Nexus S Desktop Dock - $19.99 - Nexus S Accessories

It appears Best Buy has the Nexus S dock on sale right now for $19.99 instead of the normal $39.99. I picked one up for my Nexus S last night. Be sure to check out your local store if you are in the market
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung...8335099216&skuId=2547036&st=nexus s&cp=1&lp=9

I bought one. It will be handy St work. Decent price I think at $20?
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Yikes, just read the reviews on Best Buy's website. Seems that this is not a multimedia dock, but just a piece of plastic that holds your phone while it charges. No speakers or audio input on the dock, nothing multimedia about it.

Then don't buy it

ragnarokx said:
Yikes, just read the reviews on Best Buy's website. Seems that this is not a multimedia dock, but just a piece of plastic that holds your phone while it charges. No speakers or audio input on the dock, nothing multimedia about it.
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It clearly states in the description that it is designed for you to use the speakerphone and media player while charging the phone. Think of it like a kickstands that charges your phone.
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The Nexus S Dock is a bad joke. No comparison to the great Nexus One Dock. I don't want to have to fit in the usb slot every time I put the Nexus into the Dock. With the Nexus you just put the phone on the Dock without fiddling around. I think every Nexus phone should have such charging contacts like the Nexus one did...
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Shahpur.Azizpour said:
The Nexus S Dock is a bad joke. No comparison to the great Nexus One Dock. I don't want to have to fit in the usb slot every time I put the Nexus into the Dock. With the Nexus you just put the phone on the Dock without fiddling around. I think every Nexus phone should have such charging contacts like the Nexus one did...
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Agreed
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Its working perfectly for what I need it for at work. Headphones, charging, and standing. Just wish stock had landscape homescreen like CyanogenMod
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I picked one up. If nothing else, it's a cheap OEM charger. They also had an open box Samsung Nexus S car dock for $22.99.
Both work great, especially the car dock. It's nice to have something made for the Nexus S, even though the dock isn't powered (you have to manually plug in the cord). Not a big deal as I've been doing it all along anyway when I get in the car.

yeah this dock is kind of a joke compared to the nexus one dock. i hope the nexus prime or whatever they call it has inductive charging or at least charging contacts like the n1 did.

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Included USB Cable

Sorry if this has been asked before but is anyone else's included USB cable rubbish? Mine won't stay in the phone and just pops back out whenever I put it in... Just got the phone today using the cable from my NS4G with the new 2A charger hoping it charges correctly and nothing goes wrong. Is there a fix for this so the plug stays in the phone? My NS4G cable stays in just fine... Love the phone so far in the few hours I have had it today. It's so big I feel awkward holding it but I LOVE IT!!! Such a great phone.
Well the ns4g cable charges it to 100% overnight so i guess I'll keep using that...
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Yep same issue here. My cable also pops up very often. I was wondering if I cut a little bit of the white plastic at the base of the micro usb side, will do the job....
cveteca said:
Yep same issue here. My cable also pops up very often. I was wondering if I cut a little bit of the white plastic at the base of the micro usb side, will do the job....
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Yeah, there's a thread on here somewhere about this very issue. I believe the above suggestion works. As always YMMV.
Yeah i asked the same question here before, some people experience that including me. Solution is to file around the usb port or use anotheer cable.
Unfortunate that we pay such a premium price for this phone and are left with an unusable usb cable
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The cable works fine for me. High quality and all. It doesn't pop out in its own.
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It's a really nice cord, I'd say high quality but it just pops out and i can't use it ): I guess I will have to cut some of the white back on the cord or just use the ns4g one which seemed to charge it fine with the 2a charger.
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Mine is probably a tighter fit than any other phone I've had. The Galaxy nexus cord would literally fall out if you moved the phone.. so bad that sprint credited me 15 bucks to buy another cord
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I think you should return your cord. Seems defective.
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prinzhernan said:
I think you should return your cord. Seems defective.
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Yeah, I think I will do that. Recommend contacting Sprint or Samsung directly?
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sky1193 said:
Yeah, I think I will do that. Recommend contacting Sprint or Samsung directly?
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I think sprint first then if all else fails, samsung
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Well I didn't want to deal with all the bs I would probably have to go through to get another so I just busted out the good ol exacto and cut some of the plastic back, now it fits in just fine
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Mine cable is good too, I also using my old Nokia MicroUSB cable (from Nokia N82) which is fits well too.

Is the Logitech the best keyboard to get?

I want a nice sized keyboard to type on,and I don't want a piece of junk either. The only thing that concerns me,is that apparently the web browsing shortcut key does not work on the Nexus due to it using Chrome and not Browser (was this ever fixed,btw?).
Is there any other quality keyboards out there,other than the Apple keyboard?
Almost all major brands have good quality keyboards
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krash183 said:
Almost all major brands have good quality keyboards
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One thing that's always kept me going back to logitech has been their kickass return policy, usually no questions asked, and a lot of times your not even required to send in the broken/defective unit. Something to think about.
krash183 said:
Almost all major brands have good quality keyboards
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huh?
i thought it was just the opposite from reading reviews by users. looks like almost all BT Keyboards are loathed.
which one do you think is top gun, and not huge...
I recently ordered the Anker wireless bt keyboard from Amazon. 19.99 with free shipping. I love it and it doesn't look or feel cheap. I'm at work now but I'll take pics when I get home.
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Bingo! great minds...
just ordered that one this morning myself!
we'll see
I actually also ordered a usb one with case... thought I may as well... will have a shootout
EboniLM said:
I recently ordered the Anker wireless bt keyboard from Amazon. 19.99 with free shipping. I love it and it doesn't look or feel cheap. I'm at work now but I'll take pics when I get home.
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EboniLM said:
I recently ordered the Anker wireless bt keyboard from Amazon. 19.99 with free shipping. I love it and it doesn't look or feel cheap. I'm at work now but I'll take pics when I get home.
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How long have you had it???
Would you buy it again???
What device's have you tried???
I need one I can use with a phone, tablet & laptop that has Bluetooth.
THANKS IN ADVANCED.
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I've been using the logitech one this whole semester to take notes. No problems at all, works great. This setup replaced my laptop completely.
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i've had it since Monday. Hell yes, i'd buy it again. And i've only used it with my Nexus 7.
I did a review here with pics and stuff.
Hope this helps!
Yeah, i probably should have mentioned that i was looking at BT keyboards.
Wanting to use a wired keyboard on the nexus seems so...goofy...to me....

Oem charger cable?

Well my cable crapped out on me and I can't seem to find another one. I looked on amazon but only found knockoffs which usually die quickly as well
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Currently both my cables charge slowly than they should and the rate jumps around alot.
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Why not send it back to sammy for replacement? I swear some of you guys go round robins barn looking for replacement this or that when all you gotta do is send it back to sammy. Even if you bought it second hand, I'm sure they will replace the cable. I've taken my phones into other carriers and had them replace trivial stuff... Like dead cables.
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I just buy a bunch of cables from monoprice. They're cheap and I haven't seen any difference compared to the original samsung cable. Since all the phones in the house are android phones, it's easy to just buy micro usb cables in bulk.
Why buy anything if you don't have to? I could have that cable and wall charger replaced with a 5 minute phone call. That's my philosophy anyhow.
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LittleRedDot said:
Why buy anything if you don't have to? I could have that cable and wall charger replaced with a 5 minute phone call. That's my philosophy anyhow.
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I called verizon they won't replace with anything but a 1amp charger and want my.OEM one back which was a no go. And I never knew you could call Samsung. Also as far as going to the carrier last time this happened to me they replaced it with a 1 foot generic cable that didn't even work my store sucks. Will be calling Sammy today though thanks everyone
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For what it was worth I just ordered mono price premium cables since that was all o needed anyway. Samsung wanted my whole charger and its a two week turnaround I don't have a spare charger to use.
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any cheapo USB-microUSB will work to charge the phone. I use the one that came it it a lot, but I have extra cheapo in the car, in a bag I take to work, another in my backpack for school, a few more around the house.
For charging, they're fine. To transfer data, just fine too. Where I notice a difference between cheapo and the one that came with the phone is when I WiFi Tethering and using the MHL adapter while streaming a movie or sporting event. Neither can keep the phone charged, but the cheapos, the GN2 drains the battery faster. 20% per hour vesus 10%.
Thus, if you have a cable from other phones you don't use anymore, just use it. Although, I like the calling Samsung idea.
I bought this one and has worked like a charm
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261146242292
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My issue with cheapo cables is the one I have now has a flucating current and they always die quick on me.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
My issue with cheapo cables is the one I have now has a flucating current and they always die quick on me.
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Monoprice has very high quality cables ask me how I know also if you guys want a highend 2amp charger buy the hp touchpad charger, nothing touches it in quality not even a apple ipad charger
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Andrew149 said:
Monoprice has very high quality cables ask me how I know also if you guys want a highend 2amp charger buy the hp touchpad charger, nothing touches it in quality not even a apple ipad charger
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Mono price is the way I'm going I'm gonna take it your a long time customer? I'm going for the premium cables since they just look nicer. I've heard the touchpad charger is great I may pick one up as a spare.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Mono price is the way I'm going I'm gonna take it your a long time customer? I'm going for the premium cables since they just look nicer. I've heard the touchpad charger is great I may pick one up as a spare.
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My dad and I have been using them for years even movie theater equipment top notch stuff I recently ordered a premium 6 foot cable with the hp touchpad charger and my phone chargers in 1:30 hours and the phone last longer
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Mono price is awesome. Just tried the premium cable and it fits with a case on the phone the cheap cables don't latch in all that great as it hits the case. I usually shave it down with a razor blade
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Where are you getting your touch pad chargers?
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I have authentic / genuine OEM charging cables from Samsung. PM me if interested.

DIY official dock car mount

I really liked the fact the dock could do audio out and charge via the pogo pins, so I figured that would be perfect in the car. When I got the dock, I couldn't find a good spot to mount it....until now. The completed setup works awesomely!
All you need for this project is a metal bookend and some JB weld.
Bookend
Dock attached with JB Weld
Piece removed from the cover bezel
Wires fed to where the back of the dock will be
All I did here was wedge the bookend between the radio and dash kit, and then attached the cables for power/audio
BACK TO THE PRIMITIVE!!!!
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Why must be you guys insist on doing these butchered-up installs?
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phillip1953 said:
Why must be you guys insist on doing these butchered-up installs?
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What's so bad about it? At least I don't have to plug anything in or butcher my nexus like most "clean" installs.
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I don't see anything wrong with it, it looks clean to me. There isn't any damage or anything sticking out...
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Jaggar345 said:
I don't see anything wrong with it, it looks clean to me. There isn't any damage or anything sticking out...
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I guess his idea of contributing is going into threads and complaining for no reason.
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Nice ... as long as you do not drive ..
Works fine when driving. The pins actually make better contact if the tablet is pushed slightly forward, so I bent the vertical part of the bookend to keep it slightly forward. Plus the rubber on the rear of the nexus making contact with it seems to create enough friction to keep it from popping up.
WARNING: Turn down your volume.
Good to know this works. I was planning on doing something a bit similar, but slowly building it up to be cleaner in the end. The dock will be an integral part, though.
Do you have any trouble keeping the tablet charged? I know people have no problems if they use one of the recommended chargers from the charger thread, but I wasn't sure if the dock may hinder or slow down charging any.
Awesome! Thanks man
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Good to know this works. I was planning on doing something a bit similar, but slowly building it up to be cleaner in the end. The dock will be an integral part, though.
Do you have any trouble keeping the tablet charged? I know people have no problems if they use one of the recommended chargers from the charger thread, but I wasn't sure if the dock may hinder or slow down charging any.
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Well I have it set to keep the screen awake while charging, so it does still drain the battery. It really isn't bad though. Barely goes down. The speed of the charging seems equivalent to charging via usb connection, rather than the wall charger.
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I get really bad sound distortion using the tablet with the dock in the car, did you have the same issues?
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I get really bad sound distortion using the tablet with the dock in the car, did you have the same issues?
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Sorry for not responding for so long. I did have a bit at first when going over bumps, but over time it stopped. I think it's because the pins springy-ness calmed down over time. Also, the bookend helps keep the tablet from moving, because the rubber backing of the tablet makes contact with it and keeps it from too much. So over time, this setup has ended up working perfectly.
I have the same setup. Do you constantly have to enable media output to dock? When I start mine up each time I have to go into the sound settings and fix this.
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Wireless charger with magnets for car

I'm looking to find a car mount that can charge qi and hold the phone with magnets, I found one that sits in the CD tray but it doesn't have wireless charging. Wonder if I could use that nexus charger and somehow stick it to my dash. Here is the one without the charger
http://www.amazon.com/InfiniApps-Smartphones-Cradle-less-Quick-snap-technology/dp/B00DPMNNUO
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
People have had varying levels of success with the air dock, which sticks via a sticky foam. So if you absolutely want magnets, then that won't work but otherwise it might. I ordered the air dock to see if it works, and I also have a d brand skin on the way if the naked back doesn't work, hopefully the carbon skin will stick.
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People have had varying levels of success with the air dock, which sticks via a sticky foam. So if you absolutely want magnets, then that won't work but otherwise it might. I ordered the air dock to see if it works, and I also have a d brand skin on rh
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Would u update me when u get it and let me know how it works? Thanks
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Would u update me when u get it and let me know how it works? Thanks
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For sure.
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Check in with these guys.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-air-dock-2-0
I have the original and it sort of works without a case. But doesn't hold well. I have my hopes for the 2.0 version. Version 1.0 was awesome with my Nexus 5.
I'm using this and while it works getting the Nexus 6 into it is a little more work than just slapping my phone on the airdock.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M685JNW/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_tm.Dub1JZFB10
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The Air Dock has both the sticky "foam" and magnets. Always has. Version 2 is coming out & has a built-in NEFC chip as well. Well made product that does what is designed to do.

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