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Car Dock doesn't Launch Car Mode

From what I understand, the dock is supposed to Launch the Car Dock screen... Mine doesn't... It charges... I haven't tested Audio yet... But doesn't launch...
Any suggestions?
I'm gonna try my wife's fone (bone stock) tonight and see if it's something I did to my fone that's inhibiting this function
-Casey

I'm having the same problem. I installed the StartTalking app, and it has its own car mode, so that may be the problem.

I had that same problem.
I had gotten a replacement Atrix, and when I tried using it in the car dock, it wouldn't launch unless you first put the phone in the dock, then turned the car on, then unlocked the screen, and even then it would take a few seconds to recognize it. The original phone would just launch automatically no matter if there was power or not.
Both phones had fresh 1.2.6 SBF flashed, it may be a hardware problem.

Mine has never given me any issue. I love using it! Just wish there was a case that the dock would accept!

Okay... so.. tried the wife's unmolested fone, and same thing... I wonder if the 1.57 patch has something to do with it?..
Might have to shoot moto a complaint...

I found an app in the market which was simply a short cut that you could program for your car mode app. You could also use Any Cut or Launcher Pro to do a shortcut. But I agree. It's annoying.
I use another car app and just launch it manually.

Strange. I'm on 1.5.7, rooted, with GingerBlur and my car dock works fine.
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Wonder if I've got a bunk dock... 2 phones and neither workin' makes my left eyebrow raise a little... Gonna try w/ one more fone on saturday hopefully and try and figure out wtf is goin' on
I don't wanna hit a button... That's part of the awesomeness of the dock... Not working as designed = not as cool... =\

It's probably your dock. I got one that wasn't working correctly. I exchanged the dock, and the new on is working fine.

I have the same problem, but I don't have a solution yet. I have the home dock and car dock and was running a stock 4.1.8.3. Everything was great until I decided to root. I read that I could not root with 4.1.8.3 so I flashed 4.1.2.6. and I was able to root, but I lost my home and car dock auto launch when I put them into the docks. I upgraded OTA 4.1.5.7 and no fix. I flashed 4.1.5.7 and no fix. I can use Any Cut to run the programs, but that is only good for those without the docks. I tried running the Dock Settings for the audio settings, but I get an error that reads "Dock not found". The phone charges in the docks, but does not recognize that its in a dock. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

tpthatsme said:
I have the same problem, but I don't have a solution yet. I have the home dock and car dock and was running a stock 4.1.8.3. Everything was great until I decided to root. I read that I could not root with 4.1.8.3 so I flashed 4.1.2.6. and I was able to root, but I lost my home and car dock auto launch when I put them into the docks. I upgraded OTA 4.1.5.7 and no fix. I flashed 4.1.5.7 and no fix. I can use Any Cut to run the programs, but that is only good for those without the docks. I tried running the Dock Settings for the audio settings, but I get an error that reads "Dock not found". The phone charges in the docks, but does not recognize that its in a dock. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
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Reflash with 4183.
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That did the trick! Thanks for all the help!
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I think people are describing two problems. One was due to the firmware, the other is due to faulty hardware.
I had a faulty standard dock that wouldn't cause an auto-switch on the phone. I replaced it and that one was fine. I suspect that was what at least one poster had with their car dock.
These docks work in USB host mode (which is why the docks can't then be linked through to a PC for syncing). So there is actually electronics in there rather than just a USB pass through.

can't get work mhl hdmi

hi, i'm testing the mhl hdmi cable. Plug every thing in the correct place and the scren of my note, turn landscape himself, but the image it not show on TV. I've try whith a dvi hdmi cable in other monitor, and the same result. I'm using a ICS custom rom, is the problem? How i can fix it?

juanmol said:
hi, i'm testing the mhl hdmi cable. Plug every thing in the correct place and the scren of my note, turn landscape himself, but the image it not show on TV. I've try whith a dvi hdmi cable in other monitor, and the same result. I'm using a ICS custom rom, is the problem? How i can fix it?
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What ROM? Stock "touchwiz" ICS or AOSP?

Hi, not every ics ROM has working TV out, I use Alba ROM v2 and can confirm it works straight away.
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I'm using ICS Stunner, will try with Alba ROM v2

Did it work for you on Alba v2?
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hi, i've now Alba v2 and works, but with scrash and pixel-rainbows (not always). Any good rom with good hdmi driver?

This site:
http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-note-mhlhdmi-adaptor
Says: Please note: For the MHL cable to work you will need to have it connected to mains power.
Am I being thick? there's only one port on the Gnote. If that is used to connect to the mains then where on earth do you plug the MHL Cable?

The mhl cable should have a port to plug the power on the side.
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Same Problem
I am having the same problem with my friends Note. I am using stock ROM (Unrooted first, then rooted). Yes it is plugged into power, and the adapter does work because we tried on a nexus galaxy and it worked fine. Have tried rebooting, and still no luck. The phone makes a noise like it detects the cable, but never rotates the screen, The TV detects some kind of signal, but it looks like it is detecting the audio only because the TV says "Please use the audio connection for PC for a DVI connection" (Yes that message makes no sense thanks Sanyo). Any help would be appreciated.

Is It Possible To Use USB Devices with the Kindle Fire?

I got a little micro usb to usb adapter for a buck and I've tried connected a few flash drives and a keyboard to it but nothing seems to happen.
Is there anyway to get usb devices to work with the kindle or no?

portezbie said:
I got a little micro usb to usb adapter for a buck and I've tried connected a few flash drives and a keyboard to it but nothing seems to happen.
Is there anyway to get usb devices to work with the kindle or no?
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Yes, there are certain USB devices that work great with the Kindle Fire. First thing is, the device must be rooted and running a custom ROM. A recent JB ROM will do just nicely and CM7 on the Kindle DOES NOT SUPPORT OTG.
I successfully use a Logitech k120 keyboard without any problems. Usually as soon as I plug it in, the Kindle will recognize it and then it's useable. The keyboard DOES NOT require a powered USB hub. I also can use a USB optical mouse but a powered USB hub IS REQUIRED for that as the Kindle does not have enough power output from its micro-USB port.
I haven't really tried to mount a flash drive yet but some do require a powered hub and others do not.
Are you using an actual OTG adapter? I bought one off an online auction site for $2 and it was labeled for "Samsung" devices but that doesn't matter.

Thanks for your reply.
This is the adapter I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Did I get the wrong one?
Is there a notification to let you know it recognized a device? Anything in the settings I have to change?

portezbie said:
Thanks for your reply.
This is the adapter I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Did I get the wrong one?
Is there a notification to let you know it recognized a device? Anything in the settings I have to change?
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That's the same one I bought. On the 4.2.2 ROM I run, as soon as I plug in the keyboard to the adapter some notification DOES come up but I can't remember what it says lol. If I try to plug in the USB optical mouse WITHOUT a powered hub, the mouse lights up indeed but that's all it does. It does not function other than lighting up.
I'm currently typing this on CM7 as my Kindle is set up to dual boot. Some keyboards are not compatible at all, I couldn't tell you which ones exactely but I remember seeing that stated somewhere down the line.
In reference to the Settings, there is nothing I had to change keyboard wise to get it to function. There are simple options for the mouse cursor like speed. The flash drive is a different story and many people have had to use apps like Stickmount and such to get them to work. Unfortunately flash drives are hit or miss and a couple different approaches have been used to mount them.
Hope that helps

Guitarman2010 said:
That's the same one I bought. On the 4.2.2 ROM I run, as soon as I plug in the keyboard to the adapter some notification DOES come up but I can't remember what it says lol. If I try to plug in the USB optical mouse WITHOUT a powered hub, the mouse lights up indeed but that's all it does. It does not function other than lighting up.
I'm currently typing this on CM7 as my Kindle is set up to dual boot. Some keyboards are not compatible at all, I couldn't tell you which ones exactely but I remember seeing that stated somewhere down the line.
In reference to the Settings, there is nothing I had to change keyboard wise to get it to function. There are simple options for the mouse cursor like speed. The flash drive is a different story and many people have had to use apps like Stickmount and such to get them to work. Unfortunately flash drives are hit or miss and a couple different approaches have been used to mount them.
Hope that helps
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Thanks, I'll keep tinkering with it.

Keyboard and mouse on smart dock hsve stopped working.

Ive have att note 2 running skynote 8.2. Bought the smart dock everything working fine for about 3 weeks. Go to hook it up today and my mouse and keyboard will not work. It still displays to hdmi out on the tv but I cant use the key board or mouse. Though maybe the mouse and key were broke so I hooked them up to a pc , nope both work fine. I did try to flash some bootloader animatins this morning but I did a back up before hand and the animations ended up not working so I falshed back. Help please?
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Izbsleepy said:
Ive have att note 2 running skynote 8.2. Bought the smart dock everything working fine for about 3 weeks. Go to hook it up today and my mouse and keyboard will not work. It still displays to hdmi out on the tv but I cant use the key board or mouse. Though maybe the mouse and key were broke so I hooked them up to a pc , nope both work fine. I did try to flash some bootloader animatins this morning but I did a back up before hand and the animations ended up not working so I falshed back. Help please?
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Nandroid backup, ODIN back to stock firmware, try again. Does it work?

Didnt really wanna go though all that just yet. It was working. Actually I pluged it in about an our later and the mouse started working but not the keyboard.
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So I found out what the problem was. I watched the video awhile ago and it said the smart dock had a hard time powering other things hooked up to the dock and they were not kidding. I had it plugged into an extension cable that also had a lamp plugged in. Even though the lamp wasnt even on it must have been pulling enough power so the dock couldnt power my mouse and key board. Long story short make sure you plug it directly into the wall. The extension cord works I just cant have the lamp plugged at all.
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ion dk20 dock vs jelly bean

I was wondering if any of you have the same problem as me.
Just bought the dk20 ion dock and pluged my ion jelly bean to it and:
- first nothing happens wen pluging it in, if mouse and power cord connected it charges and cursor appears.
- doesnt autodetect dock
- hdmi (for me most important) does not work..
- pendrives and/or flashdrives are detected ok
so the dock is as for now a nice charger and that is about it!
let me know if any of you are having the same issues, and lets see if wll together we can do something about it.

I have had zero issues with mine. USB capability seems to be hit and miss. My cheap mouse and old Logitech keyboard work fine. I could not get a Logitech k400 to work though. As for getting hdmi to work make sure the cord is plugged in and tv on. Device screen should be off while plugging it in. Once in turn on, unlock, and it should show up. Then you can pull the notifications down and hit tv launcher. You can also set it with smart connect to auto launch.

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I have had zero issues with mine. USB capability seems to be hit and miss. My cheap mouse and old Logitech keyboard work fine. I could not get a Logitech k400 to work though. As for getting hdmi to work make sure the cord is plugged in and tv on. Device screen should be off while plugging it in. Once in turn on, unlock, and it should show up. Then you can pull the notifications down and hit tv launcher. You can also set it with smart connect to auto launch.
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Are you using Jelly Bean on your Ion as me?
I have followed your steps and nothing, pluged the HDMI cable into the dock and turned the TV on with the HDMI 1 channel on, with phone screen off connected it (with only the HDMI cable plugged in) and nothing happens. If I use Smart Connect App, when choosing dock it does detect the dock, but the TV mode does absolutely nothing.
Im beggining to think it could be the HDMI port on my Dock that doesn't work properly, I did buy it on ebay.. so you never know!
Let me know what you think, the whole idea was using my Ion as an additional basic PC, but without hdmi it's not going to be to useful..

Yes I am running the Rogers jelly Bean. It is very easy to disturb the hdmi connection when you mess with the dock. I am using a hdmi to micro hdmi adapter. I plug my phone in then hit the power button and unlock it. It then recognizes and shows on the tv. If you pull down the notifications you have options for tv launcher and also hdmi settings.
One thing you can try is connect the hdmi to your device directly and see if it works.

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Yes I am running the Rogers jelly Bean. It is very easy to disturb the hdmi connection when you mess with the dock. I am using a hdmi to micro hdmi adapter. I plug my phone in then hit the power button and unlock it. It then recognizes and shows on the tv. If you pull down the notifications you have options for tv launcher and also hdmi settings.
One thing you can try is connect the hdmi to your device directly and see if it works.
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I think it's the HDMI port on my dock then, because it just doesn't even notice the HDMI connection, I'm using the cable that came with the phone, I have a factory unlocked lt28h Ion that came with all the extras, hdmi micro to hdmi cable and smart tags..
I may try doing a downgrade to see if it works ok on the ICS, I have read it had less problems with that version of Android.
Once again thanks ever so much for your help and interested, ill keep the post updated just in case other people are having the same problem as me.
Pd: The HDMI port on my device works fine directly to TV, the only thing is I have to adjust the screen dimensions to 95% now I'm on Jelly Bean so the picture is ok on the TV.
Regards, judgefargo

Finally the new Dock arrived yesterday and guess what.. It works like a charm!!!
So in the end the problem was a faulty HDMI port, the seller was kind enough to send a new one for free.
Thank you all for your help, as compensation ill leave a few discoveries I have made so you can use your ion as a spare PC.
For ROOTED devices i strongly recommend Screen Standby App, that lets you turn the screen of whilst the phone is docket and uses 1/3 of the battery, as well as not bothering you whilst watching a film or other tasks.. it has many other functions to.
Another great app is Paragon, which lets you connect external usb and hard drives in any format, specially NTFS, please note that for usb and hard drives to work the power cord has to be connected, due to the drain of power, as device warns.
That's it for now, hope this info is useful for other Dock owners and users!

Awesome I will try this out. Glad you got a good dock to work with. If you come up with other interesting stuff let us know.

judgefargo said:
Finally the new Dock arrived yesterday and guess what.. It works like a charm!!!
So in the end the problem was a faulty HDMI port, the seller was kind enough to send a new one for free.
Thank you all for your help, as compensation ill leave a few discoveries I have made so you can use your ion as a spare PC.
For ROOTED devices i strongly recommend Screen Standby App, that lets you turn the screen of whilst the phone is docket and uses 1/3 of the battery, as well as not bothering you whilst watching a film or other tasks.. it has many other functions to.
Another great app is Paragon, which lets you connect external usb and hard drives in any format, specially NTFS, please note that for usb and hard drives to work the power cord has to be connected, due to the drain of power, as device warns.
That's it for now, hope this info is useful for other Dock owners and users!
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I also got the Sony Xperia ion SmartDock DK20,no problem here connecting to tv while charging and connect mouse and keyboard...well,it can connect with an external hard disk?I didn't know that
Can give me more deep tutorial?My External HDD is WD version
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UchihaDareNial said:
I also got the Sony Xperia ion SmartDock DK20,no problem here connecting to tv while charging and connect mouse and keyboard...well,it can connect with an external hard disk?I didn't know that
Can give me more deep tutorial?My External HDD is WD version
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I have not tried a drive yet but it will work. Think it has to be formatted in fat and not ntfs.

zackspeed said:
I have not tried a drive yet but it will work. Think it has to be formatted in fat and not ntfs.
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Any different between fat and ntfs?
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Any different between fat and ntfs?
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NTFS is standard format for Windows and for it to work in Android it needs to be fat32 format. Don't think there is much of a difference other than just the type of format. So you would right click your drive you want to use and format it as fat32. Then put what you want to on it and plug it into the dock. The phone should be able to see it at that point but you will need a file browser to access the drive. I will try it in a bit to confirm it works but from what I have read on the Z forum it should work fine.

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NTFS is standard format for Windows and for it to work in Android it needs to be fat32 format. Don't think there is much of a difference other than just the type of format. So you would right click your drive you want to use and format it as fat32. Then put what you want to on it and plug it into the dock. The phone should be able to see it at that point but you will need a file browser to access the drive. I will try it in a bit to confirm it works but from what I have read on the Z forum it should work fine.
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Can I change the format without literally format my ext HDD?
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No. You will have to backup or move what is on the drive and do a format. Formatting wipes the drive and no way around that I know of.

The problem is Android is not programmed to read NTFS format which is a windows format.
But if you install PARAGON app it makes the OS able to read NTFS drives without having to format your hard drive to fat32.
I also have a WD 500GB Hard Drive and faced the same problem, there is other programs but paragon seems to be the one that works best.
Hope that helps, regards and good fortune!