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[Epic 4G General] gremlyn1:
Despite the above, we need to have the official Samsung solution for this issue, so here is the original post I put up...

Here is the support request email I sent through Samsung's website:

And here is the relatively quick, and somewhat interesting response:

I of course immediately wrote back informing them that we are no longer able to download the Desk/Car Home apps from the Market as they disappeared months ago, and to advise on further action to take... We shall see.

UPDATE 2/24/2011:
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
Keep us updated on this if you don't mind.

I've been looking into getting a car dock but if it doesn't work then I'm not even going to bother. Glad I waited before I bought it.
[Epic 4G General] samlii:
The desk home app is still in the market. I just found it today, however it didn't change anything on the audio when I was on the dock as far as I can tell.
[Epic 4G General] Vivified:
This problem was evident on the Captivate as well, but the problem has been resolved with the latest and greatest leaked official 2.2 that is releasing tomorrow from ATT/Samsung.

The unofficial/official KB1 update comes with the needed Car Home apps installed. You can find the apks in the link below as Froyo_CradleMain_ver1.apk and Froyo_CarCradleMain_ver1.apk. I am unsure if they will work for the Epic, but hope it helps.

http://www.ponack.net/designgears/cognition/removed/
[Epic 4G General] fino35:
app is there, but I get this:

:confused:
[Epic 4G General] bigdbag:
Thanks, I will test this on my car cradle and report back this afternoon.
[Epic 4G General] Vivified:
Np, hope it helps. Just happened upon this thread by accidentally clicking "New Posts" and thought I should share what was found over on the Captivate forums.
[Epic 4G General] MrJymm:
I wrote them a very similar email, and the response I got was to contact the manufacturer!

"Thank you for your inquiry. Please contact the manufacturer of the Car Dock that you are referring to and check on the compatibility as well as the proper connection necessary. If your device is an Authentic Samsung Product, we invite you to contact Samsung Customer Care at your earliest convenience through our toll free number 1-888-987-HELP (1-888-987-4357) for further troubleshooting.

Thank you for your continued interest in Samsung products.

Sincerely,

Technical Support"

Useless bastards.
[Epic 4G General] Quis89:
Wait....

So you purchased a device with a feature that wasn't operable...knowingly. As well as an accessory that was compatible...knowingly...under the assumption that this functionality "might" come?! What literature was provided to the public ensuring these features would arrive??

You people put way to much faith in these manufactures. This sounds like your fault to me. I would never purchase a product "hoping" it might one day work to my liking...
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
They put a sticker on every box advertising it would be functional/operational with 2.2
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
You realize that in your pursuit of trying to make the op look stupid, you ended up making a fool out of yourself instead, right? I would hope so, as it would help you to avoid further embarrassment.
[Epic 4G General] f16pilot:
Possible Solution

Out of curiosity, I Googled the Desk and Car Home apps and found the following files:

com.samsung.tmo.deskhome.test.apk

com.samsung.tmo.carhome.test.apk

If you Google those specific file names you will find the links on Mediafire.com.

Supposedly they were tested and ran well on an Epic 4G. Ironically, I don't have either dock, but I was wondering how hard it would be to find a working version outside of the Market that might help you guys having issues.

I'm curious as to whether or not they do fix the problem.
[Epic 4G General] WestCoastGhost:
Working Now

Used the AT&T .apk from post #4...audio out now working with my home dock. I don't have a car dock so I cannot verify that one. But the AT&T .apk so graciously provided in post 4 working like a charm. Thank you very much!!!
[Epic 4G General] Vivified:
Cool deal, glad to hear it worked out. If it worked on the home dock, I'm inclined to believe it's resolved on the car dock as well with those apks. This was a big issue with Captivates before the 2.2 Froyo KB1 leaked.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Fact check before attempting to troll.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ECR-D982BEGSTA-features
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
i see it was posted!

this came with it, troll!
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
That cradle app from post #4 works but it plays the line out and the phone speaker at the same time which sorts of defeats the purpose.
[Epic 4G General] gremlyn1:
Searching for it on the phone's market brings up no results for me :( Hasn't done for a long while now.

I know you've been correct many times now, but I feel I might as well respond anyway... There were multiple notices with both products stating that the 2.2 upgrade would bring this functionality. No 'might', 'probably', 'maybe', or any other uncertainty. It was a stated fact.

I will try the .apk's posted here. My media dock is at home, but I'll run out to the car and try the car dock.
[Epic 4G General] gremlyn1:
Sure enough the car dock app worked! Why the hell can't Samsung figure this crap out? If it was as simple as giving us this, why was it not included with EB13?!?!
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Does your phone speaker go mute? I used the cradle app from post #4.

The line out works but the phone speaker doesn't mute itself.
[Epic 4G General] fino35:
used apk from post 4, lineout works. you have to press the speaker icon in the top right to turn off the phone speaker. sound is kinda static-ey, still cannot mount the sd card.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Reinstalled. Works right now.. Phone goes mute and line out works.
[Epic 4G General] gremlyn1:
What fino35 said....

I also didn't realise with the Sammy media player the controls put themselves in the notifcation bar area, that's a pretty nice... they could have included them on the lock screen though.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Now that it's working..

It's kind of.... Crippled. Home key is locked to launch the Home Dock app and forced to use the Froyo music player. Would love for that HOME Key binding to be killed off and the line out locked in.. Soon as you leave the Home Dock app line out is nixed and reverts back to the phone speaker.

All in all.. It's completely 1/2 assed.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
How are the apk's from post 4 different from the Market versions. Have they been modded?
[Epic 4G General] acc3d:
Nothing show up when I serach the market from my phone. I found the Samsung Car Home on the Android Market Website but it won't let me install. Says my device is incompatible.

Any ideas? I used the update.zip method to install 2.2
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
Same thing happens to me, not on my phone's market, but shows up on the website as incompatible, even though it specifically calls out the Epic! I updated the "hard way" with the 200Mb installer since I was coming from DK28, so i don't think your .zip method is the problem.

Also...

If I install that .apk, is there a way to remove it if the "real" solution is provided? Does it show up in the apps list? I'm on a stock, unrooted EB13...and really don't intend to root.
[Epic 4G General] acc3d:
Ugh, I've been waiting for 2.2 to be able to use this feature, especially the audio out!

Can some other people try? Just search the market for "car home epic"

Don't use quotes, it won't find anything.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
It's not on the market because Google hasn't update their servers with our build prop yet. As far as the market is concerned our phones currently appear as an invalid build and therefore will not display protected apps until Google updates their list.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
That is correct. I was able to find them because I'm using release keys for another device in my build.prop. BTW, the Market versions seem to work just as good as the versions in post 4, that is they are working great now. :)
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Can you snag the APK off your phone of the official Samsung one off the market for us?
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
I'd be happy to try those other apk's if I knew I could uninstall 'em.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
I can, but from what I can tell so far, they are the same as the ones posted in post 4. They both work for me, at least the Car Home apps do.

Here you go.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Yes you can un-install them through settings/Applications/Manage applications.
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
Awesome. Thanks!

Ok, installed both. Will find out how the desk dock works as I've got one at home. I've got the car dock in the car, so I'll check that out. The big suck is that it doesn't seem like you can change the apps on the car home screen? I want to put XiiaLive on there so I can stream music while I'm driving...but now it doesn't seem like I can do that. That's impressively lame. I mean, who the heck releases an app that focuses around shortcuts -- and you can't configure the shortcuts?!
[Epic 4G General] gremlyn1:
I think I can change the music player for you, but which music player would you want? It has to be hard coded in... Not sure about the HOME key lock in thing a I don't have my dock in front of me to try it out. Without the phone in the dock, the HOME key works like normal.
[Epic 4G General] Beknatok:
Any more confirmations on whether this workaround is viable?

My gal hasn't gotten the OTA yet, and was rather miffed to hear that her car dock still wouldn't work. She's eager to know if this will solve that issue.
[Epic 4G General] ZenInsight:
Good job man! Samung is such a sh*t a$$ company.
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
Well, I got everything to work just fine yesterday. Still can't figure for the life of me why the app isn't built for configurable shortcuts?

Anyway, popped it in the car dock, it launched just fine. Sound came out of phone, hit the speaker icon, it changes to an X over the speaker and sound comes out of the car stereo, w00t! Volume is a bit low, so I cranked up the output on the phone to about 1 or so notched above full. You can turn it up too much, and then it will distort on the inputs on your stereo, so if it sounds clipped, turn the phone down and it should sound much better.

As for running different music players, you can do it, but it's somewhat of a pain. Hit the back button and you'll get back to the standard home screen. Navigate through the apps or use a shortcut to fire off whatever player you want. Voila', sound from your player of choice through the dock and on your car speakers. I jammed to RMF FM (streaming live from Poland) on the way home yesterday. Way cool.
[Epic 4G General] AndrewZorn:
I thought by car dock you guys meant a device that interfaced through the USB port, like an iPod or something.

I've been using my 3.5mm analog audio jack since I got my phone...

is it supposed to be NOT working?
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
We do and it does. There is a dock specifically for the galaxy S, and it has an audio out jack on it. Pop it in the dock and it charges and connects to your car radio in one shot. Pretty swank if you ask me.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I will say here that the EB13 build we received is not the last of Froyo for us. Sprint is not OTA'ing it anymore and its gone from Sammy's site. Too many bugs, and they are working on fixes as we speek

Sent from my never been rooted, stock Froyo Epic.
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
Can't comment on if the OTA is still going on, but It's still on the samsung's site.
[Epic 4G General] aleph23:
I don't understand either. Though I don't have the official cardock, I do have my own that requires me to plug in both cables separately and it had always (since 2.1 august) worked. And it has always shut off the external speaker too.
[Epic 4G General] kiekan:
They are referring to these accessories:

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ECR-D982BEGSTA

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ECS-M982BEGSTA

They have their own built-in audio lines that weren't functional until now.
[Epic 4G General] Geekybiker:
Just to be clear, we aren't talking about the headphone jack on the phone. We are talking about the jack on the dock itself. The audio comes out of the phone via the USB connection.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Poweramp.

What is annoying is that you can't toggle through android itself to route audio out through the line out. Would be nice to have a simple widget to initiate that.

That way you can watch youtube, mediahub stuff via the audio out as well.
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
Just wondering, did you read my post on a kludgy workaround for this?

Agree with the widget. Or maybe get the developer of the other "car home" app that's in the market to add that to his.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Yea, saw that and figured it myself but it is a pain and you are still limited to music and whatever videos are in your gallery to have play through the line out.

It is really amazing how they screwed this up

Most people expected: Dock the phone and it will seamlessly switch to line out.

Samsung: Dock the phone, install this, do that, do 5 jumping jacks and your line out will work with two types of media only.

They are truly awful
[Epic 4G General] abrcrmdl23:
When I bought mine the sales rep at the sprint store told me that an update was coming by the end of the month that would get the feature to work, and I got my epic right after the evo got it's 2.2 upgrade back in september
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
I agree, that's definitely the way it should function, no extra jumping through hoops. If they feel they need to give us a button, make one pop up in the status bar.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
+1 10 char...
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
I think everyone should just get a car charger and auxillary cable.

Buy htc or lg branded micro usb car charger just to show samsung.

But I know auxillary works perfectly because me and my friends are always switching our phones in the car to listen to music when my friends iphone dies (about a hour or so of pandora lolololol)
[Epic 4G General] gremlyn1:
I received an email back from Samsung:
[Epic 4G General] aleph23:
Thank you. My misunderstanding. A previous post made it sound as if it was a 3.5mm plug built in.
[Epic 4G General] twolostminds:
Installed the Home & Car apk's in Post #33 on to a fresh EB13 install using the Samsung Tool. Pop phone onto either dock and no external sound, what am I doing wrong?
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Theres a toggle button on the home screen to switch between the phone speaker and the audio out. Also, if you have Bluetooth audio out enabled and connected to a Bluetooth device, the audio will automatically default to that.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
One nice thing I noticed, it remembers the whatever mode it was in when you last docked. So you only have to change it once and forget about it.
[Epic 4G General] twolostminds:
Ahh, ok. That explains the problem with the Car Dock. My phone automatically connects to Ford Sync via Bluetooth for hands free. So unless there is a workaround for this I have to choose between using the Car Dock external media functions and the Sync bluetooth hands free system. Just wish I wasn't past the return policy limits on the Car Dock.
[Epic 4G General] ctleng76:
I am still having issues getting the audio output on the car dock to work. Links have been provided in several posts that indicate it works now, however for me that is not the case. Am I missing something here?
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
Actually, my expectation is that it simply transfers the exact functionality of the 3.5mm jack on the phone to the jack on the dock. Nothing more, nothing less.

Sent from my mind using telepathitalk
[Epic 4G General] dalex7777:
Hey, you were going to change the music player that was hard-coded for the Samsung Desk software for someone.

Was wondering if you could change both apps to point to the new Amazon Cloud player and also do a version that points to the Google Music Beta app?

Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] packetjones:
i have the dock and the audio routes correctly without issue. My concern is that it sounds like crap. When I have my headphones plugged in or in the car with an aux cable it i fine. Only when using the dock do I get static and a tinny sound. I have even tried it without the dock getting power and there is no change. I thought that it might be the dock so i took it back and got a new replacement and it does the same thing.

Does everyone have this same issue? I am running Stock EC05.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] azzledazzle:
:D:D cant wait for some screenshots.... do you no if it works on darkys 9.3 beta 3 ... Im a massive steel blue fan, but couldnt get it working on his previous rom
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Links not up yet?

Obsessions battery icon.....cool....I like his icon and glad its included.....now I can see what you meant about the theme I repacked together....makes sense now...

Awaiting links :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] azzledazzle:
:D downloading this badboy now :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Downloading.......thanks to everyone for their hard work...

Cant wait to try it
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] racecane:
Wow yeah 3.0 is here.

Send from a dock of a bay, with Tapatalk.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] TosunX:
haha didn't see the 3.0v. , well this looks much better!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] azzledazzle:
screen shots look awesome... just finished downloading.. anyone successfully installed on darkys 9.3 beta 3 ???
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SAEVARM3:
And there we are! ... 3.0 sweeeeet :D

Big up guys!

BTW! ... Does Bootanimation work now? On SteelBlue 2.0 I got Bootloop when I tried to Boot my phone up :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] stikino:
simply the best :D good work guys
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] racecane:
wow looks awesome guys. THNX velly mug :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nizno:
Very very nicely done ! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ORCA999:
It doesn't work with Darky's 9.3 beta3 :-(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nizno:
Meh i just finished downloading it.

it doesnt want to flash on darky 9.2 ... when i flash the .zip and reboot its still on my current theme.. :(:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ORCA999:
In 9.3 beta it changes most things but not the framework.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] azzledazzle:
Im on 9.3 Beta 3 and everything works fantastically... had a few doubts that it would work, (it didn't on 9.2) but i took the risk coz im a HUGE fan.. and :D all is good
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] edint3000:
Its under known issues. Version for darkys 9.3 has to be aranged with darky.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Yes it does....working just fine on Darky's 9.3 beta 3

What a beautiful theme you have made....

Just a few shots to prove it works :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ORCA999:
On mine it doesn't I will try to reinstall.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tonysac:
Has dialer in darky's beta 3 still the call recorder?

//Darky's v9.3 Beta 3/Speedmod Kernel 13C//
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] corgar:
Flashed with odin? You had tick efs clear? (Never do It) Try to reboot, or flash a stock firmware like xxjpc. If still remain the same your imei is corrupted hope you got a backup of your efs folder.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] btje:
I installed the shut down zip and it does work.

But i still see a part of the S is this supposed to show?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] blazingcaloy:
Very nice theme but a bit of.a battery sucker
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] isito84:
I did flash with Odin XWJPB, XXJPU (firmware 3 files) will not change. Dial * # 272 * IMEI # to show my product code, but there are several shows nothing. I do not have folder "EFS". What to do, how to get back the original IMEI anyone know? In what way has changed my imei?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] corgar:
try to reboot and type *#06#

check your imei. When you flash with odin XWJPB did you check "phone EFS clear"? hope not so

try to flash XXJPC with repartition and 512 pit. if your imei is still corrupted we can't do nothing, since imei is stored inside efs partition and is crypted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] isito84:
Are you sure that is 512? Because SamFirmware says that with 812.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] corgar:
100% sure, don't use 803 pit. is an unsafe choice for most rom out there
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] isito84:
No, it did not happen. Flash with XXJPC, repartition 512 pit, check "phone EFS clear". Another way is there?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] corgar:
never tick efs cler. make sure is un-ticked.

only tick repartition.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Guto ViP:
Perfect theme!!! I have only one question... Can you put phone.apk with conversation record?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bubba9004:
I figured out how to get it with 7zip.

Try this thread, it's what I had to do awhile back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Markyyyyyyyyy:
There have a lot of messages recently... most of which have answers of.... read the instructions. Theme needs about 40mb of space to fully load. Then everything will have space to install and works fine. Including swype and other things.

Also.someone posted about the phone with record function

I put a reply on This thread yesterday with a download which included updated apps including phone.

Please have a good read before posting questions

Thanks

Team Carbon
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Guto ViP:
Sorry for that... Thanks!

Only one more, ADW Notifier always gives FC and doesn't work anymore... :(

EDIT: Now it is working... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dc5ftw:
First post..

I love this theme. Thanks guy for making it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tonysac:
I used phone and browser apk they work fine, thanks!

//Darky's v9.3 Beta 3/DamianGTO Ultimate Kernel//
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] glrol:
Beautifull theme!

Can i use this theme in Latin Froyo JPD with Voodoo Kernel?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Jason123420:
nice theme will it work on seaArms JL2 rom?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] i-vinn:
HI

Hi,

I really liked ur theme, but since i'm new to this not sure how to install this.

Not even aware of the terms used like ROM, Flashing etc..

Canu help?:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mariushero:
It's very very...blueee :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Big Jon Bird:
works good on paragon

My mind just exploded. Your theme works great on Paragon. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Roman-Kumori:
The theme is really nice. Especially notification bar.

I actually live this theme. It's beautiful and deep. By writing "deep" I mean, that really a LOT of files were changed/tinted and you won't see some weird orange left somewhere as you can see in some other themes.

BUT! I have kswapd0 process appeared it takes 3-8% of CPU(instead of former 0.4%-2% taken by all system apps together) and system now consumes more. (4% instead of 0.7%-2%). Thus my Galaxy lives a 25% shorter period of time. Any ideas how to fix that?

P.S.: the only visual drawback of the theme is smiles. The "i'm happy" one is just awful.

Sent from my Galaxy S using Blue XDA app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] edint3000:
Ok, its really hard to find smilies that go well with our theme. Any suggestion is welcome. Maybe you have some 3d smilies?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Siberian Tiger:
Reallyyyyyyyy nice theme.

Just one observation and many requests if that is possible.

The contact.apk is a little laggy and it always appear in active applications though before installing the thme was not.

In the settings menu and in power button menu i would like to fill the white shapes with blue if that is possible.

Thank you for your theme,keep steel blue over the top!!!

One more thing.In phone.apk disable the increasing tone. Thank you very much.