[Q]Nexus 5 Car mode - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys, I am writing this thread because I'm looking a way to enable car mode on my nexus 5. Before n5 I had a Galaxy Nexus with the original samsung car dock(with dots), when I put gnex inside it "car mode" automatically start. But now for n5 I have bought samsung "generic" car support. (Samsung-ECS-K200). I tried to search on google & xda some solution to set up a shortcut to manually enable "car mode" but without results. any ideas?
many thanks

Download the two apk's here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51214772&postcount=6
These are the Google car home app and car mode launcher.
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El Daddy said:
Download the two apk's here. http://d-h.st/myfiles?fld_id=30091#files
These are the Google car home app and car mode launcher.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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The files seem to be gone. Could you re-upload please? Thanks

marleyfan61 said:
The files seem to be gone. Could you re-upload please? Thanks
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same problem, please re-upload

Google has the Car home app on the store however, it says that it is incompatible with my device.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.carhome
You can also read this thread: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/58147/how-can-i-get-the-car-home-app-to-work
and this thread has some car apps for you. http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...driving-mode-nexus-5-android-4-4-kit-kat.html

marleyfan61 said:
The files seem to be gone. Could you re-upload please? Thanks
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Maxishine said:
same problem, please re-upload
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Sorry I linked my private folder and not the files.
Here you go:
http://d-h.st/3dr
http://d-h.st/SnV
Install both.
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Can someone post the Navigator App?

Does anyone have the navigator app? I'm using the IC3ROM, and I noticed it's not on there. It's the one w/ the big icons to use as a GPS mode, serving as a shortcut to Google maps.
Thanks in advance.
(yes, I did a search first)
Thanks for posting this, I was about to. I'm using the RegawMOD 2.1 and it's not on there. I can't find it in the Market either.
I think this is it..
Here it is. ( I think )
Mdawg112 said:
Here it is.
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That is Navigation, I think they are asking for the Navigator app that is like a car dock and links to Google Navigation.
yeah, I'm looking for the one here (sorry can't seem to do a direct screenshot)
danknee, I'll give yours a try.
danknee said:
I think this is it..
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Thanks, this worked! I just did a adb install with it; success.

[HELP] Compatibility of games between XP and Nexus 7

Hi guys, I just bought this new tablet from Google. So far so good, I've registered my Google Play account and found out the tablet recognizes all my games that I installed on Xperia Play. That's great. But why cannot I install some of those game on the tablet? I've already paid for them so would like to play them on a different device, that's all.
Some of the games that seem to be incompatible: Dead Trigger, Heroes Call, Offworld, Six-Guns...
I'd appreciate your advice, and sorry for a newbish question. It's my first Android tablet ever.
TIA.
Some "older" games may not work in ICS or JB and it won't be possible to play them in your Nexus 7. And also some new games may be optimized for new hardware and won't run in a XP. All in all, there's no general rule for this issue.
By the way, Dead Trigger runs fine in XP with both GB and ICS and also it's optimized for Tegra 3. I don't understand why it doesn't work for you. Maybe it's an issue with JB and in that case I'm sure it will be fixed soon because is a quite new game and Madfinger Games is continously supporting it.
Thanks for the response. I believe this is more a Nexus 7 than Xperia Play problem, but I'll hazard another question..
I've installed the Tegra Zone app and tried to install some games from there (Dead Trigger, Heroes Call).
What happens when I click "install" though, is that the app throws me back to the Google Play Store, which again says "This app is incompatible with your device".
WTF?
It's odd, a brand-new Nexus 7 and I can't install Tegra-optimised apps.
EDIT:
Also one more important thing:
Could I somehow copy my save games from Xperia to Nexus 7 without rooting? I'd like to continue some games there, not to start from the beginning.
I can see some games' files on Xperia on my PC, but the Nexus does not seem to display them in the USB disk mode...
Backup apk files of games on XP then send them to N7 via bluetooth
Xperia-Play said:
Backup apk files of games on XP then send them to N7 via bluetooth
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Not working. "The phone can't handle this type of content". But thanks anyway.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
bangawasawa said:
Not working. "The phone can't handle this type of content". But thanks anyway.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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You cannot send apk files vi Bluetooth. You can rename the file to something else, like .dat or .zip, send it to bluetooth, then rename it back to .apk
lazy_fiend said:
You cannot send apk files vi Bluetooth. You can rename the file to something else, like .dat or .zip, send it to bluetooth, then rename it back to .apk
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You can send apk files via Bluetooth. Ive never had any problems...
Spatinator said:
You can send apk files via Bluetooth. Ive never had any problems...
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Me too.
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Spatinator said:
You can send apk files via Bluetooth. Ive never had any problems...
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That is odd, i remember i have to rename the .apk file to send the file to an officemate (He is using an Atrix, stock rom; i use stock rom too). Anyway, if the op cannot send via bluetooth then try to use samba or something.
weird
i moved from xplay to nexus i just put my gmail and i can redownload back whatever i purchased from Play Store without any problems
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Aslamixer..... Does it work?

I am trying to increase the volume of my S3 over bluetooth (especially with doggcatcher). I understand Aslamixer should help with the volume but I am clueless about how to do it (or if there is something going else that will do it). Thanks!
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primetime34 said:
I am trying to increase the volume of my S3 over bluetooth (especially with doggcatcher). I understand Aslamixer should help with the volume but I am clueless about how to do it (or if there is something going else that will do it). Thanks!
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Any ideas on this? Anybody?
You should install it and see if it works. That's the only way to tell as nobody knows right now.
DarkMenace said:
You should install it and see if it works. That's the only way to tell as nobody knows right now.
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I've installed it...but I have no idea what to do with it once it's installed.
primetime34 said:
I've installed it...but I have no idea what to do with it once it's installed.
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Installed the .apk by clicking it or placing it in the /system/app/ folder?
If you placed it in the app folder with the other file reboot the phone and see if it recognizes it and works.
DarkMenace said:
Installed the .apk by clicking it or placing it in the /system/app/ folder?
If you placed it in the app folder with the other file reboot the phone and see if it recognizes it and works.
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I installed it from the play store, ran it (which installed some additional files), and then opened it. Now I have a huge list of items, but no idea what any of them mean or what they do.
primetime34 said:
I installed it from the play store, ran it (which installed some additional files), and then opened it. Now I have a huge list of items, but no idea what any of them mean or what they do.
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Couldn't help you there. I use Handcent SMS Pro Beta. I also buy their yearly subscriptions for $9.99. I can send out a text list and the schedule them to send if I want to send them at a certain time. IT has many options. If you do decide to use Handcent go to your applications>All and disable Messaging to turn of the stock application or you will get double alerts.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handcent.smspro&hl=en
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Couldn't help you there. I use Handcent SMS Pro Beta. I also buy their yearly subscriptions for $9.99. I can send out a text list and the schedule them to send if I want to send them at a certain time. IT has many options. If you do decide to use Handcent go to your applications>All and disable Messaging to turn of the stock application or you will get double alerts.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handcent.smspro&hl=en
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He isn't asking about a messaging app. OP is talking about boosting his BT audio.
@op - Have you tried the Viper4Audio mod? I used this for my earbuds and BT connection for my car audio. It makes a huge difference. There is a link for it under the S3 apps and theme section.
The Synergy custom ROM and probably many others have options for boosting audio playback on headphones and bluetooth, which I think is what you are asking. its not really clear what you are seeking, but it you mean media playback on A2DP on bluetooth, then ramble over the the development section.
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He isn't asking about a messaging app. OP is talking about boosting his BT audio.
@op - Have you tried the Viper4Audio mod? I used this for my earbuds and BT connection for my car audio. It makes a huge difference. There is a link for it under the S3 apps and theme section.
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The Viper Mod is perfect! Thank you so much!

[Q] How can I extract the new Facebook Messenger notification sound?

Hello,
The new Facebook Messenger (the UI overaul version), introduced a nice new notification sound for incoming messages. I was interested in extracting the sound from the app but I can't find it anywhere in a File Explorer.
FYI - I'm using Stock 4.4 Nexus 5 out of the box.
I am not talking about the "Facebook-pop.mp4". The newest version of the app introduced a newer sounding noise. It almost sounds like a water droplet.
Anyone have any idea how to get it?
Bump? anyone have any idea?
Root it, pull the app from data/app/, open the apk and pull the sound? If you really don't want to root though (come on, this is a nexus and you are on XDA ) I might get a chance to do this tomorrow if no one else will.
Edit: actually, you could download the apk from online and then copy the sound?
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mortal300 said:
Bump? anyone have any idea?
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y7lkfzn6wpyn575/pcpzGMVvxf
Should be one of these I guess
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mortal300 said:
Hello,
The new Facebook Messenger (the UI overaul version), introduced a nice new notification sound for incoming messages. I was interested in extracting the sound from the app but I can't find it anywhere in a File Explorer.
FYI - I'm using Stock 4.4 Nexus 5 out of the box.
I am not talking about the "Facebook-pop.mp4". The newest version of the app introduced a newer sounding noise. It almost sounds like a water droplet.
Anyone have any idea how to get it?
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I don't use Facebook Messenger but I'm bored and I figured I'd try to help anyway so I installed it.
From Rom Toolbox's root browser, I found the sounds in "data\app\com.facebook.orca-1.apk\res\raw\"
I'm attaching a screenshot with a list of the filenames.
Got it!: new_message.ogg
http://www.filedropper.com/fbnewmessage
edit: I used BetterZip for Mac and it opened the APK in a very neat way!
New Facebook Messenger notification sound
zedge.net/ringtone/1665041/new-message-tone/
Any chance someone would reupload those sounds somewhere ?
mortal300 said:
Hello,
The new Facebook Messenger (the UI overaul version), introduced a nice new notification sound for incoming messages. I was interested in extracting the sound from the app but I can't find it anywhere in a File Explorer.
FYI - I'm using Stock 4.4 Nexus 5 out of the box.
I am not talking about the "Facebook-pop.mp4". The newest version of the app introduced a newer sounding noise. It almost sounds like a water droplet.
Anyone have any idea how to get it?
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I use Messenger all the time, the standard version and I never got a UI updated version and it still has that "pop" sound. What version is your app? Or is it a different Messenger version?
EDIT: turns out this thread was just bumped and its over a year old. Never mind.
Does anyone have the notification sound that can be found in the Facebook Messenger app now? Some of them are really nice and I would really like to use them for other apps!
Thanks in advance!
hey, i know its a different phone but i can't seem to find anyone doing this for Galaxy S6 edge - i want a sound from the new facebook messenger too called "whistle" but i'm a little too scared to root my phone just for that,.... any help will be appreciated? sorry again for posting here on old thread and on different phone lol but you seem like a helpful person
BlackFlag79 said:
I don't use Facebook Messenger but I'm bored and I figured I'd try to help anyway so I installed it.
From Rom Toolbox's root browser, I found the sounds in "data\app\com.facebook.orca-1.apk\res\raw"
I'm attaching a screenshot with a list of the filenames.
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Nymeria83 said:
hey, i know its a different phone but i can't seem to find anyone doing this for Galaxy S6 edge - i want a sound from the new facebook messenger too called "whistle" but i'm a little too scared to root my phone just for that,.... any help will be appreciated? sorry again for posting here on old thread and on different phone lol but you seem like a helpful person
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I did a zip of all of my notification sounds. You'll be able to find the "whistle"-one in the file.
I hope is't ok to share this link, message me if you can't download it for some reason!
Notification zip
SYRE123 said:
I did a zip of all of my notification sounds. You'll be able to find the "whistle"-one in the file.
I hope is't ok to share this link, message me if you can't download it for some reason!
Notification zip
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Can't download
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Can't download
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I have no problem downloading?
Anyone else?
Is there any other site to upload to?
It always gives me a 7,85 kb zip. Both with Chrome and ES Downloader. Maybe zippyshare? It's pretty reliable and fast.
SYRE123 said:
I did a zip of all of my notification sounds. You'll be able to find the "whistle"-one in the file.
I hope is't ok to share this link, message me if you can't download it for some reason!
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OMG thank you SO much it worked fine thanks! have a great xmas <3
Same here.
Not able to download the file via mobile phone
I had to use the laptop and viola!
im_not_sure said:
Same here.
Not able to download the file via mobile phone
I had to use the laptop and viola!
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Fiels delete D from server. Could you care to re-up?
Yes please do re-upload! Files deleted from server. Thanks

Car Mode for Galaxy (works with mirrorlink)

Do you guys have the latest car mode for galaxy with mirrorlink? I think its version 3 and its only available on note 5 thru Galaxy Apps store. I need the apk file. Thanks!
What you could do is download a rom and get it from there
Its not preloaded,it has to be downloaded from galaxy apps store.
I was going to install it & copy the apk to post here but it's got pretty bad reviews. Users reporting it screws up your home & back buttons even after uninstall. I could always just restore a nandroid if really needed but I don't feel like doing all that right now. You're not able to download it on your phone?
I can't. Im trying to port it thats why im looking for a copy. Thank you. I hope you can give it a try
Ok, here's what I got installing it. One is the app, the other is some remote installer? Carmodestub.apk has always been in my stock based rom prior to installing, not sure if it's required for Carmode to work but I'm including it anyway just in case.

			
				
shouren04 said:
Ok, here's what I got installing it. One is the app, the other is some remote installer? Carmodestub.apk has always been in my stock based rom prior to installing, not sure if it's required for Carmode to work but I'm including it anyway just in case.
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Thank you so much.I got the car mode stub pre installed on my phone. I really appreciate your help. It was buggy at first but later on it was good.
emorej said:
Thank you so much.I got the car mode stub pre installed on my phone. I really appreciate your help. It was buggy at first but later on it was good.
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No problem, glad to help.
emorej said:
Thank you so much.I got the car mode stub pre installed on my phone. I really appreciate your help. It was buggy at first but later on it was good.
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You know you can just edit your build prop to n5 then download from Sammy store. The s6 edge car mode is different as well if you want that one
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I can not install the file. I get an error saying file not installed.
I can not find the file on galaxy apps either. I have a Telus note 5, sm-n920w8.
Any help would new appreciated. I really love this app. Used it on my note 4 allot.
At first, I also couldn't find Car Mode in GALAXY Apps (UAE) so I called Samsung support and they said they would look into the problem and make it compatible with my device. I thought it's just another generic response, but less than 24 hours Car Mode re-appeared in GALAXY Apps with a slightly updated version number. You can download the APK file from the attachments. This version (3.xxx) is actually great for driving, and much improved from the Galaxy S5 (v0.1xxx) or even S6 (v2.xxxx). It is feature-rich now. It can work with HERE Maps which are more reliable and work offline, and can get location information from your contacts and calendar events (amazing feature) so you can easily select a person or event instead of searching the map. It stores the recent destinations just like a normal car navigation, and can also be configured to ask you if you want to save the parking location when you exit the car mode.
Car mode v3.0.22.1150206 (Galaxy Note 5)
http://1drv.ms/1MkAJ9p
Car mode v2.0.27.19925 (Galaxy S6)
http://1drv.ms/1QpSjhq
Car mode v0.16.46.19885 (Galaxy S5)
http://1drv.ms/1QpSqJX
mssaleh said:
At first, I also couldn't find Car Mode in GALAXY Apps (UAE) so I called Samsung support and they said they would look into the problem and make it compatible with my device. I thought it's just another generic response, but less than 24 hours Car Mode re-appeared in GALAXY Apps with a slightly updated version number. You can download the APK file from the attachments. This version (3.xxx) is actually great for driving, and much improved from the Galaxy S5 (v0.1xxx) or even S6 (v2.xxxx). It is feature-rich now. It can work with HERE Maps which are more reliable and work offline, and can get location information from your contacts and calendar events (amazing feature) so you can easily select a person or event instead of searching the map. It stores the recent destinations just like a normal car navigation, and can also be configured to ask you if you want to save the parking location when you exit the car mode.
Car mode v3.0.22.1150206 (Galaxy Note 5)
http://1drv.ms/1MkAJ9p
Car mode v2.0.27.19925 (Galaxy S6)
http://1drv.ms/1QpSjhq
Car mode v0.16.46.19885 (Galaxy S5)
http://1drv.ms/1QpSqJX
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Thanks for and info. I still don't see it in my Galaxy app store, so I downloaded your provided APK. However, when I run the app, it tells me there is a new version of Car Mode and I need to update to continue (see attached), then dumps me out.
Shooperman said:
Thanks for and info. I still don't see it in my Galaxy app store, so I downloaded your provided APK. However, when I run the app, it tells me there is a new version of Car Mode and I need to update to continue (see attached), then dumps me out.
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It's most probably because of the different ROM. I live in the UAE, and use XSG (open/unlocked) ROM. If you use a carrier device, you'll always get different things here or there. I am not sure you can flash other Samsung ROM's if you use USA carrier devices (different model numbers from the international version SM-N920C). However, just like I mentioned in the beginning of my post, you can contact Samsung and ask them to make it available. They did this in my case (or maybe it was just a lucky coincidence).
You can also try a direct link to the app in GALAXY App store, like this
Code:
http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.sec.android.automotive.drivelink&equipID=SM-N920C
(change SM-N920C to your model number)
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It's most probably because of the different ROM. I live in the UAE, and use XSG (open/unlocked) ROM. If you use a carrier device, you'll always get different things here or there. I am not sure you can flash other Samsung ROM's if you use USA carrier devices (different model numbers from the international version SM-N920C). However, just like I mentioned in the beginning of my post, you can contact Samsung and ask them to make it available. They did this in my case (or maybe it was just a lucky coincidence).
You can also try a direct link to the app in GALAXY App store, like this
Code:
http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.sec.android.automotive.drivelink&equipID=SM-N920C
(change SM-N920C to your model number)
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I did end up contacting Samsung. By the end of the day is was back in my app store, available to download. Not sure if its another coincidence, but it now works. Thanks again.
Shooperman said:
I did end up contacting Samsung. By the end of the day is was back in my app store, available to download. Not sure if its another coincidence, but it now works. Thanks again.
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Good. I think we should (cautiously) give Samsung credit for their responsive support.
Also, may I ask you to upload the APK? I may give it a try myself but mostly for other people who may search the forums for it.
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Good. I think we should (cautiously) give Samsung credit for their responsive support.
Also, may I ask you to upload the APK? I may give it a try myself but mostly for other people who may search the forums for it.
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How do I get to the original downloaded APK? I searched the phone and only found CarmodeStub (that comes preloaded) and CarModeRemote, both of which are only a few hundred kb is size, not the 15 MB claimed in the Galaxy app store. If getting the APK requires root, we are out of luck as I'm on Verizon.
I'm starting to see more reviews for the app in the Galaxy app store though. So hopefully people can actually get to it now.
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How do I get to the original downloaded APK? I searched the phone and only found CarmodeStub (that comes preloaded) and CarModeRemote, both of which are only a few hundred kb is size, not the 15 MB claimed in the Galaxy app store. If getting the APK requires root, we are out of luck as I'm on Verizon.
I'm starting to see more reviews for the app in the Galaxy app store though. So hopefully people can actually get to it now.
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You can use an app like ES File Explorer File Manager which you can use to back up any app. There are a lot of similar apps but this one provides better names for the backed up apks (App name+vesion).
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You can use an app like ES File Explorer File Manager which you can use to back up any app. There are a lot of similar apps but this one provides better names for the backed up apks (App name+vesion).
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That's what I did (though I used Root Explorer instead of ES), searching everything I could for "carmode", and I got these reaults.
Shooperman said:
That's what I did (though I used Root Explorer instead of ES), searching everything I could for "carmode", and I got these reaults.
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OK, you didn't find it because the apk name doesn't include the word "car", it's com.sec.android.automotive.drivelink
That's one reason why ES Explorer is much better. It is not simply a file browser or manager. The APP function is ES is a complete App management solution.

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