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Car dock opens randomly, regardless of the Rom

So my phone has this problem where my phone will randomly open the car dock. When the phones locked, unlocked, when I using it, it just randomly opens. I've reflashed roms to change and hope it was just one Rom but it still does it.
I even switched to miui which doesn't have a car dock and I got the car dock notification in the top bar and it kicked the gps on.

Get_Out_and_Push said:
So my phone has this problem where my phone will randomly open the car dock. When the phones locked, unlocked, when I using it, it just randomly opens. I've reflashed roms to change and hope it was just one Rom but it still does it.
I even switched to miui which doesn't have a car dock and I got the car dock notification in the top bar and it kicked the gps on.
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That is weird. Have you attempted to remove, freeze or rename the car dock app? If not, give it a try. Using a system level file manager like Root Explorer or adb, maneuver to the /system/app folder and either rename or delete .apk file associated with the car panel. I've deleted mine and I'm not sure of the exact name of it.
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I've seen where some usb cables have the extra pin grounded and the car dock will open when plugged into any sort of charger, unchecking the option to start automatically under settings/dock will fix that.
Are you saying it opens without being plugged into anything all by itself?

I have had that same problem for about 5 months. I'm guessing u also have speakerphone active every time you start a call, right? What I always do is after I flash a new Rom go in to car panel- settings- and disable auto launch then open titanium backup and uninstall car panel. This doesn't work as good on sense 2.0 Roman tho, it won't ever actually pop up but it will be in your task bar constantly. Sorry u r going thru this too cuz I know how pissed it used to make me.

You probably have a problem with your USB port. Best thing to do is take it in to Sprint and get it looked at.
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Thanks for all the quick replies guys. Yeah I figured it's probably a grounded pin somewhere making the phone think that it's always docked. I'm using MIUI now and I don't think I can uninstall the car panel part.
But by far the most annoying part is the phone always defaulting to speakerphone, totally awesome when I'm at college haha.

My girlfreind has the issue on her phone but only when using a certain charger. I didn't realize the problem she has with speakerphone activating were related. Does turning off the dock auto-launch also fix the speaker phone issue?

[Q] dhd gps starting all the time

Ok so having changed Rom recently from cm7 to leedroid all of a sudden the location service keeps starting up by itself and is wrecking my brain so bad i want to throw the phone at the wall!!!!
it starts up all the time even during calls which puts the phone onto loudspeaker, any ideas how to uninstall location as i dont use it anyway, or anyone got any suggestions as to a rom that doesnt have it on ?
Any help greatly appreciated

I remember reading something somewhere about the phone thinking it's being connected to a car dock all the time. It sounds like that's what is going on in your case, it would explain the GPS and the loudspeaker for calls - this is what you want when you're connected to a car dock.
If you don't use the car dock (I have never used it but I know people do) you could uninstall it, see if that fixes it
edit: found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901175

yeah found that one myself mate thanks, i uninstalled locations through cmd then switched off plugged usb in and switched on, this worked but only for one or two calls. gonna have a look and try uninstall the car dock app, if anyone knows how to do it , that would be great !!!

tommytenbellies said:
yeah found that one myself mate thanks, i uninstalled locations through cmd then switched off plugged usb in and switched on, this worked but only for one or two calls. gonna have a look and try uninstall the car dock app, if anyone knows how to do it , that would be great !!!
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Search for SystemApp Remover. It allows you to remove system apps.

joooe said:
Search for SystemApp Remover. It allows you to remove system apps.
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or Titanium Backup is a free option that does the same plus more
Good luck with it

Car Mode enables itself

My evo has decided that it is forever in car mode. I have tried uninstalling the car mode apps, and even multiple Android OSs, but it will not go away. I am c currently using aokp milestone 5, but it shows up on milestone 4, and MikG (haven't tried any others yet)
HOW CAN I END THIS MADNESS???????
EVO 4G
AOKP-M5
Sprint

This is a symptom of a bad USB port... I would take it to a certified Sprint store, that is if you have TEP, and have them repair it. If the tech is actually smart they will do it even if the phone is rooted, because they will recognize it as a hardware error. Though it may be smart to throw a stock ROM on there and act like a noob when you go in... that always works.

Thanks

One thing you may want to try as an interim solution is to freeze the car panel application. I have My Backup Pro doing just that now for my evo running Classic Rom. If you have the paid versions of My Backup, or Titanium Backup, you can freeze apps. Don't know if it'll help in this case, but it may be worth a shot.

hornmich said:
One thing you may want to try as an interim solution is to freeze the car panel application. I have My Backup Pro doing just that now for my evo running Classic Rom. If you have the paid versions of My Backup, or Titanium Backup, you can freeze apps. Don't know if it'll help in this case, but it may be worth a shot.
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Yeah I tried that... stopped the pop ups but not the notifications or the actual car mode... but thanks for the thought!

SobelWang69 said:
Yeah I tried that... stopped the pop ups but not the notifications or the actual car mode... but thanks for the thought!
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Try it on rom manager go to manage apps, find car panel and long click till you see the pop up menu and click advance freeze and make sure everything is frozen
sent from my evol supersonic

I did... didn't u read the post u quoted??????

SobelWang69 said:
I did... didn't u read the post u quoted??????
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Yeah you said you used my back up pro and titanium back up not ROM toolbox....,,, , didn't you read the post you quoted??????????
sent from my evol supersonic

I didn't quote, but ur right... my bad

could also be a bad usb cable, had three cables do this to me. got hundreds of usb cables so i switched and bam no more car mode. which was weird since its usually one of the first apps i remove after flashing a rom, but it would still pop up. new cable fixed it for me.
good luck.

Phone not playing sounds

Was trying to kill the sounds from the camera and came across a thread that said to copy volume.db to system\etc and in terminal emulator type kill all mediaserver
since i did that, i have no sound at all, phone doesn't ring and doesn't play media
how do i undo that command?

sinfony78 said:
Was trying to kill the sounds from the camera and came across a thread that said to copy volume.db to system\etc and in terminal emulator type kill all mediaserver
since i did that, i have no sound at all, phone doesn't ring and doesn't play media
how do i undo that command?
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When you reboot, media server should be initialized again and everything should be fine again.

rebooting does not work, tried it several times
seems like everything is turned off, including vibrate...any other ideas?
i'm stock, but rooted

perhaps delete volume.db and then restart.
Or type mediaserver into terminal emulator
Worst case: titanium backup and then odin.

i think it's the phone...odin'd back to stock and still no sounds or vibrate
how annoying
taking to sprint store...thanks for trying to help

Try deleting.the db file to where u copied it to. then reboot phone and see what happens. if it doesnt work, reodin an check box reparttion, then try
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LORDFIRE00 said:
Try deleting.the db file to where u copied it to. then reboot phone and see what happens. if it doesnt work, reodin an check box reparttion, then try
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volume.db has since been deleted, in fact there never was one in that location, so there's no backup
reodin'd with repartition checked and still no good.
it's weird cause both the speaker and vibration is not working...how does a hardware issue break both at the same time? and why doesn't an odin work either

Can u send me the link to that thread about moving the db file please? i want to read the instruction...in every instruction there is a revert method... sometimes its just hard to notice it.
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i found the link through google, and looking at it now, it is instructions for the s3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722136
hence no original volume.db in the location specified, so technically all i really did was a killall task
i think it is coincidence that sounds/vibrate went out the same day i did this. i got a free replacement from sprint

No audio through top speaker?

During voice calls I get no audio through the top speaker (people can hear me fine however so it's not a microphone issue). When I switch to speaker phone I at least get audio from the bottom speaker so I can use the phone. However, playing music or any video content both speakers work fine. I factory reset the phone and it worked fine for a few hours, then quit. Booted the phone in safe mode, didn't work. Factory reset and didn't install ANY apps, didnt even link a gmail to it, didn't work.
This will be my 3rd device (2nd replacement through verizon and the original) that have all had the same problem. I would say it's an app issue, but when it still doesn't work in safe mode, or before installing any apps....
Verizon is clueless and just keeps telling me they'll send me a new device. Any ideas?

T6D16C84 said:
During voice calls I get no audio through the top speaker (people can hear me fine however so it's not a microphone issue). When I switch to speaker phone I at least get audio from the bottom speaker so I can use the phone. However, playing music or any video content both speakers work fine. I factory reset the phone and it worked fine for a few hours, then quit. Booted the phone in safe mode, didn't work. Factory reset and didn't install ANY apps, didnt even link a gmail to it, didn't work.
This will be my 3rd device (2nd replacement through verizon and the original) that have all had the same problem. I would say it's an app issue, but when it still doesn't work in safe mode, or before installing any apps....
Verizon is clueless and just keeps telling me they'll send me a new device. Any ideas?
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Did you check to make sure Hearing Aids is turned off in phone/settings/accessibility?

Wow, I literally searched every forum. Scoured the internet from top to bottom and got no answers. Thank you kind sir. Any idea why it would randomly turn itself on?

an21281 said:
Did you check to make sure Hearing Aids is turned off in phone/settings/accessibility?
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And 3 reps couldn't figure this out. Ever consider working for Google?

Three Google reps, and 4 Verizon reps. Not a single one came up with that.

T6D16C84 said:
Wow, I literally searched every forum. Scoured the internet from top to bottom and got no answers. Thank you kind sir. Any idea why it would randomly turn itself on?
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wekebu said:
And 3 reps couldn't figure this out. Ever consider working for Google?
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T6D16C84 said:
Three Google reps, and 4 Verizon reps. Not a single one came up with that.
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Ha, yeah the reps will just say to factory reset which won't help. The setting is backed up with Google account and restored once set up again. I actually started a thread about this problem a week or two ago....
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Dear Sir,
I read the above and I checked also the hearing aids which is off in my device but top speaker is still not working. Any further checking that I should do?

Can anyone get me dumps for system/etc & vendor/etc? I wanna know if i can tune your device's speaker amps

UltraM8 said:
Can anyone get me dumps for system/etc & vendor/etc? I wanna know if i can tune your device's speaker amps
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Do not even know where to find these information. moreover the top speaker is completely off, do you believe that is a matter of tuning.
For sure the device need also a better tuning since the top speaker is less lowed than the bottom one.
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T6D16C84 said:
Wow, I literally searched every forum. Scoured the internet from top to bottom and got no answers. Thank you kind sir. Any idea why it would randomly turn itself on?
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Did that worked for you?

fotischr said:
Do not even know where to find these information. moreover the top speaker is completely off, do you believe that is a matter of tuning.
For sure the device need also a better tuning since the top speaker is less lowed than the bottom one.
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You need your phone rooted & File explorer, you just open the app & copy /system to sdcard, pack it up & send to me. Or if you're unrooted, then FX file explorer can copy /system partition to sdcard (doesen't matter if it's internal, or external one) without root.
If you do that - i can take a look at system files & libs in order to know what's possible. Maybe it's also possible to force earpiece to reproduce music stream via mixer patch. Anyways, i'll better know if anything is possible only when i look through the files. The reason why i'm asking is because i've tried all img unpackers that i know, but they crash when i try to unpack any Oreo firmware img, for whatever reason.

Hello, i have made an App for this Problem. I have two Pixel 2 XL since 1 week and when i got my first call i hear, that the ringtone was very quiet.
So i tryed to solve this Probleme with an App. After 1 week my App ist now ready.
I would be glad if someone would try my Workaround.
I'am sorry but i can't post links. You can find my App in the playstore com.loudspeaker

UltraM8 said:
You need your phone rooted & File explorer, you just open the app & copy /system to sdcard, pack it up & send to me. Or if you're unrooted, then FX file explorer can copy /system partition to sdcard (doesen't matter if it's internal, or external one) without root.
If you do that - i can take a look at system files & libs in order to know what's possible. Maybe it's also possible to force earpiece to reproduce music stream via mixer patch. Anyways, i'll better know if anything is possible only when i look through the files. The reason why i'm asking is because i've tried all img unpackers that i know, but they crash when i try to unpack any Oreo firmware img, for whatever reason.
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hey bro..........have u came up with something which activates both speakers for voice calls on loudspeaker, ringtones and notification?

jammyjamil said:
hey bro..........have u came up with something which activates both speakers for voice calls on loudspeaker, ringtones and notification?
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I don't have the device

Toggle off hearing aid setting
I ran into the same problem when I first setup my Pixel 2 XL and here is how I determined what caused it.
Verizon test calls are #832.
1) I tested the phone when I first got it without holding up to my ear, that has hearing aids, and the top speaker and both speakers worked fine.
2) I tested the phone #832 and held it up to my ear, the top speaker did not work, but when I put it on speaker mode, I can hear.
The way to fix is hit the phone application as if you are going to make a call, hit the three ellipse on the upper right side, this is a menu (3 dots) > Settings > Accessibility > Toggle off Hearing Aid.
I am a combat veteran, so I have two Resound Revision hearing aids to help me hear, these through a small 2.5 GH signature that caused the Pixel to automatically Toggle On the Hearing Aid feature.
I hope this solution works out for you.
T6D16C84 said:
During voice calls I get no audio through the top speaker (people can hear me fine however so it's not a microphone issue). When I switch to speaker phone I at least get audio from the bottom speaker so I can use the phone. However, playing music or any video content both speakers work fine. I factory reset the phone and it worked fine for a few hours, then quit. Booted the phone in safe mode, didn't work. Factory reset and didn't install ANY apps, didnt even link a gmail to it, didn't work.
This will be my 3rd device (2nd replacement through verizon and the original) that have all had the same problem. I would say it's an app issue, but when it still doesn't work in safe mode, or before installing any apps....
Verizon is clueless and just keeps telling me they'll send me a new device. Any ideas?
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fixed, but took a while to find the setting
T6D16C84 said:
Three Google reps, and 4 Verizon reps. Not a single one came up with that.
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My initial attempts failed because I was looking in the main system accessibility settings. When I finally went into the phone app and then clicked the 3-dots and selected settings, I was able to select that accessibility menu which contained the Hearing aids option. Turning that option off restored the top speaker phone function. Still no idea of how that option got set . . .
Thanks!
Carl

carlvanwormer said:
My initial attempts failed because I was looking in the main system accessibility settings. When I finally went into the phone app and then clicked the 3-dots and selected settings, I was able to select that accessibility menu which contained the Hearing aids option. Turning that option off restored the top speaker phone function. Still no idea of how that option got set . . .
Thanks!
Carl
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Thanks so much, that saved me!