more design flaws...
 

I found another glaring design flaw and am hoping this one has a fix. There is no hard "mute" button for the phone. I frequently take conference calls in the truck and have a need to mute unless I am speaking. I have to hit the soft mute key to do this. There is a "mute" key on the wheel but apparently it only mutes the radio, which is stupid. Is there a way to re-assign this unused mute button to do what any competent designer should have done from the start? I'd like to re-assign or even add hard buttons for phone mute, steering wheel heater and display off. Is there a way to fix these glaring design flaws?

nope

it is what it is, all that stuff goes through the APIM

You could mount up the phone and use the hard mute button on it. Oh wait...Stupid phone designers use a soft button for mute too, so they have the same glaring flaw.

My conference calls are normally:

1. Scheduled for a set time which allows me time to find a place to park, get my computer up & running.
2. Calls are defined in scope, limiting them to short duration.
3. It is against company policy to take calls while driving.

and then you slam the phone down and make the bell ring inside

or don't take conference phone calls while driving

Is this even possible once the stupid also-riddled-with-design-flaws android-stupid-f'n-auto takes over your phone?

So how is this a design flaw, when it only effects you, and maybe 3 other people?