I use my phone while driving a ton, and it's mounted in a car dock. I have it mounted in landscape mode and notice that I can't get the phone or contact apps to switch unless the keyboard is slid out. This isn't possible with my current mount, anyone know if this is possible?
Does anyone use telenav 7.1 on the eco in Landscape mode? I tried using it but you can only see a little bit off the map as top and bottom are covered by other parts of the program. Any way to fix? I can't use it in portrait mode as I'm using the car cradle which only fits in portrait in my car.
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Did someone manage to switch off car dock mode when placing the HTC One X into the original D110 carholder? One of the pins of the micro USB cable is used to detect the phone is in a dock, so the option in the settings menu has no influence on this auto switching.
It's driving me crazy, I don't like car dock mode, and I want to mount my phone vertical instead of horizontal. It now takes two taps on the screen to switch it off everytime I put the phone in my car (yeah yeah I'm lazy and spoiled, I know)
Just install another car dock and it will give you to option, that's the easy way
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audiobookman said:
Just install another car dock and it will give you to option, that's the easy way
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Nope, that doesn't work for me, I still end up using one of both car dock apps.
But I did look a little further this time, thought about uninstalling HCT Car app and while on my way to do this, I found a button "disable" under settings/apps/all apps/HCT Car ! That did the trick. :good:
I still see the car icon popping up in the top lefthand corner of the display, but that's it.
So I just got my iBolt xProDock and was disappointed when I plugged in my phone and there doesn't appear to be a car mode. Is this something I need to enable or does Samsung no longer offer a car mode app that runs when plugged into a car dock?
I personally don't like car mode, and mine car dock is just a holder. I don't recall seeing anything in the apps list in Titanium Backup.
I saw on a Amazon review of the car dock (linky), iBolt offers one. If you got it an amazon, it should be free.
Usually car mode was enabled because USB plug in car docks had the pins to trigger it. When I looked in the settings, I did not see anything for Car Mode. On my Evo 4G, I could enable car mode without the dock dock since I could access it in the settings.
Worse case scenario, there are plenty of car mode apps, and I'm sure a few good ones that are free.
When you plug in the phone or will turn your main home screen into dock mode just like the is a pen mode and earphone mode. I bolt offers a free app that is actually quite nice that can replace the docking mode with a car mode or is available in the play store and can either be accessed like any app or at to be launched when you plug in the cable they provided
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Theres a toggle for driving mode in my pulldown, did they remove it on ma7 it's the 3rd one from the far right on stock ljc.
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It is still in MA7, in the drop down menu, unless the end user took it off their drop down, if they did they can put it back, or go into settings and click on language and text/scroll down to text to Speech/enable driving mode from there.
If they took it off their notification panel, to put it back, simply hit Menu/Display/Notification Panel, and drag it back up to the panel, cheers
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It is still in MA7, in the drop down menu, unless the end user took it off their drop down, if they did they can put it back, or go into settings and click on language and text/scroll down to text to Speech/enable driving mode from there.
If they took it off their notification panel, to put it back, simply hit Menu/Display/Notification Panel, and drag it back up to the panel, cheers
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I couldn't remember if it was on ma7 to save my life lol. I'd only ran it for like 2 days while testing my updates to my rom and then jumped to carbon for a while then back to my ljc build of my stable rom while I work out some kinks in my ma7 build
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I'll have to try the iBolt app (or another free one), but I don't see that there is a Car Mode app on my phone anymore. The "Driving Mode" that is in the notification bar isn't what I'm looking for, I want an actual app to run when I plug my phone in that makes navigation, music, ect. easier to use when driving. I'll try the iBolt app tonight and leave feedback.
Thanks!
Mustang46L said:
I'll have to try the iBolt app (or another free one), but I don't see that there is a Car Mode app on my phone anymore. The "Driving Mode" that is in the notification bar isn't what I'm looking for, I want an actual app to run when I plug my phone in that makes navigation, music, ect. easier to use when driving. I'll try the iBolt app tonight and leave feedback.
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So the iBolt app is something like what I was expecting to have pre-installed on my phone, that'll work. Now just wondering if I'm missing a setting to make the app run automatically when plugged into the dock (like my HTC did) or if this isn't a feature that works on Samsung phones?
Mustang46L said:
So the iBolt app is something like what I was expecting to have pre-installed on my phone, that'll work. Now just wondering if I'm missing a setting to make the app run automatically when plugged into the dock (like my HTC did) or if this isn't a feature that works on Samsung phones?
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Driving Mode is not the same as Car Mode. Driving Mode just speaks email and text notifications. Rather than trying to find a dock with Car Mode in it, just get a few NFC tags, stick one on your existing dock, and program it to toggle Car Mode off and on. Easy Peasy.
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So I just got my iBolt xProDock and was disappointed when I plugged in my phone and there doesn't appear to be a car mode. Is this something I need to enable or does Samsung no longer offer a car mode app that runs when plugged into a car dock?
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The Note 2 doesn't have a Car dock Mode. That's been taken out by Samsung and it only has a smart dock mode so you'll need to do a couple of things.
First go into “Settings-Accessory” and select “Desk home screen display", now you'll need a car dock launcher like car home ultra (not all apps support Samsung's new dock mode) . Once you've installed a car home app go ahead and dock your phone on the iBolt and you should be given a prompt to choose your default down app. This video explains it all starting at 1:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkmr5wYWcMA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Driving Mode is not the same as Car Mode. Driving Mode just speaks email and text notifications. Rather than trying to find a dock with Car Mode in it, just get a few NFC tags, stick one on your existing dock, and program it to toggle Car Mode off and on. Easy Peasy.
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Problem isn't his dock it's Samsung for removing the separate car dock mode for one unified Smart dock mode.
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The Note 2 doesn't have a Car dock Mode. That's been taken out by Samsung and it only has a smart dock mode so you'll need to do a couple of things.
First go into “Settings-Accessory” and select “Desk home screen display", now you'll need a car dock launcher like car home ultra (not all apps support Samsung's new dock mode) . Once you've installed a car home app go ahead and dock your phone on the iBolt and you should be given a prompt to choose your default down app. This video explains it all starting at 1:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkmr5wYWcMA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Problem isn't his dock it's Samsung for removing the separate car dock mode for one unified Smart dock mode.
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All, here's a new video from us here at iBOLT explaining the "DockMode" (as we now call it) in Samsung phones. Also visit Google Play and download the iBOLT Dock'n Drive app.
Video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lBV3Ag9Tco
App link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...arhome&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
I hope this clarifies it a bit?
Anyone with the desk dock notice that if you have it in "dock mode" where the clock displays always moving on the screen, that you don't get the active notifications?
I can only get them to come back if I make sure the "sleep" the phone so nothing is on the display.
This dock isn't anything special, its a universal dock with a small soft plastic insert molded to fit the bottom of the Moto X. Which is ok if you could buy other inserts for other phones... which I'm sure you can't.
yeah, crap dock. was a total waste of money. and yes, you are correct that there are no Active Notifications. i guess you can rely on Moto Connect through Chrome Browser. i dunno, but the dock is a complete waste of money.
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Anyone with the desk dock notice that if you have it in "dock mode" where the clock displays always moving on the screen, that you don't get the active notifications?
I can only get them to come back if I make sure the "sleep" the phone so nothing is on the display.
This dock isn't anything special, its a universal dock with a small soft plastic insert molded to fit the bottom of the Moto X. Which is ok if you could buy other inserts for other phones... which I'm sure you can't.
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The clock that triggers upon docking is the daydream feature. You can turn that off (Settings > Display > Daydream). Then your active notifications will pulse as normal. Alternatively, you can tap the screen when daydream starts and turn the screen off using the power button.
The desk dock also works with my Nexus 4. You have to pull out the plastic insert to use a Moto X with a case on it anyway. The dock is universal.
I believe your problems are now solved
Source: I own the desktop dock also.
Which dock are you guys referring to? The official Griffin dock?
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Anyone with the desk dock notice that if you have it in "dock mode" where the clock displays always moving on the screen, that you don't get the active notifications?
I can only get them to come back if I make sure the "sleep" the phone so nothing is on the display.
This dock isn't anything special, its a universal dock with a small soft plastic insert molded to fit the bottom of the Moto X. Which is ok if you could buy other inserts for other phones... which I'm sure you can't.
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Where is this "sleep" setting? My active notifications is not working anymore thanks in advance!
Travisdroidx2 said:
Where is this "sleep" setting? My active notifications is not working anymore thanks in advance!
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Daydream is under settings>display.. you can just turn it off or choose what you want it to do.