Since Gingerbread, car dock not detected

[pjo1966]

The thread title pretty much says it all. Ever since I installed the latest update, the car dock is no longer detected when I pop the Thunderbolt in. Before the update, Car Mode would be activated and Custom Car Home would launch. Now when the phone is in the dock, the charger kicks in and that's it. I've been through the menus but can't seem to find a solution.

Any suggestions?

[d_denver]

Same as mine after update. Will not recognize car dock. Also ring-tones are wrong.

[pjo1966]

It was working intermittently yesterday.



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[ForensicDroid]

Me too. It's worked twice since the update Saturday. Once the first time I popped it into the doc after the update and once today. Also the phone won't go into landscape mode when in the doc which I think is a much bigger issue. I didn't care for the car doc app, I'd much rather just do without it, to be honest, but not having the phone in landscape mode while in the doc is an inexcusable error.

[pjo1966]

I think I found the solution. Go into your applications folder and open Dock Mode. Go into settings and turn off the option to have it automatically launch. So far so good.

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[pjo1966]

Never mind. Back to the same issue.

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[JRParsons]

You should be able to get the car dock detected if the dock is Unplugged, not sure why. But I have noticed that nothing will get the home screens into landscape mode. I used to skip the car screen, but really liked the home screen, dialer and phone screens to be in landscape mode.
I have a workaround, I installed Go Launcher, and an app that launches it when the phone is plugged in. This way when I insert the phone into the dock, Go Launcher launches. Also, I set the phone button on Go Launcher to use Go Dialer, this puts the dialer in landscape also.
I guess any alternative launcher would work if you don't like Go Launcher. I forget the name of the app that automatically launches something when the phone is plugged in. I'll post it later when I look through my app drawer and find it.
I'm hoping that HTC notices that GB killed the car dock and fixes it with an update, but I'm not holding my breath for an update. I still like my tbolt but I'm beginning to think that us tbolt owners are one big soak test.

[ForensicDroid]

What's the app you added that launches Go Launcher when you plug the phone in?

[JRParsons]

What's the app you added that launches Go Launcher when you plug the phone in?

Plug in launcher

[ForensicDroid]

Plug in launcher

For this app is there a setting for the car doc specifically or is it only when connected to power? I connect to power a lot but may not want Go Launcher to run those times.
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