Hello all,
Long time lurker but never got around to posting. Never felt I had anything interesting to contribute like so many do here. Wasn't sure if to post in one of the other threads having to do with the smart dock or just start a new one. Mods please feel free to move if you need to.
So, my smart dock finally arrived and I was so excited to get everything up and running. Initially, I couldn't get the HDMI-out to work although my Logitech K400 keyboard was working fine (got a keyboard/mouse connected notification). I unroot, factory reset and still nothing. Then I thought about maybe removing my case (Case-Mate Pop!) as I read someone had that issue. What do you know, it works now.
I hate having my phone without a case and having to remove the case every time I want to dock so I started to think of possible workarounds:
1) find where case is preventing dock form making proper connection and modify it (cut)
2) modify dock (again, cut) but I rather leave that as a worst case as I just paid $100 for this bad boy
3) look for a micro usb female to micro usb male adapter and put that on dock and then have phone sit on that
4) find another case that will fit
Right now, I'm really looking into option #3. I've found some some small adapters that I think would work fine. Only thing is, all of these adapters are 5 pin to 11 pin. Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of what I'm trying to do? Anyone know where I can find a straight adapter that does not convert anything, 11 to 11 pin. Any other ideas/suggestions?
If anything, just a heads up for anyone planning to get a smart dock and owns the Case-Mate Pop! case.
Thanks all!
Yea ran in to this problem. If you look close at the connection of the smart dock you will see its slightly different than a micro usb. That's a male mhl connection sticking out. Has 11pins and micro usb 5 pin.
I have vigorously searched for the mhl male or female parts to make a spacer or extension cable. Only thus that exists are mhl to hdmi cables and replacement sockets for the phone...... Look for a case unless you want to hack a mod. In that case step in line few of us are working on that.
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Is it a proprietary cable? Looks like a variation of mini USB. Need to get some back-ups for the cars and work...
Thanks!
It's a normal micro USB plug, but the plug is slightly recessed into the body of the device, and some cords with fatter ends may not fit well. I found some OEM Samsung cables on Amazon that weren't for the Focus specifically, and have rubbery ends instead of the hard plastic tips like the Focus cord has, but they're the same dimensions and work quite well.
It is proprietary in a way. To charge the phone any micro usb will do however it will not connect to zune nor the pc without the included cable.
Well, looking at Monoprice.com a few days ago, they several different mini-usb cables, some with 4, other with 5 connectors. I ordered 2 of each just to try with various devices I have, hoping some with work with the Focus's as well. Just charging would be fine with the Car, but want PC connection at Home and Work. (though BT works for that as well)
Anyone else? Lets see what we do about getting some inexpensive cables for these phones!
Every micro usb cable i have found (including one i got for 1.98 from amazon and one i got for 6.00 from frys) has worked just fine for all tasks
My cables came in today, this one works just fine. 5 connector mini-usb, soon as I connected to my PC Zune software launched and synched items.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5457&seq=1&format=2
Just over a buck a piece....
I guess I need to get some new cables. Good information.
The cables I got off Amazon for $3/each all work for syncing with the Zune software on my PC, but then, they're OEM, so they should even though they weren't made for the focus specifically. They were a bit shorter than the cable that came packed-in, but my chargers are pretty close to where I put my phone anyway, luckily, so that worked out.
The OEM connector is so short. I always need to connect an extension to comportably use my phone while its charging.
I was just wondering if anyone knew anything about a hack to do webtop without the adapter? I saw the Atrix have it and was wondering if anyone was working on it for the Bionic...I have an hdmi cable but don't really want to spend another $30 on something the phone is capable of doing without adapters.
Don't know if you've already seen this elsewhere. But if you either own the car dock or the standard dock (I have both, thanks to Costco) there are 4 screws on the back of the car dock (covered by rubber grommets) remove these rubber grommets and remove the screws, VERY carefully and pull the back cover, and you'll be greeted with a tiny PCB with a cable going to the micro USB connector. The PCB is only clipped in place, so remove gently from the dock body. Slide out the micro USB, connect it to your DB's micro USB slot and connect the HDMI as well and to a display of your choice. As soon as you do so, you will be prompted to select a profile. You will notice the webtop option is now available. Select it.....
The same applies to the standard dock. Remove the rubber feet, unscrew, unscrew PCB and cable management clip....plug in and done.....
Or spend $30 and get yourself a webtop adapter.
Btw, Apple's magic mouse does not work with DB even though you can pair it.
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Working hack posted here for the Bionic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281620
Hi All,
Is anyone aware of a dock for Android phones, similar to the laptop docks. It should be able to charge, provide HDMI and sound output. And also a port to connect a Mass storage device.
This is possible with the USB OTG. But I am not sure about the drivers for the HDMI out or audio out. Is there any place where we can find android drivers for these devices.
Thank you.
I just picked up the "multimedia" dock straight from Samsung, and really all it does is charge the phone. No access to the headphone jack as it becomes blocked, and as far as I know, there is no HDMI output for my NS4G. Granted, it does look nice with the phone docked, and it does everything I need it to do anyway - charge the phone and make it into a nice desktop clock. $17 on eBay in case you are interested. Let us know if you manage to find what you are looking for. Would be nice to find out I can do HDMI out after all.
USB/charging dock
As far as I know, you won't find any dock with HDMI or sound support for the Nexus S. All docks for this device do exactly the same thing, they only charge, and mount the SD when connected to a PC. You can find two or three different models on ebay for 20 or 30 dollars.
zeigan said:
I just picked up the "multimedia" dock straight from Samsung, and really all it does is charge the phone. No access to the headphone jack as it becomes blocked, and as far as I know, there is no HDMI output for my NS4G. Granted, it does look nice with the phone docked, and it does everything I need it to do anyway - charge the phone and make it into a nice desktop clock. $17 on eBay in case you are interested. Let us know if you manage to find what you are looking for. Would be nice to find out I can do HDMI out after all.
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Can't you put it on the side to use it as a clock + access the headphones port?
its a good thing
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Can't you put it on the side to use it as a clock + access the headphones port?
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no if you look at the dock its molded for the back phone, kinda of nice if you use your phone as alarm clock though
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USB Host mode driver for Nexus S
for tv out, follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459304 !
I would really love a USB dock/ HDMI adapter for the Nexus S too. I watch stuff i dloaded from the internet on it all the time and i would love to be able to connect it to the big screen
Is there any way to use pen drives directly with nexus s, like it does in nokia n8
I just wanted to share what I'd done for my streak in order to quit carrying a cable around everywhere. This is just a quick outline of what I did and supplies I used to make it.
Disclaimer:I am in no way responsible for your warranty getting void, phone blowing up starting ww3 or any other faults that may be the result of attempting this
Parts list:
1x streak usb cable
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16065922734...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_500wt_1286
1x micro usb to mini usb adapter
http://www.ebay.com/itm/25098693990...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_3016wt_1035
1x old dvd case
5 minute epoxy
Optional:
small piece of carbon fiber vinyl
what to do:
-cut micro usb out of its rubber/plastic shell
-desolder all the wires
-cut the streak cable close to pdmi connector
-refer to this site for usb diagram, make sure to note that there's one pin that gets skipped over on the micro usb adapter
http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_cable_pinout.shtml
-solder wires accordingly refer to my pictures if you get lost (the pdmi cable comes with all the wires correctly color coded)
-plug into streak and see if it works
-if everything works proceed to make a plastic shell for it out of dvd case
-use a little bit of epoxy to mount everything and keep it from sliding around
end result should look something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnLv5UIocW8&feature=youtu.be
Hi I'm not trying to negate the value of your guide in any way. I think a permanent mod to a compatible connection makes a lot of sense, especially if one never plans on using a Dell Streak 7 dock. However, if you're not that motivated and or aren't willing to brick your device this is a great $8 solution: http://www.ebay.com/itm/140853176551?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649.
The cable you linked to wouldn't work, because the jack on the non-PDMI end is a USB A female connector, which accepts the end of the USB cable (USB A male) that normally plugs into the laptop or PC itself. To make it as useful as the DIY adapter the OP mentioned would require you to dismantle the host adapter and replace the USB A female jack with a MicroUSB B female jack.
PDMI connector to mini usb connector
Hello man. My name is Mario. I come from Italy. I'm a psychologist,but on the spare time I like to play with linux & mobile & tablet & technology in general. I was searching for a OTG adapter that was able to recharge my nexus 10 and at the same time that accepts an external sd card and someone has suggests this to me :
eKit 4 in 1 Data Sync Connection Kit For Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 & Note 10.1
you can read the full story here :
http://android.stackexchange.com/que...-the-same-time
the problem is that I haven't read very well what he says and I haven't understood that it is not good for the nexus 10. For this reason I have tried to search a way to convert the PDMI connector to a mini usb connector and I have found this thread. I would like to ask you if I can make the same thing that you have done and if you can tell me which electric modification I have to make to the board of this connector to convert it as a mini usb connector. Thanks.
I am going to install the Nexus 7 to my car, indash, but I need to find the cable that allows usb storage, dvb radio and charging, is there a cable that has multi usb connectors, please could someone give me links to items...many thanks.
promethieus said:
I am going to install the Nexus 7 to my car, indash, but I need to find the cable that allows usb storage, dvb radio and charging, is there a cable that has multi usb connectors, please could someone give me links to items...many thanks.
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I was looking for something similar a while back. I'm in the UK and still haven't tracked one down
You can find a y otg cable HERE. If you need several USB port, you have to use an USB hub. And also you must flash a kernel with USB host mode charging patches.
promethieus said:
I am going to install the Nexus 7 to my car, indash, but I need to find the cable that allows usb storage, dvb radio and charging, is there a cable that has multi usb connectors, please could someone give me links to items...many thanks.
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Something like this perhaps? It had a usb a cable with a switched 5v lead (for host mode charging), that end plugs into a regular usb otg cable. The other side has female usb a (for devices), mini usb (for most small usb hubs), and male usb a (for connecting to a power source, in the 2nd pick there is a 2000 mAh usb battery)
I couldn't find anyone selling them so I started making them. I could make you one or post a wiring diagram and you can go to town on it.
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How much to make one and post it to me please.
Ill make and estimate for you over the weekend. Do you want it exactly like the one pictured or do you have a custom request? Your kernel supports otg charging correct? Where will I be getting a quote to ship to?
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I have the usb car rom and kernel by http://mehrvarz.github.io/nexus-7-usbrom/, this should work. yes I would like the same as yours please.
I have alot to do to my car anyways, I previously re modded my dash to fit a double din and modded out my boot to fit the base amp and power cap in the boot still having the spare in there and the base actually fitting inside the spare wheel and still sounding good, so will have to research the wiring needed for the nexus and the volume control and such...please be nice with the price, I do appreciate it though.
I am in the uk, where are you from?
I found the kernel you compiled, wondering if this will work with the rom I installed too.
It might, its all cm10.1 source. The current version does not support host mode, the updated one I'm posting this week does (just so you know). If it does work for you you could do some fun wardriving with your car mount, if your into that sort of thing!
I'm in sunny california usa
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Will have to see what the shipping fees will be, I have friends over there too. Part of a gaming clan. Have been for sooo long now. If it works out too much, I will have to ask you for the wiring diagram and I will have to see about doing it myself, I am good with electronics, but it was just the time to set aside. You can message me the diag if you like, please forward it to fixer14 at hotmail.com.
Ok cool, its a pretty straight forward design. If you can solder you can make one.
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Ok matey, hit me up with the details then please.
I have just been out to my car and have set my phone up via bluetooth, and also want my nexus to connect to the phone and have sound, calls, satnav running to the amp via phone, when I try to connect it seems that it will only allow 1 device at a time, so this is an issue for me, I want to be able to run my copilot live from the nexus, and also have ability to play music and receive and make calls. is there a bluetooth receiver that will allow me to do this without having to switch to a specific device each time...any ideas welcome, my nexus is not a 3g one.
My amp is a 4 channel Hertz, with powercap installed.
I'm installing my nexus 7 in my car as well but I'm concerned that it wont charge while running Nav, Pandora and other apps at the same time. It seems that the nexus 7 is picky when it come to cables and chargers. What do you guys suggest
Riley1524 said:
I'm installing my nexus 7 in my car as well but I'm concerned that it wont charge while running Nav, Pandora and other apps at the same time. It seems that the nexus 7 is picky when it come to cables and chargers. What do you guys suggest
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Ive got my nexus 7 installed into my double din, I'm using a Parrot device to bluetooth sound to but also charging it from the usb slot from the Parrot box.
I'm going to change the bluetooth to a AUX cable to save on battery use and already tried optimising settings to save on battery.
I'm not very clued up on this type of stuff but I've got it so the screen comes on and status on when power is there, got screen dimming widgets so I can dim the screen right down when I want to save battery.
All in all it works very well but battery does eventually die after a week or two so I take it out for a full recharge.
A couple of ideas I'm thinking is
1) using usb extension cable, run it to the glove box and every couple of days attach a emergency battery charging unit.
2) using a little solar panel charging unit built into parcel shelf.
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I am not concerned about power usage as an inverter will solve this permenantly. As long as you get the correct charger for use with the inverter.
Im going with this charger. From the looks of it, it seems to be a good choice.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005J4OTUO/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00
I wonder why more developers don't include the fast charge option in their kernels. Ill let everyone know how it works
Okay, I have just made up a dock for the nexus for my car, it is in "Production State" at the mo, so I still have to tidy it up and spray it and finish it.
I have fitted a charging connector and audio connector into it,
Hardest part was getting the connectors to line up.
At least it is started now, I will be making up the OTG cable, when I get the wiring diagram for it, have all the bits ready.
Okay, here is the Video, I know the dock looks rough at the moment, but it has to be tidied up.
http://youtu.be/ElBILx72NTQ