Phone going into Car Mode when plugged in to charger.

**SET001** · 02-23-2013, 08:05 AM

I have an AT&T S3 that is running version 4.1.1. In the last week it has developed a new issue. When I plug it into my charger at home it will automatically go into Car Mode. If I shut down the car mode it will restart after 2 seconds. When in Car Mode it will also automatically start S-voice. It only does this on the charger that I use at home. I have a charger on my desk at work and it has never done it there. The charger at home is the same one that I have used every day since getting this phone and does charge the phone even though it is having this issue. It is not OEM , it’s Blackberry OEM from previous phone, but has worked flawlessly for several months, until this week. Any ideas other than the obvious get new OEM charger would be appreciated. I can do that, but have trouble believing that it worked fine for so long and then just screwed up.

**GSDer** · 02-23-2013, 10:15 PM

What happens with the original Samsung charger that came with the phone?
Did your phone receive an update recently?
Did you install any apps around the time this started? Or have you changed any system settings/power management settings?

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**meyerweb** · 02-23-2013, 11:03 PM

Not sure about this, but check Settings / Accessories, and see if any options are checked.

I can't find anything that looks like car mode on my S3. How would you activate this intentionally?

**scaryhumor** · 02-24-2013, 11:00 AM

Did someone hide an nfc tag on your charger?

**SET001** · 02-24-2013, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by meyerweb

Not sure about this, but check Settings / Accessories, and see if any options are checked.

I can't find anything that looks like car mode on my S3. How would you activate this intentionally?

I can't find anything on my phone in settings either. The only time I see anything is when I plug in I get steering wheel icon in tray and if I go to notifications is says auto mode enabled.

**SET001** · 02-24-2013, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by GSDer

What happens with the original Samsung charger that came with the phone?
Did your phone receive an update recently?
Did you install any apps around the time this started? Or have you changed any system settings/power management settings?

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When OEM charger is plugged in it works as designed. The phone has not received any new updates. I may have installed a couple of apps and that is a possible cause but all have been from the Play Store, nothing outside supplied. I have not changed any settings. The strange thing is that even though it happens with a non OEM charger, that charger worked great for several months.

**GSDer** · 02-24-2013, 10:58 PM

Just because an app came from the Google Play Store doesn't mean that it didn't modify some profile/setting that's causing this behavior.
If you know what apps you've installed, you can uninstall them all, restart the phone and then see what happens. Or you could perform a Factory Reset and see if the problem goes away - if it does, then you know that it was an app or setting that was causing the problem.
Only you can determine if the annoying behavior is worth the effort of trying these things - without more specifics about the 3rd party charger, what apps you've installed, your software version, etc, I don't have any other suggestions.

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**Kristian Houghton** · 03-15-2013, 06:29 AM

Mines the same.. original charger.. but mine messes around even when its not charging.. its really annoying mid - call, car mode on car mode off, so turns loud speaker on and off so fast you cant have a conversation.. actually struggling to write this reply with s voice repeatedly popping up!! my s3 is becoming more hassle than its worth

**GSDer** · 03-15-2013, 09:39 AM

To be sure I understand correctly, your phone is switching in/out of Car Mode even when it's not connected to a charger? Did you recently receive an OTA update?
You could simply disable S Voice and see what happens, or take the big step and perform a Factory Reset. If you do the latter, be sure you backup your SMS/MMS, Call Logs, Pictures/Videos; sync your Google account; if you use an alternate Launcher save your settings; etc.

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