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Maybe I'm just an idiot, but can someone tell me how to add apps to the empty spots on the second screen of the new car dock? Thanks.
Anyone know?
I second this. Looks like you should be able to add any shortcut you'd like.
Maybe that will be fixed in the official release of Froyo
bcpk said:
Maybe that will be fixed in the official release of Froyo
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I sure as hell hope so.
or maybe they are there for certain apps to take advantage of? which apps i have no clue
just a guess.
i agree, they put those spots there, must be for a reason. I would love to be able to add shortcuts to navigate to common places like home. If this is possible there will be no need for me to attempt making my own car dock app.
jamezracer said:
i agree, they put those spots there, must be for a reason. I would love to be able to add shortcuts to navigate to common places like home. If this is possible there will be no need for me to attempt making my own car dock app.
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There is already a good one: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bigfwoosh.customcarhome
Even if its not directly settable I'm sure its moddable
3Shirts said:
There is already a good one: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bigfwoosh.customcarhome
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doesn't look like that is for our resolution though
Even with the final, official release of Froyo, the Car Dock app still has these unused slots. There doesn't appear to be any way to customize the empty buttons. What gives here?
I tried looking for the car home code on googles git hub.
Did'nt find it but it should be there...somewhere.
I was thinking one of the chefs can add some code to populate the blanks and give us an updated apk we can all use
Some interesting things.
1) car home added to the sdk
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...6;hp=139e33243bbe92858f39919c220a4d65fe8790bd
This also tells us that its built by the sdk.mk build file
2) the "sdk" git project
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/sdk.git;a=tree
3) all the projects
http://android.git.kernel.org/
Grrrrrrrrrr.
Just thought there might be some people that would want this, so far i have had no problems out of it.
Here ya go....
ok so the music shortcut and the contacts forecloses but so far thats it.
87jason said:
Just thought there might be some people that would want this, so far i have had no problems out of it.
Here ya go....
ok so the music shortcut and the contacts forecloses but so far thats it.
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Thanks for putting this out there, any chance we can rev this so that the music and contacts don't force close? I'd like to see this working before I make the switch.
Great start btw, much appreciated.
what does this do? nvm found out its the same as carpanel that comes with the incredible but looks ugly.
No problem i like it cause the buttons are bigger, as far as making the music and stuff work im no dev or anything but im sure a dev could you would hav to have any other files that support. And with the DI being rooted the possibilities are basically endless.
87jason said:
No problem i like it cause the buttons are bigger, as far as making the music and stuff work im no dev or anything but im sure a dev could you would hav to have any other files that support. And with the DI being rooted the possibilities are basically endless.
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I finally got around to trying this. A huge improvement over the default Incredible Car Panel... Would really like to see the contacts work but the ability to turn on the bluetooth as well as to have something as simple as landscape mode really makes this a winner for me and looks like it was well thought out. I'm tempted to get started in development just to contribute to this app... unfortunately I'm a script kiddie at best. But I will keep my hopes up that someone with skill can delve into this.
junjlo said:
what does this do? nvm found out its the same as carpanel that comes with the incredible but looks ugly.
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It's not overly pretty but it is fast and much more functional. Why did HTC leave out landscape mode??
Ditto, I would really love it if someone can fuzz those two items.
Everything else works like a charm, its so simple and functional
WooHoo - Last.fm button in Car mode
Thanks for posting this. I was getting so frustrated because I disabled the stock Music.apks and couldn't get Settings Profiles to load up either Last.fm or Pandora.
I however, would love to remove the music button as well from this dock. I want to be able to have my last.fm and Pandora buttons and everything else can stay (haven't experienced a force close yet..)
I have it set in Settings Profiles that when I'm on USB charger and headset/aux it activates car mode (no screen timeout) and runs CarDock.apk. Having both those apps on there would be awesome.
How many beers would I have to buy someone to do that..? Or, how hard is it to do that myself..nm, scratch that.
It is just three weeks that I got my Nexus One and I should say I really loved it. So I start writing applications that is useful for me and I think it could be useful for others, so I publish them (now just two) on the market.
This one is Dock Utility that currently support two actions:
Enable/Disable Wifi Hot-Spot when you put down (and pick up) the phone on Desk Dock. And Enable/Disable Screen/Keyboard lock on the same event.
You can of course choose with one you want to enable or disable. Just get the app from market ( it named "Dock Utility") and test it.
I have plan to add two widgets to this app to enable/disable hot-spot and lock from the home screen. Let me know what other features can you think of.
You definitely can guess that you need Froyo to run this.
put this in apps duders.
sprinkles said:
put this in apps duders.
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You're right. Pardon a newbie here. Can anybody please remove this thread, hellooo, anybody hear me?!
just vote it down. no worries bohlol, we're all here to learn. about what? i have no idea.
hey everybody,
just got my brand new cardock and played a bit with the 2.2 brand new car home..
It's pretty cool and easy to use but there's something that can make it maybe even better : what about those empty spots on the "second" page? You've got maps, settings, brightness and then 3 empties...
I'm wondering if there's any dev out there willing to mod the app and try to get those empty spots customizable;
What if we could set a direct sms , or direct call, or custom app launch on one of those empty spots? Maybe even better if we could have more than 2 pages...
This is just an idea, but I hoestly don't have the needed tech skilss to make this happen so... anybody willing to contribute/help/make the dream come true?
Everybody's contribution is well appreciated
This is somethine also I want. I want spotify on that second page.
/Söder
Agreed. Would be nice to add apps to those empty spots.
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Has anyone dug into the code and see if the carhome has shortcut intents?
Since there's no way to actually modifiy from the UI, I think that's how google may have coded it.
This is a great idea for a mod. I've used the Car Dock V.2 app in the past, but went back to the stock Car Home. I have zero skill in coding, but I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler to create a car home app that retains the look of the Google app, but with some similar functionality to Car Dock V.2 (long press icons to add shortcut, change icon, etc... and add maybe add extra screens). I don't know about the rest of you, but the Exit Car home annoys me too. I much preferred it in 2.1 when you could go into the standard launcher, but the home key would take you back to the car home. Just a couple of thoughts.
I know this is my first post, but I really think the car app is one of those where the stock app, just misses the boat.
So, glad to see some of you feel the same needing of a better car dock app...
I really hoped holiday time could bring a dev/coder to take a look at this thread, but it seems like some more advertising is indeed needed!
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Looks like Car Home is proprietary Google software like GMail. I couldn't find any source and/or the ability to use shortcut intents
Prof-KOS is probably right, would be easier just to make a look alike
I think Google did a very disappointing job on with car dock in froyo
For now I have configured one screen of adw launcher with things I need for car mode. Then I have installed dock nothingness to disable the car home. And also car dock settings app to switch on-off Bluetooth etc...
Is it possible to even color the car dock icons, maybe with a morph???
Hey guys, did you try custom car home?
It's doing pretty much what I was looking for so if anybody is interested may give it a try
Let me know your thoughts, It's pretty basic but usefull for me
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moskuito said:
Hey guys, did you try custom car home?
It's doing pretty much what I was looking for so if anybody is interested may give it a try
Let me know your thoughts, It's pretty basic but usefull for me
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Google just updated the Android Car Home, now it's a stand alone app and customizable.
Great! Too bad I can't update through the market with CM6, guess because it's a system app..
Could anybody post the app or remind me the adb commands to do the trick?
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moskuito said:
Great! Too bad I can't update through the market with CM6, guess because it's a system app..
Could anybody post the app or remind me the adb commands to do the trick?
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Uninstall with Titanium Backup. Reboot. Install from Market (when available again)
URPREY said:
Uninstall with Titanium Backup. Reboot. Install from Market (when available again)
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ye, anyway I found my way out with adb so made it on time and got it from the market... is it really disappeared in the meantime? Saw also modaco tweeting about that...
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I pulled out the apk if anybody should need it...
I had two Car Home 2.2's in Titanium Backup-- one was "CarHomeGoogle.apk" and one was "CarHomeLauncher.apk"
I deleted both of them, and now there's no icon for Car Home-- I have a feeling I shouldn't have deleted CarHomeLauncher, but I forgot I needed to reboot after I removed CarHomeGoogle. D'oh.
Anyone have that launcher apk?
moskuito, I couldn't get that apk you posted to install by directly downloading it from here to my phone
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I had two Car Home 2.2's in Titanium Backup-- one was "CarHomeGoogle.apk" and one was "CarHomeLauncher.apk"
I deleted both of them, and now there's no icon for Car Home-- I have a feeling I shouldn't have deleted CarHomeLauncher, but I forgot I needed to reboot after I removed CarHomeGoogle. D'oh.
Anyone have that launcher apk?
moskuito, I couldn't get that apk you posted to install by directly downloading it from here to my phone
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I did the same thing, I just pulled it from the gapps zip though, but Here ya go. Move it into /system/app/
Fitchman said:
I had two Car Home 2.2's in Titanium Backup-- one was "CarHomeGoogle.apk" and one was "CarHomeLauncher.apk"
I deleted both of them, and now there's no icon for Car Home-- I have a feeling I shouldn't have deleted CarHomeLauncher, but I forgot I needed to reboot after I removed CarHomeGoogle. D'oh.
Anyone have that launcher apk?
moskuito, I couldn't get that apk you posted to install by directly downloading it from here to my phone
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I did the same at first so I went to a CM6 zip and extracted the two apks..
Jutst installed back CarHomeLauncher and everything is working fine, don't know what CarHomeGoogle works for.. anyway, here they are..
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see JCopernicus already posted..
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I did the same thing, I just pulled it from the gapps zip though, but Here ya go. Move it into /system/app/
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Oh, duh, thanks for doing that for me!
link to new gapps please
edit sorry I got it to work. Thanks
Hey,
I just got my myTouch 4G Slide, and I have a few annoying issues. It could be due to the fact that I bought it in China (it even has some apps with Chinese names).
I don't like the "genius" button - I won't use that, and it doesn't work whatsoever. Is there a way to replace its function with, say, search button (like I had on my previous Android phone)?
Music: firstly, I don't even have a music application - I have to open it with the File Explorer (so I can't multitask). Could be because it's Chinese. The main problem is that the music is played from the speaker in the back of the phone. I like to sometimes listen to music without earphones. Is it possible to play music from the same speaker I use to talk?
When I scroll the applications menu, it "jumps" rather than scrolls smoothly - kinda like the difference between scrolling with the mouse wheel, and hitting "Page Down". Is it also a Chinese issue?
Pictures: so far I'm loving the camera. The only issue is that the pictures it produces are named IMG001, IMG002 and so on. That's really annoying. Is it possible to have the pictures named like on my previous phone, which was simply the time it was taken (yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss)?
Thanks a lot for all helpers!
ronash said:
Hey,
I just got my myTouch 4G Slide, and I have a few annoying issues. It could be due to the fact that I bought it in China (it even has some apps with Chinese names).
[*]I don't like the "genius" button - I won't use that, and it doesn't work whatsoever. Is there a way to replace its function with, say, search button (like I had on my previous Android phone)?
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Thanks a lot for all helpers!
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ronash said:
[*]Music: firstly, I don't even have a music application - I have to open it with the File Explorer (so I can't multitask). Could be because it's Chinese. The main problem is that the music is played from the speaker in the back of the phone. I like to sometimes listen to music without earphones. Is it possible to play music from the same speaker I use to talk?
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The music icon in the app drawer is one of the apps hidden by Rosie (Sense Launcher). /system/customize/MNS/default.xml has the hidden app list in it.
I don't know if it's possibly to play music through the front-facing speaker at this time, though there's no reason why it can't be. A fun project for someone.
ronash said:
[*]When I scroll the applications menu, it "jumps" rather than scrolls smoothly - kinda like the difference between scrolling with the mouse wheel, and hitting "Page Down". Is it also a Chinese issue?
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Yea, that's the way it's supposed to be. I don't like it either. You have to edit the Sense launcher directly to change it.
I just spent all day digging around in a decompiled Rosie.apk (Sense launcher) pulling out Kidzone by it's teeth. I've been fixing that kind of stuff since before the sun came up today, funny you should post those questions.
ronash said:
[*]Pictures: so far I'm loving the camera. The only issue is that the pictures it produces are named IMG001, IMG002 and so on. That's really annoying. Is it possible to have the pictures named like on my previous phone, which was simply the time it was taken (yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss)?
Thanks a lot for all helpers!
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Dunno about this one. I don't think it's a native option, but don't see why it couldn't be written in after the fact.
Thanks for the reply.
Firstly I think we can be sure all the things I posted in OP are solvable - simply because (I think) Android is a Turing-complete machine
As for the "genius" key, I suppose it requires root etc.? Well I guess I would have to root it sometime
For music, how do I un-hide it, then? It really makes no sense to hide such a basic application!
I hope you'll keep me and the rest of the forum updated with the other stuff mentioned. Best of luck!
Have a nice weekend,
Ron.
Can't you get google music from the market? If not, download a room, pull the apk and install it. And this phone is much much much much better rooted. Thanks six btw, enjoying the rom.
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The music icon is in the media room icon, along with video player, slacker radio and a couple other items. It took me a while to find it when I got my phone last month.
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Haha I rooted my phone within an hour of getting it
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dung8604 said:
Haha I rooted my phone within an hour of getting it
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You have to... i dunno wut da fuhhh T Mo did with this "OS Overlay?"
So, are there any available solutions to the presented problems (except for the first one)?
In addition, I think that when I firstly got the phone and got a call, I got two circles (accept/reject), which I had to drag to a ring (a bit similar to the lock screen). Now it just gives me the standard accept-reject buttons. I couldn't find anything about it in the settings - what have gone wrong?
I believe the answering screen alters depending on whether your screen was locked, or unlocked, at the moment you received your call. Correct me if I'm wrong...
Anyone knows why they removed the Stocks app? Or it is hidden? If hidden how to enable it?
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Haha I rooted my phone within an hour of getting it
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How did you root it and what did you install in it?
I'm just a bit scared of doing that.