Well so far the only glitch in my rooted 4 day old G2x is that for some odd reason,
Lots of times when I go to pull out of my carrying case the phone goes into CAR MODE menu screen? Driving me nuts!
I am not not pushing anything.. It happens alot when I go to answer call then I can get back to phone screen to answer call after exciting CAR MODE>
I am thinking I could delete car mode. However I would like to see if anyone else is having this issue?
Thanks!
iceshark said:
Well so far the only glitch in my rooted 4 day old G2x is that for some odd reason,
Lots of times when I go to pull out of my carrying case the phone goes into CAR MODE menu screen? Driving me nuts!
I am not not pushing anything.. It happens alot when I go to answer call then I can get back to phone screen to answer call after exciting CAR MODE>
I am thinking I could delete car mode. However I would like to see if anyone else is having this issue?
Thanks!
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read somewhere there's a magnetic sensor in the phone so if you make contact with magnets in your pocket or case it will trigger car mode.
Lame!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! You hit the nail on the head. My case has magnet (costco case) and when I pull phone out or touch near the mag pulling out it puts into car mode. Why the heck is this sensor there? Plus I do not see where I can turn this off.
ugg.
You can always just freeze car home in Titanium back up so it doesn't run.
android thing
iceshark said:
Lame!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! You hit the nail on the head. My case has magnet (costco case) and when I pull phone out or touch near the mag pulling out it puts into car mode. Why the heck is this sensor there? Plus I do not see where I can turn this off.
ugg.
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there were 2 magnets in the early android phones probably still there. 1 was so they put a magnet on 1 side of the car dock and when you put phone in it went to carmode. than they put a magnet on the other side for a desktop dock and when you put the phone in it would go to the dock program. there is a program called dock runner that will put the phone in the dock mode without activating by the magnet. there may be a way to deactivate these functions by modifying source but i have not ever seen anyone deactivate these. so this isnt a lg thing its an android(google) thing.
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You can always just freeze car home in Titanium back up so it doesn't run.
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Great advice. Trying it now! Will report back
Not sure on the magnet thing. I have my phone sitting on a wooden table. I end the task.. set the phone down. I pick it up again, and it's running.
As a matter of fact, I had all tasks killed and shut down the screen. I turned on the phone, sent a txt msg and checked FB. I went to my running apps and just about every stinking app was running. AppPack, Car Home, Maps, Navigator, Gmail, and a cpl of others. I used the ATK app and shut them all down and set it down. As I was typing this, I picked it back up to take a look.. AppPack, Car Home, and Maps are all running.. GPS is off.
There are no magnets around. Just checked again.. Car Home and AppPack restarted.. stupid. Can't wait for my sd card to get in so I can backup the rom and start ripping it apart.
Mine was being enabled by my magnets in my holster. I can't see how the program is starting after being on a wooden table but it's a easy fix.
Just freeze the app. It's not that hard. You have 3 options:
1) Fallow directions and freeze the app
2) Don't do anything and just keep complaining
3) Take the phone back if you don't like it
Stop making things harder than they really are.
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Mine was being enabled by my magnets in my holster. I can't see how the program is starting after being on a wooden table but it's a easy fix.
Just freeze the app. It's not that hard. You have 3 options:
1) Fallow directions and freeze the app
2) Don't do anything and just keep complaining
3) Take the phone back if you don't like it
Stop making things harder than they really are.
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I'm doing something about it.. don't worry dad. I'm pointing out that the magnet is not the only reason why it would come on.. and I released frustration too. I can do that too. That doesn't mean I'm just complaining and doing nothing about it. Don't read so much into it..
Btw, those are your only 3 options.. not to be placed in a box and cast out as the only options for the rest of the world...
Thanks team!~
Freezing app in Titanium worked!
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I'm doing something about it.. don't worry dad. I'm pointing out that the magnet is not the only reason why it would come on.. and I released frustration too. I can do that too. That doesn't mean I'm just complaining and doing nothing about it. Don't read so much into it..
Btw, those are your only 3 options.. not to be placed in a box and cast out as the only options for the rest of the world...
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Actually the OP is talking about car mode being live on his screen, if I'm reading it correctly.
You have the same problem I do: Car Home is constantly running in the background.
I did a factory reset and battery life has gone up tenfold. 19 hours, down to 20%. Car home is still running, but it doesn't appear to have a negative impact on the bettery once you do reset
So could this work?
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-dreamforms-android-dockblocker-pntx.aspx
I use "Dock-No-Op" to solve this very problem, since I actually use car home while driving.
Edit: I wonder if removing CarHomeLauncher.apk would solve this, while keeping Carhome itself.
Yea from the magnetic strip in phone case and it cause the the phone to reboot.
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I went in root explorer system/ apparently and deleted car mode. It was OK for ne because I never use the app
Does freezing an app in Titanium backup remove it from the applications list or just stop it from starting. I have to send my phone back today and am trying to restore it but I had already deleted all the "stock" apps. This is making a hassle trying to do the clockwork recovery.
Also, can you only freeze the apps if you have Titanium backup pro?
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I searched but couldn't find anything. Every time I get a phone call and pull my phone out of my pocket, I think I am sliding the slide up and ignoring the call. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?
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I have this problem too. What I think happens is that the phone can detect my legs through my pocket. My phone is always facing down in my poclet so when I pull it out the upwards motion against my leg rejects the call. I don't like to face my screen on the outside because I'm always bumping into things with my phone in my pocket. Plus it just feels weird the other way.
I determined the exact same thing. I have the exact same reason you do to. I'm hyper nazi with my phone screen.
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I have this problem too. What I think happens is that the phone can detect my legs through my pocket. My phone is always facing down in my poclet so when I pull it out the upwards motion against my leg rejects the call. I don't like to face my screen on the outside because I'm always bumping into things with my phone in my pocket. Plus it just feels weird the other way.
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side808 said:
I have this problem too. What I think happens is that the phone can detect my legs through my pocket. My phone is always facing down in my poclet so when I pull it out the upwards motion against my leg rejects the call. I don't like to face my screen on the outside because I'm always bumping into things with my phone in my pocket. Plus it just feels weird the other way.
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You could turn your phone so the bottom of the phone is facing your feet so you can pick up the calls when you pull it out of your pocket. LoL
Yeah that's exactly what I have decided is happening. I tried putting it in upside down, but then I have to flip it and plus I forget to put it in that way. I was looking for a setting like "turn screen on when receiveing a call" but I could not find anything close to it. I don't know what to do about it, but it is super annoying.
Nobody975 said:
Yeah that's exactly what I have decided is happening. I tried putting it in upside down, but then I have to flip it and plus I forget to put it in that way. I was looking for a setting like "turn screen on when receiveing a call" but I could not find anything close to it. I don't know what to do about it, but it is super annoying.
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Is there an app that can change the way the lock screen slides?
but after reading this not sure if you can find something.
hiltun said:
Is there an app that can change the way the lock screen slides?
but after reading this not sure if you can find something.
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There's WidgetLocker in the market. Allows you to change the lock screen. It replaces the stock lock screen. I tried it, but not loving it. Its customizable also.
Heres a video review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0DrRuw69qc
you can change it to the AOSP lockscreen but then your alarm clock won't work, so you will have to get a new one from market (granted this is only if your rooted).
About 2 days a go my Inspire started going into car mode by itself. I figured it was something I did from installing roms so I put everything back to stock and it fixed the problem for a few hours. Then the problem started again.
So I took the phone to ATT and of course it worked fine when I was there. However as soon as I started driving home it started up again. I then plugged my phone into the car charger and it stopped. So now I'm wondering if it's an issue caused by the usb port, or the usb cable that came with the phone from HTC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
intermission said:
About 2 days a go my Inspire started going into car mode by itself. I figured it was something I did from installing roms so I put everything back to stock and it fixed the problem for a few hours. Then the problem started again.
So I took the phone to ATT and of course it worked fine when I was there. However as soon as I started driving home it started up again. I then plugged my phone into the car charger and it stopped. So now I'm wondering if it's an issue caused by the usb port, or the usb cable that came with the phone from HTC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Do u have ur bluetooth synced to car? If yes, that's a trigger for car mode to pop up. U can disable this in the app settings.
I don't have any bluetooth devices at all.
I should have been more clear I guess. It goes into car mode just sitting in my pocket. or on my desk.
intermission said:
I don't have any bluetooth devices at all.
I should have been more clear I guess. It goes into car mode just sitting in my pocket. or on my desk.
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If u don't plan on using it, u can freeze it in tibu, or set it to "disable on boot, keep disabled" options in start up auditor, or rename the apk to bak extension.
diablo009 said:
If u don't plan on using it, u can freeze it in tibu, or set it to "disable on boot, keep disabled" options in start up auditor, or rename the apk to bak extension.
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I never plan on using it, i'll try that out tonight. First I need to re-root my phone though.
I've been having the same issue, always from my pocket with the screen off. I'm running gingerbeast 1.0 and just figured it was rom related, thinking something else now.
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stickbo said:
I've been having the same issue, always from my pocket with the screen off. I'm running gingerbeast 1.0 and just figured it was rom related, thinking something else now.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
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I was running CM7 when it started, so I went back to Leedroid and it kept happening. So I loaded up CoreDroid and still had the same problem. No I'm 100% with s-on and everything and it was still not working until I plugged it into my car charger for some reason.
I ran into this same problem, it would just go into car mode for no reason and when I would get out it would just go back into it. I haven't done anything to the phone since I got it, no rooting or anything like that. But then after I restarted it a couple times and took the battery out it was fine. good luck on getting this fixed
hey guys new to the forum. i just started running into this problem over the last day and a half and signed up to ask about it. I just got this phone a bit under a month ago and havent rooted the phone or downloaded any non market apps.
I planned on taking it to AT&T tomorrow, but was curious if there was a fix i could do before hand.. has anyone found a way to fix the problem for sure?
I did a battery pull on it, and plugged it into my car charger and that fixed it for some reason.
Yep have/had the same deal. Not rom dependent. I deleted the God damn thing I finally got so tired of it happening at the worst times, and all is well in the world since. Kinda a wierd bug. I honestly thought it was something my dumbass was doing, good to see im not alone.
Hi guys, I'm also having the same problem. Tried google search but only thing came up was people complaining when they plug it into a USB cable which understandably will trigger it
Mine however would do it on its own, sometimes when I'm in the middle of something, sometimes it just sit there. I was not rooted when it started happening. After rooting, it's still doing it. I'm still on stock ROM right now but from what you guys said then even if I go to custom ROM it would still be the same issue then
There's a way to disable it from what others posted online, by going into the Navigation app and go to option and turn off automatic car mode. Unfortunately every time I open Navigation, mine will always says your country is not supported (I'm in Kuwait) and switch to google maps and won't let me go to option so I'm kinda screwed
diablo009 said:
If u don't plan on using it, u can freeze it in tibu, or set it to "disable on boot, keep disabled" options in start up auditor, or rename the apk to bak extension.
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I want to try this, but which APK is it included in? Is it part of "Locations"?
RichAggie said:
I want to try this, but which APK is it included in? Is it part of "Locations"?
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It should be something like car home or car dock.
I don't see anything related to car dock or navigation or anything of the sort on Tibu.
Monkeydias said:
I don't see anything related to car dock or navigation or anything of the sort on Tibu.
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I found it finally. It is called "CarHomeGoogle.apk" under /system/app folder. Try looking for the same on urs too. Maybe look for CarHome.apk if that's not found, and rename it to .bak file.
This happens everytime i use my car charger. Turns out i can use my radio to charch my phone through the USB port so i just switched it over to that.
diablo009 said:
I found it finally. It is called "CarHomeGoogle.apk" under /system/app folder. Try looking for the same on urs too. Maybe look for CarHome.apk if that's not found, and rename it to .bak file.
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No luck there either.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062471
I had the same problem quite a while ago.
The problem is that the Inspire's mini USB port is not engineered well in a way that the gold pins touch each other in some way, which emulates the way a car charger starts up car mode.
My solution was to clean up the port using an air blower, since dust can arc the two pins together, shorting it.
morethansunshine said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062471
I had the same problem quite a while ago.
The problem is that the Inspire's mini USB port is not engineered well in a way that the gold pins touch each other in some way, which emulates the way a car charger starts up car mode.
My solution was to clean up the port using an air blower, since dust can arc the two pins together, shorting it.
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No luck there or finding the cargoogle.apk in coredroid. Any other ideas?I have a feeling that this is what is causing my screen to come on by itself thus draining my battery.
My Shift is not shutting off the screen like it should while in a call. I am sure this is draining my battery quicker as well as being annoying when I hit mute, speaker, or hang up with my face. Any idea what my issue might be?
Phone is stock:
Android Version
2.3.3
HTC Sense Version
2.1
Home screen widgets and icons...
Sense Clock with weather
People, WiFi, Battery (HTC Widget), Voicemail
Messages, Market, Flashlight, Camera
laid out in that order from top to bottom, left to right. I have only one other widget on another screen for Player Pro. Running Lookout.
Download "proximity sensor finder" from the market.
And once opened you should see it say 9.0cm. cover your finger over the proximity sensor (little circle to the left of speaker grill) and that number should change to a 0...
if it doesnt you need to take your phone to sprint
I guess it is broken. I covered it and it did nothing. It messed up a few times where it would work a little, then come back on now the screen is on all the time. I have resorted to pushing the power button while in a call to turn the screen off. Does the same thing I guess but it really doesn't matter much. I think I am going to get the Photon soon.
Thanks for the tip on the app. I think I will use it in the future.
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I guess it is broken. I covered it and it did nothing. It messed up a few times where it would work a little, then come back on now the screen is on all the time. I have resorted to pushing the power button while in a call to turn the screen off. Does the same thing I guess but it really doesn't matter much. I think I am going to get the Photon soon.
Thanks for the tip on the app. I think I will use it in the future.
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No problem,
Although since that is just a defect that came with the phone, Sprint will replace that for free, without any problems.
(and tell/show them the apps responses if they do, they cant deny proof )
Just make sure you run the RUU beforehand if you do take it in and your rooted (but you said your on stock 2.3 so im assuming your not anyway)
Nope, all stock... I will look into returning it... it is a good phone and wouldn't mind it as a back-up phone.
Bump...
I still have my EVO Shift and the day before yesterday I did something to my phone to try and fix my led issue. It wasn't a major problem with it but something was obstructing the led making it hard to see when I got notifications. Well It started by me using a fine bristled brush to clean the little mesh earpiece screen with to clean over the led... it started to work and then made it worse. I then decided to just remove the mesh screen. I pried it out as gently as I could which made it easy to clean the obstruction from the led but as a very welcome side affect it also fixed my proximity sensor!!! The phone now functions fully again. So to all those willing to try it if your sensor is "broken" try removing the metal mesh part of the earpiece... just be very careful.
After having a duff sd slot on my original surface my replacement arrived today, all good, left it doing updates and installing my apps for a while, all was well, or so I thought..
The keyboard is now not responding after a while, connected, works, close the cover, open it again, screen doesn't come on, press power button screen comes on, keyboard not responding, close cover, screen stays active, disconnect keyboard and reconnect it and it works again..
Had a quick look through the settings and there's nothing I can see that relates to keyboard sleep or power management..
Tried it on my old surface and its fine :\
Wondering if anyone has seen or heard anything similar, otherwise another tech chat with support tomorrow...
You might want to try rebooting the new Surface, and make sure the connection port where the cover links up is clean, but otherwise I don't know what would cause that problem. I've had cases where the cover wasn't recognized, but disconnecting and reconnecting it fixed that.
Only issue I ever have with the cover is if I remove it while the tablet is sleeping and when it wakes it thinks it is still attached.
It's been rebooted many times so dont think its that, had a poke thru device managet last night and looked for power saving stuff but nothing relavant..
Connectors are all clean and it works in the old Surface.. :/
Maybe the keyboards just missing the tablet it came with lol
Still nothing, hard reset, power offs nothing, have now noticed that the edges of the touch cover are peeling apart at the corners so might get this replaced as well, so far the support guys have been spot on, the device however while really promising just lacks finish :\
Trig0r said:
Still nothing, hard reset, power offs nothing, have now noticed that the edges of the touch cover are peeling apart at the corners so might get this replaced as well, so far the support guys have been spot on, the device however while really promising just lacks finish :\
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Two options....
1. Return the cover..
2. Bring your surface bad cover to Microsoft store and let them figure out what is wrong...
I am very happy with my surface and the touch cover...
I have a 5 second delay sometimes when opening and closing. Otherwise, ref let msft know
truffle1234 said:
Two options....
1. Return the cover..
2. Bring your surface bad cover to Microsoft store and let them figure out what is wrong...
I am very happy with my surface and the touch cover...
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I've had 2 bad units now, don't think its the cover as it worked on the first surface before I returned it.
I'll get onto surface support when they are back, I don't seem to be able to raise a ticket on the new unit, touch cover might end up going back as well at this rate...
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I've had the same issue with the type cover. Sometimes it works fine throughout. Other times it seems to fall asleep until an adjustment is made.
I've caught the connection off by a few millimeters at times (although that doesn't explain why the initial connection would work), but you can look and check for that as well.
From now on I'll simply restart from the Power button without removing the connection to see if it's really a 100% mechanical issue.
Ha I've had all of these problems you've named
On Live Chat with support now, the MS forums seem to suggest a reset, I've tried it a few times tho, will see if they will fire out another cover..
Right, cover is being swapped out on AR as well now, hope they hurry up and take the hold off the card though, the hold is for more than it would cost to actually buy the bloody thing new again..
The sound keeps shutting itself off, and when I turn it up, it goes down again before my eyes. It also went into safe mode, which really shocked me. I restarted it and again same thing. I was able to turn safe mode off when it gave me the option for a millisecond. What could this be?
Does it run normally in safe mode?
If so it's likely a 3rd party app you installed.
I don't know about run normally, as I got out of it right away. Never had that happen, and could not understand reason. I wondered about 3rd party apps, but there is nothing new from previous Flip. Has worked normally until last couple of days and have had it about a month.
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I don't know about run normally, as I got out of it right away. Never had that happen, and could not understand reason. I wondered about 3rd party apps, but there is nothing new from previous Flip. Has worked normally until last couple of days and have had it about a month.
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Any updates could be the cause. Any update or upgrade can change the playing field drastically.
I avoid them and seldom have problems.
A hidden user setting may have been altered.
Malware is another potential cause or a single event upset.
Try clearing the system cache from to boot menu, it will sometimes cure bizarre behaviors.
If you can't track it down, factory reset then carefully reload. Do Not use SmartSwitch!
It seems like a case issue to me (keys may be pressed by case buttons). Are you using a Flip 3 case on your Flip 4? Whatever that may be, I would suggest taking off the case.
dennis2018 said:
It seems like a case issue to me (keys may be pressed by case buttons). Are you using a Flip 3 case on your Flip 4? Whatever that may be, I would suggest taking off the case.
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Or maybe a failed volume control button.
Loose or failed internal connector/cable.
Using Samsung flip 4 leather case, but it does have a covered volume button. I like the idea of a case cause rather than failed volume control button! Will change case and see
kat3k said:
Using Samsung flip 4 leather case, but it does have a covered volume button. I like the idea of a case cause rather than failed volume control button! Will change case and see
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Magnets and Samsung's tend not to mix well, just saying... if the case uses a magnet.
i had the safe mode issue...definitely a case problem as volume kept on changing prior to the problem. took off case, put back on again and all was fine......i noticed that i did not remove the sticky tabs on the inside of the case so maybe it was moving around and catching on the volume button??
I think you're right. I was using a Samsung case and switched to a Samsung leather one which is I think when the problem started. Removed it and went back to the first one and no problems. OEM case, what the heck! I also did not stick it down as I like to switch them around. Never would have made the connection without some input.