LG VX6000 constant Car Kit mode

I had dropped my phone (VX3200) in water and when "car kit" came up, I read this thread and opened it up to clean out the corrosion. I had it working, and the cleaning seemed to do the trick, but now my phone says "Use genuine battery".

Has anyone else seen this message on their phone? What does it mean, and is there any hope for fixing it?

I've also sprayed the phone down with CAIG DeoxIT and ProGold cleaner solutions, but that didn't help much.

I'd appriciate any suggestions on the matter,
Thanks

PS: I already got a new Audiovox 8910 on ebay for around $100 as a replacement. Verizon's refurbished VX3100 at $90 with only a 3 month warranty wasn't going to do the trick. Neither was early upgrade at $189 for a less superior phone and the requirement that I change my contract to wait an additional two years for my discount prices to kick back in.

After walking to the store in the rain (it is Seattle after all) with my phone in my pocket (LG VX6000) my phone said -Car Kit- Now I only realized this after I missed about half a dozen calls. I tried everything I could think of I went through every menu option three times. Disconnected the battery and hooked it up to my car charger (witched worked for 5 min) in the end I followed the advice of "Chessknight" and used my wife's hair dryer and that worked in just seconds. Thanks for the idea Chessknight.

sorry to say that if your phone is in "car kit mode" there is virtually nothing to fix it, pressing buttons on the keypad is NOT going to fix it. Car kit mode 9x out of 10 happens when there is corrosion on the charging port. If you take it to a (good) tech, at a vzw store, they'll know it got wet.

Now it is true that excessive corrosion can cause un-repairable damage. My phone was in my pocket and not in direct contact with water. The condensation due to the moisture is what did it. Not negligence, but it is also true that the techs are trained to spot ANY water damage and use that as a reason not to cover the repair or replacement. While this is not the only thing they are trained to use for rejection. It is the most frequently used one. Think about this I worked at Verizon when I bought my phone, now VZW is a completely separate entity.
They gave me the standard discount and info about what’s covered under the warranty. They also let me know what to avoid, for instance as I found out just being in a room or environment that has high moisture content can lead to damage. Since I live in Seattle that description pretty much covers everywhere. I truly found this out a week after having my phone. I walk home from work and it rains some time. I keep my phone in an inside pocket and use my hands free kit. I got home once and when I grabbed my phone it was cold, not wet just cold. I’m not sure why, but I took off the battery and noticed that the water damage indicator (the little hole that either has a red dot or X) was indicating I had put my week old phone in contact with water.
I went to the VZW store because I was sure this had to have been this way when I bought the phone. They gave me the standard speech about replacing my battery “No” I argued with them but in the end they did replace my battery. Just about a week and a half later I noticed that my new battery now showed the signs of water damage even though it had Never, Never been in contact with water. I decided not to go back to VZW but took note that in my opinion they make those water damage indicators much too sensitive. Which my bestfirend agrees with me on that point.
If your phone has the -Car Kit- showing and you know your phone has never come in contact with water, or it was a one time deal like your child put it in there mouth. Drying it out should work if not go to your VZW store and argue, argue, argue. This can be avoided if you opted for the better of the replacement coverage’s when you got your phone. I don’t work for Verizon anymore but I believe I forgot to mention this my best friend now works for VZW here in downtown Seattle as a tech and he knows all to well what they do.

My daughter's phone got wet for a few seconds by a drink .. I immediately disconnected the battery and dried the components with a blow dryer ... then I read what Blade 760 wrote and his instructions worked like a gem!!! THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH~!!!

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This is a great forum and everyone had so many great ideas. All of which I tried by the way. This is how I finally got "car kit" off of my vx6000 phone. This was my very last resort after trying for 3 days of paper clips, blow drying, tin foil, program codes, text messages, and earphone devices.

Let me start off by saying my 1.5 year old stuck the end of my phone in his mouth and yes, the dot on the battery did turn pink.

1. Remove the battery from the phone and unsrew the 6 screws. I didn't have a small enough screwdriver so I used the tip of a steak knife. Just don't strip the screws!
2. Carefully pry the two pieces from each other. You will probably disconnect the two little wires by accident, but you can easily reconnect it.
3. Carefully clean any corrosion you see around the charger port with a q-tip and rubbing alcohol. In my case I had a bunch of green corroded build up. I was scared to touch all the tiny metal pieces on the board, but it didn't seem to hurt anything.
4. Blow dry the entire phone on low heat
5. Take a soft toothbrush and gently brush away any left over corrosion particles on the circuit board and the charger hole. This was the key for me. I tried it without the tooth brush and it didn't work. I guess the q-tip couldn't really get into all the crevices.
6. As soon as I put the phone back together, car kit was gone. I was so proud of myself because my husband didn't even have to help me.

Screw Verizon!

i did tha 0 menu thing but it didnt work so instead of pushing ok all tha way thru i pressed more at the end then ok all tha way thru and it worked

My phone charger the other day broke, and I had no money so I had to go buy a charger from the flee market, so i got home and I plugged my phone up and it said the charger was impatable, but it still charged so i kept it charging. The next day it was working all fine, then at the endof the day i plugged it back up to charge, well then all of a sudden the CAR KIT thing popped up. My phone wasn't around water, I didn't drop it and I tried all the hits about erasing the errors and all that, but nothing is working. WHat can I do to fix it??

I tried resetting it to no avail.
The only thing that worked was the foil method.
I took a little piece of foil and folded it and inserted it into where the charger goes.
I did that a few times and voila no more car kit.
I just hope it lasts.

VX8000, about 13 months old.

Accidentally set it in the center console of my car, which had collected about 4 mm of rainwater when I left my sunroof open the previous night.

Picked up the phone, noticed the "Car Kit" message.

Turned it on and off several times... then tried, unsuccessfully, to toggle it back using the blade of a leatherman, a paperclip, a push pin, and even a drop or two of water.

Peeled the battery off the back, wiped it down and set it in front of a hair drier running on low for about four minutes. Turned it back on and it works fine.

I agree that the moisture sensor is next to useless, unless you live in Arizona and never bring it inside. Mine turned pink long ago, almost certainly due to ambient humidity. We have similar indicators for stickers on temporary ID badges at work, so I don't doubt for a split second that the passage of time in a 70%+ humidity climate will cause the indicator on the battery to turn pink.

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