CarHome Ultra Unlocker

Overall I like this app a lot, the various functions it can do make it very useful while driving and you can really customize it a lot. The only problem I have is that the whether widget doesn't seem to work and for some reason the media controls no longer work while I play music. If these two things could be fixed I would give it five stars.

Seems like a good app, so after I got the 3 day-until trail expires warning I bought the unlock key. Now I cannot set any of the shortcuts in the app. You tap one to set and you get the list of available shortcuts (the camera is no longer listed), when you tap on one of the apps listed... it just executes the app but does not set the shortcut in CarHome???? Gee, glad I paid $4 bucks for this... fail from 5 to 2 stars.

The latest update v4.08c, dated 6 March 2015,broke the auto shutdown of Car Home Ultra. Manual shutdown now necessary on Galaxy S4 with KitKat. Tech support came to conclusion that it was due to my ROM, but CHU shut down properly with this ROM before the latest update. The ROM didn't change. The app did!

This used to be my favorite driving app but it has become glitchey. It rarely closes on its own or with pressing the X. The apps it launches also seem to be glitchy now, skipping and in general acting weird. This never used to happen, that's why I bought the full version. PLEASE FIX!!

The whole purpose of buying home ultra, which I have now paid for twice is to be able to have large media buttons for media players. But it seems that even when I unchecked all media players the default back... And the one media player I do not want "Milk" is the only one the media buttons work on. Either solve it or refund!

Media player buttons constantly try to open Power Amp despite bringing Google Play Music into focus with the media page. This had been a problem over many versions that I was hoping was finally finished. I guess not.

I like this app but pushing the home key exits the app which makes it difficult to switch between a media app and map app (which is mostly what I do) and as such defeats much of its purpose. (It not really a "home" app if it doesn't use the home key). Awhile back the home key used to just return you to the CarHome app but an Android update (maybe 4?) broke that. At the time the developer said there was nothing he could do to take control over the home button as the OS prevented it but it seems that "Automate" a competitive app has solved the home key problem. I would happily use this app again if the home key could function properly. Can you fix this?

I have had this app a while and it worked reasonably well on an S5, but I now have a Moto G 4 + and it seems to have been the culprit is a recent inability to connect to Bluetooth devices. Probably not a good app for the Moto. I did get Bluetooth running and had to restart the phone. Best not to turn off as that may be the problem.

Why is my Bluetooth volume lower when your app is running. I've already disabled the voice feature that is stupid to begin with. Now my volume suffers drastically when your your app is open and if that's not bad enough if i happen to bump the location bar it turns down my music even more. Please reply. I'm running spotify over bluetooth also using the app music volume eq

Using this all the time! Please add a feature where users can select from a list of custom icons. Some default icons have low resolution and look bad on larger screens. Thanks

Send autotext reply when app is active is not working. App also gave itself a 5-star rating without me doing so. Pretty shady...

Works well. The Interface design could be cooler looking. Hopefully you can add the option for theme downloads or something. Also, when trying to play audio from SiriusXM or Podcast Addict this app has to open the other apps in order to use them. Wish it could open the apps in the background instead of interrupting the experience and having to back out into the Car Home app again.

This has to be a Must for road safety. All the useful apps through one interface with additional information about battery, temp etc. and allows you to operate media and show most popular contacts. I wouldn't be without it in my car

The latest update v4.08c, dated 6 March 2015,broke the auto shutdown of Car Home Ultra. Manual shutdown now necessary on Galaxy S4 with KitKat. Tech support came to conclusion that it was due to my ROM, but CHU shut down properly with this ROM before the latest update. The ROM didn't change. The app did!

It's stopped working as it should. It won't let me customise the tabs. It keeps shutting down. It closes when I choose to navigate then opens again when navigation turned of. I have a paid licence and will give it 5 stars if it works properly again.

Pretty solid application that takes advantage of all Android functionality. The configuration options (startup on BT connection, one touch dial, etc) are well thought out. My only beef is with media player integration. I've tried multiple podcast players, but using the media interface within Car Home Ultra always brings the player into the foreground (continuously, even after I go back to the home screen), or opens up the default media player (not the chosen podcast player). If this got fixed, it's 5 stars.

Was a, good app, but keeps crashing and won't let you get anywhere while trying to open it or use other apps

Possibly simply the best all round app I've encountered yet. For pure "DoesWhatitSays" -edness. Simple, stable, thorough, intuitive. I'm wondering why I don't just operate my fone from here all the time. In fact I would advocate it as a default phone os for the technologically feeble and your nanna.

This used to be my favorite driving app but it has become glitchey. It rarely closes on its own or with pressing the X. The apps it launches also seem to be glitchy now, skipping and in general acting weird. This never used to happen, that's why I bought the full version. PLEASE FIX!!

The extant issues with screen orientation and dock switching are entirely Google's fault, not the developers.

I have had this for at least 3 years. This year I changed phones. The reason I am unhappy with it now is that the altimeter/altitude does not work with the Note 4. When I contacted the developer, his response was that it must be my phone. When I tried another app, the altimeter worked fine. I am changing apps now for that reason.

I keep returning CarHome Ultra. I tried a few other and still find this by far the best. Suggestions? Well I have a couple. Nothing to do really with the appearance of functionality of the app; more nice to haves. 1) PROFILES - TheSpinningHead have missed a trick here. I use this app as much on my bicycle as I do in the car. I certainly think it would be worth while looking into pitching to cyclists as much as drivers. The only issue with using it on my bike is that I need to set different apps, screen display and power options than what I require in my car. Being able to have different PROFILES for the app would be a boon. Especially if you could have home screen shortcuts to launch the different types of profile you've created. 2) NFC - I've fitted my Brodit car dock with an NFC tag. If you could directly launch CHU from an NFC tag detection (rather than use 3rd party apps to launch it) combined with the other current options of launch on charging and BT connection. For example: CHU launches on NFC tag, BT and charging detection. This would prevent CHU launching on passengers phones that are placed on charge with BT on. Many thanks SpinningHead hope these suggestions are helpful.

If you have a paid license issue, don't count on any support

Can you add a feature so theres a floating music control floating widget when using navigation. Also a floating widget to go back to car home ultra when in navigation mode. The stock android navigation bar is small and tricky to operate when driving.

Almost works a treat, but when my battery reaches 100% the app turns off. This is super annoying and never happened on the App I used before. I use wireless charging. Please help!

It does what it says and is easily customized. I can't really think of anything else I would want it to do.

App was awesome for my truck tablet install until it began requiring license verification on every startup, useless now as i neither have nor need a data connection in the truck...

Great app. Please add a feature to tag user specified GPS locations and a warning voice when approaching the location. Think- speed camera warning.

I am just knocked out by this app. I got about half way through the trial period, and knew I had to upgrade. It has been absolutely flawless. My biggest problem is deciding what apps I want to store in it. I've used it on a trip, and it was perfect. User friendly, and worth every penny.

This Developer has no interest at all to fix problems even for his paying customers! Simply terrible!

After I upgraded from free version the app got buggy so I uninstalled so I could reinstall again to see if that fixed my problems. Google play doesn't show me having purchased this the first time!!!!

I really liked this app enough to purchase the full app a long time ago, but lately it has not been autostarting when my phone is connected to the physical car dock. I currently have the HTC one m7 from T-Mobile. Can anyone help?

I have yet to find anything I need a car dock app to do that this one doesn't. Highly recommended, fantastic app. Frequently updated, too!

Causing massive problems with bluetooth syncing (Note4/VW). Song title does not update on the car, the sound cuts in and out nearly every 60 seconds, etc. Uninstalled and the problem went away.

Why isn't there a setting to turn GPS on and off when docked/ undocked? There are options for WiFi ON/ OFF when docked/ undocked, which are far less useful than having an option to turn GPS ON when Docked and OFF, when undocked. I don't want my GPS on all the time; it's a battery killer. I only want it on when docked, because I have power on the dock to charge the device and that’s when I need navigation! Put the feature under the “wireless options" screen and allow us to enable "GPS ON when docked/ GPS OFF when undocked", just like the WIFi or Bluetooth option now. Right now, I hit the GPS button on the menu in the home screen and I have far fewer clicks to get my maps working than using the current GPS options (Show GPS settings if GPS not enabled) I am not interested in the current “ show GPS settings if GPS is not enabled"; that's not useful and requires way more clicks. Other apps I tried would not do anything in my car dock, but Car/ Home Ultra works, so why not finish the job and give us an option to “ Auto ON" GPS when docked?

Bought it before trial ended, brilliant app.

It's just handy overall. Easy to use & a lot helpful when driving. Setup to your liking.

Great app. Dev is very responsive and added a feature I requested. I use Tasker with the app, but the Dev keeps adding things that make it less necessary. It's nice to have big buttons that minimize my need to look away from the road when playing podcasts. I prefer the digital speedometer on the app over the analog one that comes with my car. The speed alert helps me to not speed as well.

Great support! Only had one problem with the app that turned out to be my fault.

I noticed many requests have been submitted, but no updates for quiet sometime now