car kit mode

[Unregistered]

i got the car kit mode. what should i do?

[Unregistered]

I also have a phone stuck on car-kit mode on an LG 6100. Not sure how to turn it off. If you can help message me at nativebooty77 on Yahoo. Thanks!

[Unregistered]

mst of the time it meen s that the phone got wet try to clean out the port with a brush

[Unregistered]

could anyone please tell us how to use this feature. The 8 month old baby was chewing on the phone and now this feature is activated... Apparently the phone is adult proof because we cannot figure out to turn it off! Any help would be much appreciated!

[Unregistered]

could anyone please tell us how to use this feature. The 8 month old baby was chewing on the phone and now this feature is activated... Apparently the phone is adult proof because we cannot figure out to turn it off! Any help would be much appreciated!

I used a dry tooth brush to clean the data port at the bottom of the phone.
This fixed the car kit problem

[Disturbed_One]

yeah, drool or another conductible substance gets into the data port area and activates it

take the battery out, and clean the port out (located on the bottom of the phone)

I've fixed my moms for my little brother doing the same thing

[Ken]

I used an air can instead of a brush and it resolved the problem.

[Unregistered]

what kind of IDIOT lets their kid suck on their phone??? car-kit is the result of some sort of liquid damage 90% of the time.

[anotherIDIOT]

usually people with kids let their kids suck on their cell phone i am one of those idiots and thank you to all who gave advice on fixing my phone

[Unregistered]

Obviously, the person insulting others is not a parent. I do not think any parent GIVES their toddler their cell phone to drool on, however it happens. I bought a new cheap toothbrush and cleaned the bottom out once it was dry and it fixed the problem immediately. Thanks for the suggestion!

[Unregistered]

I wouldnt worry too much about the insulting person. he or she identifies themselves well and sadly self projects. I have owned about ten mobile phones none of which have had this ridiculous problem. one brick phone I dropped in hot tubs literally 5 times and it didnt die until the 5th. I dont understand why people talk up LG equipment I have had nothing but trouble with their products

[Unregistered]

I used an air can instead of a brush and it resolved the problem.

We had the same "Car Kit" problem with our LG phone -- I followed Ken's suggestion to blow compressed air on the and it worked!!!

[Unregistered]

I used an air can instead of a brush and it resolved the problem.

(resubmitted to correct typo)

We had the same "Car Kit" problem with our LG phone -- I followed Ken's suggestion to blow compressed air on the data/power port and it worked!!!

[Unregistered]

I placed a hair dryer on mine for a minute then turned it on and it works fine.

Verizon acted like there was no hope for me. bitches. They said it was because i dropped it too much. thing was i was just making a call with it in my hand and it went on car kit mode. No water, no impact. whatever, sovled.

[Unregistered]

let me be more clear, because I couldve used more clairity on this. I fixed mine by turning it off. Placing a hair dryer 5 inches away blowing into the power/data port for 30 secs, flipped the phone over for another 30 secs.

I hope that helps somebody.

[lil jr]

let me be more clear, because I couldve used more clairity on this. I fixed mine by turning it off. Placing a hair dryer 5 inches away blowing into the power/data port for 30 secs, flipped the phone over for another 30 secs.

I hope that helps somebody.

how thank you for that

[Unregistered]

My daugher's vx8100 got a little damp, and went into "car kit mode." I tried re-setting, removing the battery, and a hair dryer. Thanks to Ken's posting, I used an air blower in the data port, and that finally worked!

[Unregistered]

GUYS.... I LOVE YOU ALL RIGHT NOW...
I followed ur advice on cleaning my cell phone port to get rid of the "CAR-KIT" problem, and it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I actually found the same advice on another site, but didn't know where the port was, until a couple of u explained it on here...)
I just wiggled a pin in it, then blew into it...
and BAM! NO CAR-KIT :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shannon]

thank you for the advice about the carkit. I am going to give it a try.

[Dave.....]

...I was just sorta glancing through, and saw something about sticking something metal in the charging port to bridge two of the connectors.... well that seemed to of worked... several times I did that and car kit mode would disapear from the screen...but when I would hit a button it would come back.... so the last time I got it off the screen,.. I shut the phone off, turned it back on ...and now it works.... I am sure if your phone actually got wet, you would obviously have to dry it,... but mine had not,.. I woke up...called my girl... went to work with it in my pocket, and the next time I went to use it, it said car kit mode.... too bad that I have already paid the $50 dollar deductable and have the new phone sitting here...ha ha

[Dave.....]

oh yea,...just to clarify.... I did not file anything inside, the nail file was just what I saw sitting around that would fit in the charging port...............

[nbvrlh]

I'm not sure which thing it was that worked, but I read the suggestion about the hair dryer, and I also read the suggestion on
http://forums.mobiledia.com/topic18548.html

about using a micro-screwdriver. I turned off the phone, took out the battery, and did both, first using the screwdriver to kind of scrape off any gunk, and then using the hairdryer. The phone seems to work properly still -- but that stupid car kit mode is off. Hooray!

[Unregistered]

i just stumbled upon this whole car kit conversation by accident... by seaching with google... and i tried the blow dryer... DIDN'T WORK... for me at least... then i went to the extream and took the whole phone apart and took the blow dryer to it again... NO LUCK... then i cleaned it with a toothbrush... still wouldn't get off car kit... then i read about the file technique... and when i took a closer look at the power port thingy i seen that one of the little things were bent out of place(which makes total sense cuz when it went on car kit, i was talking on my phone and i had it on the charger)... once i got in there and straightened it out (using nail sissors, only thing i could find... i guess it's a girl thing)... it came off car kit and i haven't had a problem since... thanks again guys you saved me 50 bucks... thats how much i was gonna have to pay to get it fixed somewhere else

[Crossblade]

i just stumbled upon this whole car kit conversation by accident... by seaching with google... and i tried the blow dryer... DIDN'T WORK... for me at least... then i went to the extream and took the whole phone apart and took the blow dryer to it again... NO LUCK... then i cleaned it with a toothbrush... still wouldn't get off car kit... then i read about the file technique... and when i took a closer look at the power port thingy i seen that one of the little things were bent out of place(which makes total sense cuz when it went on car kit, i was talking on my phone and i had it on the charger)... once i got in there and straightened it out (using nail sissors, only thing i could find... i guess it's a girl thing)... it came off car kit and i haven't had a problem since... thanks again guys you saved me 50 bucks... thats how much i was gonna have to pay to get it fixed somewhere else

Welcome to phonearena, and to the DIY technology :D :)

[Unregistered]

my friend dropped my phone into a lake.. eventually it fixed itself.. but got wet again tonight in the rain.. but i took your advice & now its fixed! THANK YOU <3

[jgrossberg]

My Phone also went into Car-Kit mode after my Baby Held it.
I had another problem: the internet didn't work, there was a message "Can't use internet while phone is plugged into a computer.

The Blow Dryer thing didn't help me, neither was the problem because the phone got wet, because I let it dry for 4 weeks.

I ended up fixing it the Car-Kit Problem, while playing around with the pins on the bottom with a Screw driver; if the Third pin from the right side touches metal it goes off Car-Kit mode. So I bent the pin out of place, so it touches the side metal casing.

This resolved only my Car-Kit Problem & not the Internet Problem.

Does any one have a solution for the internat problem.

[Unregistered]

Hair dryer did it for me. Shoud not have taken it out today in the rain. Oh Well, I am due a new phone - just trying to make this one last as long as possible.

[Unregistered]

Ok I have a LG PM 225. I'm having the same car-kit problem. I first noticed it after a rather sweaty day at work (the phone was in my pocket the whole day). I have tried the tooth brush, compressed air, hair dryer, and the screwdriver methods even though I'm not sure I did that last one right. It is still not working. Is there no hope? Is there anything else I can do?

P.S. I go through Sprint if that makes any difference

[Unregistered]

just find something small to fit into the charger port and clean out whatever is inside...it worked for me! :o)!!

[Unregistered]

is the data port..where the charger going..sorry..i really don't know what a data port is

[Unregistered]

I used a dry tooth brush to clean the data port at the bottom of the phone.
This fixed the car kit problem

This totally worked for me. Thanks!!!

[jojoasis]

thats so true, i heard verizon works on commision thats probably why they dont really attempt to help, so you buy a new phone... when the car kit comes on.... i did the cleaning and brush and it worked great thanks everyone!!!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

I have an LG 9800 telephone that got damp. I tried the hair dryer and resetting the telephone. The only thing that worked was the tin foil in the charging slot. This resets the telephone. When I removed the foil, it worked fine. I was hesitant at first, but thought, what the hey, it's broken anyway.
Still working after two weeks!

Ok I have a LG PM 225. I'm having the same car-kit problem. I first noticed it after a rather sweaty day at work (the phone was in my pocket the whole day). I have tried the tooth brush, compressed air, hair dryer, and the screwdriver methods even though I'm not sure I did that last one right. It is still not working. Is there no hope? Is there anything else I can do?

P.S. I go through Sprint if that makes any difference

[Unregistered]

i'm 16 and my baby is teething and she sucked on the phone for about 5 minutes, and the blow dryer worked. i took it apart first and blew dryred it , then stuck a paper clip in the bottom after i put the phone back together and blew dryed it some more. :) silly babies.

[Unregistered]

I have an LG PM225 and got the car-kit thing stuck on there ive tried the tooth brush and the tin foil but cannot get it off can you be more specific to were to stick the metal to get it to work ive also tried differnt button sequences and things of that nature and nothing

thx
nate

[Unregistered]

i'm 16 and my baby
silly babies.

Silly baby having babies........

[Unregistered]

i just stumbled upon this whole car kit conversation by accident... by seaching with google... and i tried the blow dryer... DIDN'T WORK... for me at least... then i went to the extream and took the whole phone apart and took the blow dryer to it again... NO LUCK... then i cleaned it with a toothbrush... still wouldn't get off car kit... then i read about the file technique... and when i took a closer look at the power port thingy i seen that one of the little things were bent out of place(which makes total sense cuz when it went on car kit, i was talking on my phone and i had it on the charger)... once i got in there and straightened it out (using nail sissors, only thing i could find... i guess it's a girl thing)... it came off car kit and i haven't had a problem since... thanks again guys you saved me 50 bucks... thats how much i was gonna have to pay to get it fixed somewhere else

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU for the advice!! I thought I was going to go crazy trying to get my phone working again - Mine also was on "car kit" mode - AND I tried everything!! The toothbrush thing - the hair dryer - etc. What FINALLY worked was sticking nail file in the bottom and making sure all those little metal looking - teeth type things were all in a straight line - I just nudged a few back in line -- and Presto chango!! Back in Business!! Thanks again!!

[Unregistered]

Thanks to everyone. I used a paper clip and lightly rubbed the data port and the car kid mode disappeared - Hooray!!! This is so annoying. Does anyone know if this is considered a manufacuturer defect?

[mommydearmommy]

my son has gotten a hold of my phone and it, too, is in this ridiculous mode, which apparently needs a microphone and earpiece to work.. why there is not an option to take it off is beyond me. As we speak, my husband is blowing air into the data port.. i'll let you know how it goes.. and i have never let my child suck on my cell phone... right now he has my husband's wallet and is chewing on it.. well, well, well... ken.. you are a genius! it's works!!

[Unregistered]

thanks to everyone who posted info! my phone went into car kit a few days ago and by lucks chance just happened to take care of itself... but today it happened again and i've been trying for hours to fix it. i tried the hair dryer, no luck for me, and finally it was the nail file and playing with the pins that did it! stupid car kit!

[cynical_female]

i got the car kit mode. what should i do?

actually the best way to fix the [car kit mode] error, is to take it to your local Corp Verizon store and have them reflash the software. Its free of charge and your phone will work better!

:cool:

[Unregistered]

OK this sounds completely stupid but I just read this online and did it literally 5 minutes ago and it worked. My phone's been in cat kit mode for like 3 weeks and I just found this out. Get a piece of aluminum foil and stick it in the place where you put the charger and just jiggle it around in there. It turned off the mode in like 15 seconds. AWESOME.

[Unregistered]

Thank Everyone For The Great Idea To Get The Phone Out Of Car Kit Mode. I Did Not Have A Blow Dryer At Work So What I Did Was... Turned Of The Phone Took Out The Battery And Blew Hot Air Into The Data/battery Port And Let Is Sit For A Few Hour And Guess What It Work And I Can Use The Phone THIS IS ON MY TELUS LG 8100 PHONE

[Unregistered]

My phone started acting up. I don't have a verizon center up here thats open but two or three days a weeks. Heard about the tin foil thin. Stuck a penny in the port and now it works, at least with the penny in it. When I take it out she goes right back to car kit mode.

[Unregistered]

I tried EVERYTHING. My phone got wet and went into Car Kit mode. Let me show you something cool. With the display facing up on your phone, look into the charging port facing toward you. There is a hard black piece of plastic in the center with tiny gold pins along the top of the plastic. Now, look and the fourth pin counting in from the right side of charging port. They are very small and hard to count so look hard. If you use a very small flat screwdriver, press downward very lightly on the fourth pin counting in from the right. Do this with the phone open and keep looking at the display.....you should see the words "car kit" disappear and when I let up on the screwdriver, they came back. Turn the phone off and you will be able to bend the pins back if you are very careful. You know when you get it because "Car kit" dissappears. Good Luck, this worked for me!! Just don't break any pins off or your sol :)

[Unregistered]

my phone was stuck on carkit and the tip with the pins helped! ill be sure never to get it wet again!

[Unregistered]

Technology is amazing!! You were right. I've got 7 mo old drooler. Got the mysterious Car Kit Mode. Used the toothbrush on the data port. BINGO- Back to normal.
Thanks

[Unregistered]

Thank you all soo much for your posts! I did not get my phone wet but still had the dreaded "car kit" mode mysteriously kick in. Telus told me to take it in to be repaired and it would take 3-4 weeks plus $75 for a temp phone. Tried all the suggestions with no avail, then I used a paperclip "method" and gently pushed up on the right side, underneath the charger port. Voila!!! I was amazed it actually worked! My man you are a genius!! :o) Thank you!

[Unregistered]

Thanks for the info on the car kit mode. Reading the posts made perfect sense since my 10 mo old had just been chewing on the phone right before it went into that mode!

[Unregistered]

thank you so much! as long as you are careful and have a small enough screw driver this method works better than the penny, the foil, and the hairdryer.

[Unregistered]

hey wow...thank you for the tip on the screwdriver...i tried reseting my phone, using compressed air, blowdryer....nothing worked!!....but finally i pressed down the fourth gold pin...and it went off car kit mode...like u said it would come back, but if u keep at it it eventually works...thanks a lot you saved me about 250$

[Unregistered]

Boy, am I thankful for this forum! I was completely perplexed when I had the Car Kit mode stuck on this morning. I also realize I would've liken gotten NOWHERE if I had called Verizon for help. In looking at the power/data port it was obvious that corrosion builds up there on those ports like a car battery terminal. Used the brush method and voila, all better. Thanks to all who took the time to respond.

[Unregistered]

VX6000- the screwdriver trick worked. That 4th pin was bent and it when I bent it back the car kit message disapeared. Phone works fine now!

[Unregistered]

I'm not sure how you found out that the fourth little tiny pin turns off the car kit mode but I owe you one! Thanks, I tried everything thing to get that off.

[Unregistered]

My phone was stuck in car kit too; and the hair dryer thing worked! Thank you so much for helping me.

[Unregistered]

Silly baby having babies........

lol silly old hag im not much older than her(im 19) and i have a 7 month old baby girl :: proud parent here!!! :: ;)

i had the same problem -- dryin it out really works and the car mode is concidered a defect yeah.

[Unregistered]

Just my experience. I tried alll suggestions and no luck. After everyone talking about putting stuff into the port I got thinking why not try to plug it back into the charge. I did and immediately the car kit went off. Hope this might help someone else.

[Unregistered]

My phone started acting up. I don't have a verizon center up here thats open but two or three days a weeks. Heard about the tin foil thin. Stuck a penny in the port and now it works, at least with the penny in it. When I take it out she goes right back to car kit mode.

This also worked for me I believe for the same reasons that the solution with the screwdriver works. but, having a penny in your phone and not being able to take it out and communicate with others is incredibly stupid. LG should not be allowed to make such crap and sell it to the general public, I will never buy another LG phone again. Lesson lived lesson learned (LG = worthless). thanks to all who posted.

[Unregistered]

The hairdryer thing works. Don't bother bending the pins all up. If you mess with these thin copper pins too much you will break them off and the thing those pins were designed to do won't ever work properly again. Just get the hairdryer, take out the battery, put it on low and blowdry the data port for like 30 seconds. It worked for me.

[blahhh]

I have tried EVERYTHING and nothing is working for me...i left my phone in my pocket while snow blowing my driveway and it got a little damp. i tried the blow drier, tooth brush, tin foil, and now im attempting the screw driver which keeps making the car kit mode dissappear for about 2 seconds and then it comes back. ANy suggestions??? :-(

[Unregistered]

Thanks to everyone. I used a paper clip and lightly rubbed the data port and the car kid mode disappeared - Hooray!!! This is so annoying. Does anyone know if this is considered a manufacuturer defect? I really cant believe it I had the same problem and i too rubbed a paper clip on the data port and surprise it worked. Thanks to all of you who post these comments. Gotta love the world wide web.

[steve@sprint]

Cant believe the paper clip rubbed on data port worked thanks to all who post comments. Isnt the world wide web a great thing....:)

[Unregistered]

you saved my life, the lame car kit mode came on while talking and charging at the same time.... and it turns out it was just one of the little metal wires where your charger connects to was bent to i fixed it and now my phone works, thanks who ever wrote #37

[Unregistered]

thank you so much to the person who recommended the aluminum foil......ive had nothing but problems with my verizon LG phone....didnt think it would work and it did!!!! thank you!!!!!!!

[Haganracing]

Thank you all so much, i went into verizon today and they said i had to pay 450 for a new phone (even tho i had warenty)

I was just arguing with him about it and he made such a big deal out of it.

I just got home and started looking up google for some quick anwsers and i stumbled on this website and the hairdryer trick worked!

Thank you all again
-Chris

[Bruce]

Hairdryer/Toothbrush didn't work. I pushed on pins with a paperclip until it turned off and now it's fine.

[Unregistered]

My phone started acting up. I don't have a verizon center up here thats open but two or three days a weeks. Heard about the tin foil thin. Stuck a penny in the port and now it works, at least with the penny in it. When I take it out she goes right back to car kit mode.
I tried the penny thing. It didn't work at first but just tried it again a week later for some reason it worked phone is ****ing working now that insurance has one on the way in the mail. Gay GAY GAY

[Salamakajaka1]

I tried the brush thing it didn't work at first but what i did try was to use a toothbrush and dip it in rubbing alchohol. I let it dry and it started to work then.

[Unregistered]

the toothbrush/hair dryer thing didnt work, nor did the paperclip. but i tried the penny and pressed it really hard and to my suprise, it worked! thanks a bunch !

[ameagle1985]

my lg vx8300 got stuck in car kit mode and i was reading this page to help find a solution! i got about half way down and found the " put something else in it" it took like 3 seconds to do! i put the charger in and pulled it out! FIXED! Thanks a million

[Unregistered]

I tried just taking out the battery, turning it off and on, and screwing with the settings. I took the battery out and a ran a mental fingernail file across the top and bottom of the pins where normally charge the phone from. I put the battery back in and it was out of car kit. It is working fine now!

[Flygalaz]

Hi All. This happened to me last night when I inadvertently dropped my phone into my garden that had just been soaked down (so it got wet). I read the various forums and first tried taking the battery out, cleaning the battery prongs with a q-tip and also taking a little bit of that q-tip and cleaning out the charger plug. Turned back on and same problems existed. I then re-did the whole process one more time and left in on my charger for a few hours. It kept displaying on and off a battery charging message but when I came back a couple hours later…..Walla, I powered it down and back on and it was gone. Anyway, try that for you too.

[Unregistered]

Thank you on the info on how to fix my phone. The hair dryer and tooth brush did the trick... glad to have ppl that know what there doing, verizon would have charged for a new phone thanks again

[Unregistered]

i dropped my phone in some water and it went into car kit mode. i read this and tried brush, hair dryer, and several other methods and nothing worked. I then tried the screwdriver and the car kit came off but my phone turned off just seconds after. after playing with it for a while i pushed the screwdriver very LIGHTLY down on the right side and it worked. keep trying you'll get it

[Unregistered]

damn i was so pissed for a while until i stumbled onto this website lol....thanks for the penny trick that shit worked.

[Unregistered]

The Dry toothbrush works perfectly. I only had to do it for like a min too. Thanks to whoever posted that.

[Unregistered]

mine didn't work at first how look do i have to hold it?? i don't wanna burn it or w.e...im gettin a razr soon but i still want to use this one till it's activated (to the mother)- don't worry i think im the one who drooled on mine...pretty sad

[Unregistered]

the penny worked...thnx

[Unregistered]

you guys are amazing. you have no idea how freaked out i was when i saw the car kit mode. i had no idea what to do. and i tried everything i could do to fix it, going everywhere on the system and settings menu. i even went to the verizon wireless store, and they were trying to say i had to get a new phone. but i came home, looked at the data port like you guys said and sure enough, one pin was jank, so i got a bobby pin and some tweezers and a safety pin and straightened it all out. and no more Car Kit!!! thank you!!!

[Unregistered]

My phone was stuck in car kit for a while.The only thing that really wokred for me was putting foil in the battery charger spot..It was amazing!! Try It

[Unregistered]

My phone is stuck in Car Kit wat is the best thing to do

[Unregistered]

i need more info on this foil techique

[Unregistered]

OMG!!!!....i cant get dis stupid car kit thing out!!!...i tryed da penny thing n it turned my phone off....n it doesnt turn back on unless i put da charger in....any help???...o if it restarts da phone do i lose all my contacts??

[Unregistered]

i got my phone wet and at first the message car kit was displayed across. now it says service required and i am in a place that normally has full service. i change the volume on the side of my phone and it popped up saying car kit. i tried everything including brush, tin foil, the 0000 code, i tried everything

is there any hope for my phone?

[Unregistered]

Dropped the phone in the toilet - post flush of course, It gave me this same stupid error. I found you guys, found a paper clip, and Here I am with a perfectly working toilet phone.


R
Denver

[Unregistered]

Check the port. Same thing happened to my wife's phone, I cleaned it and...it's all better.

Thanks for the advice everyone!

[Unregistered]

Mine Went Into Car Kit Last Night..i Took A Dremel Tool With The Thin Scrubby Thing On It And Scrubbed It Real Good.it Looked Like It Had A Lil Corrosion On It From Probably Me Charging It In My Cup Holder In The Car..but Now It Works! Thanks Guys..

[Unregistered]

I have tried pretty much everything suggested...the blow dryer, the paper clip thing, the screwdriver, and cleaning out the port and nothing has worked! The only thing I havent tried is taking the phone apart ( I cant get all the screws out!) any advice?

[Unregistered]

I have an LG VX5300 that got a little wet. I tried scrubbing the port on the bottom of the phone with a dry toothbrush and it didn't work. Neither did blow drying it. I finally starting messing with those pins inside the port using the file part of nail clippers and found that when the 2nd pin from the right touched the metal file, Car Kit mode turned off. However, it would immediately turn back on when I removed the file. I ended up pushing the 2nd pin up a little bit to touch the metal part inside the port. Car Kit mode is permanently off! Hope this helps.

[Unregistered]

I have the same problem and I have tried all your great solutions and the only one that came close was playing with the prongs... but it wont stay... it goes to normal for a bit the goes back. At one point it flashed back and forth back and forth...

[Unregistered]

I used a small air compressor and blasted the port where the charger plugs in and mine started working again.

[Unregistered]

This is just another example of the man trying to hold us down. They engineer these phones to fail after a certain amount of time or use. Then they just sit back and wait for us suckers to run to the nearest store to get a new phone. Thanks to everyone for the info.

[Unregistered]

After having read up on this and other like sites, I opened the back of my phone up and cleaned all the little contacts in the connection point with a little tiny brush and a very very small amount of vinegar. This stuff is great for removal of calcium deposits. A little air for drying and reassembled. Works like new. The Alltell geek was only interested in selling me a new phone. There ought to be a law.

[Unregistered]

I was so frustrated and couldnot figure out how to remove the car kit mode, that I resulted to cleaning the data port with a toothbrush and it worked!!

[Unregistered]

I placed a hair dryer on mine for a minute then turned it on and it works fine.

Verizon acted like there was no hope for me. bitches. They said it was because i dropped it too much. thing was i was just making a call with it in my hand and it went on car kit mode. No water, no impact. whatever, sovled.
same with me it was just in my hand and BAM! car kit mode wtf!
and i still cant get it to work

[Unregistered]

I was so frustrated and couldnot figure out how to remove the car kit mode, that I resulted to cleaning the data port with a toothbrush and it worked!!

well mine went on car kit mode for a different reason i had the charger in and it wiggled and some prongs in the phone were touching so i took a pin and straightened/separated them and it worked thank god i was about top give up!!!hope this helps someone!

[Unregistered]

well i didnt have the paper clip and the screwdriver didnt work, but when i went to put some scissors up under where the charger goes and spread them CAR KIT came off!!! you guys are awesome!!!

[Unregistered]

hey all, just thought i'd let you know that my phone was on car kit, and i just left it in my car throughout the day and i guess the heat from the sun dried it out and now it works!!

[Unregistered]

9 times out of 10 this means that the phone has received some sort of water damage--just recently we have also come to the conclusion it can also be that the pins are touching or shorting out. Glad to hear you guys only had the pin problem and not water damage.

[Unregistered]

Thank you all for your postings! I went through each one trying everything that everyone suggested. Finally, the screwdriver suggestion worked. Right now I'm hoping it stays off. Is there any way to disable car kit from coming on at all once you have your phone back in working order?

[Unregistered]

There is no way to disable car kit once your phone is in working order. Also, my phone which is an lg vx9800 with verizon, popped up with this 'CAR KIT' nonsense like....oh an hour ago. Now my phone was seriously water damaged a short while before i got it. But it was free to me and i dried it out and presto...no problems up until now except the M on the qwerty keyboard was stubborn...duh its above the headphone jack. So when it happened, I woke up my sister who ironically works for verizon in one of the stores. She said...in a sleepy daze "oh shit...your phones junk!" and i asked her why and she said it
was becuase of the water damage and there was nothing to do about it. So not even the employees know about these little fixes but when she wakes up bet you butt im telling her...

As far as what there is to try....

FIRST==NEVER TOUCH YOUR SCREWS ON YOUR PHONE....I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE AND PAST WIRELESS EMPLOYMENT THAT THEY WILL KNOW AND IF YOU DO THEY WILL VOID WHATEVER WARRANTY YOU HAVE SO JUST DONT...IF YOU CANT DRY IT OUT WITH JUST THE BATTERY OFF THEN YOUR SCREWED!!!! THIS WAS FAIR WARNING...

Phone reset....there are a couple of way and i tried both...neither worked.

Paper clip/nail file/penny...TURN OFF YOUR PHONE AND TAKE THE BATTERY OFF!!!!!! WHY WOULD YOU STICK A METAL OBJECT INTO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE YOU DUMMIES???===This could work depending on what you do...I used the end of a knife cuz its all i had....that plus something else worked.

hairdryer=could dry the phone out...

canned air/air compressor....i guess it could work if your phone is dusty...

I also found a site that suggested using ice melt liquid and suspending your phone over it over night in an enclosed container...why would you do that....i suggest not to try it

I used a piece of typing paper and folded it in half. I tried to straighten any bent prongs and then lightly rubbed the green corrosion with the paper and also cleaned all the areas on the battery connectors in the battery area. Also what you need to check is the screws in the back of your phone under the batter....those too could be corroded like mine and it is just never good to have corrosion in a phone. So these are the various ways to fix your problem....if this doesnt work still......your screwed.....your compny will just tell you to get a new phone when it is such a simple fix...hope this helps....sorry it was long

[Tech Support]

If your phone is stuck in the car kit mode check the charging/usb port on the bottom. Look at all the pins and make sure they are all lined up straight and in the black plastic support piece. If they are not turn the phone off and with a set of small electricians flat heads vary carfully bend the pins down some and then from underneath the plastic peice bend it up this will put them back in to proper alignment and the -car kit- should go away. This problem happens alot most people just take them back to the store and sometimes have to buy a new or refurbished phone. This will work on any LG phone whether its sprint or verizon.

[C-Biscuit]

I am currently sitting with my associate with a serious problem. The source of my frustration is a specific mode, car-kit in nature, that basically turns my telephone into a useless piece of shit. I can text message, but I hate text messages. In front of me I have an arsenal of toothbrushes, hair dryers, nail files, pennies, earpieces, tin foil and one key. After a day of seeking help from various Customer Service representatives and Radio Shack employees, I have taken it into my own hands. My associate, has succeeded in removing car kit mode for but a brief moment with a house key. The problem is: the key must remain in the charger. I repeat, the key MUST remain in the charger. Tin foil does not work. A toothbrush does not work. Do not try these methods, you will waste precious moments of your life, of which you may not have few remaining. All this aside, I believe there is a far greater question we need to ask ourselves. Rather than "how do I get my phone out of car kit mode?" Should we not ask "Why is Car Kit mode there in the first place?" Indeed, why would a phone have an optional mode that you cannot choose to activate, and once in this mode you cannot deactivate by any means other than shoving random metal objects into the complicated innards and circuitry of the device? If this is a joke, where's the punchline and who's laughing? If this is a conspiracy, who profits and who gets hoodwinked, and to whom do we address our collective grievance? Certainly not Customer Service, for there are certain things that they cannot answer because they are deliberately underinformed by their superiors. Certainly not the kid at Radio Shack; his name is Chauncey, his mind is weak, and his methods are of the lame. If you think you have this thing figured out, you, my friend have another thing coming. When in a mode not of ones choosing, the pathway out is beyond ones control.

[Unregistered]

WOW, Thank you so much for these posts. I was skeptical but I thought what the heck, I'll try these suggestions folks are posting regarding the car kit mode on my vx6100. I talked on it while in the bathtub, dumb, I know, and it must have gotten damp and went into car kit mode. After calling Verizon and having them tell me I need to replace the phone I did the magic tricks.....tooth brush on data port, then removed battery and rubbed tin foil over the connections and last but not least, shot it with the hair dryer. Oh yeah, and I prayed too!!! Turned phone back on and viola!! It worked. Too cool, thanks everyone.

[Unregistered]

My phone was in my mom's person and a snicker's bar melted across the bottom of the phone where the charger goes.
I tried everything.
Then I turned off the phone, used a dry toothbrush and scrubbed inside a bit, turned the phone back on...
and wahhlahh.
Thanks for the tips

[Unregistered]

I tried the aluminum foil and that works...but only when the foil is in the socket. As soon as I took it out the phone would go back to car kit.

What did work was putting a flat head screw driver into the charging slot and bending the gold pins back into their place. My phone when into car kit when the pins got bent in the charger.

[Unregistered]

i have a verizon LG phone and i left it on the bath mat outside my shower and i guess it must have gotten wet because the car kit mode has been on for 3 days and when i made a call or someone called me i couldnt hear them and no one could hear me and the phone voulume was like on mute. i tried everything but only when i shoved foil in there did it work. hopefully it stays off car kit mode now.

[Giant_Landover]

My Phone also went into Car-Kit mode after my Baby Held it.
I had another problem: the internet didn't work, there was a message "Can't use internet while phone is plugged into a computer.

The Blow Dryer thing didn't help me, neither was the problem because the phone got wet, because I let it dry for 4 weeks.

I ended up fixing it the Car-Kit Problem, while playing around with the pins on the bottom with a Screw driver; if the Third pin from the right side touches metal it goes off Car-Kit mode. So I bent the pin out of place, so it touches the side metal casing.

This resolved only my Car-Kit Problem & not the Internet Problem.

Does any one have a solution for the internat problem.



Oh YES! This one worked for me! The toothbursh and Hairdryer thing didn't work!

Thanks big time. Stupid LG phones.

[Unregistered]

My phone just out of no where went on the car kit mode. It was really fustrating. But after reading your comments I decided to try the tin foil thing. First I turned it off then stuck the tin foil in and wiggled it around abit. Then I tried to turn it on. It didn't work! I was afraid I just wrecked it. But I took out the battery and when I turned it on the car kit wasn't there anymore. Thanks guys! The tips really helped. I was scared to do mess with it cause if it just makes it worse then they would say it was my fault and I would have to pay for it. But works Horray!
And by the way. I'm only 15 so if I can do it so can you. Good luck!

[Courtlynn]

Hi everyone!
i know yall are in much grief about this -car kit- mode. I know i was! I tried basically everything that i could to get rid of it, but nothing woul work at all. But then i came around to Yahoo! Answers and someone said something about putting an old toothbrush in Rubbing Alcohol and try brushing in and out of the charging port. And it worked with ease!
If you try this, make sure you take the battery out first!

*the Rubbing Alcohol doesnt mess up electronics. It just "re-wires" i guess you could say.

Good Luck!

[Unregistered]

anyone kno wat to do with an lg vx5200?? i dint get it wet or anything it just displayed car kit. i tried the blow dryer, the aluminum and the screw driver but they dint work. How long do u rub the toothbrush for??

[Unregistered]

My phone just out of no where went on the car kit mode. It was really fustrating. But after reading your comments I decided to try the tin foil thing. First I turned it off then stuck the tin foil in and wiggled it around abit. Then I tried to turn it on. It didn't work! I was afraid I just wrecked it. But I took out the battery and when I turned it on the car kit wasn't there anymore. Thanks guys! The tips really helped. I was scared to do mess with it cause if it just makes it worse then they would say it was my fault and I would have to pay for it. But works Horray!
And by the way. I'm only 15 so if I can do it so can you. Good luck!

hey wat kind of phone do u have ??

[Unregistered]

my phone went on car kit mode for some reason, and no speakers would work,after reading other post i stuck a toothpick in the port for the charger and moved the strip of prongs just a little bit and it went away...thanks for the idea's everyone and hopes this helps too.

[Unregistered]

I just want to say thank you for the information on how to fix my phone. I used a hair dryer and that fixed the problem thanks again.

[US CELLULAR]

I work for a cell phone company US cellular and I am actually at work right now, tonight when I recieved a call from a customer she told me that her phone had gone into car kit mode. I have never heard of this before tonight. She told me she will be coming into our store tomorrow morning so i decided to do some research on how to fix her problem. Yeah i will fix it for free I don't charge for something like straighting a prong, or blowing some air into a phone. So were not all bad or maybe it's just US Cellular isn't bad lol. Hopefully tomorrow when i use this knowledge I just gained, I can help this lady out and she will leave a happy customer. ( without have to spend a dime.) thnx to all who gave advise on this forum.

[dogluver1601]

I also have had mine in car kit before too. Now I looked on the internet and finally found an answer. What you do is plug it into the charger and wiggle it around until the car kit light goes out then you push the charger in that derection and it should go away.
i got the car kit mode. what should i do?

[Unregistered]

I've tried every suggestion.. but as soon as "car kit" dissappears (whether its with a pin, penny, or tin foil) my phone shuts off! How do I get rid of "car kit" for good without it shutting my phone off??

[Unregistered]

My phone went into car kit mode yesterday and it was driving me nuts. My ringtones still worked but nothing else. No vibrate or anything, couldn't hear anything to make or receive a call. I went to the Verizon website, no help there, so i did a Google search and looky here! It's fixed! Thanks you guys!

[The Lizard King]

Hello Peons!

Reason 4 Car-Kit mode: Liquid dmg 2 the phone - more importantly corrosion built up in the charging port. Or damage 2 the charging port [like bent pins]. Soemtimes you can rebend the pins and get it out, sometimes you can clean the port out and get it working again. Doesnt always work though.

Main Point: Car-Kit = U ****ed; No Warranty

[Unregistered]

i have tried all these suggestions.
the blow dryer. air can. tooth brush.
i even tried bending the prongs which was a suggestion on another site.
but my phone is sill in carkit mode.
any other suggestions?!

[Unregistered]

Okay, my LG phone has gone on car kit a few times now (usually after my toddler drools on it).
I went to the Sprint store one time, and since I live in a smaller town, they could do nothing for me because the store does not have a tech support or any kind of customer service. (Pathetic, I know.)
What they could tell me, was this: "This particular LG phone model has a DEFECT. It goes into car kit mode sometimes for no reason at all. AND, they have had many complaints from customers on this model."
What I did: I used a PAPER CLIP to clean out the bottom port (where the car charger plugs in) and it instantly took it off car kit mode.
Sometimes in the past, it would correct itself, but this time, it wouldn't and the paper clip trick worked for me!
If you live in a small town and don't want to drive to the next town over to find a Verizon or Sprint store, I suggest trying with a paper clip!

[Unregistered]

i had just recently gotten this phone re activated and it was working fine at first. then a couple hours later it went into car kit mode and nothing even had gotten wet. so i just put hte charger in and wiggled it around for while until the car kit logo went away. because nothing else seemed to work not the blow dryer tin foil or anything. when i red this technique online and tried it it didnt work at first so if it doesnt work for you just keep trying it.

[Unregistered]

i can't believe it actually worked. from all the way on the first page, i tried the hair dryer, 5 inches away from the port/charger/thing, for 30 seconds. let it sit for 30 seconds. and if freakin' worked. genius.

[Unregistered]

mst of the time it meen s that the phone got wet try to clean out the port with a brush


Please i am scared 2 death! My phone says car kit and i cant here anything! When someone calls. Oh please someone! I have the old env and please help me!!

[Unregistered]

Yes! A little blow in the data port with some compressed air (or hair dryer on COOL not hot) did the trick. Also, buy your kid a pacifier and keep the cellphone away from your baby... act like an adult if you're gonna have kids. There are enough stupid people in the world already! Thanks for the 'car kit' fix.

[Unregistered]

Well,
I place a paper clip in the charger area and turned the phone off and PRESTO! Great Working Condition!

[Unregistered]

I cleaned it with a toothbrush, blowdried it. Finally, i took the sugestion with the paper clip. Carefully, insert the paperclip at the bottom and move side to side. Car Kit should disapear from the screen. Good luck.

[Unregistered]

I didn't think the hair dryer trick would work for me. Until I finally resorted to trying it and it worked like a charm! No idea why.

Also, on another site Blade760 has posted some directions that have helped others:
#1) press soft key for menu
#2) then press 0
#3) you'll have a service code prompt, type 000000
#4) then type 2 (it should be field tests)
#5) then type 4 (clear errors)
#6) choose yes for clear errors
#7) press clear once
#icon_cool.gif type 8 (FCC test)
#9) type one (pcs)
#10) type one again (set channel) (mine shows 426 I don't know if theres a different channel for each phone.)
#11) press clear 3 times and the phone will reset.

when you get back into your phone the car kit mode should be gone and you will be able to hear your ringer

Burn0050 wrote this:
Thanks to blade760, I tried those instructions but they didn't work for me. However, I modified them a little bit and then they worked.

#1) press soft key for menu
#2) then press 0
#3) you'll have a service code prompt, type 000000
#4) then type 2 (it should be field tests)
#5) then type 4 (clear errors)
#6) choose yes for clear errors
#7) press clear once
#8) type 1 (Service Prg)
#9) choose ok soft button (in the middle) all the way through until the end. Then the phone will reset.

About half way through the tests, my phone started making noise (keypad beeps).


I hope these help others!!

[Unregistered]

it worked i used a paper clip on top of the pins in the charger area! it worked

[Unregistered]

taking a clean toothbrush and brushing the charge port at the bottom of the phone worked for me

[Unregistered]

I'm a store rep at a sprint store and I had a customer come in today with his lg phone stuck on car kit mode. I used google and i came across this website for troubleshooting b/c I couldn't find anything in settings in his phone. One reply i read said to use a paper clip to clean out the charging port and I tried that and it worked.

[Unregistered]

OK, so I had tried all the myriad other paperclips/foil/etc. and they only worked for a second then "car kit" came back. The post about using the phone while the charger was in put a lightbulb on for me. I plugged the charger back in to the bottom while the phone was on and then GENTLY bent the charger down. It worked! My guess is that it had the effect of straightening out all the pins. My hubby also had this happen but was quick to go to Verizon where they made him buy another phone because they said his was "water damaged". Well....I tried the same procedure on his "water damaged" phone and it's just fine now. Wow, what a waste of money that we didn't have to spare! Hey Verizon..Can you Hear me NOW!!!?????!!!

[Unregistered]

i did the whole tin foil in the charger slot thing and it worked!!! thanks!

[Unregistered]

I have a LG phone and just got it and i dont know what happened but i got Car Kit. I first tried this.. I cooked some rice and let the phone sit in a bag of rice for the whole night. It worked the next morning for about 30 minutes and then went back.. The next day i got this delectrical grease and it prevents corrosians.. I placed it in the charger slip and the placed the charger in it and it worked fine. You should try it!!

[Unregistered]

I had this incident with my cell phone and i placed it in a bowl of rice and let it sit for a day at it was good as new

[Unregistered]

well i didnt have the paper clip and the screwdriver didnt work, but when i went to put some scissors up under where the charger goes and spread them CAR KIT came off!!! you guys are awesome!!!

man, i tried everything and the scissors finally worked !
thankss (:

[Unregistered]

Ur All A Car Kit Mode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

the tooth brush solution worked to perfection, i'm one of the knuckleheads that let my daughter slobber on my phone and it fixed the problem.

[Unregistered]

it happend to my phone because i dropped it in water and after 2 days it was completly fine

[Unregistered]

I had a LG camrea phone that got stuck on car kit mode, I tried all kinds of settings and stuff that were suggusted online "not here" with no luck. My phone gets wet often, but When the mode appeared it was just taken off a charger. I have never cleaned the charging port on the bottom of the phone. I took some cleaner on a peice of stiff peice of paper and cleaned out the port it was full of lint, dust, and dirt.

This did the trick

Good luck!

[Unregistered]

just update the phone, worked for us it is #228

[Unregistered]

I used a dry tooth brush to clean the data port at the bottom of the phone.
This fixed the car kit problem

i love you! thanks for the toothbrush heads up!!! phone is working again! :D and btw, i had no water damage to mine....

[JLow]

I tried the brush...the foil...the clip....etc. Nothing was working. I thought mine was worse than anyones and I would be done! I then took a dime out of my pocket, slid into the power port thingy real quick...slid it out...and BOOM!!!!.....Car Kit stopped on a dime! Just like that!

Odd....

[Unregistered]

Same problem ... "car kit" The VZW folks tried to dry it out to no avail; taking battery out did not work; going through error reset did not work. However, looking at data/power port closely revealed some gunk underneath the pins on the right. Brush had no effect, but a toothpick allowed me to ungunk it and viola ... no "car kit." TG

[Unregistered760]

Yep, the toothbrush method works. Right on!! Clean in and around the battery and ports.

[Unregistered]

I used an air can instead of a brush and it resolved the problem.


i did the same. this works very well

[Unregistered]

use a can of air..that works instantly....

[Unregistered]

I got a "CAR KIT" mode on my LG phone, read the posts below.

I cleaned the charge slot with a soft brush, blew slot for 30seconds with hair dryer on medium heat remove and cleaned battery, replaced the battery and turned it on and it cleared the message and the phone is working again.

This was after I talked to the cell phone service provider who told me to take it in to a store to have it looked at.

Thanks for the info.

[Unregistered]

same thing i dropped mine in the raain carkit display came on, i tried the charge in it and low and below it worked

[Unregistered]

I had the same problem and i throught it very hard on the floor turn off and when i turn it on again waaaaoooooooooo it was working.