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Use free car dock as nightstand/alarm

Today I decided to open my free car dock I got from ATT with the matrix HD and I set it up next to my bed on my nightstand. This all seemed fine and dandy until tonight I put it in the car dock and connected the power and the phone promptly went into "vehicle mode" with no way out until I unplugged it. What I want to do is just use the car dock normally with the phone without being in vehicle mode. I checked in the app info and it cannot be disabled and I do not want to delete any system apps. Does anyone know of any way to go about this? I am rooted running JB 4.1.1
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Nevermind I figured it out, all I did was right when vehicle mode opened I hit disagree for their little liability thing then I hit the back button a couple times and the phone is in its regular state now.

Fantastic idea! Thanks. I really didn't want to put it on my front windshield it case it messes up the tints so it has been just sitting there.

One thing I did notice however, it that the screen never shuts off when its in the dock for some reason so it doesn't charge my MAXX battery overnight in it

xcharliemx said:
Fantastic idea! Thanks. I really didn't want to put it on my front windshield it case it messes up the tints so it has been just sitting there.
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You can also attach the surface adapter to your dash-top.

jp6060 said:
One thing I did notice however, it that the screen never shuts off when its in the dock for some reason so it doesn't charge my MAXX battery overnight in it
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I've not had any such issue, my drive up from work is about 15 minutes and mine usually gets about 2-3% charge on the way home from work with the screen on the whole way.

Screen flicker when charging

When I put my nexus to charge, screen flickers like it needs more power. But when I increase the brightness it goes away or I can't see it. Tried a different power outlet as well. And I'm using the turbo charger.
Anyone experiencing this?

Truckerice said:
When I put my nexus to charge, screen flickers like it needs more power. But when I increase the brightness it goes away or I can't see it. Tried a different power outlet as well. And I'm using the turbo charger.
Anyone experiencing this?
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Yes I am also experiencing this issue. I contacted the (UK) Google Play support and they suggested:
Reboot to Safe Mode (Test Charging)
Factory Reset Device (Test Charging)
In both instances Google Play were trying to eliminate any applications that may be causing the issue. Needless to say I tried both suggestions and the issue still prevails. I have requested a replacement device but you are quite right...this only occurs when you use the Turbo charger - I tested a HTC M8 charger and the issue disappeared. It is also not consistently replicated - sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. It seems to occur between 30%-80% of charge and then stops (I could be imagining that!).
I am hoping its nothing serious and either a faulty charger, a feature/symptom of "turbo" charging or at best just a one off faulty device. I may even ring Motorola themselves and see if they can explain whether it is a fault or a non intentional side effect. The latter would be very disappointing.
Have you made any progress?

Mine does the same thing. I'll try with a different charger and stuff later, but just thought I'd let you inow that the two of you arent alone.
It doesnt bug me. Normally when my phones charging I'm not using it.

Same here. Was gonna post but wanted to wait and see if someone else would first. Kinda annoying but not a big deal. It doesn't do it with my car charger and maps open and that's usually the only time I charge while using the screen.

I contacted Motorola and they suggested to wipe the cache too. I haven't successfully been able to do that yet. I think also the representative may have mistaken my explanation as definitely being caused by an application. I doubt it will rectify it but nevertheless here is the response below, it may help. Either way both Google Play (UK) and Motorola seem unaware/surprised regarding this issue, yet still very interested in helping fix it.
Thank you for contacting Motorola.
I am sorry to hear that there is a problem with you phone.
Please try the steps below to see if they can solve the problem.
If the first step does not solve the problem please continue with the next.
1. Safe mode
To Enable Safe Mode, please try the following:
1. Press the Power key
2. Touch and hold Power off
3. Touch OK when Reboot to safe mode appears
4. Phone will reboot and Safe Mode will appear in bottom left corner
5. Check if the problem is solved. If this is the case continue with the next steps. If not continue with the Clear Cache option
6. While in Safe Mode, launch apps one at a time to identify the app causing the problem
7. Remove the app that causes the problem from the device
To remove an application:
1. From the home scree, tap the circle with 6 dots (Menu)
2. Tap and hold the application that you want to remove
3. Drag tp Uninstall at the top of the screen
4. Confirm by touching OK
After you have identified and removed the application simply power cycle the device to disable safe mode.
2. Clear Cache
CLEAR CACHE PARTITION
1. With the phone powered off, press the VOL DOWN KEY for 2-3 seconds then POWER key then release.
2. The device will display different BOOT OPTIONS
3. Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL to Recovery and VOL UP Key to select
Tip: If the device reboots, you may have waited to long to make a selection, you will need to begin the process again.
4. The device will display the Motorola logo and then the Android in distress ( logo with Exclamation mark)
5. Press and hold the VOL UP key for 10-15 seconds. While still holding the VOL UP key tap and release the POWER key
Tip: You can try this step, holding the phone in landscape. If you are stuck on step 6, try a force reboot by pressing the Power key and Vol Down key, and start the process again.
6. The device will display additional menu options (Text will appear in BLUE)
7. Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll to wipe cache partition and the POWER Key to select this option
8. The device will then perform the partition wipe
9. The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence
If the problem is still not solved please backup the information on the device and continue with a factory data reset.
Once you have backed up your information, please try the following to perform the factory data reset:
1. From the home screen, tap Menu icon (a circle with 6 dots on it, located at the bottom).
2. Tap Settings.
3. Under the Personal section, tap Backup & reset.
4. Tap Factory data reset.
5. Tap Reset phone.
6. Tap Erase everything.
Please allow several minutes for the factory data reset and reboot processes to complete.
To setup the device after the reset has completed, refer to Initial Activation and Setup.
This should solve the issues you have encountered.
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Happens to me too. Don't see it as an issue unless the flicker occurs when the phone is disconnected from the turbo charger

Happens to me as well. Also, when I wake up in the morning, I can "hear" my phone charging. Something makes a constant noise, and it goes away as soon as I take the charger off.
Only hear it when the phone is fully charged and still on charger.

Thank you for the reply guys. Since I'm on my holidays I didn't have that much time to deal with this issue. I was going to send back the phone when I get back but now i'm thinking to buy a wireless charger or use another charger since phone get extra hot too when you are using the turbo charger.

vikramjatt11 said:
Happens to me as well. Also, when I wake up in the morning, I can "hear" my phone charging. Something makes a constant noise, and it goes away as soon as I take the charger off.
Only hear it when the phone is fully charged and still on charger.
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you shouldn't use the turbo charger over night. get a normal one or get a Qi charger.

beast18 said:
you shouldn't use the turbo charger over night. get a normal one or get a Qi charger.
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Says who?

Hi
Just a quick update.
I received my replacement device and I haven't seen the flickering yet - hopefully that is the end of it for me.
As somebody else has said, if it doesn't bother you then save the hassle. If it does, Google Play seem happy to replace under warranty.
Thanks for the comments.
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I experienced similar things with the screen flickering but this was off the charger as in not using the charger. I notice it most when you have the screen brightness low up to about 25% with the adaptive lighting turned on. The moment I turn off the adaptive lighting and raise the brightness above 40% the flickering seems to go away. So my screen flickering issue has been when I'm not using the charger. Has anyone else experienced this or might this be a defective screen?

My screen flickers at low brightness only. Its not that bad and I figure it night have to do with how dim the screen gets in the dark but I'm not sure. I may eventually RMA it, however it doesn't bother me currently so in fine with it happening.

beast18 said:
you shouldn't use the turbo charger over night. get a normal one or get a Qi charger.
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Thank you. I've been using a regular charger at night for 2 days now, no noise in the morning anymore. I just use the turbo charger for a quick charge if I need one during the day.

beast18 said:
you shouldn't use the turbo charger over night. get a normal one or get a Qi charger.
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Why? The quick charger only draws what the power control chip determines it needs. It won't overdraw current. I've used my quick charger over night many times with 0 issues. I've also used my quick charger 2.0 car charger on a road trip the whole way and again no issues. My battery life is still the same 6-6.5 hours SOT that it was when i bought it. I now use my qi charger. Where is the evidence that says its bad? If there isn't any then its not good to spread rumors about it being bad. (I'm not saying your losing, I just want to see where/how your concluded that)

Pilz said:
Why? The quick charger only draws what the power control chip determines it needs. It won't overdraw current. I've used my quick charger over night many times with 0 issues. I've also used my quick charger 2.0 car charger on a road trip the whole way and again no issues. My battery life is still the same 6-6.5 hours SOT that it was when i bought it. I now use my qi charger. Where is the evidence that says its bad? If there isn't any then its not good to spread rumors about it being bad. (I'm not saying your losing, I just want to see where/how your concluded that)
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When you leave your phone on the turbo charger overnight, do you hear a noise in the morning coming from the N6? I could hear a noise coming from the charging port in the morning on the turbo charger, its fine now with a regular charger.

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When you leave your phone on the turbo charger overnight, do you hear a noise in the morning coming from the N6? I could hear a noise coming from the charging port in the morning on the turbo charger, its fine now with a regular charger.
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Nope, mine doesn't buzz at all when I leave it. Ill test it again later, but I haven't had this issue. I have 2 of the quick chargers for my home and one for my car and my wife uses it for her S5 without any issues too. Maybe your charger is the issue?

Quick charge only charges quick for about 20 Mins then turns to the normal 5v 1a setting that most chargers use. I read the specs somewhere and it is completely determined by the phone. So it's not gonna hurt using it all the time. However if yours is buzzing it may be the charger like the others said.

You could download battery monitor widget and watch the voltage and amps that its drawing. At peak it draws 2.5amps at 9v if I recall correctly. I'll check it when my battery gets low again. The quick charger doesn't have any adverse effect that you would notice over a standard 2 year usage for a phone any more than a standard charger. Unless your battery is really hot all of the time it won't degrade any faster.

I am getting this flickering when charging with turbo charger too.. Hmm I wonder if this will kill the screen

[Q] Solution to wireless charging turning off at 100%?

Has anyone figured out how to make the phone stay in dock mode when the wireless charging hits 100%? I am getting tired of my phone pulsating throughout the night as it turns off at 100% and turns back on at 98%. My clock app goes away when the charging turns off and lights up my room like daylight. I have tried using tasker and the magnetic field sensor, but that is not very reliable. I have tried other tasker profiles but can't seem to figure out a good mix of variables. I also tried using an NFC tag on the dock and the app Trigger to start the app, but that only works when I first put it on the charger. It doesn't have an Exit Task like Tasker does.
This is really annoying and a pretty crappy "feature". Anyone?
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xious1 said:
Has anyone figured out how to make the phone stay in dock mode when the wireless charging hits 100%? I am getting tired of my phone pulsating throughout the night as it turns off at 100% and turns back on at 98%. My clock app goes away when the charging turns off and lights up my room like daylight. I have tried using tasker and the magnetic field sensor, but that is not very reliable. I have tried other tasker profiles but can't seem to figure out a good mix of variables. I also tried using an NFC tag on the dock and the app Trigger to start the app, but that only works when I first put it on the charger. It doesn't have an Exit Task like Tasker does.
This is really annoying and a pretty crappy "feature". Anyone?
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use niteclock free
works great for me make sure you get this one:
Night Clock by
Gubbel

Can I ask why you suggest that one? I have a couple alarm apps that I could probably just open myself, but I'd like to be able to put my phone on the charger and have it open automatically and stay open until I take it off the charger. Does Night Clock have settings for this kind of situation?

xious1 said:
Can I ask why you suggest that one? I have a couple alarm apps that I could probably just open myself, but I'd like to be able to put my phone on the charger and have it open automatically and stay open until I take it off the charger. Does Night Clock have settings for this kind of situation?
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a few reasons:
1: first it works with wireless charging on my nigntstand
2: turns off hard buttons
3: dims to my liking per settings
4: moves as a screensvaer
5 most important stays on after charger is full

I suppose a round-about way of solving this problem is to just use a wired charger, and save the wireless one for your desk or something, so that you don't have to worry about it acting up in the middle of the night. There's no terrific advantage to having wireless charging, IMO, so just be practical and use the wire.

avilancaster said:
I suppose a round-about way of solving this problem is to just use a wired charger, and save the wireless one for your desk or something, so that you don't have to worry about it acting up in the middle of the night. There's no terrific advantage to having wireless charging, IMO, so just be practical and use the wire.
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I would do that if they made a dock for the Turbo. Unfortunately, Motorola doesn't put out docks for their phones like they used to. Now you have to buy a generic one that doesn't fit properly. I ended up creating a Tasker task that opens my clock app and doesn't allow it to close, so I have to close the app manually every morning but that's just being picky. It works pretty well, so I'm happy now.
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xious1 said:
I would do that if they made a dock for the Turbo. Unfortunately, Motorola doesn't put out docks for their phones like they used to. Now you have to buy a generic one that doesn't fit properly. I ended up creating a Tasker task that opens my clock app and doesn't allow it to close, so I have to close the app manually every morning but that's just being picky. It works pretty well, so I'm happy now.
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Interesting course of action. thanks for sharing!

xious1 said:
I would do that if they made a dock for the Turbo. Unfortunately, Motorola doesn't put out docks for their phones like they used to. Now you have to buy a generic one that doesn't fit properly. I ended up creating a Tasker task that opens my clock app and doesn't allow it to close, so I have to close the app manually every morning but that's just being picky. It works pretty well, so I'm happy now.
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I'm having trouble getting tasker to see my dock. What settings you have the mag sensor set to. And are you able to get the clock to go into night mode?

Flexia32 said:
I'm having trouble getting tasker to see my dock. What settings you have the mag sensor set to. And are you able to get the clock to go into night mode?
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I just set Tasker to launch my clock app (Dock Clock Plus) when it detects wireless charging. I tried to use the mag sensor, but I could never get consistent results. The Dock Clock Plus app has a setting to go to night mode automatically at certain times. So I have it set for night mode from 9pm to 8am. So if I dock my phone outside those times, it stays bright.

[Q] audible notification on full charge ONLY when using wireless charger

Got my S6 (Verizon) on Friday. Pretty happy with the overall improvements. Main sad points are no better battery life and what seems to be a weaker bluetooth radio.
Overnight I charge my phone on a night table beside my bed. For 3 nights I slept well just like I have with my previous S3 and S5 phones.
I got my sexy new wireless charger yesterday and decided to use that on the night table to charge my phone, but was awoken by a nice "beep" when the phone was fully charged. If not bad enough, the charge seemed to cycle off and back on at some point in time (think it was less than a half hour), and it beeped again. This woke me up and is not going to work!
I can't find any option to disable in settings/battery or settings/sounds and notifications where I can turn off this beep on full charge. What I find odd is the different behavior of wired charging (no audible notification) and wireless charging (audible notification). I have confirmed that the beep is coming from the phone and not the charger by turning off the sound on the phone and letting it hit 100%.
Anyone know where this setting might be buried or know of some tweak or trick to disable this notification?
Thanks!

I have yet to fully change my s6 from at&t but make sure it is not the charging pad making the noise. Some pads have speakers to alert you of the phone charging and when it's finished. If that's the case I just opened mine up and cut the cords to the speaker. If not than I don't think k there's much you can do other than trying to change the settings using USB debugging and adb.

I have confirmed that the beep is coming from the phone and not the charger by turning off the sound on the phone and wireless charging to 100%. Under that condition, there is no beep.

Well I'm not quite sure what you could do to turn off the beep but I'm sure there's a way similar to the method to turn off the back button and menu button lights. The best idea I had was to have your phone go into silent mode at certain times to make sure it doesn't beep every x minutes throughout the night

Wiseor said:
Well I'm not quite sure what you could do to turn off the beep but I'm sure there's a way similar to the method to turn off the back button and menu button lights. The best idea I had was to have your phone go into silent mode at certain times to make sure it doesn't beep every x minutes throughout the night
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Sadly, that's what I'm coming up with as well, which isn't what I want. I need to be able to be notified of work emergencies, college kid issues, etc. As flexible as android can be, it certainly is frustrating at the things you can't control without being rooted (and that doesn't appear to be an option today with Verizon Galaxy S6).

Oddly enough I have absolutely no sounds coming from my wireless charger or phone when it charges to full. The only sound I hear is the one that occurs when it starts charging or detects the wireless charger. Other than that, the phone charges in total silence, and the charger itself simply changes from blue to green once it hits 100%.

Mine as well. I use the Nokia wireless charger. Maybe the charger you are using is telling your phone to make the sound when the battery gets full.

Little update here on a partial solution.
I actually found an app "Battery Full Notification" that allowed me to turn off the audible beep when the battery is full during wireless charging.
...but due to the cycling off and on of charging after that point, I still get a beep when it begins to charge again. *sigh*.

I use trigger to automatically turn off notification sounds when I connect charger then have it turn notification sounds back on @ 7 am. You can do manually if you press volume up then the gear and turn notification down all the way.

Screen getting too responsive while charging?

Had this phone for a couple of weeks now and basically I'm really happy with it. I just noticed a couple of things while charging that are bugging me.
First of all, when I plug in my phone I can sense the charging current in my finger that touches the metal plate on the bottom of the phone. It's just a very slight sensation, but I can amplify it a little when using the Sony quick charger (I remember reading a similar thing about Macbook Airs a couple of years back).
The thing that is really bugging me, though, is that the touchscreen is getting way too responsive. For example, I use Swype for typing and when my phone is plugged in I simply cannot type. I made a short video, first paragraph shows typing while plugged in, second paragraph is unplugged. I've also noticed this while using other apps, it's hard to describe, but it seems as if the phone registers some touches as clicks even though I'm just scrolling a website or browsing Twitter.
Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks for your help! Michael.

It's not normal to have leaking current, it's probably also the cause of anomalies you're describing. I recommend getting it checked by a Sony service center.

arzinger said:
Had this phone for a couple of weeks now and basically I'm really happy with it. I just noticed a couple of things while charging that are bugging me.
First of all, when I plug in my phone I can sense the charging current in my finger that touches the metal plate on the bottom of the phone. It's just a very slight sensation, but I can amplify it a little when using the Sony quick charger (I remember reading a similar thing about Macbook Airs a couple of years back).
The thing that is really bugging me, though, is that the touchscreen is getting way too responsive. For example, I use Swype for typing and when my phone is plugged in I simply cannot type. I made a short video, first paragraph shows typing while plugged in, second paragraph is unplugged. I've also noticed this while using other apps, it's hard to describe, but it seems as if the phone registers some touches as clicks even though I'm just scrolling a website or browsing Twitter.
Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks for your help! Michael.
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wondering how you got on with this, i had this last night and remembered your post! i actually had this with another charger years ago with a different phone. in both cases, swapping the charger for another one fixed the problem. last night, holding my finger on the screen was registering as a load of very rapid taps (you can imagine how crazy the vibration motor went). so yep, tried another charger, all good.

I use the Sony UCH12 and an original LG USB-C cable that is certified for QC3 (because I lost my Sony one) to charge my phone. While it does quick charge, like OP, I can't really use the phone while charging. The touch sensitivity becomes weird, like it will register multiple presses or inaccurate touches.
This problem does not occur when I use a QC2.0 certified powerbank though.
On a side note, the charging brick supplied in the box is a normal "slow charge" brick. Does Sony not want us to quick charge?

ClintonPuah said:
On a side note, the charging brick supplied in the box is a normal "slow charge" brick. Does Sony not want us to quick charge?
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i assume they just want us to pay more.

ClintonPuah said:
On a side note, the charging brick supplied in the box is a normal "slow charge" brick. Does Sony not want us to quick charge?
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This varies by region, here the default supplied is the quick charger. But, for example, we didn't get the free bluetooth headset offer some places got.

You are not alone:
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