Hi guys,
My phone keeps going into car mode at completely random times. I have switched ROMs and wiped everything but this has happened on 3 different ROMs now.
Anything you can suggest??
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i think its something on my SD card. I just deleted everything apart from the necessary stuff and its no longer doing it.
Any thoughts why this should happen?
do you have the phone in a case with a magnet in by any chance?
i had this problem, i search A LOT and i found that it is caused by a short in the phone plug or your usb cable.
do you have this problem anytime or just when it is plugged in the cable?
tha phone knows that you plug into a car dock by this intentional short that is made, sometimes the usb cable may be doing it and sometimes the short is inside phone plug.
in my case the problem was in phone plug and i fixed it by cleaning the the plug with a very tiny pin and isopropyl alcohol (really don't know if that's the name in english =oP)...
hope it can help you
It's funny actually coz it doesn't go into car mode at all when plugged in. But it seems to have stopped now. I reinstalled clockworkmod and the problem seems to have gone completely. Don't know of this is the problem but whatever ive done over last couple of days has sorted it. I hope!!!
I just discovered something strange about my Inspire: I have an adapter to step the size down from mini-USB to micro-USB. When I use one particular charger, the phone switches to the Car Panel as soon as I plug it in. I've got no idea. Phone is completely stock, not rooted. I originally sideloaded a Swype keyboard but deleted it and installed the Slide-It after I realized the Swype would quit working every time the publisher issued a new beta.
Anyway, it's something in that particular power supply that triggers the Car Panel to activate.
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Yesterday, I went to a car audio shop primarily to get an alarm installed and they said they would install a hardwire micro USB cable (that I purchased online and brought with me) for free while they were at it. It was to go to my N1 car dock. The install took all the way until closing time so the owner of the shop went over it with me and then everyone went home. It was late on a Friday and I didn't think to test the hardwire install. Probably wouldn't have mattered much then anyway.
This morning, I docked my phone and nothing happened. I originally thought it was a software error so I reflashed everything, still no luck. Then I swapped cables to the lighter socket and the phone docked/charged correctly - I should note that the dock worked fine before using the lighter socket cable. I plugged my phone into the hardwire USB and it started charging. I put the hardwire cable back into the dock and tried docking again multiple times. Nothing happened until right when I was about to go inside, I docked and saw the charging light come on and Car Home popped up.
I drove around for a bit and didn't lose docking once. This was all well until I had to come home to unload groceries and then go back out. After shutting off and restarting my car, I docked and nothing happened.
What I wanted to convey in this lengthy story is what is known right now. The dock paired with the lighter socket cable works fine. The hardwire cable charges my phone fine. The dock paired with the hardwire cable doesn't work 99% of the time.
To all the EE and circuit-savvy people, do you have any ideas as to what could be wrong? I called the shop owner's personal line today and he thinks it might be a loose connection somewhere. This was before I drove around, and after the normal bumps and things of driving and not losing dock, I don't think that's it. I tried jiggling the cable and making sure the USB connector fit properly; no dock. I don't think it's a faulty cable either because any time I plug it into my phone, it charges. Then again, I'm no expert on anything electrical-related so I could be missing something.
The shop offers a lifetime guarantee on install work so I'll be back Monday to have them check it out. The only bad thing is that since it's a hardwire install, the installer will have to pull dash panels to check things out and then I'll be stuck at the shop for however long it takes, which I'd like to avoid, so any troubleshooting brainstorm ideas I can pass along that might help will definitely be appreciated.
The cable I have is part # MFX5V-B-MICRO from mountguys (I can't post links yet) and if you need any more info from me to troubleshoot, I'll be happy to provide it.
I would actually venture to think its a voltage/ampage problem, which could be due to a loose connection, but is probably just because a line has been spliced too many times. Ie enough juice to charge a phone but not enough to power a dock.
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Thanks for the input. Hopefully things will sort themselves out tomorrow.
I'll come back with an update after everything is solved in case anyone here is also curious as to what went wrong.
Wasn't a EE problem at all. One of the two protruding prongs on the male end was loose. Got a new cable for free and now all is well.
My Evo recently started to answers the phone with the speaker phone enabled. Its super irritating as I have to click on the speaker phone for it to go back to normal. I googled online and some people say removing the battery works. However, i tried it but it still answers with the speaker phone on.
What rom setup are you using, I had the same problem using deck's 1.0 GB rom with sz 2.1.0 kernel. I did a full wipe and fresh install and the problem went away... its worth a try.
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Im running Fresh v3.5.0.1 and netarchy-toastmod-4.3.2-cfs-nosbc-havs-less-universal-signed kernel.
Im in the process of backing up all my data to do a factory wipe and moving to MikFroYo v4.62. Hope its a software glitch and not hardware.
Just did a factory wipe (2x's), then cleared cache/davik (2x's) to be safe. Then installed MikFroYo v4.62. On first boot it goes directly to Car Dock. Im beginning to think its a hardware problem as I read online car dock runs when there is a short on the usb pins.
Unrooted and rolled back to the stock Sprint RUU. Everything is stock and it still has this speaker/car dock problem. I found this video on google and they talk about a DIY car dock usb cable. Apparently, car dock activates when pins 4 & 5 on the usb cable is shorted. Normally, Pin 4 is not used and Pin 5 is ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsshBuX-DfQ
In a normal USB cable, the wires are connected to the pins in a specific order.
For example:
Pin Name Cable color Description
1 VCC Red +5 VDC
2 D- White USB Data -
3 D+ Green USB Data +
4
5 GND Black Ground
So, with a micro usb cabled plugged into the phone I wiggle the usb connector and sure enough car dock fires up. Definetly a hardware issue. I hope Sprint will fix this one under the HTC 1yr warranty.
I believe it to be a hardware issue as well. My Evo started having this issue last week. Annoying as all hell but after trying different kernels and Roms and having no luck i started looking online for answers.
I tried cleaning the port and no luck.
I have a aftermarket plain Jane normal USB cord then i have an adapter that goes from normal USB (like BB Pearl) to mini USB for the Evo and its the only thing that will snap it out of the car mode. But only while its plugged in it will snap out of it.
If i unplug it or try using stock USB cord then it goes back into the car mode/ speaker phone frenzy/ cant use volume controls for playing music on ear phones.
This is a launch day Evo so its seen its fair share of bumps/ drops/ wear n tear but as of yesterday its after that 1 year mark. Not sure if they would warranty it now.
But alas, if they dont then i suppose i can use the insurance.
Ill keep this thread updated if i find anything solid that works.
Thanks,
wrong thread sorry.
Sprint replaced my phone under the hardware warranty ($35). I think it had to do with my phone looking like brand new with no scratches and stuff. Either way the shop said they never experienced the speaker phone problem but they usually get the bad usb port from users who cant charge.
Hey Sonjiin - Since you have also have a launch day phone. Today makes 1yr. Take it in and see if they will replace it. Good Luck!
I tried cleaning the port with Electronics contact cleaner and a cotton swab and like an idiot i used a bit to much and it got under the screen. The thing still works like a champ but it still didnt fix my issue. I ended up claiming Insurance on it. Ill be getting my replacement phone sometime today.
blkcamarozr28 said:
Unrooted and rolled back to the stock Sprint RUU. Everything is stock and it still has this speaker/car dock problem. I found this video on google and they talk about a DIY car dock usb cable. Apparently, car dock activates when pins 4 & 5 on the usb cable is shorted. Normally, Pin 4 is not used and Pin 5 is ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsshBuX-DfQ
In a normal USB cable, the wires are connected to the pins in a specific order.
For example:
Pin Name Cable color Description
1 VCC Red +5 VDC
2 D- White USB Data -
3 D+ Green USB Data +
4
5 GND Black Ground
So, with a micro usb cabled plugged into the phone I wiggle the usb connector and sure enough car dock fires up. Definetly a hardware issue. I hope Sprint will fix this one under the HTC 1yr warranty.
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Good find on that man. I work in a Sprint service center and I tried replacing the charging port with a new one and it did the trick! Never would have guessed it to be a charging port issue. I would say it is either that, or if the solder on the ports bridges the connection between the 4th and 5th pin, shorting them out. Either way, that definitely fixed the problem. Great find. Thanks button has been clicked.
This is a very old thread, but there are TONS of them across the web with zero solutions... so if someone else should search for this like I did, I want to save them the trouble.
I was also having the problem that my phone would jump into dock mode constantly, and forcefully removing the dock app did little to help. While the speakerphone issue is annoying, the WORST part was that it kept turning on my screen randomly, and it leaves the screen on.
Anyway, the fix is to use an app called NoDock by NOTHIZE. You need to be rooted, but if you're not rooted, what the hell are you doing here?!?! It completely removed the issue for me, which is incredible. They do have a trial version that you can test for 7 days before you buy it, but they kind of have you over the barrel on this one: I tried a few other Play Store apps with no success.
And if you see this exact post a few places on the internet, it's because I'm just active enough to try to help others (I'm pretty excited right now that this is fixed) but I'm too lazy to do any major editing of my comments.
Easy Fix
I think I just figured it out. Free some space on your darn phone. Lol. Delete some of your text messages (Especially if you have conversations saved with 200+ messages). Move your big apps to you SD card (ex: Angry birds at 29+ Meg). Then pull the battery. Put the battery back in. Fixed my Evo.
I hope I'm as lucky as you.
Easy Fix
I think I just figured it out. Free some space on your darn phone. Lol. Delete some of your text messages (Especially if you have conversations saved with 200+ messages). Move your big apps to you SD card (ex: Angry birds at 29+ Meg). Then pull the battery. Put the battery back in. Fixed my Evo.
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Bah.... checked and my internal memory still has 250MB free... (reverted ext-3 to 2). Jiggling it doesn't do anything to mine. SIGGGGGh
Since I updated to the most recent software a month ago I've noticed that my phone is sometimes very hard to operate when connected to the USB charger.
I've also installed some stuff since then.
The unlock (slide) jumps all over the place
and if you do manage to unlock it's very hard to select anything.
This all stops (behaviour returns to normal) once you remove the power connector.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Are you using the charger that came with the phone, ive had this problem with other phones and it has been the charger and or cable was a cheap one from the market.
Sorry if thats no help
that might be it. I do have a large collection of micro usb cables and chargers, and it's not doing it with the charger it came with.
Been working fine since launch
today woke up and the phone was dead. Put the phone on charge via usb to laptop, as soon as i did my signal is lost and cant search. when i unplug it, after a few minutes signal comes back, then goes again when i plug it back in
Anyone else seen this?
wifi and bluetooth seem unaffected
OMG - I have just changed the usb cable and its working when plugged in (I bought a new genic one yesterday as i wanted a longer cable.) can anyone tell me what might be going on. i am unsure why the new cable killed my signal
Never heard of anything like this. But this will definitely be a marketing stunt for manufacturers.
Did you use the official USB cable when it started working normal again?
yes
never had anything like it happen b4. very weird
Definitely weird. I read somewhere that somebody their GN didn't charge when using a different USB cable.
Before everyone starts accusing me of not running a simple search, take it easy, been done. And yet, nothing to help me on the matter.
So here's the thing:
Her phone won't charge. Not when plugged into the wall, BUT when I plug her phone into the computer it is recognized and allows file transfer and everything, but just that - it still won't charge.
Here's what I've found out so far:
- Not a problem with the charger: I'm using the original charger, and it works flawlessly on my own Gnex running PA 4.4
- Nothing wrong with the battery: swap batteries between phones, my phone works fine with her battery, her phone still won't charge.
- When her phone is completely OFF and I plug it in to my PC, it plays the sound of connecting and disconnecting a device, and prompts that it doesn't recognize the USB device. If I tap the power button for a second while it's off (not holding it long enough for it to turn on), it does the same thing connecting-then-disconnecting sounds and "doesn't recognize the USB device".
So - has anyone ever run into this problem before? Know how to fix it? I know the chances are it's just a hardware malfunction, but it's weird because of the ability to transfer files- usually the problem is the reverse.
In the meantime we're using my phone as a charger for both batteries untill we get the spares and wall charger we ordered, but it's a real pain.
Just trying to find a better solution than taking apart the phone and try and fix it or just ordering a new Nexus 5 (which is tempting, but don't really have the money to spend on it...)
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Before everyone starts accusing me of not running a simple search, take it easy, been done. And yet, nothing to help me on the matter.
So here's the thing:
Her phone won't charge. Not when plugged into the wall, BUT when I plug her phone into the computer it is recognized and allows file transfer and everything, but just that - it still won't charge.
Here's what I've found out so far:
- Not a problem with the charger: I'm using the original charger, and it works flawlessly on my own Gnex running PA 4.4
- Nothing wrong with the battery: swap batteries between phones, my phone works fine with her battery, her phone still won't charge.
- When her phone is completely OFF and I plug it in to my PC, it plays the sound of connecting and disconnecting a device, and prompts that it doesn't recognize the USB device. If I tap the power button for a second while it's off (not holding it long enough for it to turn on), it does the same thing connecting-then-disconnecting sounds and "doesn't recognize the USB device".
So - has anyone ever run into this problem before? Know how to fix it? I know the chances are it's just a hardware malfunction, but it's weird because of the ability to transfer files- usually the problem is the reverse.
In the meantime we're using my phone as a charger for both batteries untill we get the spares and wall charger we ordered, but it's a real pain.
Just trying to find a better solution than taking apart the phone and try and fix it or just ordering a new Nexus 5 (which is tempting, but don't really have the money to spend on it...)
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Its the micro USB port the pins are bent homie.
Some pins allow charging some allow data transfer. The ones for charging are damaged in your case.
Sorry to bring bad news.
DR3W5K1 said:
Its the micro USB port the pins are bent homie.
Some pins allow charging some allow data transfer. The ones for charging are damaged in your case.
Sorry to bring bad news.
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Yup. Just this moment after a really really really close examination of the port and comparing it to my own phone, one tiny half a millimeter peice of metal is bent out of place and broken. Gotta order a new port ASAP and try and change it.
Thanks mate!
But hey, look at the bright side... a fun home project to immerse myself in instead of prepare for my finals! :laugh:
DR3W5K1 said:
Its the micro USB port the pins are bent homie.
Some pins allow charging some allow data transfer. The ones for charging are damaged in your case.
Sorry to bring bad news.
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Back with worse news. Just replaced my wife's micro USB port on her i9250 GNex, and.... same thing. Still won't charge, computer recognizes it. Now I'm completely baffled. Thought for a moment that maybe I had been such a fool as to have put back in the old port, but unfortunately, it wasn't my stupidity.
Ideas, anyone?