.232 experiences with accessories as a daily driver

I noticed that updating Music, instantly broke bedside mode. I reverted to the previous version of Music & that fixed my bedside mode problem.

I really liked the old WebTop 2.0 better than the new 3.0. The UI took a step (or 3) backwards when I "upgraded" to 3.0.

I like PowerAmp (paid version) more than the stock music app. I don't have any problems with it in my car.

I plan on disabling the Car & Bedside modes and trying the old Gingerbread versions (I liked them both) in the next couple days. There's a post on here somewhere with the apk files.

 

Thanks for the observations. Did you happen to notice if the car dock accommodates portrait mode, especially for navigation? Makes me crazy how the GB car dock wants to do landscape only.

 

Just my input, I've never liked the stock music app in any android software. I think 2 weeks after I got my OG I downloaded PowerAMP and soon after bought the paid version and never went back.

 

I use the default one. Because it's designed for your phone

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The .232 car dock will work in either orientation I've used both just messing around seeing which one I like better.

 

YAY!! Thanks to both of you

 

Per the lap dock: double touch the white LED on the touch pad to avoid accidentally clicking around on the screen. I use a wireless mouse and it makes the whole experience about a thousand times better. Laptop replacement (for me) for sure.

Per the car dock: use Google Play Music and uninstall the car mode app entirely. I just use the Google music widget on my lock screen or home screen rather than waiting for the useless car mode app to load. Instant music/navigation/etc through my car stereo every time I get in the car. This is actually how I did it in GB as well. I haven't listened to the radio since I bought the bionic a year ago.

For reference, I've been on 232 since it leaked and am typing this out on it now.

I've also attached a screenshot of my lock screen so you can see what I mean when I talk about the Google music widget. I use the car dock in landscape so when it's in the dock everything in this screenshot is turned 90 degrees.

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Also, about webtop 3.0:
I hated it at first. The desktopish environment in 2.0 is what made the lapdock so appealing and useable in the first place.
I realize now that webtop 3.0 is far superior in terms of capability and ESPECIALLY stability, as I'm sure you're aware. From a capability standpoint, I simply use two browsers, one for webtop and one for phone. I use dolphin browser in the lapdock because it uses flash and I can set it to always display web pages as if I were using a desktop computer. Widgets on the home screens give me information at-a-glance in a way that blew my mind the first time I used it, and continues to do so; the calendar, Gmail, clock, and myriad other widgets are infinitely useful in 3.0.
For regular phone mode web browsing I use Chrome cause it's flippin awesome.

Again, a wireless mouse will take your lapdock experience to the next level.

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Broid how did you get your lock screen to look like that? I would love to have my weather site up on it and Pandora widget as well if possible

 

My guess would be with WidgetLocker.