Hey I have a buddy on AT&T with the GSII Skyrocket.
His phone does not have the Samsung Car Dock / Voice Command apps that our phones have (when plugged into my car dock, nothing happens on his). So I was just curious if we could pull them off our phones so he could install them? Or would he have to wait for a custom ROM to have these features built in?
Thanks in advance.
neilkarunatilaka said:
Hey I have a buddy on AT&T with the GSII Skyrocket.
His phone does not have the Samsung Car Dock / Voice Command apps that our phones have (when plugged into my car dock, nothing happens on his). So I was just curious if we could pull them off our phones so he could install them? Or would he have to wait for a custom ROM to have these features built in?
Thanks in advance.
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Not sure if you can pull the one off of your phone but there are a ton of different car dock applications. Search the market for "car home" or "car dock" you should find a lot of them.
ours is just the included version of vlingo. He can download that from the market. Worth a shot if he wants something similar to what we have.
latinmaxima said:
ours is just the included version of vlingo. He can download that from the market. Worth a shot if he wants something similar to what we have.
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If you really want it, I have it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1344194
I don't know if the VoiceToGo.apk requires more stuff, but I replaced mine with the Google Voice Dial.
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Can someone explain to me how this "car mode" or "car home" app is supposed to work? Say, music for example. It's either mount your SD through USB, or plug in an auxiliary cable. Am I missing something here? It's not like on an iPod that u can plug in your USB and play music, right?
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To my knowledge the car screen is simply a front end to allow easy access to apps when the phone is sat in an in car holder?
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crozuk said:
To my knowledge the car screen is simply a front end to allow easy access to apps when the phone is sat in an in car holder?
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I feel the same
Indeed, its a few apps you need with very big buttons
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your all right, gold stars for all lol
AndroHero said:
your all right, gold stars for all lol
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Thanks, I'll stick it on my wallchart.
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hahaha I guess it will become useful when i get really old!
Seriously though, I asked cause there's also this "dock" setting in froyo. Something in the works, perhaps?
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Is car mode exclusively for Froyo? I'm still on a stock Desire. Is this something I will get with the OTA update or is it something to download from the Marketplace/HTC website?
Comes with froyo, is included in most custom froyo roms and will be in the official sense froyo which is coming any day now.
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Funny, after today's update I haven't found it. Not looking hard enough maybe?
Nope, is an app and isn't there
There are several of the sort on the market, which do you guys recommend? Or is this one we're talking about a specific one?
Isn't it designed for HTC's official car holder, due on the 22nd? I guess it only "activates" once you plug your phone into it.
sorch said:
Isn't it designed for HTC's official car holder, due on the 22nd? I guess it only "activates" once you plug your phone into it.
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I thought of that, but for it to be activated it has to be present, no? Unless it'll be a "surprise update" from HTC
DaaT said:
I thought of that, but for it to be activated it has to be present, no? Unless it'll be a "surprise update" from HTC
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Perhaps it only does so once you place the phone into the holder.
Is there a menu option in Settings? The leaked ROMs had this. (I'm not running today's release)
DaaT said:
I thought of that, but for it to be activated it has to be present, no? Unless it'll be a "surprise update" from HTC
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I found something more
Add new item on the desktop - Shortcut - Settings
There you find different settings for Car Dock, Dock Settings, Unit admnistration settings
(Might not be called that, translated from danish)
So it seems that the application are there but hidden?
Good catch
It indeed seems that only when HTC's car holder becomes available will we see it. I guess I'll get one from the market. Any recomendations?
Looks like you're right. One of the features of the dock is:
"Connects straight to the NaviPanel interface" which HTC describe as:
"Navipanel offers you a convenient, one-touch interface to Footprints, the Phone dialer, and the GPS navigation software when you are using the in-car holder with your phone. When you put your phone in the holder, NaviPanel automatically opens and lets you use these applications."
Got any link to that dock?
looking for one, havent heard about an official one tbh..
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/15970946/HTC-Desire-Car-Upgrade-Kit-CU-S420/Product.html
Does anyone know if the captivate will launch automatically into "car mode" when attached to the OEM car dock? (or launch the desk home app when placed in the desk dock?)
I know the motorola droid launches this "mode" based on some sort of magnet in the dock--was curious if the captivate has this feature as well.
My guess is that it'd have to be launched for desktop dock because you download the app seperate and so if it had any kind of sensor for the desktop dock it should already have the apparently installed. I could be wrong but that is what I'm thinking. I'm guessing it'd be the same way for the car dock but again I could be wrong. Hope this helps.
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My guess is that it'd have to be launched for desktop dock because you download the app seperate and so if it had any kind of sensor for the desktop dock it should already have the apparently installed. I could be wrong but that is what I'm thinking. I'm guessing it'd be the same way for the car dock but again I could be wrong. Hope this helps.
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Apparently is supposed to be app. Sorry.
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candymann said:
Does anyone know if the captivate will launch automatically into "car mode" when attached to the OEM car dock? (or launch the desk home app when placed in the desk dock?)
I know the motorola droid launches this "mode" based on some sort of magnet in the dock--was curious if the captivate has this feature as well.
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If it does not do this automatically you may still have some options.
I am a big fan of Tasker now that I have been using it for a few weeks. You could use Tasker to launch the cardock app or change profiles when it detects specific criteria. For example it could be triggered by BT connectio/pairing or when you plug it into the dock. You could even set it to launch when gps detects a certain speed for a sustained period. The options are rather vast.
I'm not trying promote Tasker but, I have found it very useful for automated actions and profile scheduling.
Appreciate the reply. Yet another use for Tasker. Too bad it doesn't happen automagically like some other android phones though.
There are two Samsung apps in the market that might do what you are looking for, if Samsung ever decides to actually sell the freaking docks.
Search the market for Captivate.
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redgren said:
There are two Samsung apps in the market that might do what you are looking for, if Samsung ever decides to actually sell the freaking docks.
Search the market for Captivate.
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Like this?
http://www.canyonriver.com/accessory_ECR-D981B.html
Anybody know why these docks aren't out?
rahlquist said:
Like this?
http://www.canyonriver.com/accessory_ECR-D981B.html
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have you purchased one yet?
Anybody get Google Car Dock working with Virtuous Unity ?
When I insert my phone in the dock this stupid HTC Navigation automatically launches asking me to buy. I've installed com.google.android.carhome-1.apk as well as carpanel.apk but, alas, no joy.
On the stock ROM, I installed the same apk and when inserting the phone into the car dock the first time was asked what app I wanted to use and "Car Home" was listed. I can't find the stupid HTC Navigation anywhere to remove it or at least clear the defaults.
Even if I can't get Google Car Dock working, how in Gods name can I get this plague, that is HTC Navigation, off my phone? I tried freezing, moving, deleting, uninstalling any and everything from /data/app and /system/app that closely resembled the HTC Navigation. Yet, when I insert my phone into the car dock, low and behold, up pops HTC Navigation asking me to buy maps. This thing is like herpes -it just doesn't go away. Whats even more odd -when I hit the Car Home icon (the google one with a little "g") the HTC Navigation launches!! I'm losing my marbles over here!!
Thanks in advance.
Thanks
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Anybody get Google Car Dock working with Virtuous Unity ?
When I insert my phone in the dock this stupid HTC Navigation automatically launches asking me to buy. I've installed com.google.android.carhome-1.apk as well as carpanel.apk but, alas, no joy.
On the stock ROM, I installed the same apk and when inserting the phone into the car dock the first time was asked what app I wanted to use and "Car Home" was listed. I can't find the stupid HTC Navigation anywhere to remove it or at least clear the defaults.
Even if I can't get Google Car Dock working, how in Gods name can I get this plague, that is HTC Navigation, off my phone? I tried freezing, moving, deleting, uninstalling any and everything from /data/app and /system/app that closely resembled the HTC Navigation. Yet, when I insert my phone into the car dock, low and behold, up pops HTC Navigation asking me to buy maps. This thing is like herpes -it just doesn't go away. Whats even more odd -when I hit the Car Home icon (the google one with a little "g") the HTC Navigation launches!! I'm losing my marbles over here!!
Thanks in advance.
Thanks
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haha hey man, glad you got root goin, I will take a look at those files to see if I can find what you need to delete. The reason the stock .apks do not work is because those for 2.1 and Virtuous is a 3.0 rom. so you need 3.0 .apks.. try out this rom here its based off the stock rom with sense 3.0 goodies, might help you out. it's a great rom and will only get better.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199959
andybones said:
haha hey man, glad you got root goin, I will take a look at those files to see if I can find what you need to delete. The reason the stock .apks do not work is because those for 2.1 and Virtuous is a 3.0 rom. so you need 3.0 .apks.. try out this rom here its based off the stock rom with sense 3.0 goodies, might help you out. it's a great rom and will only get better.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199959
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Thanks (again) Bro! I managed to sort myself out. After backing up Virtuous with clockwork, I installed CM7, then used TiBackup on Car Home.
Once I restored Virtuous, I restored Car Home with Ti Backup and it works like a charm. I also found I could get HTC Navigation to stop opening by checking the little box in Settings > Dock > "Automatically Start Navigation" (DUH!!).
All is right with the world now, except Car Home doesn't launch automagically when I put my phone in the dock but I can most certainly live with that.
Cheers!
EDIT: I will give that ROM you suggested a try. Thanks!
When my phone is inserted into its car dock I'd like for it to automatically switch to a theme that resembles my cars dash and information system. Has anyone seen anything like this? Or any suggestions on how to accomplish this?
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There is one app that kinda sorta attempts this (NFCar Car Dock) but it's not a very good app and I personally wouldn't recommend it.
you could create your own "car dock" look using the Scene function of Tasker. It could then be triggered by an NFC Tag on your car dock. But I don't think you're looking for that. Sounds to me like you'd like to completely switch your home launcher app to a different style/theme specific for being in the car. I don't know of anything that will easily do that for you, though if you're rooted then I'm sure it's possible somehow though probably not without a lot of work.
I have spent quite a bit of time educating myself on this and still have not come up with a solution. What I want is the simple, old, google provided 'Car Home' apk to work in 4.4.2 when I plug the phone into the dock. It used to work with the phone when I got it. It works somewhat with CM10/11. I recently put S3Rx final on the phone and like it quite a bit. The main reason I put it on instead of CM11 was the voice search function does not work when docked in CM11. (The internal mic is clobbered). CM is not interested in fixing it. This failure is consistent with all AOSP roms AFAIK.
With this S3Rx rom, when I plug it into the dock, it does go into '"Hands Freee" mode, but I think this only enables S-Voice. SO, this new 4.4.2 TW rom does monitor the UBS port and can detect when it is 'docked', but it does not provide an alternate UI like "car home".
I did try installing the new Samsung Drive apk form the non-att S5 roms. I do not know if it launches when docked, but it is pretty lame in comparison to the old google app, IMO. Does anyone know why it will not launch or how we might be able to fix it for 4.4.2? It does launch in CM's verison of 4.4.4...
Keith