starts vlingo and goes to car mode

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Hi

my sgs2 goes in car mode and starts vlingo "tap to speak" all the times.

Sometimes it thinks its on "charging"

Pls help.

I had this for 2 days. I unnistalled ADw launcher and no problem ever since. Are you on a rooted device?

Sent from my stock GT-I9100 using XDA App

Im on a rooted device.

I have wiped my phone and tried different roms.

The problem aint going away.

Originally Posted by sluden

Hi

my sgs2 goes in car mode and starts vlingo "tap to speak" all the times.

Sometimes it thinks its on "charging"

Pls help.

Option 1) Do you have a casing with a magnet in it, or any other magnets (wallet, bag, etcetera) (dunno for sure if the SGS2 has magnet-activated-carmode as well...?)

Option 2) Shortage in your usb connector? - does it charge correctly, does it connect well to your pc?

Thanks for the answer.

I have no magnet nearby. So that cant be the problem

it has happened a few times that it dont sync with the comp its just starts to charge the battery instead.

When i charge the phone. There is no problem.

first post, reading allot
i have this problem to, since a few days.
wiped al data. moved to stock firmware, but the problem is still there.
also causing extreme battery heat and drain from 60% to 0 in like 15 minutes
had adw launcer installed for a week or 2 but no problems.
it seems to me when you wipe all data this cant be a problem anymore.
will try diffrent firmware now.
if anyone has a solution for this problem please post

Anyone sorted this? Mine started doing the same a few days ago. Really annoying...?

I just noticed my SGS2 doing the exactly same thing today! I'm fairly sure it is related to dirt or dust in the microUSB port, since my friend dropped my phone at the beach (not gonna borrow it to him again!) and it got covered in sand. Few hours later, sporadic car and PC modes, sometimes the phone even thinks it's charging. I tried blowing into the USB jack but to no avail... I hope I won't have to return it!!

I think there might be bad microUSB port soldering. Try connecting your phone to pc and wave/move your phone, or tick the cable with your finger. Does it sometimes looses connection and reconnects right after (might not happen every time)?

Bad port soldering does happen for other phones too. But I'm not sure if this will be covered by the warranty. Service might say that you bend the cable/port too much when connected or something.

Anyone tried to bring the phone for the service because of this issue already? If this is the case service should be able to fix it easily.

Last night my phone wouldn't even start charging, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. With the smallest screwdriver I could find, I carefully 'lifted' the tiny PCB in the USB jack while blowing in at the same time. Sure enough, some sand particles fell out, and I haven't gotten carmode'd in nearly 13 hours now. Previously it would do it once every 15 minutes. So far so good, it seems.

Originally Posted by StupidIdea

Bad port soldering does happen for other phones too. But I'm not sure if this will be covered by the warranty. Service might say that you bend the cable/port too much when connected or something.

I'm absolutely certain the warranty would cover this fault, if I pay $675 for a mobile phone I definitely don't expect it to stop working after I insert the USB cable the wrong way!