car kit mode

Originally Posted by 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.

how thank you for that

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!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

...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

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...............

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!

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

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Originally Posted by 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

Welcome to phonearena, and to the DIY technology

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

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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.

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.

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

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

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