Does anyone know if this will work with the D4? Seems like a pretty good deal if it does! http://1saleaday.com/wireless/
Looks like with some mods it should. A quick search on xda and its been done with the Razr and a guy on android central claims to have done so with the D4. I can't post the link but it turned up pretty quick on search.
Apparently, the mod is super easy and involves 2 screws and shaving some plastic.
Hell, for $65, shipped why the hell not? Trigger pulled.
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Does anyone know if this will work with the D4? Seems like a pretty good deal if it does! http://1saleaday.com/wireless/
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Wow...that's a REALLY good deal the mod does look really easy. According to what the other site says (I googled 'atrix 4g lapdock with droid 4' and found it), the hdmi and usb ports are in the right place, but flipped upside down. all you have to do is unscrew them, square some plastic, and flip them.
The poster does say that a 'media center' app is missing, but I'm sure that with a bit of hunting, one could find it or a replacement.
thanks!
Over on the droid forums a guy is using the bionic lapdock with his D4 just sits a little off center but no mod needed. Its $80 at bens outlet shipped. I would expect the mod for the atrix version will void the warranty.
It works for me
Send a pm and I'll show you some pictures
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I'd like to see your pics but I can't seem to PM you.
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Notice the round sticker that covers the screws. One on each side.
Remove this retainer that is molded for the Atrix, it is not needed, nor will it fit the D4.
Once you pop off the piece of plastic that holds the connectors, flip them upside down and put them back in. That being said, I took the tip of my pocket knife and carefully carved an appropriate shape for the connector. The holes are stamped or molded to only fit one way, but with a sharp tip, and only a small amount of pressure, you can shave that away enough.
The connectors (USB/HDMI) stay in their same spot, but are just upside down. Now carefully put the wires back in place, and replace the plastic cradle piece, and replace the screws.
I did not take a picture of that step, but I wish I had. If it is requested, I could tear this down again for that picture. Happy modding!
Note: unfortunately, this lapdock does not recognize two finger gestures like the 100 and 500 does , but it does allow for tap and hold to drag things around, like screen touch or moving windows or items, etc. And it is a bigger screen than the 100, but smaller than the 500. No front facing camera as the 500 does.
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Droid 3
Would this work on a Droid3? It looks like the ports are in the correct place, I am just not sure of the compatibility with the dock though? I saw the write up on TechRepublic. Thanks for the information, I love being able to get more out of my phone (even though the 3 sux)!!.
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so like many of you fellow Hero owners, I have considered purchasing a dock. However, I feel like most of us refuse to shell out big bucks for what essentially a usb cable mounted in a piece of plastic.
while stumbling across the interwebs last night i found this:
http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/23704-diy-ehem-fruityphone-dock-modified-hero-use.html
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someone posted a DIY dock for ipods that apparently works with heroes as well.
"what fun!" i thought. i quickly tried it out with some heavy paper and realized i needed some sort of card stock to make this actually work.. off to walmart. it was there that i found this little gem
http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Seagate-FreeAgent-Go-Dock/product/B65D8227
it's some sort of docking thing for external hard drives (because it's totally practical). anyway, i inspected it and realized it was exactly what i wanted..
a usb cable inside molded plastic. the best part? it was $3.00 on clearance.
the phone doesn't exactly fit at first but i simply had to cut some of the front plastic lip away and it works GREAT. exactly what i wanted..
for 3 dollars
Really? Only three dollars!? I'm doing this as soon as I get home from school..back to math class for now..
Great find! Looking forward to this!
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Yeah They have this on clearance at my walmart too but even with my silicone case off the phone it barely sat down inside, so ti does need some fairly heavy dremel-ing or something to get it to work. I still may go buy one, make myself a little project.
just an added bonus, the leather case fits my western digital external hard drive
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Yeah They have this on clearance at my walmart too but even with my silicone case off the phone it barely sat down inside, so ti does need some fairly heavy dremel-ing or something to get it to work. I still may go buy one, make myself a little project.
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yeah i wish i had a dremel, it would have turned out a little better looking. i just used some wire cutters and snipped a little away
I bought the same dock at Best Buy like a monthe ago and just used a knife to trim it to fit the phone. It works perfectly!
After some research into it, I found this over at Android Forums!
http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/17311-lol-hero-stand.html
I think that is pretty creative!
Yeah, I think 90% of us who've been around at least a few months have come across that, but it's still a good LOL anyways!
I bought 2 of these docks but I dont think they came with the leather cases so you got a nice treat there, but I have a dremel and I think I will run it on the back part of the dock rather than the front, so that way when I shove my hero into it it actually fits in that tight space lol. I have the black gel case from best buy for $20 or whatever it was, and a generic screen protector on the screen (it scratches as I swipe my screen LOL!) That's Fellowes products for ya though, right?
can someone post a pic of what this looks like in action?
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can someone post a pic of what this looks like in action?
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i would if i had a camera other than my phone
Anyone know of a charging stand with a microUSB plug at the bottom that you can use as a dock?
None that I've seen as of yet.
I considered rigging up some sort of charging dock using the NOOKcolor box and the bundled usb charger, but I'm too lazy.
I would be suprised to ever see one given the difficulty many have insert the cable in there.
It'd also be unwiedly I would think to have that thing standing up in a cradle.
I was thinking of drilling a hole in the bottom of the box that the nook came in for a dock. lol
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I was thinking of drilling a hole in the bottom of the box that the nook came in for a dock. lol
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Its hacky, but it works... I made the opening on my hack job big so no stress will be placed on the usb jack...
First thing I did was drill a hole in the box to set my NC there to charge the first night. Then moved it to the kitchen. It is a touchscreen music player and recipe file now. While I am eating I look at news. Then while listening to music I drop a cookie for the Koi fish on my live wallpaper. I love my NC!
I am thinking a 2x2 block of stained oak with a dove tail groove running down the middle would with felt lining would work well. it may need a rear buttress, but it should work well.
I am looking for the same thing, I don't think there is any, but I have made custom dock before and I'm planning to do it again for the my nook. you can follow my guide for my fascinate custom dock bellow. If you buy the small bottle of pellets you can spend as little as $20 total.
Wow that's a cool Saturday project. The Friendly Plastic stuff looks awesome.
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Wow that's a cool Saturday project. The Friendly Plastic stuff looks awesome.
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yes it is, Look at the reviews on amazon. You can do so many things with it. The only thing I would warn people about is that once the plastic hardens the finish might not look good (depending how good you are at getting it smooth while is still pliable), you will probably have to add plaster like I did or car putty for scratches and such, once that dries you can sanded down and pain. That would give the best result.
I got a Heritage charging station for xmas and it has iPod, micro/macro usb, usb and one other type of connector on it. The Nook Color actually can stand in it but I use it horizontally to only charge the NC. The included micro-usb will charge my N1 but won't charge the Nook Color at all. The hole in the back of the station for the power supply was able to accommodate the Nook Color's plug without any alteration.
Here are some pics
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It's sold at Frontgate.com.
So I just thought I would let everyone know of a project I just finished. It wasn't much of a project since it only took me about 10 minutes but oh well. If there has already been a post about this, I'm sorry but I never found it when I was trying to find out about docks for my Nexus S 4G.
I once owned a Samsung Epic 4G (of the Galaxy S, not GSII) and now I own a Nexus S 4G (I also own a Photon 4G but that has nothing to do with this post...). When I got my Epic, I also purchased the Samsung brand home and car docks for them. I liked the Car dock especially since it charges the phone while its in it.
Now that I own a Nexus S 4G, I went to buy the car dock for it and was rather bothered when I found out it doesn't have built-in charging. Yes, I know I could simply plug a cable into the phone while its in the charger but I wanted what my Epic had. So... I modified my Epic 4G dock to fit my Nexus S.
Here is how to do it:
1. Buy or own the Samsung Epic 4G Car Dock
2. Buy or own a Rotary Dremel or some other kind of high speed sander that has a tip < 1/2" in diameter.
I used this 1/4" Dremel Tip on a Dremel Stylus.
3. If you look at the dock's face closely, you will see a nice cut out for the Epic's camera. Essentially what we're going to do is enlarge that cut out to extend out to the three sides its closest to by sanding the surrounding plastic down. Don't go too far since you will likely sand right through the dock and break it.
It starts out looking like this:
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It will end up looking something like this:
The Nexus S 4G in the Dock:
The Epic 4G in the same Dock (to prove it still works for it, this is my wife's Epic):
SPECIAL NOTE: Yes, it charges the phone. No, the audio port in the back doesn't work (at least with the stock kernel and the CyanogenMod 7's kernel)
My next modification is to make holes for the speaker and the camera...
Awesome mod. I have two questions:
1.Will putting the NS4G in the dock automatically trigger the Car Dock mode?
2.Is there enough room in the dock to have a fairly thin case on the NS4G (it doesn't appear so)?
1. Putting the Nexus S in the dock does auto trigger the car mode, yea. I tested it with both the stock ROM and CM 7.
2. There is a small amount of room all around the device so yea, you could maybe fit a really really thin case on it while in the dock. You could actually shave off more plastic all around the phone to make room for a little bigger case. I would have done that but I had to leave my dock usable for my wife and her Epic 4G; the dock is hers after all lol. If you had like a sticker protector around the whole Nexus S (like a full body InvisiShield), it would fit in my dock.
I am going to try a few of the Kernels available for the Nexus S 4G and see if any of them will make the audio port work on the dock. I don't expect it to happen but I figured I would try. On my old Epic 4G, it was a kernel that made the port work before it was in the official ROM so I figure it would be the same for the Nexus S 4G.
I just got a note 2 and now toying around with ideas on how to protect it a bit.
Screen protector im still debating on.
The flip cover is one of the things I picked up but there are two things that bother me with it that might be the ultimate deal breaker so i figured ill ask here.
1. What's your technique on snapping pictures since obviously you can't just fold it back, seems like taking a pic with one hand is risky anyway due to the size of the phone.
2. Does the cover flatten out over time when flipped to the back? What I mean is if you just put it on and flip it back, it's raised a bit on the back left side
I'm using voice command to snap. Just say smile or cheese and it will snap.
I actually find flip covers to be just as comfortable as non-flip cover cases, if not better.
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Here, I have my thumb pushing aginst my index finger behind the cover. I'm also leveraging my thumb againt the side of the hard inner case and this feels very secure to me. Of course, this requires the second hand to push the shutter button meaning this is a two handed operation, but I think it's for the better.
As for the flatness of the flip cover, I'm assuming you mean something like this?
As you can see, the cover part can be pretty flat without much trouble, at least for the Spigen Hardbook case. I do have another flip case (Nilkin) but that one does not.
Makes sense. Your case is a bit different though than the oem samsung
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I just got a note 2 and now toying around with ideas on how to protect it a bit.
Screen protector im still debating on.
The flip cover is one of the things I picked up but there are two things that bother me with it that might be the ultimate deal breaker so i figured ill ask here.
1. What's your technique on snapping pictures since obviously you can't just fold it back, seems like taking a pic with one hand is risky anyway due to the size of the phone.
2. Does the cover flatten out over time when flipped to the back? What I mean is if you just put it on and flip it back, it's raised a bit on the back left side
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I bought two of these a few hours ago. After an hour or two its already sitting flat on the back and completely shutting (when I firsy put it on it wouldnt sit closed) as far as pictures go I can very easily take them with only my right hand although I csn hold it in my left with the case on.
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Being both cheap and a tinkerer I had heard of folks modifying Bionic desk docks to fit the RAZR M but had not heard of anyone who had done this with a Bionic Car dock. Some of you might say "But there is a perfectly good dock for the Razr M available"; however, at $31 on Amazon it was quite a bit more coin than the bionic dock for $6.
So I took the plunge and last night performed the minor surgery. Turned out pretty good. The plastic is pretty soft so I just used a utility knife (carefully) and lengthened the micro usb hole so I could slide over the plug. Had to trim off other stuff that holds the micro usb tip in place but the gutting was pretty easy. Then I had to secure it in its new position since I had to cut away all the mounting plastic so a couple drops of crazy glue to hold it where I wanted it and a good helping of hot glue and its secure.
Works great. Audio out through the combo cable is great. Phone goes into "car mode" when in it.
Pretty happy for $6.
Nice job! I'll be doing this before my next road trip!
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Nice job! I'll be doing this before my next road trip!
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Just a note for anyone doing this, 4.2.2 ROMs don't have working audio through the dock yet (at least none I have found so far). So if you want to reap the benefits of a dock, stay on stock or go to Clean Rom 1.1.
It is a good mod. A chore to say the least. I did it in a way to allow space for my favorite case. You have to mod the new also if you want the same.
Edit some moldable epoxy, crazy glue & black sharpie help.
Mountek nGroove
The best dock I've used is the Mountek nGroovel; price point its not terrible at like $20 and it utilizes the CD slot not the windshield.
Personally I hate taking up real estate on my windshield and the height that this dock puts my phone at is perfect IMO. It rotates and you still have access to charging and headphone jack, it also works for garmins, etc. as well
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can you take some photos of modification?