Database Develop

8/12 Already bought the Home Dock from Dell US

Well as soon as I woke up today I went online to by some streak accessories, but while on the site I could only find the car kit. So I started a chat and they told me that the accessories were only available if you purchased a Streak at the same time. That was bs so I told the girl I bought mine from Dell.Uk ( Ebay ) and then she set me up with a purchase window. $76 later though I am feeling some buyer's remorse. I'm trying to rationalize by telling myself I will keep this phone until Froyo at least and that giving away my iPhone4 was worth it all. <sigh> So far it has been good I guess.......

jnovello said:
giving away my iPhone4 was worth it all. <sigh> So far it has been good I guess.......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, that statement is all you need.
Did you feel the chains come off?

You gave away an iphone4 for free? I would of sold that bad boy!

*Omnipresent* said:
You gave away an iphone4 for free? I would of sold that bad boy!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I gave it to my wife... so in a way I sold it for an immense amount of worth.

jnovello said:
I gave it to my wife... so in a way I sold it for an immense amount of worth.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thats funny, I did the same thing!!! I had to give my wife the iPhone 4 so I could get the Streak. I pre-ordered mine as soon as I woke up!!! I was a little upset that I had to spend an additional $100 to get the home and car docks, you would think they could throw one of them in for the $300 price tag... Oh well, I cant wait until tuesday! Hopefully it will be worth every penny of the $450 I paid

jnovello said:
I gave it to my wife... so in a way I sold it for an immense amount of worth.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Aha good thinking now every time she calls you the phone will lose signal and cut out and you won't have to talk to her...........very clever

if yours is a uk streak you can download 2.1 now? releasted today in the uk... check the other thread for the link!

I did not purchase a Streak yesterday but did indeed purchase the car docking kit and the home docking stations. Considering from the home docking station you will have hdmi out, it is well worth it
But yes a complete ripoff for just a piece of plastic. The car docking kit was a decent price

spartan73 said:
if yours is a uk streak you can download 2.1 now? releasted today in the uk... check the other thread for the link!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I still to this day do not know which version of the phone I have. I know it is a US version unlocked, but beta or what I do not know. Anyway, I have updated to 2.1 and I had a few problems. The best one is now my usb cable will not work....so....my streak is dead waiting for a charge on the dock that should arrive IN 5 DAYS!

Muo said:
I did not purchase a Streak yesterday but did indeed purchase the car docking kit and the home docking stations. Considering from the home docking station you will have hdmi out, it is well worth it
But yes a complete ripoff for just a piece of plastic. The car docking kit was a decent price
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The home AV dock is a quality piece of kit, way better build quality than the ones I've bought from SE & HTC in the past. Don't knock it til you've seen one! Having said that the price is still shocking
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

I've had the home dock for about a week now and I am very happy with it. It is a quality piece of equipment. I never have to fumble getting it in there like with the regular charger. Slides right in every time! Sits perfect height next to my monitor. I love it and have almost entirely forgotten that I paid over $70 for it.

With the PDMI connector, I find it hard to connect the USB cable. I have read the reason for the PDMI, and perhaps the hard fit is to help stabalize multiple sized devices on one port.
I read that the Slacker G2 radio uses a similar/same connector and has a dock of sorts(mini usb charging and line-out) for around $30. No HDMI, but for charging on my desk, it would be nice.
Anyone know whether it will be compatible?

samstables said:
The home AV dock is a quality piece of kit, way better build quality than the ones I've bought from SE & HTC in the past. Don't knock it til you've seen one! Having said that the price is still shocking
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's pricey, yes. But it's solid, looks very nice, it's not as annoying as plugging the cable every time, and it does not require powered-on PC to charge, or replugging to wall socket.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smoku/4924352956/in/photostream/

Cheap(er) USB Cable?

Anyone know if there's one for sale?
I've looked on various sites and the cheapest i found was £20, which i'm NOT paying for a USB cable
The cable that came with my phone broke VERY easily and now i'm left with a dead streak and no way to charge it!
The fact that Dell is charging £25 for a cable is just disgusting
Cheers guys.

Not yet, but some day when other manufacturers see sense and use pdmi connectors.

Meltus said:
The cable that came with my phone broke VERY easily and now i'm left with a dead streak and no way to charge it!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can't you just return it under warranty?

Isn't the warranty only 30 days?
Yea, I'm dying to get another usb cable or two so I don't have to carry mine around everywhere I go... I was hoping, since they're selling the streak at best buy, soon I'll be able to get one there...???

NoDoze said:
Isn't the warranty only 30 days?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As the OP is in the UK (or at least quoted prices in Sterling), they would be covered under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 for at least 12 months (and possibly as long as 6 years, given the cost of the cable).

It doesn't help the data connectivity but, you could get a desktop battery charger from eBay, I've just seen one there for £3.99 I just searched eBay for "Dell Streak Battery" and it came up in the results.
HTH.
Raven

I've had to get a friend in the USA to get me a car cradle kit from DELL USA and send it to me in Australia. Just got of the phone to OPTUS and Chat with DELL AUST and neither intends on selling accessories for the Streak in Australia.
What a shame

http://www.pdashop.nl/product/111840/dell-usb-cable-30-pin-dell-streak.html
39 euro.. these are expensive cable for a piece of plastic..

I really am surprised that there isn't any 3rd party cables about. I have searched & only find dell's cables that cost a bomb

streak accessories now available from Dell
I just found this while searching the web for Dell Streak Accessories. This was not previously available.
http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/streak_accessories/fs.aspx?refid=streak_accessories&cs=19&s=dhs

Lord60 said:
I just found this while searching the web for Dell Streak Accessories. This was not previously available.
http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/streak_accessories/fs.aspx?refid=streak_accessories&cs=19&s=dhs
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which one are you talking about

drgopoos said:
Which one are you talking about
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The entire page itself...
All of the items could be found on the net in various locations, and for varied prices, but never saw a Dell/US page for it. One guy on ebay is selling all of this stuff out of his online store for $30 - $40 more expensive than Dell. For months I was looking for a second charging cable and $40-ish was too spensive for me. Now that Dell finally has this page up, $19.99 is not too bad a price.

20 dollers for what should cost 5 bucks resonable come on lol

Rip-off Britain again
decoyeb said:
20 dollers for what should cost 5 bucks resonable come on lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The exact same cable on Dell's UK page costs £24.22, which according to xe.com converts to US$38.21, so be happy that you can get it for 20 bucks!!
http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/hom...aspx?refid=streak_accessories&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

Philip said:
The exact same cable on Dell's UK page costs £24.22, which according to xe.com converts to US$38.21, so be happy that you can get it for 20 bucks!!
http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/hom...aspx?refid=streak_accessories&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
im in the uk and have to say that the priceing of the gen acceseries from dell is extortionate to say the least, ive allways had htc phones and they never charged this much for stuff
soz rant over lol

decoyeb said:
20 dollers for what should cost 5 bucks resonable come on lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Supply and demand my brothers, I suppose there hasn't been enough streak activity out there as yet to warrant the entrepreneurs in China to make a 10 dollar cable and then a 5 dollar one and then a.... well you get the point. Dell is enjoying this fan fare right now since no other device uses this PDMI connection, well that I know of at least. I bought the $30 set with the extra plug since the usb only works with computers or Dells charger. what a rip off.

Mobilefun were quite bad too!
When official Dell website were selling the car kit for £35, they had it for £61.99!!!
They have updated now to sell it for £39.95 - supposedly saving 36% - Hah!
(Although I am happy with the Dash Genie I bought from them, although it should not be as much as £17.50)

I still don't get why we've not seen the cheaper accessories appear yet for the streak. I had to buy USB N adapter from eBay, not bad for £25.. but I've noticed on my original one that I've had since June not looking so great at the bit where the cable joins the connector. Mind you in all fairness I do charge it quite a lot as I'm always doing something on the phone.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Dell Streak Cable for £6.49

eBay item number 310298799549.
I've just ordered 2.
Edit: There are other £6.49 listings, just search for "Dell Streak Cable"

we already have a thread about cables here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930830
post 47 has a link to an ebay auction as well and most people have brought from there already

Oh you mean the one I started, having cables made for us since nobody else had the correct ones.....that was then hijacked. lmao.

Updated item number for that lead. 150572192244 The seller is also doing other spares, batteries. lcd etc.

You can actually get one for £4.69 delivered now! Crazy ain't it, before we were forced to pay nearly £30 for a damn cable, it won't be long before they'll be around 99p lmao
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Mine arrived today and works perfectly. It doesn't seem quite as solid as the original (cable thinner etc.) but for £6.49 I'm not complaining.

Ebay dock or wait for official dock.

Has anyone purchased a dock for their nexus 7? I'd like something that uses the pogo pins but like the galaxy nexus, it looks like we are out of luck.
I've seen some cheap looking docks on ebay buy not sure I want to chance it without a review.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

I'd say just wait 9 days to see if Asus/Google release the dock with the 32GB at the Google press conference on 10/29. If not, then go ahead and get a 3rd party dock.
I'm waiting for an official POGO pin dock too... But honestly, I think its vaporware and will never see the light of day so I'm not holding my breath.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Yup, just hang on a little bit until the Google event at the end of the month. If there is no news by then, I would start checking out other docks.

Just like with my Galaxy Nexus, I gave up waiting for the pogo dock and ordered a cheapo off of ebay. It works fine for $10, but they are all portrait-mount so not good for movies or YouTube. I'll still get the official dock if they release it within the next few months.

Mine is just about perfect. Available everywhere. Inexpensive and disposable. Just waiting for the pogoplug version.

zarthan said:
Mine is just about perfect. Available everywhere. Inexpensive and disposable. Just waiting for the pogoplug version.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice dock you got there...

OEM Micro USB Cable

Other than Samsung directly. Does anyone know where I can order an OEM Micro USB Cable? I think using a generic cable is causing my computer to fail to see the note 2.

Search ebay for something like Galaxy Note 2 OEM usb cable.
I just ordered a few of these.. 5ft long too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Samsung...Phone_PDA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item417257f789
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda premium
---------- Post added at 03:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 AM ----------
I have had older samsung cables work with Kies. If your running a non touchwiz rom any brand of cable should work fine. But if running TW, Kies is very picky on your cable, in my experience.
I have a few "China ebay cables" and they charge the phone but fit very loose and will stop charing if moved a little bit.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda premium

I just go to Monoprice.com and get USB cables, I got a 10 FT cable I use for only $1.34.
They have one that looks kinda like the OEM one.
PS. I recomend buying in large orders when getting things from them, like get that HDMI cable you was thinking about getting and such makes the shipping price more worth it that way. Shipping can cost more than the cable!

Thx for the links Neo. Ordered a couple of 10ft USB cables and an HDMI.

Neoistheone2000 said:
I just go to Monoprice.com and get USB cables, I got a 10 FT cable I use for only $1.34.
They have one that looks kinda like the OEM one.
PS. I recomend buying in large orders when getting things from them, like get that HDMI cable you was thinking about getting and such makes the shipping price more worth it that way. Shipping can cost more than the cable!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why order several? Oh I know something because that their crap in that a few of them are probably not going to work
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

XxLostSoulxX said:
Why order several? Oh I know something because that their crap in that a few of them are probably not going to work
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i've ordered around 15 mUSB cables and haven't had a bum one yet. the 10' are a bit of a tight fit though. ordering multiple quantities is the way to go so that the shipping cost is spread out among the cables, otherwise the saving isn't significant.
now the chargers on the other hand, you'll need to get a few. i've gotten 12 with 4 bad. but at ~$1.50 each that's not too bad.

madsquabbles said:
i've ordered around 15 mUSB cables and haven't had a bum one yet. the 10' are a bit of a tight fit though. ordering multiple quantities is the way to go so that the shipping cost is spread out among the cables, otherwise the saving isn't significant.
now the chargers on the other hand, you'll need to get a few. i've gotten 12 with 4 bad. but at ~$1.50 each that's not too bad.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Or pay one price with a dedicated USB cable that is not going to break and a dedicated USB charger that will not break and spend completely less there's your savings.
It goes the same for micro SD cards all these people when I get the cheapest price possible and then b**** and complain and moan how is not working or it got fried or failed. Because now they would have to purchase the real one that may have cost a little more but if they had just bought the real in the first place they would have saved more.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

XxLostSoulxX said:
Or pay one price with a dedicated USB cable that is not going to break and a dedicated USB charger that will not break and spend completely less there's your savings.
It goes the same for micro SD cards all these people when I get the cheapest price possible and then b**** and complain and moan how is not working or it got fried or failed. Because now they would have to purchase the real one that may have cost a little more but if they had just bought the real in the first place they would have saved more.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
with my purchase i have a cable for nearly every where i'll need one. no need to spend more just to get a "monster cable" type that's based on the same standards as my ~1.50 cable. if you feel better spending more money to get the same working stuff i got then go ahead and defend your purchase.
but like i said i won't buy chargers from them any more. powergen has been pretty good for me and they run about $10 each.

XxLostSoulxX said:
Why order several? Oh I know something because that their crap in that a few of them are probably not going to work
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, because the shipping usually cost as much as the cable it's self, 2 or more cables usually only add like a few cents to the shipping cost.
They also have a warranty on there cables and replace them for free if you do get a bad cable and that's only been once in a 5 year period that I had to use there warranty.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Neoistheone2000 said:
No, because the shipping usually cost as much as the cable it's self, 2 or more cables usually only add like a few cents to the shipping cost.
They also have a warranty on there cables and replace them for free if you do get a bad cable and that's only been once in a 5 year period that I had to use there warranty.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I spent a total of 10 bucks okay for an OE charger as well this is in total a heavy duty USB cable no problems at all and I don't need a warranty because they don't have issues.
I don't need 10 cables laying around that's just nonsense its the same thing why people buy the 0 lemon battery why have three to four batteries having to swap them out when they die when you can just settle for one battery for about the same price if not cheaper and not have to worry about turning your phone off and on to swap out the battery.
I have to USB cables 1 is the BlackBerry cable and the other is just the OEM.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

XxLostSoulxX said:
I spent a total of 10 bucks okay for an OE charger as well this is in total a heavy duty USB cable no problems at all and I don't need a warranty because they don't have issues.
I don't need 10 cables laying around that's just nonsense its the same thing why people buy the 0 lemon battery why have three to four batteries having to swap them out when they die when you can just settle for one battery for about the same price if not cheaper and not have to worry about turning your phone off and on to swap out the battery.
I have to USB cables 1 is the BlackBerry cable and the other is just the OEM.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To each there own I suppose.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

XxLostSoulxX said:
Or pay one price with a dedicated USB cable that is not going to break and a dedicated USB charger that will not break and spend completely less there's your savings.
It goes the same for micro SD cards all these people when I get the cheapest price possible and then b**** and complain and moan how is not working or it got fried or failed. Because now they would have to purchase the real one that may have cost a little more but if they had just bought the real in the first place they would have saved more.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
got my class 10 64gb card for $30 works great.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium

joshm.1219 said:
got my class 10 64gb card for $30 works great.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wait till it craps out. I'm glad it works right now. why do you gotta be cheap about everything. Because I love the people that will buy anything at a cheaper cost let's say something happens and no warranty for it and complain that is not getting fixed. I see people do this all day with car radios they buy everything from Sonic Electronix and then complain when they bring it to the manufacturer that something is wrong and then they don't offer a warranty for it because of the fact that they purchased it from a third party that isn't an authorized retailer
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

XxLostSoulxX said:
Wait till it craps out. I'm glad it works right now. why do you gotta be cheap about everything. Because I love the people that will buy anything at a cheaper cost let's say something happens and no warranty for it and complain that is not getting fixed. I see people do this all day with car radios they buy everything from Sonic Electronix and then complain when they bring it to the manufacturer that something is wrong and then they don't offer a warranty for it because of the fact that they purchased it from a third party that isn't an authorized retailer
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Higher price != better quality. See: Beats by Dre.
In fact, quite a lot of people have had issues with the OEM cable. There's a thread in the General section about slow charging where the culprit, for many people, is an OEM cable giving out. My OEM cable which came with the phone now supplies 160mA. 1/10th of stock.

XxLostSoulxX said:
Wait till it craps out. I'm glad it works right now. why do you gotta be cheap about everything. Because I love the people that will buy anything at a cheaper cost let's say something happens and no warranty for it and complain that is not getting fixed. I see people do this all day with car radios they buy everything from Sonic Electronix and then complain when they bring it to the manufacturer that something is wrong and then they don't offer a warranty for it because of the fact that they purchased it from a third party that isn't an authorized retailer
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not really cheap about a lot. I saw that thread someone posted with the eBay sale of the 64gb card for $30 and bought it just to see what would happen. I have a 128gb normal sd card but it doesn't fit in my hunterf case with the adaptor. it's a legitimate PNY card you would see at best buy for twice the price or more. doesn't mean it has any more chance of failing compared to one you would get at best buy.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium

D3_ said:
Higher price != better quality. See: Beats by Dre.
In fact, quite a lot of people have had issues with the OEM cable. There's a thread in the General section about slow charging where the culprit, for many people, is an OEM cable giving out. My OEM cable which came with the phone now supplies 160mA. 1/10th of stock.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
F*** that s*** dude beats by dre is just retarded overhyped mainstream BS. The bass sucks completely the treble is harsh its just complete crap all together it's overpriced on top of that.
I have a pair of in ear monitors that are $80 by Klipsch which they're called the s4 and they do much better job than any beats by dre or Soul by Ludacris crap.
If you wanna talk about audio then you're going to have to go with brands like Westone, Klipsch, Sennheiser, Shure, JH Audio, 1964 Ears, Ultimate Ears, VSonic, etc...
Car audio: Focal, JL Audio, Alpine, Rockford Fosgate, and some JBL/Infinity.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

XxLostSoulxX said:
F*** that s*** dude beats by dre is just retarded overhyped mainstream BS. The bass sucks completely the treble is harsh its just complete crap all together it's overpriced on top of that.
I have a pair of in ear monitors that are $80 by Klipsch which they're called the s4 and they do much better job than any beats by dre or Soul by Ludacris crap.
If you wanna talk about audio then you're going to have to go with brands like Westone, Klipsch, Sennheiser, Shure, JH Audio, 1964 Ears, Ultimate Ears, VSonic, etc...
Car audio: Focal, JL Audio, Alpine, Rockford Fosgate, and some JBL/Infinity.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know, that's why I brought them up.
I personally use audio-technica ATH-M50s, modded to have a 3.5mm stereo jack rather than the normal coiled cable. Got a v-moda cable to go with it which has a mic and music controls.

There is definitely a subjective element to all this. I think what the person is saying about getting ten cables is more about convenience, and economics. Monoprice lowers the cost for bulk orders. The shipping for some items is fix despite the number order, thus more you order, the lower shipping per unit. We all get that.
His other point, why drag a cable and charger around all day, when he can just leave a cable or charger to the places he frequents most such as the car, work, home, friend's house, gym, and so forth. Plus, if they cable is good, you'll probably get to use on other devices that charge via microUSB, which most like aslo be the next smartphone. Personally, I have chargers and cables in the car, work, school backpack, home, and laptop bag. Some are from previous devices, other are ones I bought.
It's similar logic to the ZeroLemon battery. It's just what is more convenient for that person.
But given his record, it's about right what is standard manufacturing fail rate, which is targeted for three to five percent, or less. Even the most expensive equipment can have bad units. And given Monoprice cheap prices, if you get one bad unit out of ten, no one is going to care if they rest still work as expected.
On a personal note, I've been ordering from Monoprice for around four years. I haven't had any issues with their cheap cables. They're cheap, but they work.
---------- Post added at 02:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:43 AM ----------
As for audio, I like etympitic Research. I have the ER4 and ER6 and use the HeadRoom BitHead portable headphone amp. I like ShennHieser for opencans. I have a pair of HD600s that is use with the HeadRoom Cosmic headphone amp.