and the phone charges correctly. However, now the large home button on the front of the phone quit working. It doesn't take you back to the home screen or bring up recent apps if you long press it. I've gone back into the phone and can't see any problems or disconnected wires. Another really odd thing.......when you plug in the micro USB cord the recent apps menu pops up!
Any help here is greatly appreciated!!
scheirere said:
I was working on my wife's note 2 last night, modifying the phone to use a wireless chatting pad. Everything went fine and the phone charges correctly. However, now the large home button on the front of the phone quit working. It doesn't take you back to the home screen or bring up recent apps if you long press it. I've gone back into the phone and can't see any problems or disconnected wires. Another really odd thing.......when you plug in the micro USB cord the recent apps menu pops up!
Any help here is greatly appreciated!!
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Some more information would be helpful. First modifying a phone to use a wireless chatting pad ??? Why and what for. Second. Did you actually take the phone apart ("I was working on ..... ") ? Third it sounds like you have shorted out a cable. Plugging in the charger and activating the long press feature sounds too me like when you put the phone back together, the button was not seated corrected, and when you plug in the charger, the pressure from pushing it in is making the connection, or there is a short. Take the phone back part and make sure that the button is seated properly in the socket.
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Some more information would be helpful. First modifying a phone to use a wireless chatting pad ??? Why and what for. Second. Did you actually take the phone apart ("I was working on ..... ") ? Third it sounds like you have shorted out a cable. Plugging in the charger and activating the long press feature sounds too me like when you put the phone back together, the button was not seated corrected, and when you plug in the charger, the pressure from pushing it in is making the connection, or there is a short. Take the phone back part and make sure that the button is seated properly in the socket.
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Doh..."chatting" pad. Darned auto correct. Should have read "charging" pad.
Anyhow, yes I had to take the phone apart to make the modification. It's not a complicated mod. I removed the bezel/backplate of the phone and made a 1cm x 1cm cutout to expose the wireless charging contact points. And the bezel/backplate comes off pretty easily after removing the 9 or so tiny screws. It just snaps off. There aren't any wires or anything attached to it. The home button is below another piece of plastic that I didn't have to mess with. However, I removed that piece of plastic this morning to see if anything appeared out of the ordinary there. Nothing to really see and the button is not even accessable yet.
I'm stumped. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome!!
scheirere said:
Doh..."chatting" pad. Darned auto correct. Should have read "charging" pad.
Anyhow, yes I had to take the phone apart to make the modification. It's not a complicated mod. I removed the bezel/backplate of the phone and made a 1cm x 1cm cutout to expose the wireless charging contact points. And the bezel/backplate comes off pretty easily after removing the 9 or so tiny screws. It just snaps off. There aren't any wires or anything attached to it. The home button is below another piece of plastic that I didn't have to mess with. However, I removed that piece of plastic this morning to see if anything appeared out of the ordinary there. Nothing to really see and the button is not even accessable yet.
I'm stumped. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome!!
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I don't really know much about taking phones apart and whatnot, but for the time being just download the app "Button Savior". You are most likely aware of this app but this can just help for the short run. And as far as this goes, have you tried buying a new home button and installing that? It's quite clear that the mod is causing the issues, never heard of something like this. How easy would it be to revert the effects of the mod in the device itself?
Actually, I'd never heard of that app before! Thanks so much for suggesting it. I never would have thought there would be an app to do that. It did the trick until I can figure out what's going on with the physical button.
As far as the modification, it's really not anything complicated. Below is a link to the youtube video of what was done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2I4D6D3jNc&hd=1
There was no actual modification to the electronics/boards. The mod is to remove the back plate/bezel (not the battery cover) from the phone and make a small cutout exposing the contacts for the wireless reciever, that are on the main board. For some reason the phones come from Samsung with the wireless contact point hidden. So there is nothing to reverse or undo. I have removed the wireless charging reciever pad, just in case it was causing a problem.
As for replacing the home button......I may go that route if I can find one. I'm not sure how to acess it, though. As you can see in the video, you don't actually expose the home button or anything to do with it.
scheirere said:
Actually, I'd never heard of that app before! Thanks so much for suggesting it. I never would have thought there would be an app to do that. It did the trick until I can figure out what's going on with the physical button.
As far as the modification, it's really not anything complicated. Below is a link to the youtube video of what was done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2I4D6D3jNc&hd=1
There was no actual modification to the electronics/boards. The mod is to remove the back plate/bezel (not the battery cover) from the phone and make a small cutout exposing the contacts for the wireless reciever, that are on the main board. For some reason the phones come from Samsung with the wireless contact point hidden. So there is nothing to reverse or undo. I have removed the wireless charging reciever pad, just in case it was causing a problem.
As for replacing the home button......I may go that route if I can find one. I'm not sure how to acess it, though. As you can see in the video, you don't actually expose the home button or anything to do with it.
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The contacts were hidden at the behest of the carriers most likely.
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Alright, I've still got my Tablet Z (SO-03E from docomo) and I still use the included desk charging dock (SGP-DS5?), but lately it's been extremely difficult to get the contacts to, well, contact. I have to push it against the contacts on the left to try to get it to connect, but chances are once I release it the contacts don't touch properly and the charging either stops outright or eventually fades out (I have a USB voltage and amps meter to check and it indicates nothing is wrong with the tablet charging or the charger I am using).
So basically I tried cleaning with some alcohol which initially helped, but now it just seems that over time the pins on the dock have simply ended up getting recessed too far into the dock. Or something along that line, that's just my guess. Has anyone else encountered a similar issue and found a solution? Maybe I should find some tweezers to try to pull the pins out? Or maybe I need to clean the contacts more thoroughly? It seems to really be a pins-not-touching-charging-contacts problem, but I can't really figure out how to fix it seeing as it's not like the smaller phone docks where the latch push the pins outward.
I have been using the USB port to charge the tablet if you're going to suggest that, but I really don't like opening and closing the cover everytime. I do have concerns about its durability.
Edit: I found the latch on the Tablet Z dock that pushes the pins outward, but even if they are contacting they don't seem to be charging consistently. I can't figure this out... and I don't have another dock I can test with.
My dock was doing the same thing.
I used some wet and dry sandpaper (p280) to clean both contacts on the dock and the tablet.
Seems to be working now.
Good luck.