Does anyone know if it's possible to get the vehicle dock interface running in the car without the vehicle dock?
I have the Multimedia Dock/hd dock and was planning on mounting that on my dashboard and was wondering how to get the option in the list to use the car dock setup?
Yes you can get the car dock program running without the car dock. You need the app called Anycut from the market. This app makes shortscuts for you. The intructions are listed here in the forum. Just search for Anycut.
If you cannot find it, I will see if I can help further.
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Anycut works and is a neat app. However, I use launch x and couldn't put the anycut shortcut into my app widget. If you get the "Car Mode" app from the market, it does the exact same thing (pretty much a short cut to car dock) and acts like any other app.
Just note if you use the car mode app be sure to click the app icon after you close it otherwise whenever you hit the home button it will bring up the car home. Took me a min to figure that out.
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I have used programs like Locale and other dock programs and they work great to open my desk clock when connected to my dock from eBay, however, is there any way to open the navipanel when in my car? Via an application or a car charger that sends the instruction to the phone?
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Does anyone have experience with a ROM that will support that official car dock?
What level of support? Ideally I'd like to find one that will launch the car dock app. It would be even better if I could get it to launch the Google car app, rather than the HTC one, which doesn't seem to have a 'speak destination' button.
If nothing else, I may settle for 'doesn't force the phone to reboot when inserted'.
Appreciate your suggestions!
Looks like LeeDroid is a winner.
I'm not sure if my crashing problem was caused by Desire HD ports or not.
geoff_ramsay said:
Does anyone have experience with a ROM that will support that official car dock?
What level of support? Ideally I'd like to find one that will launch the car dock app. It would be even better if I could get it to launch the Google car app, rather than the HTC one, which doesn't seem to have a 'speak destination' button.
If nothing else, I may settle for 'doesn't force the phone to reboot when inserted'.
Appreciate your suggestions!
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I've been using NextSense, OpenDesire and MIUI-Au (in that order) with the car dock. None of them rebooted, but none of them automatically activated the car app either (probably because I've never used the HTC car dock and always used the Google one).
The Google car app has a function that enables it when a particular BT device is detected. That's what I use. So my phone goes into car mode when it sees the Parrot BT carkit. That works pretty well (now to automatically disable car mode... that doesn't work yet).
The Google car dock is in the standard Google app pack (gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip). You'll need CarHomeGoogle.apk and CarHomeLauncher.apk.
I am running CM7 Final on my EVO. When I put the phone in the Car Dock it launches my Car Dock App just fine. However, when I put it in the HTC Docking Station it only charges (and says USB connected if it is on the computer).
I am looking to enable it see the dock and ask me what default program I would like to run when docked in the Home Dock.
Help or Suggestions greatly appriciated.
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I am running CM9 alpha 3 and I'm absolutly loving it. It's great ot be able to get audio through the car dock with no extra installs. I also found Car Dock Settings that allows for automatic volume maximization on docking like Galaxy Dock Sound Redirector does for custom kernels.
I also have the Multimedia Desktop Dock for my desk and unfortunately I haven't been able to get sound out of the 3.5mm plug. Does anyone know if that is possible and how to make it happen?
dewey1973 said:
I am running CM9 alpha 3 and I'm absolutly loving it. It's great ot be able to get audio through the car dock with no extra installs. I also found Car Dock Settings that allows for automatic volume maximization on docking like Galaxy Dock Sound Redirector does for custom kernels.
I also have the Multimedia Desktop Dock for my desk and unfortunately I haven't been able to get sound out of the 3.5mm plug. Does anyone know if that is possible and how to make it happen?
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I'm also having the same issue though i'm not a epic 4g user. does car-docking direct you to different screen like car mode? as you know, media dock directs you to desk clock. I'm trying to merge those two dock options into car-dock as a temporary solution. does cm9 has car mode? i don't have a car dock but only media dock
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I'm also having the same issue though i'm not a epic 4g user. does car-docking direct you to different screen like car mode? as you know, media dock directs you to desk clock. I'm trying to merge those two dock options into car-dock as a temporary solution. does cm9 has car mode? i don't have a car dock but only media dock
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It has car mode because it shows the steering wheel icon in the notification bar but it doesn't take you to a dock app. I don't like the car dock apps so I'm actually fine with that.
dewey1973 said:
It has car mode because it shows the steering wheel icon in the notification bar but it doesn't take you to a dock app. I don't like the car dock apps so I'm actually fine with that.
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well then pretty much the solution would be merging desk dock mode into car mode so that it recognizes it as car dock temporarily. Thanks for your answer I was trying to know it before I really spend my time to fix it. Hopefully it works...
Did you manage to get this working? I have the same problem on my i9000.
I have the same issue with the multimedia dock. It works fine on AOKP, but I don't know if it's kernel or ROM related. Might even be audioflinger. Think I will try and push a couple libs from AOKP and see if it changes anything.
Looking for a car mode / car dock app. Any suggestions?
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Looking for a car mode / car dock app. Any suggestions?
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I use Ultra Car Home. It's a nice app, but the N4 doesn't have a car dock mode, so when you press the home button on the Nexus 4 while Ultra Car Home is running, it returns to your homescreen and not the car home app. Not the app's fault, but it still sucks that it happens.
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Looking for a car mode / car dock app. Any suggestions?
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I'm also in the same boat, trying out Car Widget by Alex Gavrishev.