Every time I plug in Sony headphones, my Xperia play goes to docking mode and I can't get out of it even after I unplug my headphones. Only a reboot fixes it.
Is this normal? If it is, how do I disable docking mode?
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No...This is not normal ; mine only goes into docking mode when I connect it to my dock which consists of a 3.5mm jack(used in headphones) and the micro usb ...
My Xperia Play has a similar problem. If I have the power cord plugged in and then I put in the headphones it goes to docking mode and even if I press home it stays at the docking mode.
It also happens if my phone is off and I plug the power cord in and try to turn it on.
Check in the Liveware Manage app. It didn't work for me but it might work for you. You might have something setup in that app.
LiveWare can enable dock mode when it senses certain devices are connected but the way the official dock triggers it is with a magnet and a magnetic relay switch on the port side of the phone. Indeed, I keep finding it in dock mode when I pull it out of my pocket because I carry my little notebook everywhere in a magnetic motorcycle tank bag (sticks to the gas tank; fits my Alienware M11x perfectly ). Just brushing it by my pocket often triggers dock mode.
RacecarBMW said:
My Xperia Play has a similar problem. If I have the power cord plugged in and then I put in the headphones it goes to docking mode and even if I press home it stays at the docking mode.
It also happens if my phone is off and I plug the power cord in and try to turn it on.
Check in the Liveware Manage app. It didn't work for me but it might work for you. You might have something setup in that app.
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Yeah, actually you just described my problem. I did notice it only happens when my usb ac adapter is plugged in along with my head phones.
So I guess there is no fix for it at the moment.
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The_other_ray said:
Yeah, actually you just described my problem. I did notice it only happens when my usb ac adapter is plugged in along with my head phones.
So I guess there is no fix for it at the moment.
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The easiest way to get it out is to unplug usb, then unplug the headphones... If that didn't work, keep the usb unplugged, plug in your headphones and then unplug them
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You guys have a good discussion going here.
Clearly it seems as if this could happen when there are magnetic conductors nearby. I guess there's no real solution to this as the hardware reacts the way it does to other materials regardless of software or LiveWare settings etc.
I guess it could be something taken in consideration for future products.
paxChristos said:
The easiest way to get it out is to unplug usb, then unplug the headphones... If that didn't work, keep the usb unplugged, plug in your headphones and then unplug them
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Awesome, plugging both and unplugging both worked like a charm. Now I don't have to keep rebooting the phone. Thank you much.
I'm rooted, is there a way to disable this feature?
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The_other_ray said:
Awesome, plugging both and unplugging both worked like a charm. Now I don't have to keep rebooting the phone. Thank you much.
I'm rooted, is there a way to disable this feature?
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Not that I know of, I haven't looked too deeply into it, yet...
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The_other_ray said:
Every time I plug in Sony headphones, my Xperia play goes to docking mode and I can't get out of it even after I unplug my headphones. Only a reboot fixes it.
Is this normal? If it is, how do I disable docking mode?
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have you tried other head phones? im thinkin its cuz there sony brand so it thinks its a dock
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have you tried other head phones? im thinkin its cuz there sony brand so it thinks its a dock
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No, all I have are Sony. I'll try to get my hand on another brand and then try it out.
But it goes into dock mode even without plugging in headphones. Sometimes it does it when I just plug in the ac charger.
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But other than that, my phone is FUN!
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well if i were you i would just root the phone get titanium backup and just flash a stock rom on it. that should eliminate and software issues. if it doesnt stop you know its a hardware issue
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have you tried other head phones? im thinkin its cuz there sony brand so it thinks its a dock
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While I haven't tried it with another adapter (that is, the handy little converter from 3 rings to 2) I have used it almost exclusively with non-sony brand cables (plugging it into cars, soundboards, etc.) And it still does this...
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mixalot2008 said:
well if i were you i would just root the phone get titanium backup and just flash a stock rom on it. that should eliminate and software issues. if it doesnt stop you know its a hardware issue
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I've flashed all the major options for the R800x, (cm7,cdmaUK, both stock) and can tell you it's a stock issued, reloading stock won't fix it.
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I've flashed all the major options for the R800x, (cm7,cdmaUK, both stock) and can tell you it's a stock issued, reloading stock won't fix it.
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well its probably a harware issue then. i have the r800x and dont have that issue. could be a lot of things. try cleaning out the jack with qtip and rubbing alcohol. if its under warranty relock the bootloader and see if you can exchange it thru verizon
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well its probably a harware issue then. i have the r800x and dont have that issue. could be a lot of things. try cleaning out the jack with qtip and rubbing alcohol. if its under warranty relock the bootloader and see if you can exchange it thru verizon
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Honestly, it's not enough of a hassle to make me want to mess with it
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My phone is more-or-less permanently in dock mode. I had to uninstall the clock app so my home button would work again, and all my calls start with speakerphone on.
I don't want it. I don't use a dock, and moreover, I'm never going to. It would seem that there has to be some way to disable this via software - A way to remove the pickup for that magnetic switch. If not, perhaps the damn switch itself can be removed.
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lol good luck removing any internals lol.
Trygon said:
My phone is more-or-less permanently in dock mode. I had to uninstall the clock app so my home button would work again, and all my calls start with speakerphone on.
I don't want it. I don't use a dock, and moreover, I'm never going to. It would seem that there has to be some way to disable this via software - A way to remove the pickup for that magnetic switch. If not, perhaps the damn switch itself can be removed.
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I'm pretty sure it's software based, have you tried reflashing (not a factory reset) the latest update to see if that fixes it
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I did a quick search and didn't see this posted anywhere. I recently purchased the Motorola car dock from amazon. It comes with the splitting charger cable and audio out port. The phone charges perfectly but the audio out doesn't seem to work. I plugged it into the auxiliary port of my car but the sound still goes out from the speaker of my phone? Is there an option that I need to set or is it because I'm using CM7? I might try Aura later and see if I have the same problem I just wanted to see if anyone else was having this issue also...
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I did a quick search and didn't see this posted anywhere. I recently purchased the Motorola car dock from amazon. It comes with the splitting charger cable and audio out port. The phone charges perfectly but the audio out doesn't seem to work. I plugged it into the auxiliary port of my car but the sound still goes out from the speaker of my phone? Is there an option that I need to set or is it because I'm using CM7? I might try Aura later and see if I have the same problem I just wanted to see if anyone else was having this issue also...
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It's CM7. Car dock audio out is built into the Blur framework as far as I understand it.
Ah that's what I thought. Damn...I don't wanna lose CM7 but at the same time I really would like audio out supported...decision decisions.
aaronv89 said:
Ah that's what I thought. Damn...I don't wanna lose CM7 but at the same time I really would like audio out supported...decision decisions.
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It's on the official bug list for the beta and the devs have accepted it. Meaning they are working to get it resolved. It's only a matter of time and considering how quickly they got this up and running it shouldn't take too long.
Where can I see the bugs that are currently being worked on and the ones that are resolved?
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Here's the official webpage:
https://code.google.com/p/atrix-dev-team/
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It's CM7. Car dock audio out is built into the Blur framework as far as I understand it.
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CM7 has dock audio setting if you drill down in the menus. Maybe the USB/audio out cable controller is proprietary because CM7 doesn't detect when it's put in or taken out of the dock. It's like the phone just thinks it's a regular power cable.
I just got my car dock today, so this bug came as an unpleasant surprise, but I'm very happy to have the camera working now, so I'll stick it out with the devs and hopefully this will be fixed in three revs or less too
Lol. My official atrix Car dock didn't detect on stock, even after I factory reset .
Oh, well. At least it charges.
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it's working for me now using Aura
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it's working for me now using Aura
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It will work on Aura because it's based on the OEM Blur ROM. It'll be the same with Alien and any other pre CM7 ROMS, even the "Deblurred" versions because they just clear out certain apk's and not the base framework.
And CM7 will recognize the dock and start Car Dock automatically, it just does not have the audio out capability. Also some people are saying it only does a trickle charge not a rapid charge. I haven't tested that out yet but you may want to watch it.
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It will work on Aura because it's based on the OEM Blur ROM. It'll be the same with Alien and any other pre CM7 ROMS, even the "Deblurred" versions because they just clear out certain apk's and not the base framework.
And CM7 will recognize the dock and start Car Dock automatically, it just does not have the audio out capability. Also some people are saying it only does a trickle charge not a rapid charge. I haven't tested that out yet but you may want to watch it.
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I just flashed beta, and it does not detect dock at all. When I plug in the phone it behaves exactly as though I plugged in a regular power cord. I did a factory reset and cleared the cash, I even tried flashing a different kernel... Am I missing something?
Only thing I can think of is to make sure you are using the cable that came with the car dock and not another charging/sync cable. I double checked mine just this morning and Car Home starts when I place it in the dock.
Ok heres what im wanting to do...
Hack up a micro-usb cable to in exhange replace a car dock... or make life cheaper yet harder on myself. I see the motorola car dock has Micro-usb out to a usb male and a 3.5mm jack. is this something one can do by cutting up a usb cable?? just a thought. maybe.... ? theres only black/yellow/red/green/white/ground out of a usb correct? ground and red are power.....
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Ok heres what im wanting to do...
Hack up a micro-usb cable to in exhange replace a car dock... or make life cheaper yet harder on myself. I see the motorola car dock has Micro-usb out to a usb male and a 3.5mm jack. is this something one can do by cutting up a usb cable?? just a thought. maybe.... ? theres only black/yellow/red/green/white/ground out of a usb correct? ground and red are power.....
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Can you explain it again? I've read it a few times and I still have no solid idea of what you're trying to do.
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Can you explain it again? I've read it a few times and I still have no solid idea of what you're trying to do.
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I think he wants to make his own...maybe? Doesn't make too much sense.
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Lol sorry. The thoughts were flowing and it was bed time...
I pretty much thought of a DIY car dock. Make it yourself. I know its possible Im just wondering of anyone has done it before I try.
leperkuan said:
Lol sorry. The thoughts were flowing and it was bed time...
I pretty much thought of a DIY car dock. Make it yourself. I know its possible Im just wondering of anyone has done it before I try.
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Its not necessary. you can access the cardock mode without having to use usb or any thing else. Using launcher pro or super manager, you can set up a shortcut to cardock mode.
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Its not necessary. you can access the cardock mode without having to use usb or any thing else. Using launcher pro or super manager, you can set up a shortcut to cardock mode.
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I understand that and I have cyanogen mod which has the cardock app. I'm looking to make my own hardware cardock. I have seen people use USB and magnets and such on other phones but what I'm trying to attempt is to lose 1 cord hanging from the phone.
Is it possible to charge phone and play music out of just the micro USB port of the phone. I hate having wires running out of the top and side. Its a hassle to plug in two if I can do away with one.
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you'll have to find out what is triggering the phone to output analog audio over the USB lines. I'm assuming, there is a voltage put on pin5 of the USB (ID pin) telling the phone. "You are in a cardock. Load cardock application. Route analog audio to the USB pins". Again, I'm ASSuming it is using the data +/- lines as L/R audio outs.
I have 0 proof of any of this. Just as an EE, how I might do it. In short, it'll probably cost you more to build one, than to just buy the official on off ebay/amazon.
Also, since you're using Cyanogen, as am I -- with cardock and desktop dock, Cyanogen does NOT hve the ability to route audio through USB yet. You'll have to use the 3.5mm jack or bluetooth(?).
Ohhh that sucks... I'm sure cyanogenmod will fix that soon. Guess ill order the official. My main issue is I'm going to run this behind the dashboard so no hanging wires. Also not taking up my cigarette lighter. I didn't want to cut up the original cardock but I can manage. Thanks. Ill keep looking around.
It doesn't have to activate car dock to satisfy me but Audio out of USB is a must
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Researching... found
http://store.phandroid.com/htc-multifunction-audio-adapter/11A75A4401.htm
Might workif I can find a MICROS USB male to female wire about.....6 foot still splicing into more than wanting to. Also found some posts about a 5th pin on micro USB on a Droid being used to trigger USB audio out using a certain resistor.
No hard evidence but if I find out I'm making a DIY
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Does the Motorola atrix car dock only plug into the USB port of the phone or does it use the HDMI port as well?
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Only the USB not the HDMI.
You can put all the resistors you want, but cyangen as a ROM doesn't do it. Otherwise, it should work with the official one. I doubt it will work with a generic one, or a homemade one.
If this feature is a must for you, then go to a Pi variant of the official rom. That works great. I had like 17-18 hours on a charge. With 8 of those streaming pandora at work.
I froze the CarDock application on my Pi rom, and everything still worked (audio through USB.)
If you want usb cables, www.monoprice.com.
As for the HTC thing, make sure it is not a properitary connector to HTC phones, like the motorola docks are to motorla phones. Ie) The Resistor on pin 5 of the HTC one might be 100k, while the one in the motorola one might be 200k.
Seriously, its easier to get the official one. Theres only one cable from the dock (microusb) Which splits into a USB-A and 3.5mm. And you can get extension cables from monoprice.
Good luck.
Wow... thanks. I meant to mention I have an extended battery so the phone is bigger than stock. And I wanted the ability to buy a new phone and keep my DIY Dock installed. But HTC and Motorola differ grrr.
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You found out for sure? I'm not saying there ARE, but they MIGHT be.
That sucks man. The battery pack probably won't fit on the cardock, it MIGHT on the regular dock. But the car dock has a back to it, and a latch that latches on the phone side. I HATE cases, and prefer skins. I had to trim the side of the skin from corner to corner on the USB side, just so it fit into the docks...little room for anything larger than stock phone.
I suggest...hacking up the official cardock or maybe the regular dock (instead of one cable, it has two jacks -- a microusb and a 3.5mm), and using a Pi-rom.
Ok so my goal to achieve is.. a permanent hidden wire behind the dash.
Kind of blows motos differ from HTC.. puts a kink...
I also hate cases but! With this extended battery my phone EASily lasts 2 days with decent usage. Like navigation all weekend. I had my stock back and battery in today with moderate use like Pandora at work and I was 10% by lunch. Possibly because I wiped the battery stats this morning from the Tom change. Allso I hear there is a battery drain in cyanogenmod.
I'm going to search up the pi-rom
I will most likely sucker up and buy the moto dock and use my stock battery :-(
I hate to cut the dock up when u can always resale it with the phone with the attrix 5g comes out lol
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Alright what is pi rom
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1189497
Confused about cherrypi a little bit.
4.5.91 RADIO UPDATE - Being that the n............
I am unlocked.. installing the recovery is no issue....
but the radio update im lost. there is no real instructions on usage.
I download the ....91 radio from the link.
"YOU REQUIRE TENFARS UNLOCKED CWM"
so i have to use tenfars cwm, flash radio...
flash romracers recovery...
than i can flash cherrypi?
Why cant everyone just make compatible things with cwm recovery from rom manager
I got it installed. Not too thrilled it seems like a themed stock rom. I will deal with it until progress on cyanogen goes further
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you have to remember this particular rom came out right after the bootloader unlocked. before Cyanogen even started.
All there was was 4.5.91 so every custom rom was based on that.
It was also done before a lot of the other clockworkmod recoveries were around... tenfars was the only viable one at the time. Hell, I even tried CWM's and it didn't work for C7 either. I still had to go to romracers recovery .
It is a themed and somewhat debloated 4.5.91, says so right in the description.
Extremely stable. Use Titanium Backup to freeze some other processes and you should easily be able to get 17hours on one full charge with 8hours of that streaming pandora over HSPA (stock battery). I do that all the time at work. And to top it off, the dock functions WORK.
I also changed from the launcher it comes with to ADW...to give it more of a stock feel.
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I got it installed. Not too thrilled it seems like a themed stock rom. I will deal with it until progress on cyanogen goes further
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I've been running π crust lately. It's pretty good. Not a fan of most of the themed roms.
I actually restored back to c7 because my home button quit working.
I noticed battery performance right off the bat with pi crust. I liked having blur but not logging in lol. The sticky notes from it are nice.
17 hours on stock battery with 8 hours streaming Pandora sounds nice. I actually stream 3hours of I heart radio in the morning than switch to Pandora.
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bought my s a few days back....
felt pretty bummed when i couldn't plug it into my car....
suggestions??
deepsal said:
bought my s a few days back....
felt pretty bummed when i couldn't plug it into my car....
suggestions??
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What do you mean you cant plug it in? It wont work with those usb decks that have terrible compatability anyways. It will work fine if you get an aux cable and plug it in. I use mine in my car.
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What do you mean you cant plug it in? It wont work with those usb decks that have terrible compatability anyways. It will work fine if you get an aux cable and plug it in. I use mine in my car.
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When I do that it causes my touchscreen to go mental. Can't press anything properly and every button touch becomes a hold.
Ended up buying a bluetooth device and now all working well.
mine refuses to play anything it looks like s rejects the cable just like any other unsupported headphone..
Mine works great in my car and my friends.
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Hi all,
I am on vacation and got bumped into, causing me to drop my less than a week old TMo G3 after I ordered my screen protector and case. Lovely, right? Well it caused a nice giant crack in the screen and the LCD to become unresponsive. I pulled the battery and restarted, and it told me my LCD was damaged and said to use volume and power now as manual controls. Only issue with that is I have knock code on, so I cant get into the system at all.
Luckily I am rooted, and have TWRP installed. I also have titanium. I would love to get a backup of my apps somehow (I had not made a backup yet, silly me) or better yet a nandroid if somehow possible to simply restore when I get my replacement (Tried to use power keys to boot into recover, wouldn't even turn off though). I have my SD in to hold my other files, luckily.
I am on a mac and can set up/execute adb if needed.
I really appreciate any help you can give, thanks so much everyone.
Fun Fact- My G3 didn't survive a 1.5ft fall
UPDATE: I will be trying to do the OTG mouse method, but another method is preffered so I dont have to buy anything and can do my backups more immediately.
UPDATE 2: Scratch everything, USB port appears to be broken. Cant get it to charge or recognize on my computer.
Mine was 4 days old when it fell and cracked the screen. If you have an OTG cable plug it in and plug in a USB mouse. You will be able to control the phone with the mouse.
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D_Rock899x said:
Mine was 4 days old when it fell and cracked the screen. If you have an OTG cable plug it in and plug in a USB mouse. You will be able to control the phone with the mouse.
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Great idea, I dont have one, but I think I will just pick one up.
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Great idea, I dont have one, but I think I will just pick one up.
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Could try a wireless mouse if it has a USB dongle. Not sure that it will work but worth a shot.
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D_Rock899x said:
Could try a wireless mouse if it has a USB dongle. Not sure that it will work but worth a shot.
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Only wireless mouse I have is the apple magic mouse. If I could get into bluetooth, maybe it would work that way, but I would have to get into bluetooth.
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Only wireless mouse I have is the apple magic mouse. If I could get into bluetooth, maybe it would work that way, but I would have to get into bluetooth.
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I'd say that's doubtful with the screen being unresponsive. If it's anything like mine was it wouldn't recognize any touch input anywhere. USB mice are dirt cheap. Buy the cheapest one you can find at Wal-Mart, Target, etc.
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I'd say that's doubtful with the screen being unresponsive. If it's anything like mine was it wouldn't recognize any touch input anywhere. USB mice are dirt cheap. Buy the cheapest one you can find at Wal-Mart, Target, etc.
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Yea, I have a USB one at home somewhere, just sucks because I am in Mexico at the moment....
The very bottom of my screen (nav bar) works. Cant get anything else though. And with the whole knock code being on, cant do to much.
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Yea, I have a USB one at home somewhere, just sucks because I am in Mexico at the moment....
The very bottom of my screen (nav bar) works. Cant get anything else though. And with the whole knock code being on, cant do to much.
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I was in the exact same boat sans being in Mexico. Best of luck man.
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Hey. I have a simular problem. I busted my screen, no root. OTG way does work though...but what now? I'm not rooted neither
Hi,
I've got a very strange and annoying problem. I've got a Nexus 5X and a 2008 BMW Z4 3.0si Roadster with a removable 3.5mm audio cable.
I've tried my Nexus 5X with 3 different cable on a lot of other car, hifi stereo and earphone and it always works (the sound go to the other device the way it should work).
I've tried 5 different phones on my BMW and the sound go to the Z4 speaker the right way.
But when I try to connect my Nexus to the BMW 9 times out of 10 the phone doesn't recognize it and continue to play the sound on the phone speakers. The strangest thing is after that half the time when I remove the cable from the car but keep it on the phone it recognize the cable and stop playing music on phone speakers. At this time I can connect it again to my BMW and then the sound go to the car speaker.
I can't understand anything about this problem and it's driving me a little bit crazy. Sadly no Bluetooth on my lovely Z4.
Anyone as an idea ?
Thank
Sebacestmoi said:
I can't understand anything about this problem and it's driving me a little bit crazy. Sadly no Bluetooth on my lovely Z4.
Anyone as an idea ?
Thank
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Did you try pressing really hard on the plug? It is a very tight fit to the point you feel like you might be breaking the port, but it loosens over time.
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Did you try pressing really hard on the plug? It is a very tight fit to the point you feel like you might be breaking the port, but it loosens over time.
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Yeah of course otherwise it wouldn't work on my hifi stereo because I use the same cable.
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Yeah of course otherwise it wouldn't work on my hifi stereo because I use the same cable.
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The reason I ask is it still works if not plugged in all the way, just the connection is not that reliable. Quite a few people though they had it plugged in all the way and they were getting sound, but sometimes sound would switch back to the phone. It turned out they really needed to push in the cable really hard.
Does it work if you start the music after plugging in the phone? That's how I have to do it in my POS Dodge work truck.
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Does it work if you start the music after plugging in the phone? That's how I have to do it in my POS Dodge work truck.
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Nope and it makes no change if I plug it before or after the music start playing.
It looks like my BMW send to much power and the phone try to protect itself or some kind of witchcraft like that...