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How to Disable the Car Mode?

Hello Guys,
before Froyo it was possible do "disable" the Car mode by deleting the CarHome.apk.
But since Froyo, if you delete this apk, the Phone still switches to CarMode in the CarDock....
And maybe thats a reason for the loudness problem in the Cardock...
Does anyone know how i can disable the Carmode Completely?
thanks a lot

Install "dock nothingness" from market.
Also you have posted in the wrong forum. If it is a question, it goes to Q&A forum.

ive noticed as well, since 2.2 i havent been able to adjust the audio when it is docked in the car, is that just me? I use audiomanagerpro but i also tried to adjust the media volume from the settings menu as well

I'm so happy to KILLED the evil Car Mode - here's how
Car Mode would pop up constantly on my HTC Incredible 2. It had nothing to do with the usb. Most times, the phone wasn't even plugged it and Car Mode would still pop up and Yes, I could click on it and disable it. For about 5 secs, then it was back. The worst part was that it would force-close the program that I was in to launch. It took me about 8 hours of research. Car Mode is a system app, and therefore can not be removed like other applications. You have to root your phone then delete, freeze or rename. Ok by me, but rooting apparently isn't stable yet for the Incredible 2 if you have a later os version than 2.2. Guess what? I have 2.3. No problem, how do i revert. Oh, i find out, you can't without resetting the phone to factory, which by the way is what verizon support suggested. I thought not before I back up, but lo and behold you can't back up more than contacts and pics without rooting. Arrrrgh! Next, I looked for an app to help me battle this devil Car Mode, so I tried apps from Amazon and market:
Advanced task killer Free
Astro
Gemini App Manager
Dock Nothingness
Dock no-op
Disable car home
and NONE of them worked, at least not for the Incredible 2.
I had a new idea, if you can't beat them, join them so I installed the latest version of Car Dock Home, hoping that at least it would give the option to not launch. Nope, didn't work. Luckily, I'm good at my job just because I don't give me 'easily'. Anyway, finally on my 14th try, I used 'DockNothing Free' from Amazon. At first, I didn't think this worked either. There was no input screen or settings but that's because the app doesn't initiate until the Car Mode launches, then it allows you to choose to select DockNothing as the default program. I had to do that 3 times: 1) Car Panel 2)Car Dock 3)Home Dock. Now I actually see a little popup that says 3 tasks killed. YEA!
Sorry for the long post, but I'll bet if you're here, you are going crazy because of Car Mode. And I read a lot more than just this much to get mine fixed.
ps. Car Mode actually looks pretty neat and seems useful IN THE CAR. But I have been too afraid to release the monster to check it out. I might at the next update. Might....

interesting, i love car mode in the car, no idea why yours is coming up while not in one lol
patience, htcdev website just released the unlock bootloader over the web for the uk sensation today, should probably hit for the other htc phones soon

Im having the same issue here on a desire z.. The Dock nothingness and simmilar applications doesn't help with the "car mode" at all
it just replaces the "Car Home" App
It's the "Car Mode" that is the problem for me atleast.
when the phone enters/exits car mode the phone always returns to the homescreen.
Any progress on disabling this?

I got rid of it on my Desire by adding a shortcut to the homescreen and choosing Settings > Car Dock and then unticking Auto Launch. I never saw car mode again so it either fixed it or it was a coincidence.

Motorola Milestone Media Dock Disable?

Okay, so I was able to disable the launching of the media dock application when the phone touches the magnet portion of my case, but how would I go about stopping it from waking up every time i do so? Also, does anyone know if it impacts the battery if i leave it connected to the dock with the screen off?

Try the "No Dock" app from market, if you are using stock ROM.
akusokuzan said:
Okay, so I was able to disable the launching of the media dock application when the phone touches the magnet portion of my case, but how would I go about stopping it from waking up every time i do so? Also, does anyone know if it impacts the battery if i leave it connected to the dock with the screen off?
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400757 said:
Try the "No Dock" app from market, if you are using stock ROM.
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I already use something similar, and it stops the media dock from showing up. What I want to do is completely disable the magnet sensor altogether. That way, if I put it on the media dock, the screen stays off, and doesn't turn on at all. Does this app do this?

If you have root, then yes, this is why I create this app.
But currently only tested on two particular model and kernel version Milestone and HTC Evo 4G.
For more info you can view the demo video here(for the initial working version): http://goo.gl/w1mR
akusokuzan said:
I already use something similar, and it stops the media dock from showing up. What I want to do is completely disable the magnet sensor altogether. That way, if I put it on the media dock, the screen stays off, and doesn't turn on at all. Does this app do this?
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Recently found that No Dock cannot work on Droid stock ROM.
The latest version has this fixed. So if you got Droid stock ROM (or ChevyNo1 kernel) then please try again.
More info see my website here: http://goo.gl/CziuN
400757 said:
If you have root, then yes, this is why I create this app.
But currently only tested on two particular model and kernel version Milestone and HTC Evo 4G.
For more info you can view the demo video here(for the initial working version): http://goo.gl/w1mR
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Could we disable the "car mode"??

As discussed in a specific thread, ICS is not managing the car mount supply power that, by activating the "car mode" (basically voice commands and phone calls in horizontal), causes ICS phone application to crash and the system crashes completely!!!
I tryed closing the voice commands interface (opened authomatically when connecting the power supply in the car mount) but that is not enough and the phone crashes at the first phone call or bluetooth stereo audio interaction
While waiting for a fix in ICS, I was wondering if the community here knows how to avoid that the "car mode" is activated, as a temporary turn around
The issue, you can imagine, is that we cannot charge the battery in the car mount, critical for instance while using the navigation app that drains battery!

dengi_it said:
As discussed in a specific thread, ICS is not managing the car mount supply power that, by activating the "car mode" (basically voice commands and phone calls in horizontal), causes ICS phone application to crash and the system crashes completely!!!
I tryed closing the voice commands interface (opened authomatically when connecting the power supply in the car mount) but that is not enough and the phone crashes at the first phone call or bluetooth stereo audio interaction
While waiting for a fix in ICS, I was wondering if the community here knows how to avoid that the "car mode" is activated, as a temporary turn around
The issue, you can imagine, is that we cannot charge the battery in the car mount, critical for instance while using the navigation app that drains battery!
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Though have never used the car mode/mount but you can freeze it using Titanium Backup if you have root.

abhisahara said:
Though have never used the car mode/mount but you can freeze it using Titanium Backup if you have root.
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I see, thanks. My doubt is if indeed "car mode" is managed by an app that we can kill/freeze or instead is just a sort of "system configuration" activated by the car mount chip

Well as i told earlier haven't used it so never looked into it. But the car mount gives the system a signal (yeah the pin connectors position should be different...look inside your normal usb connector and the the car dock connector...they should have the pins placed differently...) that the phone has been docked to the car and hence the CarHomeGoogle.apk gets activated. So if you freeze this app the system will still give the command to activate the app but since its freezed it wont run.
I might be total wrong.....but just what i thought!! Never experienced it so learning it

Your advice makes a lot of sense. I didn't know the name of that apk, it might be the one to be freezed!
I just asked in the specific thread here if somebody else can give a try, as at the moment I have not got root rights on my ICS... let's see!!
Thank you very much for your advice!

Try this:
Install this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.megagram.docknoop
and set as default when you insert in car dock.

Desk dock no longer in app menu

Desk dock no longer appears in my menu. I can load it from smartactions when charging. But cannot switch back to in from the app switcher either as it does not appear there either. Is this the case for anyone else.
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I haven't rooted the device and its running the standard European Jelly bean update.

Everyone still has desk dock in their menus?
xopher_mc said:
Desk dock no longer appears in my menu. I can load it from smartactions when charging. But cannot switch back to in from the app switcher either as it does not appear there either. Is this the case for anyone else.
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I haven't rooted the device and its running the standard European Jelly bean update.
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xopher_mc said:
Everyone still has desk dock in their menus?
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nope. I noticed the exact same thing. I use smartactions to bring it up when charging the device over night. But the ICS dock is no longer in the menu. I looked through the phone for some time and could not find the program to directly start it.

Thanks for the info. That's a shame as it was quite useful to switch programs at work.
rasaf said:
nope. I noticed the exact same thing. I use smartactions to bring it up when charging the device over night. But the ICS dock is no longer in the menu. I looked through the phone for some time and could not find the program to directly start it.
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Incipio Car Moto Mod: Can you disable automatically going to auto mode?

Hey! I haven't figured this out yet but, when you attach your moto to the Incipio Car Moto Mod Dock, it automatically puts it in Android Auto mode. Personally, I hate Android Auto, but I can't figure out a way to stop it from automatically launching. I've tried just deleting Android Auto, but it makes it so you have to click multiple notifications every single time you dock it to turn it off. Has anyone had any luck disabling this?

I don't think you can do it through any built-in means. I personally like that it goes into Android Auto when attached, and immediately exits when disconnected, but I do wish there was more control - specifically to start playing Google Play Music automatically when connected too.
It would be really sweet of Motorola made a suite of controls for Moto mods, that would allow more customization. Like when a certain mod is attached I get to choose what, if anything, is launched automatically.
That said, I'm totally happy with the car-dock, even considering how stupid-expensive it was to get it here in Canada.

Caldair said:
I don't think you can do it through any built-in means. I personally like that it goes into Android Auto when attached, and immediately exits when disconnected, but I do wish there was more control - specifically to start playing Google Play Music automatically when connected too.
It would be really sweet of Motorola made a suite of controls for Moto mods, that would allow more customization. Like when a certain mod is attached I get to choose what, if anything, is launched automatically.
That said, I'm totally happy with the car-dock, even considering how stupid-expensive it was to get it here in Canada.
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I definitely agree, I LOVE the dock, I just am not a fan of Android Auto, so as a result, I have to exit out of it every time I dock my phone which gets annoying :/

holabola said:
I definitely agree, I LOVE the dock, I just am not a fan of Android Auto, so as a result, I have to exit out of it every time I dock my phone which gets annoying :/
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What about to uninstall or disable Android Auto if you don´t use it at all.

A YouTube video this week said that the latest MZP Nougat upgrade added the ability to turn Car Mode off. You have to go into the settings while the Car Dock mod is attached. I haven't tried it yet as I like Android Auto auto-launching.
Search Youtube for "Incipio Car Dock Mod update.."

sonex293 said:
A YouTube video this week said that the latest MZP Nougat upgrade added the ability to turn Car Mode off. You have to go into the settings while the Car Dock mod is attached. I haven't tried it yet as I like Android Auto auto-launching.
Search Youtube for "Incipio Car Dock Mod update.."
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I confirm that. I'm on Nougat and when attached to Moto dock I see option to uncheck auto launch Android auto when attached to dock. As it doesn't work in Poland where I live it was useless future for me.

I can confirm now as well. I'm beyond happy. This was pretty much my only gripe I had with my phone and it's fixed. This is the best.

One strange problem I am having with the Incipio Dock is with audio. I am connecting to my car stereo via Bluetooth and my car is not Android Auto compatible. If I plug into the dock, Android Auto launches and Google Play starts playing MP3 but I have to hit a volume button to hear the audio. Just a single tap is all it takes. If I leave the phone in my pocket, the file starts just fine. Haven't found a fix yet.
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Pioneer Android Auto head unit
Does anyone know if this will work the same as plugging in the USB cable to launch on compatible head unit? I know it's not much more seamless than plugging in a cable but would save wear and tear on the phone port over the life of the device...and look cooler.

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Does anyone know if this will work the same as plugging in the USB cable to launch on compatible head unit? I know it's not much more seamless than plugging in a cable but would save wear and tear on the phone port over the life of the device...and look cooler.
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That's exactly what I'm trying to do: dock my Z3 Play to the Incipio Car Dock, which is plugged into my Andriod Auto compatible head unit so I can use Android Auto on my head unit.
Despite all my efforts, whenever I dock my phone, it either launches the Android Auto interface on the phone, or optionally doesn't automatically launch the Android Auto interface on the phone - but in either case, my head unit doesn't detect that an Android device has been connected via USB.
#frustrating
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The USB-C port on the dock is for charging only. No data transfer. Does it work if you connect using the USB-C port on the phone instead of the dock?