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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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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Ok so i picked up my new skyrocket 2 days ago and I put CWM on it, made a back up and installed the ICS flavor ROM from the development forum. Everything went fine, and i didnt use the phone much yesterday, but today i noticed that i am having annoying touchscreen problems. It basically makes Swype unusable. I have restored back to stock and it was still doing it. I have reinstalled the ICS rom, double flashing it, and it still does it. Is anybody else having issues like this? Its noticable on lists. This video is just an example but it does it in the market, on web pages, etc..
http://youtu.be/x__jdlGXyjk
I have never had these problems. Maybe take it back and exchange it.
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I used odin and i reset everything to stock with no CWM and no Root and the issue has stopped as far as i can tell. Maybe i just had a bad download. Ill redownload it again and flash it tonight and see if it persists.
Ok so ive been using stock and it started again. I used an app called Touch Test to see what the screen is seeing. It is a really intermittent issue. There is a "ghost touch" that is happening. near the top of the screen and at the bottom of the screen. A touch in the middle causes it to jump to the top and then back to the bottom causing touches to jump all over the place. It is very intermittent. I didnt buy the phone from ATT so there could be 2 reasons for the this.
A) It was sold to me like this
B) The people at ghost armor put to much liquid on my phone when applying the screen protector and messed up my phone.
I didnt notice any issues before i got it ghost armored, but i only had the phone 2 days before i got it wrapped.
Any ideas on how to recalibrate the screen or any other options i may have?
Found the culprit... Kind of embarrassed it took me this long. Ended up being the wall charger. Its a cheap knock off but it had the same input and output. I was sitting at my desk on the touch test app seeing it spaz out and unplugged it to show my friend what was happening and it stopped. Used the same cable to plug into the pc and no problem. Well that is a relief.
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Found the culprit... Kind of embarrassed it took me this long. Ended up being the wall charger. Its a cheap knock off but it had the same input and output. I was sitting at my desk on the touch test app seeing it spaz out and unplugged it to show my friend what was happening and it stopped. Used the same cable to plug into the pc and no problem. Well that is a relief.
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Wow, thanks a lot for this info man! You really saved my life.
I also got a new charger and started experiencing these weird jitters. If it wasn't for this post I would never have figure it out.
My new charger was an Original one from Samsung, but it was obviously made for a different model as the output voltage and current were higher = caused jitters.
I then went back to using my old charger which came with the phone and the issue is gone.
Using Samsung Galaxy S5 NEO (SM-G903F).
Thanks again!!!
Recently, my touchscreen has been playing up.
When typing or carrying out different tasks, my device starts 'touching' its own screen anyware on the left hand side - removing my ability to use it. The screen is clean and I've tried 3 different ROMs including stock.
Has anyone had this screen issue or has anyone got a solution?
My phone is useless because of this issue!
Thanks,
Crwblyth
It's a long-shot, but is this happening when phone is plugged into a cheap unofficial charger? These have been shown to sometimes send touch screens mental.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpDyMykRH9M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Never used anything but the HTC original charger.
Similar looking problem, but not due to my charger!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1M5D_lY7U&list=UU3hdFWpOW6cEEP3yyy4G8kw&index=36&feature=plcp - similar to this - no charger plugged in!
Thanks,
Crwblyth
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Never used anything but the HTC original charger.
Similar looking problem, but not due to my charger!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1M5D_lY7U&list=UU3hdFWpOW6cEEP3yyy4G8kw&index=36&feature=plcp - similar to this - no charger plugged in!
Thanks,
Crwblyth
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Unfortunately it sounds like it needs to go off for repair. Contact HTC and see what they say. Not sure if you should return your phone to stock ROM and s-on etc first though.
My M8 is on stock ROM, rooted with Xposed and a handful of modules.
Half the time I'm in the Play Store viewing a list of my installed apps, my phone will somehow register a touch anywhere randomly on the display while I'm not touching the screen in any way. Initially I assumed it was a busted digitizer, but it ONLY does this while I'm in the Play Store, from what I've noticed at least. My phone does this while unplugged from any charger/cable.
Also, a lot of times while I'm using the phone while charging, the digitizer will freak the hell out while I'm touching it and register inputs all over the screen and very rapidly. I've seen this on other phones as well while using a crappy non-OEM charger, but this phone seems very much more sensitive to what charger you're using. Chargers that worked fine on my Note 2 and my wife's current GS4 make my M8's digitizer freak out. Has anyone else noticed this?
FYI, I can see these random inputs by enabling "show touches" in the developer options. I'll see touches register on the screen without me touching the phone at all in both of the scenarios above.
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My M8 is on stock ROM, rooted with Xposed and a handful of modules.
Half the time I'm in the Play Store viewing a list of my installed apps, my phone will somehow register a touch anywhere randomly on the display while I'm not touching the screen in any way. Initially I assumed it was a busted digitizer, but it ONLY does this while I'm in the Play Store, from what I've noticed at least. My phone does this while unplugged from any charger/cable.
Also, a lot of times while I'm using the phone while charging, the digitizer will freak the hell out while I'm touching it and register inputs all over the screen and very rapidly. I've seen this on other phones as well while using a crappy non-OEM charger, but this phone seems very much more sensitive to what charger you're using. Chargers that worked fine on my Note 2 and my wife's current GS4 make my M8's digitizer freak out. Has anyone else noticed this?
FYI, I can see these random inputs by enabling "show touches" in the developer options. I'll see touches register on the screen without me touching the phone at all in both of the scenarios above.
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Are you using any sort of cases/screen protectors? If so try taking them off and seeing if the issue persists. Also wipe down the screen and get rid of any smudges and fingerprints and see if that fixes it as those can apparently sometimes cause this.
Lastly you can try doing a 'Factory Data Reset' from your recovery such as TWRP, I do not know if the stock recoveries have these but if they do and this is a software issue than this will solve your problem. (Requires S-OFF if it's not available in stock recovery)
If doing the factory data reset does not solve your problem than it is almost definitely a manufacturer defect.
Do take note I did my own research just now to bring you these answers and I am not capable of giving you an overly educated answer like someone else may. Good luck! & I hope the software/case solutions fix it.
Edit: Try disabling Xposed and see if the problem persists too.
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My M8 is on stock ROM, rooted with Xposed and a handful of modules.
Half the time I'm in the Play Store viewing a list of my installed apps, my phone will somehow register a touch anywhere randomly on the display while I'm not touching the screen in any way. Initially I assumed it was a busted digitizer, but it ONLY does this while I'm in the Play Store, from what I've noticed at least. My phone does this while unplugged from any charger/cable.
Also, a lot of times while I'm using the phone while charging, the digitizer will freak the hell out while I'm touching it and register inputs all over the screen and very rapidly. I've seen this on other phones as well while using a crappy non-OEM charger, but this phone seems very much more sensitive to what charger you're using. Chargers that worked fine on my Note 2 and my wife's current GS4 make my M8's digitizer freak out. Has anyone else noticed this?
FYI, I can see these random inputs by enabling "show touches" in the developer options. I'll see touches register on the screen without me touching the phone at all in both of the scenarios above.
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It's a known issue, phantom touches. It might be software or hardware related. No known fix yet. Happens to me sometimes also. I've also only really noticed it in the Playstore.
Haven't noticed anything with different chargers, you could have a hardware problem.
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S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
Are you using any sort of cases/screen protectors? If so try taking them off and seeing if the issue persists. Also wipe down the screen and get rid of any smudges and fingerprints and see if that fixes it as those can apparently sometimes cause this.
Lastly you can try doing a 'Factory Data Reset' from your recovery such as TWRP, I do not know if the stock recoveries have these but if they do and this is a software issue than this will solve your problem. (Requires S-OFF if it's not available in stock recovery)
If doing the factory data reset does not solve your problem than it is almost definitely a manufacturer defect.
Do take note I did my own research just now to bring you these answers and I am not capable of giving you an overly educated answer like someone else may. Good luck! & I hope the software/case solutions fix it.
Edit: Try disabling Xposed and see if the problem persists too.
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Using a Supcase that doesn't touch the display and no screen protector. It does it without the case being on too.
I've recently did a full system wipe and tried a new ROM (Clean ROM) and it still does it, but only in the Play Store, which is why it's confusing me as to if it's a software or hardware issue. I've had HTC send me a replacement M8 out because of it and the new phone ( and previous 2 other phones I had hardware issue with) never did this, which makes me believe that it is indeed a hardware issue. It's just bizarre that it only happens in the Play Store.
When I flashed this new ROM though, it didn't do it initially during the setup of the phone and getting all my apps installed/updated. Once I installed Xposed, it did it, so I uninstalled Xposed to see if it continued and it did, so I'm not sure if it was a coincidence that I didn't have any "phantom touches" before installing Xposed or not.
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It's a known issue, phantom touches. It might be software or hardware related. No known fix yet. Happens to me sometimes also. I've also only really noticed it in the Playstore.
Haven't noticed anything with different chargers, you could have a hardware problem.
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Are you rooted and/or running Xposed as well?
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Are you rooted and/or running Xposed as well?
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Rooted, no xposed. It was doing the Phantom touches when I was unrooted also.
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Just want to bump this to see if anyone else is experiencing it and maybe fine a possible fix. I've replaced this phone 3 times now for different issues and would like to see if I can fix this without swapping it out again. It has gotten a tad worse now and the phantom touches have extended into Hangouts when I initially open it and start typing into a conversation, it will register taps on the keyboard and I have to delete the erroneous input immediately upon the keyboard opening. Otherwise, I don't see it anywhere else in any other apps or situations. Friggin weird. It has followed me across ROMs and factory resets. So I'm guessing it's just a weird-ass hardware issue.
I also facing this issue yesterday & getting worst today. I on ViperRom stock, no xposed or whatsoever.. just viper rom.. this phone just 2 months in my hand.... not only the phantom touches, but dead band as well...
did you send to service centre to get it fix or replacement?
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I also facing this issue yesterday & getting worst today. I on ViperRom stock, no xposed or whatsoever.. just viper rom.. this phone just 2 months in my hand.... not only the phantom touches, but dead band as well...
did you send to service centre to get it fix or replacement?
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Mine eventually resolved itself. I was only having Phantom touches on Google Apps. Mainly the playstore and Gmail.
Playstore updated and the issue went away, started using inbox instead of Gmail and it also went away. Haven't had a problem since.
Your issue sounds like it might be more of an issue, but updating both of those apps fixed my problems.
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i too have same prob
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My M8 is on stock ROM, rooted with Xposed and a handful of modules.
Half the time I'm in the Play Store viewing a list of my installed apps, my phone will somehow register a touch anywhere randomly on the display while I'm not touching the screen in any way. Initially I assumed it was a busted digitizer, but it ONLY does this while I'm in the Play Store, from what I've noticed at least. My phone does this while unplugged from any charger/cable.
Also, a lot of times while I'm using the phone while charging, the digitizer will freak the hell out while I'm touching it and register inputs all over the screen and very rapidly. I've seen this on other phones as well while using a crappy non-OEM charger, but this phone seems very much more sensitive to what charger you're using. Chargers that worked fine on my Note 2 and my wife's current GS4 make my M8's digitizer freak out. Has anyone else noticed this?
FYI, I can see these random inputs by enabling "show touches" in the developer options. I'll see touches register on the screen without me touching the phone at all in both of the scenarios above.
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Any fixes for the phantom touch??
My M8 for the past week has been entering car mode for no apparent reason. Could it be there is something wrong with the USB port on the phone or something else?
It's the charger/cable you're using. My M8 does it as well with a cable (that's a power-only cable, no data pins) I use to charge my phone from my PC with. I've had 4 replacement M8s (all for separate hardware issues) and they all did the same thing on the same cable. It hasn't done it with any of the other several chargers I use at home. But when it does to it on that one cable, it only seems to do it when I try to use any demanding apps/games while plugged in. It won't do it if I'm just poking around the launcher or browser.
Mine is happening when not plugged in also.
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Mine is happening when not plugged in also.
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Ahh, well then yeah, I would have to say there's definitely some hardware issue with your USB port then.
Yup, my phone is screwed its stuck in car mode, tried everything. Is there a way to edit a system file to completely disable it? Replacing phone is not an option for me.
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Yup, my phone is screwed its stuck in car mode, tried everything. Is there a way to edit a system file to completely disable it? Replacing phone is not an option for me.
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I've tried disabling/freezing anything with the word "car" in it in Titanium Backup to no avail on my M8, it still does it with that same cable. When it does it and the "Car Mode Enabled" notification shows up in the notification shade, I can long-press it and go to app info, where it takes me to "Android System", so it appears to have hooks deep into the Android OS and something you can't really disable. This Xposed module may have some options to disable it or at least keep it from being so invasive if you're rooted.
But I guarantee you that you can get the phone replaced under warranty, even if you have it S-Off'd/unlocked, because I have done it. Unless your phone is physically damaged..? But even then, they may not charge to repair the USB port or motherboard if that's the only issue. Can't hurt to ask HTC.
I seem to have "fixed" it by plugging it in about 20-30 times and violently yanking out the cable... Not sure how long this fix will last since looking into the port I seen nothing wrong with any of the pins or any contaminants in there, also high pressure air didn't work.
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I seem to have "fixed" it by plugging it in about 20-30 times and violently yanking out the cable... Not sure how long this fix will last since looking into the port I seen nothing wrong with any of the pins or any contaminants in there, also high pressure air didn't work.
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I had exact same issue. It is debris stuck in the port. Get some computer duster or air compressor and it will clear it up
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Hey you guys need to go to app manager then swipe to (all) under that you should disable dock mode and car mode then reboot. Should fix problem for live. Some magnets and other objects will toy with the sensors in your phone expecially the ones by the USB connector
I've been having this problem too. The Car app and Daydream would randomly open and close. I've just performed a hard reset and it appears to have fixed the problem.
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So a hard reset has not fixed this. The car app did not open for a couple of days but I have had the loud speaker turning on every time I answer a call. I've just used my earphones with the phone for the first time since I performed the hard reset and now the car app is opening again. I've tried to clean out the 3.5mm socket but its not making a difference. It seems strange that the hard reset did kind of fix it until the earphone socket was used. Now I really don't know if it's a hardware or software issue!
I had the same issue with my M8 unlocked version. Also had the problem where the speakerphone would go on and off during calls and some other issues but now since updating to the newest HTC build with Android 5.0 I haven't noticed anything.
Could it be that HTC were aware of these issues and have now fixed them?
Have any of you had progress with the new update or are the issues still apparent?
Will update later when I have had more time to test the new software out but as of now it looks like its fixed.
Mine just started doing this tonight too.. no matter what kind of cable gets plugged in to it, it goes into car/ docked mode and turns my wifi on, and rotates all around when I don't want it to. It's VERY annoying. I tried doing a factory reset on it and it's still doing it when I plug a charger in. It also is doing it just randomly when no cable is plugged in.
I'm wondering if a lot of people are having this issue recently, if it was something in one of the recent updates to the HTC service pack sent out by HTC via the Play Store. Anyone know???
Well, so much for that update...
After almost exactly a week without any problems it started acting up again this morning. In and out of carnode. Guess I'll just make use of my warranty and send it in for service.
yep.. me too. Did a reset and was working fine for about a week and just started doing it again today. WTF.
This was happening to me back in the fall. IIRC, my fix was to clean out the charging port. Look for how-to on web. I think the problem is some crossed pins with dirt making the phone think it's plugged in to dock.
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My phone just started doing this on the 5th.
It also rotates when it's not supposed to? It is so annoying and idk what to do. Is this a. HTC issue or what?
littleames said:
My phone just started doing this on the 5th.
It also rotates when it's not supposed to? It is so annoying and idk what to do. Is this a. HTC issue or what?
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I had my phone sent in for service and it turned out to be a faulty speaker. They swapped it and I haven't encountered any of the problems I had prior to sending it in.
How the speaker was interfering with the operating system I have no idea, my best guess it was shorting out something but it's just a theory.
phone keeps entering car mode
I have had this issue and completely fixed it, on your phone find car mode, scroll down to a hidden settings menu, in settings disable auto dock mode, auto connect, in fact disable everything, then exit car mode using the exit button. Restart your phone and hopefully it never enters car mode again and charges normally.
I had this issue for months and bought a new phone that I didn't like so came back to the HTC and eventually fixed it.
This is the flex USB cable. They go bad and cause car mode / dock mode like this. The cable itself is $14 and you likely will be replacing the sticker speaker grills which are $11. I have personally repaired this and it is the only permanent fix. Not disabling an app. Not removing an app. This failure is due to hardware and hardware only.
BTW.... way to dig up an old thread lol.
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I have this issue since three days and it's driving me mad.
Tried all the suggested solutions and nothing worked so far.
I've ordered a new USB flex cable with charge dock pcb. I'll be sure to post my experiences with that, hope it fixes this annoying issue as Dottar suggested