topic Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging in Z Series

Dock mode while using magnetic charging

Witherx — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:18:59 GMT

I've noticed that whenever I connect my phoine to a magnetic dock, my phone sorts of changes mode. I.E im using the app Themer, and whenever I connect my phone Themer restarts. It can get especially irritating at times, espeically when it interrupts what im doing, such as gaming.

Is there an option anywhere to turn off the magnetic charging dock mode? I've looked everywhere but nobody else seem to be mentioning the issue or providing any solutions for it.

Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging

_alexdon_ — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:22:27 GMT

Try settings-apps-all-smart connect,clear data.Restart.

Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging

Witherx — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:28:01 GMT

I suspected smart connect initially too. Checked that there was nothing under charging dock before.

Just tried what you suggested, still having the same issue 😕

Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging

_alexdon_ — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:32:43 GMT

Boot in safe mode and see if the same occurs:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/FAQ/How-to-boot-your-phone-into-safe-mode/m-p/348008

Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging

Uliwooly — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:33:19 GMT

this seems to be the issue with multiple apps and games, I can say that Ingress, maps, etc will restart if you connect/disconnect the dock, I can't say this will happen 100% of the time but it does occur quite often

Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging

Witherx — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:56:15 GMT

I just discovered a new problem with my phone while booting into safe mode. I can select any launcher; choosing simplke home or xperia launcher gives me the message "unfortunate, XXX has stopped"

I have no problems with normal usage however.

Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging

Rickard — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:58:53 GMT

I'm afraid it's not possible to disable this behaviour. It's up to the app in this case to handle the change in device configuration: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html

Re: Dock mode while using magnetic charging

Uliwooly — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:20:41 GMT

@Rickard Thanks for the info