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Car app issue

Having a wierd issue that started last weekend. My phone acts like the car dock is always "on". Thing is it hasn't been on the phone since I installed the rom and deleted it. Phone always answers or dials out with speaker on. Screen rotates and that is checked off. I went as far as switching to a cm nand same thing. Fresh install of cm, mik, myn and even a plain stock rooted. All exhibit the same behavior. Help. And yes I wiped, format all zip. Went as far as unrooting, s-on and back to a 3.29 or something ruu
So in the unrooted it acted the same way. Rerooted tried cm7 latest nightly fresh install upon first boot its loads into car home. Same with mik4.5. Deleted the app and same behavior.
From my best knowledge it did just start randomly

you try deleteing the car panel apk via root explorer?

Yeah it had been deleted. When the issue first started on cm6.1.2 car home was not even installed on phone. So after that and trying to trouble shoot by flashing various roms the issue still persists
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I think you have a problem with your USB port. It is thinking it's connected to a car dock, so it launches the car screen. My gf's EVO had this problem, we took it in to Sprint and they cleaned up the connector and it has been fine ever since. They said this has been a common problem, especially with people that use car chargers. The plug on the end of the USB cable gets crap in it, then gets plugged into the phone.
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sd card
did you check to see if you had any thing related to the car app on your sd card

Cannot find anything on the sdcard related to any car "app"(home or panel), I will go about trying to clean out the charging port tomorrow when I get my hands on some air
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[Q] phone always goin into car mode

I'm using eternal prophecy v5.3 and my phone has been goin into car mode almost once every hour. It just started doin this today, it happens when the phone is and isn't plugged in, any idea what could be goin on?

Mine was doing that with CM but only when plugged in.
Delete car mode unless you actually use it.

r916 said:
Mine was doing that with CM but only when plugged in.
Delete car mode unless you actually use it.
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Alright this is gonna sound crazy lol, but car panel doesn't show up as one my applications. I just get an icon in the notification area sayin "car mode enabled, click to disable"

Jaybenosa said:
Alright this is gonna sound crazy lol, but car panel doesn't show up as one my applications. I just get an icon in the notification area sayin "car mode enabled, click to disable"
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Do you have Titanium back up installed? if not install it, it will be in there.
I don't know the cause of the problem, I had the same exact thing happen to me and I was like WTF?
Even after I deleted it, it still popped up a couple times before I rebooted the phone a few times and it hasn't came up since (about 2 weeks now).

r916 said:
Do you have Titanium back up installed? if not install it, it will be in there.
I don't know the cause of the problem, I had the same exact thing happen to me and I was like WTF?
Even after I deleted it, it still popped up a couple times before I rebooted the phone a few times and it hasn't came up since (about 2 weeks now).
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Gonna dl titanium back up right now, thanks for all the replies

Jaybenosa said:
Gonna dl titanium back up right now, thanks for all the replies
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No problem, this is quite an annoying little bug.

Ok, I downloaded titanium back up and car panel is not there..whats goin on with my phone. LoL

Related issue:
In my CM, my MAPS always opens up. Any fixes for that?
Like I'll have the phone in my pocket and I'll take it out to do something and boom.. maps is open.

arozer said:
Related issue:
In my CM, my MAPS always opens up. Any fixes for that?
Like I'll have the phone in my pocket and I'll take it out to do something and boom.. maps is open.
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Have you tried to go to settings>applications>running services>choose force stop on maps. ?

So, I just unplugged my phone from the charger and what do you know, car mode enabled lol...you think its something on my sd card maybe??

Ok, I think my phone is possessed! Now, not only does it go into car mode, it disables it and reenables it. So while my phone is off, it turns on with the car mode icon n the notification area, and then turns off and the icon disappears. After a minute it does the whole sequence all over again!! I think the devil lives in my phone and is just f$?!&@ with me....smh

I had the same problem with my Evo wen i first got it..... then one day it just stopped. Mine only did it when I plugged it in though, but it was a good month that it was doing it and like I said it just stopped. Hope the same happens for you.

chefdave12118 said:
I had the same problem with my Evo wen i first got it..... then one day it just stopped. Mine only did it when I plugged it in though, but it was a good month that it was doing it and like I said it just stopped. Hope the same happens for you.
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I hope it stops soon, it's getting really annoying lol

does it still do that if you freeze car mode apk? Or uninstall it? I saw someone that even with the apk uninstalled it continued but i should think freezing or uninstalling is worth a shot. I'll also ask him if he ever got his fixed...

evomattnc said:
does it still do that if you freeze car mode apk? Or uninstall it? I saw someone that even with the apk uninstalled it continued but i should think freezing or uninstalling is worth a shot. I'll also ask him if he ever got his fixed...
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I've downloaded titanium back up and can't find the .apk I don't think I have car panel installed on my phone anywhere but it just wants to enable car mode, I know it sounds weird

This car mode issue is caused by a problem with the USB port. It is sensing that it's connected to a car dock, so it launches car mode. You might need to unroot and take your phone into Sprint to get it fixed.
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kd0axs said:
This car mode issue is caused by a problem with the USB port. It is sensing that it's connected to a car dock, so it launches car mode. You might need to unroot and take your phone into Sprint to get it fixed.
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It happens when my phone is not connected to the charger though.

It's a hardware problem with the USB port. Something happens and it always thinks it's connected to a car dock. 2 of my 4 phones have had this problem. Both had to be replaced.

Jaybenosa said:
It happens when my phone is not connected to the charger though.
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Yes, that's exactly the problem. It senses a car dock connection even when nothing is connected to the USB port.
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Car mode on!

I'm using CM9 A2 right now. I don't know how, but one of my friend switched the 'car mode' on. Now my phone rotates 360° and ALL calls directly go to speaker phone.
I had got 'car mode' on notification once. Then it never came back. But I definitely saw it.
What all I tried:
- Restarting the phone
- Factory Reset
- Change Google Account
- Wiped everything and flashed the ROM again
PLEASE tell me how the hell do I shut it.
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Ok, I factory reset my phone. Still that thing poped up GRRRRR..
PLEASE HELPP!!

Sounds like a rom reinstall may be your only option. Sorry
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I did that! but the settings got restored -___-

Ok so I don't think it was because of the google account. I even tried changing the google account but this thing just pops up again! GRR. Please help!!
What all I tried:
- Restarting the phone
- Factory Reset
- Change Google Account
- Wiped everything and flashed the ROM again

Dirt inte the micro-USB connector. IE it thinks a car charger i plugged in because there is some short in the USB port.
Saw another thread on the same issue.

He do I fix it?
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Clean it somehow, maybe stabbing the USB-connection a few times with the charger connector
Try to find the other thread where it was mentioned, I think they carefully cleaned the micro-usb with something until it worked.

Oh damn, it was in Wildfire S sub-forum itself?
Will try finding it right away!

Reflash the rom with GAPPS that doesn't contain Car mode? Maybe that fixes it?

Royal King said:
Oh damn, it was in Wildfire S sub-forum itself?
Will try finding it right away!
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Probably in one of the CM 9 threads. But I also read CM 7.2 here and in the HTC Desire forum. Any any other threads that seems interresting

pinussen said:
Clean it somehow, maybe stabbing the USB-connection a few times with the charger connector
Try to find the other thread where it was mentioned, I think they carefully cleaned the micro-usb with something until it worked.
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God! That actually worked! Hahaha, thanks mate

Clean the Micro USB port.. seems to be working
Iniially to was getting auto speaker on, Car mode at every time and i was fed up. I re installed different ROMs and after some days, the problem reappeared. I et it to be some bug.. But after this trick (cleaning the micro USB port) , there was thick dirt stuck inside . Now after cleaninf i am not getting the instances of Car mode and AUTO speaker on mode.. Try it guys. its one such hello of a solution

Calls Routed To Loudspeaker & Clock App Launches

Helllloooooo, everyone!
I don't know if I've done something stupid or not, but my wildfire is really messing up, I was running CM 7.2 RC1 and basically, all of a sudden this morning I have had a "Car Mode Enabled" or similar notification.
BUT
I don't have Car Home installed?
and since this, all my calls are routed to Loudspeaker immediately
and when I press, "Home" it launches the Clock app?
I have tried the following:
clearing defaults I could think of - Holo launcher, Clock, Android System.
installing and removing Car Home apk.
Flashing NEW NIGHTLY
AFTER flashing lastest nightly "cm-7-20120812-NIGHTLY-buzz", I rebooted, and it seemed to be running ok,... I then had to reboot again...... and the problem came again....? HELP? this aint good :crying:
and now I have given up and going back to an NANdroid backup of the CM7.2. - THIS IS AN EARLIER BACKUP OF CM7.2 AS MENTIONED ABOVE.
EDIT:
It is now doing it on this NANdroid as well...

GlennBrownie said:
I don't know if I've done something stupid or not, but my wildfire is really messing up, I was running CM 7.2 RC1 and basically, all of a sudden this morning I have had a "Car Mode Enabled" or similar notification.
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I don't have Car Home installed?
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you have (unless you're missing gapps on your system - because it's a part of gapps...)
and since this, all my calls are routed to Loudspeaker immediately
and when I press, "Home" it launches the Clock app?
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rings a bell - there has been another guy who seem to have a similar/the same problem (not solved...?)
Have you cleared (better wiped) dalvik-cache after uninstalling the apps?
You could try this clean flashing method (if you didn't already):
- format /system
- wipe /cache
- flash CM7
- flash gapps
- reboot
If that doesn't work, I'd try a completely fresh install of CM
- format /system, /data
- wipe /cache, dalvik-cache
- flash CM
- flash gapps
- reboot
If that works: partial restore ("advanced") of data, see if it's working then

Data/data will store system removed apps data file so look at deleting any car home data from there too. Its been mentioned that it could be caused from a dirty/faulty usb hole port!! Try cleaning that too.
I have gapps without car home
Forum fishing.... Who's biting!

slymobi said:
I have gapps without car home
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lol, yes I know but I use it from time to time (remember I'm old - the buttons are easier to hit while driving...)
Swyped from my HTC Wildfire (Buzz)

Ok, well I don't know what happened but I think it was a faulty USB port.
I was using the phone as it is, even though it does get irritating *sigh* lol.
Whilst at a friends, my phone died, I attempted to use a micro USB charger there, but it did not charge as I THEN noticed that the connection was minutely smaller.
when I got home, I put my phone on charge, turned it on and it was displaying the "Car Home Enabled" notification, so I "clicked to exit" and since then, it hasn't done it
I think the other charger knocked something off the contacts, like a lot of people are saying they had stuff in the port?
at least I know where I can find something to use if it happens again!

GlennBrownie said:
Ok, well I don't know what happened but I think it was a faulty USB port.
I was using the phone as it is, even though it does get irritating *sigh* lol.
Whilst at a friends, my phone died, I attempted to use a micro USB charger there, but it did not charge as I THEN noticed that the connection was minutely smaller.
when I got home, I put my phone on charge, turned it on and it was displaying the "Car Home Enabled" notification, so I "clicked to exit" and since then, it hasn't done it
I think the other charger knocked something off the contacts, like a lot of people are saying they had stuff in the port?
at least I know where I can find something to use if it happens again!
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This has already been mentioned in at least 2 or 3 other threads with a similar problem: a dirty usb port might lead into activation of car home (or worse).
I'd give a compressed air blast a try as the problem most likely could occur again...

eventcom said:
This has already been mentioned in at least 2 or 3 other threads with a similar problem: a dirty usb port might lead into activation of car home (or worse).
I'd give a compressed air blast a try as the problem most likely could occur again...
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But be careful not to blow dust/other random bits into the phone as it leads straight onto your lcd between that and your digitizer. Low pressure air is highly recommended lol. I learnt the idiots way.
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Phone keeps rebooting/vibrate pulsing

Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated

Its a sticky power button.
There has been plenty of threads about this. Search and ull find me and my suggestions on several of them.
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bzlik88 said:
Its a sticky power button.
There has been plenty of threads about this. Search and ull find me and my suggestions on several of them.
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Cant be because it does not restart in recovery mode or download mode. I actually did a full wipe system and it fixed the issue. But now i realize when i start downloading my banking app, pandora, and other apps it starts crashing again. I dont know what to do. I guess I cant use any apps on my galaxy s2... lol this is sooooo stupid

rayoubi said:
Cant be because it does not restart in recovery mode or download mode. I actually did a full wipe system and it fixed the issue. But now i realize when i start downloading my banking app, pandora, and other apps it starts crashing again. I dont know what to do. I guess I cant use any apps on my galaxy s2... lol this is sooooo stupid
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Hmmm interesting....
Would u mind going to a custom ROM? If not then I suggest u try slimstar 2.2 and see if everything works. I think its whatever ROM u downloaded....keep me posted
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rayoubi said:
Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated
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i work reparing cellphones and t989 have 2 problems, one of them is power button problems and the other one is board problems.. that poblem come with most of gs2.. i mean isnt the first time i see it...

My t989 is having the same problem
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i work reparing cellphones and t989 have 2 problems, one of them is power button problems and the other one is board problems.. that poblem come with most of gs2.. i mean isnt the first time i see it...
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I took it to a repair shop, where I was told to send it to Samsung to do a heavy-duty root. The power button does need to be replaced because there is no spring when you push down on it. I have no idea if there's a root glitch. Has anyone sent their phone to Samsung? What happened? Are there alternatives?
Thank you!

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I took it to a repair shop, where I was told to send it to Samsung to do a heavy-duty root. The power button does need to be replaced because there is no spring when you push down on it. I have no idea if there's a root glitch. Has anyone sent their phone to Samsung? What happened? Are there alternatives?
Thank you!
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It was amazing, I had the same problem but all i did was open up the back up undoing all the tiny screws and then took a can on compressed air and sprayed out the power button and its been working for more than a month now with the problem completely gone! try that first before sending to sammy.

Ok I am in the same boat. My device does not boot up, it will get to Samsung logo and restart half the time and the other half just vibrates every 2 seconds. I removed the battery while plugged in and it still vibrates. I took it apart and blew the power button with compressed air and nothing. Here is the funny thing if I bang the hell out of it, it almost boots up. Is there something that I can do less than sending it to Sammy ? If not I will sell it on craigslist for parts.

saldebot said:
Ok I am in the same boat. My device does not boot up, it will get to Samsung logo and restart half the time and the other half just vibrates every 2 seconds. I removed the battery while plugged in and it still vibrates. I took it apart and blew the power button with compressed air and nothing. Here is the funny thing if I bang the hell out of it, it almost boots up. Is there something that I can do less than sending it to Sammy ? If not I will sell it on craigslist for parts.
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Same thing here. Only way to get it to power on is by hitting it, the harder the better it seems. After it turns on, touching the power button will make it go in to the restart loop 90% of the time. This sucks!
For me this started after I dropped my phone...with the case on and on carpet. I have also opened it up and sprayed with compressed air to no avail.

RogueCoyote said:
Same thing here. Only way to get it to power on is by hitting it, the harder the better it seems. After it turns on, touching the power button will make it go in to the restart loop 90% of the time. This sucks!
For me this started after I dropped my phone...with the case on and on carpet. I have also opened it up and sprayed with compressed air to no avail.
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Hi my problem is the same as I opened it and verify that the power button is fine (I think so) but still do not like someone comes up with a solution?????

Solution in my case !
rayoubi said:
Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated
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Hi Folks,
I had the same problem, the problem started when I dropped my fone on carpeted floor, here are symptoms
Fone restarts on its own, start the boot, inbetween the boot starts again, then, keeps vibrating every two seconds, you have to pull the battery out to stop it,
As soon as you put the battery back in, it restarts, again getting stuck, and then vibrating every two secods,
Here is what i did
- Cursed Samsung for making a sh***y phone - Didnt work
- Smacked my phone with whatever I could fine - Didnt work
- Opened all the screws up, took apart phone, pulled out the power button module (pcb), noticed power button was loose,put some glue into it, dried it, put it back, & ITS BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN ! It was a hardware fault, its not software !
Just my two cents, it worked in my case, I cannot guarantee if it will in your case too, try at your own risk !!

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It was amazing, I had the same problem but all i did was open up the back up undoing all the tiny screws and then took a can on compressed air and sprayed out the power button and its been working for more than a month now with the problem completely gone! try that first before sending to sammy.
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Heh, I can't believe this... but it worked for me... powered on my air compressor, took logic board out, and Air Air Air in to the power button area, worked ! Thank you for this tip jctusa7

SAME
rayoubi said:
Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated
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I need this fixed

Tyler Tigner said:
I need this fixed
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Watch this video, it's how I fixed mine a few months ago: youtube.com/watch?v=pqBgbN8NLjI

Malth said:
Watch this video, it's how I fixed mine a few months ago: youtube.com/watch?v=pqBgbN8NLjI
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Same issue with SGH-M919. I was rooted and the rom I tried to use wouldn't work because the kernel caused some issues so I figured I would go back to stock. The device wouldn't go into recovery mode, so I flashed the stock rom via Odin. After the ROM loaded, the phone reset and I saw the Samsung screen then it rebooted and so on each time. It's not the power button as it works, has the spring feel to it and the phone would come one by itself if it was broken. So what can I do or am I in trouble?
Also, the phone will vibrate every 2 seconds

djerick3 said:
Same issue with SGH-M919. I was rooted and the rom I tried to use wouldn't work because the kernel caused some issues so I figured I would go back to stock. The device wouldn't go into recovery mode, so I flashed the stock rom via Odin. After the ROM loaded, the phone reset and I saw the Samsung screen then it rebooted and so on each time. It's not the power button as it works, has the spring feel to it and the phone would come one by itself if it was broken. So what can I do or am I in trouble?
Also, the phone will vibrate every 2 seconds
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Sure, the power button will "work", but if it's constantly vibrating and rebooting, it's probably an issue with the power button. Do what it shows in the video I posted, and if you do it right it'll probably fix it. I gad to attempt it twice as it didn't fix it the first time, but it's been like 4 months and I haven't had an issue since.

Thank you but it was the kernel causing problems. Somehow, the new ROM messed up the partitions and subsequently required a full wipe including all data then I flashed the stock ROM back via Odin and it was fine. I rooted it again and flashed Bliss Pop 1.8 and I love that ROM. No issues at all. Thanks for the help. I'm slowly learning about ROMs and Linux etc.. I appreciate the help. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can learn more??? Where do I post to get past this 10 posts rule???
Eric
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Wow I just realized that post was from a week ago and that was for my girls S4. We got rid of it anyway. My response was regarding my Sprint LG G3 which I am slowly mastering.

Same thing here but here i have a Lenovo …idk what to do