Noticed this is a feature in froyo, anyone know of any other apps same idea for in the car when plugged in - that will work for 2.1
Car Home app it self should work on 2.1, let me dig into my files and test and ill report back soon.
I was looking into some of this stuff last night, Froyo will allow bluetooth voicedial
all other features should work. I was using Vlingo to test.
i couldnt get car home to install? just really for the satnav link and big buttons into contacts etc
I couldn't get car home to install, I installed Custom Car Home and it does the trick.
Im using vlingo seems to work well with the blueant s3 as well
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I am also using Vlingo which I have found works very well as both a voice control app and a car home app. Worth checking out, IMO.
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Can anyone post up the Vlingo Car Beta? It's currently only for Sprint. Looks sweet, though!
Vlingo is in the Market, but it doesn't support Bluetooth on Android yet.
Not the vlingo app but the vlingo car app. Was just releast for sprint users yesterday
If anybody has the app please drop it here...
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You can get it in this thread. I've confirmed that its work on the Incredible. It has some pretty nice features.
It can turn on automatically on BT connect.
While in car mode you can say "Hey Vlingo" to wake up the voice action prompt.
SafeReader turns on automatically and will read your text messages.
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You can get it in this thread. I've confirmed that its work on the Incredible. It has some pretty nice features.
It can turn on automatically on BT connect.
While in car mode you can say "Hey Vlingo" to wake up the voice action prompt.
SafeReader turns on automatically and will read your text messages.
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Awesome! Thanks a lot!
scuccia said:
You can get it in this thread. I've confirmed that its work on the Incredible. It has some pretty nice features.
It can turn on automatically on BT connect.
While in car mode you can say "Hey Vlingo" to wake up the voice action prompt.
SafeReader turns on automatically and will read your text messages.
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Everything works well except the bluetooth connection. Starts up okay automatically when bluetooth is connected, but won't communicate via my Jawbone II. And when I turn off the bluetooth headset, it re-boots the phone!
It's still in beta, but when this app gets up to speed, it should be pretty awesome.
Played with this yesterday - I love it - very slick and a great way to wow and impress your friends.
Only problem I noticed is once you start to navigate - you're out of the Vlingo app and shouting Hey Vlingo! at your phone will not get it to answer
The reading of incoming text messages is pretty sweet too - and it's voice recognition seems to work quite well even with the windows open and the radio on.
I absolutely agree. This will be awesome once it smooths out. I tested it a bit today and it mostly worked but there was a little random funkiness while using BT. It worked fine with my Blueant speakerphone and headset but there was a reboot in there somewhere.
This is the only thing WM did better than Android. Nothing has even come close to MS Voice Command until now. This has the potential to be even better since it keeps the gateway open. VC was press a button on the BT and speak and you just ask for this to kick in. Recognition is miles better than native android Voice and the speech is actually audible.
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Everything works well except the bluetooth connection. Starts up okay automatically when bluetooth is connected, but won't communicate via my Jawbone II. And when I turn off the bluetooth headset, it re-boots the phone!
It's still in beta, but when this app gets up to speed, it should be pretty awesome.
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I am using Cog beta 6 and Music Mod.
When I was on 2.1 using the 3.5mm jack with headphones and listening to music and a phone call came in, the music would be interrupted and the audio from the call patched through the 3.5mm out.
Now when I am using the 3.5mm out, a phonecall comes in and it goes through the phones headset.
I checked the Music Mod settings and nothing applies. In the phone settings, I couldn't find anything. During the phone call there are options such as head set, speakerphone...I tried the only thing that may have applied and it asked about a bluetooth headset.
Any ideas? I have a feeling this is something dumb - but because it is something that worked automatically before (and the same way on all other phones I've tried - Nokias, etc) it could be a bug.
This is the change from JI6 Froyo ROM. Personally, I like this change because I use the 3.5 mm output a lot when driving. With 2.1 ROMs, the calls are coming out of my car speakers. Not only that sounds weird, but also a privacy issue.
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This is the change from JI6 Froyo ROM. Personally, I like this change because I use the 3.5 mm output a lot when driving. With 2.1 ROMs, the calls are coming out of my car speakers. Not only that sounds weird, but also a privacy issue.
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Thanks for the info, at least I know the cause.
See I also use mine in the car alot...and greatly prefer the voice over the speakers, working as handsfree for me without any gear. I don't understand how you think it is a privacy issue or helps...you still have to answer it, and you still have to pick it up and pull out the cord or have a very long cord.
At least you have the option the way it used to be set up. Oh well, hopefully they provide this as an option so everyone can have their way. It sucks because I had always looked at this as a major benefit to using my phone to serve up mp3s...auto handoff handsfree phone calls on any stereo with a jack
I do have a very long cord and don't want to pull it out because the music won't auto-resume afterwards. If I need to pull the plug out, answer the phone and put the plug back in, then find the music player to resume the play, I have to use both hands and eyes off the road. That will be a safey issue, really.
I liked it the old way.
Is there a solution to this yet? I'm using the cognition rom...
Rather than opening a new thread... I'll bump this one. Solution found?
Im having the same issue. I liked it when I was able to hear the phone call through the speakers. Im running COG 2.4.1 Bump.
You can keep bumping, but it appears to be a kernel bug - it has been there since the first Captivate Froyo Beta.
Keep on bumping - just encountered this today. Hope a fix comes
I just flashed 2.3b6 cog and tested to see if im using the samsung headphones and im listening to pandora if it will fade out and fade in (i will say that now with cog when i want to end a call i can use the button on the headset to end it -- sweet) then i tested it as if im connecting my captivate to external speakers and retried the test and it works fades in the fades out
again this is with pandora running and playing music what music app are you using?
Now that froyo officially got released for the captivate, has this been resolved?
I use the stock music player :/
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Note: none of this works for the Car Dock in Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread (JVB, JVK, or JVO), due to a Samsung kernel bug/feature. It should work for the Home Dock. Car Dock output is fixed in Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread (JVP or later).
This will not work with any Cyanogenmod, Teamhacksung or other open source ROMs for any version of Android, including ICS, as it calls a closed-source Samsung module that will not be present in these ROMs.
Samsung's docks have external audio outputs that are connected through the phone's USB port. These outputs don't work unless you use the latest versions of Samsung's Desk Home and Car Home apps (kindly provided by an XDA user here for those that can't download them from the market).
Unfortunately these apps are not the greatest, especially Samsung Car Home. I wanted to use Google Car Home, so I did a little reverse engineering and discovered that Samsung's apps use this Android Intent to switch the external audio output on and off:
name: com.sec.android.intent.action.INTERNAL_SPEAKER
extra: state
extra value (Integer):
0 = off (sound through phone's internal speaker)
1 = on (sound through dock external port).
You can use this in a couple of ways:
1. Through Tasker: create a profile with context Docked and an Intent action as follows:
Action: com.sec.android.intent.action.INTERNAL_SPEAKER
Cat: none
Extra: state:1
Target: Broadcast Receiver
Or, if you don't want to use Tasker:
2. I created a tiny app (attached) that triggers this intent when the phone is docked and undocked. I've only tested it with the car dock but it should work with the home dock as well. It doesn't create a background service or use any memory normally, it just gets launched and switches the external audio output on whenever the phone is plugged in to the dock.
Update: v1.1 now has separate settings for home and car docks.
Known versions where Car Dock output doesn't work:
* Android 2.1 (all versions)
* Android 2.2 prior to JPX kernel
* Android 2.3.3 (works in 2.3.4 JVP)
Ringtone and caller voice audio does not go through the external port, only music player output.
I've only tested it on the I9000 but it should work with all the Galaxy S variants, at least all the ones that work with Samsung's Dock apps anyway.
Warning: There is a nasty "crack" when the audio output is connected so you may want to have your stereo's volume turned right down.
If you find this app useful please donate to the CyanogenMod developers: go to this thread and click the link under "SUPPORT US".
Tasker is on my ToDo-List, thanks for the advise, how to use it.
But for now I only want to use the samsung car dock with the google car home app. And your app should be the only thing, I need for that, right?
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Tasker is on my ToDo-List, thanks for the advise, how to use it.
But for now I only want to use the samsung car dock with the google car home app. And your app should be the only thing, I need for that, right?
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Yes, you just need to have the app installed. It doesn't create a background service or use any memory normally, it just gets launched and switches the external audio socket on whenever the phone is plugged in to the dock.
Tested it. Works great. Big Thank!
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Hallo beano, thanks for you help, it's ok your apk but the sound is no good it's no bass and low volume.
Please have you a solution?
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Hallo beano, thanks for you help, it's ok your apk but the sound is no good it's no bass and low volume.
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It sounds OK to me, what ROM are you using? I notice the Captivate had this problem and it was fixed by a ROM upgrade (here). Also make sure the volume is up on the phone as it does affect the external output.
Hallo Beano, my rom is js2 itv, now look your solution.
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Hallo Beano, my rom is js2 itv, now look your solution.
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All the switching and EQ changes are done by the firmware, the app just tells it to do the switch, so I would try changing the firmware. I am using DocRom v9.6.6_XWJS5 with speedmod-k13c-500hz kernel from romkitchen.org right now. The bass is definitely OK with this configuration, I am listening to Mr Oizo through it at the moment.
Hello! I was hoping that someone finds the solution to this problem and finally get you!
But unfortunately, your mod did not work for me .... I have the original Samsung car dock
sold in America (one for the vibrant) and when I plug in the galaxy S to cardock putting in jack 3.5" my in-ear headphones, the audio continues to come out through external speaker,
just noise (hiss) from the headphone out and left with much in the distance as you feel
a very low signal (mp3 music).
With your application things have not changed for me.... I've never done a test in the car with the
audio cable, but it should be the same with headphones or not?
HELP!!!
Ah, I forgot..... I use a the Darky 9.2 rom with supercurio (voodoo) kernel and installed also the google car home app.
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Ah, I forgot..... I use a the Darky 9.2 rom with supercurio (voodoo) kernel
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I believe that's the problem, the voodoo sound changes don't support the car dock audio output. Try a different ROM.
Nicely done little app there...works like a charm on my Galaxy S 4G.
Thanks heaps mate. Ive been needing this for ages and i bet others have been too.
I use alarm clock plus when docked but had to make sure the Samsung app was running in the background to get audio out of the dock. Not now.
Thanks
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Any chance you could do a little mod?
Be awesome if we could choose a checkbox for home and car. Eg i use USB audio at the desk but not in the car.
Thanks in advance.
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@TheBeano
Thank you for your time effort in doing this.
I'm having trouble finding the Google Car Home app - it's not in the Android Market (for me anyway*) but is in AppBrain. However, if I try to download it via the bar-code link it re-directs to the Android Market & gives a not found message I've downloaded the Samsung apps you linked to and they both work for me, but would like the Google one too.
Is there any chance someone could point me in the direction of another link?
EDIT: I now see that GCH isn't available for many people & have found a link in the apps section of Robot Briefs
Off now to hack a micro usb lead to make the Samsung Car Home app auto-start + your solution via Tasker
*My phone is unlocked but has VodaPhone branded firmware (something I plan to change) & I'm on Froyo 2.2.1 - not sure if the VodaPhone branding is why I can't find Google Car Home
brett.darnell said:
Any chance you could do a little mod?
Be awesome if we could choose a checkbox for home and car. Eg i use USB audio at the desk but not in the car.
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OK I will see what I can do.
If people haven't said this yet, you're awesome! Thanks for this it was driving me insane!
Hello guys!first of all TheBeano great job dude.your app it's great.i use it with my galaxy s and car dock.it'a great because now with your app i can output my music direct to car speaker with 3.5 jack cable (dock to car aux).but when i receive a call it's turn to speakers mode.i want to output my voice call to 3.5 jack too, to have a nice car kit.any ideeas how to enable external output voice call to earphones .thx
How about adding an options to turn on bluetooth when car-docked and wifi when desk-docked ?
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@hms666 for this, thy to download from android markert Car Dock Home v3, Custom Car Home or other application and set this features from Setting Menu.when you'll connect the phone gps,wifi special icons will be enabled
I'm still in searching for an aplication that let me to speak from my docked phone using handsfree with 3.5 jack; default it's on built in speakers when phone it's conected in car dock and if disable the speakers the cal run normaly but if i connect the jack no sound there. With the phone no conected in car dock I can make a call with earspeakers.
L.E. I have:
firmware 2.2.1
baseband version I9000XXJPY
kernel version 2.6.32.9
FROYO.XWJS5
I think its important not to make this app do more than simply toggle USB audio output.
There are heaps of other apps to handle the other docked features.
Alarm clock plus
Car dock v3
Etc
All that's needed is to be able to select on/off for each type of dock mode. Car or desk.
Maybe a toggle widget for each??
I posted this in q and a but got no response. Do any of you thunderbolt guys know if it is possible to get the thunderbolt car mode interface on my EVO??? Thanks in advance.
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anybody know??
you could probably copy the HtcCarPanel.apk from the t-bolt to the evo.
Did you try Evo Forums?
You could just use google car home? Thats what I have... Even has settings to go in to car mode when it connects to a BT device you specify which is cool for me because my car stereo (Alpine) is BT and I use it to play music while in the car.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.carhome
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You could just use google car home? Thats what I have... Even has settings to go in to car mode when it connects to a BT device you specify which is cool for me because my car stereo (Alpine) is BT and I use it to play music while in the car.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.carhome
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Just to let you know, it won't show up in the market on the phone, nor will it let you install from the market website from the pc. Can't figure out why (no reason for verizon to block it).
EDIT: I think its blocked because of HTC Sense, since searching it thru Wi-Fi through Airplane mode trick didn't help.
To the OP, I recommend what capflya said, Google's Car Home is a better app than the Sense app. You can download the apk and install it manually, following instructions on this website. Hope this helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010105&highlight=car+home
I have the Car Panel apk in my ThunderBolt thread, I don't know if this will work on the EVO though since the frameworks are different and the car panel app might use the framework to run.
you can try it though, i have it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007520
Ok new to Android, I'm in UK and have an htc Sensation.
What I need is a simple app that will be like the car dock, i.e. let me run google nav, and make phone calls easily when the phone is mounted in an Arkon holder (not a dock).
Big buttons are good
I use a combination of car dock home v3 and tasker. It works brilliantly.
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I use a combination of car dock home v3 and tasker. It works brilliantly.
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Not sure if car home ultra is available overseas, but that's what I use from time to time.