In order to 'wake' the factory amp in our car using an Android head unit, I have to play Music (eg from USB), this wakes the amp and then I can play the radio after that. If radio is played first, it does not wake amp. I have automated this process using Agama launcher and its autostart feature. I start Music after 2 secs, then start Radio after 5 secs. However, the autostart only works after rebooting the unit, not with each startup.
To overcome this, I was wanting to get Tasker to perform a reboot each time the unit is started (ie each time it is booted). Can anyone help me with the code to do this? Thx in advance, would be much appreciated.
Is there any Launcher that will allow you to run an app on Startup (or Booting an android head unit), rather than just on Rebooting?
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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.
Just wanted to throw this out here in case anybody else runs into this problem. I just purchased a bt keyboard, worked fine for a few days, then suddenly my tab started to freeze, even after rebooting. System panel would show full cpu usage, and it took minutes to simply scroll, but the time and charging indicator worked in real time. After some searching I found some troubles the tab had with bluetooth devices. To the point, I found that after opening pandora for the first time since I had the keyboard that the bt media setting was enabled, turned that off, rebooted, and its been at least 5 hours and haven't had a problem since, usually only took a few minutes to freeze after powering up. As a side note, I'm sure other apps/settings may cause the same problem.
Sent from the Tab
I use(d) bluetooth headset and my freezing problem was with any and all music players. I have Pandora installed, but is it only the setting in pandora that's the problem or all music players?
It could be any apps really. For me it was pandora, I'm using poweramp for my music and I know that has bt disabled. I would just check any media apps for bt settings.
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Thanks
I noticed that the 'Bluetooth' was the cause of my GT-P1000 freezing issues.
But I didn't know that some apss could also cause this!
I will try to uninstall Pandora and see if the BT issues has been resolved.
It's annoying coz I often turn the BT ON coz I used it as my primary phone number
So since you changed the BT setting in Pandora, have you had any freezing issue at all? My device started freezing like mad and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was. I first deleted unnecessary apps, no effect. Then I formatted the memory, followed by a factory reset when the format didn't work. The problem persisted! Two constants in the equation are the presence of Pandora (which I did not realize uad a BT setting) and my Apple Bluetooth keyboard. I finally put two and two together that it had to do with my keyboard, so now I'm a bit wary of even pairing it again lest I smash my Tab against the desk in a fit of freeze induced anger.
So I am interested to know if yoir correction of the Pandora setting seems to be a permanemt resolution.
Notice the typos above? That's because I'm not using my Bluetooth keyboard. Haha
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
Helps alot, thanks.
Yep. Pandora. As soon as got my new Jawbone ICON Hero bt earpiece I decided to try it with my media players. with XiaaLive it was fine. Audio was nice and clear. Starting and stopping the app was smooth. However, when I tried Pandora, audio was fine and starting the app was fine. But every time I tried quieting the app my US T-Mo Galaxy Tab would get super slow. Everything was going in slow motion. Folders would take 20 to 30 seconds to open. Even pressing the Power button took about 15 seconds to show the "Shut Down" screen.
After a reboot, everything was fine again. And I left it alone until the next day when I tried it again. And sure enough. Upon quitting the Pandora app everything got really really slow again.
So, using Pandora and a BT device seems to be the issue.
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.
This is really driving me crazy. Every time I reboot the bluetooth volume gets reset to halfway. And when I go to turn it up, I have to click through a warning about listening at high volumes. I listen to music through bluetooth every time I get in my car. I like to reboot daily just to keep the OS fresh. So every day I get in my car, I have to go through these steps. Is there any way to get the volume to stay where you left it through rebooting? It seems like the ringer volume does recall previous settings, but not bluetooth.
I have had this same issue. It is pretty annoying and I have yet to find another way around this after a reboot.
I will say that rebooting the phone daily really shouldn't be necessary. Since android is based off of Linux it does not require regular reboots to keep it "fresh". I will usually go through and kill any intensive apps (games, google maps, etc.) that may be suspended in the background but that's all that should be needed.
Driving me crazy for a year!
I agree with you totally. This has been bugging me since I got my 2013 Maxx (why couldn't they come up with a new name for the 2014 International? Now whenever we say Maxx we have to specify which one we're talking about.). There should be some way to disable the volume warning. I like to reboot after recharging and if I update several apps. Not everyday, but if I charge and update say, 8 or 9 apps I just like to reboot to reset everything (and sometimes with an update icons change, etc). Then, when I get in my car or use my Bluetooth headphones I have to reconfigure volume. Completely useless. I think I'm perfectly capable of deciding which volume is safe for me. At least give me the option of a Do Not Show again check box...
I recently started getting a lot of AA disconnects from my Samsung phone and my AA stereos - I have an Android Chinese unit as well as a Kenwood Excelon in my second car. Thought the cable might be the issue but that didn't seem like it.
I went in to the apps menu and found that under system apps, there are 2 more AA related apps. Proceeded to turn off battery optimizations for all 3 and now it seems to be running stable.
The apps are:
Android Auto (DUH!)
android.auto_generated_rro_product__
android.auto_generated_rro_vendor__
You're the f'ing man! I could kiss you.
Didn't work for me.. only fix I have found is tap the usb options [while plugged in] on phone and tell the phone that the plugged in device manages connection.. unfortunately this setting does not remain set after use.