I have a SG2 and the official samsung galaxy s2 vehicle dock. I am wondering if there is a way to make the home button go to a program like Car Home Ultra.
When I plug the phone into the car dock, it asks me if I want Voice Control or Car Home Ultra. I haven't yet made either of them default so I choose Car Home Ultra and it works. Until I accidentally bump the home button and I go to my launcherPro home screen.
Isn't there some way to change the behavior of the home button when in the car dock?
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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.
this is how you can setup your phone using a cheap gps holder as a car dock. i don't know if real car docks work the same way, but this is what works for me.
first you need a gps holder that will hold your phone snug with the case on.
next, buy a nfc sticker and stick it on the holder.
use nfc task launcher to run a tasker script and bypass the keyguard, set brightness, volume, etc.
my task runs zeam launcher as an app to display the car dock screen (since touchwiz has no landscape mode).
put your audio and gps apps in zeam as tasker shortcuts. since there is no way to switch gps on and off (at least in stock rom), i have tasker go thru the settings pages using dpad input. same thing turns off gps if those apps are closed. i'm also using this method to switch between edge and 4g, to save battery.
to run it you just stick your phone in the holder, plug in usb and audio cables. phone turns on when you start the car, and the audio and gps apps start with 1 button. but personally i just have streaming music start automatically.
if anyone has any ideas how i can improve on this (can i run the audio out thru just the usb cable?) feel free to reply.
-ryan
With my Nexus one if I was in car mode, and I hit the home button, I would come back to the car mode home. Now I get sent to my home screen. Can I fix this somehow? I have tasker and car dashboard. I'm running Jelly Bean but the issue still happened on ICS. It's annoying if I'm in car mode and I tap my shortcut for poweramp then hit home and it goes to my regular home screen!
ninjai117 said:
With my Nexus one if I was in car mode, and I hit the home button, I would come back to the car mode home. Now I get sent to my home screen. Can I fix this somehow? I have tasker and car dashboard. I'm running Jelly Bean but the issue still happened on ICS. It's annoying if I'm in car mode and I tap my shortcut for poweramp then hit home and it goes to my regular home screen!
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I'd just install the Nexus S car mode - works fine for me in ICS and I've never had the issue you describe (hitting home goes to "car home")
I cannot understand this oversight on Google's part...
Does anyone have any idea how to disable speaker phone in Car Mode?
I am often dialed in to meetings in which I'm optional, and therefore in "stalker mode" just listening to the conversation. I would LOVE to have that play over my speakers rather than the ****ing worthless speaker on this phone...
While there is no shortcut or icon for Car Home, as soon as I plug my dock cable into the phone Car Home starts.. Is there any way to add an icon so I can start it when I want without the need for the cable?
Thanks,,
Get quick shortcut maker from the play store
I created a NFC tag/Tasker combo to activate Car Home Ultra when I get in my car. In Car Home Ultra, I checked the "Start/Stop Car Mode" option so that hitting the home button will take me back to Car Home Ultra instead of the regular Android home screen.
However, I can't exit out of Car Mode. I have a steering wheel icon notification in the notification bar that says "Touch to exit car mode," but tapping it has no effect. The only way to stop the phone from taking me to Car Home Ultra on home button press is to reboot the phone. I can disable the setting in Car Home Ultra to start up Car Mode, but it defeats the whole purpose of simulating a car dock.
Note: Car Mode and Driving Mode are NOT the same thing. Car Mode is a Google implementation, I believe, whereas Driving Mode is a Samsung implementation (as far as I can tell). Driving Mode only reads incoming calls and texts out loud, while Car Mode simulates having a physical car dock.