car dock comes on by itself

[zarza77]

  hi everyone i need soem help

  i just bought the droid 2. and then i bought a leather case for it , and sometimes when i put the phone on the case (the phone is sleeping) then when i take it out  the car dock program is on, and of course if i don't look at it on time drains my battery...

  does any one else have this problem or now how to avoid it?

  thx. for u help

[jasnmar · Accepted solution]

Does your case have a magnetic clasp?
There are a couple sensors in the back to determine if the phone has been places in the car or media dock, and if there is a magnet in your case it could be mis reading that.
Jason

[mortb]

Yes, as jasnmar said, it's the case. I thought I would go frugal and bought a leather case at a kiosk at one of our many malls. Whenever I took the phone out, it automatically went into car dock. No big thing, but an annoyance. Talked to a Verizon rep who told me the same thing as jasnmar said. Got a case made specifically for the Droid 2 and never had that problem again.

[zarza77]

  thanks for u advice i'll check into it...ga.

  by the way ...yes my case has a magnetic clasp

[breezex]

Try putting the phone in the case with the screen out, away from your body.  Since the magnetic sensors are on the back of the phone this may prevent the phone from going into car dock mode.  Also there are apps in the market that will turn off the docking function so magnets will not launch the car or media dock applications.